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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1950
Page
2
A weather outlook notes a 50 50 chance of relief from a six month drought with calm February winds and a potential March moisture. The writer recalls a previous wet spell last spring and compares it to current dryness, expressing cautious optimism for rain and noting calmer high plains winds as a hopeful sign.
Winchell muses on luck at Florida wheels while Champ J Louis dines with fiancee Ruby Dallas and ex-wife Marva. A 12 year old Patty Murellc poem surfaces, and a nostalgic horse rhyme appears. Letters discuss harmless humor and a boy’s plan for a miniature golf course near Vega, amid town slogans and a reader’s critique of Amarillo’s Friendly City phrase.
A reader in Goodnight, Texas, recalls classic satire on friendly slogans and proposes replacing a controversial slogan with Bull Center to align with Bull Pavilion. The letter mocks enduring bull imagery in Amarillo and nods to Aristides the Just while urging a simpler, locally resonant branding.
A letter recalls David Rasco’s trip to New York with Hereford prize beef for the Hereford Cafe. He stayed in a family hotel, chatted about Amarillo, and helped a Denver friend by sending roses with a birthday card. The writer reflects on small acts and lasting character.
Widow Mrs George Clay seeks sewing work at home making button holes with guaranteed results. Also requests help finding babysitting or ironing work, offering to come to home for service and to keep children at a reasonable price. Contact 2 4793 or 2110 Garfield in rear. Also note lost billfold reward near Eighth and Polk, Tuesday Feb 17. Reward offered. Contact 5417.
Mrs June Denson offers a liberal reward for return of a lost money order she found, intended to pay her husband’s government insurance. She provides contact at 513 B East Eleventh and phone number 24888, asking for the finder to keep none and to return the item.
A five year old asks for a small male dog and offers to pick it up. He provides phone number 5813 and signs as Ronnie hoping someone will give him a pet.
A devout woman in her fifties with a steady income seeks a near age, well mannered man of good character who is also lonely for companionship. She desires sincere correspondence and mutual support in a respectful relationship.
A bedroom is available for rent to one or two working girls with kitchen privileges if desired. Call before 12 or after 9:30. Phone 3-2112.
A brief notice offers a trade of an S H stamp book for a Gunn Bros stamp book. The caller requests a phone contact at 7465 to arrange details.
Light ecru crochet table cloth offered in trade for a sewing machine or an apartment cook stove. Contact Mrs. Lloyd Johnson at 1119 North Cleveland.
Mrs R A Swenson seeks the contact of a doll repairman mentioned in a prior Canyon Texas column. She asks for names and ways to reach such artisans and provides the phone number 25111 for connection.
Jennie Carol Swenson reports a missing amosandra dog named amosandra possibly carried away by a dog. Contact 25111 or return to 411 Sunset to help recover her.
A ladies black kid leather glove and a class ring engraved '37 were found on a Washington bus line. The finder asks the owner to present proper identification at 2208 Washington or call 7621 to claim both items.
A reader asks for return of a cheap old billfold with painted pete, two five dollar bills, change, a small photo of a marriage license, pictures, a Motorcycle Club card, and medicine funds. Lost February 16 between 3 and 4 PM at Woolworth's. Return contents to Tack's office.
W C Heggie seeks carpentry jobs of any kind. Phone 2 8258. Address 2006 North Garfield.
Dear Mr. Tack please help me find laundry work I have a new Maytag washing machine and I want to pay for it with washing I will not wash or dry the clothes and fold them Phone 2 8583 Mrs J R Davis 2401 North West Second.
This 15th installment explains the eruption of permanent teeth, especially the first molars, their role in bite and chewing, and how loss or misalignment of primary teeth can affect jaw form and speech. It urges parents to monitor eruption and seek prompt dentist care for early or late tooth loss and misplacement.
A recovered notice states Duchess a black chow mix part chow with the name Duchess vanished from North East Thirteenth. A reward offered for information. Also a separate line from the same notice offers flexible local work including housework baby sitting cafe or laundry work with contact number 2 3334.
A short bid asks for old usable lumber to dispose of and reuse. The requester invites responses and provides the contact number 2-2874.
A resident reports losing a red calfskin billfold on Thursday night February 16 between Wilson Drug and their mother's home at 412 East Tenth. It contained two $20 bills and a money order addressed to the Treasurer along with an identification card bearing the name and address.
A reader reports a four month old puppy missing and asks for assistance in locating her. A contact number 3 7738 is provided with a request to call before 9 and after A READER.
Offer for baby clothes free to a new family calls 8346. Two female fox terrier pups available to a good home described as nice. Lost brown tooled leather purse lost by Joseph Caddick of 917 North Mirror.
Local florists association convened a gathering to discuss seasonal arrangements and floral industry concerns. Attendees addressed market trends, scheduling, and upcoming community events coordinated by the group.
The Amarillo Florists Association held a monthly meeting at oo Flowers with 39 attendees from Tulsa Hereford McLean and Dumas. Committee chairs were named for entertainment program attendance and special entertainment, with Batchelor named sergeant at arms. Prizes awarded for corsage designs with Elva Lee Baker winning first, M. Stensons second, and Stanley Butcker third. The group meets monthly and will reconvene March 21 at Cunningham Floral Co.
The 1856 bid of Sam Houston for the Democratic presidential nomination failed in Baltimore, drawing only three votes while Millard Fillmore secured the nomination. Houston later plotted to invade Mexico, seek a protectorate, and reach the White House, resigning his Senate seat to pursue Texas governorship. His attempt to realize the dream collided with the Civil War and Texas secession, ending his grand scheme.
Liberal reward offered for return with identity provided. Call 9288. Will identify.
Would trade a heavy-duty steel body two-wheel trailer for a good cow. Contact I. B. James Box 64 one mile east of Goodnight.
Education has arrived in the US trust islands of the Pacific and both children and adults want to learn. They aim to speak English to trade with Americans and study arithmetic to track earnings. School district heads from the Marshalls Truk Palau Saipan and Yap spoke at a Navy sponsored conference about the US takeover from Japan.
San Francisco based doctor Leslie L. Bennett of the University of California medical school reports experiments showing hypnosis can induce heart disease symptoms in healthy subjects without causing heart damage. The findings highlight challenges doctors face in diagnosing heart conditions.
Falls Creek Pennsylvania farmers plan nearly 50 miles of live flower bearing fences this year. They will plant 250000 multi flora rose plants one foot apart on line fences and field boundaries. The primary purpose is soil conservation though beauty is a welcome side effect. The hedges will also shelter birds rabbits and other small game for years to come.
The Japan Civil Liberties Union, founded in November 1947, now comprises 12 regional branches and more than 3,000 members across the country.
The ICAO legal committee reaffirmed that compensation is due to anyone on Earth who suffers damages from objects falling from airplanes. The ICAO includes representatives from Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Egypt France Italy Mexico Norway Netherlands Sweden Switzerland Thailand Czechoslovakia Venezuela Britain and the United States.
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