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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1950
Page
15
A New Year note from Amarillo: newlyweds Mr and Mrs Frank Friauf, a News-Globe staffer and Tyler girl, set up housekeeping amid office ribbing over a can opener. The column moves through notes on old football records, college arrivals, births, traveling families, and local staff happenings.
Jan 3 1935 noted Charles M Rogers began leading Amarillo schools after a 1920s appointment. Enrollment rose from 8,638 to 12,004 this semester and teachers grew from 290 to 465 as education shifted to focus on student motivation. The item recalls Jan 2 1927 bond push by Charlie Fish for water, sewers, and a viaduct, plus other local recollections and items from 1912.
Annual reunion of the Timmons family was held Sunday afternoon at the H. M. Timmons home at 1607 Hayden. The item notes the family event following Christmas with no further details.
Coach Howard Lynch known as Bull, a nickname earned during high school boxing. Traveling notices report several residents visiting and returning from trips from Pampa to Ogden and Palo Alto, with Mayo Clinic visit in Rochester noted. A Silver Grill debate on Mars prompts lively discussion at morning scene. Amarillo area reports a severe bagworm infestation threatening leaves on evergreen, elm and maple trees, sparing few ash trees.
A Globe staffer spends hours at the Amarillo public library where a white cat meanders through corners. The reporter toys with researching the library cat when librarian Miss Alice Green jokes about the cat following him and hopes he takes it along when he leaves. Holiday visitors include Mr and Mrs Glen Battin and family, Mr and Mrs Bruce Harrel of Wichita Kansas, and Mr Haygood of Lorenzo visiting friends in F. W. Rogers, E. K. Jones household with Elizabeth returning from Altus Oklahoma. A note about natural speed limits appears, continued on page 20.
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