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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1951
Page
13
Hal Boyle offers humorous cooling tips as mind over matter satire. He jokes about keeping cool with Coolidge, wearing winter gear, conquering heat by talking less, and even lining hats with leaves. The piece ends claiming the rules may not work but will keep readers busy.
Plainview resident Mrs. B M Harris received special 4-H recognition for Hale County district work and her role as chair of the Texas Home Demonstration Association state committee. John W Carpenter of Dallas earned honors for Lake Trinidad camping facilities supporting 4-H and other groups. Bobby Bacon of Brazoria County, 17, won first place from 142 entries in the state dress revue, earning an all expenses paid trip to the 4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
After a six minute radio forecast by Chief Oscar Tenenbaum of the Boston weather bureau a caller asks for a repeat. The brief moment shows the public’s attention to weather updates and the official role in disseminating forecasts.
Eleanor Roosevelt reflects on the Korean War and the United Nations role, praising allied action to repel aggression and expand international cooperation. She argues the conflict tests Soviet expansionism, urges open global trade, and envisions a path to world peace through democracy and collective security.
Thomas R Wright of Amarillo has been elected to membership in the American Institute of Accountants. He is a certified public accountant with two degrees from Southeastern University and has two years with Russell Curtis and Graham. Born in Missouri, he qualified as a CPA by examination and belongs to the Texas Society of CPAs.
In New York on June 27 Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gov. Thomas Dewey spent almost two hours in a private conference at the general's hotel suite. It was their second meeting since MacArthur's ouster as Far Eastern commander. Neither commented on the talks. Dewey plans to depart Sunday for Korea, Japan and the Philippines. A separate forecast warns South Africa will face a desperate nurse shortage within five years.
Hollywood buyers flocked to the Hedy Lamarr auction as H. S. Moncrieff bid $250 for her rose velvet bed, saying he will win wife’s approval after a playful fight over the purchase. The sale sparked a month-long auction of Lamarr’s intimate effects with three policemen managing crowds.
Twilight Family Hour at Amarillo High School begins 6 30 tonight and ends 8 30. Miss Helen Worley directs the program featuring summer homemaking projects clothing for all ages home improvement toys and hobbies. Miss Beryl Hixon will show color slides of Europe points of interest. Exhibitors include Miss Prances Annis and other students with music refreshments and displays by Mrs Lola Pevehouse Mrs Sue Jennines Miss Puta Mae Lincecum Mrs Roy Small Miss Roberta Steele.
Last rites for Mrs. Lillian Gillum Taylor aged 72 wife of A. S. Taylor 1904 Jackson were set for 2 PM in Minco Oklahoma. Services were held at Griggs Pioneer Chapel last night and body taken to Minco. She died Monday night after living in Amarillo since 1914 born Sept 3 1878 in Pittsburg Texas. Survived by husband two brothers and a sister all residents of Oklahoma.
Huntsville dispatch reports Morris Bessard, a Houston Negro, was electrocuted at 12 01 AM for rape. He went to his death calmly with no statement. He, along with Nathaniel Edwards and Eugene McFarland, were sentenced to death for attacking a girl after clubbing her companion with a hammer on May 13 1949. Bessard was the last executed. Philippine studios now make color films.
Ben C. Burkett Jr 15 a Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School student and son of Mr and Mrs Burkett was named state winner in the 16th annual high school essay contest sponsored by the ladies auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He will receive a silver medal and a check and his essay advances to the national contest with a $1000 prize for the national winner. The Dallas encampment announced the award and national encampment August 26 31 will declare the grand prize. Dallas mother of the year Mrs Jebbie Choate is mother of eight sons in the armed forces six serving in the Pacific World War II and two now with the Marines in Korea.
In Houston June 27 a 15 cent hourly wage increase will raise pay for 30,000 construction workers starting July 6. The raise follows an agreement between the Building Trades Council AFL and the Gulf Coast Construction Employers Council, built on a cost of living escalator clause in a contract signed last October prior to a wage freeze.
A reader questions whether wedding invitations must state a cocktail reception, and how to handle a handicap without public explanation. Emily Post notes that cocktail events should avoid wedding breakfast connections and advises brief honesty about helper limitations. The column rejects changing generational suffix rules for names to reduce future confusion.
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