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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1924
Page
3
A Roslyn feature extols fire prevention through noncombustible construction. The English cottage uses concrete block and Portland cement stucco with fire resisting roofs, while detailing a practical interior with a two floor plan, ample closets, breakfast alcove, and dual lighted bedrooms. The residence fits a thirty five foot lot and measures twenty six and one half feet wide.
Local leaders C L Bockemohle Guy A Carlander and E L Roberts promote a standard state zoning enabling act with supporters in business clubs Lions Rotary and city officials. Herbert Hoover urges passage noting rapid adoption of model zoning laws since 1921 with progress from 48 towns to 218 municipalities by 1923 and ongoing state enactments.
A collection of varied opinions on whether women have the right to smoke and related behavior. Citizens and professionals express support, opposition, or neutrality, reflecting social norms and legal views of the time. The debate includes judges, doctors, and business figures.
W. P. Cooper, contractor, is building a brick residence on Sunset Avenue in the Country club district for himself at an estimated cost of about $5,000. The item also presents a sequence of public opinions on whether women should smoke, featuring varying viewpoints from a realty company, architects, nurses, a nurse’s quote, and a young man, with readers invited to submit opinions to the Inquiring Reporter.
Fillmore street will be one of the citys longest paved streets when sixteen blocks of paving now under way are finished. D A Lee foreman of the Plains Paving company notes work is along the south end of the street. Brick paving with four inch concrete and one inch sand cushion plus asphalt filler with sand topping.
Merchant W F Cazzell plans a combined store and apartment building at Florida avenue and West Sixth street in San Jacinto near Amarillo. The three stores and office on the first floor will overlook traffic on two paved streets. A second building by L W Bussey may rise across the street, expanding a growing business district toward West Sixth between Kentucky and Georgia avenues.
Galveston June 9 Texas chiropodists gathered for the state convention of the Chiropody Society of Texas with sessions scheduled to continue through tomorrow.
Mrs. Fern Curtis of Powell Curtis Realty closed a deal for IL W Bussey to secure the Northwest corner of Lot 7 in Block 32, a 100 by 140 foot space, for 3500 dollars. The site fronts the 6th Street highway and Florida Street and is expected to host a brick store this year.
Plans by Smith and Townes for an eight room brick residence for G. G. Ordway of Ordway Saunders Insurance. The house will be built at 2400 Harrison Street and the existing building on the lot will be moved.
Plans for a Soncy school house in the Potter county rural district are finished and will be ready for inspection tomorrow or Wednesday. Architects Smith and Townes say the Soncy school will cost 5000 dollars and include two rooms a library closets and teachers conference rooms.
Local notes list visitors and residents in Amarillo and surrounding towns. People from Panhandle Vega Shamrock Clarendon Dalhart Dallas Dallas Ottawa Kansas Long Beach Cal were in town or visiting. Mentions include Mrs Lill from Panhandle, Dr C D Walker from Plainview, Mr and Mrs John B McCarley of Clarendon, Miss Agnes Charlton Clarendon, Fred N Cole Wichita Kan, Dr F O Hetrick Ottawa Kan, and Dr Witt Baylor University with interne work planned in Dallas.
Building permits for the past week totaled 23800 with six dwellings and one residence addition. Notable permits include Hub Foster at 800 Forrest avenue 5900 and Mrs N E Cazzell at 2108 Fillmore street 4000. Others cover 1000 to 4000 dollar dwelling expansions and new homes.
The Burgess Lumber Company store and office building under construction at Fifth and Tyler streets advances as concrete work continues. The 30 by 140 foot structure will house Burgess offices and five store rooms, with all materials received and rapid progress planned. Architects Smith and Townes designed the project for contractor Carter Mathews.
Mrs Ben P Manning who has been ill at her home on Van Buren street is improving. Miss Opal Ammons of Jackson street has returned from Belton where she attended Baylor college.
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