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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1924
Page
4
Entered as second class matter February 20 1924 at Amarillo Texas under the act of March 8 1879 published evenings except Saturday and Sunday morning by Amarillo Globe Publishing Company. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail in Texas Oklahoma and nearby areas with various monthly and yearly options.
A fragment from an Amarillo column recounts editor visits and playful banter about entertainments for visiting editors. Jokes touch on marriage, wedding customs, and a local minister’s quip about brides wearing white, with light humor about husbands and hopes.
Sealed bids as a proposal for furnishing all material and labor for the construction and completion of a school building for Soncy School District No. 2 in Potter County Texas at Soncy Station will be received until June 28 at 2 p m. A certified check of 200 accompanies each bid. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the architect RE Rittenberry upon a 10 deposit. The school board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A dense schedule lists radio programs June 17 and 19 across many stations from KYW Chicago WMAQ WGN WDAP WLAG WHA WDAF WHB WOC WSB to KHJ KFI KGO KGW and more. It includes orchestras hosts talks educational features sports and bedtime stories with exact times and station IDs.
Amarillo negroes plan Emancipation Day activities starting with a 1 30 p m program at Bivins stadium and an automobile parade from 200 Harrison. F Smiley serves as master of ceremonies with Judge Sam B Motlow and Rev J M Fountain delivering speeches and C W Hawkins reading the proclamation. A barbecue runs 2 to 6 pm followed by a battle royal and a baseball game led by marshals Ed Thomas and Walter Scott.
Fifteen Amarilloans comment on the extreme June heat with varied places cited. Respondents include Des Moines, New Orleans, Bombay, Florida, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, East Texas, and the Mississippi delta, each noting unusually hot conditions.
Manhattan exposes a spectrum of New York artists and dreamers from attic studio poseurs to vibrant shop girls. Candid vignettes cover poets, painters, and dramatists, noting bohemian excess, marital customs, and hustling illustrators like Dean Cornwell. A witty sidelight recalls a comedian’s rough start and a wary public.
More than forty Wigwam Motorcycle Club members and families spent Sunday at Gordon Country Club near Canyon. They fished swam and enjoyed a picnic and supper. The club hosted swimming contests at the pool noted as among the Panhandle’s best.
Local notes list residents visiting Amarillo and traveling to nearby towns. Names include M. L. Steel, W. B. Wells, Mrs. E. E. Carhart, A Caperton, Mrs. Marie McLane, and families in Panhandle Hale Center and Dallas. Also mentions a birth, a move to Celine, and people in Canyon and Wichita Falls. Water rate is noted at 7500 gallons per hour.
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