Eighteen Amarillo Youths Win Awards in Model Airplane Contest
Eighteen area youths received trophies medals and cash prizes at Pierce's Hobby and Toy Shop for April entries in a model airplane contest sponsored by Monogram Co Chicago. Delano Blair 14 won first place with a gold plated trophy, while Arthur Springer 11 Joe White 14 Allan Springer 12 earned second third and fourth with gold silver and bronze medals. Copper medals went to James Mouw 12 Webbie Sharp 15 Johnny Reese 12 Melvin Fowler 12 Billy Lansing 11 Eugene Rutland 13 Charley Kennion 13 Shelby Gregory 9 Clifton Nabors 10 and Donald Katz 13. Model airplane kits went to John Cunningham 11 Jay Johnson 13 Van Delk 11 and Edward Taylor 15. Rutland submitted three winning models and Mouw and Taylor had two winners each.
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Amarillo Area
Pierce’s Hobby and Toy Shop
East Seventh
Monogram Co
Chicago
Delano Blair
Hill
Arthur Springer
Cactus
Joe White
Canyon
Allan Springer
Pantex
Shelby Gregory
Grand
Clifton Nabors
Rose Drive
Pleasant Valley
Donald Katz
Lamar
John Cunningham
Belleview
Jay Johnson
Polk
van Delk
Fannin
Edward Taylor
Monroe Rutland
Mouw and Taylor
Four New Members Join Air Patrol in Amarillo
Amarillo's Civil Air Patrol unit nears formation with four new members signing up at Elizab eth Nixon Junior High School Auditorium. The group now totals 35, short of the 51 needed for official unit status, while about 100 applications remain pending. Acting commander Dick Flenniken urged progress, saying a small fraction of those applications could yield a successful Amarillo unit.
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Amarillo
Civil Air Patrol
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School
Dick Flenniken
Woman Injured in Crash Improves at St Anthony’s
Attendants at St Anthony's Hospital said Mrs. William Walter Tyler of Pampa was improving after a crash last night at Tenth and Fillmore. She was treated for shock after a collision with LeRoy Morrison, 21, of American Hotel, who faced a charge of driving without a license. The Tenth and Fillmore accident left Tyler's car and Morrison's auto involved.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
William Walter Tyler
Pampa
New Patrolmen On Police Force Add Three Officers
Three new patrolmen began duty on the third shift at midnight raising the force to 114 officers. Chief Sid Harper announced the department now operates at full strength with Theo dore Nichols 22 Floyd E Nicholson 26 and Walter E Watson 21 named as the new patrolmen. The announcement appears in the Globe-News advertisement section.
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Sid Harper
Theodore Nichols
Fillmore
Floyd E. Nicholson
Fairmont
Walter E. Watson
East Tenth
Racing Car Driver Hannaford Killed in Clovis Speedway Crash
Alfred L. Hannaford, 23, Amarillo, died at Memorial Hospital Clovis from head injuries after his racing car overturned on the Clovis speedway Sunday afternoon. He was a WWII Air Force veteran, survived by wife Mary Charlotte O'Dell and two daughters Candice Ann 17 months and Linda 4 months. He worked as a partsman and attended Amarillo College. The body is at Memorial Chapel in Clovis.
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Amarillo
Alfred L. Hannaford
River Road
Memorial Hospital
Clovis
Clovis Speedway
Young
Young Hannaford
Oregon
Clovis Air Base
Amarillo Air Field
Air Force
Mary Charlotte O'Dell
Candice Ann
Linda
Hannaford
Amarillo College
American Body and Trailer Company
Memorial Chapel
Deterioration prompts repairs at Windsor parish church
The vicar Rev. R. C. Meredith chaplain to the King reports extensive deterioration at the Parish Church of Windsor in London requiring costly repairs and urgent attention.
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Windsor
London
R. C. Meredith
Guadalcanal Hero Brig. Gen. Charles Laird Fike Dies
Brig. Gen. Charles Laird Fike 48 retired Marine officer who led the first air units based on Guadalcanal during World War II dies from injuries suffered in an auto crash on Sunday. He passed away in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania where he resided. local authorities reported the crash details remain under investigation.
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Guadalcanal
Bryn Mawr
Charles Laird Fike
Marine Corps
Filling Station Robbed at Stephenson's Service Station
Burglars pried open a window at Stephenson's Service Station and Garage on West Sixth Avenue during the night and carried off a peanut vending machine valued at 35 dollars and two dollars in pennies.
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Stephenson
West Sixth
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Air Patrol
Globe-News
Chiropractic
United States
Gil Knutson
D. C
Mark Twain
General Electric
Smith & Sons, Inc
N. Fillmore
Zene
Texas
Arctic Circle
Gome
Burk
Congress
TWA
Kansas City
New York
U.S
First National Bank
Amarillo, Tex
THE
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Amarillo, Texas
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Zale
Zale’s
America
N. M. Cooper
Fillmore St
Diamond Hamilton
Speidel Band
Speidel
Baylor
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Aaa le
Dorothy Day
Zale's
C.O.D
Ronson
Se Weekly
Emerson Radio
Fed
MMT Terk
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