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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1946
Page
8
Ted Foster of 2103 Washington attends a furniture show in California this week, engaging with new designs and industry exhibitors.
Virginia Bush Maurine Johnson and James Paul Ord return to Childress following a visit with Tommy Hipps at 1903 Bonham.
Broadcast schedule lists Life Can Be Beautiful and several NBC serials including Ma Perkins Pepper Young's Family Right to Happiness Backstage Wife Stella Dallas Lorenzo Jones Young Widder Brown When A Girl Marries Portia Faces Life Just Plain Bill Front Page Farrell Judy and Jane Fitt Frolics Lines for Living.
Slick Airways will bypass Amarillo with a full consolidation of routes and transfer offices to Denver on Aug. 1. D L Strain, manager of the English Field branch, says coast to coast operations will route through Denver with two legs to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Chicago to Los Angeles southern leg through Amarillo ends. refueling stops from Chicago to San Francisco shift to Denver. English Field basement office will close soon, final transfer by week’s end.
County tax equalization board closed its two-day session with only eight complaints considered by the county commissioners serving as equalizers. Notices were sent to hundreds of property owners about raised taxes, while many who visited forgot homestead exemptions, leading to quick exemptions. Other issues saw minor adjustments, including an oil company case removing vehicle taxes for trucks used elsewhere.
Amarillo cattleman Jay Taylor, vice-president of the Texas Livestock Marketing Association, is invited to speak at the American Institute of Cooperation sessions at Purdue University. He will chair the Livestock section and appears on the program for the meeting in West Lafayette Indiana during the last week of August.
Capt Willis M Thomas son of Mr and Mrs John Thomas of Hedley has been assigned as an instructor in the Department of Material at Fort Sill Oklahoma After Officer Candidate Class at Fort Sill he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1943 and served with the 40 Division Artillery in the Asiatic Pacific area for 30 months He took part in three major campaigns His wife living in Hedley is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Pickett
A historical note states that during the era when Quebec served as the capital of New France the settlement held only 353 inhabitants. The figure underscores the town’s early frontier status and slow growth.
Billie Lou Sweet an 18 month old was playing beside a driveway in Sheridan Wyoming when her mother moved the car. One wheel passed over both legs but close examination found no broken bones and the child showed no other injuries. The soft bones and loose dirt cushioned the impact.
Annual picnic of John B. Golding Post and Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at 7 30 o clock Friday night Aug 30 in San Jacinto Park. The event is for post and auxiliary members and families with Vera Kelly as social chairman. Regular meeting of post and auxiliary follows at 8 o'clock in the VFW building Seventh and Taylor. Mrs Pond hosts visitors and plans trips to Carlsbad and Boys Ranch.
Local retail ad for West Texas Boot and Shoe Shop at 116 East 7th, phone 5459. Offers footwear and boot repair services for customers in the area.
Jim Green longtime circulation manager for the Pampa Daily News completed his final day in Amarillo and plans to move to South Fork Colorado where he has purchased a store.
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