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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1926
Page
10
Reed Sheet Metal and Heating occupies its new brick and tile building at 409 Jefferson Street after outgrowing its former site at 319 East Fifth Street. Henry Reed, president and GM, notes six years in business with expansion including a roofing department now emphasized.
Potter county heats up as Bud Mutter declares candidacy for Precinct No 1 constable. Incumbent J A Deadwiley seeks re election after serving his first term. Mutter, elected in 1920, plans to woo voters with his banjo and a country campaign approach.
County Tax Collector Ben Golding closed for the year with four thousand motor car registrations for the coming year, down from 7,100 last year, with expected total around 7,800. Traffic Officer W M McGough lists cars still using 1925 plates. 300 such vehicles were noted on January 1. Driving with a 1925 plate after December 31 is a legal violation. Some owners waited for new plates, keeping cars in garages.
Clay E. Thompson, former cashier of the First National Bank at McLean, has arranged a move to Amarillo in the near future and has formed an important business connection to be announced soon. He and his wife and three boys will relocate.
The Southwest Public Service company will discontinue its salesmen after February 1. Seven men are in the department. All sales will be conducted in show rooms and no solicitors will represent the company. Tack Burrese sets cand.
Crown Prince Carol of Roumania says reports of renouncing his throne are false and claims no official notice has been received. He has been staying for a fortnight at the Hotel De La Villa in Milan with aides and a secretary. Madame Magda Lupescu of Bucharest is believed to be the woman linked to the prince, though she has not appeared publicly with him in Milan.
Less Whitaker, former sheriff in 1923 and 1924, announced his bid to replace Wiley Pollard. Whitaker, who moved to Amarillo in 1906, was county tax assessor in 1914 and later farmed east of the city since 1925.
A real treat is in store for fathers and sons of Amarillo in an address Tuesday evening January 5 at 7 30 o'clock in St Andrews Episcopal church by Tom V Ellzey general secretary of the Alabama Council of Christian Education The Boys Work committee of the Rotary club urges every father to attend with his son and if he does not have a son take a boy who lacks a father Ellzey will discuss crossing the rivers of life from a spiritual angle Only boys 11 years and older will benefit He is sponsored by Bishop Seaman and the Amarillo Rotary Club Boys Work Committee He will be introduced by Bishop Seaman and W A Palmer Ellzey and his wife were raised in Kiowa County Oklahoma He has devoted his time to religious education in Alabama and is a father of four He is supported by pastors across Alabama and by school and business leaders His message is said to differ from typical sex talks It is valued for scouts and officials as well There is no admission charge and a free will offering will be taken Amarillo benefits from his travels to religious education events and a forthcoming world convention in Birmingham in April 1926 Also noted are Randall County district court in Canyon opening tomorrow with one criminal case bootlegging and a local real estate man about to close a 100 000 acre land deal
Bucharest dispatches report Premier Bratianu of Roumania has resigned and King Ferdinand may have accepted the resignation. Queen Marie and Ferdinand were said to support Bratianu despite Crown Prince Carol opposition. Prince Nicholas predicted Carol would wed his first wife after possible divorce laws. In other notes, Mr and Mrs Lewis Frogge of Plainview visited Amarillo, where Frogge manages Nobles Brothers Grocer.
Judge S. H. Madden travels to California to spend the winter. Three new oil companies are being organized by Amarillo men.
The San Jacinto lyceum course third number will be held Tuesday night at the San Jacinto Methodist church. Glen L. Morris, known as the Electrical Wizard, is billed as a top act, praised by Civic club president Bob Clark. Morris is famed as the Benjamin Franklin of the Twentieth Century and performs with tiny wireless devices and electric stunts on stage. Bert Levy, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Levy, sails to Chicago and New York to buy for Levy & Son store, marking a notable business trip for a young buyer.
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