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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1951
Page
4
An 11 year old boy admitted starting a hotel lobby fire that killed seven women and one man. Kenneth Skinner was indicted by a San Francisco grand jury after his mother prompted the admission. He cried and described gathering paint thinner from jars, tossing it on drapes, and lighting the blaze.
Funeral services for Cecil Otho Gardner Sr aged 74 will be held tomorrow at 4 PM in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr. E B Fincher officiating. Burial is in Llano Cemetery. He died yesterday at 6 20 PM at the family residence 210 North Western. He worked at Amarillo Country Club 17 years and came to Amarillo in 1927. Survivors include wife Susie Gardner two sons James L Gardner and Cecil Gardner Jr four daughters Mrs J R Chance Mrs W W McWhirter Mrs Robert Mason and Mrs Mack McCoy all of Amarillo a brother Olie Gardner McAlester Okla two sisters Mrs Carrie Brockman of Florida and Mrs Lucy Curtis Cisco and 23 grandchildren.
The Bill Durham family from 202 Sunset Terrace will start a 10 day vacation on Thursday. Durham, vice-president of First National Bank, aims to visit Yellowstone National Park to explore the Rocky Mountain region, which he says the family has never seen.
A Communist Socialist Unity Party publication in Germany praises the ideal East German girl as one who writes to a West German pen friend to expose East conditions. Separate note from Texas Insurance Board certifies Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company authorized to operate in Texas for the year ending May 31, 1951.
The trial of Arthur Hale, a Negro, charged with theft over $50, was scheduled to begin at 12:30 PM in 47th District Court. Hale stands accused in connection with the theft of a fur coat from the Railway Express Agency, reportedly shipped from Amarillo to Canadian.
Gordon Flack Ford Madison Bill V. Meacham and Jack R. Vincent completed six weeks at the Reserve Officers Training Corps summer training camp at Fort Eustis Virginia They then spent several days vacationing at Virginia Beach and in Washington DC.
A popular plains football coach Tyson B. Cox died this morning at his home four miles northwest of Canyon. He was 36 and had been inactive due to a brain tumor. He coached many top athletes including Jim Weatherall and Charlie Barnard after starring at Abilene Christian College. He later served as assistant coach at Shamrock High School.
Sewell Cox a White Deer High School head coach from 1941 to 1947 who retired to his farm, coached at McLean High, and served as Perryton High School assistant. Survived by wife, daughter Tysone, son Gale Lynn, father George W. Cox, Canyon sisters, Amarillo sister-in-law, and brother Wesley Cox. Funeral arrangements by Griggs-Warren, Canyon.
Judge Henry S. Bishop in 47th District Court yesterday dismissed a perjury indictment against H A Smith of Amarillo. Smith was charged with false testimony to a Potter County grand jury in 1949. The order to quash noted no allegation that any false statement was willfully made as required by law.
Police arrested Walter Clyde Tolbert 33 of Artesia NM as he left Lotaburger at 1600 Fillmore after prying entry with a screwdriver. Tolbert charged with burglary, bond set at 1500. items taken include a $15 check a coat 44 pennies and pliers. Tolbert says he is a cook and has two prior prison terms.
Durzit faces a double or nothing market move as traders weigh risk and potential gains. Analysts cite volatility in the stretched market and caution against overextension amid uncertain supply chains.
Bond of 1500 dollars was set for Wille Duvall after he waived an examining trial on a burglary charge. Duvall is accused in the burglary of Mack's Second Hand Store at 320 East Fourth, reported from early last month.
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