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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1948
Page
15
Partial OCR shows a fragment mentioning numbers, a location 57 1300 Weat 7th, a dive Friday and a wife of W. H. plus a mother of A, indicating an incomplete obituary or death notice with family relations and a scheduled event.
The Amarillo cancer education and research center, one month old, reports progress under director Mrs Grace Hopkins. Located in the Old Library Building, Sixth and Taylor, it serves as Panhandle district office for the American Cancer Society which provided a $5 000 grant. The center offers advisory help not medical advice, compiles case histories for research, with support from the Potter County Medical Society.
T Hyse Jr 27 a former Amarillo resident died in Siloam Springs Ark after a five month illness. Survived by wife and two children, his father T Hyse Sr of Dalhart and mother Mrs Rubylee Esterday of Siloam Springs. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM with services in Oklahoma?
Katherine Mack of Amarillo received a two year suspended sentence after a 47th District Court conviction for possessing a forged instrument with intent to pass it. Richard Evans of Amarillo was acquitted in a separate trial, while Marvin C. Riley, now a fugitive, faced forgery charges. The defendants were represented by Culwell & Culwell.
Millican, 38, was found guilty in the 47th District Court of attempting to pass a forged check to Ancel Arden, manager of the Fort Food Store at Tenth and Fillmore. He was represented by Amarillo attorney Bill Flesher. The outcome was a three year suspended sentence.
L. P. Herndon, office manager, said the Amarillo Internal Revenue offices will be closed all day Monday starting tonight and will reopen Tuesday at 8 o clock. He noted Saturdays are also closed due to elevator shutdown, and no changes are expected in income tax forms for 1948. The offices are on the third floor of the Post Office Building.
W. W. Schaad senior liaison officer for the US Weather Bureau spends a week in Fort Worth region touring stations and meeting local officials. He notes the five state jurisdiction Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas and Louisiana. He travels a long distance each year to observe principal weather stations and to assess community needs.
Betty Jean Pointer a 16 year old from Quitaque suffered a skull fracture when the 1948 coupe driven by Billy Pierce left State Highway 86 one mile west of Silverton and overturned. Shirley Foster 14 received a fractured shoulder and Pierce injured a leg. Pointer was taken to Plainview Sanitarium in critical condition.
Potter County Grand Jury scheduled today to investigate two former Amarillo police officers, William M. Inglis and Max Lenaburg, accused of burglarizing the Mayfair shop at 701 Polk and stealing from the Phillips Petroleum warehouse at 415 Grand. Eugene L. Webb and Dallas K. Walter, alias Joseph Young, face marijuana possession charges.
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