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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1947
Page
7
Patients at the Amarillo Veterans Hospital will attend a variety program tomorrow night. The Military Order of Cooties, Palo Duro Pup Tent No. 10, presents the event.
The Glass Menagerie directed by Tommy Ward features Helen McKellar Will Hare Pamela Rivers and Joe Sullivan with Joe Mielziner lighting and Paul Bowles music. Tickets at Panhandle Concert Bureau Polk Street range 90 cents to 2.95 dollars.
Harvey Zwahlen, 58, said he acted on divine instruction after killing his wife Violet, 47, by beating her with his fists in their basement. He claimed no remorse as authorities charged him with first degree murder and described his act as not using a brutal axe. The couple had a teenage daughter Ruby.
H B Hale and son and G L Cline lead Amarillo area livestock entries for the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth March 5 to 16. Hale enters 14 Holsteins. Cline enters four swine. Judges include F W Atkeson Manhattan Kan for Holsteins and Fred Hale College Station for swine. Open class fat barrow judged by W T Reneker Chicago. Premiums total about 65000 across champions. Entries exceed 5000 from 19 states. rodeo purse near 60000, highest in 51 years, with Madison Square Garden offering more cash but NY show more performances.
Robert L. Dorough son of Mr and Mrs R L Dorough of 2814 Brooks will perform with the 75 member concert band at North Texas State College in Denton Tuesday night for the first program of the year Dorough is a sophomore music student on the campus
The event runs from April 5 to May 12. Organizers promote a debut Ragtime Doubles tournament hosted by Jaycee clubs with entries open to regional players and piano teams. Local venues host rounds toward a final showcase.
The YMCA offers a 12 week hobby course starting 7 30 p m each Thursday through 10 p m. E Caballero leads sessions in leather work textile printing stenciling wood carving and other crafts with a total fee of 7 50 dollars. Students supply their own materials. A 16668 foot record well depth was set in California in 1946.
Certificates for completing the 24 hour Girl Scout volunteer trainers course were awarded by Miss Alleyce Nelson and Miss Ursula Little. Recipients include Mrs. Irving Peffley and Mrs. Mark Oliver of Amarillo, plus others from Corpus Christi Phillips Midland Dumas Artesia N M. The certificates authorize completing one of the first courses for Region IX volunteer trainers to aid professional workers in training leaders and committee members.
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