Death notices for Armstrong King and Wood Sherwood
Arm strong King and Walter G. King are noted as deceased with a funeral service at 4 PM Tuesday in Memorial Chapel and burial at Llano. aunt relations listed. Wood Sherwood, 67, of 804 Van Buren, dies Monday. husband, father, and grandparent relations named. service pending with Black urn Shaw.
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Was
Walter G. King
Irter
Clinton
Olin Davis
John P.ne. Jr
Merial Chapel
Llano
Awood Uben Sherwood
van Buren
Aidee
Gene Ingram
L. W. Jorgensen
Ray
Hugh
Seth Horn
Blackurn-Shaw
Simmons Arshal Hillman obituary notice
Mons arshal Hillman Simmons 38 years of 7 Sur vived by wife Evelyn daughter arshiva Sue and parents Claud M Simmons and spouse notes three brothers R E Joe and Claude M Jr Eldon Ban Mister stepson Service 11 AM Wednesday Ivey Chapel Burial Slaton Texas
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Monsarshal Hillman Simmons
Thur St
Evelyn
Arshiva Sue
Claud. M Simmons
R. E
Joe
Claude M
Eldon Ban- Mister
Ivey Chapel
Burial Slaton
Texas
R U Ben Sherwood Rites Pending in Arkansas obituary
Funeral services for Ruben Ray Sherwood, 87, public accountant, died yesterday at his Van Buren home. He had lived here since 1922 and was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a Mason, and a Shriner. Survived by wife Jdee, daughters Gene Ingram of Amarillo and L W Jorgensen of Portland, son Ray Sherwood of Banning, two brothers in Oklahoma City and Pauls Valley, a sister in San Antonio, and three grandchildren Barbara, Jimmy, and Merre Chris Jorgensen.
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Ruben Ray Sherwood
van Buren
Blackburn Shaw
Sherwood
First Presbyterian Church
Jdee Sherwood
Gene Ingram
Amarillo
Rs. L. W. Jorgensen
Portland
Ore
Ray Sherwood
Banning
Cal
Midson
Oklahoma City
Ugh Sherwood
Pauls Valley
Pras
Seth Horn
Aan, Tex
Barbara
Jimmy Sherwood
Merre Chris Jorgensen
Dallas Times-Herald reporter cited by press club
Margaret Kane of the Dallas Times-Herald was cited for outstanding coverage of home furnishing business. The award was among 18 honors presented by the press club of the American Furniture Mart in Chicago.
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Jonor
Chicago
Margaret Kane
Dallas Times-Herald
Press Club
American Furniture Mart
Physicist’s Death Probed in Aspen Slaying Case
Aspen, Colo. Jan 9 Authorities await autopsy to decide if hanging of Navy missile physicist Ralph Smith 27 of Florence Kan was murder or accident. Smith found frozen in an abandoned building after a skiing trip with Gordon Bangs 26 Amarillo son of Mr and Mrs A C Bangs.
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Aspen
Colo
U.P
Ralph Smith
Florence
Kan
Gordon Bangs
Amarillo
Smith
Inyo-Kern
China Lake
Cal
A. C. Bangs
Rusk
University of Colorado
Boulder
Bangs
Gordon
Naval Testing Station
Lokey Named Chairman of Amarillo Civil Service Group
Ted Lokey was named chairman of the Amarillo Civil Service Commission at its annual reorganization last night succeeding Al Chesser as vice chairman. W. M. Sutton serves as the third member. Lokey had major surgery a week ago at Mayo Clinic Rochester and is reported to be recovering and expected home next week.
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Ted Lokey
Amarillo
Red Feather drive raises 171 thousand in donations
The Panhandle Chapter of Certified Public Accountants reports the Red Feather campaign collected 113 965.75 in cash and 57 482.79 in pledges totaling 171 448.54, up 27.92 percent from the prior drive while the number of contributors rose 39.95 percent from 8375 to 11721. Mayor Klein announced seven incoming directors: William Q. Boyce J. R. Brown Herb Budke J Harold Dunn Dan Higgins Key Farr and Stanley Marsh Jr. Retiring include FE M Blackburn Jr Paul Allingham Charles T Crowe John Boyce Charles T Ware and Ted Lokey.
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Panhandle
Certified Public Accountants
Ad Club
Red Feather
Klein
William Q. Boyce
J. R. Brown
Herb Budke
J. Harold Dunn
Dan Higgins
Key Farr
Stanley Marsh
M. Blackburn, Jr
Paul Allingham
Charles T. Crowe
John Boyce
Charles T. Ware
Ted Lokey
Amarillo School Employes Credit Union Annual Meeting
The Amarillo School Employes Credit Union held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School. S. G. Anthony Mrs Velma Bell Robert H. Birchfield E R Carver O B Ginn Lydia Martin E M Savage Estelle Scott Ray Small Ethel Wells were elected to the board of directors. Miss Ruth Driskill Hugh Underwood Wesley Jones were named to the supervisory committee.
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Amarillo School Employes Credit Union
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School
S. G. Anthony
Velma Bell
Robert H. Birchfield
E. R. Carver
O. B. Ginn
Lydia Martin
E. M. Savage
Estelle Scott
Ray Small
Ethel Wells
Ruth Driskill
Hugh Underwood
Wesley Jones
Navy Issues Reserve Call for Eighth District
The Navy announces a reserve call quota of 2,643 enlisted reservists for the April June cycle in the Eighth Naval District which covers Louisiana Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma. Recruits include chief petty officers electronic technicians teleman radio men storekeeper lithographer draftsman and other specialists along with bosun quartermaster sonarman gunner’s mate fire control and aviation and mechanical specialists. Some WAVE reserve officers in radioman storekeeper disbursing clerk and other specialties will be ordered, plus seamen firemen and airmen with six months prior service.
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Eighth Naval District
Washington United Press
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Navy
Khiva Temple to Install New Officers Tomorrow
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine will install a new potentate and an Oriental guide tomorrow night. W Perry Powell ends his term as illustrious potentate and George M Thompson of Clarendon will be elevated from Oriental guide to high priest and prophet. An oyster stew will be served at 6 PM in the palm room for Shriners holding 1951 cards, with the annual meeting to start at 7:30 PM. Five days after the meeting, Khiva Temple will host imperial potentate Hubert McNeal Potent of Wake Forest NC.
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Mystic Shrine
W. Perry Powell
George M. Thompson
Clarendon
Khiva
Hubert McNeal Potent
Wake Forest
Burglary Report Involving Ping Pong Rackets Detail
Neighbors reported a burglary at a residence on December 31. Police recover two ping pong rackets and several other items from the basement and question how the pair used them during the home invasion while the family was away for days.
Rites Pending for Henry H. Tanner in Amarillo
Funeral arrangements for Henry Harrison Hook Tanner 61 died yesterday at his home 1808 Lincoln Amarillo. Retired Santa Fe locomotive engineer he owned and sold an IND service station and sold insurance after retirement. Survived by wife Bertie Lee, two sons and five daughters, four sisters and ten grandsons two granddaughters. Body in care of N. S. Griggs & Sons.
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Henry Harrison
Hook
Wise County
Amarillo
Bertie Lee Tanner
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge No
Gerald O. Tanner
Marie A. Tanner
Mildred Tanner
John J. Brown
Robert Crawford
Marjorie Sharp
G. D. Ayer
Belen
G. D. Horton
Wood
John Walker
George Talbot
Slaton
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Joint Civil Defense Plan Proposed by Canyon Leaders
Mayor Andy Walsh of Canyon and Ted Reid commander of the Canyon American Legion met Amarillo Potter County Canyon and Randall County officials this morning to propose a joint civil defense committee. The Amarillo Potter County Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Committee was recently organized by Mayor Klein and County Judge Gene Jordan with Col T H McDonald as deputy director. Under the plan Canyon residents would join the Amarillo Potter County Disaster Relief Committee joining the two communities in a unified program.
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Andy Walsh
Canyon
Ted Reid
Gene
Withlein
Post
Amarillo
Potter County
Randall County
Amarillo-Potter County
Klein
Gene Jordan
Col
T. H. McDonald
Walsh
Mr. Reid
Two California soldiers held by St. Louis police in theft case
Misa kian and Duchie, absent without leave since December 27 from Camp Presidio and Fort Ord, were turned over to military authorities. They claim to have stolen a car at Seaside, swapped plates at the Arizona line, and raided a Las Vegas service station and the Cash home, with some loot recovered from the car.
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St. Louis
Misakian
Duchie
California
Quchie
Camp Presidio
Fort Ord
Seaside
Arizona
Las Vegas
Recruiting Quota Sets Five Men Daily At Amarillo Station
Maj. Harold A. Reynolds announced the Amarillo Army and Air Force Recruiting Station will recruit five men daily under a new Air Force freeze on volunteers. Army enlistment remains open. The station worked late to clear a volunteer backlog before the limit, delaying some eligible recruits. The quota excludes volunteers with prior service or two or more years of college credits, and counts only actual active duty of 90 days with honorable discharge. About 1,000 daily Air Force recruits will be processed at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, with potential expansion to Sampson AFB, NY.
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Amarillo
Reynolds
National Guard
Air Force
Washington
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Sampson Air Force Base
New York
Permits Issued For Polk Street Housing Project
Building permits were issued by the city engineering department this morning for 12 houses on Polk Street in the 4300 block to Troy Jones Amarillo contractor. Plans call for nine frame dwellings at 5000 dollars each and three frame houses at 6000 dollars each. J W Uhrig received permits for two frame residences at 801 and 803 Pittsburgh with 5 room efficiency houses costing 5000 dollars each. Ivan Tucker was issued permits for a 6 room brick veneer at 2213 Milam and a 5 room brick veneer at 2211 Milam costing 14000 and 10000 dollars respectively and including an attached double garage on the larger and single garage on the smaller. Howard Lawson got a permit for a 5 room brick veneer at 4106 North Cimarron costing 10000 dollars. Kenneth E Kearns received permits for frame residences at 4426 and 4432 Parker, both 5 room efficiency frame dwellings costing 6000 and 6400 dollars.
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Polk Street
City Engineering Department
Troy Jones
Amarillo
J. W. Uhrig
Pittsburgh
Ivan Tucker
Milam
Howard Lawson
North Cimarron
Parker
Kenneth E. Kearns
Negro Sought Here Arrest Downstate
Mitchell Alexander Brown, indicted for assault with intent to murder by a Potter County grand jury on May 12 1949 for the April 24 1949 stabbing of Helen Matthews, has been apprehended at Wichita Falls and will be brought to Amarillo for trial. The Matthews resident remains in Amarillo.
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Mitchell Alexander Brown
Wichita Falls
Woody Riner
Brown
Amarillo
Riner
Potter County
Helen Matthews
Matthews
New Directive On Air Base Plans Routed Through Dallas
The Corps of Engineers will send its general directive for Amarillo Air Base architectural and engineering work to its division office in Dallas next week. The 37 million dollar program follows Air Force requirements and will go to the Tulsa district for field action. Walter Jenkins of Senator Johnson's office said the directive covers preliminary engineering only and excludes construction contracts. Tulsa district engineers recently reviewed base utilities.
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Corps of Engineers
Amarillo Air Base
Dallas
Lyndon Johnson
Air Force
Corps’ District
Tulsa
Okla
Walter Jenkins
Senator Johnson
the Globe
Man freed from jail in 1949 after DA office error
Brown was released following a district attorney office error and was later detained in Wichita Falls after naming an Amarillo resident as a reference. The reference person alerted police, leading to Brown’s recapture with help from Don Sipes, a police identification expert.
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District Attorney’s Office
Brown
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Don Sipes
Police Department
Cattle Market Report From Kansas City Jan 9 1930s
At Kansas City cattle yard 6 000 head cattle 500 calves sold fed steers 30 34 dollars, hogs 35 to 75 cents lower with 170 250 lb class 20 50 dollars, sows 16 18 dollars, lambs 32 33 dollars, native sheep 16 50 dollars up to 50 cents. Bulls 28 dollars, good dealers 29 33 dollars.
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United Airline
Garona Herden Galliait
Gas. Corp
Omr
Hershey
Houston Oil Co
Howe Sound
Hudson Motor Smit
Centralr
US Steel
United Wallop
Amarillo
Internat
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner
Ee A Beane
Bell
Bea
Air Reductioon
Bornard
Internatl T&t
Foulsy & Nash
Johns Manvil
Allegheny
Mack
Jones & Laugh
Wes
Kennecott Cop
Westingh Bloc
Allied Stores
Bokes & Rob
Laclede Gasl
U Penn el
Lerner
White Motors
Willysae
Allis Chalmers
Vmcn&l
Amer Airlines
la Land&Expl
Amer Fd & St
Amer Tel-Tel
Amer Tobaco
Amer Woolen
Amer Zinc Ld
Ander
Armco
Armour & Co
Assoc Dry
Giatali Gore
UNA Fuel Geyre
Segsna Air
Electric B&s
Superior T&d
Tong Sol L
Arch Top&sf
North Au
Hagestine
Avco Manufac
North Nat Gas
Humble
United Airc
ACO
North Pac RR
Inv Royal
Utah
Idaho Sg
Baltimore & O
Ohio Edison
Ohio Oil
Oliver Corp
Packard Mot
Pan Am
Tex East Tran
Pan Est
Tex Util le
Panhand P&r
Pepsi Cola
Bendix Aviata
Best Foods
Bethlehem Stl
Blaw-Knox
E W Bliss Co
Boeing Airpin
Bohn Alum
Borden Co Sl
Borg Warner
Braniff
Chesap & O
Republic Steel
Chicago Corp
Revere C&b
Chao
RisPac Si
Reynold Tor
Chrysler
CIT Financial
Richfield Oil
Ielinton Indus
Cluett Pea
Cole Fuelé&Iron
Solum Gag
Steel Gane
Gommer Solo
Seiberlingeran Vultee
Servel Ine
Continent
Grees
Continent Oil
Shell UN Oil
Sinclair
Crucible Steel
Socony
Vacm
Curtiss Wright
Rico Sg
Curtiss Wright Aeouthern Co
Lis
Decca
South Pac RR
Deer & Co
Oulewih Tn Ee Cs Wale
We Doehler Jarvis
Spiegel
Dome Mines
Square D Co
Douglas River
Stand Brands
Dow Chem
Stand Gas
Dupont
Stand Oil Cal
Edison
Stand Oil NJ
Eagle Picher
Easten Kod
Sterling D Spe
Eastern Airlin
Stewart Warn
Eaton
Stone & Webst
Studebaker
Erie Railroad
Sun Oil Co
Eversharp Cael
Federal
Mtr T Firth Carpet
Flintkote
Foster Wheeler Freeport
Sulp
Fruehauf
Gair Co General Electr
General Foods
General Motor Gen Pub Util
General Tirer
Gillette Safety
Gimble Bros
Glidden Co
Goodall Sans
Goodyear
T&r
Graham Paige
Nrrpid
Sng Greyhound Cr Grumman Air
Kansas City
Jury empanelled for second week in 108th District Court
In Sydney Patrick FP Sweeney aged 26 with one leg was jailed for a month after kicking a medical attendant in the face during the current term.
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Sydney
Australia
Patrick FP. Sweeney
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Shaw Funeral Directors Mania Finest
Armstrong
Borwell Hr
Milee
Qver
Fanner
Bey Oy
Hooker” Tanner
Lincoln
Bertie Lee
John d 'Brown
G. D. ‘Ayer
Marjorie Sharpe
Wood Walker
Gee, Talbot
Griggs
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano Cemetery
Lokey
Civil Service Group
McCartt
Erman
Armour's
Armour
10Th
Taylor
Georgia
School Credit Union Meets
H. H. Tanner
Isses Sunray
Sunshine
Swift & Co
Sylvan Elec
Symington Gd
Tenn Corp
Telautogrh
Texas Co RB
Tex Gulf
Tex Gulf Sul
Texé&Pac
C& Tex Pac Landt Tidewater
Aso
Tim Det Ax
Timken R
Transam Corp
Transco & WA
20Th Cent Fox Union
Bag&p &Union
C&c Union Oil Cal
Union Pacific
el United Aircrft
Kansas City Livestock
Uhlmann Grain Co
Financial Industrial Fund
Empanel Jury
Khoury Bros
5Th Avenue
Creo
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