Last Squad Ranks Thin in Clovis Legion Club
In Clovis on Memorial Day evening the Last Squad Club of Dean Lucas Post No 25, American Legion, hosted a dinner and program noting a drop from 171 charter members to 59 eligibles by 1950. Veterans spoke of nostalgia and history as they guarded a sealed treasure chest and read roster notes, with several members listed as present.
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Clovis
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Dean Lucas
American Legion
Clovis Legion
G. F
Patton
O. L. Atwell
R. E. Marshall
Harrison
Marshall
Otto Smith
Hungate
Carl Miller
Ches Crane
Joe Fenn
Jerry Schaefer
C. C. McDaniel
Marion Morris
C.S. Davidson
Doan's Pills Offer Relief for Kidney Ailments
As people age stress and cold exposure slow kidney function and cause backache fatigue headaches and dizziness. Frequent urination may follow minor bladder irritation. If due to these causes, Dean's Pills provide mild diuretic relief used by millions for over 50 years.
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Dean
Doan
Santa Fe Man Named To Canadian River Commission
Berkley Johnson of Santa Fe was named as the federal member of the Canadian River Compact Commission by President Truman. Johnson, a US Geological Survey official, will be a non voting member and likely act as chairman, with the commission negotiating water use terms for the dam project amid Senate Interior Committee review.
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Berkley Johnson
Santa Fe
Canadian River Compact Commission
Washington
Truman
Canadian River Dam Compact Commission
Amarillo
Col. E. V. Spence
Austin
Texas
John Bliss
New Mexico
Clarence Burch
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
Secretary of Interior
Oscar Chapman
Johnson
US Geological Survey
Senate Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Diplomas Awarded To 22 Northwest Texas Nurses
Twenty two nurses at Northwest Texas Hospital received diplomas in a ceremony at First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Don Marsalis presided, with Dr. Jason Robberson delivering the address. Participants included Dr. W E Scott, Rose Radcliffe, and Ella Marie Scroggins. Names include Boyd Hagerman Boggs Canadian Ellis Garner Green Gwinn Hinshaw Hinshaw Koenig Merchant Smith Stewart Townsend Tucker Rapp Plummer Lind Cassle Walker White and White.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Don Marsalis
Jason Robberson
W. E. Scott
Rose Radcliffe
Ella Marie Scroggins
Bobbie Viola Boyd
Hereford
Nettie Frances Boggs
Hagerman
Patricia Louise Elsen
Canadian
Alva Nell Ellis
Jacksonville
Dortha Jean Garner
Amarillo
Dolores Raideene Green
Texico
Mildred Elizabeth Groves
Lillie Mae Gwinn
Roaring Springs
Mary Jean Hinshaw
Panhandle
Betty Joan Hinshaw
Helen Colleen Koenig
Cecilia Jane Merchant
Weinert
Betty Jane Smith
Credit Group Elects Sharp to Fill Amarillo Board Vacancy
E. Buster Sharp, manager of White Auto Store at 905 Polk, was elected yesterday afternoon to the Amarillo Credit Association board to fill the vacancy created by Page Stalcup’s resignation. Stalcup left to move to Odessa and buy into a retail furniture store.
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W. E. “Buster” Sharp
White Auto
Polk
Amarillo Credit Association
Page Stalcup
Montgomery Ward & Co
Stalcup
Odessa
Family on Relief Lives in Style
DETROIT June 1. Truck driver Curtis Bowers complained welfare funds from December 1948 to June 1949 were insufficient for items he said were needed around the house. He failed to report $313.60 earned by his 16-year-old daughter Frances at a neighborhood theater. He admitted fraud. Judge W McKay Skillman ordered repayment of $313.60 and two years probation.
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Detroit
Curtis Bowers
Negro Charged With Assault After Beating Woman
Floyd Robinson, a Black man, faced an assault with intent to murder charge this morning. Thelma Washington, a Black woman, alleged she was beaten with an iron pipe at her home, 1004 North West Third, yesterday morning. Robinson was arrested and bonded at $2,000, remaining jailed.
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Floyd Robinson
Thelma Washington
North West Third
Robinson
C. W. Carder
Hammerstein's Cigar Machine Fueled Early Opera Career
Oscar Hammerstein financed the impresario's first operatic ventures using a cigar-making machine he invented.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Impressario
Wall collapses kill mason at Saint Peter and Paul's church
A stone wall for a new church in Haunstadt collapsed yesterday during construction. Mason August Ubelhor, 56, of St. Croix died from a broken neck after being knocked from a scaffold. Brothers Joe and Edward, both Evansville residents, were injured but in good condition. Albert said a crane struck the wall. four other brothers worked nearby but were unharmed. The group involved in building the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church were all masons.
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Princeton
Ind
Haunstadt
August Ubelhor
St. Croix
Joe
Edward
Evansville
Albert
Henry
Robert
Mike
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic
Court Dismisses Special Venire In Murder Trial Call
A 47th District Court special venire was dismissed after two murder trials were completed. A new venire is summoned for Monday with two more murder trials to call. Milton Mason’s trial for the March 31 shooting of his wife is set for Monday morning, followed by Henry B. Robinson if time permits. Maryland Tidwell and Anthony Callaway were convicted of murder in separate trials, with Tidwell sentenced to five years and Callaway to 15 years in the penitentiary.
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Haseen
Milton Mason
Henry B. Robinson
Jerry Bell
Lloyd King
Mary Lee Tidwell
Willie Sims
Anthony Callaway
Willie Foster
Ellington Rites In Fort Worth
John Henry Ellington 78 of 220 North West Seventh died Tuesday night in St Anthony s Hospital Fort Worth funeral services were held at 4 PM at Gause Ware Funeral Home burial followed in a Fort Worth Cemetery Boxwell Brothers Home assisted arrangements Survivors include two sons a daughter two brothers a sister 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren
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John Henry Ellington
North West
Fort Worth
Gause Ware Funeral Home
Ellington
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Home
Darrell to play sheriff in The Blazing Sun
Steve Darrell, recently featured as a heavy lead in Gene Autry's Cow Town for Columbia, will portray a sheriff in The Blazing Sun. The casting follows his standout turn opposite Autry and marks a continued Western film collaboration.
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Darrell
Autry
Steve Darrell
Gene Autry
Columbia
Vets to receive next GI life insurance dividend
The Veterans Administration reports 90 percent of the first GI life insurance dividend checks have been distributed. Plans for the January 1, 1951 payout cover 1949 through 1951, with smaller anticipated total than the $800 million special dividend.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Insurance Trust
Treasury
Rate Tapers Eligibility Pool for Payments
The program is distributing about 10,000 weekly as it gradually reduces the roughly 400,000 people still eligible for payments. This pace reflects ongoing outreach and processing work aimed at completing eligible cases.
Philanthropist Speaker Leads Hospital Cornerstone Ceremony
The philanthropist delivered the principal address at yesterday's cornerstone ceremonies and contributed one million dollars to the $3,500,000 hospital project. The Texas Methodist Conference held its 112th annual meeting with delegates voting to raise minimum pastor salaries from $2,000 to $2,200 for married regular pastors and from $1,800 to $2,000 for single preachers.
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Cal
Texas Methodist Conference
Methodist Hospital Cornerstone Laid in Houston
The Texas Methodist Conference began construction on a new 300 bed hospital in Houston with the cornerstone ceremony. H R Cullen, noted Houston oilman, attended the event as part of the official proceedings and dedication plans.
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Houston
Texas Methodist Conference
H. R. Cullen
France's vast coastlines span three seas
France boasts about two thousand miles of seacoast touching three seas. The note highlights its extensive maritime border in a concise geographic fact.
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France
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G. F. Patton
M. J. O'Neal
C. R. Forbes
E. F. Lakey
C. Roy Smith
M. F. Snow
W. D. Gattis, and
Harry Miller
Credit Group
Sharp
Boxwell
PTT H
Iadi
Dumas Perry Ton—Spearman
Special Venire
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
Jefferson Davis
First National Bank
Amarillo National Bank
American National Bank
Methodist Hospital
Gainesville
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