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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1950
Page
12
Magician Harvey Gaddis will present a benefit show at Sanborn School 700 Roberts on Friday at 7:30 PM. Mrs D G Holtz 1005 Garfield directs arrangements and ticket sales. Tickets cost 15 cents for children and 30 cents for adults.
Trans-World Airlines will operate Constellation service to Amarillo by late summer, with four engined Sky Coach service starting before March 1. DC-4 service will replace DC-3 on one eastbound and one westbound daily flight, with Sky Coach fares about two-thirds of standard air fare. Bob Montgomery announced the plan alongside W. H. Thaw and Ray Blaker, noting Constellation service will link Amarillo to global routes.
The Amarillo Bar Association schedules its annual banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Amarillo Hotel with Charles Coombes as chief speaker. Coombes, a Stamford veteran attorney and author of The Prairie Dog Lawyer, is noted for his engaging talks and has served as mayor of Abilene and in various county and district attorney roles.
Carol Ann Paight, 21, was found innocent of killing her cancer-stricken father Sgt. Carl W. Paight in their Stamford home. The jury of nine mothers and three fathers deliberated nearly five hours before acquitting. She plans to finish college before marrying her fiancé, an engineering student.
The 1950 Potter County March of Dimes drive headed by M. L. Askew closed yesterday with donations totaling 13 857.94 and estimates of about 15 000 after untabulated gifts. This exceeds last year’s 11 300, aided by several hundred coin containers in Amarillo businesses collected by Borden Company and Coca-Cola Bottling Company representatives.
Warranty deeds list transfers in Pleasant Valley North Highlands Whitaker Subdivision Wolflin Park Bivins Addition Ridgemere and Sunnyside plus district court divorces for Naumann Helms Ham Voshalike Neuschwanger and more as Globe News Want Ads promise results.
The former West Texas Chamber of Commerce president announces a banquet for all West Texas attorneys and their wives. B. L. Morgan of the Amarillo Bar Association says tickets cost 3 dollars and are available from Sterling Kinney C J Humphrey in Amarillo Building Selden Simpson or James C Sanders in the Barfield Building H C Pipkin Jr in the Pisk Building and O Calhoun county trotter assistant. About 1500 persons expected to attend.
Official order calling a city street improvement bond issue election to be held Feb. 28 was posted today on the bulletin board in the city commission room at the Municipal Auditorium as required by the resolution calling the $1,250,000 bond election.
National Boy Scout Week events in Amarillo include a District Court of Honor at Polk Street Methodist Church tomorrow at 8 PM. After school Friday scouts will stage a demonstration camp on the Potter County Courthouse lawn with a campfire program Friday night and skill demonstrations Saturday.
The Amarillo Kiwanis Club hosts exhibits by Cub packs Scout troops and Explorer units. Troops from various clubs display handicrafts and Scouting skills in storefront windows across the city, including units 18 21 77 79 9 and Ship 24.
County commissioners authorized advertisement for bids to install a new lighting system in the Quarter Horse Barn at Tri-State Fair Park in time for this year’s Fat Stock Show. Superintendent Same Page said current lighting is inadequate. Commissioners temporarily vetoed.
County commissioners, following County Judge Gene Jordan’s suggestion, voted to include barn painting specifications in the electrical bid for information. Estimated costs cited: $1,200 for repainting and about $400 for lighting work.
Borger Texas ad claims Baker's Hair Tonic cures dandruff and itchy scalp, noting Emily's long use without embarrassment and leaves hair soft and manageable. It promotes Baker's Shampoo as a companion product and offers a full money back guarantee through makers.
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