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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1948
Page
4
Carmen Cavallaro and his band and glee club will perform at the Municipal Auditorium on February 17. The piece notes the pianist’s past appearance in New York and positions him as a highlight of the Panhandle Concert Bureau’s season.
Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill told architecture students that an atomic war would reduce the United States to a nation of cave dwellers. He warned that without peace, society must dig caves to address housing shortages.
Amarillo High School completes arrangements for commencement week for 35 mid term graduates. The sequence starts with a baccalaureate service on Sunday January 18 at First Baptist Church with Dr A D Foreman delivering the sermon. The Capitol Hotel hosts the class banquet on January 20 led by class president Denny Willis. The program includes Jack Glasgow Kathryn Stewart Glenn Vaught Donnie Stevens and Henrietta Rumbaugh. The commencement on January 22 features the AHS orchestra Theme of the program A Task To Be Done. Diplomas will be presented by Chas M Rogers superintendent.
Health department records show heart disease caused 223 deaths in 1947, the top killer in Amarillo. Other leading causes included cancer 83 apoplexy 61 pneumonia 47 nephritis 30 and accidents 48 among 702 county deaths. Four war dead were returned from overseas.
The YMCA will offer a square dancing instruction series beginning next Wednesday led by Noble Fowles. Eight two hour classes with an $8 per couple fee are open to married and unmarried couples on a registration basis. Graduates become eligible for the YMCA YWCA Dudes and Jones Club. contact Paul Fowler at the YMCA offices, 3 1716, for details.
Eight Amarillo High School students will join the All State High School Orchestra meeting in Waco on February 11 to 13. The 100 piece ensemble will perform a concert on February 13 at Baylor University auditorium directed by Oran Dalley of Wichita. Louise Dicken will accompany and lead a panel on String Class Teaching in Public Schools. Attending students include Don Hayworth Richard Kidwell Corge Mallett Nancie Odom Donald O'Heim Carolyn Vermillion Joe Whitehurst Walter Wolfram.
London report states Reginald K. Pierson, 56, designer of Britain's Wellington bomber used in World War II, died last night. Separate note recalls literacy rates in Puerto Rico rising from 77.3 percent to 31.5 by 1940.
The Amarillo A&M Club will hold its weekly meeting at seven o clock tonight in the Blackstone Hotel. Americans produced about 300 million pounds of rope and twine in 1947.
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