Texas Ranger’s odd outhouse showplace on Gaines ranch
Former Ranger Captain Tom Hickman built an ornate outhouse on his Gainsville farm from an old horse drawn hearse. The structure features plate glass Venetian blinds and colored lights and was set in concrete after wind damage in 1936. Hickman, who also captains a private oil company security force, notes outlaws aren’t as rough today.
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Gainesville
Texas
Tom Hickman
Gainsville
George Caroll
Hickman
Ranchita de Dogie
Borger
East Texas
City receives new pumps to avert summer water shortage
Clowe and Cowan Inc volunteers to lend pumping equipment for two new Amarillo wells on the Greeley site 18 miles southwest. Dallas supplied gear delayed with arrival expected late July and three days needed for installation. Wells planned to yield 2.5 million gallons daily. city reserves total 10 million tons.
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Clowe and Cowan, Inc
Amarillo
California
Layne Texas Company
Dallas
West Coast
N. V. Moss
Greeley
Grace E Puckett Accepted as Student at Ward Belmont
Grace E Puckett daughter of Dr and Mrs B M Puckett of Mon roe has been accepted as a student at Ward Belmont School for girls in Nashville for the 1946 47 term. She is Amarillo High School graduate and will enter the freshman class in September.
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Grace E. Puckett
B. M. Puckett
Monroe
Ward-Belmont School For Girls
Nashville
Miss Puckett
Amarillo
Ward-Belmont
Film Comedian Charles Butterworth Dies In Car Crash
Film comedian Charles Butterworth died from injuries after his car skidded 50 feet and struck an electric light pole. He died en route to General Hospital where attendants said he had severe head injuries. He passed away as the ambulance arrived.
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Los Angeles
Charles Butterworth
General Hospital
Traffic Tickets Pay Window Hours Set by Police Chief
Sid Harper the chief of police advised violators to go to the police station during corporation court hours from 8 AM to 5 PM to pay fines. He warned that outside these hours only the court clerk is available to accept guilty pleas and cannot hear cases. Hearings must be before the corporation court judge.
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Sid Harper
Corporation Court
Corporation
Panhandle Water and Sewer Works Operators Meet Tonight
Panhandle water and sewer works operators hold their monthly meeting tonight in city hall. The group will gather at 7 30 o'clock. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Panhandle Water and Sewer
Globe News
Railroad Commission Must Designate Special Farm Rates
The Texas Railroad Commission must designate rates for specialized motor carriers of livestock feed and farm machinery if possible. The attorney general's opinion says difficulty does not excuse the duty unless it becomes impossible.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Railroad Commission
Attorney General’s Department
Commission
Olin Culberson
Mexican customs halts sugar export to tourists
The Mexican customs office in Nogales Sonora called a halt to allowing American tourists to carry Mexican sugar across the border to augment their rationed supply.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Mexican Customs Office
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