Pampa Host to WICC Thursday
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce outlines its enlarged program of work for delegates from 22 Panhandle cities in Pampa on Thursday night. A chicken barbecue at 7 30 follows, with Frank Husbands presiding and WTCC officials attending to discuss policies and new initiatives.
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James F. Melton
George A. Logan
Agriculture and Livestock Department
Wendell Bedichek
Amarillo
Borger
Canadian
Channing
Clarendon
Claude
Dumas
Etter
Hedley
McLean
Memphis
Miami
Pampa
Panhandle
Perryton
Shamrock
Spearman
Stinnett
Stratford
Sunray
Vega
Wellington
Wheeler
White Deer
Winners in National Soap Carving Contest
Two Amarillo boys won national prizes in the amateur soap sculpture contest by Procter and Gamble. Dale G Dalby, 12, earned 100 dollars for Buffalo, while Phillip O Periman, 12, won 75 dollars for Horse. National entries totaled 89 awards worth 3775 dollars. exhibits were shown in New York and later sent to state Boards of Education for school system routing.
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Amarillo
Proctor and Gamble
Dale G. Dalby
Delbert Dalby
Julian
Phillip O. Periman
Carl Periman
National
Install Ad Club Officers Tonight In Amarillo
The Amarillo Ad Club will install new officers tonight presiding by Dale Rogers district 10 lieutenant governor of the Advertising Federation of America at a Dell's Ranch House dinner. Social at 6 30 dinner at 6 oclock followed by a dance. New officers include Bob Mills president Bob Bowen vice president Ralph Ater secretary treasurer. Two year directors are Ed Weber Ed Moyer Bill Fairley Joe Rodgers Bill Clark Ralph Ater. Continuing directors for another year are Al Kipp Gordon Morrison Delbert Eaves Tom Kruser Bob Mills Bob Bowen and outgoing president Monte Rosenwald.
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Amarillo
Ad Club
Dale Rogers
Advertising Federation of America
Dell
Bill Clark
Ralph Ater
al Kipp
Gordon Morrison
Delbert Eaves
Tom Kruser
Bob Mills
Bob Bowen
Monte Rosenwald
Rifle Title to Amarillo Man
Raymond Whittington of Amarillo won the Southwestern regional small bore rifle championship over R E McMains of Dallas by one point to secure four trips to the national small bore championships in San Francisco. Whittington finished 3 187 with 205 bullseyes while McMains had 3 185 227. T J Patterson of Waco was third with 3 175, followed by E G Pope of Lubbock 3 174 Keats Dunnam Corpus Christi 3 168 and W H Womack Shreveport 3 167.
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Waco
Raymond Whittington
Amarillo
R. E. McMains
Dallas
Whittington
San Francisco
McMains
Weather disruption hits Amarillo area after power line fire
Weatherman H C Winburn recalls making his first forecast in darkness after a burned power line at Third and Grand disrupted service to Amarillo Air Terminal around 6 am. Officials said emergency power kept vital facilities like communications running and Southwestern Public Service Company restored service quickly.
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H. C. Winburn
Third
Grand
Amarillo Air Terminal
Southwestern Public Service Company
First Wheat Harvested in Hartley County by Local Grower
June reports John Bookout, Hartley County wheat grower and Hartley School Board chairman, delivered the first wheat last weekend in the northwest Texas Panhandle. County Agent Elwyn Dysart noted moisture content at 15.63 percent.
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Hartley Hartley
John Bookout
Hartley County
Hartley
Northwest
Texas Panhandle
Elwyn Dysart
Need for Worship In Homes Stressed
SAN FRANCISCO June 25 More worship in the home and freer use of the hickory stick were urged on Southern Baptists as they closed their national convention Sunday. Rep Brooks Hays said the greatest crisis in America is what happens to the 35 million homes. He urged Christian education for marriage and daily God-centered home life.
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San Francisco
Southern Baptists
America
Brooks Hays
Christian Home Service
Hays
Rites Wednesday For Polio Victim
Funeral services for Mrs. Edwin L. White 20 died yesterday of polio will be held Wednesday in Oklahoma City. She was the first West Texas Polio Center fatality this year. A Clovis resident for six months she was admitted Friday afternoon and died after a critical Saturday night. Survivors include husband a 20 month old son her parents Mr and Mrs Clay Deckard Oklahoma City and sister Miss Ima Jean Deckard Wichita Falls.
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Plainview
Edwin L. White
Oklahoma City
Clay Deckard
Ima Jean Deckard
Wichita Falls
Cabbie Fined $100 For Selling Liquor
Norman Keith, taxicab driver, was fined $100 and costs in Potter County court after pleading guilty to selling liquor on Sunday. Liquor control agents filed two other charges, with Joe Gentry and Dennis A Wheeler charged with selling liquor that day and slated for arraignment this afternoon.
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Norman Keith
Potter County
Joe Gentry
Hatelporter
Dennis A. Wheeler
Solomon Merritt Funeral Held at Memorial Chapel
Funeral services for Solomon Merritt age 80 were held at 2 p m in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev J Perry King officiating Pallbearers included H S Stephens son H L McElvaney Paul Henson and others Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery Merritt retired cotton buyer died Friday at home 1511 West Thirteenth He was a Baptist Church member Surviving are his wife a son a daughter a sister and two brothers
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Solomon Merritt
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
J. Perry King
H. S. Stephenson
H. L. McElvaney
Paul Henson
Raymond Oldham
Paul Cavender
Paul Jones
Memorial Park Cemetery
Merritt
West Thirteenth
the Baptist Church
Forest Fire Rages in New Mexico Black Mountains
Reinforcements rushed to the Gila National Forest as a three day fire devours 12,000 acres of virgin timber 45 miles southwest of Truth or Consequences. More than 600 firefighters, planes, and smokejumpers from Montana Colorado and California join the effort to build fire lanes across rugged canyons. officials say control is unlikely today.
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Truth OR Consequences
Gila National Forest
Black Mountains
Montana
Colorado
California
Mrs Harry Julius Dies in California
Former Amarillo resident Mrs Jean Julius died at her Hermosa Beach home after a heart attack following a long illness. She moved to California about six years ago with her husband Harry Julius, who ran the Tenth Street Cafe in Amarillo. Survivors include her husband two Amarillo brothers and two Amarillo sisters. Funeral services are set at White and Day Funeral Home in Hermosa Beach tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Jean Julius
Hermosa Beach
Cal
Julius
Harry Julius
California
Tenth Street
Vernon Hancock
Wolflin
J. W. Underwood
West
Tom Bowles
East
Jackson
White and Day Funeral Home
Cooke County High Compliance With OPS Reporting
Reports from Fort Worth district show Cooke County led 53 counties with 82 percent of retail merchants complying with Office of Price Stabilization reporting rules. OPS Director Ellis B. H. Boyd credited a Gainesville volunteer campaign for improving filings.
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Fort Worth
Cooke County
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ellis BH. Boyd
Gainesville
Labor Yields Rich Blessings, Mary Baker Eddy Quote
A historic saying attributes the greatest blessings to labor credited to Mary Baker Eddy, reflecting a Protestant work ethic oriented mindset. The motto emphasizes toil as the path to abundant blessings and personal fulfillment.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Teachers Tops Ais Ladies Men in Pleasantdale
Pleasantdale, NJ resort owner Irving Green canvasses nearby schools each winter to recruit unattached male teachers for the summer guests. He says teachers suit vacationers as well mannered and educated partners and note some romances end in marriages, prompting replacements.
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Pleasantdale
Irving Green
Green
Publish Papers Of Vandenberg In 1952
GRAND RAPIDS Mich WP The memoirs of the late Sen Arthur H Vandenberg Republican bi partisan and foreign policy leader probably will be printed in 1952 His son Arthur Vandenberg Jr is compiling data from manuscripts letters and official documents in his fathers files and expects their publication The papers contain information never before revealed in US foreign affairs
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Vandenberg, Jr
Duvails Move From Quail School to Whiteface
Mr and Mrs Charles Duvail longtime Quail School faculty members have accepted teaching positions at Whiteface School near Lubbock in a personnel change noted in Wellington on June 25.
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Whiteface
Wellington
Charles Duvail
Quail School
Whiteface School
Lubbock
Clovis Nurse Elaine Pugh Honored
Memorial hospital nurse Elaine Pugh of Clovis is honored in a June 25 report. The feature notes her long service and dedication to patient care, highlighting her role at Memorial Hospital.
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Clovis
Elaine Pugh
Memorial
Hospital Awarded Scholarship by District Four Nurses
Mrs. Pugh plans to enter training school this fall in Abilene Texas after receiving a scholarship from district four nurses.
Squirrel hoards four nuts per winter store journey
The chipping squirrel, or hackee, always carries four nuts in its jaws on each trip to its storehouse while gathering winter food.
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Cabbie
New Mexico
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Khoury Bros
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West Tee
Ares
TTA Ag
Ciery
Coates Veree
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Vandenberg
F. G Campbell
Williams
Kenneth G. Murphy
State Farm Insurance Co’s
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Tyler
Dela Old Seiberling Tires
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Imorial Chi
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