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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1950
Page
23
A 1950 advertisement showcases a distinctive heater priced at 22.95 with a 3.00 savings offer. It promotes the eee eerie and danette branded styling in light blue finish, emphasizing value and limited time appeal. The copy suggests a consumer product sale typical of mid-century home goods catalogs.
Miss Waurine Walker president of the Texas State Teacher Association will keynote the Amarillo Classroom Teachers Association public relations dinner in the high school auditorium tomorrow at 7. J. H. Flathers will toastmaster with E T Evans giving the invocation. Mrs Janie Alexander presiding at greetings from the Texas Classroom Teachers Association. Herman Smith school board president to present members and wives. Music by the Harmonettes.
Funeral services for Sam A. Cash aged 69 of Amarillo are pending at N. S. Griggs & Sons. He died after a heart attack at Northwest Texas Hospital. Survivors include brother J. A. Cash of Oklahoma and cousin Lonnie Parr of Dalhart. Food index unchanged at $5.85 as Dun & Bradstreet reports this week.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today affirmed William R. Ray’s death sentence for raping a Fort Worth schoolgirl. Presiding Judge Hawkins dissented, calling the indictment fatally defective. The defense argued lack of original judgment canceled prior appeals, but the court ruled the proper procedure was followed.
Elwood Goolsby, 24, of 1100 East Fourth, remained critical at North west Texas Hospital after a fire in a Green Acres Addition apartment. He suffered first degree burns over much of his body when his clothing ignited while applying wood filler to a floor. He escaped through a shattered window and was aided by R W Cooper who extinguished the flames and treated a severe cut to his arm. He was hospitalized by N S Griggs & Sons ambulance.
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to review a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Court for Domestic Relations created for Amarillo. County Judge E. F. Jordan and Potter County Commissioners sought a mandamus to force the county auditor to approve vouchers for furniture and fixtures for the court and offices. The trial court and Court of Civil Appeals ruled the court unconstitutional, saying the act created it was outside the constitution.
Funeral arrangements are pending at N. S. Griggs & Sons for George Troester aged 64 of 319 North Tyler. He died yesterday in Northwest Texas Hospital after a two month illness. He had lived in Amarillo ten years with survivors DeWitt Troester Kansas City Harry Troester Hollywood and John Troester Davenport.
Roy Adams of Kress parked at the police station block last night and found damage to his car upon return. A mid night disturbance left the vehicle pried and the scene described as vandalism by unidentified individuals.
Mrs. Willie Brown sister of R P Stewart of 1308 Taylor died today after a long illness in the home of her daughter Mrs Glenn Arnette in Marshall Texas.
Alfonso Johnson a noted Dallas advertising and insurance executive died in a Dallas hospital after a heart attack Tuesday. He was 70 and had been a prominent figure in the business community.
Twenty two crew leaders for twenty eight Texas counties began a six day training session in the Post Office Building under Census Bureau official James M Lindsay. The training runs through Saturday with additional sessions next week. Leaders will train enumerators starting in their county seats as the April 1 census date nears.
Miss Midge Timmons chief deputy in the tax assessor collector's office notes the Potter County 1950 license plates sale moves slowly with 3791 sold by mid morning Feb 1. Officials estimate 16000 or more will be sold by March 31 the deadline for current owners. The last tag sold was AS-4941 noting ranges AS-1150 to AS-9999 AT-10 to AT-9999 AU-10 to AU-2699. Office to stay open 23 more days this month. English auto manufacturers explore steam cars to reduce gasoline imports.
The Amarillo VA office will keep its nine local staffers as a nationwide payroll cut reduces 7,800 jobs. The regional office headquartered in Lubbock will shed 25 positions, part of a national economy move ordered by Gen. Carl R. Gray Jr. in Washington.
Paul Gatten of 1519 Pierce reports a gust shifted an arrow sign for a cafe under construction, reversing it to point toward another cafe already open across the street on Canyon Highway. The incident notes the wind’s impact on local signage.
Advertisement notes that the modern honorable match was invented in 1911 by William A. Fairburn.
Amarillo city commission rejected a protest to rescind approval of the West Lawn Terrace Addition No 1 plat. Residents protested street design with houses backing Western Street, seeking changes. FHA had refused prior approval, citing unplatted land west of Western.
At the meeting officials canvassed returns of the $1,250,000 street improvement bond election held Feb 28. Under terms of the contract the railroad will pay about half of the cost of the overpass structure. Other routine matters were transacted.
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