Amarillo Street Names Reflect Developer Led Growth
Amarillo's streets honor past presidents, with future names unlikely for Coolidge or Truman as development firms largely drive naming. Also noted are local enlistments, visits from Dallas relatives, and by remarks from residents like Stanton about urban mapping. Robert Lee Saylor, son of George and (surname truncated) Saylor, has joined the US Army assigned to the 10th Infantry at Fort Riley Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Teddy
Rough Rider
Say
Coolidge
Truman
Enainaar Stanton
Winsla
Er. Ant
Robert Lee Saylor
George S. Saylor
321 Crockett
10Th Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kan
Our Younger Generation at Horace Mann Junior High
A scanned Amarillo snippet profiles students and local life. Carol Dean Webb, 15, son of Mr and Mrs H C Webb, aims for first string Sandie basketball and wealth. Jo Delores Ann McAnally, Dee, 8th grade officer and athlete, pops up with associations and sports. Street names in new Amarillo additions inspire quirky legends like Moss Lane and Lawrence Boulevard named for bankers. New arrivals and guest lists spice the community sheet along with pre election chatter at Amarillo High and Northwest Texas Hospital notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Wright
Carol Dean Webb
Horace Mann Junior High
H. C. Webb
North Jackson
Horace Mann Buffalo
Jo & Delores Ann McAnally
Ted Neely
Hughes
University of Texas In
Austin
Field
Mickey Maguire
Travis
Parker
Mickey
Trapark
N. V. Moss
Moss Lane
J. W. “Red” Lawrence
West Sixth
Country Club
Lawrence Boulevard
Amarillo
Smiley, Fisk
Biggs
Lyles and Wells
Parr
Thomas E. Bandy
Rusk
Northwest Texas Hospital
Arthur P. Gunnels
Georgia
Paul Houston
West Tenth
St. Anthony’s Hospital
A. E. Meyer
Los Angeles
Cal
Pauline Little
Sophia Meyer
Panhandle
Meyers
J. C. Phillips
Borger
David Warren
Boone K. McReynolds
Kansas City, Mo
Susan Skidmore
East Tenth
John T. Hemingway
West Nineteenth
O. L. Sims
Bowie
Joyce Duckworth
East Eleventh
Eva Patching
Polk
Amarillo News Briefs Highlight Local Sports and Members
A summary of local happenings includes the Golden Sandies beating the Bulldogs 9 to 2 in Plainview with Adrienee Curtis and other Amarillo fans present. Oklahoma Baptist University names Jo Ann Harris and Dorothy Brown to the Women’s Athletic Association. Also noted are visits by Mrs. O. P. Heaton and Mrs. F. B. Salter, birthday wishes, band members, a new quick-draw holster for officers, John F. Tucker in Topeka hospital, and Saint Anthony’s Hospital notes listing medical patients separated by address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Harris
L. E. Harris
West Seventeenth
Dorothy Brown
T. M. Brown
Jackson
Women's Athletic Association
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
WAA
Tulsa
Wayne Hinds
Herschel Allen
Robert S. Wright, Jr
J. W. Thibodeaux
James Short
Helen Jo Wilson
Shivers
Maude Montfort
Branson
Tom Pope
North East
Sixteenth
Firearms International Corporation
Police Department
John F. Tucker
Ong
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Amarillo
ST. Anthony's Hospital
Joanne Haynes
Lincoln
Lemna Mulkey
Larendon
Judy Clark
West Fleventh
Carry Dammier
Travis
C. J. Coffelt
Pierce
L. V. Chilldress
Harrison
T. A. Reese
Spearman
FE. S. Rumberg
Hot Springs
Amarillo Girl Scouts Began In 1921 With Pioneering Troop
May 1921 records recount Amarillo’s first Girl Scout troop organized by Mrs. Arthur A. Graham with Mrs. J. B. Landers succeeding as captain. The charter list includes Gladys Whitfield Ruth Blackburn Jewell Brashears Hattie Mae Wood Dorothy Allen Nora Cunningham and other pioneers. First camping trip at Cliffside featured pup tents and night rain. The 1931 note mentions a $16,000 municipal pool permit at Thompson Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Harris
Arthur A. Graham
Amarillo
James A. Bush
Nina Cunningham
J. B. Landers
Graham
Gladys Whitfield
Ruth Blackburn
Jewell Brashears
Hattie Mae Wood
Dorothy Allen
Nora Cunningham
Hazel Holland
Mamie Brady
Cliffside
Camp Kiwanis
Harvey House
L. C. White
Boy Scouts
Thompson Park
Elliott- Greer
Taylor
Edwin Ramsey
Ramsey Ranch
Dimmitt
Local Names Listed in Surgical Mutual Aid Notice
Luther P Reynolds Garita NM Mrs Fannie Ferguson 314 Fairmont A B Jones Quannah C R Walton 109 North Georgia Mrs Bessie McWhorter 1011 North Woodland SURGICAL Mrs O E Glover 2302 West Seventh Clifford R Bowen 407 Sunset Terrace Glyndol N Henderson Ashtola Mrs Raymond Grover 804 Polk Mrs Frank Paul 1227 Rusk Judy Glover Box 302 Amarillo Charles L Heller Dumas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther P. Reynolds
Garita
Fannie Ferguson
Fairmont
A. B. Jones
Quannah
C. R. Walton
North Georgia
Bessie McWhorter
North Woodland
Surgical
O. E. Glover
West Seventh
Clifford R. Bowen
Sunset Terrace
Glyndol N. Henderson
Ashtola
Raymond Grover
Polk
Frank Paul
Rusk
Judy Glover
Amarillo
Charles L. Heller
Dumas
Egg shell bears perfect swan design in Amarillo area
The Blairs, who buy eggs from a farmer living near Amarillo, found one shell embossed with a perfect swan image though the egg was otherwise ordinary. The oddity drew local attention and was reported by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford A. Wilson
Pampa
Jean Bell
Buchanan
J. P. Youngblood
North Harrison
Clark C. Redman
Tucumcari
Taylor H. Holland
East Tenth
Alfred R. Woods
Canyon
W. C. Perry
Rule
Judith Kemp
B. T. Archer, Jr
van Buren
Dorothy Renfro
Hereford
Laura
Mrs Harriet Gilstrap Returns Home After Oklahoma Visit
Mrs Harriet Gilstrap of Oklahoma City returns home after visiting Mr and Mrs Harry Gilstrap of 1010 Florida. Bob Seeds general manager of the Amarillo Gold Sox is in Hot Springs North Carolina for several days. Pete Knapp president of the Amarillo baseball club accompanies him. Continued on page 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Gilstrap
Oklahoma City
Harry Gilstrap
Florida
Bob Seeds
Amarillo Gold Sox
Hot Springs
Pete Knapp
Amarillo Baseball Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Reeder
Dallas
C. B. Reeder
Shirley Neely
D. M. Timosheske
F. E. Ingham
Madison
J. R. Wrather
R. P. May
Lena May
Monroe
W. B. Farley
Goree
Dixie
Adrienee Curtis
Francis
David Powell
Plainview
Golden Sandie Baseballers
Bulldogs
O. P. Heaton
F. B. Salter
West Thirteenth
Coleman, Palacios
Houston
Cedric G. Maddox
Palacios
Billy Autry
Bill Andie
Linda Lou Bourg
Joyce Layne Conger
Alva Conover
E. N. Loper
Sophie Kouba
Maurice Alexander
Glenn Smith
West Texas State College Band
Presbyterian Church Annex
R. H. Deitiker
C.F
Albert
General Features Corp
Sprague
Joe
T'Morra
Quate
Pinkney
Grimes
Flash Farley
Ruotoc
Ivery
Igleys
Wari
N.E
Amarillo Printing Company
Phore
Mize
Len
Sau
Boston Hat Works
Norris Ewing
Hartford
FISK
B. F. Goodrich Store
Fillmore
Lawrence Kirby Co
A. B. Kirby
Samaaer
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