County Meet Drawn Out By Weather At St Francis
County interscholastic meet at St Francis delayed by bad weather with two finals unfinished tennis and extemporaneous speaking slated for Brady today. Participants from across the county attended the all day event with a 16 year old javelin thrower and Miss Mildred Cook highlighted events. Officials praise the educational value and county cooperation grows from the gathering.
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St. Francis
Brady
Amarillo
St. Francia
Mildred Cook
Lassie
Metropolitan
Potter County
Mrs Billy Dixon Visits For Polk Street Meeting
Mrs Billy Dixon of Miami Panhandle historian visits with her daughter Mrs Walter R Irvin at 370214 to attend the Polk Street meeting. She travels to Canyon for the Historical Society gathering and is noted as a charter member who never missed a meeting.
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Billy” Dixon
Miami
Panhandle
Staked Plains
Walter R. Irvin
Polk Street
Dixon
Canyon
The
Historical Society
Judge Nelson Visits Amarillo with Daughter-in-Law
Judge O. H. Nelson of Romero, first judge of Carson county, is in Amarillo for a visit with his daughter-in-law Mrs. Martha M. Nelson. Williams-Boyce-Insurance.
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Nelson
Amarillo
O. H. Nelson of
Romero
Carson County
City
Martha M. Nelson
Auto Pioneer Keeps Letter Pitying Ford For Faith In Detroit
Walter L. Marr, early automotive pioneer, holds a 1901 letter by Charles G. Annesley advising him to leave Detroit. Ford seeks the note through his secretary while Marr recalls joining Buick and designing one of Detroit’s first cars. Marr and Ford were neighbors in the era of Caswell and Grand River streets.
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Auto Pioneer
FORD
Detroit
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Walter L. Marr
Henry Ford
Charles G. Annesley
Marr
Buick Company
Buick
Annesley
Packard
Grand River
Second Streets
Caswell
D. L. Buick
Tennessee
From Midnight Till Dawn Tops Sheet Music Week
The weekly music market highlights "From Midnight Till Dawn" as the best seller, with "Beautiful" and "Where In The World" among top entries. Other new songs include "Who's Blue Now?" and "No One" while Sophie Tucker helped promote a Buick related note amid car and traffic discussions.
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New York
Sophie Tucker
Best selling Victor and Columbia records of the week
The week’s top Victor seller is From Midnight Till Dawn by Johnnie Marvin, followed by Sunshine and Beautiful. Columbia leads with Goodnight backed by Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, while Brunswick features Beautiful and Sun Shine. Also noted are Al Solson and Ben Vernie releases with Make Believe and Harvest Moon sheet music edition.
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Victor
Brunswick
Make-Believe
Columbia
Johnnie Marvin
Goodnight
Sigma Chi
Ted Lewis
Scrappy Lambert
New Brunswick
Sunshine
al Solson
Ben Vernie
Beautiful Home That Touchdowns Built for Sale
Migrant football star known as Red Grange relocates to California for summer film work. His son and his father plan to move once the residence is sold.
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Touchdowns
Associated Press
Wheaton
Mareh SC
Marold
Red
Harold “Red” Grange
California
Welfare head asked to give 1927 report
Mrs. Martha M. Nelson director of the Welfare Society has been asked by the National Conference of Social Workers to provide data on the number of desertion cases she handled in 1927. The information is being compiled.
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Martha M. Nelson
Welfare Society
National Conference of Social Workers
National desertion bureau plans and reconciliations
Report by Mrs. Nelson details efforts to locate family deserters. It notes seven reunifications in Amarillo and one other case where a parent deserted, among 180 children served by the Welfare association during the year.
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Nelson
Amarillo
Welfare Association
Amarillo Students Win Debating Event
Amarillo debate teams defeated Plainview and Lubbock squads in two nights of action. The boys team included Joe Fischer and E B Fincher. the girls team featured Rosmary Booth and Loules Shea. Coaches were C. M. Rogers and Mise Cornelian.
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Amprillo
Plainview
Lubbock
Joe Fischer
Fincher
Rosmary Booth
Loules Shea
Plainsview
C. M. Rogers
Mise Cornelian
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Mrs
Billy Dixon
Williams-Boyce—Insurance
Worth Weil
Williams-Royce—Insurance
Sis
Randal Drug Co
Oscar D. Randal
Taylor
Kuppenheimer
Hubbery
Disney and Borsalino
Hs Clothiers
Bostonians
Stacy Adams
Boy’s Department
Great Leader Boys
Yale
Arch-Support Shoes Pa
Aays Scientific
Aes Oxfords
Com
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