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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
9
Local column recaps joyous life events across town. Birth announcements include babies born at Northwest Texas Hospital with July dates. Visitors and residents from Chicago to Houston attend gatherings. Sports, parades, and social visits populate Ellwood Park and surrounding communities with notes on people and plans.
Mrs. Joe R. Blanks found a heavy, fence-post sized slab on the W. A. Juett farm six miles east of Amarillo while plowing. The flat on one side rounded on the other piece resembles iron and prompted speculation it could be a meteorite.
Pvt. Carrell William Brown is discharged after three years in the Southwest Pacific. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brown of City Lake, he served as rifleman with the 41st Infantry Division through the New Guinea campaign. He earned 90 points from Buna and Papuan battles, the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Distinguished Unit Citation. Previously with Steffen's Ice Cream, he entered the Army nearly four years ago, training at Camp Roberts and overseas since March 1942, first to Australia then New Guinea.
Mrs. George Hammock, chair of the Recreation Study Council, reports a nationwide 1944 survey showing over 35 500 professional recreation workers hired, a 35 percent rise since 1942, with 500 American cities employing leaders. Amarillo council proposes a 34 000 budget to fund a municipal recreation department for year round programs.
Maj Harvey Latson of the 602nd Bomb Squadron 398th Group is reassigned from El Paso to Drew Field Tampa Fla He recently returned from Eighth Air Force service in England His wife Miss Mary Hopkins also recently returned from El Paso
Miss Bootsie Gold daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Gold 3405 Hayden Miss Shirley Darvin from Marion will visit the Golds for two weeks after accompanying her home.
The Navy seeks WAVES to fill vital roles in Amarillo and naval hospitals. Replacements serve in general duty and hospital technical posts, aiding therapy, education, pharmacies, labs, and administrative offices. Nine WAVES and two bluejackets paint iris colors for artificial eyes, matching patients precisely.
Jesse O Banion, 58, admitted tattooing nude female figures on the forearms of 16 boys aged 12 to 16 in Elkhart Indiana He was sentenced to 60 days on the penal farm and fined 35 dollars on an assault and battery charge Prosecutor D Russell Bontrager said tattooing a minor without parental consent equaled assault A mother forced him to trace a dress on a nude arm tattoo of her son.
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