Five Day Square Dance School Plans for Amarillo
Amarillo recreation program announces a five day square dance school for all ages with instructor Jimmy Clossin of El Paso. Clossin will teach polite footwork and calling skills, leading to a Saturday jamboree on July 19 at Elizabeth Nixonson Junior High School gym. Classes run Tuesday to Friday evenings with separate callers’ sessions and no admission for caller candidates.
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Amarillo Summer Park
Jimmy Clossin
el Paso
Southwest
Clossin
Amarillo College
Paul Bradford
Bradford
Elizabeth Nixson
Amarillo area school offers five night pass option
Admission details show adults pay 50 cents per night or 2 dollars for all five nights. Children pay 25 cents per class either in morning or evening sessions. Rural folks near Amarillo receive a special invitation to attend the school.
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Amarillo
Bradford
Northwest Texas Hospital planning board to report findings
The Northwest Texas Hospital expansion planning board seeks a Friday meeting with Potter County Commissioners to report final findings. Chairman Harry Daily says work is complete and a bond election plan, estimated at 750000 dollars, may be called in August after architect Guy Carlander folds the board recommendations into sketches.
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Northwest Texas Hospital Expansion Planning Board
Commissioners Court
Harry Daily
Potter County Commissioners Court
John Crudgington
Daily
Buck Beringer
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Carlander
Planning Board
Hospital Board of Managers
Klein
Chamber of Commerce
Beringer
Crudgington
Jason Robberson
Medical Profeson
New State Equalization Law Explained in Panhandle Meeting
A. B. Martin, director of equalization for the Texas Department of Education, explained the new state equalization law passed by the Legislature. The session also funded about 36 million dollars for the equalization fund for 1947 and 1948, with E. H. Boulter assisting. Over 50 school officials attended the Pot ter County Courthouse briefing in the Panhandle South Plains district.
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A. B. Martin
State Department of Education
Texas
Martin
E. H. Boulter
Lubbock
Panhandle- South Plains
Potter County
Texas Guard unit to discuss summer encampment in Amarillo
Lt Col Selden Simpson announced that members of the 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard will assemble at 7 30 oclock tonight at Amarillo Army Air Field. He urged all members to attend as plans for the summer encampment will be discussed.
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142Nd Infantry
Texas National Guard
Amarillo Army Air Field
Selden Simpson
Simpson
Optic Nerves Contain Half of Body's Sensory Nerves
The statement notes that about half of all sensory nerves in the human body run through the two optic nerves, highlighting their major role in transmitting sensory information to the brain.
June E Bond Sales in Potter County Report
Purchases of Series E government savings bonds in June totaled 86 968.75 dollars in Potter County. County Chairman Guy Saunders says including all Series E and others the drive reached 152 692.75 dollars, far short of the 530 000 dollar quota. The Treasury Department campaign ends next Tuesday as part of the June July Campaign of 1947. Secretary John Snyder stresses broad ownership of securities, noting about one fourth owned by individuals, three eighths by other investors, and three eighths by banks and Federal Reserve Banks, with the aim to keep debt ownership in the hands of the people.
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Potter County
Guy Saunders
Treasury Department
John Snyder
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Snyder
His Farm Stolen Model Farm Vanishes from Garage
Daniel P. Ryan a 78 year old retired railroad boilermaker reported in Columbus Ohio that thieves stole a log cabin several farm buildings and furniture from his property. He said a complete model farm built over two years with no nails valued at 500 was taken from his garage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Daniel P. Ryan
Ryan
Company valuation dips from peak to near 258 billion
The firm experienced a decline from about 280 billion dollars to around 258 billion, according to Snyder, reflecting a notable drop in its market value.
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Snyder
Texan Drowns Saving His Pet Dog
Ira Cecil Prewitt died while rescuing a newly acquired dog that jumped into Lake Travis near Dodd City. He dived from the boat where he fished. Texas Rangers recovered the body with diving equipment.
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Taylor
Ira Cecil Prewitt
Lake Travis
Dodd City
Texas Ranger
Park Program and Youth Center Join Forces
The Junior League summer park recreation program teams with the San Jacinto Youth Center for a busy week. Lucille Allison tells stories at the Youth Center on Tuesdays and Fridays 3 to 5 pm, Billie Frost leads arts and crafts on Wednesdays and Fridays 6 to 8 pm, and the park program aids the Youth Center’s dance activities. The Roller Palace at Sixth and Jefferson opens to Negroes Thursdays 4:20 to 6:30 pm with 15 cent admission and provided skates. Supervised playgrounds for Negro children operate at Fred Douglas School Tuesdays through Saturdays 9 to 11 am and 2 to 8 pm. Bicycle races occur tomorrow night 7 to 8, with rope-off streets, plus three wheel races and a two-wheel race for different ages. Peanut hunts are set for Wednesday night, and a square dance with band will be Saturday 9 to 12 at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School gym, admission 15 cents. Public invited.
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Junior League
Summer Park
Jim Whittenburg
San Jacinto
Whittenburg
Lucille Allison
Billie Frost
Roller Palace
Sixth
Jefferson
Fred Douglas
Jackson
Elizabeth Nixson
Aubrey Qualifies as Sharpshooter in Japan
Pvt. John W. Aubrey of 713 North West Eighth earned sharpshooter status during the First Cavalry Division record firing program at Camp Drake Tokyo Japan. He entered the Army September 25 1946 after basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky and overseas January 11 to join Eighth Army occupation forces.
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John W. Aubrey
North West Eighth
First Cavalry Division
Camp Drake
Tokyo
Japan
Aubrey
Fort Knox
Eighth Army
Duane Byars Named Worship Programs Director At Camp
Duane Byars, son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd C Byars, serves as Director of Worship Programs at the Methodist Recreation Camp at Ceta Canyon this week. A McMurry College sophomore ministerial student, he chairs the Worship and Evangelism Commission of the Northeast Texas Conference. He is Amarillo High School and Amarillo College alumnus. The Chicago Symphony harp section is a father and daughter duo, Joseph Vito and Geraldine Vito.
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Ceta Canyon
Duane Byars
Lloyd C. Byars
East Eighth
McMurry College
Byars
Northeast Texas Conference
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
McMurry
The
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Vito
Geraldine Vito
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