Sundowners Parade to Honor Amarillo Mayors and Cast
Five former mayors and the current Amarillo mayor will ride in The Sundowners premiere parade Monday. Judges and generals, school groups, and Hollywood stars accompany the procession through downtown Amarillo, with a World premiere day sequence ending in a second theater showing at 7 15 p m. Tickets cost 1 and are available at theaters.
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Amarillo
W. E. Gee
Ernest O. Thompson
Ross Rogers
Joe Jenkins
Lawrence Hagg
Gene Klein
Willis Range Riders
XIT Rangers
Daltart
Tenth
Taylor
Hollywood
Chill Wills
John Barrymore
George Templeton
Allan LeMay
Eagle-Lion Films
George Wallace
Chill
Legion Home
Amarillo Club
H. K. Carrington
State
Paramount
Thomason Rites Tomorrow for 82 Year Old Amarillo Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Prances Thomason, 82, 3651 Neuches, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. Frank A. Godsoe Sr. of Central Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Thomason died yesterday at Northwest Texas Hospital after a life spanning Greenville Tennessee Harrison Arkansas Bartlesville Oklahoma and Amarillo. She married Y. J. Thomason in 1894 and is survived by three sons L. R. Thomason G. W. Thomason of Amarillo and A. P. Thomason residing elsewhere.
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Mary Prances Thomason
Neuches
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Frank A. Godsoe
Central Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Thomason
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Greenville
Tenn
Harrison
Ark
Y. J. Thomason
Indian Territory
Bartlesville
Oklo
Panhandle
L. R
G. W. Thomason
A. P Thomason
Variety Night Planned by Young Adult Club at San Jacinto
The Young Adult Social Club at the San Jacinto Youth Center announces Variety Night for next Monday at 8:30 PM. Chair Charlotte Whitney says the program includes swimming, volleyball, ping-pong, card games, and free dance instructions by Arthur Murray dancers. Open to anyone over 20 who is not married, member or not. Assistants include Dorothy Jeffers Ruth Weigel Lenore Longino J T Freeman and Carl Simpson.
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San Jacinto Youth Center
Carolina
Charlotte Whitney
San Jacinto
Arthur Murray
Miss Whitney
Dorothy Jeffers
Ruth Weigel
Lenore Longino
J. T. Freeman
Carl Simpson
Dinner honors air base supporters at Sheppard event
Wichita Falls residents will honor Air Secretary W Stuart Symington Senator Tom Connally Lyndon Johnson and Representatives Ed Gossett and H R Poage at a February 1 dinner for their efforts in securing Sheppard Air Base as a permanent installation.
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Wichita Falls
W. Stuart Symington
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Ed Gossett
H. R Poage
Sheppard Air Base
Dance Jaboree Becomes Weekly Event At Amarillo Club
The Amarillo Federation of Women’s Clubs will host a weekly Saturday square dance at Wolflin Avenue club rooms. Proceeds benefit federated clubs. Tonight’s event features music by the Range Riders Band and 60 cent admission. Masters of ceremonies include Miller Tulsa Robinson Canyon Heard Dumas Bender Borger Martin Amarillo Burrows Dalhart Teel Skellytown.
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Amarillo
Wolflin Avenue
Range Riders Band
T. H. Miller
Tulsa
John Robinson
Canyon
H. E. Heard
Dumas
F. F. Bender
Borger
Ray Martin
J. A. Burrows
Dalhart
T. E. Teel
Skellytown
Air Delivery Wrecks Dinner in Shawnee
In Shawnee Oklahoma Mrs Ike McClary objects to newspaper delivery by airplane after the Shawnee News Star crashes through a kitchen window during a birthday dinner. Glass is scattered as the family continues with sandwiches and pork and beans.
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Shawnee
Okla
Ike McClary
McClary
Shawnee News-Star
Ski Runs in Good Shape Across New Mexico
Snow depths vary across New Mexico forests with Agua Piedra at 18 inches on a crusty base, Santa Fe Basin reporting 25 inches with a breakable crust, and La Madera at 6 inches with no crust. Roads range from good to muddy as conditions update for skiers.
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New Mexico
Agua Piedra
Carson National Forest
Tres Ritos
Santa Fe Basin
Santa Fe National Forest
Santa Fe
la Madera
Cibola National Forest
Albuquerque
Pie and Cake Sale Tomorrow By Sub-Deb Civic Club
Members of the Sub-Deb Civic Club sponsor a pie and cake sale tomorrow at Ideal Food Stores Nos. 1 and 2 600 North Fillmore and 3218 West Sixth. Proceeds fund the new building and operation of Women’s Clubs. Pies and cakes are made by the Sub-Deb organization.
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Civic Club
Ideal Food
North Fillmore
West Sixth
40 Hour Week Debate Opens in Steel Costs Hearing
Washington January 27 Congressmen pursue a 40 hour week amid a steel price inquiry. Oliver Corp president Alva Phelps says a 40 hour week exists in offices. Rich and Flanders discuss efficiency. CIO Brubaker presents a long statement as hearings halt for lunch, delaying any decision.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Alva Phelps
Oliver Corporation
Chicago
Rich
Pennsylvania
Phelps
Flanders
Vermont
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Congress
Otis Brubaker
CIO
United Steelworkers’ Research Department
Brubaker
Wage Hour Act Clinic Set For Feb 9 At Herring Hotel
A public clinic on the Wage-Hour Act of 1949 will be held at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom at 2 P.M. on February 9. Sponsored by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Manufacturers Association, a Wage Hour Division representative will conduct the session followed by a Q and A period.
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Herring Hotel
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Texas Manufacturers Association
Department of Labor
Bronze Age tomb discoveries near Scilly Isles site
Archaeologists report a burial area with possibly hundreds of tombs at a recently found site off Cornwall's coast near Porthcressa. Nine additional Bronze Age tombs were unearthed, supporting legends that ancient heroes were transported to sea burial grounds known as the Islands of the Blessed.
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Scilly Isles
Islands
Blessed
Cornwall
Porthcressa
Local Family Noted in Amaranth Grandkin Count
Plainview resident among kin includes three daughters Mrs Gladys Smith and Mrs Velva Partain both of Amarillo and Mrs Minnie Wren of Bartlesville. Family totals show 12 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren across generations.
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Nettle
Plainview
Gladys Smith
Velva Partain
Amarillo
Minnie Wren
Bartlesville
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