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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
2
Emily Post answers reader questions on wedding gift thanks. A bride asks how long to acknowledge gifts. guidance emphasizes unlimited time and simple notes. Host and guest wine tasting etiquette is explained. host tastes, not hostess, and signatures use Mrs unless name fits gender-neutral.
Lombardy poplar trees offered free to any taker. Contact via phone 9651. Also seeking companionship for Saturdays and evenings with children, willing to furnish references and having own transportation. Phone 3-7231.
A reader offers a blue size 10 boys suit in exchange for a size 12, or willing to sell for five dollars. Call 2 5038 for details.
If the finder of a package from Skaggs' will return the Roux dye and peroxide, they may keep the pen set as reward. Phone 7308. Mrs. Cook.
Experienced in laundries as a finisher offers ironing services at home. Also available for crochet work. Contact Mrs Smith at 1300 Johnson, phone 3 4261.
A gold ear screw was found in the 1300 block of South Taylor. If the owner calls and identifies it, they may recover it. Contact Mrs. R. F. Stewart at 1308 South Taylor.
A youth named Andre Palmateer writes Mr Tac Tamang offering to work after 4 PM and all day Saturdays to finish the school year. He lists yardwork as a desired task and provides contact details at 411 Madison and phone 6195.
A yard work ad offers satisfaction guaranteed with payment in two installments one half after completion of work and the rest when grass comes up. Respondents are asked to leave their address and phone number for the Yard Man at 311 West Thirteenth rear.
A widow at 100 Harrison advertises extensive hotel and domestic skills including babysitting, laundry, and cooking. She offers to trade Gunn Bros stamps for Green Stamps and silverware coupons and invites interested locals to call 3-2066 with contact details. She also seeks sitter tutor work twice weekly to help her 13 year old son with math.
A reader reports a missing blue suit coat containing a pair of false teeth. The finder is asked to call 3-5578. Also a message seeks a cattle dog for a farm near Amarillo Texas Route 4 Box 436.
A brief item notes someone offering ironing services at 65 cents per hour. The text is brief and unclear about location or full details but indicates a low hourly rate for ironing chores.
A widow in Pleasant Valley seeks a helper to tend a garden on the shores. She will supply water and assistance when possible and asks interested persons to call 3-1061 after 6 pm or Sunday morning.
A Baylor University ring was found in the courthouse and may be claimed at Tack's office by the owner.
A 6 year old seeks help to locate a green and ivory 20 inch Schwinn bicycle for his birthday. It has a light, horn, and streamlined frame. He hasn’t seen it since Monday evening and offers a $10 reward. Call 3-3837.
owner sought for a missing Pekingese reported by a caregiver. This male dog, black and buff in color, has been in care for a month and inquires for the owner. Contact phone 3 5106 or visit 2900 Monro for details.
Jewel Jones seeks steady domestic work and offers reliable help. Call 3 5757 for arrangements.
Mrs C J Jewett states she will care for children in her home while mothers work and provides contact by phone. The listing frames a local in home child care option and invites inquiries.
A reader pleads for clothing and shoes for children, seeking any donations of sizes 7 to 8 for shoes. They state they cannot work due to caring for small children and offer to pick up items.
Hollywood's Hornsby dazzles a W Hollywood supper club with a five hour nonstop, gaffe laden act. He hollers creesh pours dry ice on patrons, ties scarves to create a brassiere gag, and performs stunts from trapeze to rafters while the audience cheers his wild acts and offbeat humor.
The Sunday lesson using the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's work emphasizes that true substance is eternal Spirit rather than matter. Golden Text proclaims God’s works endure forever, while Corinthians and the Science text underline that God’s plans are prepared for those who love Him.
A letter recalls Will Rogers visits to the Knight family near Amarillo and his first ranch job with Runningwater Draw. It notes Rogers as a symbol of the Great West, praises Amon G. Carter for erecting the statue, and honors his legacy as America’s Ambassador of Good Will in a nostalgic Plainview tribute.
Citizens across states discuss funding drought relief by seeding dry ice to provoke rain in the Panhandle. Warehousemen, drivers, and salesmen weigh in on practicality and tax impacts while noting uncertain effectiveness. References to livestock, agriculture, and regional drought echo the broader climate debate.
The Sunday horoscope highlights strong mental powers and artistic talent for March 12. It advises focus to avoid dissipating energies, suggests pairing with a partner who values commercial potential, and notes possibilities of wealth through a family partnership.
The Oklahoma oil fortune of Mrs. Mattie Anderson Knight, 42, was placed in a five year trust while she recovers from illness. Her daughter Lou Ann Zellers claimed incompetence due to drugs, but Judge Samuel R. Blake ruled she understands her property. If Mrs Knight dies within the term, the funds go to her daughter.
The Dallas Semi-Weekly News (1906) reports Charles William Post bought 225000 acres in West Texas for about 750000 to found a utopian settlement. Waterworks built by 1910, but town remained largely unsettled at his 1914 death. Post backed rain making tests with kites and high explosives. results varied. A cotton mill he founded still operates. Studies note 15 percent of drivers cause 90 percent of accidents.
A compilation of transfer deeds shows G B Jordan and wife to Bess Gill north 14 percent of lot 23 and all of lots 24 block 12 Wolflin Place. Neelys to Biggers acre tract 99 revised Pleasant Valley. Walter to Maguire lot 8 block 19 Fairview. Crawfords to Cunningham lots 9 and 10 block 10 Industrial Townsite. Hacker executor to Davidson lot 1 block 7 Famous Heights Park. Beverleys to Kyle McLain south 5 feet of lot 4 and all of lot 5 block 61 Wolflin Park No 4. Franklins to Bray lot 6 block 46 San Jacinto Heights. Stover to Word lot 23 block 10 Ridgemere. North Amarillo Development to Feck lot 9 west half of lot 10 block 14 East Amarillo Subdivision. Word to Stover lot 4 block 10 Ridgemere. Marriage license issued for Arthur Lee Lewis and Eileen McCall Albright.
Historians explain the current calendar error arises from misalignment by about one day every 3,000 years. The discrepancy accumulates as leap year rules fail to perfectly match Earth's orbital period, prompting occasional adjustments in long-term timekeeping.
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