Shriners in Khiva Temple Eye Bright 1946 Plan
Potentate Hugo Loewenstern announced a five point program for Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine aiming at a fuller Crippled Children’s work and securing a Shriners Hospital site. He urged 3,000 new members in the 41 county area and near universal hospital membership, with other goals including a family entertainment program and debt-free temple building.
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Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Hugo Loewenstern
Shrine
Loewenstern
Temple
Shriners Hospital
Perry Powell
City Auditor Says Small Tax Cut Could Buy Nylons
Hazel Williams, city auditor, notes that decreased income withholding taxes per employee are small but adds a few dollars are worth a few pairs of nylons. She quips a couple of pairs would be a nice bonus. A pound of rat poison now claims to kill 300,000 rats.
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Hazel Williams
13 Year Old Check Forgers Arrested After Two Forgeries
A 13 year old boy was arrested after attempting to pass forged checks. He had cashed a $10 check at Montgomery Ward using the name Johnny Seymour and another $10 check at Cal Farley's. He appeared before County Judge E O Northcutt and was released to his mother. Sheriff Bill Adams urged merchants to demand ID to curb forgery. Police are seeking five more juveniles in connection with similar thefts.
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E. O. Northcutt
Montgomery Ward
Johnny Seymour
Cal Farley
A. C. McCauley
Bill Adams
Honor Group Initiates 30 New Members at Amarillo High
Thirty new members were inducted into the National Honor Society at Amarillo High School last night in the school auditorium. Scarbrough Foreman presided as chapter president and introduced the new members. A social hour followed and a musical program was presented by the event. Faculty sponsors are Miss Louise Russell and Miss Irene McCune.
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National Honor Society
Amarillo High School
Scarbrough Foreman
Louise Russell
Irene McCune
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dinner Set for Jan 17 at VFW Building
The John B. Golding VFW dinner will be held at 7 30 PM Thursday January 17 at the VFW Building Seventh and Taylor. Reservations cost 5 per plate and must be made by noon January 16 with Joe Scroggins Phil Flanagan or R B Groves. Proceeds fund the Weather Bureau building purchase now leased to the post.
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John B. Golding
VFW
Seventh and Taylor
Joe Scroggins
Phil Flanagan
R. B. Groves
Weather Bureau
The
Post
Grady Cooper
C. O. Flanagan
E. R. Bruce
Harold Vogel
A. N. Cherryholmes
Mr. Scroggins
Roosevelt Memorial Fund Reaches $11,297.93 Total
The Roosevelt Memorial Fund begun last spring to build a polio clinic for Panhandle crippled children has raised $11,297.93. Treasurer Virgil Patterson said no plans for additional money have been communicated. The fund was started after President Franklin D Roosevelt's 1945 death.
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Roosevelt Memorial Fund
Virgil Patterson
Two Dalhart Pioneers Buried in City Heritage
Dalhart honored two longtime residents, Mrs Tempe Ketchum aged 86 and Daniel Crawford Atkinson aged 69, buried after dying within an hour of each other. Ketchum arrived in 1902 with the city a year old, wife of W A Ketchum a noted stockman. Atkinson, an early grocer and later postmaster, moved from Jacksboro in 1907.
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Dalhart
U.P
Tempie Ketchum
Daniel Crawford Atkinson
Jacksboro
Buckley’s Cana Diol Mixture Ad Claims Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Buckley’s Cana Diol Mixture for coughs and bronchial irritation. It promises instant relief, soothing raw membranes and easing breathing, with outlets listed as Cretney Drug Campbell Drug Pool Drug Store and Fox Drug Company.
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Buckley
Cretney Drug
Campbell Drug
Pool Drug Store
Fox Drug Company
Miss Iola Thompson Signs Five Year Victor Contract
Victor Publishing House accepted four of Iola Thompson's songs last August and two more in October. Her hit "My Little Music Box" will be in 7,500 stores by January 21 with orchestration out this week. Thompson, of 810 West Eighth, expressed excitement and pride in landing the deal with Lindsey McPhail.
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Iola Thompson
Victor Publishing House
Miss Thompson
West Eighth
Lindsey McPhail
Victor
Kay Kayser
Ambitious songwriter in Amarillo seeks break with EMI support
In Amarillo in 1940 a hopeful songwriter performed for a band leader who urged her on and introduced her to George Marlow at EMI. Kayser wrote on her behalf, and she wrote to the “Yes dance” man promising publication success. Jack Motch, son of Roy Motch of 300 North Virginia, now works as an arranger for Jan Garber.
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Sonal
Amarillo
George Marlow
EMI
Kayser
Yes
Miss Thompson
Jack Motch
Roy Motch
North Virginia
Jan Garber
Miss Thompson’s Pie Bakes A Song For Fun
The musician recalls songs arriving unexpectedly while baking and notes the process starts with a title then chorus and verse. She began piano at two, composed classically from age ten, and trained at Kroger School of Music in St Louis after high school.
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Miss Thompson
Kroger School of Music
St. Louis
Barry Fitzgerald Chooses Theater as Lifelong Career
Barry Fitzgerald waited until age 41 to commit to the stage as his lifelong profession, marking a turning point in his career path and pinning his future on acting.
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Barry Fitzgerald
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Victory
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Tor
Tom May
Brownfield
Ross D. Rogers
Wayne O'Keefe
C. Willard Smith
Fred H. Gallo
May
Rogers
Smith
Imperial Council
San Francisco
Erwin Ochsner
John K. Boyce
Tommy Thomas
Macon Carder
Warren Freeman
Harry Longabach
John Bush
Roy Snodgrass
O. M. Anderson
Herbert Peeples
R. P. Parcells
Elmer Lewis
Potentate
W. C. Allison
Stationery & Bank Supply
Polk
Griggs
Low Coast
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Griggs Organization
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Victor Company
Fait
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Owdt
Ereer
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Morrow
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Roitan
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Spanky
Wabron
Lyra
Headline
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Pancho Garcia
Tiffany
Boone's Knoll
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Star Drug Store
N. Fillmore
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