Scouting Around With Our Girls Movement Birth Day News
March 12 marks the Girl Scout birthday tracing to Juliette Gordon Low and a Savannah founding meeting in 1912. The article notes 1.4 million Girl Scouts, 68,000 local troops, and a global friendship project with school kits for 28 countries. It details local troop activities at Forest Hill, Horace Mann, Margaret Wills, Humphreys High, and Sanborn schools, with investitures, skits, box suppers, overseas kits, and leaders coordinating events and feasts.
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Pegge Defenbaugh
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
Lord Baden-Powell
Great Britain
United States
Girl Scout Movement
International Friendship Project
Law School Annex
D. G. Holtz
H. L. Scott
Humphreys Highland School
Sharon Porterfield
Old
Memorial Park Dedication Planned by City Officials
Veterans organization officers will meet tomorrow with Mark Miles park superintendent and Jack Haas city recreation director to discuss plans for dedicating Memorial Park. The ceremony is scheduled for May 30 and will be the principal event of the Memorial Day observance in Amarillo. The park lies between Washington and Jackson Streets from Twenty-Second to Twenty-Eighth Avenues, the latest city park to be completed. The meeting is set for tomorrow at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Veterans Organization
Mark Miles
Jack Haas
Memorial Park
Amarillo
Washington and
Jackson Streets
Twenty-Second
Twenty-Eighth Avenues
Amarillo Park
Early 16th Century Maps Describe New Lands as Islands
The era’s early maps depicted the New World as island extensions off the Chinese mainland coast. Cartographers framed unknown territories as maritime isles near Cathay, reflecting limited exploration and geographic knowledge of the period.
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New World
Cathay
Dog Ignores Thief But Snaps at Law Dog
In Chicago Stanley Cole recalls his husky collie Geronimo remaining calm in a back seat as his luggage vanished during a downtown pickup. Later parked again a jam formed with streetcars blocked and police struggled to regain order while the dog baring fangs held the law at bay.
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Dog
Law
Chicago
Stanley Wr
Cole
Geronimo
Man
Monaco Citizenship Rule Requires Four Generations Residency
A proposed rule states that only individuals who have resided in Monaco for four generations may apply for citizenship. The measure emphasizes longstanding local ties and aims to tighten eligibility for naturalization.
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Monaco
Homogenized Milk Process Described In Simple Terms
A basic definition explains homogenized milk as whole milk treated to break fat globules into tiny pieces to stop cream from rising to the top. The description notes mechanical processing achieves uniform texture and prevents separation during storage.
Amarillo Declares March 1950 Red Cross Month
Mayor E. H. Klein designates March 1950 as Red Cross month citing 126 365 15 dollars spent in 1949 aiding disaster victims in Amarillo with food clothing shelter and medical care and urging support for a 1950 fund drive by the Potter County Chapter. The proclamation notes Red Cross services to servicemen and families and calls for generous citizen contributions to sustain health education and welfare programs.
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Red Cross
Amarillo
Gene Klein
American Red Cross
The
Potter County
I. E. H. Klein
Texas
Rice Institute Alumni Meet Set
Reservations are now being made for a Rice Institute Alumni meeting Friday night at the Marine Grill. Former Rice students may call Dr. E. B. M. Roberts Jr. at 5111 or 83 4056. Whitlock Zanders Jr. and two Rice coaching staff members will attend. A food tip suggests mashing pimiento cream cheese with hard boiled eggs and a touch of mustard and onion.
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Rice Institute
Marine Grill
Rice
EB. M. Roberts, Jr
Whitlock Zanders, Jr
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Amarillo Warehouse CO
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