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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
10
The Junior League schedules eight city park foot races starting 7 o clock Friday at various parks. The event is open to Amarillo youths at no charge. Donations support a new Children's Home with a $500 contribution from Mr and Mrs J R Durrett at 2201 Tyler. a prior report mis-stated $5,000.
Dean of men V Dunham of the University of Texas spoke to members of the Amarillo Council of Social Agencies at Amarillo College on Thursday night about student adjustment. He stressed environment and family background as factors in behavior, praised Amarillo College’s testing and counseling, and noted UT’s use of conferences and psychiatric consultation for stabilization.
The Junior League stages an outdoor square dance at Ellwood Park tennis courts on Saturday night as a free summer park event. Do-si-do led by Elbow Swing ub members with Noble Fowlkes calling and providing music. Program director Jack Haas notes prior dances drew nearly 300 dancers and 1,000 spectators. expect higher turnout if weather holds.
400 marine motorcycle officers injured weeks ago in a North East Eighth traffic crash show progress. Barry, 2843 Sanborn, suffered cuts and bruises but expects duty Thursday. Owens, 3800 Parker, moved from St. Anthony's to home, leg in cast gaining movement. The accident happened when a backing car struck a motorcycle cluster. Lewis Allen, Negro, held in Potter County jail on a federal Dyer Act case from a June 28 arrest near Vega, in a stolen 1942 Buick from Fort Bragg NC. arraignment set before US commissioner Friday.
Tulsa based Stano lind Oil and Gas Co announces option to purchase 170 acres in Hockley County Texas for a potential natural gasoline plant. Land described as part of the Sherrod lands in Labor 7 League 72 Val Verde County school land survey Levelland field.
Heavy enrollments in the four week Red Cross course at Thompson Pool require an additional instructor. F D Davis, Potter County Red Cross director, notes 20 pupils in the intermediate class and 40 in the beginner class, both meeting at 11 o'clock on Wednesdays and Fridays. Miss Mary Frances Russell supervises water activities with Garvin McCaskill and Jim Biggs assisting as lifeguards.
James Ely Amarillo Postmaster says New York offices will issue a New York City golden anniversary air mail stamp on August 1. The five cent sticker, printed in red, features a vertical design with seven airplanes around a ring bearing 1898 City of New York 1948 Golden Anniversary. First day cancellations may be requested by up to ten collectors. Wheat flood reaches Gulf ports as midwestern harvest moves toward Galveston and Houston.
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