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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1947
Page
6
Dr. H. A. Waller found a live chicken in his reception area at 112 East Fifth this morning. He questions how it arrived and asks the owner to claim it before any theft charges arise.
Oldtown Idaho officials tout a tax free future as newly incorporated village trustees expect annual revenue of about 10000 dollars from slot machine and liquor licenses to cover all municipal expenses. The plan hinges on licenses rather than taxes to fund local government.
A series of brief quotes from Angelo youths ages 14 to 19 about their favorite party types. Respondents name preferred activities from swimming and dancing to picnics, scavenger hunts, and informal get togethers, with some favoring Sunday school events and jam jar gatherings.
Amarillo police recovered a car reported stolen by Leon Tennison from Bueyeros NM who said he was kidnapped in Clinton OK. A 1941 light blue Ford club coupe was found abandoned at 609 Monroe after Tennison, with his wife and mother, were forced at gunpoint by two men in Army khaki. The owner said he was abducted near Clinton and driven west toward Panhandle before hitchhiking to Amarillo.
Thurman Gholston of the Gholston Drug reports returning from a Pine River fishing trip near Bayfield in Southwest Colorado with about 50 fish. His father and son joined, catching rainbow, cutthroat, native, eastern brook and German brown trout.
If Hawaii becomes the 49th state, about 40 million flags must be replaced or altered. The changeover to new flags would occur on the Fourth of July after Hawaii's admission.
The Texas Today column recounts hens that outshine show business with quirky egglaying feats. Roy Blanchard’s hen scolds when late to lay on the tractor seat, while Andy and Mrs Tullis’s hen places a brick egg upright in the patio. Dallas resident Mrs Conway reports a nine inch white leghorn egg weighing nearly half a pound.
About 60 members and guests attended Amarillo BPW Club’s dinner at Herring Hotel where word came that the Amarillo BPW led all state organizations in contributions to the Chinese Nursing Fund. District LX leads all districts in state support. Irma Griggs presented a piano medley. The group voted to cancel the August 12 business meeting.
Dallas publishers Wayland and Clyde Boles announce the sale of Scene Magazine to Business Manager D. T. Conroy. The July issue notes the Boles could not devote enough time due to other interests. Scene first appeared in February of this year.
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