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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1948
Page
9
The Amarillo Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 196 plan a new one story brick building 50 by 110 feet with eight offices and an assembly room. City engineer Stanton Field expects July building total to top one million dollars once the four story addition to St Anthony's Hospital permit is filed.
Two people were taken to an Amarillo hospital Tuesday morning after a sideswipe highway collision near Kerrick in Dallam County. Injured are Myrtle Emerson Needles California and Ean Slaughter Wichita Falls. Sheriff Dick Stout investigated. a car driven by Paul Burnett of Amarillo was also involved. Neither injury was serious.
Construction of four new apartment buildings for University of Texas Medical School staff began with official ground breaking ceremonies in Galveston on July 27. The project aims to provide housing for faculty and hospital personnel.
The Jam Jar Club hosts a Red River Dance at 8 p m Thursday at the YWCA 501 Lincoln. Members wear western dress and dance to music arranged by the club entertainment committee. Teenage guests invited with a 50 cent admission.
Arrangements for canvassing cars to attend the Top of Texas Annual and Horse Show at Pampa August 3 to 7 will be set at a Wednesday 10 30 am meeting of Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reception and goodwill sub committee. Attending will be Don Schomburg Herman Meyen J B Coe Paul Dollarhide George Grogan A K Wilcoxson Fancher Upshaw Sr and P D Berthelot. The sub committee was appointed by John Armstrong and Carl King co chairmen of the reception and goodwill committee.
A taxi driver asleep at 4 am struck a white street light on Polk Street then continued two blocks before waking. No passengers were in the cab. Police issued him a ticket for reckless driving.
J L Walcher, 900 Fannin, caught mudcat tag number 14 in the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club fish rodeo at Buffalo Lake. Glen McKenzie, concessionaire, says Walcher competes for monthly and weekly prizes for the lowest tag number.
The Amarillo city commission and Amarillo Independent School District school board will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at city hall to discuss consolidating city and school tax office personnel and facilities.
The A Cappella Choir kept the convention lively with Frankie and Johnny at the Hotel New Yorker. In the afternoon the choir watched the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. Two groups from the choir were praised on Maxwell House TV and again on The Village Barn show. The rest enjoyed Make Mine Manhattan. Mrs. Evans has not yet agreed to another appearance.
Orville Deaver, city shop foreman, began fogging in the south part of Amarillo Tuesday as the DDT fogger targets bugs and mosquitoes in all city parks. Dr. E A Johnston has recently been installed as president of the Dhalhart Lions Club.
At Amarillo ceremony 15 bus operators received safety lapel pins. Top awards went to E. C. Crabtree who drove 1,212,000 miles and Roy Wells with 1,112,000 miles in 13 years without a serious mishap. Other honorees: R. A. Moke Davenport, E. E. Holman, J. N. Davenport, C. O. Holman, Earl Mason, C. T. Rucker, J. T. Smith, K. B. Williams, F. G. Lavoie, V. Cook, W. L. Weldon, Allen Ray, W. R. Rogers. Panhandle Trailways runs Amarillo to Oklahoma City.
In a north side incident Mrs Altman was seriously burned when a gasoline fire clothes ensued while varnishing a bedroom. Neighbors from 2015 North East Ninth and Mrs Merriman rushed to help with blankets and care for two children as rescuers and ambulances arrived. The blaze scorched wallpaper and woodwork but did not heavily damage the four room cottage.
The article notes ongoing court actions about heating in federal facilities amid extreme heat. It mentions courtroom attire rules and deputies enforcing coat requirements, with the setting described as a federal court on the second floor of a post office during a heat wave.
The Panhandle Market Show schedules a spring market event for Sunday and Monday January 16 and 17. W H Gattis, chairman, confirms growth as the third postwar market with dates sandwiched between Dallas Men's Wear Show January 9 and Dallas Fashion Show January 23.
Two more children admitted to Parkland Hospital raise non resident poliomyelitis cases under treatment to 33. A man found near his mother Irene H Wallace, 32, after removing comic books from a location. The report mentions a police case and a public health response in Dallas on July 27.
The Food and Drug Administration warned that some Nasco Brand Castor Oil bottles may contain turpentine and could be lethal to infants if ingested. Amarillo city chemist Jack Wyatt said he has not seen the brand locally. Officials urge immediate stomach evacuation if exposure occurs.
Childress city commissioners in a special session continued the probe of a Baylor Creek dam site six miles west of the city to supply 820000 gallons daily. The project, estimated at 402495 dollars, would feed Lake Childress and help alleviate low water, with extra wells still considered. Voluntary rationing remains in effect as water demands rise.
George Thomas can read now as his wife Mrs. Thomas, at 911 North Pork, discovers his glasses in a shirt pocket after doing the family wash. She admits missing the pocket earlier and jokes about her face turning red.
Clint Welch about 25 was taken from 601 East Ninth to Northwest Texas Hospital around 12 30 PM Tuesday for emergency treatment of a stomach disturbance. He arrived via a Black Burn Shaw ambulance and was listed in fair condition by hospital attendants.
Harlingen July 27 The State Department of Agriculture reports 120,609 bales of Valley cotton gin to date, nearly half the anticipated crop. Officials note progress is ahead of schedule and readiness for market.
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