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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
19
Funeral services for Daniel Edwin Ed Dyer 18 killed in an accidental pistol discharge will be held Thursday afternoon at Vega Methodist Church. Burial follows in Vega Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home Amarillo. Body lies in state at the funeral home.
Daniel Edwin Deer 18 of Vega son of Mr and Mrs John E Dyer. brother of Noh Ee E Jr and Lois Ann. services 2 PM Thursday at Vega Methodist Church with interment in Vega. Also Thompson and Ann services 4 PM Wednesday at Ove Chapel. Robins gelus Drive death on Tuesday. son of Drive sirs. brother of . Services pending.
Annual corporation and congregation meeting of the First Presbyterian Church will be held tonight at 7 15 in Fellowship Hall. Dr Francis W Pritchard pastor will preside until a presiding officer is elected. Church business will be discussed followed by a covered dish supper.
Mrs Iweta Scales application to reclassify property at 1202 West Nineteenth from B-dwelling to apartment area was rejected by the city commission. A related case moves to corporation court over converting a residence moved onto the lot into a five apartment building and B-dwelling limits permit duplexes.
Classified notice offers a 40 Plymouth two door car for 299 dollars with 99 99 down. Describes a fair running vehicle with a nice cream color and heater that works. Contact THESS 700 Fillmore or phone 1718 and watch ads for bargains.
Numerous used cars and prices listed by Benton Motor Co and AD Davis Co, including 1949 Buick 4 door, 1948 Plymouth special, 1947 Plymouth 4 door, 1947 Ford, 1940 Buick, and many others with details on condition and features. Multiple contact numbers and addresses shown for inquiries.
A dealer advertises a 49 Cadillac Fleetwood with heater and white wall tires in black or green, plus a 48 series sedan and wagon options. Also listed are a 38 2-door slick car, a 49 custom four door, and other Chevrolets with radios, heaters, and color choices. Open Sunday at Harvey Southworth, 701 S Fillmore. Call 3-198 to obtain pricing and details.
County tax assessor collector Frank Hoyt announces 1949 auto license plates go on sale February 1. Buyers must provide their car title number and receipts for 1948 Texas plates and pay the 1948 fee pro rata for February and March. 1948 tags expire March 31, and officials urge early purchase to avoid delays.
Preliminary hearings were scheduled today for seven teenage youths accused of breaking up a house by raping a guest's girlfriend. Six defendants remained jailed, one 19-year-old posted $10,000 bond after Dallas police arrested them as they left the house where the assault occurred.
Alfred Monroe Pemberton 55 of Panhandle dies at Northwest Texas Hospital after a period of illness. Funeral at 2 30 PM tomorrow at Panhandle First Baptist Church with Rev. Herbert Brown officiating. Burial in Panhandle Cemetery. Survivors include wife a son Bill and two daughters Peggy and Sue, plus sister Ruth Alexander and brother Raymond Pemberton. The Irish legislature passed a 1634 law banning plowing by fastening the plow to an animal’s tail.
City of Amarillo and Potter County will install six and eight foot sidewalks and 140 to 200 foot long angle parking areas around the San Jacinto Youth Center. City crews handle engineering and earth work while the county performs concrete and paving. Work starts next Monday. Indian United Provinces test Athenian democracy with village membership.
The annual meeting and election of officers of the City Federal Credit Union will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 in the city commission chamber. President Jack Deaver and secretary Wave Westbay lead the union, a mutual loan association for city employees.
Services for J. W. Elliott 72 a Stratford pioneer attorney will be held at 4 this afternoon at the Stratford Methodist Church with Rev. H A Nichols officiating. He died after a traffic crash near Ashtola yesterday morning. Mrs Elliott 67 was seriously hurt and improving at Groom hospital. Their car collided with a snow plow on Highway 287 west of Ashtola. Daughter Mrs J E Crabtree of Stratford survived. Burial in Stratford Cemetery under Wilson Funeral Home Stratford.
Scotty Witt age 18 of 1616 Travis was dismissed from Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after emergency treatment for minor injuries from a crash in which his car struck the rear of a parked truck near Twenty second and Washington. Police reported 17 traffic accidents Tuesday night with no other injuries.
F H Marcum reports theft of an overcoat and gloves from his truck parked near Fourth and Grant. Loss estimated at about 40 dollars. Also notes the biggest earthquake on record at Assam India June 12 1897 with 9000 square miles destroyed and 150000 square miles moderately damaged.
A three day dealers meeting for the tri state area opens today at Southwestern Company's Philcoland auditorium 329 Polk More than 100 dealers are invited with 30 to 40 expected daily Dick Koenig district representative for Philco and Gib Kennedy parts and accessories representative help conduct the meeting Ten new Philco refrigerators four new freezers radios and two air conditioners will be on display Dealers will lunch at the Silver Grill each day.
A youth was wounded about 10 o'clock Monday night during a playful scuffle over a pistol with a friend staying overnight. He died roughly 45 minutes later at a Vega doctor's office. The incident followed a family home stay from 10:30 am to 1 pm Thursday. The Coast Guard was first to deploy coast patrols across the continental Pacific.
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