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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1948
Page
6
Heidi will be presented Thursday in the Senior High School auditorium by Clare Tree Major's Children's Theater on tour of the United States and Canada. There are two showings at 1:00 PM and 3:30 PM. The adaptation follows Heidi found in the Alpine cottage with her grandfather and his evolving affection.
Johanna Spyri presents Heidi as a gentle healer of frail Clara whose spirit grows under her grandfather and a loving Alpine home. The Clare Tree Major company stages the engaging juvenile tale, sponsored by the Association for Child education with Lois Jones as president. Tickets cost 44 cents for children and 60 cents for adults including tax.
The two day Institute of the Texas Manufacturers Association opened this morning at the Amarillo Hotel led by Sen. Jim Taylor. NAM representatives Dr Neal Bowman and James E Barron directed the session with industry leaders from Amarillo and the plains area in attendance. Bowman, a former Temple University marketing professor, has spoken nationwide for NAM. Barron, an economist trained at Penn State LSU and MIT, has taught in banking programs. Arrangements were by local officers R E Clements chairman R A Young vice chairman and Fy Wallace secretary.
Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America schedules its annual meeting at the Herring Hotel on Thursday with a 4 30 to 6 30 business session and 7 pm dinner. Reports from district chairs, operating committees, and a World Jamboree themed program will follow along with officer elections and awards. The Jamboree Scouts of the Adobe Walls Council will attend as guests. Tickets available from district chairs and the council office.
Globe Business Editor Thomas Thompson reports a steady decline in egg prices led by Grade A eggs dropping from about 70 to 60 cents per dozen. Pullet eggs around 48 cents and Grade B at 45 cents. Wholesalers anticipate further drops toward 30 cents before possible government subsidies. Amarillo prices run 12 to 15 cents cheaper than Dallas.
Funeral services for William Franklin Curtis, 72, Amarillo pioneer railroader, will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at N S Griggs & Sons chapel. Rev E Lee Stanford to officiate. Pallbearers: Roy Hook, O K Chamberlain, Jimmie Christial, W R McDowell, E G Green, Vernon Berry. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving widow Guida B Curtis, two sons William R Curtis and Earl Curtis. Funeral notice follows.
An advertisement promises relief from coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis using Creomulsion. It claims the medicine targets the bronchial membranes to loosen and expel germs laden phlegm and restore rest and sleep with a money back guarantee.
County commissioners eyed a surplus airplane hangar at Blacklands Army Air Field near Waco for livestock barn conversion but learned from a WAA rep that the hangar is a mess hall. The delay follows not securing a surplus hangar from Dalhart Army Air Field.
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