Civic Groups Unite For March of Dimes Drive Launch
Civic groups and the Sunes campaign kick off the 1949 March of Dimes drive in Amarillo with 16000 letters mailed to residents. A parade led by Mayor Hagg opens events on Polk Street, an iron lung is displayed, and a charity party circuit with prizes begins through late January. Funds aim to support polio efforts and local drives, with a closing dance by VFW and American Legion to raise money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo
Sixth
Polk
Lobo Club
Grand ‘Terrace
North West Third
J. I Sanders
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
VFW
West Eighth
Drive Treasury
Peter County
Potter County
March of Dimes Drive Reported Donations and Polio Stats
Texas donations placed forty third in national rankings while the state reported third highest polio case count that year. The drive ends on the last day and urges all people to support the March of Dimes as a worthwhile organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State
Personal notices and lost items in Amarillo reader ads
A jumble of classifieds seeks driving shaft, baby clothes, ironing work, a job, a home for a puppy, missing items and lost possessions. Readers offer help, rewards, and requests for contact at local addresses and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgenere
Iai
van Buren
Beekeepers Hear 1948 Honey Boom in Pennsylvania
W. W. Clark of Pennsylvania State College told the Pennsylvania Beekeepers Association that 1948 honey production reached 7,482,000 pounds, up 657,000 pounds from 1947. He noted crowded bees seek new homes and more hives yield more honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Clark
Extension Agriculturalist
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania Beekeepers Association
Clark
Texas City Damage Trial Set For April 25
The Texas City disaster damages suits totaling about 100 million dollars will be tried April 25. Federal Judge T M Kennerly set the date on opening day of the current session and reported the government is named in more than 250 suits for property and personal damage. About 2 000 injured and 12 killed are referenced, with consolidation into one case planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
T. M. Kennerly
Kennerly
Borger
Jess Nix
Tex
Ladies Night Fetes Amarillo Kiwanis Members In 30th Dinner
About twenty Amarillo Kiwanis Club members and wives attended the 30th annual Ladies Night dinner dance at Herring Hotel. Seymour Davis of Otis County performed ventriloquism and magic acts, with Dick Morton and his orchestra providing music. During intermission retiring president Judge W N Stokes received a leather suitcase, and longtime secretary treasurer Ralph Crabtree was given a hand drill. Lokey named new club president and led the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Herring Hotel
Ing
Seymour Davis
Otia
Beaks Cnty
Mr. Davis
Dick Morton
W. N. Stokes
Ralph Crabtree
Ted Lokey
Cotton allotment basing future cotton acreage 1949
Three Texans A M Pendleton E Marshall and B F Vance attend a four day closed conference in Texas on future cotton allotments and marketing quotas as the agriculture department outlines how acreage will be used to set baselines if planting is restricted. South Texas begins planting soon while uncertainty leaves farmers unsure how much land to devote to cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
Agriculture Department
A. M. Pendleton
E. Marshall
B. F. Vance
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Sunes Campaign
Wilow
George Bulk
Chicago
Bulk
Dundes
Scotland
James Miller
Edinburgh
Chicagoan
Detroit
Southworth Motors, Inc
Tack Leffers
Reuben Noel
North Polk
North West Twelfth
Hughes
Eva Ramos
Cleveland
Mr. Tack
Belleview
Jan
Wellington
Clovis
Noc
Orchi
Walgreen's
San Jacinto
Sixteenth Street
Troy Laundry
James Jackson
Urse
J. V. Desautell
Rainbow Gardens
London
Alaska
Tinikaye
Inky
Pantandle
Globe News
E. L. Lamb
Sericho, Texas
Pinder
Mattie Brown
Kiwanians
Denver
Dick Turner
Urek
Amarillo National Bank
Aer Jones
Income Tax Service
B. M. Goff
U. E. 4Th St
Ma Optometrist
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO
West
Beery's Prescription Shop
French Cleaners
Read
Efecee
Taylor
N.L. Abraham
Otis Kemp
Concho
Teed
Rogers Bros
Loyd’s Jewelry
Ervice
Loyd Shackelford
East 7Th Pho
Cosmente
Crowett Ae
Smae
Operes
Casanova
Casanova, Ee
Arturo DE Cordova
Lucille Bremer
Turhan Bey - Noreen Nash
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