Kiwanians to Lake Tonight Celebrate All Kiwanis Week
Kiwanians from the Panhandle gather at Buffalo Lake tonight at 7 30 for a barbecue and dance hosted by Amarillo and North Amarillo Kiwanis clubs. The lake area opens wide for visitors and the Sons of the West provide music after the barbecue. At 9 pm a message from Kiwanis International president Bennett Knudson will be read. Reservations are being taken at the Kiwanis office.
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Panhandle
Buffalo Lake
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
North Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Sons of the West
Bennett Knudson
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
Dr Grimes Addresses Kiwanis Camp Dedication
Dr C C Grimes pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church spoke at the Great Hall dedication for Girl Scout Camp Kiwanis saying the event is more important than any government action or victory. Roy Cullum recited Camp Kiwanis history noting 51 acres purchased in 1928 and RCC aid in 1933 for stone cabins and the hall. A A Graham discussed nature trails while Girl Scouts performed a tableaux and Mrs E L Mayne led arrangements.
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C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Kiwanis
Europe
Roy Cullum
M. L. Fuller
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
A. A. Graham
Girl Scout Council
Mary Martha Manning
Sylvia Martin
Jean Chandler
E. L. Mayne
U S Air Corps presses 7000 pilot program nationwide
At Randolph Field officials describe a massive acceleration toward 7,000 pilots a year with new civilian air schools and five week specialized courses. Col. Brooks says the plan keeps safety while mass producing well trained pilots as 2,500 students begin five week cycles each fall and new fields expand across the country.
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Col. Brooks
Air Corps
Felix R. McKnight
Randolph Field
Texas Prairie
Army Air Corps
John B. Brooks
West Point
Lkely
Potter County Passes Quota For Red Cross War Relief
Pot ter County residents poured contributions into the Red Cross war relief fund today and strong indications point to meeting the county quota. Local leaders urged continued generosity as the drive continues.
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Potter County
Red Cross
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Sea Scouts Return From Lake Regatta
Amarillo Sea Scouts who attended the Regional Sea Scouts regatta at Eagle Mountain Lake near Fort Worth returned yesterday. More than 200 Sea Scouts from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma attended the event.
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Amarillo
Eagle Mountain Lake
Fort Worth
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
County Red Cross drive tops near six thousand
Contributions tabulated this afternoon raise the total to nearly 5 800 with large donations still coming in. The campaign led by Fancher Upshaw and Howard Anderson, with Mrs. Floyd Cooper as secretary, saw cooperation from the city's three banks. The drive was conducted without personal solicitations and officials hope to finish remaining details late today or tomorrow.
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Fancher Upshaw
Howard Anderson
Floyd Cooper
Red Cross
Six Months to Live and Seven Weeks of That Gone
Romley Harvill, 30, has six months to live with seven weeks left, after spending months in an iron lung in Rochester, Philadelphia, and Washington. He travels toward California relying on rides, carries a paper listing doctors’ six month expectancy, and and notes medicine costs strain him. He describes hunger, Salvation Army shelter, and praying for relief.
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Romley Harvill
Amarillo
Harvill
Rochester
Minn
Philadelphia
Washington
California
Salvation Army
Amarillo Women Sew for Refugees
Amarillo women are sewing and knitting for Europe’s war refugees as the local Red Cross provides materials. Mrs. Floyd Cooper announced the effort under Mrs. C. W. Terrell, who will direct the garment making. Materials may be obtained at 501 Lincoln Street in the afternoon. Bucharest is called the city of joy from the Albanian word meaning joy.
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Amarillo
Europe
Red Cross
Floyd Cooper
C. W. Terrell
Terrell
Lincoln Street
Amarillo Scouts Lead Regional Sea Scout Delegation
George Ficke directed Sea Scout Ship No. 5 as Amarillo sent a delegation to a regional Scouting event led by prominent regional and national officers.
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George Ficke
Amarillo
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Dr. Grimes
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Tenth
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New York
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Milburn Easum, Jr
Oliver Earle
Easum
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CO
Julian Price
Greensboro North Carolina
Lake Regatta
Patricia
Patty
B.O
Darling
Bucharest
United Brewers Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Street
N.Y
Simon
Campry Bay Cleaning CO
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