Around Town Notes of Local Residents and Births
THUMBNAIL section lists visitors and family arrivals including Mee patterning from New York City staying with son Ter and Mere DD Patten at 2167 Lipscomb and Edith Lydecker of Dallas visiting. Birth announcements at St Anthony's Hospital and other medical notes for numerous residents, staff, and travelers, with several names and addresses across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee
W. G. Pattern
New York City
Ter
Mere
DD. M. Patten
Lipscomb
Miles Bivins
West Sixteenth
Bivens
Edith Lydecker
Dallas
Lydecker
Navy Gunner Served Eight Years at Sea
Cullous C. Magness a gunner’s mate first class served eight years in the Navy seven before Pearl Harbor. A radio man on a submarine in 1923 30 he returned in 1944 and after overseas service a year is now at San Diego naval hospital. He previously worked for Hudson in Detroit and is married to Stella Wright of San Antonio. His brother Allie C. Magness served 34 months overseas with the Sixth Armored Division and was wounded at Anzio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Cullous C. Magness
Ida Magness
Taylor
J. A. Patrick
United States
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Nicaragua
Hudson Motor Company
Detroit
Paris High School
Stella Wright
San Antonio
Tech
Allie C. Magness
Northern Ireland
North Africa
Italy
Sixth Armored Division
Anzio
Modesto
Cal
Teen-Agers Form Independent City Youth Club Trend
New youth centers emerged nationwide in 1944 with city backing or as independent groups. Amarillo teens created Jam Jar from the 501 Club financing and running their center without city help. Towanda Pa city bought and repurposed a hotel into a youth gathering place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amarillo
Jam Jar
Towanda
International City Managers Association
Durham
N. C
Muskegon
Mich
Augusta
St. Paul
Lt Horace Martin Reported Missing Now Prisoner of Germany
Lt. Horace A. Martin son of Mr and Mrs W N Martin 402 Forest was missing in action February 7 and is now listed as a prisoner of war by the War Department with the International Red Cross as the source. He piloted a B 24 Liberator with the Fifteenth Air Force and was reported missing after a raid over Austria last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Alton Martin
William N. Martin
Forest
War Department
International Red Cross
Amarillo
Leutenant
Martin
Fifteenth Air Force
Austria
Night at the movies before a looming strike
The narrator recalls washing a dirty item to avoid smell, then watching The Magnificent Dope with fellow workers after supper. He notes the crowd thinning to half and foresees no rest tomorrow as tension rises before the anticipated strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moul
USO Snack Bar Celebrates Two Years In Amarillo
The Downtown USO Club snack bar marks its second anniversary with famed super burgers selling for 10 to 15 cents. The bar offers milk, chips, sandwiches, malts, milk shakes, cake and pie. This month the business has reached about 3600 dollars. Mrs. William Diebels runs the snack bar with McCartt’s providing a birthday cake this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Club
Amarillo
McCartt’s
William Diebels
Hallmarks Return From Visit To Oakland
After visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E P Hallmark at 1003 Jefferson Miss Sara Beth Hallmark has returned to Oakland California Mires Hallmark is a demonstrator in the drafting department at Alameda Naval Base in Oakland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston M. Stivers
San Diego
F. L. Stone
Rusk
Kate Faulkner
W. Grandis
Barry
Phoenix, Ariz
Lee Brown
Alabama
P. S. McClendon
Belleview
E. P. Hallmark
Jefferson
Sara Beth Hallmark
Oakland
Cal
Mires Hallmark
Alameda Naval Base
Weatherstrip Now And Delay Payments
The Federal Housing Administration allows deferral of initial loan payments for loans issued after April 2 until November 1, 1945 if proceeds fund insulation storm sash and fuel saving measures. The plan aims to prepare homes for winter during summer to avoid fall congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Andersons Called To Bedside Of Father In Vernon
W L Anderson and Mrs J E Robinson visit W H Anderson at a Vernon bedside, as family members travel to be with him in his hour of need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Anderson
A Adama
J. E. Robinson
North East Eighth
W. H. Anderson
Vernon
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Redy Bauman
Weehington
Wiehewa
Kan
Hunt
Reumans
Kate, Jr
Memph Tem
Rudy
Naw
Ae Teh AN
Tintes
Ro' Wee
Pee Lee
Texas
Curt Armetead
Meangutal
Grenebier
J. Pott
Anthonys
Berthday
J. Ah
Pierce
St. Anthony's Hocapital
Robert C. Spurlock
Santa Ana
Blanche Spurlock
Tyler
Lynn McInnis
Phillips
Mrs. C. O. Wade
Fillmore
Northwest Texas Hospital News
Florence Whipple
W. H. Wolfe
North van Buren
W. B. Hand
Raby Ronnie Vandiver
Ginny Sue Johnson
Florida
Raby
Betty June Johnson
Harold Bradshaw McNew
Bellaire
Jimmy Wilson
West Fifteenth
Mary Patricia Stallings
Dalhart
H. G. Hatch
West Tenth
Jimmy Dale Battenfield
Crockett
L. FE. Stark
Wichita, Kan
Jimmy Stark
Donna B. Green
West Nineteenth
E. F. Cox
Hollywood
J. H. Barton
Army Tech Village
C. L. Taylor
Henry W. Wossum
Monroe
Calla Hammond Cab
William LeRoy
Mack Merriet Foust
Dumas
Amario Osteopathic Hospital
Inez Saunders
Wanda Lou
Hedley
Jenkins Music Co
Ong St
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital News
Bette Haines
Bowie
Nora Groves
Stinnett
Verdia Mae Elkins
Tulia
Irene Alexander
Hayden
Beulah Hendricks
North East Tenth
Frances Appleby
Pampa
Nina Reynolds
Fiona Allison
Patricia Miller
East Tenth
Margaret Weatherly
Lincoln
Evelyn Brooks
Margaret Vaughn
Guyman
Okla
Mabel Schriber
Magness
TANE
Johnson-Price
Palmore
HEATH
Heath Ferniture CompAny
Mckee
Mr.mckee
George
SVE
Abelardo
Loewt
Stenes
Foute
Cieolw
Perry Barlow
Mac
Germany
Mace
T. F. Mace
Adams
Cora Patterson
Plainview
China
Benson & Benson
Doctors OF Optometry
Oliver Eakle
6Th & Polk
USO
Pather
Globe-News
Jack Culp
Fisk
Clayton Service
Hymie Clayton
General Auto
Jackson
Bath
B. Greve
Ast
Southern Brokerage Co
Mary Montgomery
Fisk Bldg
SEE Optical CO
Polk St
Ellis Carp
Geo. Palatsky
E. R. Friedman
USNR
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