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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1948
Page
8
Maynard Drake chair of the Amarillo Safety Council warns that brief crackdowns on speeders are useless unless made permanent. He notes police campaigns occur about every six months, then end, allowing reckless driving to resume. The council urges continuous traffic safety measures and city planning changes.
City to do its own paving after only one contractor offered to work on contract. Block Construction of Amarillo completed two test resurfacing blocks on Pierce and Lincoln at about $1,000 per block. City to rent equipment and hire a blade operator to resume in house work. Also received Southwestern Public Service monthly statement, filed police reports, and closed Lamar and Rusk Streets between Sixteenth and Eighteenth Avenues. A herd of 14 dairy cows chews off about one ton of grass daily.
About 100 members and wives attended the North Amarillo Kiwanis Club ninth anniversary at Horace Mann cafeteria with Ladies Night. J C Arden, club president, announced past-presidents attended including Oran Todd 1939 Oscar Hargett 1940 Bill Utterback 1941 John McKee Bennie Bruckner Lee Hunter Sam Morris Roger Army Nurse To Recruit Here for Reserve Corps Lt Bernice E Ray US Army Nurses Corps Fourth Army headquarters San Antonio will recruit nurses into the Army Nurse Reserve Corps in Amarillo through Saturday.
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