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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
20
A satirical portrait critiques the American wife roles, noting her domestic chores and time spent on trifles. The author lampoons gender expectations with humorous vignettes and a mock Gallup poll among women.
May vehicle license collections totaled $11,706.12 with Frank Hoyt, Potter County tax collector, reporting. Passenger car payments reached $5,586 to the county state fund while commercial vehicle licenses brought in $3,627. Remittances included $220.48 to county officer's fund and $10,097 to the state highway department.
The Amarillo tale centers on Baby a singing chicken once owned by Mrs. Frank Mitchell. The bird laid eggs sang for residents of the 2000 block on Houston but could not crow, yet displayed rooster-like features after a fall molt, revealing a surprising sex switch in the Globe’s archival note.
A 10 year old Johnson Street School student Corine Gascho was named one of 500 winners in NBC Quiz Kids Best Teacher contest. She writes about Miss Melva Karnes and will receive a $1 prize and a Quiz Kid gold key. Half the Texas winners were from the Panhandle.
Among 100 top letter writers, two Panhandle youths are Texas winners. Jimmie Dean Howze, 16, mentored by Mrs. M. C. Goodner of Clarendon, and Doris Bates, 17, guided by Miss Mildred Hulsey of Tulia, join others from Cecilia’s Canyon and Dalhart in receiving ten dollar prizes.
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