Alamosa Camp Dedicates New Home In Amarillo Tonight
Alamosa Camp No 502 Woodmen of the World opens its two day house and dedication at 608 West Sixth Amarillo with Mayor Gene Klein welcoming WOW members at 8 pm Rev Raymond Bowlin presiding George Hine North Texas State Manager to deliver acceptance speech Boys of Woodcraft will present flag Avondale Baptist Quartette and Children of the Preventorium will perform Mrs Gordon Hendricks to play organ The dedication is set for 7 pm tomorrow with Protection Degree conferred at 8 30 pm
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Alamosa Camp No
West Sixth
Gene Klein
WOW
Amarillo
Raymond Bowlin
Avondale Baptist Church
George Hine
North Texas
Boys of
Woodcraft
Avondale Baptist Quartette
Hut Hutson
Gordon Hendricks
Tack the Brain En Route to Montana
A column from Amarillo notes a string of travel and assignment changes. Lewis Nordyke leaves for Stephenville to edit The Stephenville Daily Empire while Paul Allingham moves to Atchison to co publish The Atchison Globe. The piece discusses local art gallery ideas and upcoming movements through Fort Worth Denver line toward West Yellowstone with several Amarillo names mentioned in transit.
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Lewis Nordyke
Stephenville, Tex
Stephenville
Daily Empire
Paul Allingham
Atchison
Texans Flock to Montana While Colorado Fades as Summer Hub
Texans increasingly visit Montana in summer, shifting away from Colorado once the summer capital. Coloradoans protested Texas buyers of ranches, pushing summer visitors northward. Wyoming and Montana now dominate the seasonal travel scene as Texans explore new routes.
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Montana
Colorado
Texas
Texas summer tales and small town memories
A rambling local column notes Texans spending summers in the Rocky Mountains and clashes with Utahans and Montanans, while recalling regional quirks. It mentions Oklahoma and Colorado residents, a San Francisco man named Smith, a Texas boast about private golf courses, and a sighting of Lowell Brown in Amarillo.
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Montana
Idaho
Utah
Texas
San Francisco
Quotes and quips from a bygone column
A reader’s assortment of provocative maxims and anecdotes about electricity costs in Texas, Lowell Brown nicknamed Bull Brown, furniture refinishing, withheld author, and a mix of aphorisms on age, deception, ancestry, sorrow, and moral grit.
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Lowell Brown
Bull Brown
Wisdom and vanity in a night of musings and talk
A reflective piece links sermons, wit, and practical schemes as Stanley Blackburn touts an electric ray to kill pests. He claims a $40 unit minimizes operating costs, urging rural readers to consider the device for bed bugs and other insects. The narrator recalls Tack’s cabin bed bug nest from 15 years ago and Mason King’s changed life since.
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Stanley Blackburn
Blackburn's
Mr. Blackburn
Tack
Big Bull Ranch
Mason King
Amarillo Soldier Awarded Bronze Star for Inchon Action
Sergeant Harold R. Phillips of Amarillo, 23, awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service at Inchon between August and November 1950. Wounded by a land mine, he was evacuated to Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, where he has since been hospitalized. He is a former Amarillo High School student and has also served in Alaska and aboard in Norfolk transport schools. He has two brothers in the Navy, Giles R. and Sidney Joe.
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Amarillo
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Korea
Harold R. Phillips
Giles O. Phillips
Palo Duro
Phillips
Inchon
153Rd Transportation Port Company
14Th Transportation Port Battalion
Seoul
Japan
Transportation School
Norfolk
Alaska
Giles R
Sidney Joe
Navy
Giles
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Two longstanding friends argue over insult and pride
Two men who have been friends for years quarrel after one says to the other, You think I am a son of a blank, don't you? The other man walks away without reply, leaving the first to ponder his words and the rift between them.
Rural Weather Saying About Clouds and Tails
A rural saying notes that if a cloud has a tail it is not a monkey and signals approaching rain or change in weather. The line reflects folk weather lore from country communities and uses a playful comparison to a monkey for emphasis.
Dr Parcells Portrait Leads Rounded Haircut Story
In a brief portrait, Dr Parcells, estimated in his fifties, is described with a crew haircut and a concise, vivid physical take.
Train Schedule and Embarkation for Rock Springs
If the train stays on time it will arrive in Denver before 8 15 and passengers will board a Union Pacific flyer to Rock Springs. The Denver arrival is scheduled for 7 30.
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Denver
Rock Springs
Bruckner Attends Army Encampment at Fort Monmouth
Benny M. Bruckner, son of Mr and Mrs E M Bruckner of 835 Florida, attends a six week encampment at Fort Monmouth New Jersey along with other cadets to gain military training and discipline.
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Bruckner
Benny M. Bruckner
E. M. Bruckner
Florida
Fort Monmouth
Young Bruckner Enlists in Signal Corps Training
Young Bruckner, a student at Texas Technological College in Lubbock, undergoes officers training in a specialized Signal Corps school. The program runs in conjunction with the Reserve Officer Training Corps across colleges and universities.
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Young Bruckner
Texas ‘Technological College
Lubbock
Signal Corps
Reserve Officer Training Corps
New Zealand Man Reveals 93 Years of Smoking
In New Zealand, 100 year old David Stewart confirms he has smoked for 93 years. He began as a youth and continued well into his centenarian years, highlighting long term tobacco use.
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New Zealand
David Stewart
First tagged fish in weeks lands at Buffalo Lake rodeo
F B Hendrick of 4308 Tyler caught a small bass with Tag No 150 in the Buffalo Lake Fish Rodeo. He wins $10 cash from Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club, plus ice cream and minnows from local sponsors. Membership in the Panhandle club is required for prize eligibility.
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Buffalo Lake
F. B. Hendrick
Tyler
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen’s Club
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen Club
The
Globe News
Mr. Hendrick
Swift
Brooks Drug Store
Polk
Big Foot
Canyon Highway
Borden Company
West Yellowstone
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
United States
Panhandle
Amarillo Sporting Goods and Hardware
Thousands of 1000 franc notes rain over Bourges
Thousands of 1,00 franc notes rained down over Bourges in central France after a presumed fall from an aircraft during a single night. Local residents and authorities cordoned off streets as investigators checked for loose bundles and possible damage to the currency.
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Bourges
France
Eight Seconds An Eternity For Brahman Bull Riders
This article previews the Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo at Tri-State Fair Park starting July 1. It highlights Brahman bulls, their dangers, and the role of riders and rodeo clowns, noting legendary incidents and the two natures of these animals. Tomorrow: Rodeo Definitions.
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Hendricks
Will Rogers
Tri-State Fair Park
India
Otho Kinsley
Amado, Ariz
Dick Griffith
Scottsdale
Ariz
Kinsley
Silver City
N. M
Local Telecommunication Note From Rabaul Readers
In Rabaul New Britain many telephone users prefer to ask for names rather than numbers when seeking contacts. The unusual habit highlights local etiquette and potential confusion in dialing conventions.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Amarillo airman completes radio training course
Private Kenneth Dale Bramiet age 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooley of 706 North Buchanan, has finished five months of high speed radio training at Camp Gordon Georgia. He returns home on leave and will be reassigned to Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth with the Eighth Air Force. He attended Amarillo schools and worked at Jenkins One Stop Service and St. Anthony's Hospital before joining the Air Force.
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Amarillo
Kenneth Dale Bramiet
C. C. Cooley
North Buchanan
Bramiet
Camp Gordon
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Eighth Air Force
Bramlet
Jenkins
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Air Force
Rites for car wreck victim slated today
Funeral services for Velma Harris 25 held at Mission Baptist Church with Rev L J Crawford officiating burial in Shamrock Cemetery directed by Clay Funeral Home. Harris died in a highway accident Saturday when her car left US 66 west of Shamrock overturning. Her husband George B Harris injured in Erick hospital not serious. Survivors include her husband three sons mother father brother and two sisters. Whangaroa New Zealand reports a 684 pound marl in its best catch this season.
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Harris
Erick
Okla
Larry Lee Beckum
Jessie Warden Beckum, Jr
Donald G. Beckum
Shamrock
Zora Vorse
Amarillo
E. H. Vorse
Homer Lee Vorse
Pasadena
Tex
Ima Faye McAllister
Wanda Mae Holland
Stratford
Whangaroa
New Zealand
One Dead, 11 Hurt In Waco Car Crash
A three car collision north of Waco left one teen dead and 11 injured. Helen Wyatt, 17, of Prairie Hill, died. Cars driven by Sgt. Woodrow Strain and Frank Tusa swiped, Strain’s car hitting Sgt. Robert Eaton, 20, a Marine from San Diego. Wyatt rode with Eaton. two Strain children were critically injured.
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Waco
Helen Wyatt
Prairie Hill
Woodrow Strain
Connally Air Force Base
Frank Tusa
Strain
Robert Eaton
San Diego
Wyatt
Eaton
Sergeant Strain
Trout Are Trout Learn About Fish Confusion
In Lansing, Michigan the state conservation department surveyed anglers and found that many do not know the trout species they pursue. Only about 40 percent correctly named the three kinds of trout in a cross section of fishermen.
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Lansing, Mich
U.P
State Conservation Department
Burns Skins and Dresses 684-Pound Ox in Record Time
British born George Burns astonished South African ranchers by skinning and dressing a 684 pound ox in 9 minutes 21 seconds, showcasing remarkable endurance and technique in a dramatic demonstration on the ranch.
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George Burns
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