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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1934
Page
3
Rev. R. Thomsen of Central Presbyterian Church Amarillo told Amarillo High School students that sportsmanship in life means fair play for all, urging optimism over fear and urging conduct to be universal. The talk was arranged by Amarillo luncheon and civic clubs for Golden Rule Week.
The Central Junior High School fire poster contest crowned Allman Cox and Paul Womack as intermediate division first and second place winners respectively. In the high school division Clive Blackwell took first with Bob Maxwell second. Judges were Guy Saunders and M. R. Bivins, with Olga Juniger of the Texas Fire Insurance Department visiting and rating the program highly.
Garbed in helmets and Roman togas the Internos members gave impromptu sketches from Roman myths yesterday morning. The Latin Club plans its annual picnic this afternoon at the Palisades with about twenty members and guests. Chaperons include Miss Anna May Klapproth, Mrs. C. C. Shaller, and some parents. Hot dogs donated by Peggy Pinkney.
Miss Laura V Hamner county school superintendent and history writer spoke to the Panhandle Junior Historical Club on the early development of the Panhandle. She traced settlement by Kansas and Colorado pioneers and recounted Col Charles Goodnight's first successful cattle drive from Palo Pinto County Texas through New Mexico to Colorado and his later Palo Duro Canyon ranch.
Charles Bowman Hutchins of Boulder Colorado travels the United States giving bird lectures to students. He spoke at Central Junior High School last week with illustrated charts pastel drawings and colorful paintings. His talk covered Texas birds and he produced notes and songs about them.
All economics classes at Senior High School plan a field trip to Borger under the supervision of L. McNeill dean of boys and economics instruction. The trip includes visits to the Southwestern Public Service Plant in Amarillo and carbon black plants refineries oil wells and laboratories in Borger. Parents are invited and urged to accompany the students. Automobiles will be furnished by the students and parents.
Sam Slaughter, district track winner, will enter the regional tennis meet Saturday at Canyon. He is a Central Junior High School student. Also entering are Paul Womack in the still life charcoal contest and Herbert Foster in the still life watercolor contest.
River Road School principal Carl G. Clifft announces his candidacy for Potter County Superintendent of Public Instruction. He cites twelve years in public schools and three as River Road principal, with a West Texas State Teachers College degree and partial MA work. He lists community leadership roles, age thirty, married, one child, and asks voters in the July 28 Democratic primary for support. He also notes openness to suitable contacts and a desire to return to Amarillo.
A letter from a reader seeking a small furnished living space in Amarillo. Offers to pay $2.00 per week and work one day on the rent, with references from reputable neighbors.
Members of the Balladers and Balladettes with assistants performed a music program at Amarillo High School during a morning assembly. Mrs Alta Potts Turk directed the music and Hjalman Bergh accompanied at the piano. The piece closed with a reflective note on drowning stories.
J Marion Gorrell of Buchanan Junior High School won first place in the district meet essay contest. He advances to the regional meet at Canyon the coming weekend. He has previously served as staff member and editor of The Buchanan Bugle this year.
The Senior Hi Y stresses constructive programs for the rest of the semester. A new bulletin board bearing the Hi Y emblem in red white and blue has been placed outside Room 104 where the club meets.
Friends of Miss Margaret Marie Woodruff are invited to a piano recital Friday evening at 8 15 at the Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts 1800 Harrison Street.
The fragment discusses testing capabilities in a dairy plant and notes that nearly any department can perform tests on dairy products and cream. The text implies broad testing access within facility operations.
A young widow with a crippled child seeks honest work call 603 East Ninth Avenue. A boy of 18 offers farm or ranch work as an experienced farmhand and cow hand living on a farm, asking for a suitable family to hire him.
A young widow named Wilson Bentley of 361 West Center Street describes herself as a practical nurse with four months hospital training and two years cafe and clerking experience. She is seeking any respectable work and will consider various positions.
Mrs Lillian Robertson of 610 West Seventh Ave seeks employment in a rooming house setting with duties including dining room work. She expresses willingness to relocate if she can secure a suitable position and thanks potential employers.
Dear Tack asks readers for a light housekeeping room or rooms in exchange for work. She offers to trade services for lodging and invites responses.
Classified note seeking to buy, rent, or borrow a usable used typewriter. The writer asks readers to contact if they have a typewriter available for loan or sale.
Advertised remedy ALLENRY-many claims rapid relief from rheumatic joint pain and swelling. The bottle is sold at City Drug Stores with a money back guarantee if results are not achieved, and it is described as safe and non narcotic.
Widow with two babies seeks paid rent and bills through stenography and some nursing care experience. Willing to care for children if not bothered by the duties. Respond to Tack Box 73 Melrose N Mex.
Boys aged 10 to 15 are invited to join a local baseball team. Report to Tenth Avenue and Jackson Street on Saturday morning April 21 at 10 o clock with any equipment they have.
A reader seeks a second hand sewing machine in exchange for hand work such as tatting. They invite contact with someone who can arrange an exchange.
Crochet embroidery and hand hematitching mentioned. Mrs P H Copple of La Cour Dairy Claude Texas invites responses from interested crafters.
An old advisory promotes safe gentle relief for constipation in children using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It warns against harsh cathartics and stresses gradual dose reduction until regular movement returns.
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