Amarillo 20-30 Club elects new officers for six months
At Dowell’s Saratoga Cafe No 2 Amarillo 20-30 Club elected W R Billy Bob Baker incoming president replacing Fay Duke. Other officers named L C Walker Chester Boyer Clifford Fleeck H D White Connally Lockhart Bill Davis Brooks Wilson as directors. Installation set for July with George Hill secretary and Wayne Cox treasurer. Next Fight Night at San Jacinto Youth Center slated for June 23.
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Amarillo
Dowell
W. R
Billy Bob” Baker
Fay Duke
L. C. Walker
Chester Boyer
Clifford Fleeck
H. D. White
Connally Lockhart
Bill Davis
Brooks Wilson
George Hill
Wayne Cox
Bill Nellie
San Jacinto Youth Center
Courthouse Records and Property Transfers Show Court Actions
Courthouse records list warranty deeds transferring lots and blocks among multiple entities including C. R. Garner Jr to Rafton G. Evans, Viola McLemore to Commissioners Court, and others in Highland and San Jacinto Heights. District Court records show multiple divorces including Jester, Johnson, Byers, and Hollis cases and a marriage license for Serapio Uballe and Teadura.
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C. R. Garner, Jr
Rafton G. Evans
Viola McLemore
Commissioners Court
Highland
R. L. Stowell
R. L. Struble
San Jacinto Heights
Marguerite W. Denmead
Bele
Ural V
Hershel W. Smith
William P. Gerber
Bethenia M
M. Hughes
Dewey A. Hicks
Bivins
H Brymer
T. J. Willams
Eberstadt
John J. Harden
G. EB
Ewbank
East
Amarillo
William O. Davis
Earl Sharp
Country Ye Terrace
Waynard E. Camp
Dred Camp
Belmont Park
Orvile Bratton Et Ux
Kenneth L. Aylsworth
Wolflin Place
Seale Annex Co
Orville Redford Matlock
Joe Sneed
S. J. Nunnworth
River Road Gardens
Fred M. Seale
Frank X. Warger
Nero’s Elevator Operates in 120 Foot Shaft
A historical note describes an elevator devised by Nero running within a shaft measuring 120 feet in height. The item emphasizes the engineering scale of ancient equipment and Nero’s innovation in vertical transit.
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Nero
Singers State Regional Meet at The Plateau
The Plateau Singing Convention hosts its 29th annual meet July 15 and 16 at the Municipal Auditorium. John F. Taylor of Canyon, president for 29 years, expects 3,000 to 6,000 singers for five sessions and 200 numbers including quartets duets and choruses with songs to be published by visiting music company reps. The event spans Texas eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma counties with 1950 convention songs led by Taylor and open to the public.
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Plateau Singing Convention
John F. Taylor
Canyon
Bill Lansing
Amarillo
Taylor
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Clovis
C. H. Rogers
Silas G. Bridges
Duck lays 163 eggs in 172 days at Alabama farm
A duck owned by C F Pruitt at Céa vert Alabama laid 163 eggs in 172 days, a record or near record pace according to farm experts. The report highlights exceptional poultry productivity and notes local interest in the achievement.
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C. F. Pruitt
Vacation Trip's On the House
Pekin Illinois June 14 1939 restaurant owner Harry Sarnes and 11 women depart for a Wisconsin vacation. Ten are staff from his eating place and the 11th is his wife. He plans to pay about 350 for the week at Webb Lake resort. He says the trip will boost morale and benefit employees who could not afford it.
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Pekin
Ill
Harry Sarnes
Wisconsin
Sarnes
Webb Lake
Wis
Illinois
Children Need Record Player for Amarillo Club Drive
The Mirror Ad dition Civic Club will honor a donor of a portable record player in Amarillo to support a new square dance club for area children. Mrs. Nellie McClure, the county probation officer, cooperates with the club as kids express enthusiasm for the project.
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Mirror Addition
Lavoptik Eye Relief Ad Promises Comfort
An old advertisement extols Lavoptik as a solution for strained eyes from close work. It claims 35 years of success, soothing relief for sore itchy irritated eyes, a money back guarantee, and availability at all druggists.
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Lavoptik
McClure to Fund Record Player Repair for Dance Club
McClure offers to pay for repairing a broken record player and plans to donate it to the club. Mrs. McClure arranged for a free instructor to teach the youth. The group will meet at the old Dwight Morrow School, now a recreation center, while a new building is planned.
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McClure
Recover Bodies Drowning Victims
In Houston on June 14 two drowning victims were recovered. Carl Winfrey aged nine was found lodged against pipes at the central water plant on Buffalo Bayou. Ernest Hamilton McKinley, 23, associated with an air conditioning role, was also recovered.
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Houston
Carl Winfrey
Central Water Plant
Buffalo Bayou
Ernest Hamilton McKinley
Body found in San Jacinto River mystery ends in drowning
A worker was found floating in the San Jacinto River and both the man and another person drowned Sunday. Efforts to locate Winfrey's body included exploding fifty pounds of dynamite in Buffalo Bayou yesterday. A scientific note cites rapid world population growth, with 2.2 billion people increasing by about 60,000 daily.
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San Jacinto River
Buffalo Bayou
Winfrey
Britain
Julian Huxley
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