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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
2
A reader asks for a used play pen and offers contact details for pickup. A Navy wife lost her wallet and papers and asks for return of documents and money. contact numbers and addresses provided. A girl asks the finder of a history book to contact Amarillo Senior High or write Wildorado to return by the 15th.
The speaker recalls Tack never accepting daytime weekday attire. He describes his habit of working in practical clothes and reserving his best suit for parties and Saturday nights, highlighting a preference for function over form.
A speaker notes changing office space after Tack opens a new building. The writer rejects daily dressing up and shaving, preferring casual attire. They recall a lifelong Saturday night bath habit but admit health issues and disability have kept them from maintaining the custom.
A reminiscence on a traditional Saturday night bath after work at about five, followed by home, hot bath, and best clothes before heading back to town. The piece notes changing dress norms among town men and mentions Blair Cherry rumored to become a coach for a major East Coast football team with hints from a New York paper.
Dated March 12 from Austin Mr Cherry writes he has just returned from Lubbock where he is locating a home and he and his brother own promising oil acreage around Lubbock with plans for new work. He expresses love for Amarillo but favors Lubbock as the better location and notes he will leave Monday morning with his wife and brother for a month in Acapulco Mexico. Dean White and Dewey Ashcroft will join them later in the month.
Bill Kane teams with Dick Coon to re enter the duplicate bridge event at the Herring tonight. They tied for tie honors last year with Mr and Mrs Clyde Rehmeyer. Play begins at 7 29 o clock with fine trophies and proceeds benefiting the March of Dimes.
A reader, FE. W. Grantham of Lubbock Texas, endorses a snake bite remedy from a prior letter, advising to kill the snake cut two inches off the tail and apply to the bite to draw out venom. He notes copperheads and suggests snakes will be numerous in about 60 days.
A speaker addresses ranchers who wrote in about a picnicker objecting to tight gates. He challenges one rancher’s claim about how a picnicker can open a gate and fail to close it, asserting the implications of the dispute.
The speaker rebuts a rancher who claims all ranchers support loop-fastening gates. He asserts the critiqued rancher lacks understanding of gates and accuses him of speaking for all ranch people without qualification. The speaker cites decades wrestling with gates he could not close.
The narrator recalls a morning with Francis McQuiddy at Canadian, showing white faced cattle. McQuiddy breeds Angus bulls to Hereford heifers for their first calves. They ride in the driver's seat and pass through eight gates, with two stubborn to re-fasten and one particularly strenuous gate testing McQuiddy’s strength.
A rancher demonstrates a porch and gate trick while a town visitor boasting strength fails to lift the loop. The rancher positions the post, uses a swift kick, and the loop slips on, leaving the visitor humiliated and defeated in a test of strength. The tale highlights a boastful contest of physical prowess and practical gate technique.
The speaker aims to mediate a dispute between town residents and ranchers, noting cattle strays stem from trick gates. He suggests ranchers would see fewer strays with simpler gates, while accusing town visitors of easily opening the gates, yet closing them proves a harder challenge.
The speaker recalls tight gates as negligible to Tack who has overcome evil on the Big Bull. The remedy was simple and effective. Bears once kept guard. accusations were made about local boys using gates to highlight townspeople as weaklings. Names are withheld to avoid offense.
A rancher recalls the routine of opening a town gate, sweating through the effort with a companion, earning laughter from headquarters while enduring wire gashes on hands and torn clothes. He notes the roar of effort brought only brief relief, a scene familiar to town ranchers.
After injuring my hand I helped three townspeople close gates then deliberately reopened them. We rode from gate to gate leaving open those a 10-year-old could not close. Cowboys spent two days in bad weather rounding up cows, heifers, and bulls, and since then no gate has stayed tight at the Big Bull ranch.
The account notes a planned Saturday town run by heads and hands. One worker quit, deemed a good riddance, yet the operation succeeded fully with one hundred percent results.
Amarillo High School will stage its annual operetta Naughty Marietta on February 19 to 21 with daily rehearsals. Seven AHS departments collaborate on the all-school production. Miss Tennie Thompson directs, with Dixy Dice coaching dance and a large cast led by Ann Harrison and Nita Steed in the title roles.
An 18 month old doe named Silly, found near Christoval ill and half starved, now lives unmolested in the 3600 block of Sprague Street in San Angelo. Thornton found the animal while hunting and Tied to friendly dogs and people, suggesting a calmer deer in the area.
Haiti anticipates strong coffee production despite weather worries and export bottlenecks. Officials say domestic demand could rise as farmers boost acreage, with potential price impacts on regional markets.
Alfred Glenn writes to Amarillo city officials proposing that the current city commissioners run for re election to avoid disrupting ongoing projects. He argues many tasks remain and urges support for incumbents. The reply praises the commission and suggests none should be replaced.
I was in a play on Jan 8 for Sam Houston Junior High PTA and my brown dress pants slipped off the hanger somewhere on Line Ave between Alabama and the school. If found please call 7097. I will collect them.
Anna, a 51 year old widow, desires a thoughtful man aged 50 to 60 who is also lonely for companionship. She hopes to find steady correspondence with a respectful and understanding partner.
A widow with three children seeks paid help to stay in her home by the hour or day or week. She also offers ironing services. Contact at 800 Arthur or phone 4-1984.
A well educated Latvian woman, 55, fluent in seven languages including Castilian Spanish and English, holds a law degree from University of Riga, Latvia, and has secretary experience. Not married and in good health, she seeks sponsorship to immigrate to the United States from Germany to work in a domestic role, preferably as a companion or tutoress to children. For details contact Mrs. Egids Shifers at 808 Fillmore, Amarillo, Texas.
Three seven week old kittens available for adoption. Interested parties may call 36971. Located at 903 Sunset, cared for by Carol Owens.
Local notice from Mrs. M Beebe seeking a practical nurse. States inability to travel, mentions home base and a contact phone number 3438 for responses.
A reader seeks day or part time work at 75 cents per hour and offers night babysitting also at that rate. Reads aloud for call mornings or 8 o clock at night. Provides phone number 9576 for contact.
A local washing service advertises family wash at $1.80 per washing with no ironing. Contact by calling 6158 for details and pickup.
STAMPS TO TRADE IT have four books of Gunn Bros. stamps TI would like to trade for four bolts of green stamps. Phone 36627, MRS, G. FE. GRIMM 85 Alabama
A four year old girl, TRESA ANN ROSS, requests help finding a cocker spaniel puppy to be her playmate. She mentions her address 3800 Hayden and hopes to receive one soon.
Resident of Seals Addition seeks to provide home care for a preschool child. Contact via phone 3-9748.
Almost new 100 percent wool gabardine coat for a girl with hood in aqua blue. Size 10. Selling cheap. Call 3-5182 after 6 PM.
Bertha Donnelly offers a black wool coat size 16 or 18 a light blue child’s wool coat sizes 2 to 4 and a pink cape size 4 for sale. Contact phone 5751 at 4209 North East 12th.
A brief inquiry requests assistance in identifying the owner of a coat found in a public area. The notice urges anyone with information about the garment or the owner to come forward to reclaim it.
Mrs Mills reports finding a coat after a wreck at the Skyway area and asks the owner to describe it to reclaim it. She provides phone number 36148 and requests the owner call to arrange return and express thanks for the kindness.
A parent seeks a caregiver to look after a child at the home two or three afternoons weekly. The rate is $1 per day or $6 per week. Contact by phone at 53 3808 to discuss arrangements.
Four to five month old small white mixed breed puppy missing since Friday January 4 between 11 30 and 1 near West Eighteenth. He answers to Snowball has a scar between shoulders and right ear clipped. Call 2 2865 or bring to Poe West Eighteenth for a $5 reward.
Verleene L Diffey reports her black suede purse with gold trim was kicked from a car on or near North East Eighth or Grand Thursday night. It contained glasses, billfold and makeup and her name is inside. A reward is offered for its return. Call 2 6501 day or night.
A statement asserts the speaker intends to care for children by keeping them at their own home or by visiting the children at their homes. The plan emphasizes ongoing custody and daily care arrangements.
A farm near Hartley Texas offers a home and work for a mother and son with experience. Applicant must be able to tend a garden and chickens. Non drinker and non smoker. References available. Box 24 Hartley Tex.
A READER reports seeking night care for children in another home or part time work. References include experience managing a small hotel and tourist camps. Contact via phone numbers 2-8218 or 3-3870.
An Amarillo National Bank notice references Fourth and Polk with a contact call number 5684 for further details, indicating a banking related posting or inquiry.
Sylvia Lee Hayes of 207 Monroe seeks employment. She offers hotel and private home cleaning, dishwashing, and some cooking skills, with contact at 4-1104.
Nine month old puppies need homes urgently. interested parties can call at 2405 North West ird to inquire about adoption and care requirements.
A yellow Robbin sidewalk bicycle belonging to Bobby Gail Lawrence was taken. A reward is offered for its return. Contact 823 Arthur.
A key labeled No 826 was found on a street corner. The finder should return it to the owner or local lost and found authorities to reclaim. No other identifying information was provided in the report.
A reader seeks home sewing instruction and advertises a cheap sale or trade of an old type automatic hot water tank for green stamps. Contact Mrs W C Delk at 2900 Sanborn or call the phone numbers 24974 and 5061 or 8188.
Message seeks a four room house for rent near Horace Mann School, furnished or unfurnished. Please call Mrs Farris at 2-8224 extension line No 2.
Applicant identifies as a colored girl seeking nighttime maid work at a hotel or rooming house. Provides contact phone 30395 and address 309 North Hughes.
Two women seek a patient piano teacher for practical music making without theory or frills. Interested instructors can call 2-4587 or 2-2390 to arrange lessons for two clients.
Two hamsters with cage and one checker giant doe plus two small rabbits offered for sale or trade. No space to keep them. Phone 2-1304.
A damaged divan that can be converted into a double bed is available for pickup after 5:30 at 3617 North East Tenth. It needs repair, but could become a good piece with skilled hands. A porch glider frame is also being given away, needing repairs and new cushions. call 8003 for details.
Advertises providing care for children by hour day or week in a warm house with a fenced yard. Promises good care and feeding, offers references. Contact at 815 Russell, one block east of Fair Grounds, or call 33681.
In her fifties, a widow from near Amarillo seeks work as a companion housekeeper for an elderly woman. She has lived in two Panhandle towns since 1926, sold her home, has no children, does not drink or smoke, and can provide references. Interested parties may obtain her address from the office.
A short note requests a playpen for a small child described as needing safe containment. The call seeks aid or guidance on obtaining a suitable play space to ensure the child’s safety and comfort at home.
An ad claims HADACOL cures suffering from vitamin deficiencies including B1 B2 iron and niacin and cites Mrs Della Kennedy of Jacksonville Florida as a testimonial. It touts fast absorption in liquid form with calcium and phosphorus and offers a money back guarantee. The imprint dates to 1951 from The LeBtene Corporation.
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