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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1947
Page
16
The sister of Amarillo woman Mrs. E L Dixon gave birth to Judith Ann in a midget Crosley near Sherman. Mrs. C W Little and husband drove to the hospital two miles southeast of Sherman but a freight train delayed them. The baby and mother are reported fine.
Navy Armory in Amarillo will exceed $100 000 with plans by construction engineer R. B. Cool. Plans and specs will be ready for bidding by local contractors within six weeks. Changes from three Quonset huts to Butler type metal buildings with vertical walls and a V roof, concrete and tile floors, and surrounding landscaping are to be included.
The Co-Ed Club will host its regular Saturday dance starting at 8 30 tomorrow night. YMCA director W E Beene announced the event with free pre dance instruction by Fern Elliott at 7 45 and a floor show at 10 headlined by Frances Irvin, student of Dixie Dice.
Amarillo fire chiefs say last year’s losses raised insurance rates by 12 percent. They urge fire prevention to reduce hazards, explain three fire essentials fuel heat and oxygen and outline four fire classes with recommended extinguishing methods for each.
Petitions with hundreds of signatures endorsing a $750000 bond issue to enlarge Northwest Texas Hospital and add 100 beds will go to the commissioners court Monday. The hospital committee of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce led by Gene Klein circulated the petitions starting last Friday.
Potter County agent Art Brasley departs today for Fort Worth to attend the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show and its semi annual Texas County Agricultural Agents Association board meeting. Potter County grand jury convened this morning with no witnesses summoned and no meetings with DA or county attorney.
Cabinet approves in principle an expedition into Australian Antarctic territory. A short reconnaissance voyage this Summer by a naval ship with aircraft is proposed to locate an ice free base for future observations. Also notes Salvation Army founded in 1880 and Ethyl gasoline first sold in Dayton Ohio on Feb 2 1923.
Arthur Floyd Staats aged 39 and a Sunset resident died in his room at 3614 East Fifteenth at 9 30 last night after arriving four days earlier seeking work. He is survived by a widow and two children. The body was sent to Bowie today by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Virginia Lee Baker of 3418 Hayden Island was among February graduates from Cornell University’s Department of Hotel Administration in Ithaca New York. The program awards a Bachelor of Science after four years of study plus three summer internships. She belonged to Pi Beta Phi sorority and Ye Hosts hotel senior honorary society.
Firemen answered an alarm to a minor kitchen blaze at 608 Cleveland about 8 15 last night. Early yesterday morning they were called to a brooder house fire at 4000 Rio Grande with heavy damage.
West Texas State College students prepare coronation ceremonies for the 1947 personality king and queen as election clerks finalize votes tonight at 8. Mary Hanna and Ruth Patman contend for queen, Rosie Bates and Carroll Dashier vie for the personality king, with Hollywood judges selecting the top two.
The West Virginia conservation commission reports the statewide deer season saw an 82 year old man and an 11 year old boy each take a buck, marking the oldest and youngest successful hunters.
Leroy Anderson a black man was arrested at a local used car lot office and is held in Potter County jail in lieu of 1500 bond on burglary charges. He was arrested by city officers and arraigned before Justice of the Peace C W Carder.
Edward Hamilton, a Negro, is jailed in Potter County on $300 bond after arraignment before County Judge E O North cutt. He entered a not guilty plea to the theft of $11 from Knighton Drug Store.
Pvt. Jack Scott of Amarillo is assigned to Headquarters Troop, Seventh Cavalry Regiment in Tokyo after two months overseas. He wears the Victory and Occupation Ribbons and previously worked at a naval shipyard. Scott entered the Army in September 1946 and is the son of Mrs. Ruth Morear of 1806 Lincoln. The note closes with a separate line about the University of Minnesota nursing school.
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