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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1940
Page
3
Mrs H W Galbraith and son Torbett return from Georgetown with relatives. chart lists trips to Wichita Falls Tyler Eatonton Ga Birmingham and Shawnee among numerous visits. Local residents, students, and scouts noted, with Camp Kiwanis bus update and Barbecue Baron Charley Low’s Washington assignment.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions scout camp pets and pests in a playful, shorthand caption. No clear events, dates, or named places beyond generic camp and scout references.
Birt Acton and family welcome Marshall Ray and Naomi Fay at 1109 Johnson Street. A lengthy column covers visits, travel for business and conferences, jury duty, a dental student home from Baylor, and a Gossard corset school trip to Dallas. Names include Mrs Garland Wortham and Lloyd Bivins family at 1500 West Twentieth Avenue.
A fragmented column lists familiar smells from an old general store and a string of brief medical briefs. Names and addresses appear beside notes of patients, surgical cases, and ongoing care at various clinics and hospitals across states, ending with a continued note.
The Amarillo Globe notes guests and visitors in town including Emma Spencer and her sister from Lubbock, Frances returning from Lindenwood College near St Joseph Mo, and Mr. W. Boyd receiving treatment at Veterans Hospital. Also listed are Des Moines Iowa visitors, travel companions from Dallas Austin and Corpus Christi, and brief town visitors from Clayton Clovis Plainview Canyon Panhandle Tucumcari Sunray Boise City and Wheeler with multiple family groups and relatives.
A fragment notes remarks among Amarillo residents about Frances Shudde described as pretty and sweet. The overheard compliment hints at local social chatter and familiar faces in the community.
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