Around Town Notes and Baby Announcements in Amarillo
This column mixes street level politics with a long list of newborns at Northwest Texas Hospital and St Anthony's Hospital. It notes Constable J. D. Duke and Sheriff Paul Gaither distributing campaign cards and fingernail files, then catalogs countless births and the names and addresses of local families welcoming daughters and sons at Northwest and St Anthony's facilities. It also lists residents visiting or returning from campuses and distant locales, with a snapshot of local social traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaun
Paul Gaither
Harvey
Morris
North West Fourth
Northwest Texas Hospital
James D. Holland
Pantex Village
Northwest
Georgia
Donald Price
North Cleveland
H. A. Ross
Aldridge
Amarillo Scenes Through Decades of War and Peace
In June 1921 Amarillo staged a major home talent jamboree to fund police uniforms as national headlines reported Japan US talks and tariff strife. Local stars included Katherine Whittington, Ruth Stanley, Otis Williams, and more while aid flowed to Pueblo flood and Chinese famine victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Amarillo
Katherine Whittington
Tena Burgess
Ruth Stanley
Doris Noble
Otis Williams
Tubby Stanley
Whitey Venable
Mack Nobles
Roy Greenhill
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Capone
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Boots
Champs Elysees
Paris
Janet Gaynor
Our Younger Generation by Ora Wright
A profile of Benny Burkett 14, junior high sergeant at arms, with notes on his hobbies golf basketball stamp collecting and family addresses. The piece recalls Amarillo High football captaincy in 1916 and mentions Iven Graham, Studebaker Crudgington and the state semi finals versus Conamache as recalled by Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Wright
Ben C. Burkett
Benny
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
Hayden
Endon
Aaut
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Iven Graham
Jackson
Graham
Bob
Studebaker) Crudgington
Comanche
Graham Still Believes Amarillo Eleven Could Win If Rematch
Graham recalls a Thanksgiving Day game at Comanche where Amarillo held a firm lead despite harsh weather likened to August. He suggests the Eleven could have won if the game had been played again. CONTINUED ON PAGE 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Amarillo
Comanche
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. D. Duke
Jack W. Kilcrease
Lipscomb
Charles A. Brunson
Claude
Donald Brummer
Otis Short
East Seventeenth
St. Anthony’s Hospital
James Fangman
Vega
Morgan Sanford
Army Tech Village
St. Anthony’s
St. Anthony's
A. R. Wilkerson
Stephens
Helen
Board of School Publications
Robbins
Bureau of Reclamation
Hayden Hardin
C. R. Hardin
Texas A&m
Merita Brummett
W. L. Brummett
Madison
Texas University
George W. Kercher
Broadmoor
Florida
W. N. Brown
Susan Kay
Birmingham
Mich
Fs & Annell DeGrassi
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
W. D. DeGrassi, Jr
Jefferson
Chi Omega
Luttrell Graham
Monroe
Edmonton
Canada
Herring- Ware Cattle Co
Burton Roach
Pierce
East Lansing
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Sidney
Ill
ST. Anthony's Hospital
J. B. Bennett
Lincoln
O. P. Talley
Clarendon
J. S. Chesnut
Austin
Mary E. Dyche
McMasters
Glen A. Williams
Mattie Bringley
Tucumcari
Orville B. Jordy
North Fillmore
Louise Ryals
North East Sixth
W. O. Hamilton
Hereford
Surgical
L. N. Kinnard
Pampa
Hadd Robison
Turkey
Betty Carol Hastings
North Polk
Claude Rea
Spruce
Tom Bush
Iona Adamson
A. D. McCullum
Dan Loving, Jr
Hughes
Odell Latham
John Haynes
Joe Sargent
Milam
Joe Smith
Northwest Texas Medical
J. R. Barnhill
Bedece Parmele
Virginia
Tommie Troxwell
North Houston
Nola Townsend
Houston
Fay Stradley
Texhoma
Okio
Johnnie Stevens
West Seventh
Bernice Watson
Williams
L. D. Cline
J. H. Cox
Hilltop Drive
Charles Kline
Segundo
Colo
A. C. Rodgers
Northwest Eighth
F. M. Thomas
Mary E. Wilson
East Second
J. R. Sterling, Jr
L. R. Hollingshead
J. C. Carroll
Sun
Amarillo Printing Company
Mya
WII
Buster
Agatha
ALL. Nation
COPES
General Features Comp
England
Miss Kirby
Sprague
Kas
H- Humphrey
Bob Trout
Humphrey
MR. Leemy
Mart Lou
Pup Dog
Alberts
Joe
Jane
Engligh
Mac
Longhair
Albert
Hush
Little Annie
Il Duce
Maverick Club
Hugh Umphres
Ellen
Harvey Larson
West Point
Polk Street
Colorado
C. of C
Ohio ST
Chicago
Twin Po , Fudgsie Preamsice Trad
Buchanan
Alton Kendall
Carlsbad
Pat Kennedy
North van Buren
B. B. Blackwell
Joe Oakley
Memphis
Earl Alderson
Clar
Thor
B. F. Goodrich
4Th and Fillmore
Maxor Drug
1505
Ong Street
Jenkins
Jenins
Texas
Ong
Boxiwell Brothers
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perry Ton
Spearman
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