Schools Hire New Teachers in Amarillo District
The Amarillo public school system announced four new hires for the current year. Ward E. Herrmann becomes art teacher at Will Rogers and Lee Bivins. Vera Hardwick Shaffer teaches primary at Summit. Glenn A. Truax joins Horace Mann Junior High to lead orchestra and choir. Margaret Payne Lott becomes art language arts and social studies teacher at Pleasant Valley. Resignations include Clela K. Merrick effective Jan 20 and Carrie J. O Briant late February.
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Amarillo
Ward E. Herrmann
Buffalo State Teachers College
New York City
Will Rogers
Lee Bivins
Panola Arnold
Herrmann
Afton Central School
Afton
Summit School
Vera Hardwick Shaffer
Monroe
Shaffer
Oklahoma Baptist University
Clela K. Merrick
Carrie J. O’briant
Sanborn School
Merrick
O'Briant
Potter County seeks new county doctor applicants
Qualified physicians are invited to submit applications to County Judge Gene Jordan before Monday morning. Commissioners are expected to select a successor to Dr. W A Potter, who resigns due to business pressure. The annual salary is 4200 dollars. Applicants must be licensed doctors of medicine.
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Potter County
Gene Jordan
Jordan
W. A. Potter
DWI Case Opens in County Court for Johnnie L. Chaffin
Trial in Potter County Court begins for Johnnie L. Chaffin of 1105 North Van Buren on driving while intoxicated charges tied to a Oct. 29, 1949 collision at North East Eighth and 3600 block with a truck driven by Otis H. Massey of Tucumcari New Mexico. E. O. Northcutt of Amarillo represents Chaffin. O. M. Calhoun prosecutes.
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Johnnie L. Chaffin
North van Buren
Potter County
Chaffin
North East Eighth
Otis H. Massey
Tucumcari
E. O. Northcutt
Amarillo
O. M. Calhoun
Burglary Trial Begins in Canyon Court
Curtis Davis faces burglary charges in 47th District Court at Canyon for the December 28 theft of Lawrence Drug Company at 600 West Thirty-sixth. Davis, a transient, is represented by Canyon attorney Joe Thompson. District Attorney Lloyd King leads the prosecution.
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Curtis Davis
47Th District Court
Canyon
Davis
Lawrence Drug Company
West Thirty-sixth
Joe Thompson
Dist
Lloyd King
Indestructible Man Survives Bullet
In Warren Ohio on January 13 a 33 year old man who had tuberculosis and later diabetes attempted suicide with a rifle. The bullet pierced a kidney and back after entering the chest and bouncing off a rib. He is recovering.
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Warren
Ohio
U.P
Martin Hensel Taken by Death
Martin Hensel, 79, Amarillo resident for 23 years, died in Dodge City of heart trouble while visiting his sons Walter and Albert. Born April 28, 1870, in Frankfurt, he worked for the Santa Fe Railway before retiring. Survived by three daughters, 11 grandchildren, a great grandchild, and his wife who died in 1930. Funeral at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Dodge City, likely Monday.
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Martin Hensel
Amarillo
Dodge City
Kaw
Hensel
Walter Hensel
Albert Hensel
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Mr. Hensel
Frankfurt
Germany
Santa Fe Railway Company
Buchanan
Trinity Lutheran Church
Agnes Hensel
Hudson Hendricks
Dorothy Harter
Albuquerque
Small Gifts Build After Rejected White Supremacy Endowment
Jefferson Military College reports 27000 dollars in gifts since declining a 50 million dollar endowment that would require teaching white supremacy. Commandant Henry Riser told a chapel audience at Millsaps College that donations have come from across the world, most being small contributions.
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Jackson
Miss
Jefferson Military College
Henry Riser
Millsaps College
George Armstrong
Texas
Natchez, Miss
Highway Backers Meet in Claude
Rex B. Baxter Amarillo Chamber of Commerce official meets in Claude with Judge Richard Morris and Borger to Post highway officials. They back the projected construction of unfinished links on the state highway extending from Post to Borger.
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Claude
Rex B. Baxter
The
Amarillo
Joe B. Cooley
Fritz Thompson
Borger
Judge Morris
Borger-to-Post
Mrs Lela Carter Dies at 74 in Amarillo
Mrs Lela Carter age 74 of Amarillo died at home at 6 this morning after a period of illness. Born September 17 1875 in Alabama she moved to Texas as a child and lived in Armstrong County Wayside and Amarillo. She married Robert Carter in Snyder in 1892 and was active in the West Amarillo Church of Christ. Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Survivors include four sons Guy Carter Pauls Valley C W and E F Carter and Lee Carter two daughters Mrs Jim Stoddard Mrs Ella Hesler and Mrs C H Myers two brothers Bole Mayo Joe Mayo and four sisters.
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Lela Carter
Western
Carter
Alabama
Texas
Armstrong County
Robert Carter
Snyder
West Amarillo
Guy Carter
Pauls Valley
Okla
C. W
E. F. Carter
Amarillo
Lee Carter
Hereford
Jim Stoddard
Ella Hesler
Wayside
C. H. Myers
Tulsa
Bole Mayo
Joe Mayo
Grover
Bob Brooks
Canyon
Toy Hudson
Borger
Ola Knight
Tulia
Dell Yarber
Fontana
Cal
Funeral for Tiny Auto Victim in Tucumcari
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Puett four years old will be held at 10 a m Saturday in St Ann s Catholic Church Tucumcari for the child who died seven hours after a wreck near Flagstaff Ariz on Jan 4 Her mother remains unconscious in a Flagstaff hospital with slim hope of recovery The father is reported much improved Burial will be in Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery under Doughty Funeral Home Surviving relatives include the Puett parents paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs T A Puett Tucumcari and the maternal grandmother Mrs F G Melia of San Bernardino Cal
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Tucumcari
Flagstaff
Ariz
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Barbara Ann Puett
Clarence Puett
Robert Hammond
Barbara Ann
Tucumcari Memorial Park
Doughty Funeral Home
T. A. Puett
F. G. Melia
San Bernardino
Indictment On Forgery Charge
Potter County grand jury yesterday indicted Ray McNeal of Pennsylvania on a forgery charge in a $31.50 check dated December 9, 1949, given to Furr Food. McNeal was arrested at Store No 1 after a manager questioned the address. The panel also returned three other forgery indictments against two defendants not yet in custody and will reconvene next Thursday.
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Potter County
Ray McNeal
Pennsylvania
McNeal
Furr Food
Case, Jr
Deputy to Take Custody of Released Prisoner in Forgery Case
Deputy Oscar Brooks was to depart tonight for Leavenworth Kansas to take custody of Tal madge Murphy 25 who is wanted on a forgery charge. Murphy is due to be released from the federal penitentiary Sunday after a three-year auto theft sentence. He will be returned here for trial on forgery alleged in May 1947. Earlier that year a four-year suspended sentence for theft over 50 was imposed here and the district attorney's office may seek revocation.
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Oscar Brooks
Leavenworth
Kan
Talmadge Murphy
Murphy
Film Producer John M. Stahl Dies at 63 in Hollywood
Hollywood producer and director John M. Stahl died of a heart attack after a period of illness. A veteran of silent and talkie era, he started in 1914 and directed films such as Imitation of Life and Back Street. He produced Magnificent Obsession and Parnell and was under contract to 20th Century Fox at his death.
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Hollywood
John M. Stahl
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Talkies
Back Street
Margaret Sullavan
Parnell
Gene Tierney
Gregory Peck
20Th Century-Fox
Inches Added to 66 Right of Way Near Tascosa Road
County Attorney John Peterson announced the acquisition of 0.076 acre of right of way along Highway 66 near the Tascosa Road link in Section 124, Block 9, BS&F, owned by W. L. Campbell. The closing price was 4.80 dollars, higher than the county bid of 3.80 dollars to cover updating the abstract.
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John Peterson
Tascosa Road
Bs&f
W. L. Campbell
Peterson
Treasure Hunt Planned by Longhorn Club Sunday
Rusty Fowler, chairman of the entertainment committee, announced a treasure hunt to be held Sunday. Riders will meet at 3900 Tyler at 1 o clock. The club's regular meeting will follow next Wednesday at 8 o'clock at the same address after a game night program held last night.
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Rusty Fowler
The
Longhorn Motorcycle Club
Tyler
Denver Stock Show Opens with 10000 Animals Packed
Denver National Western Stock Show and Rodeo opened its 44th edition as about 10 000 animals crowded pens and stalls while spectators gathered to view cattle horses and other stock.
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Denver
Prepares Himself Just in Case Gets Married
In Phoenix on January 13 a young man and woman visited Justice of Peace Al J Flood. The man asked if he could get a divorce. Flood explained divorces come from superior court judges. He then asked for directions to the superior court and declared their intent to marry, noting he wants a key when buying a lock.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Office of
Justice of Peace
al J. Flood
Flood
Superior Court
Murry Injured In Car Accident
W. H. Murry aged 50 of 1008 Lincoln was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital by Boxwell Brothers ambulance for back injuries after a collision at Eighteenth and Bonita. He was a passenger in a car driven by Thomas R. Walsh who had minor injuries. The Walsh vehicle collided with a pickup driven by Roy Harmon of 4210 East Eighteenth.
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W. H. Murry
Lincoln
Northwest Texas
Boxwell Brothers
Eighteenth and
Bonita
Murry
Thomas R. Walsh
West Ninth
Walsh
Roy Harmon
East Eighteenth
Venire Ordered for District Court Petit Jury
Venire of 125 men is ordered to report in 47th District Court Monday morning for petit jury service. Judge Henry S. Bishop stated the entire criminal docket except capital cases will be called then.
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Venire
47Th District Court
Henry S. Bishop
Pepper Prices Double in Indo China Saigon Report
Saigon reports pepper prices in French Indochina have doubled since June 1948, reflecting sharp inflation and market strain. The rise affects exporters and local buyers amid postwar supply adjustments.
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French Indochina
Saigon
Turkey Tops U S as Main Tobacco Market
Turkey now finds the United States its most important tobacco market, surpassing Germany from prewar years, with last year’s U S sales totaling 49,492,000 pounds.
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Turkey
United States
Germany
America
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Mer
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FURR
Extra Gum Bros
King Features Syndicate, Inc
DEC
Aeeeee College
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Dallas
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
Seiwell Drug
N. Fillmore
Empress Venetian
Empire Mfg. CO. P.O
Sfee
Diamond Shop
Hiri
Gunn
Hume
Call Venire
Amarillo Tent & Awning CO
Schenley Reserve
Bond
Paul Jones
Burton's
Ferraz
Mitchell's Liquor
Ana
Yanigial Shop
West Bend
Ecco Ae
Ts Itself
Wen
Ras Pvc
Gunn Bros
Polk Street
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Heme
Heme Ope
Bie Kd
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