Amarillo YMCA marks a century of service and growth
The YMCA began in 1844 in London under George Williams and expanded to 52 countries with millions of members. Amarillo has operated since 1938, funding a building campaign to create a permanent center, with programs from camping to youth groups and USO collaboration.
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Jerry Tmalin
Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
George Williams
London
Williams
Scotland
Sir George Williams
The
Paris
France
Holland
Tnited
Canada
India
Australia
United States
Ymcas
Ans
Coronet Magazine
Amarillo
Amarillo Y
USO
Focal
Paul Fowler
Ymca Church Basketball League
U’s World Service
Texas Tech
Armanent
Amelo
Mrs Bourland Rites at Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel
Rites in tribute to Mrs Pauline Bourland 56 wife of J R Bourland conducted at 2 PM in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel Hoyt H Houchen Central Church of Christ officiated She died Friday morning at 1012 Fannin Amarillo resident two years Survivors include husband daughter a stepson a brother and three sisters Burial in Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs & ns supervision
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Pauline Bourland
J. R. Bourland
Boxwell Brothers
Ivy Chapel
Hoyt. H. Houchen
Central Church of Christ
Llano
N. S. Griggs & Ns
Share With Britishers Meant Meats Cut And Aid
In Eleanor Roosevelt's syndicated column she notes a 60 percent British meat ration cut amid austerity and postwar rebuilding. She suggests Americans ease hardship by person to person gestures, sending meat or essentials through CARE or direct aid, perhaps one day a week eating less to help Britain.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
United Feat. Syn. Inc
New York
New York Times
England
Great Britain
Record cotton yield draws crowd to Maben farm
C. F. Peay produced five bales of cotton on one acre, a new local record, drawing more than 10,000 visitors to his Maben, Mississippi land to view the spot and learn how the yield was achieved.
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Maben
Miss. U.P
C. F. Peay
Westinghouse mirrors develop color television accuracy
Westinghouse scientists produce traffic cop mirrors for experimental color TV sets. The mirrors reflect red, green or blue depending on ultra-thin metallic film thickness on clear glass, allowing selective color transmission as the device passes through colors.
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Pittsburgh
Wu.p
Westinghouse
Weight Gain Promise Ad From Dr. Pierce Medicine
An old advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery helps underweight individuals gain weight by boosting appetite and digestion. It asserts rapid stomachic tonic effects and converts food into added flesh, urging readers to cut out the ad and try the product.
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Dr. Pierce
Letter Writing Tough Business
In Fort Worth the letter writer M P Brown treats business correspondence as a big industry. He drafts notes for holidays and reminders to tardy customers, sometimes including legal hints, and he estimates producing millions of letters annually. His wife handles family letters.
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Fort Worth
M. P. Brown
Brown
Reader longs to see meat consumption comparison news
A reader muses on a past item comparing yearly meat consumption in the country with other nations. They wish the piece could be seen locally but would feel ashamed if it appeared elsewhere.
Faithful to Joe Boston Opens Legislature
State Rep. John H. O'Connor of Worcester arrived at the state house by ambulance shortly after sustaining several broken ribs in an ice fall. He attended the legislature's opening, showing dedication to his duties despite injury.
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Joe Boston
U.P
John H. O'Connor
Worcester
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Met
Britain
Optometry
Optometrists
the Panhandle
Panhandle Optometric Society
Milton Adams
Hereford
Drs. Benson & Benson Amaril's
Robert Benson Borger
Fr. J. A. Boerum Childress
Dr. Dawson Bray
James L. Chase Porssa
Guy Clayton Dalbert
Dr. Clough & Clough Pisinview
P. Fr. Crum
Joe Goldston Clerendon
P. A. Pressor Childress
Joel M. Gooch
Shormrock
W. E. Houghton
J. M. Hyden
W. G. Martin Dumas
Drs. Montgomery, Montgomery & Vanderlaan
Reese
L. N. Pittman
Jack L. Rose
Memphis
John Price
Charles Hess Berger
Hugh Stickse
L. J. Zachry Pampa
Panhandle
Optometrics
Pixik Deitwabe Kl
Texas Optometric Atesoietion
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Hi-Plains Furniture Co
Fillmore
Aaypanacacs
Bray
West 8Th Avenue
E.m
Gibson
Russells
Taylor
Archie Castleberry
Barfield
First National
New Bank
Tyler Street
Amarillo Bank
Bank OF
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Uuhearlles Oldest Bank
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