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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1951
Page
6
J David Franklin age 80 died Sunday morning. Husband of Launa and father of Floyd, Clyde, Orville, Woodrow, and Mrs Waller. Services 2 PM Tuesday at Memorial Chapel, interment Memorial Park.
overland transport to Jacksboro Texas for service and burial outlines multiple family deaths. King and Patton families list children Henry Allen Patton 4 months, Robert Wealey 3, and siblings Jim Jerry John. Read as brief obituary notices from a Northwest Alabama region with addresses and family ties.
Authorities investigate a deadly family incident at Palo Duro Canyon State Park where a 34 year old man Patton and two small children died after a camp meal that included scrambled eggs and brains. Monoxide found in their bodies prompts tests at Austin. one child who ate cookies remained unharmed. Patton, once a city street department worker, claimed food poisoning as the cause.
Civil engineers of the Panhandle plan to affiliate with a national society. Speakers at last night's Blackstone Hotel meeting included Dr. George Whetstone formerly of Amarillo College and a Texas Tech professor. J H Mur dough from Tech spoke, with Howard Kuhn, Tech student and ASCE member, presenting a paper on the Canadian River dam project. Winfield Holbrook of Plainview attended advisory. Amarillo Reclamation Bureau staff Rex Reed, Howard Robbins, Bion Moore, Everett Rowland, A. N. Thompson and their wives were present.
Amarillo High School Bel Canto Chorale plans a calendar sale, cake bake, tag day and possible concert to raise 2500 dollars for a 75 member trip to Dallas for the Highlander Music Festival. A. M. Autrey conducts the group which last year won Gulf-Sulphur sponsored state contest and toured Houston.
Buck Minton of 303 North Jackson faces theft under 50 dollars and receiving and concealing stolen property charges. The alleged theft involved cable drums and counterweights stored at the old McKnight livery barn on North Harrison. Minton was arrested Saturday and some stolen items were recovered at a local junk yard.
Testimony was taken in Potter County court as Rose Mathes seeks probate of Roy Mathes lost will from November last year. Mrs Mathes, Roy’s divorced wife, claims the will leaves all property to her while Mrs Gladys Mathes, Roy’s wife at death, testifies no will existed. Roy owned the Roy Mathes Lumber and Supply Co.
North Amarillo Garden Club joins Kiwanis in a campaign to collect 22 thousand bricks for the North Amarillo Youth Building at 900 North Pierce. Schools Forest Hill Will Rogers Horace Mann are asked to collect bricks, new or used, and a truck will pick up bricks daily through February 16.
Walter Shaller chairs Amarillo Health Division as it reviews proposed projects submitted for initial study. Committees will assess facilities, water fluorine content, plumbing standards, milk supply, education for the blind, and garbage disposal with aim of coordinated, objective studies rather than investigations.
Jack R. Smith 28 of 2031 Travis will travel to Austin Friday with Texas Ranger Frank Probst to take a lie detector test about his wife Nell Marie 33 who died Friday night after a gunshot wound to the right side at St. Anthony's Hospital. Sheriff Paul Gaither said Smith, linked to Amarillo Reserve posts, claimed the shooting was accidental saying Nell unloaded a .410 shotgun he gave her at Christmas.
Rep Jim Lindsey of Texarkana introduced a dummy omnibus tax bill covering oil sulphur liquor radios carbon black chain stores and natural gas. He notes it lacks last year's 10 percent general increase and discusses options to cut appropriations reduce farm-to-market road funding and raise revenue from oil production to hold down taxes.
The meeting warned that taxes above 25 percent erode incentive and civilizational vitality. Dr. F I Mize of Texas Tech outlined how regimentation grows as opposition to freedom expands, arguing defense mobilization will drain small town workers as tooling up ends this year and wages rise in larger defense hubs.
Investors shifted into Allied Stores and Petro firms while Allis Chalmers and Armour moved prices. Major names including American Steel and Anaconda Copper showed gains alongside Paramount, Boeing, and General Motors. Trading reflected mixed sentiment across industrials, energy, and consumer goods with several large caps advancing.
Gray County officers arrested C. A. Baggerman 22 of Pampa on a bad check charge. The arrest occurred at Sixth and Polk and he was taken to Pampa jail.
Railway office workers opposed to a union shop move plan to unionize all Amarillo staff organize a protest meeting at 7 30 tonight in the 47th District Court room. Charles Campbell says the aim is not to condemn unions but to defend personal liberties and a petition will be sent to President Truman and local lawmakers and railroad managers.
Perryton reports the death of Mrs. John Taylor formerly of Ochiltree County after a long illness. She was 55 and passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs. J A Shorty McClung in Perryton. Funeral services are set for Friday at Full Gospel Church with Rev. Leonard Carlson officiating. Burial will follow in Ochiltree Cemetery under Boxwell Bros. direction. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. Click Mrs. McClung and Mrs. Robert C Hardin and a son Walter Taylor, all of Perryton.
Williamstown reporting that author Sinclair Lewis, who died aged 65, constructed a lavish ultra modern hen-house on his 600 acre estate. On completion he reportedly said that even if he lived to 100 and eggs sold for a dollar each he would recoup his investment.
W. C. Townes, Amarillo architect, will draw plans for Potter County Juvenile Detention Home. County Judge Gene Jordan announced the commissioners court authorized hiring an architect to begin planning. About $22,000 is available. Location not yet decided. convalescent home north of the city is the only viable site. The current juvenile detention home at Amarillo Air Force Base must relocate in a few months.
Southwestern Drug Corporation at 101 Lincoln suffered extensive water damage after a sprinkler system was activated by a basement fire. Manager Bob Epperson said fire damage was light and that the blaze appeared to start from an electric heater in the basement, soaking merchandise and cartons while delaying reopening about 40 minutes.
A district meeting of Texas Rangers of Company C will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Texas Department of Public Safety office, 2200 East Tenth. Ranger Frank Probst said the meeting is to be routine. Panhandle officers will meet at Borger Thursday.
The Crippled Children’s Council led by A. Bert McCullough organizes an annual Easter Seal sale to raise funds for crippled children. About 20,000 letters will go to Amarillo supporters as the 1951 seal features a crippled girl on crutches and the campaign runs Feb 28 to March 25 with various services funded nationwide.
General Douglas MacArthur said the United Nations offensive would persist with heavy casualties as the Eighth Army avoids fixed lines. He visited the Seoul area and reinforced the aim to press the war of maneuver against Chinese Communists. The United Nations reported 2,488 enemy casualties on Monday, raising the total to 73,033 in the 19 day offensive.
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