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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1948

Page

12

Bank of Knowledge Aims to Replace Bank Night in Amarillo

Amarillo readers learn of Bank of Knowledge, a new quiz game for theaters created by Tom Nelson Howard Boxwell and attorney Byron Singleton. The program lines up five questions per entrant with a starting prize around 100 dollars, increasing weekly if unanswered, and uses mailed questions to prevent cheating. The Rex is set to premiere the show on the 20th with Esquire Theater following a week later.

Mss Igeat Spayde Alomusement Amarillo Bank of Rex Ae Ee Bank of Knowledge New Mexico Bank Night Tom Nelson Howard Boxwell Boxwell Byron Singleton Singleton Price Daniel Dr. J.Q Siebert Worley Shamrock Eugene Worley Panhandle Dumas Dalhart Max Singleton Byron San Diego Max Mad Maxie Childress Texas Tech United States Rough Riders Stonewall Jackson Woodrow Wilson Ulysses S. Grant Theodore Roosevelt Babe Ruth Lindberg Rex Leon Interstate Esquire

Dinner Dance Honors Wives Of Kiwanians In Amarillo

About 300 people attended a dinner dance at the Herring Hotel honoring wives of Amarillo Kiwanis members and the new officers. Outgoing president Gus Roberts and secretary Ralph Crabtree received gifts. Judge W. W. Stokes became the new president and led the event with toastmaster Leo Wilmeth. vaudeville acts included tap dancers Art Queery and Jackie Funderburg and singer Jim Jackson.

Amarillo Kiwanis Club Herring Hotel Gus Roberts Ralph Crabtree Lou Gray Anna Mae Montgomery Johnny Sisson Art Queery Jackie Funderburg Jim Jackson Leo Wilmeth W. W. Stokes

State education board picks Gilbert Denman as president

Gilbert Denman of San Antonio was elected president of the State Board of Education on Jan. 13, succeeding C. W. Hanks of Palestine. H. C. Custard of Cleburne was chosen vice president. U S farmers grow 92 percent of all peanuts in North America.

Austin Gilbert Denman San Antonio State Board of Education C. W. Hanks Palestine H. C. Custard Cleburne U. S North America

Presbyterians Upset Baptists In Thrilling YMCA Night

First Presbyterian edged Line Avenue Baptist 47 45 in a nip and tuck senior league game. Seth McFather led Baptists with 30 points while Hall Gibson and Fowler fueled Presbyterian late rally. Sacred Heart routed Tenth Avenue Methodist 43 14 and Polk Street Methodist beat San Jacinto Methodist 35 23.

First Presbyterian Line Avenue Baptist Ymca Church Line Avenue Baptists Seth McFather Hall Fowler Bill Gibson Presbyterians Gibson Sacred Heart Tenth Avenue Methodist Polk Street Methodist San Jacinto Methodist

Mrs Lynch Nears Break of New Year Resolve at Harmony Club

Mrs Howard Lynch told Harmony Club members at Mr Otis Trulove's home she almost lost her temper and broke her New Year resolution. She noted delays caused by a late house cleaner and a speeding ticket.

Howard Lynch Harmony Club Otis ‘Trulove Mrs. Lynch

Food waste valued at 5.9 billion dollars in U.S.

Harvard University nutrition department estimates edible food wasted in the United States each year totals about 5.9 billion dollars.

Cambridge Mass U.P United States Harvard University Department of Nutrition

Paramount and theater listings mix with dairy farm note

The page lists film and showtimes for Paramount plus other theaters with stars such as Dennis Morgan Don Ameche Joan Crawford and John Garfield. It also notes nightly performances at Avalon and Thomas Dinner House and ends with a note that fewer larger dairy farms now produce about 40 percent more milk per farm than ten years ago.

Paramount

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