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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1951
Page
4
A brief death and funeral notice outlines the passing of a local resident with dates and burial arrangements. It notes surviving family and invites mourners to services, stating venue and times where announced by the family or funeral home.
Obituary notices list multiple individuals with varied spellings and errors. Services and burial locations are given for several clients including Gideon, Dorothy Eriksen, Inez Goodwin, and Arthur Sebastian Peter Sr. Entries reference churches, cemeteries in Llano and White Deer, and late family relations.
John W. Bardin aged 75 of 601 N Taylor died Monday. Funeral service at 2 PM Wednesday at First Christian Church. He was the son of A. K. James and brother of Mrs. Rose O Donnell. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bennett died Tuesday at 929 South Rusk. Granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Clem Perry.
Hollywood buyers call Danish mink the world’s best after attending Copenhagen fur auctions. The sales volume rose, bringing in about three percent more than last year’s totals.
Firemen responding to a residence blaze in Salt Lake City found smoke filled rooms and observed four new tires being tossed out as the first articles from the burning house.
The Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association award dinner scheduled for tomorrow night is postponed to February 16 due to today’s snow. The event, at American Legion Hall in Amarillo, includes design contest prize presentations with first prize of 500 dollars to Robert F. Hucker.
Pay increases for 48 city employees take effect February 1 after city commission approval. Increases range from 15 to 75 dollars monthly, totaling about 770 dollars per month and about 7 percent. Departmental raises include engineering and personnel, with multiple supervisor adjustments. Fire police and other departments announced a week earlier.
The Mexican Center Club hosts a Saturday dance at the Mexican Inn from 8 to 1. Guadalupana Orchestra led by Juan Escoto supplies music. Admission is 180 for men. ladies enter free. Parents urged not to bring children under 16. The center remodel project at Fifteenth and Cleveland is funded, with volunteer labor. Plans include a library in the building and a call for donated books.
Arrangements for funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William FE Bennett at 929 Rusk were not completed today. The baby died last night at 8:30 in Northwest Texas Hospital. Surviving are the parents, grandparents Henry Bennett of Gatesville and Clem Perry of Amarillo, with arrangements to be announced by N S Griggs and Sons.
Mrs Minnie A Payne aged 84 died at her home 88 North Masters at 1130 am after a long illness bedfast for months Born May 4 1866 in Arkansas Survivors include five sons C R Payne Amarillo Henry Payne Mc Alester Claude Payne Newburgh Clifford Payne New York City Charlie Payne Porterville two daughters Mrs E L Cutsinger and Mrs Nina Mills both of Amarillo Also twelve grandchildren nine great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
The Municipal Auditorium will receive about 3000 dollars in new stage scenery next week. Delivered by the Oklahoma City Scenic Company, the upgrade includes a new front curtain and new side curtains for the stage.
United States subs sank eleven Japanese cruisers in 1944 as U S forces operated in the New York theater of wartime patrols and battles.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled a death sentence for Victor F. Rogers in the slaying of Lamesa policeman Claude W. Johnson. The defense sought a venue change. the court found trial venue error but declined further changes.
Corsages sold at Club Runnymede tonight by Amarillo Florists Association members donate to the March of Dimes. Proceeds from the dance, sponsored by the Jaycees, go to the fund while Tex Beneke's orchestra performs.
January building permit totals reach 2.576 million in Amarillo, marking the fourth highest monthly level despite a commercial building freeze in effect for the latter half of the month. A total of 387 permits were issued, with December 1950 still holding the record at 4.8 million.
Clarence A. Mathes aged 62 of 611 A East Fifteenth pleaded not guilty in Potter County Court to a worth less check charge. County Atty. John Peterson said Mathes passed a $30 check at a Paint Store on Sept 23, 1950. Mathes posted bond of $500.
Registration for the new term at the University of Texas has been moved from Thursday to Saturday and classes start earlier, now beginning Monday instead of Friday, due to weather conditions across the state, announced to students home for mid term.
Fire crippled several shops yesterday with the Gem Theater Western Auto Store and Prather Williams Drug Store still silent on reopenings. Loco Bank opened temporary offices across from the gutted 133 Commerce Street site as crews continued cooling rubble. Hood's News Stand run by R R Hood and Fashion Shoppe run by Miss Ayleen Ater plan quick reopenings at new sites.
The Mothers' March on Polio promotes home contributions by displaying items on doorknobs in motels hotels and apartments. Mrs Kay Baird leads the effort urging residents whose homes are not reached to mail gifts to The March of Dimes Amarillo Postmaster. Officials aim to reach every location with lights and beckoning doorknobs to invite collectors.
The commission awarded the road project late yesterday and announced it this morning in the office of D C Greer state highway engineer. John McCarty concessionaire at the park said early award would allow completion in time for heavy tourist travel this summer and expects another record attendance in 1951. New high records have been set the last two years.
Kenneth Kohler of San Jacinto reports an unusual morning demand for overshoes and galoshes, then a surprising second purchase of swim trunks by Orville Fowler of 2507. Kohler asks if Florida is the destination, but Fowler explains he is headed to the Young Center pool.
A dense market roundup shows widespread price moves across many firms and sectors. Major names like Allied Stores, American Can, and Penn Transportation appear amid shifts in stocks and commodities. Specifics include varied percentages and prices, with activity in aviation, manufacturing, steel, and oil stocks noted in the ledger style column.
The report notes an asset value of 2.5055 for Financial Industrial Fund ta and references an offering price. No further details provided in the excerpt.
A gasoil tanker overturned at the junction of Highways 117 and 66 in Conway early today. Driver Johnny Gene Miller, 22, Abilene, escaped with non serious head and left leg cuts. The Oil Transportation Inc. truck did not burn, but spilled gasoline over the highway and into ditches. The accident occurred about 4 15 a m as the truck, following a similar vehicle, hit a soft spot in the snow and turned from 117 onto 66.
Globe News columnist Lewis Nordyke urged closing the Gatesville state boys school and opening four new facilities. He cited costs of confinement, foster care advantages, and foster placements as economics while noting parole success at Gainesville girls reform school. He claimed Gatesville alumni populate prisons and repeat offenses, and said the governor and lawmakers welcome the idea.
A Potter County grand jury began its work this morning in its first session since being empaneled over a week ago. Five witnesses were called this morning and at least three more were scheduled to appear in the afternoon.
The three story J Penney building housed Frank Sterling's mansion originally owned by oil executive and Ross Sterling’s brother. A fire last night in Lubbock threatened the business district, with losses unofficially estimated well over 300000. Earlier a million-dollar blaze destroyed six businesses in Childress. Firemen fought fires in Kilgore Corpus Christi Idalou and Trenton as well.
Snow depths ranged from 2.4 inches at Snow ryton to about 4 inches in Grover Hansford County with heavier falls at Hereford where moisture reached .10 inch as of 8 00 am. The South Plains saw lighter fall with a half inch at Plainview while clouds thickened. Clovis posted zero while Lubbock and Tucumcari reached 22 degrees as the warmest spots yesterday. The Public Service Corporation of
A five member Amarillo Chamber of Commerce panel has been named to work with Panhandle Home Builders on housing for civilian defense workers and military personnel. The group, led by Rex Baxter, aims to determine unit needs, push related legislation, secure materials, and mobilize local labor ahead of Air Force Base reactivation and the Pantex plant reopening.
Poll tax related names surface in Amarillo and Santa Fe connections. M L Montgomery appears linked to the Santa Fe roundhouse while local officials and business representatives including Mrs Ann Mershon Mrs Lydia Whipple Miss Ellen Wells Joyce Curtis and Frank Mathews are noted with organizations such as the American Legions Veterans of Foreign Wars and Plains Chevrolet in discussions likely tied to city districts North and South areas and a public sale or assessment context.
Snow fell at Dalhart Amarillo Childress Wichita Falls Lubbock El Paso Marfa Wink Midland Salt Flat and nearby points At dawn sleet reported from Abilene Mineral Wells Dallas Fort Worth Lufkin and San Angelo With freezing rain or drizzle elsewhere Sleet turned to snow by 8 am in Dallas Fort Worth area Temperatures remained steady with lows and highs near the prior two days Abilene 13 Wichita Falls 13 San Angelo 15 Fort Worth 16 Waco 17 Texarkana 18 Dallas 18 El Paso 19 San Antonio 20 Laredo 25 Corpus Christi 25 Houston 27 Brownsville 28 Galveston 30 the state high.
Dewey Smith is held in Potter County jail on federal charges of making false statements to gain admission to a Veterans Hospital. Arraigned before the US judge, he posted no bond. charges allege false statements in December 1949 to gain admission to the Veterans Hospital at Cheyenne Wyoming. filing occurred in August 1950.
A Chicago Motor Club survey shows seventeen states ban installing television sets in drivers view while driving. Rhode Island bans any television set installation anywhere in the car.
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