Amarillo Poet Talent Shines In Local Contest And Tales
The Old Tack column celebrates Amarillo readers and poets who submitted over 300 entries to a Better Poetry Contest. Space limits exclude many works though the gems will be issued in book form for sale locally. An array of Texan humor and old-time anecdotes follow, including tales of a cowtown bedmate and a bootlegger judge, with notes on letters to Mayor Tack and seasonal fashion drift from Buenos Aires.
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Amarillo
Wales and a Welsh name in Erasmus Tack column
In a column by Erasmus Tack a Welshman Ivor H Davies is cited for pronouncing the village name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwilllantysiliogogogoch. Mrs. Wash George of Amarillo recalls being born near the village, noting Davies misspelled it and praising pronunciation. The couple, living in Amarillo 23 years, and their son Ted George relate Welsh roots and local recollections of the famed place.
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Mrs. George
Amarillo
Eorge
B C D Offering Seed To Panhandle Farmers
The Board of City Development agriculture department received a request from A and M College to supply names of ten farmers for planting Spur Feterita and Chillax seeds for experiments. The government furnishes seeds four pounds to 275 Texas farmers and four pounds of the other to 200 farmers to plant an acre of seed.
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Agriculture Department of the Board of City Development
A. & M. College
Texas
Tack for mayor in Amarillo editorial chorus
A collection of letters and verse praising "Old Tack" for mayor of Amarillo, urging voters to back Tack with lines about brains, honesty, and progress. Citizens including Hutchinson, Petty, Harmon, Allen, and others advocate storm sewers, reservoirs, and growth while opposing other candidates.
Divide Texas To Erasmus Tack Esc: Patchwork of letters to contest a mayoral race
A mixed column of satirical and solicited notes about Amarillo and Texas state politics asks if Texas should divide and elevates Rasmus Tack as a candidate. Readers pledge support or critique Tack while a caller laments police treatment and others offer poems and protests.
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Texas
Erasmus Tack
Esquire
Taxless Amarillo poem and arrest for traffic rule dispute
A Texan resident, Mrs. Roberts of West Ith Street, Amarillo, writes verses praising a taxless city while recounting an arrest yesterday afternoon for breaking traffic regulations. The letter argues about courteous treatment and political references amid concerns over storm sewers and local governance.
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Amarillo
Texas
R. A. Brown
West
Thirteenth Street
Citizen questions rights after city hall fine denial
Emory Harrison of 121 Fillmore Street recalls being fined ten dollars at city hall, denied a jury trial and counsel, and told to pay first. He paid the fine without a receipt and questions whether city officials know or approve of abridging constitutional rights.
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City Hall
Emory Harrison
Fillmore Street
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J. E. Finklea
Tack
Mr. Finklea
Buenos Aires
Paris
New York
More
Wales
Erasmus
Mrs. Wash George
B.C. D
Panhandle
Stetson
HUB DE Luxe
G. Hutchinson
Old Tack
O. W
M. Mann
Santa Fe General Offices
Otis L. Petty
Tyler Street
W. B. Combs
West 7Th St
J. W. Hunter
Mildred Harvey
Buchanan
C. R. Sears
Western Avenue Pictures
Blanche Harmon
Walnut St
A Globe Reader
Jerry Allen
Adam
Old Lee
Bob Hoskinson
P. O
Henry H. McCoy
Buchanan Street
Alex Reed
West 15Th Street
C. A. Christoph
Ye Ho
S. L. Roland
Hi. W. Brown
Jackson Street
Charles Coeur
Thomas Hoffman
Jeff
Ek, Rasmus Tack
Fred H. Hoffman
North
Ocean
Carolyn Leslie
Cleveland Street
Dr. Fuller
Borger
W. FE. Grower
West Fourth Street
H. L. Ingram
Lincoln Street
Oil City
Fair
Mac
Rasmus Tack
Tach
Christian
Merk
Emery Winn
Tennessee
M. B. Davis
Herring Hotel
Deay Vack
Pat. Fleming
Grant Street
Anonymous
Zip
Alaska
Sis
J. Sawtelle
Park Street
Great West Plains
Polk
Union
Premier Distributing Co
Broom St
Dallas
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