Roberts MC At 4088 Fete In 40 & 8 Pilgrim Event
Lou J. Roberts of Amarillo served as master of ceremonies at the first annual 40 8 pilgrimage to the Texas Merci Train car housed at Camp Mabry near Austin. The event drew 40 8 members from across Texas and featured A B Clark as principal speaker.
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Lou J. Roberts
Panhandle
Borger
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo
Roberts
Austin
James E
Jimmy” Faulkner
Harvey Oliver
Faulkner
Texas 40 & 8
A. B. Clark
Clark
Markets Close Wednesday For Washington Birthday
All financial and commodity exchanges across the United States will be closed on Wednesday February 22 in observance of Washingtons Birthday. The Department of Agriculture will issue livestock reports as usual.
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New York
United States
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Start Early to Protect Tooth Health in Children
An educational piece from Amarillo area health groups urges early dental care starting at age two to two and a half, promoting prevention over treatment. It notes most American children neglect dental health, risking decay, gum disease, and facial deformities, and calls for cooperation from parents, teachers, nurses, and dentists to establish lifelong healthy habits.
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United States
Record Visitors Peak at Palo Duro Canyon Event
John McCarty, concessionaire, reported 1,500 visitors at Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday, the highest since last summer’s Treasure Hunt. Attendance since January 1 reached 8,427, ten times the prior year, with many visitors from the South Plains.
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Palo Duro Canyon
John McCarty
McCarty
South Plains
Four Fined for Drunk Driving in Cocata County
Judge Gene Jordan ordered fines totaling 600 plus costs for four men who pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Ray Ward of Plainview paid 150 plus costs after a Sunday crash at Second and Buchanan with no injuries. T C Shaffer of 1113 Fillmore was fined 200 plus costs for hitting a parked car at Seventeenth and Fillmore. Edward Vincent Thompson of 50414 Harrison faced 150 plus costs after hitting a parked car on Harrison Avenue. The fourth case involved no crash and carried a 100 plus costs fine.
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Gene Jordan
Ray Ward
Plainview
Second
Buchanan
T. C. Shaffer
Fillmore
Shaffer
Seventeenth and
Edward Vincent Thompson
Harrison
Crime prevention week focus by Exchange Club
Exchange Club President Troy Jones announces National Crime Prevention Week to be observed Feb 1925 with city schools and civic clubs hearing calls for crime reduction. He notes crime rose 2.7 percent in cities and 7.6 percent in rural areas in the first half of 1949 from the prior year, and that about half of property crimes in that period were by youths under 25.
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Exchange Club
Troy Jones
Jones
Italian Immigrants Plan Chieti to Conshohocken Wedding
Vinc ent De Laurentis and Lucy d Orsaneo, two young Italian immigrants who lived near each other back in the Chieti region, meet only after arriving in the United States about a year ago. They are now set to be married in Conshohocken.
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Conshohocken, Pa
U.P
Vincent de Laurentis
Lucy d’Orsaneo
Chieti
Italy
Officials due Tuesday for river study meeting
Preliminary engineering phases of the Canadian River project near Sanford will be discussed at the Tri-State Canadian River Compact Commission meeting tomorrow at 10 in Room 203 Herring Hotel. Col E V Spence will join from Austin with Clarence Burch and John Bliss also aboard. a non voting chairman will be appointed by President Truman. Panhandle delegates pursue federal action in Washington with Whiteside Baxter Thompson Richardson Jones and others. Senate approval pending after House action last summer. Howard Robinson of the US Bureau of Reclamation aids delegates in Washington.
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Sanford
Canadian River Compact Commission
Herring Hotel
Col. E. V. Spence
Austin
Texas
Clarence Burch
Oklahoma City
John Bliss
Santa Fe
Truman
Panhandle
Washington
Clarence Whiteside
Lubbock
Rex B. Baxter
Amarillo
House of Representatives
Senate
Howard Robinson
US Bureau of Reclamation
Panhandle-Plains
Baylor Invitational Declamation Second Place Awarded
A school junior won second place in declamation at the Baylor Invitational Speech Tournament in Waco. Grant Gross and Bill Gibson of AHS placed in the top 20 percent of schools in their session. Miss Jessie Mercer, speech instructor, accompanied the local delegation.
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Baylor
Waco
Grant Gross
Bill Gibson
AHS
Jessie Mercer
Britain installs nearly 2.5 million telephones since the war
Britain reports that about 2,500,000 telephones have been installed since the end of the war. The figure reflects rapid postwar modernization and expansion of telephone service across the country, highlighting widespread adoption and infrastructure growth.
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Britain
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Potter County Medical Society
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Amarillo High
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ARTON
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Heath
Roy Campbell
Mary Turner
Polly Barker
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Winsten-alem
Metropolitan Opera
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