City Awards Contract on Scotchlite Street Signs
Amarillo city commissioners awarded a $9 847 contract to M M Manufacturing for Scotchlite street signs with white reflecting numerals on black. The bid was higher than the lowest offer but lowest for Scotchlite signs, with another Scotchlite bid at 21 000. Specs include 3 ⅝ inch letters and 2 inch numerals on a black plate, gray frame, and two mounting types for four way or two way signs at intersections.
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Amarillo
M & M Manufacturing Company
N. V. Moss
H. R. Smith
Public Works
Marshall Cortez Rites Arranged
Funeral services for Marshall Cortez a 50 year old barber of Amarillo will be held at 3 tomorrow afternoon at the Amarillo Church of God in Christ with Elder J L Langston officiating. Burial will follow in Liano Cemetery under Austin Funeral Home direction. He died Saturday in a Rusk hospital after living in Amarillo twenty years. Survivors include two brothers Rev H C Cortez and William McKinley Cortez Sr both of Amarillo and a sister Mrs Melvine Blackwell of Amarillo.
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Marshall Cortez
North
Monroe
Amarillo
Melvine Blackwell
Washington State Veterans Bonus Approved
Washington state voters approve a wartime veterans bonus. Rhea Smith of Potter County veterans service officer says eligible veterans may pick up bonus applications at the Old Library Building. The bonus pays $10 monthly for each month of continental duty and $15 for each month of overseas service.
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Washington
Rhea Smith
Potter County
Smith
Damage suit filed against Santa Fe for 1300 damages
John T. Bullock of Terry County filed in the 108th District Court a damage suit seeking 1300 against Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company. The petition states his truck was damaged in a collision with a Santa Fe engine at Brownfield on April 23, 1949. Bullock is represented by Singleton Smyth Morris Lockhart and Edwards of Amarillo.
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Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
John T. Bullock
Terry County
108Th District Court
Santa Fe
Brownfield
Bullock
Amarillo
Singleton, Smyth, Morris, Lockhart and Edwards
Jaycees Honor Civic Worker in Amarillo
C. J. Humphrey 32, a lawyer and civic leader, received the 1949 Outstanding Young Man award at a Junior Chamber meeting in the Herring Hotel. He originated the Amarillo Exchange Club youth fund, directs the Cerebral Palsy Center, and serves in multiple roles with the Boy Scouts and First Baptist Church. He lives at 1207 Florida Street.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
C. J. Humphrey
Florida
Jaycees
Humphrey
Sam Rutledge
Amarillo Cerebral Palsy Center
Llano Estacado Council
Boy Scouts of America
Young People's Department
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Brotherhood
Isolate Cold Victims in Public School Health Advisory
Editor notes this eleventh Amarillo Public Schools Nursing Service series on the common cold. It explains colds vary, risks include sinusitis, ear infection, bronchitis, and pneumonia, and cautions many illnesses resemble colds. Recommendations stress home isolation, proper nutrition, rest, ventilation, avoiding exposure, and seeking physician guidance before medications.
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Nursing Service
Amarillo
Potter County Medical Society
Potter County Dental Society
State Board of Health
American Medical Association
AMA
Young pigs display striping that fades with age
The article notes piglets hatch with dark stripes for camouflage which gradually disappear as the animals mature, revealing uniform coloration in adulthood.
Final Exams Continue at Amarillo High School
Final examinations for the fall semester enter a second day at Amarillo High School. Exams run third period today and fourth period this afternoon with fifth period at 8 30 tomorrow morning and sixth period at 1 tomorrow afternoon. A 10 o'clock regular schedule resumes Monday with scheduling and home-room assembly led by Principal R B Norman.
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Amarillo High School
AHS
R. B. Norman
Drunk Driving Trial of Negro Set for Tomorrow
John Anderson of Amarillo Negro faces a Potter County Court trial schedule set for tomorrow morning on charges of driving while intoxicated after his truck overturned in an accident in the 1800 block of North Mirror on November 30, 1949.
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John Anderson
Amarillo Negro
Potter County
Anderson
North Mirror
Fire damages interior of Welk garage at 1201 North East Eighth
A morning blaze damaged the interior of a garage operated by D. J. Welk at 1201 North East Eighth. Firemen reported gasoline had dripped on the floor overnight and was ignited when Welk turned on a small heating stove.
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D. J. Welk
North East Eighth
Mr. Welk
ANAHIST Proclaims Fast Cold Symptom Elimination
Researchers state that taking ANAHIST at exposure or first cold signs can let most people remove symptoms in a single day. The claim emphasizes rapid relief and suggests widespread effectiveness for early treatment.
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J. C. Burkhalter
Carter-Ricks-Maguire
Rolla V. Cartwright
Davis-Davidson Co
Finch & Gavin Freeman Insurance
Royce Gant
C. R. Haynie Ins
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D. W. Owen
Panhandle Ins
Harold S
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Upshaw Insurance
White & Whitehead
Howard Williams
Williams-Boyce
Laster
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Samuel Goldwyn
Farley Granger
Charles Big Richard Ff
Intro
Roseanna McCoy Ford
Raymond Massey
Sehart
Gigi Perreau
Ducing
Joan Evans
Irving Reis
RKO Radio Pictures
ING
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Plains Plumbing CO
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Amarillo Gas Company
Aly
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Raef Bros., Butane & Appliances
St. Francis and Umbarger
Tex
NEW Nash
San Jacinto
Reader’s Digest
Anahist
New Miracle Drug Discovery
Ananist € Co., Inc
Yonkers 2
New York
Icommence O Parents’ Magazine
Colds
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N. Y
Richard Hesselgrave
Palace Avenue
St. Paul, Minn
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Riverside Heights
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