Refuse Bids on School Land in Amarillo
The Amarillo school board rejected all fifteen bids for a three block by 600 foot tract near Avondale and Highway 66, valuing 9 000 dollars as insufficient for 4.66 acres. N A Mager bid 9 000 dollars, others included J Ernest Stroud D S Witt J M Davis and Mrs Kitty Dehner. The site, bought in 1925 for 2 000 dollars, was deemed distant from the city center and will not be used as a school site.
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West Amarillo
N. A. Mager
J. Ernest Stroud
D. S. Witt
J. M. Davis
Kitty Dehner
Howard Lawson
Henry Beverley
C. O. Williams
M. O. Wallis
Royce Gant
James Rittenberry
FE. A. McAdoo
J. W. Lawrence
Loren Jones
W. M. Burke
Avondale
Highway 66
Larney Barnes
Geo. M. Waddill
Hobart Manufacturing Company
Golden Light Coffee Company
North Amarillo
Herman Smith
City Commission
Amarillo
Rogers
Ankle-tie slippers pattern from Laura Wheeler book
An advertisement promoting a Laura Wheeler needlecraft pattern for ankle-tie slippers in quilted fabric. It offers pattern number 635 with crochet and knitting directions, charts and photos, priced at twenty cents, with ordering details via Amarillo Globe News and a list of hobby ideas.
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Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe News
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Weatherman Seeks Storm Forecast Phamphiet
A Canyon weatherman asked Amarillo station for a phamphiet on forecasting storms. Weatherman KH. C. Winburn quipped he has sought such a guide for a long time and believes finding one would end his troubles.
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Canyon
Amarillo
Pye
KH. C. Winburn
Keith Bruner Funeral Set
Rites honoring the memory of Keith Bruner will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 o'clock in the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev. Roy Percival will officiate. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. He died Sunday night in Phoenix Arizona after a heart attack. Survived by wife Alene, parents Roy K and Mrs Bruner, three brothers Van Bruner Amarillo R K Bruner Jr Hal Bruner, and two sisters Mrs Lloyd Mundell Amarillo and Mrs W J Wallace Jr Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Bruner
Blackburn-Shaw
Alene Bruner
Roy K. Bruner
Lipscomb
van Bruner
Amarillo
R. K. Bruner, Jr
Hal Bruner
el Paso
Lloyd Mundell
W. J. Wallace, Jr
Oklahoma City
Serious injuries in Littlefield crash fatal to Mrs Pinson
In Littlefield, George Powell 54 remains in critical condition and his wife serious after a collision with a city fire truck. Julia Frances Pinson 62, died in the crash. Powell and his wife worked at the DeLane Cafe. Fireman Roy Wade, driver of the truck, was treated for minor injuries. no others were at home in the crashed residence. The city will replace the damaged fire truck. Pinson is survived by son Claude Pinson of Los Gatos California.
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Littlefield
George Powell
Littlefield Hospital
Julia Frances Pinson
Powell
Hammons
R. H. Moses
Powells
Dalhart
DeSoto Hotel
Pinson
Claude Pinson
Los Gatos
Cal
Mrs. Jennie Loy McGregor Rites Set at First Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Loy McGregor 61 wife of R R McGregor were held at 3 30 this afternoon at the First Baptist Church with Rev Carl E Bates officiating Pallbearers included Charles W Rogers John Barton George Spradling L G Marshall Wilbur Davis and G G Raney Mrs McGregor a Amarillo resident since 1920 died Sunday night in Morgan s Convalescent Home at Claude She was born July 15 1889 in Montgomery Alabama She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the TEL Sunday School Class Survivors include her husband a son R K McGregor Dallas two daughters Mrs E A Morris Dallas and Mrs Kathryn Simpson Amarillo and three grandchildren Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under the direction of N S Griggs & Sons.
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Jennie Loy McGregor
R. R. McGregor
First Baptist Church
Carl E. Bates
Charles W. Rogers
John Barton
George Spradling
L. G. Marshall
Wilbur Davis
G. G. Raney
McGregor
Amarillo
Morgan
Claude
Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
AHS Beats Pampa in Livestock Judging at Top of Texas
Amarillo High School defeated Pampa High School in the FFA stock judging contest at the Top of Texas Livestock Show with AHS taking third and Pampa fourth in a field of 29 teams. Canadian led with top totals. Plainview won swine and Canadian sheep. Jay Taylor gave the awards keynote as the Top of Texas Hereford Breeders banquet followed, with officers re elected and Clyde Carruth among honorees.
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Globe
PAMPA
Pampa High School
Amarillo High School
AHS
Amarillo
Canyon
Panhandle
FFA
Plainview
Foster
G. Forest
Cliff Vincent
J. P. Calliham
Conway
E. O. Wedgeworth
F. FE. Imel
M. O. Calliham
Clyde Gilbert
Clarendon
A. B. Car
Top of Texas
Mr. Taylor
Washington
Rifle Shot Fatal in Commerce Cleaning Accident
Dee Wheatley aged 47 was killed when a .22 rifle accidentally discharged while he cleaned the gun in Commerce yesterday. Police reported no foul play.
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Dee Wheatley
Garden hose stolen from Kramer residence yard
Police report a garden hose was stolen early last night from the front yard of the J. Kramer home at 2202 Milam. Local authorities urged anyone with information to contact the precinct.
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8. J. Kramer
Milam
Railcar Standoff Delays Circus Elephants in Grand Rapids
Five elephants Ruth Marcella Little Babe Little Jewel and Trilby are cramped in a railway baggage car due to a railroad walkout. The animals, part of the Saladin Shrine Circus, have been stranded since Saturday in Grand Rapids as New York Central officials delay word on when they can depart for Cleveland. Demuth promises they will be fed and watered.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ruth
Marcella
Little Babe
Little Jewel
Trilby
Cleveland
New York Central
Demuth
Expansion of cattle feeding in the plains area drives talks
The speaker urged breeders to boost feeder lots, noting stockmen earn 62 cents of the meat dollar while grain producers get 22 cents per dollar, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. He argued more profit lies in using own grain. The Top o' Texas show closes today with junior and Hereford Breeders Association sales. cattle consignments to the Hereford sale are scheduled for 1:30 PM, with Col. Walter Britten of College Station announcing both sales.
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Plains
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Hereford Breeders Association
Walter Britten
College Station
Crews Elected by Honor Society at Amarillo High
Second semester president of the National Honor Society at Amarillo High School is F T Crews Jr son of Mr and Mrs F T Crews Sr 809 Forest. Officers named include Wendell Judd vice president and Sue Allston secretary with John Isaacs the previous president.
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National Honor Society
Amarillo High School
F. T. Crews, Jr
F. T. Crews
Forest
John Isaacs
Fastmen
Wendell Judd
W. W. Judd
North Lake
Sue Allston
R. L. Allston
West
Local Club Names Officials in Annual Advertiement
The nineteenth annual meeting announced Kay Adams as treasurer, daughter of Mrs. J B Adams of 1303 Rosemont, and Dorothy Burnett as parliamentarian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R Burnett of 1232 Fannin.
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Kay Adams
J. B. Adams
Rosemont
Dorothy Burnett
Raymond R. Burnett
Fannin
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Globe-News
Weatherman
Mrs. McGregor
By David Reasco
Railroad
Heath's
Apex
Heath Appliance
Comarillo
Deason
Heath
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