Amarillo gift show draws hundreds of buyers
Enthusiastic buyers and exhibitors praised the two day Amarillo market gift show at Tri-State Fair Park under the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. W H Gattis leads the market show committee with Ann Howell noting more than 600 buyers from five states attended. Yesterday attracted 450 buyers and tonight could bring 250 more registered as a free luncheon for all was held noon to 2 pm. The event, regarded as a success, prompts plans for three apparel shows and one gift show annually.
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Tri-State Pair Park
Chamber of Commerce
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Charley Ellis Funeral Held In Amarillo Ties
Last rites for Charley Ellis age 66 were held at 10 this morning in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Dr. E B Fincher officiated. Burial at Estacado. Ellis, once of Amarillo and 22 years a Western Stock Yards employee, died yesterday at Claude Morgan Convalescent Home after two years of ill health. Survivors include wife Nell and three daughters Sylvia Fishman in Chicago Leta Tucker and Cleta Gaurell in Amarillo. two brothers Leslie of Southland and Larry of Amarillo. and two grandchildren.
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Amarillo
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Southland
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Accident Victim Is Just Fine After Wreck
Eight year old Hershel Eugene Pomtree was treated at St. Anthony's Hospital for a deep back laceration after a car went out of control and struck the A V King home at 1500 East Twenty seventh. Driver Donald E. Mitchell 19 said the dip on Roberts caused the crash. Russell Pomtree 13 and another unnamed youth were also in the car. Neighbors reported the King house shifted four inches. The boy was described as “Just fine” this morning. Patrick Henry’s 1799 death on Hale’s birth anniversary is noted.
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Boy Admits Burglaries and Escapes
Juvenile Officer Jack Grant sought a 12yearold who escaped after admitting two burglaries. The boy confessed to entering two homes Friday night and taking $25.19 in cash from billfolds belonging to Mrs Louise Bowles and Mrs Martin Lowery. Police arrested him Saturday. part of the money and both billfolds were recovered.
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Fillmore
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Amarillo Chamber Sets Two Committee Meetings This Week
Two Amarillo Chamber of Commerce committees, industrial and wholesale and jobbing, will meet this week. The industrial committee gathers Wednesday at noon in room 202 at the Herring Hotel, while the wholesale and jobbing committee meets Thursday at 10 30 in the chamber conference room. Earl Allmand, industrial wholesale manager, returned from Dallas and is organizing the programs.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Writer Praises Timmons' Law-Making Record
A Washington correspondent praises J. Blake Timmons 33 for four years in the Texas legislature and urges Northwest Texas voters in the Eighteenth District to support his bid for Congress. The piece compares Timmons to former leaders like John Nance Garner and notes district history of electing rising statesmen.
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Mrs Brainerd Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Anne Brainerd will be held at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 9 30 tomorrow morning. Burial will be Llano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Rosary services will be at 8 this evening. She died Sunday in St Anthony's Hospital after two months ill health. Her son Jerry won the Meehan Scholarship to Notre Dame University. Jerry was salutatorian at Price College this spring. She had directed athletics at St Mary's Academy and the Catholic Youth Club since 1946. Survivors include three other sons William Francis Richard Waldron and Patrick all of Amarillo a daughter Miss Betty Ellen Brainerd and two aunts.
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Richard Waldron
Patrick Brainerd
Amarillo
Betty Ellen Brainerd
Patrick Vaughan
Watertown
P. J. O'Neill
New York City
First Modern Canadian Census In 1666
The statement notes that Canada conducted its first modern census in 1666, and mentions that census taking was a function of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome for taxation and military purposes.
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Political Rally At Green Haven At Lambie Farm
Tomorrow night at 7 30 at the Lambie farm on Western Avenue one mile north of Canyon Highway. All candidates will speak briefly and residents are invited. Ice cream and cake offered for 25 cents per person. Mrs Jimmie Hartnett, secretary of Haven Home Demonstration Club.
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Sister of Amarillo Residents Dies
Mrs. Will Anderson, about 65, sister of Mrs. L. Quinn of Amarillo and Powers Anderson, died about 3 PM yesterday in Stephensville Hospital after months of ill health. Funeral services were to be held at 3 PM today in Desdemona.
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Illinois Wholesale Trade Scale Tops Nation in Yearly Figures
Illinois reports wholesale trade near six billion dollars in a typical year, ranking second nationwide. Retail sales run about three billion dollars, indicating a robust commercial sector across the state.
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Children Caught In Strange House In Maryland
A 12 year old Mexican girl and her 4 year old brother were taken into custody by police after a burglar alarm at 410 Maryland. Neighbor Clyde Ward reported seeing the girl enter the house while the family was away. The children were found in the house and turned over to county juvenile officers.
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Clyde Ward
Issue Call for Reserve Volunteers
The Department of the Army has issued a call for volunteer enlisted reservists for immediate active duty. Most urgently needed are specialists in radar, radio, tank, anti aircraft artillery mechanics, engineer heavy equipment operators, cryptographic technicians and engineer construction specialists. Reservists should contact their Organized Reserve Corps unit commander and instructors for further instructions.
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Comtom
Egg With Unusually Round Form Rumored From New York Farm
In Watertown New York a White Rock hen belonging to Morris Bannister laid an egg described as unusually round. The egg measured 8% inches long with 8 inches girth and weighed 6 ounces, reportedly three times the normal weight.
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Dowdy Gored by Bull at Stockyards Hospitalized in Fair Condition
Ployd Dowdy, 46, of 412 North East Sixth, gored in the mouth by a bull at the Western Stockyards last night. He suffered throat and jaw injuries and was described as fair this morning at St. Anthony's Hospital. Dowdy, an employee, was feeding in pens when a bull broke from a fight and charged him. Stockyard foreman U S Hare drove him to hospital.
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Superfort Lost In Yellow Sea
Tokyo reports a B 29 Superfortress is missing in the Yellow Sea west of Inchon with seven crew members rescued by British ships. Royal Navy patrols the West Korean coast as officials do not confirm cause or exact loss time.
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Norway Promotes Fish Oils as Paint Drying Oils
Norway is promoting the use of fish oils as drying oils in paint manufacture. The move aims to diversify raw materials and support the fishing industry while advancing coating technology.
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Houston Cousins Drown in Brazo River
Two Houston boys aged 14 and 15, E. J. Zievert and Leon Zievert, drowned while swimming in the Brazos River near Rosenberg after jumping into deep water during a fishing outing with their father Steve Zievert.
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Tragic Drowning in Deep Water Near Rosenberg
A rescue squad from the Rosenberg fire department recovered the bodies about ninety minutes after youngsters vanished in deep water. The incident underscores the dangers of the waterway and the swift response by local emergency crews.
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