Teaching Flag Etiquette Urged by Texas Legion Commander
Dr. W. M. Sherwood, state commander of the American Legion, urged teaching U S flag etiquette in Texas public schools as part of civics. He said children will learn to lift hats and place hands over hearts as the flag passes, aiding patriotic decorating and proper conduct in parades. The report notes visitors Lewis Conrad of Fort Worth and George Conrad of Dalhart.
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Temple
Tex
W. M. Sherwood
American Legion
Texas
Sherwood
Texas Department of the Legion
First P T Training Course To Be Held At Canyon
Canyon Texas June 27. The first Parent Teacher training course will be hosted in Canyon from July 7 to 12 at the West Texas State Teachers College. Mrs S M N Marrs will lead five lectures and daily conferences with 125 PTAs invited from 36 Panhandle counties. The program invites all interested in closer teacher parent relations. Mrs Marrs is PT A president touring Texas districts.
Local People and Progress Notes in Amarillo Area
Thursday visits include C F Good Claude and Mr and Mrs J W Kirksey Pan handle. Wheat cutting at White Deer and Pampa began Wednesday. Oscar Seward III Dallas visits father Col Oscar Seward highway engineer. Water pressure improved near Rock Island crossing after booster pump installation. Georgia Simms Amarillo schools supervisor plans rent house in old town. R L McSpadden buys 23 acres west of Tri-State exposition grounds for lot development during the fair. Joe H Stamps Fort Worth reports postal employees seek raise. Marvin Jones praised by Washington staff.
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C. F. Good
Claude
J. W. Kirksey
Panhandle
White Deer
Pampa
Oscar Seward
Dallas
San Jacinto
Rock Island
Georgia Simms
Amarillo
Old Town
R. L. McSpadden
Tri-State Exposition Grounds
J. J. Kropff
Hereford
McSpadden
Joe H. Stamps
Fort Worth
Washington
Marvin Jones
Mr. Jones
Whittle and Spit Club Protest Over Harvest Demand
The Whittle and Spit Club protest committee laments a wheat harvest rush catching them unprepared. Members blame labor bureaus and vagrancy laws, while officials face questions of where to meet and how to avoid work as the wheat season peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittle and Spit Club
Old Guard
Petroleum Prophesiers
Providence
Bull Durham
Busthwick
Okla
Will
Florida East Coast Railway
Milwaukee Demonstrator Narrowly Escapes Tractor Mishap
W. L. Frayer of Milwaukee Wisconsin a demonstrator for the Allis-Chalmers tractor had a narrow escape in a wheat field near Littlefield Thursday. His clothing caught on a tractor wheel lug and he was thrown. He suffered a fractured leg broken bones in the foot and cuts and bruises. A farmer with him stopped the machine before further injuries. Frayer 51 was hospitalized at Northwest Texas hospital where Dr. R. M. Bennett treated him and took an X ray.
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W. L. Frayer
Milwaukee
Wis
Littlefield
Frayer
Northwest Texas Hospital
R. M. Bennett
Mr. Frayers
Local notes and arrivals fill Panhandle pages
Residents and visitors include Ellis Wilson in Canyon Mrs J Morton Smith in Amarillo and T J Lisenbee from Panhandle. A new son arrives for Frank Wilson of 207 Florida Ave. Rev H E Bullock ill in Cleburne. T B Donnell plans a wholesale coffee roasting plant in Amarillo locating at 1610 Monroe St. Wheat harvest shows 1400 acres by Henry Shafer with two combines soon and expected yield about thirty bushels. Earl Juett harvests 800 acres with 25 to 27 bushels per acre.
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J. Morton Smith
Amarillo
T. J. Lisenbee
Panhandle
Sarah Wayland
Plainview
Frank Wilson
Florida Avenue
H. E. Bullock
First Presbyterian Church
Cleburne
T. B. Donnell
Batego
Oklo
Johnson Street
Coulson Produce Company
Mr. Donnell
Monroe Street
Henry Shafer
Shafer
Earl Juett's
Juett
Cleanliness of City Lauded by the State
Amarillo earns praise from state sanitary engineer W M Ehlers for its sanitary condition and ongoing improvements. He commends camp ground cleanliness and notes EB G Ebert of the Texas board of health also surveyed the city. Photos of the municipal tourist camp were requested for a folder to showcase the city’s buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. M. Ehlers
Jeff D. Bartlett
EB. G. Ebert
Texas Board of Health
Husband acquitted after slapping wife per judge ruling
In Houston on June 28 a husband left with the baby while his wife went to a movie. He slapped her after meeting the other man and returning home, but the jury acquitted him of assault, accepting the judge's view he had a right to slap for alleged infidelity.
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Houston
Judge Campbell
Hubby
Bridenstine Returns From Prairie Dog Control Trip
A. L. Bridenstine of the United States Biological Survey has returned from Floyd county where he distributed 1500 pounds of poisoned grain to help rid the county of prairie dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Bridenstine
United States Biological Survey
Floyd County
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Lewis Conrad
George Conrad
Dalhart
P.T
Amarillo Cotton and Grain Exchange
Polk St
Amarillo Hotel
Alex Hyman & Company
New Orleans
Arizona
New Mexico
T. B. Gallaher
Santa Fe Superior SerVice
Ana
Gee
BY John Moore
Petrated
Court House
McKnight
Ellis Wilson
Canyon
Bartlett
Bridenstine
San Antonio
Alamo
Medical Corps
Medical Department
F. A. B. M. Puckett
H. H. Latson
J. B. Landers
E. F. Lanham
A. E. Winsett
Den
Hertner
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