Garden Club seeks to bar bill boards in Amarillo
The Amarillo Garden Club approved a resolution to remove billboards from residential areas and to present it to the city commission. Temple Robinson, city forester, spoke on tree care and pruning, while Mrs. Summers and Mrs. Umphries were chosen for the executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
L. A. Wells
Amarillo Garden Club
City
Mrs. Wells
Temple Robinson
Robinson
News- Globe
J. L. Summers
Hugh Umphries
C. B. Reeder
C. D. Hoover
City to consider street lights and traffic changes
City actions include paving Johnson Street, adding street lights on several avenues, and culvert work in Glenwood. Viola Krebs named city secretary, replacing resigning Jewell Davidson. Bids for fire protection equipment and police photo dept were referred or deferred, while a bus re-routing proposal awaits decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Krebs
Jewell Davidson
Bivins
Johnson Street
Seventeenth
Nineteenth Avenue
Glenwood
Fifth Avenue
Grant Street
Frank S. French
City Engineer's Department
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Earl Curry
Morningside
Country Club
Roberts Addition
Country Club Terrace
City Park Board
City Traffic Department
East Seventh Avenue
East Eighth Avenue
Amarillo Weather, Poke Salad Quips and Local Hopes
A Panhandle note recounts unusual weather with a late spring snow after a warm spell. The writer floats a plan to attract a Rock Island office building to Amarillo, urging a citizen committee to visit Chicago and press directors for cash-backed pledges. A humorous thread follows about poke salad versus lambs quarters, local food talk, and a tip about a costly dog reported missing near Matador.
Missing Persian cat Robbie in Panhandle
Barbara Frazier seeks the return of her blue gray Persian male Robbie missing two weeks from a shed. She offers 35 dollars plus a 3 dollar extra reward and is reachable at 713 North Tyler, phone 5860, near Frazier Fruit Market on North Fillmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Robbie
Panhandle
North Fillmore
Barbara Frazier
North Tyler
Phone
N. B
Bobbie
Barbara
Amarillo notes and letters on numbers morals and youth
A collector of reader letters touches on Ripley’s 1089 trick disputes, arithmetic woes, and a Chicago visit, then shifts to social concerns about girls smoking at a young age and parental discipline in Amarillo. The piece blends anecdotes, local color, and opinions on modern behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loran Naylor
Clarendon
Ripley
Loran
City Musings on Tobacco Teenagers and City Jobs
In a rambling column the author comments on young girls smoking in town, a cowboy encounter, and weather forecasts for a promising wheat crop. He also explains city leadership changes noting resignations of Fred Klinke and Ray Edinburg, defending the tenure of Bill Jones and Jeff Bartlett, and urging acceptance of political term limits for city roles.
Mass Meeting Urges City Rally At Auditor ium
A mass meeting is set for next Thursday at 8 o clock in the Auditor ium to discuss a vital city issue. Residents are urged to attend and participate in the session chaired by Kernal Erasmus Tack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernal Erasmus
Aunt Lucia to Be Presented Next Friday
The University Women present a three act comedy Aunt Lucia at the high school auditorium with Friday and Saturday night shows at 8 15. Reserved seats go on sale at 8 am at City Drug Store No 1. The plot revolves around a college student masquerading as Wakefield with comedic love scenes and a finale where Professor Gaddis is engaged to a boy. A baby pageant rehearses tomorrow at 3 30 pm and a matinee is set for Friday at 4 pm for schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia
Lucia” Wakefield
Florida
George Vineyard
Henry Gooch
Professor Gaddis
Young Nazarene youths gather for Panhandle convention in Amarillo
Nazarene Church youths from Plainview to the Oklahoma line arrive in Amarillo for a three day convention at the First Church of the Nazarene on Fourteenth and Lincoln. Delegates come from Plainview Memphis Hedley Wellington Dodsonville McLean Higgins Canadian Dalhart Borger and other towns plus country churches. Rev A K Scott says services begin with a 7 30 PM devotional and Rev A C Gustin will preach at 8 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene
Panhandle
Plainview
Oklahoma Line
Amarillo
Church of the Nazarene
Fourteenth
Lincoln Street
Memphis
Hedley
Wellington
Dodsonville
McLean
Higgins
Canadian
Dalhart
Borger
A. K. Scott
A. C. Gustin
Laws and stock ownership spar over treasury picks
The piece rails at stock holders in corporations and questions selecting a treasury secretary from among them. It riffs on bootlegging, smoke screens, and gas, then wistfully recalls Rosa Bonheur and Arbuckle’s pursuit of a wild horse for art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Bonheur
Arbuckle
City Development Board to form merged chamber of commerce
A mass meeting seeks 2 000 participants to choose 15 directors from a seven member committee and to allow public input next Thursday. The Board of City Development will appoint directors who then become chamber of commerce directors, merging the groups and uniting city finances and citizen funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Board of
City Development
City Note
Citiz
Board of City Devel
Black Mask Players Stage His Beat Investment at High School
The Black Mask Players presented His Beat Investment at the Amarillo High School auditorium to a large crowd. Cast members Regene Weatherby Ridgeway Zelley Orville Miller Bryan Weatherby Lyman Kirk and Dr T M Montgomery earned praise for performances. Miss Cheney and Miss Ledford impressed as Mrs Cortland and Miss Beverley Gray with elegant gowns enhancing the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mask
White and Kirk
Little Circus
Evelyn Walker
van Rensselaer Cortland
Ridgeway Zelley
Walker
Regene Weatherby
Orville Miller
Bryan Weatherby
Lyman Kirk
Dr. T. M. Montgomery
Amarillo
Jane Harty
Cheney
Cortland
Mary Elizabeth Ledford
Beverley Gray
Russ Kemp
Day Trade Trip Planned by Amarillo Merchants
A three day trade trip for Amarillo merchants, jobbers and manufacturers will visit northern and eastern cities from May 21 to 23 to celebrate the opening of the new Pampa to Clinton railway. The plan was decided at a meeting of the Jobbers and Manufacturers Association last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Shattuck
Clinton
Oklahoma
Texas
Jobbers and Manufacturers Association
Pampa
Rain Brings Benefit to Amarillo Lawn and Airport Readiness
Light to moderate precipitation fell across Amarillo improving lawns and gardens while dust settled at the Municipal airport. Officials anticipate the moisture helping prairie grass bind the landing surface and expect opening traffic soon. Golf courses welcomed the rain as fairways recover for the tournament season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aibout
Moody Continues Discussion On Ratifying State Compact
The article notes continued debate on ratifying a state compact and its effects, with references to amendments of 1925 statutes regulating public waters, banking, and livestock disease control. It lists the livestock sanitary commission duties and county commissioners courts regarding eradication of contagious diseases and Texas fever among livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Commissioners Courts
Speedy Porter Sleep Song by Edgar A Guest
A 1929 poem by Edgar A Guest appeals to Pullman porters to respect a passenger’s quarters and morning routine. It humorously asks co workers to let the narrator sleep and rise quickly, praising efficiency and punctual dressing before arrivals at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report May 1
Hogs 10,000 at Kansas City steady with top 11.00-11.70 for 170-250 lb. cattle 6,500 plus calves, slow to steady with steers 950-1500 lb 12.75-14.75 and fat cows 9.75-11.50. sheep 16,500 very slow with lambs 25¢ lower. Fort Worth and East St Louis reports show mixed slaughter and feeder prices, steady to lower bids, and minimal sales across cattle calves and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth
East ST. Louis
Chicago Livestock and Cotton Markets Mixed On May Day
Hogs total 25 088 with top $11.40 and averages around $11.80 for 160 280 lb. cattle and calves show weak to lower bids. sheep 14 000 with lambs 14.15 to 15.35. New Orleans cotton opens easy, later recovering some losses. New York cotton steady to mixed after early declines. Chicago wheat futures firm after large May contracts, with corn oats and provisions mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Associated Preas
New York
Associated Press
Liverpool
Chicago
Associated P . Chicago
Lord
Hawk Urges Trade Trips To Amarillo
Wilbur Hawk, president of the Tri State fair association, mails letters to chambers of commerce in Dallas Fort Worth Wichita Falls San Antonio El Paso Albuquerque Denver Wichita Hutchinson Kansas City Tulsa Oklahoma City inviting them to arrange trade trips to Amarillo during fair week September 23 to 29. The letters note the large territory of their state fair and last fall’s attendance of 275000 with no gate charge this year and a larger turnout expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers Commerce
Amarillo
Wibur
Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Chambe of Commerce
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
el Pas
Albuquerque
N. M
Denver
Colo
Wichita
Hutchinson
Kan
Kasas City
Tulsa
Oklaha Cit
Oka
Poultry and stock market notices from Chicago and New York
Poultry prices in Chicago quoted for various fowl with cash and weight terms. New York stock market opens strong with Columbia Graphophone and United Aircraft leading gains, United States Steel reports bullish quarterly performance, Murray Corp. debuts, and several firms show uptrends while foreign exchange and major issues move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Columbia Graphophone
S. Ste Common
National Cash Register
Studebaker
United Aircraf Lambert
Curtiss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Garden Club
Rock Island
Fritsch
Board of Directors
C. H. Glass
Hartley
Henry Ansley
Spinach Growers’ Association
Sterling Price
Matador
Sheriff Price
California
Union
Johnnie
Baca County
Polk Street
Bill
Benton King
Fred Klinke
St. Francis
Mr. Klinke
Anon
Tam
Banks Jones
Jones
Ray Edinburg
Jeff Bartlett
United States
Bartlett
Edinburg
Electric Light Company
City Water Company
City Drug
Nazarene Church
Onge 41, “A
Moody
Ape
KDKA
WREN
KYW
Phil Cook
WJR
WMC
WFAA
KPRC
Majestic
Dynamic
Panhandle Mujic Company
OTT Pot
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!