Night lighting expanded in 12 Amarillo parks program
Park officials say the Park Playground Program operates daily in twelve Amarillo parks with new lighting for night use. Night play is now possible on horseshoe courts in Ellwood Wil Rogers Benton East Park Forest Hill Memorial and San Jacinto Parks. Shuffleboard remains popular and is available at Ellwood Will Rogers and Sanborn parks, with four place tables for chess checkers dominoes and similar games.
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Amarillo
Jack Hans
Ellwood
Wil Rogers
Benton
East Park
Forest Hill
Memorial
San Jacinto
Will Rogers
Sanborn Parks
Amarillo teens lauded as future homemakers and workers
A nationwide Tide Washing Clinic survey of 13 to 19 year olds across 770 communities finds Amarillo girls high in regular housework, earning extra money, and balancing chores with school work. Sixty six percent help regularly, 29 percent occasionally, 67 percent offer practical tips, and 74 percent do family laundry. Baby sitting remains dominant with 63 percent, while two thirds are aged 14 to 17 and many hold two extra jobs. Boys’ contributions also noted, with a quarter of girls saying brothers share chores.
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Amarillo
Tide Washing Clinic
Idaho
Iowa
New Jersey
Massachusetts
California
Illinois
William Roughead, England’s Leading Crime Writer
William Roughead stands as England’s foremost crime writer with over twenty volumes on real life cases. He has edited transcripts of numerous famous British and Scotch trials.
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William Roughead
England
Theater usher fined for spanking child in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on June 19 a theater usher was fined $10 after spanking a 6-year-old moviegoer. Harley Vernon, 16, testified he warned the boy to stop running in the aisle and said he tapped him a few times. Judge Mike Foster noted theater staff must tolerate such incidents.
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Oklahoma City
Harley Vernon
Mike Foster
Foster
Mrs Ridgway Receives Mikimoto Pearls In Japan
Mrs Matthew B Ridgway wife of the Allied commander received cultured pearls from Kokichi Mikimoto the 93 year old pioneer pearl buyer. The Ridgways toured the Mikimoto pearl farm during their visit in Japan.
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Ridgway
Toba
Japan
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kokichi Mikimoto
Mikimoto
Oklahoma lands freed of sagebrush by aerial 2-4-0 spray
In Oklahoma several hundred thousand acres of grassland have been freed of sagebrush by application of 2-4-0 from the air.
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Oklahoma
Installation Rites Set for Amarillo Ad Club Dinner
The Amarillo Ad Club installs new officers Monday with Dale Rogers of District 10 Advertising Federation as guest speaker. Bob Mills becomes president, with Bob Bowen as vice president and Ralph Ater as secretary treasurer. Directors for two years include Ed Weber Ed Moyer Bill Fairley Joe Rogers Bill Clark and Ralph Ater. Six directors serve one more year: Al Kipp Gordon Morrison Delbert Eaves Tom Kruser Bob Mills Bob Bowen and outgoing president Monte Rosenwald. Social at 6:30 Dinner at 8, then a dance at Dell's Ranch House.
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Amarillo Ad Club
Dale Rogers
Advertising Federation of America
Dell
Bob Mills
Bob Bowen
Ralph Ater
Ed Weber
Ed Moyer
Bill Fairley
Joe Rogers
Bill Clark
al Kipp
Gordon Morrison
Delbert Eaves
Tom Kruser
Monte Rosenwald
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Texas Boot & Shoe Shop
Browning Blue Print Co
W. T. Moe
M. D
1817
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IRS
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Double Gum Bros
O.P.S
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Dumas
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