Tri State fiddlers plan three county contests this week
Three county contests schedule for this week to decide the county champions who will compete in the Second annual Tri-State Fair Associations old fiddlers contest on March 7 at the Municipal auditorium. Potter and Oldham contests March 1, Swisher in Tulsa February 28 with about a dozen entries per county.
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Foreign Vets Planning for Celebration
All veterans who served abroad are invited to a John B. Golding Post VFW meeting at 8 tonight at the Legion home. Plans for a Dec oration Day event on May 30 and hosting Texas officers for the 1950 Amarillo convention are discussed. Mrs. Zane Smith leads the ladies auxiliary formation. eligible women urged to attend.
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Amarillo High News Paper Earns Quill and Scroll Honor
The Sandstorm student newspaper at Amarillo high school was accepted as a member of Quill and Scroll, a national high school journalism honor. A chapter will form once the charter arrives and worthy students will be recommended for membership.
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James L. Quicksall
Midnight Dilemma of Tommy Atkins in French Village
In a quiet wartime French hamlet the colonel faces a moral crisis over the execution of Private Tommy Atkins. Father Ben the village priest interrupts with a confessional triggered revelation that reshapes the doomed probability and tests leadership and mercy under fire.
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No firing squad at dawn as old soldiers seek mercy
A colonel and a priest argue over Tommy Atkins’s guilt while a sentry outside records their movements. The colonel dismisses a dawn firing, promising mercy as a clock nears sunrise. The tale closes with a note on yew berries whose seeds are toxic yet berries harmless.
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March Art Exhibits at Amarillo Public Schools
Three exhibits will be shown at the Capitol Motel in March and April under Amarillo Public Schools. On March 6 fine pottery from Van Briggle Pottery of Colorado Springs will be displayed, with rare pieces featured. March 27 presents paintings by Rh. G. Eisenlohr of Dallas, and April 24 showcases The Irving Couse of Taos.
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Amarillo
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Dallas
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Taos
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Jane Anone
Ertigre
Oklahoma Aggies win intercollegiate livestock contest
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College outdistanced the Texas College of Technology team from Lubbock to win the Southwest American Livestock Show intercollegiate judging contest. Oklahoma scored 3299 points to 2884 for Texas. High scorer was Charles Gardiner of Quinlan. Texas participants were Paul Marr R L Burdett W F E Roane J R Boyd and Davis Pounds.
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Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
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