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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1940
Page
4
Dr J Mike Montgomery of Montgomery and Weach Optometrists urges rest for fatigued eyes and proper reading habits. Use clear large type, avoid reflected light, and illuminate from left shoulder. Regular eye exams help monitor changes and protect vision.
Dependable refrigeration service by nine years serving Amarillo and Panhandle customers at Good Engineering Company 1309 Polk Street. Have refrigerators checked annually to ensure efficient operation in hot weather. They repair old models, not push new sales, and offer cash and carry service with quick delivery for radios and refrigerators.
Scientists explain that the so called volcano smoke is steam condensate and the apparent flames are the glow of molten lava reflected on vapor clouds, clarifying public misperception.
The Johnson Price Company offers two butane gas tanks to rural households ensuring a steady supply for refrigeration cooking and heating. Butane provides modern conveniences similar to natural gas with lower costs in the Panhandle and is paired with Round Oak gas ranges and related equipment to ease farm life.
Dale Layton found a turtle on the Murphy farm near Wellsville Kansas with FE M and W A M scratched on its shell and the date 1897. The Murphys recalled catching and marking the turtle 43 years earlier and released it a quarter mile away.
In Fairbanks Alaska the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post contends it sits farther north than any other VFW post in the United States and reports sixty five recruits added to its rolls.
Pattern 9443 may be ordered in misses and women's sizes 12 through 42. Size 16 requires 3% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send fifteen cents to Amarillo News Pattern Department 232 West 18th Street New York NY. Ten cents extra buys newest Pattern Book.
G Harry Davis at the General Finance Company offers auto, furniture or installment loans with prompt confidential service. Loans tailored to needs with reasonable rates and a protected payment plan by insurance during disability, and full loan cancellation on accidental death. Located at 808 Taylor Street with ample parking. invites visits.
Call 6284 for Hammond Taxi. Safe dependable transportation year round in rain or shine. Hammond Cab has a strong safety record in Amarillo and offers courteous service for downtown shopping business trips and events with quick door-to-door pickup.
Lester Lewis, a slender and vigorous 79 year old cowboy near Buttonwillow California, continues to earn a living at the Tracy Ranch. His employer calls him the best cowboy in the state and one of the oldest. He competes with men young enough to be his grandsons.
The Amarillo business formerly Amarillo Shade & Equipment Company now operates as Dwight Newby & Co at 418 West 10th. They continue to offer floor coverings venetian blinds awnings in wood metal or canvas Roper stoves and wallpapers for home decoration needs.
Palo Duro Motor Tune Up at 212 West Seventh Avenue boasts an indoor proving grounds for road tests in a shop setting. Owners Bob Johnson and Ed Putman offer free estimates and highlight methods to improve gas and oil mileage for summer travel. Unfilled military export orders total about 3,350 units according to plane manufacturers.
Northampton Mass officials accept a 400 acre tract from Joseph Allen Skinner including the summit house at Mt Holyoke where the guest book bears signatures of Abraham Lincoln Charles Sumner and Jenny Lind among the autos.
Learn lazy daisy stitch and French knots to form colorful flowers with shaded thread. Pattern 2609 includes a transfer picture of 15 by 194 inches, color schemes, required materials, and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents and write PATTERN NUMBER NAME and ADDRESS to Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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