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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
7
Amarillo High School aims for a total enrollment of 8169 students for fall term starting September ninth. Superintendent W A McIntosh notes many students from junior high move up, with 11 graduates, 147 boys and 164 girls last term, plus many out of town diploma seekers anticipated by May 1930.
Amarillo schools announce enrollment begins in September with class work starting the ninth. Principals from various schools will hold afternoon office hours eight to four then meet the Superintendent at 4 30 for conferences to help students plan next year. A new rule requires parent interviews for children turning seven by September 1 1929.
O V Vernon announces arrangements for Panhandle Plains of Texas exhibits at the Tri State Exhibition building. Six workers assemble three simultaneous exhibits featuring wheat oats barley and other Plains products for 18 to 20 fairs with new trust beds to transport and protect displays.
The notice says a joint display printed by three railroads and the Chamber of Commerce will accompany the first exhibit to Des Moines Iowa. It notes a Canadian statesman predicted rail travel from Toronto to the Arctic Circle.
John Be Hill will leave today and Walter Barlow tomorrow for Fort Worth to testify in the Rock Island Fort Worth rail hearing. The hearing focuses on the railroad's operations and impacts on the local area.
Denver controversy prompts call for several Amarillo businessmen to testify. Key Amarillo names include J. Cole Ben Stone H C Pipkin C B Davis Tom Gallagher and C V Vernon who traveled from Fort Worth. The hearing signals favorable prospects for a Rock Island main line from Liberal Kansas through Amarillo to the Gulf with broad Panhandle town representation.
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