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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1948
Page
3
Marian Anderson will return here for a concert on February 5 at the Municipal Auditorium. The renowned Negro singer previously delivered a successful appearance in this city last year. The piece also notes community social events at local venues and lists numerous local attendees and entertainers for upcoming Friday and Saturday nights.
Potter County surpassed its 1947 saving bond quota by 337,540 dollars as savings outpace spending in the Panhandle. The chart shows widespread saving with 60 percent of E Bonds issued at the 25 dollar denomination, announced by county chairman Guy Saunders.
Mrs. Inez Sullivan reports several long outstanding 1919 taxes have been paid. A resident paid 55 cents on a Glidden and Sanborn Addition lot, another 44 cents on a University Heights lot, and the Amarillo Independent School District cleared 1 cent for Old Town property. A total of 9 cents was paid on another Old Town lot, plus 55 cents on a San Jacinto lot.
J. I. Wynn of Amarillo will return about March 6 from Casa Grande Arizona after attending the funeral of his brother Clarence J. Wynn former auditor of the Arizona state tax commission Born in Gaylord Kansas November 22 1886 he worked at Tombstone with Bunker Hill Mining Company and American Smelting and Refining Company later auditing in Eloy and Casa Grande He was a Mason survived by widow Hazel and son Howard Wynn Also noted J S Wynn has run offices in the Amarillo Hotel for 21 years County commissioners approved floor plans for the Gray County hospital at Pampa
Funeral services for Samuel Hous ton Pickard retired Hartley County farmer were held at 2 30 p m in the Baptist Church at Channing with Rev Buren Higdon officiating Pallbearers were I G McNary T M Roam O O Edwards Art Guilliams Roy Turner and T E Adams Burial followed in Channing cemetery under N S Griggs Sons He died at 722 North Arthur in Amarillo age 65 after years of ill health Surviving relatives include his widow two sons three daughters two brothers a sister 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Postal receipts at Paducah totaled 18 491 55 dollars in 1947, up from 18 870 42 dollars in 1946, indicating a modest year over year increase.
For over 40 years Dr F M Edwards, an Ohio physician, promoted Olive Tablets to relieve constipation and associated symptoms. The vegetable tablets claim to act on both upper and lower bowels, producing comfortable, natural bowel movements with no griping. Available at drugstores for 15 or 30 cents.
The Youth Center Branch of Amarillo Public Library opens at 4 PM for normal business in its new quarters. Alice Green oversees the branch with 2 000 volumes split evenly between adult and youth titles. Regular hours 4 to 9 PM Tuesday to Saturday. branch follows main library rules.
The commerce department reported the national income at an annual rate of 204.9 billion dollars for November, up 5 million from October.
A second Palo Duro Canyon painting by Mrs. Billie Prost is now displayed in the Herring Hotel lobby. The work shows Crossing One with a gray green landscape and Satanta rock profile, and is offered for sale.
Santa Fe system carloadings for the week ending Saturday were 27 416, up from 24 687 in 1947. Cars received from connections totaled 9 767, vs 9 165 the prior year. Total cars moved were 37 183, compared with 33 852 in 1947. Santa Fe handled 31 965 cars in the preceding week of this year.
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