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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1948
Page
4
Lefty Fowler, head of the typhus control section, announces a renewed educational drive for rat eradication. The plan centers on rat proofing buildings with city guidance or private contractors, with post work city inspections to ensure compliance.
The Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association will install Troy Jones as president and Russell Ramey Jr. as vice president at a 7:30 p.m. dinner tonight at the Amarillo Hotel. Guest speaker E. T. Stearns of Fort Worth, FHA district director, will attend, with F. A. Van Patten expected to arrive from Washington. 1948 directors include Floyd Richards, A. H. Brown, Fred Seale, C. F. Smith and Mickey Maguire. national directors are Reynolds and Dick Hughes of Pampa.
Six men applied for Army Air Corps duty at the Amarillo recruiting office. The candidates are Bobby V. Warren Baltimore Henry R. Tiburzi Canyon and five more names with two opting for five years and the rest for three years. They all left Amarillo for Albuquerque for their physical examinations.
Mrs B E Brumley of Hereford visited Mrs Zola Walker at 3602 Hayden yesterday, staying for a social call.
Agricultural leaders from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Kansas and Colorado gather in Amarillo for the Great Plains Agricultural Council Southern division winter session at the Amarillo Hotel. The conference began yesterday and runs through tomorrow with discussions on farm labor irrigation grazing weed control and disease issues led by Dr Ide Trotter and Dr Peter Nelson.
Members gather at the Herring Hotel ball room at noon Friday to mark the clubs first year. Al Frantz heads a program featuring the Amarillo High School A Cappella Choir directed by Mrs. Julia Dean Evans.
More than 400 AFL plumbers in Houston continued a multi day meeting after a pause at 10 o clock yesterday. They seek a $19 daily wage, up from $17, while Local 68 business agent C A Ditner said there is little else they can do until employers act. The Associated Master Plumbers of Houston planned a follow up meeting today to discuss the issue.
In Havana on January 6 at the Pan American Congress of ophthalmology a California eye specialist advised that children born with dense cataracts should be operated on before they start school to prevent reading difficulties.
Experiment Station at Tucumcari New Mexico is led by director D. R. Burnham with involvement from Mr. Finnell and leaders at the College Station station.
Tonight Potter County commissioners court will meet with the Northwest Texas Hospital Planning Board at the hospital to discuss revision of plans for a 100 bed addition funded by a $750000 bond issue approved last August. The board cites money troubles as a key issue in the planning process.
Gilbert Vetters of Corpus Christi was elected president of the Texas Newspaper Advertising Managers Association. He succeeds Pat Taggart of the Waco News Tribune and Times-Herald. New officers include Al Jennings and Roy McKinney as first and second vice presidents, with Homer Belew as secretary.
Miss Icie B Johnson head of Amarillo High School commercial department returned from a five day National Business Teachers Association conference in St Louis. She noted emphasis on salesmanship in high schools and plans to open a selling class in the second semester. Speakers included Jeff Williams Charles Smith and Clayton Rand.
The Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club schedules a full hour of motion pictures on hunting and fishing for Monday night at 8 at the high school auditorium. Films include Pack & Saddle Still Fishing in Florida Fish From Hell and Ducks and Drakes.
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