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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1948
Page
16
Tri-State Construction Company at 500 West 16th markets composition and cedar shingle roofing in Amarillo. It urges homeowners to re-roof before cold weather, offering free estimates and flexible payment plans with up to 36 months, and highlights other building services.
Australian taxicab drivers commonly wear uniforms and handle opening and closing doors for passengers, reflecting standard service expectations in urban taxi operations.
Cliff Mace of Amarillo offers ranch painting services with heavy duty spray equipment. He covers ranch houses, barns, sheds and corral fences in the tri state area and guarantees faster work with standard paints and oils. Contact at 1000 Lamar or call 2-2127 for a free estimate.
Mead's Bread, long a Panhandle favorite among housewives, gains buyers with Fresher-ized bread that stays fresh longer. Odie Kart, the sales manager, reports sales jumping across the area with farmers and ranchers especially pleased to need less town trips for fresh bread.
Finklea Electric at 512 West Sixth displays the Monitor Aerator Washer or Baby Washer. The ad promises a $1,000 savings bond for any washer that matches its speed and cleanliness, offers shoe shines as demonstration, and invites delivery with no obligation to buy.
The Glass Bookshop in Mexico City promotes its books using four large electrical signs over the storefront. The display emphasizes new titles and popular works to attract pedestrians and shoppers in the area.
Warning to buyers about hearing aids with similar names or claims. It urges trying only a Bell Telephone laboratories development made by Western Electric. Contact Maynard Drake at 922 Travis Ama tillo Texas phone 6132 for verification.
Mrs Earl Wyatt at 1500 Jefferson Street Amarillo features nine by twelve hand loomed all wool hit and miss rugs at 87.50 each with length options including stair runners. Studio also stocks antique lamps brackets iron yard decor and more home beautifiers open for visits with evening Sunday appointments. plus a beet cup recipe for summer plates included.
Nichols Paint and Wallpaper announces half price clearance of stock at 123 West Sixth. Hundreds of wallpaper patterns reduce former prices 1.00 rolls to 50 cents 50 cent rolls to 25 cents and 40 cent rolls to 20 cents. Outside white paint quart sale and enamel discounts also posted.
Walter Lee a Milwaukee Road brakeman slept in a city park after work and removed his shoes for comfort. He woke to find them missing and, in stocking feet, went to a nearby shoe store before reporting the loss to police.
Star Drug Store at 619 North Fillmore owned by Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Irwin offers thousands of records for 10 cents each including dance records by top orchestras and western songs. The shop also features Indian and Mexican jewelry art work leather purses and butcher blocks at deeply discounted prices.
Historic Boston Common section fenced for a supervised children’s play area with swings and slides. Shopping mothers may register children, tag them, and leave them at play while they shop nearby.
Minneapolis psychiatrist Dr. Harold B. Hanson warns that excessive babysitting and outside activities push girls toward premature adulthood and cause emotional strain. The remarks link rising stress in high and junior high girls to caregiving duties and other over exposure to duties beyond their age.
Polio policy offers up to 5000 for treatment and covers diseases like leukemia scarlet fever diphtheria small pox spinal meningitis encephalitis and tetanus. Hospitalization insurance is also offered by A. J. Kelly district manager 701-02 Barfield Amarillo Texas.
Bath Abbey is famed for its numerous windows earning it the nickname The Lantern of England, reflecting its renowned stained glass and light-filled nave.
Raef Brothers at St. Francis invites orders for winter fuel now. They supply butane and propane to customers beyond natural gas lines and will keep tanks full. Services available from Raef Brothers, Rt. 3, Amarillo, Texas, with distribution across Carson Randall Potter and Armstrong Counties.
Lynn Massachusetts 95 year old Charles Durkee Lyon claims to be the nation s oldest active locksmith He began on his father s farm and has not stopped working He says work never hurt anyone and sees no reason to retire staying in his shop to stay happy
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