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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
5
City officials in Laramie plan a special parking area for trucks hauling explosives and combustible liquids after a garage explosion shook city hall. The blast involved a truck with 1,100 gallons of compressed gas prompting safety measures.
A new Methodist Church now governs 7,856,000 members, 21,687 ministers, 46,255 congregations, 45,432 church buildings, and 22,898 parsonages. The United Church, created after merging three historic bodies, estimates over 650 million dollars in property and 90 million dollars in annual ministerial and general expenses.
A two story frame house on the Virginia North Carolina border near Mountairy collapsed in a fire. The residence sat four miles north of town straddling the state line, with officials reporting extensive damage to the structure.
The Amarillo High School home economics department and three junior high schools present a fashion parade and clothing exhibit tomorrow at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. The program features preschool outfits school frocks tailored and street costumes with music by the Amarillo High School Orchestra. Performers include the Everline Sisters Nancy Jane and Ann Betty Jane Husted Caroline Copeland Patsy Russell Laverne Wilmeth Loretta Gray Mary Beth McClung Virginia Todd Walter Ward Frances Shudde Agnes Rose Larson Mary Evelyn Gould Wilma Webb and Homemaking students from Amarillo High Central Sam Houston and Horace Mann Junior High Schools. Admission is 10 cents.
Marquette University fields a cosmopolitan mix in spring sports with Jimmy Cheng of China on the tennis team and Emanuel Zorrilla from Mexico City competing as a varsity fencer.
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