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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1946
Page
7
Thirteen directors of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will be elected Saturday. Polls open from 9 a m to 5 p m at the election booth in the Amarillo Building. Balloting will be secret. Directors are elected annually per the organization's constitution and by laws.
The ones elected Saturday will be gin serving two year terms April 15 Nominees for directors include: W. N. Barrick, John K. Boyce, Van A. Bruner, C. F. Collier, John Ful lingim, Key Purr, W. M. Gray, L. M. Griffin, W. B. Gunn, E. W. Hardin, Raymond Hollingsworth, Shelby Kruser, Ben Lane, John Laughlin, H. S. McCray, A. F. Madison, Pred Miller, Joe Morris, Jesse Rogers, Phil Reppert, Jay Taylor, Rip Un derwood, R. E. Wertz, Tom Win gate, C. E. Weymouth.
Amarillo High School students prepared for Corrigan Week starting Monday. The week centers on girls asking for dates, borrowing cars, escorting partners, paying for outings, and treating boys to after-show drinks, reflecting a local social ritual.
Max L. Price a Philadelphia butcher trapped a housebreaker by locking him in the shop refrigerator until police arrived. The intruder fled Price's residence and hid in the shop prior to capture.
C E Birkmeyer Jr seaman first class will report for duty at the Naval Training Station in Astoria Oregon after a two week leave. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C E Birkmeyer of 609 Prospect and recently transferred from Bremerton separation center. Birkmeyer joined the Navy last year after Amarillo High School graduation and will perform yeoman duties in the engineer's office.
The record notes nine colleges established in colonial America prior to the American Revolution, highlighting early higher education institutions that shaped colonial society and the fledgling nation's intellectual landscape.
Postmaster W D DeGrassi of Amarillo will address Texas postmasters at the Austin convention on March 23 on Servicemen Are Returning Thank Goodness. He led the Texas Chapter No 18 in 1938 and serves on the executive committee, meeting with Postmaster General Bob Hannegan as a guest. Official dates are March 23 24 25.
Motor Machinist's Mate Third Class J C Wilson of 104 Kentucky has been discharged from the U S Navy per the Naval Personnel Separation Center Shoemaker California. Envelopes for letters did not come into use until 1839 and forefathers folded letters and sealed them with wax with the address on the back.
Col. Jesse Auton, chief of staff at Amarillo Army Air Field since October, is appointed commanding officer of Lowry Field Colorado. The Army Air Forces Technical Training Command also promotes Col. William P. Sloan to command chief of staff and assigns Col. Louis R. Hughes Jr. as deputy chief of staff. Sloan served with Air Transport Command overseas and Hughes led the 51st Fighter Group overseas.
Lt. Arthur C. Smith in charge of the Army Recruiting Station returns to Amarillo after touring the Panhandle to establish three new sub stations. Q. D. Freeman will direct new offices in Canyon courthouse and Hereford Post Office. Master Sgt. Fred Daggett assigned to the Canadian station in the courthouse.
C. M. McEnroe is appointed master mechanic of the Rock Island Lines Panhandle Division with headquarters in Dalhart. He has served as acting master mechanic since July 1945 and began with the Rock Island in 1917 as a fireman on the Western Division. He became a road foreman of equipment in 1941 after being made an engineer in 1937.
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