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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1948
Page
6
Wm Paul Bradford director announced December attendance at the Youth Center exceeded 8000 with 3300 at junior and senior high parties and 1800 at movies. He notes totals reflect repeated participation by the same youths and not 8000 unique individuals.
The US film industry lifted the shipment ban to Denmark and announced agreements for exporting movies to Norway and Sweden.
John Furbach, a jeweller from 417 Polk, recalls being pitched a camel in Egypt in 1908 by Baron von Els Rubenach who sparked his stamp collecting interest. The baron helped him dust sand from his eyes and trousers and Furbach later bought stamps from the encounter. He never sells stamps, only buys or trades and then traveled world wide.
The Amarillo jeweller keeps a stamp collection with more than 20 000 items and values some pieces near 10 000 dollars. His world collection spans 1845 1900 stamps from Britain France Canada and more while US stamps from 1861 to date fill the vaults. His two rare Franklin US stamps from 1851 are among the most valuable. He hopes to see the Amarillo Stamp Collectors Club reorganized.
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