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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1946
Page
3
Amarillo officials urge wage earners over 65 and survivors to file Social Security claims to receive benefits. John R. Sanderson notes many eligible people have not applied, risking lost payments as applications rise postwar with more people eligible and employers contributing.
A reader asks about proving ownership with a reward offer in downtown Amarillo between 3 and 7 P M. A 13 year old seeks to care for neighbor children at 3009 Taylor St while Mrs Frank Moore seeks a woman to help get children ready for school from 6 to 11 mornings at 200 Louisiana.
Brown purse with change and rings lost by Mrs. Miller with reward offered. Finder asked to contact 301 Fast Fourth at the Southern Coffee Shop.
A rose point lace handkerchief lost in or near Polk Street Methodist Church on February 10. It holds sentimental value. Reward offered. finder should call 5877.
Downtown shoppers report loss of a birthday pearl string and two scarfs between J C Penney and Newberrys. A black cloth purse with a ladies watch, billfold, five dollars, and a large knife was left near Tenth and Pierce. Call 20991 or Mae at 20316 to claim.
Mrs. D R Smith requests return of a lost purse and valuable papers found in Amarillo. A reward is offered. finder should contact Mrs. S R Smith at 1108 South Pierce. Papers were addressed to Long Beach California.
Jeanette Ballard reports a small brown purse with a few articles missing from the east side of Northwest Texas Hospital on March 12. Call 5077. Contact 910 Milam Street.
A reader reports losing a purse with a wrist watch and important papers around 5 30 PM Wednesday near 1300 block South Arthur. The finder may keep the money but should return the watch and papers. Contact Benita Bictela at 1909 Arthur or Rt 2 Box 78 or call 6435.
A license holder from the Clarendon Motor Co named Jewell Comfort is missing. The finder should call 7871 during the morning to collect a reward.
I lost a package Saturday in Can yon containing wearing apparel. If found please notify Mrs. E. L. Mathies Box 172 Hereford. I will pay a reward.
A reader reports losing three large keys and a small one on a ring between 608 North Taylor and 214 North East Fifth and offers a liberal reward for return by calling 2-2619. Another finder found a fountain pen at 19th and Fillmore by the bus stop and asks the owner to call 1806 Buchanan Street with a description to recover it. A Blue Parker fountain pen with the owner's name engraved was also lost, with a reward offered for contact at 1301 Jefferson. JOHNNY FURBACH.
Nine year old Mildred Knight reports missing pink rimmed glasses in a brown leather case. She lost them Friday either at Wolflin School or on the way home to 615 West 21st Street and offers a reward for their return. call 6538.
Two Chinese Elm shade trees and several other trees plus lilac bushes to be given away. Call 25296 or 7752 after six to arrange digging.
A reader reports finding an envelope in Amarillo on a Wednesday containing money and a request for funds. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
A finder turned in money with a Baxter name on the envelope at the desk. The owner can claim it by contacting Box 21 in Miami Texas.
Louis Dodd seeks farm or dairy employment. A 32 year old with a wife and three children. Experience in both fields and references available. Contact 412 North Fourth Street Seminole Oklahoma. Mrs A O Brown notes a baby gift package found at corner of 10th and Taylor with owner callers at 1215 Taylor.
Beautiful English Setter out of Jay Tee's Diana No 272855, owned by Sergeant Don No 272819. Registered in The American Field Dog Book. Small apartment makes it hard to keep. Call 2-3098. Mrs Gildea.
Mrs McKisson of 2509 South Hayes asks for a home for Lassie the farm dog, gentle with children and good with cattle. Mrs G C Whatley seeks a depensie housekeeper and cook for 1 to 2 months at a farm two and a half miles south of Groom, Box 44.
Ronald Fef Prien reports lost school books from St Mary's Academy and offers a reward. Contact 22721 at 2204 Buchanan for return.
More than 40000 volumes of Italian literature, many detailing Fascism, have been shipped to the U S Library of Congress since the Allied invasion.
Manuel Sanchez, library representative, notes postwar book purchases included historical, technical, and political volumes not available during the war. He explains dealers faced reluctance to sell Fascist literature, fearing accusations of Fascism for stocking it.
Herbert Meyer of Aspinwall Pa has spent ten years gathering 147 music boxes. The collection ranges from pocket sized pieces to a Baker Troll piano sized box, with every item producing a tune at a touch.
Meyer hosts a Swiss made box with glass cage showing tiny musicians, early Victrola and Regina machines, a two-tune two-coin Regina, and a German Wurlitzer Piano Melodica. His stacks include large German bee steins, a grandmother’s sewing kit clock, and 187 pipes with 125 carved by Meyer. Also notes eels slip past foes due to smooth, slippery skin.
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