Around Town News Highlights Local Visitors and Travels
Mary Ann Smith visits Harrisburg Sunbury Rochester and Charleston planning home return mid August. Betty Tolleson hosts Jane Doty from Beaumont for a week. Judge and Mrs Stokes host L B Simmons Duncan Okla en route to Colorado and California. Content includes travel, family visits, birthdays, and local notices across Amarillo areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Smith
G. Ray Smith
Hughes
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Rochester
N. Y
Charleston
W. Va
D. E. Dagle
Patricia Diggle
Mary Ann
Patricia
Stephens College
Washington, D. C
Betty Tolleson
van Buren
Jane Doty
Beaumont
Betty
Jane
Southern Methodist University
W. N. Stokes
Harrison
L. B. Simmons
Duncan
Oklo
Colorado Springs
Los Angeles
Cal
Stokes
Mr. Simmons
Currie Smyth
Hayden
Smyth
Stella Smyth
Dealins
Amarillo
Allen Family Plans Vacation to Red River New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Vaughn Allen and children Janell Bobby and Patricia of 315 Belleview will leave Friday for a vacation in Red River New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Allen
Janell
Bobby
Patricia
Belleview
Red River
N. M
Jerry Williams on 14 Day Furlough at Fort Jackson
Jerry Williams stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina spends a 14 day furlough with his agents Mr and Mrs E M Williams at 1810 Buchanan. He will stay until July 27. Williams has served 17 months in the Army and has been posted at Camp Chaffee Camp Fannin Camp Crowder Camp Gruber and Fort Bliss. He is currently company clerk at Fort Jackson and expects discharge in September. He graduated Amarillo High School and attended Texas Technological College in Lubbock.
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Jerry Williams
Fort Jackson
S. C
E. M. Willams
Buchanan
Williams
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Fannin
Camp Crowder
Camp Gruber
Okla
Fort Bliss
Amarillo High School
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Davis to Visit Amarillo Conserv Station on Field Trip
R H Davis of the Soil Conservation Service project lands division in Washington will visit Amarillo tomorrow and Friday for a field trip to the Amarillo Conservation Experiment Station. Visit McCabes Mr and Mrs Ray McCabe and family of 112 Buchanan hosted Mr and Mrs C D McDonald and children Deanna and Mickie Sue of Alice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Davis
Soil Conservation Service Project Lands Division
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
Amarillo Conservation Experiment Station
Lloyd King and Family Vacationing in Canada
Lloyd King assistant district attorney and his family have traveled to Canada for a two week vacation. Breadfruit is described as widespread in tropical regions across both hemispheres in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lloyd King
Vet Named Movie Theater Assistant Briley to Lead Capitol Rialto
Maj. Carlos Briley former chief of service at Paramount will become assistant manager of the Capitol and Rialto theaters after five years in the Army Air Forces. He served at Wright Field laboratories and worked B 29 radar at Boca Raton Florida and was stationed in California Arizona Nevada South Dakota and Texas. Briley son of Mr and Mrs E L Briley of 1005 North Johnson Amarillo graduated Amarillo High School 1936 Amarillo College 1939 West Texas State 1941. His wife Jean McDonald is daughter of Mrs Mae McDonald 1119 Polk. He was discharged July 10 at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio. He and Mrs Briley and their daughter Sandra Jane age 2 arrived in Amarillo July he.
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The
Paramount
Carlos Briley
Army Air Forces
Capitol
Rialto
Wright Field Laboratories
Boca Raton
Fla
California
Arizona
Nevada
South Dakota
Texas
Major Briley
E. L. Briley
North Johnson
Amarillo High School
Call To Fill Civil Service Jobs In Washington DC Area
A Civil Service Commission call opens librarian assistant librarian and draftsman positions in Washington DC and vicinity. Pay ranges from 1954 to 5905 dollars yearly for librarians, 1954 to 2644 for assistant librarians, 1954 to 3397 for draftsmen. Applications close August 12. information from H. M. Timmons secretary room 21 post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
H. M. Timmons
Civil Service
Post Office
Third Burglary of Coca Cola Plant
Burglars hit the Coca Cola Bottling Company at 705 Lincoln for the third time in a month, stealing $263.60 in nickels. Earlier raids on July 5 and June 21 yielded $125 and $94.30. Looting also occurred at W. L. Gay boot and shoe shop, 3612 West Sixth, with a boot theft, and hinges were removed from Country Club Cleaners, 3211 West Sixth, though entry did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca Cola Bottling
Lincoln
W. L. Gay Boot and Shoe
West Sixth
Country Club Cleaners
Training for Salerno Landing Shared at Amarillo Lions Luncheon
T. H. McDonald, former Texas Division colonel now Amarillo real estate agent, described how the division trained for the Salerno landing at a Lions Club luncheon in Amarillo. Leon Krupp presided in place of Byron Ellis who attended the Lions International convention in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bloody Salerno
Amarillo Lions
Amarillo Hotel
T. H. McDonald
Amarillo
Leon Krupp
Byron Ellis
Philadelphia
Forgotten Key Service Ends for Newton Fire Dept
Newton fire department concludes its special "forgotten key" service today after years of opening apartments for residents who forgot or lost keys. Fire officials warn they will still respond if a child is locked inside a home or bathroom.
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Newton
Mass
Newton Fire Department
Louis Cook Home After Navy Discharge in Amarillo
Louis Cook a radar man third class is in Amarillo after discharge from the Navy at Jacksonville Florida. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J C Cook formerly of 2412 Brooks who moved to Wellington last year. Cook enlisted December 22 1944 served on a minesweeper along the East Coast with time in Panama and Cuba and will resume studies at Texas Tech in September.
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Louis Cook
Amarillo
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
J. C. Cook
Brooks
Wellington
Cook
Panama
Cuba
Amarillo High School
Texas Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Tech
Alumnus of NavPacU Returns Home
William E. Hughes son of C Don Hughes 1901 Van Buren recently discharged from the Navy after 10 months overseas. A coxswain, he served at San Diego Camp Linda Vista Camp Andrews Oahu and Naval Air Station Honolulu amid NavPacU Pearl Harbor training. The Amarillo High School graduate plans to resume civilian education.
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William E. Hughes
C. Don Hughes
van Buren
Navy
Navy Pacific University
Pearl Harbor
San Pedro
Cal
Dallas
Hughes
U. S. Navy Training Center
San Diego
Camp Linda Vista
Camp Andrews
Oahu
T. H
Naval Air Station, Honolulu
Amarillo High School
Mrs Hewitt Returns to Amarillo After Alabama Trip
Edith Hewitt of 1016 West Thirteenth has returned to Amarillo after a two week stay in Alabama. The article notes postal cards were first suggested in 1865 by the director of the Royal Prussian Post.
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Royal Prussian Post
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Avondale
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Sally
Jack
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Kan
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North Bivins
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McLean
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Bill Hoskins
West Nineteenth
Bell Snider
D. V. Evans
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M. C. Evans
Fillmore
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Short
Isbell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sherman
T. W. Swearinger
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Ruth Ann Rogers
E. L. Campbell
Madison
Sharon
Gwen Cobie
Curtis Cobie
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Taos
D. L. Middleton
Forest
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Clyde Stewart
EU WS
Eitm Y Leimus
Burebank
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Bill Willcoxson
Fred Kouba
Richard Travis Blankenship
Travis Blankenship
West Eighth
Northwest Texas Hospital
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Grand
W. K. Blankenship
Cooper, Tex
M. A. Lively
Robert Hanger
L. M. Cockran
Cockran
Temple
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
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Chaplain Lively
Veterans Hospital
L. P. Herndon
West Eighteenth
Fredonia
George Lindsey
William S. Bush
Houston
James A. Bush
West Tenth
Mar
Riage
Rosemary Beckman
Lillie Ballew
Hollis
Portland
Ore
Mildred Cheney
Charles Grant
Charles
Richard
el Paso
Hugh Sticksel
Washington
C. F. Wilson
Virginia Wilson
Wilson
Stickell
Virginia
Northwest Texas Hospital News Medical
Donald Luther Leverett
Garfield
Paul Oakley
Joy Batten
West Seventh
J. P. Matheson
Goodnight
Kathryn Burnett
West Eleventh
Charles Reeves
Mississippi
Hurley Leroy Hill
Sunray
Josie
Kaitkii
Bill Cummings
Syracuse
W.Y
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Heath Furniture
Globe News
Mrr.waddy
Joakim
Mac
Carol
Ant Toman
Kes
Lost Forest
Mark Traile Y
Davis
MR. Wolfe
Mrs Peters
Wedmore
MR. Morgenthal
MR. Drake
Mr.wedmore
Askred
MR. Steel
Weodmore
Heath Furniture Company
Arillo
Plainvie
Clarendon
Memphis
Just
Khoury Bros
West 5Th
Durden
Auto Refinancing Motor Investment
8Th Ave
State Department of Banking
Salerno
U. S. Navy
Navpacu
Georgia
Jackson
35Th & Fillmore
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