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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
8
In the Panhandle between Amarillo and Lubbock thousands of wild ducks devastate crops like millet and milo maizes. Farmers ignite gasoline lamps and raise scarecrows to deter the birds, but ducks feed by day on lakes and raid fields by night, with a farmer reporting a near total consumption of a large milo stack in Amarillo.
A new paper in Mayo Yukon, the Mayo Reno Bulletin, is printed by editor Marie Fotheringham using a typewriter and carbon sheets. It aims for twice weekly issues and covers world events, local notes, health, and radio news from Dawson City and government updates.
A terse verse notes the edge of spring with cold winds, bright snow, slushy pavement, and nightly frozen pipes. The speaker asserts defiance that it is spring and declares indifference to others' opinions.
D. E. Ramsey left the Cotton Special at Jerico yesterday and returned to Amarillo. The party divided at Shamrock with half going to Jerico. The tour ends tomorrow at McLean. On April 14 the Rock Island will run another agricultural education campaign through Western Oklahoma. Judge L. Gough and Mr. Ramsey have been asked to join again.
Five children are now in care at the Children's Home in Amarillo. The youngsters are Carl Hedrick 7, Esterlee Myer 11, Catherine Meyer 9, Cleo Meyer 7, and Nevary Meyer 5.
River Road Parent-Teacher Association plans a meeting tonight with a special pupil arranged program. Speakers include Mrs. J S Kendrick, president of the mothers council, and Mrs Griggs.
Clara Belle Shean files for divorce from John Shean in district court alleging gross neglect of duty and non support. The couple married in 1907 and have two daughters aged 16 and 13.
The Amarillo Rotary club’s On To Wichita Falls Committee produced a new official district song for the thirteenth district conference. A localized version of It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo by Wendell Hall, titled It Ain't Gonna Slow No Mo, with thirteen verses, was sung at yesterday’s luncheon.
Postmaster William Kenyon presents photographs proving cotton was grown in the South Plains twenty years ago. The images depict Kenyon in his wagon yard at Canyon and a scene of Charley Durham’s Plainview freight with mules and wagons hauling lumber from Canyon to Plainview, illustrating early farming activity and transport.
A mix of short items notes visits vacancies and health updates from Plainview San Angelo Wichita Falls Fort Worth and other Texas locales. Mentions include Miss Kola Spring visiting San Angelo and Wichita Falls fr Sk Kearns attending a grain dealers meeting in Fort Worth Emil F Myers announcing a vocal contest for boys 12 and under at the Panhandle Music Festival and bids planned for plumbing improvements at the Federal building.
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