Southern Abbey to honor famed Southern sons
Bronze tablets will be unveiled this summer at Calvary Episcopal church near Fletcher North Carolina. Honors go to Zebulon Vance Francis Scott Key Sidney Lanier and Kristian Reid with future memorials planned for Poe Timrod Ticknor and Father Ryan and others. The project aims to memorialize poets artists musicians and statesmen of the South.
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Henry Lesesne
Rey Es crataDy
South
Zebulon Baird Vance
North Carolina
Francis Scott Key
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Sidney Lanier
Georgia
Frances Lisher Tiernan
Asheville, N. C
Carolina
Christian Reid
McClellan
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry Timrod
Frances ©. Ticknor
Father Ryan
Thomas Nelson Page
Joel Chandler Harris
John Esten Cook
French to Work Asphalt Mine Found in Syria
Beirut report states a French company formed to exploit asphalt deposit in the Alaouite region. Asphalt is a rare Syrian resource with plans to use it for road paving. previously the product was imported from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
International News Service
Beirut
Europe
Plans for New Vega School Drawn by Amarillo Architect
E. F. Rittenberry sketches a two story Vega school with seventeen rooms and gym. Bonds will be voted for funding and completion hoped for September. Also notes Hart Schaffner Marx women coats and imported English tweeds at The Ladies Store 512 Polk Street.
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Vega
E. F. Rittenberry
Amarillo
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
Polk Street
Hart, Schaffner and Marx Coates
Courthouse Records Detail Amarillo Deeds and Permits
A long list of property transfers and deeds filed Feb 7 8 shows H C Holman J H Allen and many others exchanging lots blocks and tracts in Amarillo Heights Edgefield Summers Wolflin and other districts with prices from 1 to 12760 dollars. It also records numerous building permits for homes and a Catholic Diocese project in Amarillo.
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H. C. Holman
J. H. Allen
Amarillo
Porter McKinney
E. R. Thompson
Rollie H. Scales
Carlton Scales
Benton King
C. B. King
Roberts Place
Albert L. Randall
H C. Holman
Edgefield
Quincy Ford
N. P. Taylor
Pleasant Valley
A.b.&m
James FE. Anderson
G. W. Groom
Summers
J. W. Lawrence
A. C. Stults
Denver
R. R. Aber
C.F. Aber
G. D. Bowie
Gene A. Howe
Earl D. Burson
Randall Co
Blythe G. Sears
Albert Colegrove
C. C
H. P. Canode
R. D. Gibbs
Iweta Pittman Scales
Plem
S. J. Hts
W&r
G&s
Mirror
Rollie H. Seales
Iweta P
J. L. Blake
W. Larney Barnes
John J. Jordan
Holland
Odom
Cotten Et al
Amarillo Gas Co
N. W
Odom-Cotten
G. B. Bour
Fred C. Kline
Frank Raef
Ab&m
Hk. S. Killough
Et Ux
Amarillo Development Co
Prem
R. S. Killough
S. 1
A. ©. Hays
Josie Lee Hays
Old Town
John Dees
Sallie James
C. C. Slaughter
J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co
R. W. Davis
Lula Watson
Madden
Roy N. Byrd
C. H. Keffer
Wolflin
Co. C. Pangle
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Glenwood
Lee Bivins
Tvan Wilcox
R.R. Gardens
J. C. Bemis
R. M. Nash
Miles Realty Co
R. N. Ready
Bivins
S.part
Leo Abbott
Brannen Co
McDavid
Lawrence and Brannen
Polk
Own
Republicans Rents Castle For Afghan King Visit
In Berlin the Republican authorities seek permission to rent rooms in a former Hohenzollen castle for the visiting King of Afghanistan. Incentives fail as castle conditions deter arrangements, with officials appealing to the Albrecht family estate in Wilhelmstrasse for lodging space. A separate ad notes Hart Schaffner and Marx coats priced from 25 to 40 dollars at 513 Polk Street.
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International News Service
Berlin
Germany
Hohensollerns
Afghanistan
Hohenzollen
von Hindenburg
Prince Albrecht
Prussia
Wilhemstrasse
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Fletcher
Freeman Drug
Courthouse Records
Alton Abbott
Alleta Abbott
J. O. Gulekie
Katharine Inman Jr
S. J
Clyde E. Bray
Eva Currie
O. C. Larabee
Rhoda Hawkins
Eakle
Arthur Clark
J. H. Brizendine
Morningside
Viola Fuermann
W. H
Tr. D
Percy E. Rockwell
J. D. Jordaan
Texas Employers Ins. Association
Plains
Chevrolet
P. L. LaRue
Humble Oil and Refinling Co
Henry Propst
Nash
Fillmore
Cullum Motor Co
Dodge
Glen Myers
City
Frost Motor Co
Buick
D. M. Seeley
P&sf
Plains Chev
W. G
Coon
Toney Chisum
Hudson
J. W. Whittle
Harrison Street
Williams Sign Co
Wallace
Jane D. Briant
Alabama
H. H. Turner
J. BE. Lemons
Arthur Street
First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Amarillo, Texas
Bliss Knapp
Brookline, Mass
The
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
FIEE
News-Globe
Capital Service
America
Capitol
Southwest
Belgium
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