Around Town Highlights and Local News Snippets
A jumble of brief notes covers West Sixth watermelons in motion, a first carnival, names and addresses, medical notices from St. Anthony's and Northwest Texas Medical, a Danvers mumps report, and staff changes at The Globe-News with Jess Dickie returning after UT Austin studies. Also mentions honorary degree for Rev. W. E. Trice and various local residents’ activities and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Sixth
Joe Batson
J. Ernest Batson
Rusk
Globe-Newc
Jess Dickie
University of Texas
Amarillo
Globe-News
The
Globe
W. E. Trice
University Methodist Church
Baton Rouge
Centenary College
Shreveport
Paul B. Kern
Memphis
Tennessee
Trice
J. E. Trice
Short Avenue
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Joe J. Mickle
F. T. Works
Tyler
Northwest Texas
Floyd B. Elling
Amarillo Globe
Texas
Elineeme Ammatiia Setiniel
East Eighth
Northwest Texas Hospital
North
Norman
Okla
North Gholston
Uniwest Texas Hospital
Versity
Oklahoma
Leroy G. Williams
Fillmore
Gholstons
Don
Will Grabe
Bill W. McCollum
Uate
the Universe
East
Three youths sentenced after Detroit drinking bout
In Detroit a court gave probation for a year and 175 dollars in restitution plus 25 dollars in costs to three men Lawrence Ramsey Charles Ramsey and Arthur Huber after a drinking bout led to a muscle display. The men aged 22 21 and 22 were joined by a boy Steve Woodward recovering from an appendectomy at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lawrence Ramsey
Charles
Arthur Huber
Steve Woodward
Jim Woodard
Birmingham
Northwest Texas Hospital
Texas Liquor Control Board
Amarillo
Lubbock
M. A. Aldrich
Long-Bell
Ama
Our Younger Generation: Youth Profiles at Local Schools
Ora Wright, president of the Student Council at Junior High, and a member of the National Junior Honor Society, is co-captain of the football team and aims to become a physician. Joyce Pierce, 14, of Horace Mann Junior High, leads the Girls' Athletic Association and Student Council, enjoys rocks collecting, and aspires to professional modeling. Ted Nicklaus, 15, Amarillo High sophomore, serves as home room vice-president, Hi-Y officer, and participates in the state orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Nicklaus
Taylor
Joyce Pierce
Horace Mann Junior High
Girls’ Athletic Association
The
QO. L. Poss
North Garfield
Ted Nicklaus
Amarillo High School
Hi-Y
From War to Flight A Gentry Pioneer and Sowder Diary Reminiscences
A 1940s CAA note on eye exams and contact lenses recalls Phillip Brooks Gentry first Amarillo cadet to complete CAA training, later Army Air Corps captain and Panama Corporation pilot. May 1921 article features J H Sowder, Civil War veteran and Seventh Court bailiff, recounting marches, hunger, and a homecoming diary entry with family and a Negro servant wedding scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Phillip Brooks Gentry
Amarillo
Gentry
Panama Corporation
Phillip Brooks III
Daddy
The
Daily News
J. H. Sowder
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Sowder
E. J. Sowder
Harrison
Gordon
Virginia
Two Men Die In Victoria Plane Crash
In Victoria on May 2 a light plane crash killed W. H. Harrison 27 a railroad fireman and Adrian Brandes 25 a student. The crash left two lives lost with no immediate cause given and the incident reported by Globe News Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
W. H. Harrison
Adrian Brandes
Harrison
Brandes
Skunk Tightens Weasel Scent Gland Comparison
Most weasels have scent glands yet the skunk has intensified their use. The remark notes the unique defense mechanism and highlights the stark contrast in scent-based signaling between the species.
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Ten
Thomas Bandy
Crockett
Ruth Peffley
van Buren
A Pruett
Tulsa
Raymond Elliston
Hereford
D. B. Mathews
Sudan
Della Holloway
McLean
Vern Helmig
Vega
J. E. Allison
Fort Worth
T. P. Churchill
Ong
Churchill
Baby Department
Bobby K. Alexander
North Johnson
Scniors
G. B. Merchant
Cline
I. D. Grider
Russell Drain
J. H. Grider
Jack
Kendall Dunlay
Ray
St. Anthony’s Hospital
ST. Anthony's Medical
S. M. Gustin
Dalhart
Jeanette Long
North Mirror
Tommy Lee Stovall
West Fifteenth
C. W. Keith
Pierce
Surgical
Lorain Guest
Houston
Fern Stallworth
Mollie Harris
Apache
Regina Wiesel
Forrest
Lester J. Moore
C. D. Moore
North Eighth
Fort Bragg
Mrs. Bryan
Spearman
Mr. Bryan
Hansford
Steve
Ora Wright
Evah
Palooka
PINK
States
Gora
Matures Corp
McNew
DOG
Prince OF
Passion
London
Laddie
Mamie
Lady Plushbottom Phonin
MR Scales
Kma
COSCO
Heath’s Bargain Store
N. Buchan
Globe News
Ong St
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