Egg Contests and Wind Tales From Hereford March Winds
Local column details March winds shifting from southwest to northwest with cooling temps. A humorous piece recalls Clementine the hen who laid a seven and a half inch widest egg and died, plus rival eggs from Arabella of Canadian and other entries. A Monster Egg contest offers $25 prizes for largest and widest eggs. Residents share weather notes, jokes, and a lost gold lapel pin with a reward offered.
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Mr. Tack
Clementine
G. W. Newsom
Hereford
Arabella
Tack
Poisoned dogs prompt An open letter to find culprits
A resident letters to the paper about dog poisonings at Fourteenth and Washington Street and Fifteenth and Parker. The author offers a reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible, naming personal address and noting grandchildren. The tone condemns the crime and appeals for readers to read the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Fourteenth
Washington Street
Fifteenth and
Parker
Hell
West Eighth
Postpone Funeral For E L Middick
Funeral arrangements for Edmond Leroy Middick 30 postponed because his brother is seriously ill. Middick, a Pinkney Packing Company employee and World War II veteran, died Tuesday in Northwest Texas Hospital. Body at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Survived by widow, parents, brother, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Leroy Middick
Mr. Middick
Pinkney Packing Company
Northwest Texas Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Middick
Earl R. Millard Dies at 52 in Amarillo Area
Earl R. Millard aged 52 died near noon at his daughter Mrs. B. J. Ambrose home 1606 West Twentieth after four year illness. Survived by wife another daughter Mrs. Fred Page of Amarillo and two brothers. Funeral plans pending with Boxwell Brothers Chapel. he was a Methodist and Mason.
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Earl R. Millard
B. J. Ambrose
West Twentieth
Ambrose
Fred Page
Amarillo
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Mrs. B. M. Hester Visits Ill Mother in Wichita Falls
Mrs. B. M. Hester arrived yesterday from Wichita Falls to be with her mother Celia Hitchcock who is seriously ill at Northwest Texas Hospital, 814 Harrison.
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B. M. Hester
Wichita Falls
Celia Hitchcock
Harrison
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Funeral Set For Lowndes A Panhandle Banker
Funeral services for CC J E Lowndes longtime Panhandle banker and Episcopal lay leader will be held at St Andrews Episcopal Church at 4 PM tomorrow. He died yesterday in Baylor Hospital Dallas after weeks of illness and an emergency operation. Lowndes joined First National Bank in 1891 and was its vice president at death. He helped establish the Episcopal Church here and conducted its first services as lay reader 55 years ago. Interment at Llano Cemetery with pallbearers named from banking and church circles.
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CC. J. E. Lowndes
St. Andrews’ Episcopal Church
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Mr. Lowndes
Panhandle
First National Bank
Lowndes
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Sunday School
George Quarterman
St. Andrews
Quarterman
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Charles Fisk
Dale Smiley
Virgil Patterson
Charles Ware
Howard Paul
Tom Morgan
William Pitman
T. J. Wagner
IOOF Lodge to Convene 1947 Texas Grand Lodge in Amarillo
The Odd Fellows of Texas plan their 1947 convention in Amarillo with about 2000 attendees expected. The IOOF grand lodge at Waco yesterday voted to accept the Amarillo invitation presented by Howard Elliott, the local representative, for March 16 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows of Texas
Amarillo
IOOF
Waco
Howard Elliott
Grand Lodge
Austin Overrules Rehearing Appeal
Neal Crawford of Silverton had his motion for a rehearing denied by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. He was convicted in Potter County for driving while intoxicated as a second offense, with a one year sentence after a 1944 February charge and August jury verdict. previously he was convicted at Mineral Wells. The prior appeal to the court of appeals was affirmed two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Crawford
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Crawford
Silverton
Potter County
Posey Discharged From Army at Fort Sam Houston
Pfc. Hubert O. Posey of 905 Mississippi Avenue was released for the Army on Monday at Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey
Hubert O. Posey
Mississippi
Fort Sam Houston
West Texas Conference on Veteran Services Planned
A two day meeting drafted final program for the West Texas Conference on Coordination of Veterans Services. 44 counties will send representatives for information on veterans information centers GI loan program veterans school program and surplus property. Sessions at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce with speakers from Dallas Muskogee Lubbock and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Tascosa
Banquest
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Convention Department
W. W. Rusk
Veterans Information Center
Tom Nelson
Chester Hubbard
Lubbock
R. F. Andrews
Veterans Administration
Dallas
A. R. Rousseau
Ted Clifford
U. S. Employment Service
Ted Watson
FSA
L. B. Giddens
RFC
Two Speakers to Discuss On the Job Training Session
Saturday morning forum will cover on the job training. John Stinnett, a Veterans Administration representative from Muskogee, and A. O. Willman, head of the state committee for approving educational and training institutions, headline the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stinnett
Veterans Administration
Muskogee
A. O. Willman
State Committee For Approval of
Jacob R. McCurdy Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Jacob R. McCurdy retired Rock Island employee who died yesterday at his home 819 Crockett will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Central Baptist with Rev Frank Godsoe and Rev M G Upton officiating. He was 77 and survived by his wife four sons three daughters eight stepchildren and a brother. Burial will be Llano Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. McCurdy
Rock Island
Crockett
Central Baptist Church
Frank Godsoe
M. G. Upton
White Deer
McCurdy
Earl
Jim
Lloyd McCur
Train Attack Near Mukden Report Highlights Communist Peril
The account describes a locomotive derailment and a chaotic train journey toward Mukden with Communist attacks on the line. Passengers are searched for documents with several travelers stripped and two tied and handed to police. A group of seven Chinese Nationalist field colonels accompanies the travelers amid the security push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Mukden Defense Ride Through Snowbound No Man's Land
Nine men including the driver crowded into a small hand and gasoline railcar with six capacity to reach Mukden after nightfall. The slow dash covered about 50 miles at 30 mph as snow fell. Snipers fired red tracers but no one was hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
No Man's Land
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