Splash Day helicopter stunt to open Galveston season
Galveston plans a May 7 Splash Day with a helicopter landing by Sieschinger of Houston on the pleasure pier to mark the 15th annual Texas Fiddlers Association meet led by C. H. Stanton of Athens. King Neptune aboard a return flight prompts a bathing beauties court. A Corpus Christi pirates landing 12 years ago is recalled as a cautionary note.
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Associated Press
Houston
King Neptune
Galveston
Karolyn Golibart
Betty Haynsworth
Wayne Lieschinger
Sieschinger
C. H. Stanton
Athens
Stanton
Texas Fiddlers Association
Corpus Christi
Flying disks spark Neptune pageant and shore prize drop
Pirates drifted ashore after a failed swim, towed by motorboats. King Neptune will judge the bathing beauty contest with the queen titled Miss Flying Saucer of 1950. A five mile helicopter-guided race follows, then a beachside jackpot of cash and merchandise prizes powered by dropping flying disks.
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King Neptune
Scleschinger
Two Receive Prison Terms in 47th District Court
In Abilene Clyde William Matthews 27 was found guilty of robbery after a 1 hour 20 minute jury deliberation and given six years in prison for the July 13 1949 Lloyds Station robbery. Louis A Cotner 27 an itinerant painter from Winslow Arizona received a two year term after pleading guilty to attempting to pass a forged check. Edgar Taylor of Taylors Market testified the defendant tried to cash the check.
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47Th District Court
Clyde William Matthews
Abilene
Matthews
Lloyd’s Station
North Fillmore
Louis A. Cotner
Winslow, Ariz
Cotner
Lee McMurtry
Tyler
Edgar Taylor
Taylor’s Market
Taylor
Halfway Mark On Y Drive Passes Halfway Target
The YMCA drive to raise 30300 dollars crossed the halfway point with 15964 dollars pledged after last night’s dinner for board members and volunteers at Long Champ Cafe. Kenneth Grenewald, the drive chairman, reported 59 new memberships totaling 2270 dollars, with the deadline extended to May 25. Meetings continue twice weekly, next set for 7 to 830 PM at YMCA offices 514 Taylor.
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YMCA
Long Champ Cafe
Kenneth Grenewald
Drive
Taylor
CAP Unit Seeks 51 Member Cadet Quota in Amarillo
The Amarillo Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol aims for a 51 member quota tonight at Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School Auditorium. Commander Dick Flenniken says a preliminary session for incomplete applications starts at 7 30 while the meeting opens at 8. The 51 member target is needed to maintain a CAP unit in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Civil Air Patrol
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School
Dick Flenniken
Noted Chinese to Speak Here Twice Thursday
Col M Thomas Tchou Chinese engineer economist and statesman will make two public addresses in Amarillo Thursday at noon for Rotary luncheon in Herring Hotel and at 8 pm in the Recital Hall Amarillo College Speechs open to the public Topic of the night is World Law or World Chaos He is honorary member of Oberlin Rotary Club and recommended by Cedar Grove Rotary Club in Shreveport La He spoke last week in Shreveport and a Washington address drew praise from Sen Elbert O Thomas of the Foreign Relations Committee He has held multiple roles including college professor technical engineer secretary of the Chinese YMCA and director of the Chinese Labor Department He helped found the world citizenship movement in 1941 with sponsors including Louis Bromfield Raymond Swing and Dr George W Denny Jr He will speak Thursday as fully sponsored by Rotarians and the Amarillo Chapter of the United World Federalists
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M. Thomas Tchou
Chew
Amarillo
Rotary
Herring Hotel
Amarillo College
Colonel Tchou
Rotarians
United World Federalists
Oberlin
Ohio
Rotary Club
Cedar Grove Rotary Club
Shreveport
Washington
Elbert O. Thomas
Foreign Relations Committee
Allen Early Jr
Europe
America
YMCA
London
Paris
Treatment of rare eosinophilic granuloma case in Texas
Dr Gaylord Chase of Amarillo presented a clinical report on eosinophilic granuloma of the mastoid at the Texas State Medical Association meeting in Fort Worth. A young Amarillo woman showed the disease first in gums, later mastoid, with surgery followed by X ray therapy and ongoing observation.
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Texas State Medical Association
Fort Worth
Gaylord Chase
Amarillo
Chase
Harold E. Grupe
Grupe
Chicago
Northwest Texas Hospital
T. P. Churchill
Terrell Laboratories
Churchill
Royal F. Wertz
W. E. Scott
Grape
Report on Grading Cost for Dead End Street
At today’s city commission meeting the cost of grading and draining East Twenty fifth Avenue from Pierce Street to Pierce Buchanan alley will be considered. The issue stems from a neighborhood dispute over abandoning the unused dead end, with residents petitioning the city while others argue for pedestrian use and one neighbor has even planted a garden there.
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City Commission
H. R. Smith
Pierce Street
Pierce-Buchanan Alley
Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book and New Pattern 4982
An antique advertisement offers Anne Adams sewing patterns with pattern 4982 in sizes 2 4 6 8 10 including a sunfrock and jacket. It invites sending cents to obtain the pattern and book plus free bath sarongs, highlighting easy use illustrated instructions and vacation clothes.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe News
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
New KC Members Are Introduced
Newly initiated members were welcomed at Ama rillo Council 140 Knights of Columbus experience night. Father Tom Drury of Price College greeted the newcomers while Ronald Cross presented a film You Can Change the World by The Christophers. Franklin Bottoms presided at Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington with 67 attendees. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Severes France reinstated Japan as a member.
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Amarillo Council
Knights of Columbus
Tom Drury
Price College
Ronald Cross
the Christophers
Father Keller
Franklin Bottoms
Cathedral Hall
Washington
France
Japan
Amarillo Courthouse Records and Marriage Licenses
Warranty deeds record transfers including A H Truitt et ux to G Ga Ordway south 57 lead 4 block 89 Plemons and others to City of Amarillo. District Court notes a divorce Juanita Turner v Cecil Turner. Marriage licenses list Ocie Elbertees and Josephine Margaurite Pel, Richard Blair Woods and Bonnie Grace Fox, Edgar Lee Armstrong and Shirley Ann Passmore, Eugene V Vickers and Mary Garrison.
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Country Club Terrace
L. Burns
William C. — Jr
Amarillo
Marvin M Gibbs
William Edward Williamson
South
H. B. Estes, Jr
Thomas E. Gibbons
J. L. Summers
Roberts Place
Rosa E. Burk
Walter L. Phillips
Denver Heights
R G. Hatfield
Eva Vinson
Old Town
William F. Hart
Steve Eugene Bevousett
R. Pigget
Edgar Lee Armstrong
Shirey Ann Passmore
Eugene V. Vickers
Mar Garrison
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S. L. Sprague
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Globe News
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