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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1947
Page
12
W T Elza service manager at the Bull Tire Company touts snappy courteous service and Sinclair petroleum products. The shop offers O K Rubber Welders repairs by infrared heat and pressure stats to prevent blow outs, wheel balancing, wash, lubrication, and waxing for customers.
The Childress County board approved another year of continuation for vocational training programs for veterans. The measure extends ongoing support and funding to help veterans gain job skills and employment opportunities.
Western Awning Company offers reduced prices on lawn and porch furniture including gliders chairs and end tables with heavy springs and weather proof covers. Canopies in 40 patterns for back yard spots and quick delivery with guaranteed workmanship. Call 6530 for a no obligation estimate or representative visit.
Amarillo firm Finklea Electric at 512 West Fifth Street announces a shipment of varied size home coolers, Telechron electric clocks, and a wide range of light fixtures. Limited stock means first come gets the fixtures.
In Seattle Effie Smith of Malden Massachusetts traveled to visit her cousin Mary E Bettinger in the city. The pair had not seen each other since 1886 when Bettinger was Mary Benson leaving New England for the Washington Territory.
Pi James Smith a Civil War veteran who cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln observed his 105th birthday this month in Lebanon Oregon. He came west in 1847 by wagon train and now splits his own kindling while engaging in lively political discussions.
Two Mead's Fine Bread trucks each carry 10 000 loaves and depart Amarillo nightly to supply Mead's bread to towns across the Panhandle. Consumers find regular loaves sandwich loaves raisin bread cinnamon rolls doughnuts and a thin sliced loaf ideal for picnics and toast.
Wider selection arrives at seven Amarillo Whiteway stores. Manager W C Glenn at No 5, 1110 North East Eighth, and market manager Wayne Bailey promote service quality and low prices. All locations offer the same meats and vegetables and daily shopping convenience.
Grady Nutt of Grady’s Cleaners at 1215 17 Polk offers a limited week special to dry clean finish and pack two wool blankets for 1.50 with pickup and delivery. He notes equipment overhauls during vacation and promises a prompt slam up job to help Amarillo housewives prepare wool blankets for winter.
The Amarillo Cycle Shop at 13th and Fillmore offers new bicycles for rent by day or hour with affordable rates and full bicycle and tricycle repair. Under new management the shop guarantees prompt service and carries a large stock of new parts. call 2-1337 or visit. Odd Fellows at Panhandle recently held their first meeting in their new home.
Sequin, Amarillo produced ointment at 113 B West 7th, claims rapid relief from Jungie Rot Ring Worm and athletes foot. Water soluble stainless formula designed to not stain silk hoses. Sold with money back guarantee through drug stores.
Amarillo based Cliff Mace advertises heavy duty spray painting for commercial ranch and farm projects across the tri state area. He offers free estimates, personally supervises each job, guarantees workmanship, and cites experience including 20 years residence in Amarillo and work on 198 units at Pantex village.
The People's Recreation Club in the Amarillo Building basement offers 14 billiard and snooker tables plus dominoes. It features a lunch counter with beer and soft drinks, a confectionery department, and tobacco products. The club rooms are well maintained with clean cues and regular re coverings. The building is steam heated in winter and air conditioned in summer. The VA training office at Tucumcari has been discontinued.
Hearing impaired individuals are invited to test the new Western Electric hearing aid at the Audiphone Company of North Texas, 922 Travis Street. Maynard Drake, manager, notes the aid amplifies sound up to a thousandfold and can be worn inconspicuously. illustrative comparisons liken it to glasses or an acoustic microscope.
The Amarillo Business College invites applicants to join its 38th fall term starting Monday September 8 at 605 Taylor Street. The program emphasizes practical business training, rapid assignment completion, and placement services with strong demand for graduates.
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