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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1951
Page
2
Winchell questions GOP hopes for MacArthur or Eisenhower as nominees amid party splits. A reader recalls a polar bear riddle, then notes a busy chain of stories from parenting to bass spawning. The column ponders modern motherhood, school discipline, and changing child behavior across towns in the region.
A reader laments harsh discipline and questions teacher involvement in class debates on Truman, MacArthur and Chinese policy. The letter recalls old etiquette for punishment and features anecdotes about parental authority shaping national outcomes. It ends with a request for contact after 6 PM.
A World War II era poem circulated in a San Diego paper is referenced in a letter from Mrs. Fred Long of Hereford Texas. The piece expresses fatigue with war conditions, rationing, and violence, but ends with a hopeful vision that the lights of the world will blaze again and peace will return. It notes changing Axis references to fit the Korea era and carries a strong antiwar sentiment through vivid imagery of combat, hunger, and destruction.
A student named Ron Bracken posts a sharp letter rebutting Mr Wheatley about college. He argues scholarships show college life is varied and admits wealth helps with expenses. He suggests drafting educated people and notes college costs and politics influence his continued enrollment.
In Amarillo a student recounts hearing only criticism about the government system in his classes, saying he has never heard a good word spoken and that everything told to him is negative.
A young student questioned about government and politics pressed for information, showing keen interest. He requested anonymity until graduation, asking that his name be withheld if anything about the inquiry appeared in print.
A reader notes that with a general's cap and a trench coat on Ted Houghton he resembles General Douglas MacArthur, suggesting a striking likeness in appearance.
Art Arnold, longtime First National Bank executive, owns two striking western view pictures in his office. His calm demeanor and deep art appreciation mark him as a prime example of a steadfast local citizen, an old-timer who belies his age.
Mason King reveals a new cooking school to The News-Globe with a male chef in white flannels who cooks on stage while keeping his coat on. Several evening sessions will be held for men only.
A call for a school to help tired worn young mothers learn self care alongside baby care. The speaker suggests Mr Mason King could instruct them to reduce domestic difficulties and improve family life.
A reader from Bryan offers to trade perennial white phlox plants for dahlias or gladiolas.
A boy offers a 24 inch bicycle for trade and invites interested parties to call phone number 2 4507 to discuss what they have to offer in exchange.
In a household appeal Mrs A G Sullivan seeks to keep a baby in her care at home. She provides contact options by phone 3 9368 and address 509 North Pierce for interested parties to reach her.
Seeking lilac and spirea plants for hedge. If you have extra, please call 3-3614 to offer or arrange pickup.
Police seek Mrs Eleanor W Dunn who lived in Hollywood California May 28 1948 age 37 with brown hair and eyes wearing glasses 110 pounds and four foot eleven inches tall. She has four?
A caller delivers a terse note stating I have a message for a woman named Annie Goodman and a reward for information. The address provided is 1202 North Taylor and the caller asks to come there for details.
Experienced in ironing cleaning and child care with references. Available to cook evening meals after 4 PM. Call 4 1448.
A 17 year old girl seeks daytime home care work caring for children. Contact phone 4-1807, address 113 Rusk.
A parent seeks home based work due to childcare. Available skills include quilting, embroidery, crocheting bedspreads, ironing, and various tasks. Willing to do any suitable job that can be done at home.
In North West Amarillo a experienced nurse offers home care for two to three babies during the day and one day and night weekly at 3110 North West Fifth. She asks mothers to bring their baby and diapers, promises reasonable cost, and invites calls by leaving numbers. Also notes a plea of a boy’s missing dog and requests a friendly watchdog to ease the children’s grief at 1500 East Fifth Street.
I am a working girl seeking a shared south side apartment and dishes and linens for furnishing. Call 4094 after 6 to discuss, or contact 1504 West Tenth or 7821 for lost or stolen American National Insurance Co. collection book near 403 Georgia Sunday night. J M Holliday, district manager. Also a colored woman seeks hourly dishwashing or housework, morning preferred. call 36236.
Inquiries invited for in home washing and ironing with reasonable rates and pickup and delivery. Please phone 2-3384.
Classified ad offering a roll-away bed in exchange for a chest of drawers. Also proposes trading three books of Gunn Bros. stamps for three books of S and H stamps. Contact by calling 3-1949.
A Saturday night incident notes six or seven keys on a blue plastic ring with a nickel meter holder were lost on West Sixth. A reward is offered for their return, with contact numbers 9161 or 40359.
A notice states a reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of a missing item or person. The message emphasizes urgency and inquiry, urging readers to contact authorities or designated officials with any tips or leads.
Mrs Rebecca Smith advertises in home care in a safe play space with suitable equipment. Available by hour day or week and references furnished. Call 3 3156 for dependability and arranging care. Located at her residence.
The speaker plans to relocate to Amarillo near June with husband starting construction in July. He is to enter the Veterans Hospital for a minor operation, then remain there for medical care.
To those who live and look for something better this message offers help regardless of present circumstances. It has been tested by countless others in all manner of human need and has not failed them through sincere study of SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES by Mary Baker Eddy.
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