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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
2
The Panhandle of Texas shows sharp weather swings with heavy rains and intense dryness. It hosts a mix of quirky, watchable characters including men, women, and husky youths. Despite floods, tornadoes, and cold blasts, residents wouldn’t change their land a bit.
A rambling column mixes weather prognostication tricks in the Panhandle with letters about a lake owner near Vega seeking to stock only his side with catfish. It also recalls schoolyard rhymes, a Lake McCormack dream of a floating fishing platform, and barber-shop yarns about a pitcher who chewed tobacco before a big game.
The piece blends wartime celebrity bravado with current policy woes. It recalls Patton and Brigadier General Puller as archetypes of toughness while criticizing public complacency about war costs. It warns Iran and Saudi roles in oil and lend lease funding, predicting looming crises and demands from Traqians and Arab leaders.
Lowell Brown, a Texas native long associated with The Globe News, arrives at Green Acres with Mrs. Brown to assume leadership after Paul Allingham leaves for Atchison. Allingham and Al Bennett of Atchison are acquiring control. Allingham is a renowned South region newspaper executive and longtime Globe News ad director.
George Bernard Shaw states that society has no right to consume happiness without producing it, equating this obligation to the duty of producing wealth. He argues ethical responsibility requires productive outcomes rather than mere consumption.
The Children's Reading Club at Amarillo Public Library resumes for the summer with Mrs Lola Dority as children's librarian. Children report orally on books read while maintaining reading skills during vacation. Last summer 113 children participated. clubs operate at the library and at the Youth Center and Carver branches.
Mrs K T writes about rude behavior of high school boys on a bus, noting one boy gave his seat while others did not. She laments fading hospitality in Amarillo, critiques local infrastructure like dangerous dips, and questions why promised industries never arrived, ending with a quip that Amarillo won’t be bombed.
Readers submit two items reflecting attitudes toward federal bureaus and politics. The first mocks authority using a plantation metaphor with a mule and a slave driver. The second depicts a South Carolina preacher soliciting rides and, after adopting Democrat labels, being told to steal a melon, ending in a prayer for mercy.
USO members elected Mrs. George Hammock as chairman, John Laughlin as vice chairman, and Bert Levy as secretary in a YWCA meeting. Amarillo plans a city bus depot information desk to aid servicemen, with Support from The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Marine Corps Leagues. Allen R. Webster, Dallas USO director, will inspect for a prospective USO clubhouse location Friday.
Joan Walvoord, a recent Amarillo High School graduate, has accepted a service representative position with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. She began training this week and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Randall H Walvoord of 811 La Salle.
Mrs B F Ayers argues for three months of summer free from strict schooling. She suggests planned activities, hobbies, and camping in Palo Duro Canyon to keep youths productive. With supervision, children should have freedom balanced by duties, recreation, and travel opportunities.
William Fomby graduates from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration. He works as an equipment inspector for the Fourth Army, serving Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. He is a Amarillo High School and Amarillo College alumnus and member of Panhandle Club and Delta Sigma Pi. Parents Ralph and Mrs Fomby attended the exercises before he returned to San Antonio headquarters.
City commission authorized resurfacing about 20 blocks of streets and 15 blocks of alleys in several city sections. H. R. Smith was empowered to advertise for bids for materials, including 950 yards of stone and 37,000 gallons of asphalt. A water main project south and west of the Eighth Street tank was tentatively awarded to S. G. Stockton Construction Company for 1,600 feet of 12 inch and 2,150 feet of 10 inch mains. Whiteway lighting was approved for Benton Forest Hill and El Alamo Parks with annual operating costs around 1,550 dollars. Final approval granted to close Taylor Harrison alley behind the First Baptist Church to allow expansion, with a new alley to open from the south end of the existing alley east to Tyler Street.
Ww. Fuqua Trust transfers lot 5 and 6 block 166 I and I. A. E. Stewart et ux transfer lot 2 block 92 San Jacinto Heights. Holland et ux transfer lot 4 block 2 Humphreys Highland. Odoms transfer lot 6 block 127 San Jacinto Heights. Smith et ax transfer to Kenneth E. a lot 12 block 4 Washington Den es Reynolds Ashford Homes to Harold V. Hamilton lot 11 block 4 West Lawn Unit No. 1. Starrett et vir transfer to Lucille Jenkins lot 8 and 9 block 23 Forest Hill Terrace. L. Munday et al transfer to Gatlin lot block 45 Wolflin Place. C. L. Munday et al transfer to W. C. Dean lot 27 block 4 West Lawn Unit No. 1. Yeager et ax transfer to Sam Jacobson lot 1 block 65 Wolflin Park Unit 4. Paul Wayne Ellyson and Reta Mae Hudson marry. Laura McManus v Lewis McManus divorce. Katye Brown v Clarence P Brown Jr divorce. Globe-News Want Ads continue to deliver results.
The Pantex plant project engineer announced bids opened for an electrical contract. C C Teague and Son Construction Co of Sherman Texas offered 230,723 18 as the apparent low bid for seven masonry substations and 17 transformers. The scope includes reconditioning fence lighting 1 2 miles of fence lighting and 14 1 miles of 12 470 volt three phase distribution gear. Award awaits contract board review at Los Alamos.
Funeral services for Flora Miranda of Puerto de Luna New Mexico who died Monday night in North West Texas Hospital were held today at the Dunn Funeral Home in Tucumcari. The body was transported yesterday by N S Griggs and Sons. Mrs Miranda 21 is survived by her husband Costulo and parents Mr and Mrs Adolfo Chavez and sister Mrs Francis Mirabel.
City Attorney D. M. Wilson named acting city manager of Waco to replace R. C. Hoppe who resigned last night citing the critical attitude of the press. The board of aldermen unanimously accepted the resignation after a Waco News Tribune story complained of secret tax evaluation meetings. Hoppe previously served as city manager in Sweetwater and Midland.
Gordon Days return to town as festive events unfold across the weekend. Page 14 highlights fairs, parades, and community gatherings featuring local organizations and residents.
Local readers express appreciation for the daily News hunting and fishing columns. They recount memories of Alaska trips, note rainfall predictions, and credit forecasts with helping morale and pasture despite wheat losses.
MONTREAL June 6 International Paper Sales Company Inc will raise newsprint by 10 a ton effective July 1 making New York price 116 Canada 112 It is the fourth Canadian firm to announce the boost Abitibi Power and Paper Montreal Consolidated Paper Montreal and Anglo Canadian Pulp and Paper Quebec were first to announce the increase.
Ed Lamb of the Lamb Sash and Door Company attends the annual convention of the Southern Sash and Door Jobbers Association in Memphis Tennessee. Discussions focus on merchandising building costs research and other business topics as well as legislation affecting building.
The Dutch first brought tea to Europe in 1610 marking a pivotal moment in global trade. This early introduction connected Europe to Asian tea markets and set the stage for expanding colonial commerce and cultural exchange.
Mrs. W C Hamblen asks for the return of a brown zipper billfold lost Monday June 4 at Penney's Store. It contained about $23 and two photos of her son in a garrison cap and a paratrooper's cap. Last seen on the eastbound Thirteenth and Grand Avenue bus. Phone 27938.
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