Around Town Births Weddings and Visitors Update
Tully Garner and daughter Mrs John Curry arrive tomorrow from Uvalde with Mrs Phil Campbell and Mrs Leroy Byrd Jr. Garner visiting Wales Madden. Curry Ranch summer for Mrs Curry and son. Mary Ann Dudley returns from Austin. heads to Elizabeth City NC for Dorothy Williams wedding. home June 21. The Growing Population notes new births: Preston son born June 8 at Northwest Texas Hospital. Gill daughter born June 8 Adrian. Trost daughter born June 7 Northwest Texas Hospital. Carrigan son born June 9 St Anthony's. Webb daughter born June 9 St Anthony's. Pendo daughter born June 9 St Anthony's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tully Garner
John Curry
Uvalde
Phil Campbell
Leroy Byrd, Jr
Garner
Wales Madden
Bowie
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Albert Webb
North East Eighth
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terry Pendo
Monroe
St. Anthony's
Preference for Small Business in Amarillo SWC plan
Amarillo area small firms are urged to leverage the Smaller War Plants Corporation. SWPC district manager William O. Coleman says priority is automatic for firms under 200000 yearly sales, with 2034? 302 May contracts totaling over 21 million. SWPC marks its third anniversary as it aids reconversion after war. Arnold Attebury hosts his mother in law Lula Dunn for a three week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
War Plants Corporation
William O. Coleman
Oklahoma City
SWC
Coleman
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
SWPC
Charles M. Rogers Returns From Southern States Meet
Charles M. Rogers superintendent of Amarillo Public Schools returned from Daytona Beach Florida where he attended a 10 day session of the Southern States Work Conference Representatives of teacher associations and departments of education from 14 Southern States attended to discuss improving vocational education in the South Mr Rogers said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Rogers
Amarillo
Daytona Beach
Fla
South
Mr. Rogers
Comic Strips Enter Daily Newspapers From 1890s
A note notes that comic strips were not used in daily newspapers until the 1890s marking a shift in print entertainment.
Dixie Dice Show Time Delights Audiences at High School
A large Dixie Dice stage show at the High School Auditorium drew enthusiastic crowds despite threatening weather. The two hour production featured 175 performers with singing dancing and costumes praised, and the show repeats tonight at 8 45. Tickets are at Cretneys Major Drug Stores or at the high school box office one hour before curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Dice
Cretney’s
Maj
Dixie
Bob Watson
Tremett Way weight loss claim advertisement
An old advertising block touts Tremett Way as a harmless method to shed 3 to 5 pounds weekly without exercise or diet. It promises a 30 day results guarantee and full refund if goals aren’t met, urging readers to buy at Cretney Drug Walgreens and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremett
Cretney Drug
Walgreen’s
Oxford Products, Co
Sailor Charles Green To Return Home After War Service
Charles Green a Seabees machinist’s mate second class is back in the United States after three years overseas and is due home soon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H W Green of 907 Lincoln. A 1940 Amarillo High School graduate and former Golden Sandstorm center he later attended Texas A M College and once worked as a Globe-News switchboard operator. Green earned a Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and served at Guadalcanal Toirawa and Saipan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Green
Seabees
United States
Amarillo
Green
Golden Sandstorm
Texas A. & M. College
The
Globe-News
Navy
Maryland
Guadalcanal
Toirawa
Saipan
Egypt Abolishes Martial Law and Press Censorship
Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha announced the abolition of martial law except for sharp military security and the ending of press censorship in Egypt. The move signals broader liberalization amid ongoing security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Mahmoud Fahmy el Nokrashy Pasha
Egypt
Safe Stolen From Pantex Village Store
A 750 pound safe was removed from Farr & Sewell Grocery in Pantex Village Sunday night. The thieves used a smashed door panel and torn padlock to gain entry and loaded the safe onto a car about 100 yards away. The safe reportedly held about 750 dollars. Sheriff Clarence Williams and Potter County officers are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farr & Sewell
Pantex Village
Clarence Williams
Panhandle
Potter County Sheriff's
Van Pelt Appointed District Manager in Lubbock
John J. Van Pelt, formerly of Amarillo, becomes district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation at Lubbock. He succeeds Nettles F. Nelson, reassigned to the Dallas regional office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. van Pelt
Amarillo
Office of Defense Transportation
Lubbock
Nettles F. Nelson
Dallas
Grandma Gains Wheaties Wisdom for Knockout Breakfast
The narrator praises Wheaties as a hearty nourishing cereal with zippy flavor in whole wheat flakes. The lesson runs: have your Wheaties every day for a powerful start to the morning.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. L. J. Preston
Southern Brokerage Co
Mary Montgomery
FISK
D. I. Barnett
Barnett
Dauna Sue Wilkinson
Miami
Vivian Carolyn Wilkinson
Pampa
J. C. Doud
Bobby
Canyon
H. J. Cobb
Harrison
Johnnie Perkins
Betty Marie
Johnnie
Roswell, N. M
Perkins
New Mexico Transportation Company
Bon
Ham
H. W. Donohoo
Virginia Ann
Midland
Donohoo
Fannin
Cecil Kuhng, Jr
Archie Kautz, Jr
Archie
Cecil
Kautzes
Jason Roberson
Carol Ann
Avondale
Gainesville
R. L. Rogers
Tyler
Fort Worth
James A. Newell
A. E. Swift
Western
Riverside
Cal
Anna Piper
Mirror Mats
Jenkins Music
Ong T
Charlotte Ann
Herbert Reuben Brown
Crockett
Charlotte
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Isaac Ayler Boase
Fillmore
Rita June
Wallace Hooks
Jerry Glenn and
Harold
Albuquerque
Hammond
R. B. Walden
Lamesa
G. C. Burt
A. B. Morgan
Rosemont
Northwest Texas Hospital News
H. E. Hravonsky
B. A. Ross
North Garfield
M. P. Rountree
Taylor
Jerry Buckner
Roy Mathis
North Polk
William McCreary
North Buchanan
G. H
Hermah Schultz
East Foruth
Frank Valverde
Garfield
G. A. Tomlinson
Harold Ladehoff
Atteburys
Arnold Attebury
Boots and Saddle
Chicago
Panhandle Furniture Dealers Association
Bob Lindsey
Fred Lane
Lane McAfee
George Edler
George Mansur
Tucumcari
George McCaig
Frank Jennings
Borger
Hozpital
HEATH
Vanage
Heath Peraitre Company
Blondie
Jane Arden
Daisy
Elmer
Ludenhetze
Potsdam
Rita
DR. Wing
Weer
Rells Jrere
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
West Coast
H. W. Green
Lincoln
Globe News
Vaughn Plumbing Company
Pierce
Lucky Tige
Santa Fe
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
ORTO
Railroad Retirement Board
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