Amarillo Considers Bond Issue For Schools Tonight
The Amarillo School Board meets at 8 pm to discuss a proposed 3 percent million dollar bond issue to fund a major school program. Plans reportedly include 440,000 for senior high remodeling, about 1.5 million for a new junior high south of 24th, and a new elementary between 38th 40th and Parker Lipscomb. Voting on the bond and two board seats is set for April 1.
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Amarillo
Johnson
Bonham and
Milam
Parker and Lipscomb
Beaumont Rites For Mrs Bruner
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Bruner 21, of Beaumont were held at Angelus Hotel with Backwell Brothers Funeral Home in charge. She died Sunday morning at Underwood Clinic. Born February 9 1919 in Port Neches she was a Baptist. Survivors include husband Clinton two daughters Carol Lynn Madeline her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Leger of Beaumont and a brother Mrs Leroy Leger of St Louis Mo.
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Ella Bruner
Angelus
Beaumont
Backwell Brothers Funeral Home
Madeline
Lawrence Leger
Leroy Leger
St. Louis
Accident Victim's Condition Is Good
Mrs Marion Levita Hailey of Dalhart remained in good condition per St Anthony's nurses this morning after an automobile crash near Conway yesterday afternoon involving a truck driven by William Avis Rhodes Alan Reed. Also hurt were Maudena Rhodes 32 and Jackie 14 Rhodes. Odes and her son were treated then discharged. Hailey transported by Blackburn Shaw ambulance.
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Marion Levita Hailey
Dalhart
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hailey
Conway
William Avis Rhodes
Alan Reed
Maudena Rhodes
Jackie
Odes
Poston- Simpson
Panhandle
Blackburn-Shaw
Radio Thieves Get 30 Day Jail Terms
Two men pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in county court and received 30 day jail terms. Bill W. Reezer of Blue Ridge Texas and Rufus H. Abbott of Salt Lake City were accused of stealing a radio from a car near the Capitol Hotel. The vehicle owner was Robert P. Elmerrick of Alberta, Canada, and County Judge Gene Jordan imposed the sentences.
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Bill W. Reezer
Blue Ridge
Tex
Rufus H. Abbott
Salt Lake City
Capitol Hotel
Robert P. Elmerrick
Alberta
Canada
Gene Jordan
Poland to seize church land under new law
Premier Jozef Cyrankiewicz told parliament that Poland will take over large church land holdings under a law to be presented soon. The disclosure came as government moves to reform property ownership in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Amarillo School Board Election Set For April First
Local, congressional, and state politics include a school board vote in Amarillo on April 1. Incumbents Herbert O. Willborn and Herman Smith face limited terms. Willborn seeks his first elective term after a fall appointment to fill Dick Bivins’s unexpired term. Smith, president of the board, may run for a second term. board to call the election at tonight’s meeting.
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Amarillo
Herbert O. Willborn
Herman Smith
Willborn
Dick Bivins
Winborm
Smith
County Considers Printing Plan Amid Budget Talk
County commissioners weighed two options for business forms printing. Commissioner John Halley proposed using Northwest Texas Hospital equipment to cut annual costs from about 3600 to 2500 dollars. County Judge Gene Jordan favored an annual contract, as an alternative to buying new printing equipment with a budget of 1800 dollars.
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John Halley
Northwest Texas Hospital
Gene Jordan
Shamrock Oil Firm Reelects Directors
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation stockholders reelected directors at a morning meeting in the Amarillo Building offices. Reelected are J. H. Dunn president, Ray C. Johnson vice president and general counsel, and Ross D. Rogers all of Amarillo, with R. G. Morrison of Colorado Springs, Ralph Euler and Frank Denton of Pittsburgh, Frank J. Humphrey and Laurence M. Marks of New York City.
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Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation
Amarillo
J. H. Dunn
Ray C. Johnson
Ross D. Rogers
R. G. Morrison
Colorado Springs
Ralph 8. Euler
Frank D. Denton
Pitsburgh
Frank J. Humphrey
Laurence M. Marks
New York City
City to Name Architect for Amarillo Air Terminal
City commissioners plan to hire an architect to design the new terminal building at Amarillo Air Terminal. They met Friday with local architects and will hold further conferences tomorrow. Mayor Gene Klein said the city will likely employ an architect within a week or ten days.
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City Commission
Amarillo Air Terminal
Gene Kiein
Newbold Appointed Deputy in County Tax Office
County commissioners confirmed S F Newbold of 211 Arch Terrace as deputy to Hubert Cole, tax assessor collector, with duties handling records and tax monies. The appointment brings the office to 13 deputies. Sea slugs swim in the water or crawl on the ocean floor.
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S. F. New Id
Arch Terrace
Hubert Cole
Newbold
Cole
City Parks Await Spring Work and Upgrades
Work to plant trees at Forest Hill and Benton parks will begin within days under park superintendent Mark Miles. Amarillo parks receive 40 new picnic tables and concrete table tennis tables to boost facilities. Winter brought 16 reinforced concrete tables. San Jacinto Park sidewalks finished. evergreens sprayed for scale. tennis courts may get basketball goals. Thompson Park pool chlorination system to be improved with new pipe layout for better chlorine balance.
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Forest Hill
Benton Parks
Mark Miles
Amarillo
Park Department
San Jacinto Park
Thompson Park
Defer Action on Back Taxes Roll
Potter County commissioners postponed a plan urged by tax assessor Hubert Cole to hire an Austin firm to compile delinquent tax rolls for 1946 through 1948 at five cents per line. Cole projected about $600 total cost and said consolidating records would save time and effort in his office. The delay followed County Judge Gene Jordan's suggestion to allocate funds in the county budget.
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Potter County
Hubert Cole
Austin
Cole
Gene Jordan
Whitehead Approved as County Jailer
The county approved J B Whitehead as jailer to succeed J W Stouse who resigned. The appointment takes effect March 1 and Whitehead will work the night shift.
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Potter County
J. B. Whitehead
J. W. Stouse
Whitehead
Raymond Holley Dies at 31 in Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Raymond Samuel Holley of Littlefield, 31, died at 6 AM at Amarillo Veterans Hospital after two days’ hospitalization. A World War II veteran, he will be buried at Littlefield Methodist Church with services at 2 PM tomorrow. He is survived by his parents, two brothers Troy and Cecil, a sister group including Mrs Shoop, Mrs Green, Mrs Connell, and Mrs Coate, and brother E. E. Holley.
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Raymond Samuel Holley
Littlefield
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
E. E. Holley
North Hayes
Holley
Littlefield Methodist Church
Griggs & Sons
Amarillo
EF. F
Bus stop assault robs woman as she waited for 5 30 am bus
A 21 year old Southside woman waiting for a Consolidated Vultee Aircraft plant bus was slugged and robbed by a Black man around 5 30 am Sunday. He asked about the bus then struck her in the face and dragged her toward an alley before taking her possessions.
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Fort Worth
U.P
South _ side
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Plant
Plan Rummage Sale By Annie Lockett Guild
The Annie Lockett Guild of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will hold a rummage sale all day Saturday at 601 East Fourth.
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Annie Lockett Guild of
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
East Fourth
Ancient Egyptians Made Ice By Freezing Water Overnight
Ancient Egyptians filled shallow porous pans with water in the early evening and allowed them to freeze overnight, creating ice for use the next day.
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Reelects Directors
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Bill McClendon
Raymond Holley
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