New theater and buildings rise across Texas towns
The Fort Worth and Denver Railway lets a contract for a brick veneer passenger and freight station at Childress costing 75000 dollars while Plainview begins a 200000 dollar theater. Plans for Lynn county fair in Tahoka and a new city hall in Littlefield proceed, and Perryton opens a 52000 egg capacity hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Denver
Lambie and Company
Amarillo
Childress
Tahoka Chamber of Commerce
Lynn County
Chamber of Commerce
Court House Records and Local Developments
Court house records list several land transfers including C B Redman to J B Landers in West 47 feet of lots 11-12, block 214, SJ Heights for 825 dollars and multiple other deeds. A Ton gin project costing 30 000 dollars eyed for timely operation this season as Texas and Pacific plans over eight million dollar terminal expansion at Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Redman
J. B. Landers
Clyde McFarland
L. K. White
Wolflin
Thos. E. Turpin
W. D. Walsh
Prem
Jas. A. Bush
P. C. Bennett
Indian Hills
T. J. Wagner, Jr
G. B. McCasland
Fragmentary Car Registrations and Transfers Listed
The list records vehicle registrations and motor company transactions for individuals and firms across Plains and adjacent areas. Entries include buyers and sellers such as D W White to Elizabeth McFarland, various addresses, and brands like Ford Chevrolet Pontiac Buick and Studebaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Cheshire
Florida
Harman Motor Co
Pontiac
C. FP. Cates
van Buren
Panhandle Motor Co
Chrysler
South Plains Pipe Line Co
Fisk
Walter Irvin
Ford
G. A. Barrington
Borger
Texas
Amarillo
Olds
Viking
H. E. Exum
Hughes
Frost Motor Co
Buick
R. O. Johns
Tyler
Plains
Chevrolet
S. W. Public Service Co
City
Frost Motor
C. B. Ridley
Wayside Drive
McCarty Motor Co
Studebaker
John Deere Plow Co
O. A. Blankenship
Box
Pajamas Made From Hankies Trend At Missouri Campus
In Columbia on June 3 the latest university fad is pajamas sewn from handkerchiefs stolen by co-eds from men students. Leaders such as the "M" men are preferred, and the idea arose when a student noticed she had several hankies and imagined using them for clothing. The craze has caused a drain on male handkerchief supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
Book of Home Plans for Builders
Amarillo News-Globe and Panhandle Lumber offer a book of home plans with many designs from modest to expensive. The selection aids builders. the book sells for 50 cents when picked up or 60 cents mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo News- Globe
The
Panhandle Lumber Company
Talkies Big Aid To London Stage
London June 3 Gilbert Millar an American producer says talkies will boost the better elements of the stage while killing cheaper performances. He predicts film magnates want a living stage to train actors and playwrights will earn more as plays are tried in theater before adaptation to film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gilbert Millar
England
Millar
Large Crowd Attends Rites of C F Doan Founder
More than 1,000 persons filled Vernon Methodist church for the funeral of C F Doan founder of Doans Trading Post. Doan, an early Wilbarger county settler, died after sustaining a fractured hip from a fall while walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Vernon
Texas
Methodist
C. F. Doan
Doan
Dean
Wilbarger County
Takes 29 Years to Get College Degree
W. B. Cazort Sr. of El Dorado Arkansas will receive his Hendrix College degree twenty-nine years after starting studies. Illness interrupted his nearly four year course, but he resumed via correspondence and plans to graduate the same spring as his son W. B. Cazort Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Conway, Ark
W. 8. Cazort, Sr
el Dorado
Ark
Cazort
Iendrix College
Conway
Hendrix
W. 8. Cazort, Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plainview
A. G. Hinn and Associates
City Commission of
Littlefield
Perryton
Kirk, Tire and Oil Company
Snyder
Ed. Manos
R. D. Stalcup
Clovis
Grover Roller Bearing Works
Grover
Sayre
Okla
Carlsbad Cavern Highway
Oklahoma City
el Paso
Mayo Brothers of
Rochester
A. L. Stovall
Lubbock
Ralls
Ralls Tailoring Company
East Grand Avenue
Lyceum
Jal
Woolworth
Davis Hotel
Hudson Rooms
Fagle Cafe
Southern Club Cafe
Star Lumber Company
Liberal, Kan
Hardesty
Oklo
San Saba
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Carlsbad
N M
la Caverna
Court House Records
United States
Texas and Pacific
Bird and Son
Modern Roofing Company
Dial
J. A. Harris
B. Parker
W. S. Byer
Fillmore
C. Cloud
Bellview
Jewell Foster
River Road
C. B. Thorp
Louisiana
Kuhlman Motor Co
E. B. Weatherby
Care Westmoreland Co
Pontiac. Co
A Bird & Son
Vernon Williams
W. 6Th St
Amarillo, Texas
Builders’ Supplies
Inc
Book of
Talkies
Bird and Son Certified
10Th Ave
Fountain St
Tyler Sts
Ordway-Saunders CO
Polk ST
News-Globe
6Th
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