Around Town Feeds and Guests Round Amarillo Notes
Local social notes list visits and travels of Amarillo residents. R. Earl O Keefe family returns from the West Coast after visiting Beverly Hills and Ginny Simms. Bud Ratcliff discharges from the Navy in San Diego and plans to resume studies at the University of New Mexico. Various other guests and visits populate the community calendar with hospital news and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginny Simms
R. Earl O'Keefe
Nanne
Hayden
West Coast
Beverly Hills
Cal
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon
Bud Ratcliff
Jerry Ratcliff
Travis
Navy
San Diego
Tsingtao
China
Bud
University of New Mexico
Curtis O. Burke
West Twelfth
Long Island
N. Y
Clifton Mackey
Melrose Hotel
Religious Book Week Observed at Amarillo Library
The Amarillo Public Library will host Religious Book Week next Monday through Sunday May 11 with special reading lists and displays in Municipal Auditorium. Librarian Alice Green notes the event marks five years since its start and highlights works from Protestant Catholic and Jewish traditions. Titles include The Religions of Democracy and How To Read the Bible among others to promote interfaith understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Amarillo Public Library
Alice Green
Municipal Auditorium
Louis Finkelstein
J. Elliott Ross
William Adams Brown
Miss Green
Leland Stowe
The
Lloyd C. Douglas
E. Stanley Jones
America
Willard L. Sperry
Edgar J. Goodspeed
A. J. Singer
Aloysius Roche
St. Paul
Henry C. V. Morton
Family Guests and Kin Tie Elk City Residents
All of Elk City features in this social note as Leroy and Maurice Alexander are identified as brothers. Mrs. John Runkel and her son James, plus Mrs. Runkel’s sister Mrs. Howard Campbell of Talcos Texas, visit relatives including Mrs. Campbell’s niece Mrs. Glen Battin at 905 Bowie and Mr. Leonard Runkel, with Leonard described as Mrs. Campbell’s nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Wheeler
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
E. R. Garrison
River Road
Jimmy Anthony
R. E. Anthony
Madison
E. G. Knight
Joe
St. Louis
W. H. DeFee
Billy
Fort Worth
Mr. DeFee
R. A. DeFee
Dorothy Ann
Sophia Kouba
O. A. Kennedy
Ruth Ann
Hayden
Carl Kennedy
Warren
Newton
Kan
Kennedy Home
Neil Forbes
Danny
Skellytown
Forbes
Kennedys
Maurice Alexander
Goliad
G. H. Alexander
Jack
Mildred
Leroy Alexander
Sharon Kay
Elk City
Leroy
John Runkel
James
Florida
Runkel
Howard Campbell
Talcos
Tex
Glen Battin
Bowie
Leonard Runkel
Campbell
Pen jokes fade as essayist riffs on pens and poetry
In a light column, the writer recalls old ball point gag jokes and pens that fail or excel in odd ways. He teases gadgetry and notes an Optimists convention program on May 9-10 with Charles Stafford delivering an oration, music by Polsom Jackson's students, and performances by Anna Mae Brown, Aurice Vernon, Alice Barnes, Dorothy Johnson, Hoyt Mulkey, Lindal Mack, and Russell C. Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stafford
Young Stafford
Optimists
Polsom Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Amarillo College
Anna Mae Brown
Aurice Vernon
Alice Barnes
Dorothy Johnson
Hoyt Mulkey
Lindal
Mack
Russell C. Curtis
Dick Bivins
Dr. Meyer Reports Junior College Progress To Optimists
Dr. A. M. Meyer president of Amarillo College addressed the Optimist Club describing the progress of junior colleges and their future impact. The program continued with another segment not fully listed in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Meyer
A. M. Meyer
Amarillo College
Optimist Club
Old Telephone Directories Go Into Paper Salvage
Outdated telephone directories are recycled into waste paper. A local company that delivers new directories will also collect worn books for salvage and sale as paper. The arrangement ensures proper disposal and reuse of old volumes.
Gold occurs sparsely in rocks ores and vegetation
The article notes gold in minute quantities present in nearly all rocks and in almost all copper and lead ores as well as in vegetation, indicating its widespread but tiny distribution in nature.
Zoning Hearing on Lincoln Street Property Amending Use
Notice to interested parties of a 7:30 PM public hearing on Friday May 2 1947 before the City Planning and Zoning Commission at City Hall. The hearing requests changing Lots 2 3 4 5 Block 10 South Side Addition to Ama rillo from Apartment Area to First Manufacturing Area per Official Zoning Map. Katheryne Burwell City Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Council Chamber
City Hall
City of
Amarillo
Katheryne Burwell
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Ben R. Solnick
E. C. McCarter
Wendell Henry
Brenda Rae Solnick
Sammie Deckard
M. H. Hardin
J. R. McKinley
William Q. Boyce
Mary Jim Vincent
Rex Mauldin
Billie Pat Moore
Arch Hunsley
Charles A. Fisk
Peggy Fullerton
Gloria Caldwell
Faves
Ross Rogers
van Buren
Dallas
Rogers
Hal Bruner
el Paso
Mrs
South America
O. W. McKillip
Encinitas
Ethel Weisenman
Harrison
McKillip
J. M. Webb
West Tenth
Lubbock
4. C. Adams
West Thirty-third
J. H. Brecklein
Los Angeles
H. C. Adams
Meade
ST. Anthony's Hospital
Virginia Hackler
Belleview
C. H. Sawyer
Milner
Armon Mutter
North Grant
T. V. Sharp
Bushland
Lesta Joyce Manzella
Milam
Paul Kern
Umbarger
C. H. Feathers
Crestway
L.O. Brooks
Grover
H. C. Moore
Plainview
E. L. King
Wichita
Roylene Burdine
North Cleveland
W. E. Strimple
Prospect
Ruby Gay Hart
Maryland
Leo Wolf
Claude
W. C. Harbour
Kerrick
Heath Furniture
Duncan Phyfe
Heath's
Taylor ST
Clate
Board OF Insurance Commissioners
State of
Texas
Austin
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
Connecticut
George B. Butler
State of Texas
Travelers Fire Insurance Company
Board OF Insurance Commission
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
New Jersey
Pesos Syndicae
Eddie
Pettifer
Doris Daphne
Kel
Cleo Andre
the Lab Cio
Cleo
Sorenke
Rae Worit
Ted
Malcolm Hayden
Rickts
Kine Peernes Symphone
MR. Dexter
Jonathan Dexter
Amarillo Bar Association
Melvin F. Adler
Adler
State Association
Amarillo Association
18Th
Colonel Stoopnagles
ASK F Cc. L. Copeland General Agent
American Life Ins. CO
Amarillo Bidg
Motor Investment CO
W. 8Th Ave
State Department of Banking
Fuge Cement & Supply Ll
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