Blind man builds home for family in difficult weather
Bert Hollis a blind pencil vendor built a home at 207 North Van Buren Street with his wife Blanche. Work began October 1942 after buying a garage on Third Avenue. The Hollis family including six year old Tommy Dale and two year old L D gathered as Hollis described the front room he has never seen.
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Bill Cox
Globe-News
Bert Hollis
Kress
van Buren Street
Hollis
Blanche
Third Avenue
Tommy Dale
Mr. Hollis
L. D
Normandy Veterans Recount D Day Combat At Temple Hospital
Fifteen wounded from the Normandy invasion arrive at McCloskey General Hospital after fighting near a French village. Capt W Z Cotham of Jarrell Texas describes landing, multiple reunions with paratroopers, a land mine, and a German wooden bullet that tore his arm. First Lt Jack B Baucom of Mineral Wells and Major Marion Baldwin of Abilene also listed among the injured.
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Temple
Normandy
McCloskey General
W. Z. Cotham
Jarrell
Texas
Jack B. Baucom
Mineral Wells
D-Day
Louise
Austin
Ivan C. Baucom
Marion C. L. Baldwin
Abilene
Rock Hill
8. C
Texas A and M grads on Normandy front name officers and wounded soldier
Major Baldwin led an infantry battalion in Normandy near the Murdette River on June 16 when he was hit by German machine gun fire. Capt. Perry De Bille of Amarillo and Pvt. Louis Losna of Anson, both Texas A and M graduates, are mentioned as part of the outfit. Losna was wounded in the right arm on June 17, 60 yards from the enemy.
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Normandy
Murdette River
Baldwin
Texas A
M. College
Perry de Bille
Amarillo
Louis Losna
Anson
Tex
Blind carpenter builds dream home in Amarillo
In Amarillo a blind craftsman Mr Hollis, after seven years, completes a home started in a one room shop. He describes slow progress with skill learned late, aided by his wife Mrs Hollis who sews curtains and plans interior finish. Rex the collie guards visitors as Tiny the rat terrier and three kittens share the yard. The piece ends noting the AMA was founded in Philadelphia in 1846.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Anl
Hollis
Rex
Last of July Police Training School Session
The final July Police Training School class meets at 5 p m in county court rooms with Juvenile officer Mrs O W Moore addressing Court Procedure in Juvenile Delinquency and city policewoman Mrs Grace Hodge outlining trends in Juvenile delinquency. The next class is August 1 with Loyce E Kingman of the FBI discussing arrest techniques and search methods with film demonstrations.
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O. W. Moore
Grace Hodge
Loyce E. Kingman
Curse of Middle Life and the Ph Balance Cure
A medical ad claims faulty kidney function stems from body fluid pH imbalance. It says correcting pH restores balance and lets the body repair damage and relieve pain. Citros is promoted as the answer and Pool Drug Stores supplies it.
Couple finishes home building during wartime toil
Mrs Blanche Hollis and her husband Bert Hollis recollect their labor of building a home through long nights with limited light. He hammered while she measured and supervised the process. They moved in by Thanksgiving Day, 1943, despite harsh winter and children present.
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Hollis
Blanche
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Roma
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America
Roma Wine CO
Fresno
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Frances Benson
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Ol' Vernon
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Chevrolet
Beauty
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Morocco
Davis Tires
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Davis Tabes
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Ford
Buick
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Johnson’s
Carnu Auto Polish
Simoniz
P. M
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Mae
Lay
Pan
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