Seven Former Champs Return for Tenth Senior Golf Tour
Amarillo hosts the Tenth Annual Senior Golf Tour with 50 plus entrants in qualifying. Ex-champions back except Skaggs and Gallacher due to death and injury. notable favorites include Holmes, Allen, Storey, Hunter, Hale, Holman, McAfee, Gober, Clancy, Payne, and Day. The all time entry record of 104 likely to fall as 100 seniors signed to play.
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Amarillo Country Club
Bob Skages
W. W. Gallacher
Skaggs
Gallacher
Carrizozo
Don Bothwell
Tulsa
Wallace Clark
Canyon
Skacgs
Harrison Smith
Oklahoma City
Roy Allen
B. F. Holmes
Shamrock Joe Storey
Holmes
Dalhart
Jim Hunter
Plainview
W. L Hale
Lubbock
Wade Holman
Amarillo
Charles McAfee
Amarillo Samora
RED Gober
John Payne
Chaplion
Edmond
Okla
R. T. Moore
Morley Jennings
Frank Day
Plainview City
Tom Davis
Petersburg
P F. Sapp
Bartlett
Charles Ladd
Vernon
Si Gooden
Sam Orr
Bob Skaggs
Clovis
L. T Garland
Slaton
Sam _ Orr
Austin
Senior Golf Tournament Qualifying Round and Events
Today qualifiers award medals and special prizes in age groups 50 to over 70 at the Dutch luncheon club terrace for members and wives at 7 PM. Tomorrow features first and second match play rounds followed by the Amarillo Hotel party at 8 30 PM for seniors and wives. Thursday brings semi finals and finals across all flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Luncion Club
Charlie Pryor
Amarillo
Exhibition by Bowling Star Frank Benkovic Saturday
Bowling great Frank Benkovic, famed for 19 consecutive A B C titles and multiple 800 series, will headline an exhibition at Victory Alleys Saturday afternoon. He will duel a top local bowler as crowds witness records such as 2259 all events and eighteen 300 games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Benkovic
Victory
Kegler
Benkovic
A. B.C
Tri-State Senior Golf Tour Hits Amarillo June
The Tenth Annual Tri-State Senior Golf Tournament unfolds at Amarillo Country Club from June 6 to 8 with competition featuring senior players across the region. The Amarillo Country Club hosts its annual championship golf event with the first round of match play continuing through Sunday.
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Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Roses
Rogers Courke
Thousands Pray in Houston Churches at Hour of Prayer
Thousands of people, predominantly women, filled dozens of Houston churches at dawn for a planned Hour of Prayer after invasion news flashed. Sailors soldiers and marines joined a massive morning service at the USO as some churches planned to stay open around the clock.
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Houston
U.P
USO
Liberty Bell heralds Europe liberation broadcast
The Liberty Bell rang six times on NBC across the United States and Britain to mark the liberation of Europe. Mayor Bernard Samuel quoted its inscription and urged liberty be proclaimed throughout the world.
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Philadelphia
Europe
NBC
United States
Britain
Bernard Samuel
Maverick Club to Sponsor Amarillo Junior Baseball League
A meeting at the Maverick Club building in Amarillo will set up an Amarillo Junior Baseball League for players 15 and under. Ralph Dokeman will lead the session at 6:30 pm with aims for eight clubs, while captains include Junior Palmer Jewell McDowell Larry Wortes Richard Gill Arthur Lamb and Douglas Husbands.
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Amarillo
Maverick Club
Ralph Dokeman
Maverick
Junior Palmer
Jewell McDowell
Larry Wortes
Richard Gill
Arthur Lamb
Douglas Husband
Pleasant Valley
David Wyatt
Sled Allen
Gold Sox
Courthouse Handles Multiple Divorces and Marriages Licenses
District Court records list divorces for J L Gundloch and Tela Gundseer E N Goad and Fawn Lois Goad James Richard Donaldson and Carolyn Jane Donaldson Woodrow Watkins and Marguerite Watkins Essie Stanley and William Stanley. Marriages licenses issued to Dwight C McKenney and Miro M Lamax James M Harris and Louise Walton M A King and Nora Elizabeth King R W Adkisson and Mildred Merchant James Cecil McCausland Jr and Juanita Francis Smith Roy I Odell and Ileana Hopkins Cpl Richard H Sorrell and Marion Joan Holliday William M Nash and Rosa lie Greer. WAVES officers to train as air combat information officers.
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District Court
J. L
Dwight C. McKenney
Miro M Lamax
James M. Harris
Louise Walton
M. A. King
Nora Elizabeth King
R. W. Adkisson
Mildred Merchant
James Cecil McCausland Jr
Juanita Francis Smith
Roy I. Odell
Ileana Hopkins
Cpl
Richard H. Sorrell
Marion Joan Holliday
William M. Nash
Rosalie Greer
Change Plans For Golf Tilt
Amarillo Junior Golf Association shifts this week to a flexible handicap tourney inviting more juniors. Players may complete 18 holes across the week at Sunset Golf Course with a Sunday deadline, or split into nine holes on separate days. Dues are $1 to join. entry fee is 10 cents to fund prize balls. handicaps posted at Sunset clubhouse.
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Amarillo Junior Golf Association
Amarillo
Walter Sikes
Sunset Pro
Sunset Club
Allied Planes Thick as Flies Over Coast
In dawn patrols dozens of American transport planes and gliders carried parachute troops toward the French coast. Fighter pilots described the sky as thick with aircraft as they backed big bombers hunting for German submarines and kept channels open for Allied ships.
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U. S
Britain
French
France
Ralph Santasiera
Bellerose
N. Y
Thunderbolt
Duane Bunce
Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Hamilton
Miami
Fla
Will Accept Nothing But Full Victory
Allied leaders vow total victory in Europe with Ike Pershing and Hoover voices urging liberation and unity. German commentator stresses single minded effort as Wehrmacht meets Allied onslaught amid ethical value debates.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
John J. Pershing
Herbert Hoover
Ludwig Sertorius
Local Amarillo Golf Events Hit Weekend Schedule
Tournament listings cover Amarillo area events at Amarillo Country Club and Sunset Course. Qualifying rounds, match play, nine hole handicap events, and senior tours run across Thursday to Sunday with finals and weekend pairings.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Junior Golf Association
Sunset Course
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Counry Club
Amarillo Municipal Golfera Association
Ross Rogers
Bruce Autry Nine Wins 8-5 Over Jack Phillips
The Bruce Autry nine beat Jack Phillips 8 to 5 at Amarillo College field in a High School League game. Pain and Gilbert, Lamb and Hemphill noted in the box score.
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Bruce Autry
Jack Phillips
Amarillo College
Innigs
Pain
Gilbert
Lamb
Hemphill
Sarazen Optimistic About War Bond Open
Gene Sarazen, the former farmer, weighs tax implications if he wins 13500 in War Bonds at Chicago's Tom O'Shanter Open. Maj Sper Moore and Sgt Vic Hanson brace for upcoming seasons. Giants Voiselle and Dodgers McLish recall Oklahoma City links. Katie Jenkins signs Lightweight Carmaine Fatta. Conn and Mader lampoon boxing opinions. Gabe Paul earns corporal at Camp Blanding. Seahawks twins Harold and Herbert Anderson finish ground training with 3.8 grades.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Gene Sarazen
Chicago
Sper Moore
Vic Hanson
Syracuse
Earl Blaik
Giants
Bill Voiselle
Dodgers
Calvin McLish
Oklahoma City
Voiselle
Indians
McLish
Katie Jenkins
Lew
Carmine Fatta
Gabe Paul
Reds
Camp Blanding
Fla
Harold and
Herbert Anderson
Iowa Seahawks
New York Racing Cancelled After Allied Invasion News
The New York Racing Association announced that today’s program at Aqueduct would be cancelled upon receipt of news of the Allied invasion of western Europe.
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New York
New York Racing Association
Europe
Aqueduct
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Byron Clancy
Carter
Mackintosh
Pal
MMO Ee Eas
Globe News
Bob Johnson
Ed Putnam
Gober
Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio
Louisville
Russ Gersonde
Liberty Bell Heralds
Liberation of Europe
Monroe
A. W. McKee
Maverick Club Building
Third and
Grant
Courthouse Records
WAVES
Air Combat Information
Golf
Santa Fe
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas
Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittshurch
Lus Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Hulse Eaters
AAU
Bill Hulse
New York Athletic Club
Triborough Stadium
Hulse
Glenn Cunningham
Globe-News
Unquote Corp
Billy Conn
S/Set
Eddie Mader
Joe Baksi
Conn
Mader
Edward
Ing Company
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore St
Dobbs
Stetson
Blackburn ‘Bros
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