Business Conference Postponed After Last Night Meeting
Thirty five manufacturers jobbers and wholesalers gathered at the Palo Duro hotel for the Manufacturers Jobbers and Wholesalers association meeting. Officers elected include Bob Emmett as president Henry Gooch first vice president FE H Petty second vice president O V Vernon executive secretary and H R Wees recording secretary. A board of directors named BR Higinbotham Horace Russell W A Barlow and Gus Wisk. The spring conference was postponed to late summer or fall due to other events. The next regular meeting is set for April 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro Hotel
Manufacturers
Bob Emmett
Henry Gooch
FE. H. Petty
O. V. Vernon
H. R. Wees
Horace Russell
W. A. Barlow
Gus Wisk
Tolzien
Tractor School to Be Held at Ganyon
The West Texas State Teachers College tractor school opens Wednesday afternoon April 16 and runs each Wednesday until June 1. KR Bergfeld Jr of Allie Chalmers Manufacturing will lead the first field demonstration, with a different company presenting each week. Seventy agriculture majors at the college will view demonstrations from local tractor firms, coordinated by Professor JR Phillips. Interested farmers should contact Phillips for the demonstration date of their preferred line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
KR. Bergfeld, Jr
Allie Chalmers Manufacturing Company
JR Phillips
Agricultural Department
Mr. Phillips
C D to Start Work on Delegate List for 1925 Trip
Committees from the Board of City Development will begin soon seeking persons to make the May 1925 convention trip from Amarillo to Mineral Wells for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting. O V Vernon says rates and other expenses will be announced in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Development
Amarillo
West Texas
Woolworth opens Amarillo store with grand opening sales
The Woolworth store at Sixth and Polk streets in Amarillo opens from 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM with Tolzien's orchestra providing music. Manager C. Peck leads fittings and display while R A Young oversees operations. About forty workers assist with the store’s grand opening and a large bargain sale begins Saturday with every item at or below 15 cents and further reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth
Texas
Amarillo
Sixth
Polk Streets
Co. C. Peck
Dallas
Tolzien’s
R. A. Young
Abilene
Mr. Young
J. J. McCarty
San Angelo
L. W. Hamlin
Wicchita Falls
John Kerr
Altus
Okla
R. M. Lansford
Roswell
New Mexico
Wale
Peck
From a Small Store to a $100 Million Enterprise
The piece traces a humble shop expanding for forty three years into a giant firm with $225 million yearly business and $700 stock financed by borrowed funds, a story that reads like a fairy tale rather than a mere business record.
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Palo Duro
Yenth and
Grant
Ganyon
Bb. C.D
Mount Hope Nurseries
van Buren Streets
John F. Dwight
Mer
Orchestra
Amarillo Sign CO
D. R. Sanders
Prop
6Th Street
Pak
Tyler
Bonton Bakery
Taylor
F. W. Woolworth CO
Polk Street
Corner 6Th and
Polk
OUR
Candy Department
Durham
Emby
Fifth Ave
Wrigley's
Keen, Ov
Vancy
Hoffman House
Vicur
Arden Ang
Colgate’s
Cectar
Utenras
Ane
Duke Drug CO
Chiropractic
J. F. Bromert
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