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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
2
A long stream of notes covers weather, local drilling, a gambler’s trick with loaded dice, community anecdotes, travel plans, and snippets about people in Amarillo and beyond. It includes names like Ann Hagg and Ed Huff, references to R&F Drilling, and various curiosities from across the era.
A reader offers a black Persian cat for adoption and notes several stray German Shepherd pups in the neighborhood suitable for children. Inquiries to call after 2 PM. Also a nurse seeks employment, listing address Tyler Street and phone contact. Police log recalls a man found dead in the street and a later report of a man dead drunk.
The Dionne quins quintuplets born two months premature weigh 52 pounds collectively and age six in May. They speak French, will learn English in school, and show distinct personalities with Yvonne the most motherly and Emilie the boisterous. About 1,000,000 visitors have seen them at Dafoe Hospital near Callander Ontario.
Braniff Airways hosted a large open house in Amarillo drawing more than 400 guests. Twenty winners received 45 minute flights over Palo Duro Canyon aboard a Douglas airliner, with a public tour of a 21 passenger craft afterward. Highway Patrol helped coordinate the event and a Braniff hostess served refreshments.
Odell M. Coneley of Amarillo is among 190 US Marine Corps first lieutenants recommended for promotion to captain. He is stationed at Paris Island South Carolina and is the son of Mrs. Juanita N. Coneley. A 1930 Amarillo High School graduate, he played with the Amarillo Golden Sancies to the state finals and attended Texas A M College. He has served in China and Cuba and commanded on the U S S Henderson during Pacific crossings.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors are reminded by telephone of a dinner meeting at 6 o clock tonight. The session will take place in Parlor A of the Amarillo Hotel with Col. E. A. Simpson presiding as president to discuss organization plans and other civic matters.
Funeral services for Robert James Bigelow, who died after a long illness, will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon at his family home at 1901 Grand Avenue. The rites follow National Youth Administration service days after his passing.
H W Wrye a Church of Christ minister from Spring Hill Tenn will deliver an illustrated lecture on the River Jordan at 8 o clock tomorrow night at the North Amarillo Church of Christ. The talk uses colored views showing scenes from the Jordan from its source at the Big Spring to its end. The Jordan is described as famous for its physical features and biblical history.
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