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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1948
Page
10
Mrs. Vera Walker announces a Western Class for children 12 and under at the Amarillo Horse Show. The event opens Friday night July 30 with no entry fee and prizes or ribbons for each entrant. Early entries encouraged at the ticket office 315 Polk or by phone 8574.
A lamp standard on the west side of Fillmore Street 700 block was knocked down by a car Tuesday night. Driver Donald F. Renfro, 19, of 516 Jackson, was uninjured. The report notes Wisconsin timber cutting peaks at eight billion feet annually.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Stevenson of 1323 Taylor announce the birth of a baby girl weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces born Monday evening at Northwest Texas Hospital. The baby is the couple’s second child. Mr Stevenson, a well known Amarillo pianist, recently completed a three month engagement at Old Tascosa. He is presently in Amarillo.
Syracuse social note indicates Mrs Stevenson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Hoover of 1323 Taylor, is featured in News Globe want ads as part of local business notices and social updates.
Funeral services for Oscar E. Bilbrey 60 of 2207 Fillmore will be held at 10:30 a m Thursday in N S Griggs and Sons chapel with Rev E B Fincher officiating. He died after a heart attack in St Anthony’s Hospital. He lived in Amarillo 29 years, worked as an engineer for Rock Island Railroad, and belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Survivors include wife Silver, daughter Mrs Frank Crowley of Borger, and brothers Clark and Bedford of Fort Worth. The Illinois agriculture college notes lightning causes 37 percent of farm fires and advocates proper lightning rods. At Celilo Fall on the Columbia, Indians still spear and net salmon by traditional methods.
A trio of Fort Worth fishermen struggled with stringers until a single one-pound bass changed luck on the water. The catch offered a bright note amid a day of poor luck for the group.
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