Around Town and Personal Notes from Wichita Falls
The column records social visits and moves in Wichita Falls including visits from Mrs. Kritser and Betsy Weymouth to Sweetbriar College, Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie hosting Ira Boydstun in town, and numerous trips by local residents to Dallas, Memphis, Albuquerque, and other places. It lists hospital notices, births at St. Anthony's, and hospital staff updates at Northwest Texas Hospital, plus local society notes on relatives, guests, and moving families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Kritser
van Buren Street
Betsy Weymouth
Harrison Street
Sweetbriar
Boydstun
Billy Johnson
Billy Alvin
East 15Th Avenue
Grady Hazlewood
Austin
Hazlewood
West Eleventh Avenue
June Edmonson
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lonnie Edne
Memphis
Corp
R. G. Stiner
Denver
St. Anthony's Hospital
Don Collison
Amarillo
Anton Diehl
Houston
Charles Green
Monroe Street
Tom Seay
Julian Blvd
Anna Fay Roscoe
Fillmore Street
Jack Jarrell
John
Jarrell
W. D. Jarrell
Wellington
Harley Horton Finds Shoes Amid Courthouse Stands
Harley Horton the blind boy who runs the courthouse refreshment stand celebrates after reports of a second shoe discovery. Three years earlier he bought a pair of new shoes, wore them briefly, then moved with the family. One shoe was missing, the other found at A. and M. College and now returned home for Mother’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Horton
Office of Price Administration
Harley
Publicity Efforts Reach Amarillo Through Ft Monmouth Ties
Captain John E. Speer, formerly of Amarillo and now at Ft. Monmouth NJ, shows how Amarillo publicity extends widely. The piece references the Amarillo Welcome Stranger folder and notes puzzling items like missing shoes and a tap logo. Bombing accuracy is claimed in a separate wartime remark about hitting a target area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Speer
Amarillo
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Is This Pest Bothering Your Victory Garden
Small black or green plant lice suck sap from buds and leaf undersides. Spray nicotine sulfate solution or rotenone mixture then dust with hydrated lime. Cover plants thoroughly and consult County Extension Service Agents for more guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Extension Service
Lavoptik First Aid for Sore Eyes Eyes Care Ad
Advertising copy claims Lavoptik relieves sore inflamed itching burning eyes or money back. It promises 25 years of success and soothes granulated eyelids with a money back guarantee. Eye cup included and available at all druggists.
Bombing Expert Praises Palermo Raid Efficiency
Lieutenant Colonel J K Brown Jr of Midland Texas, a bombing expert sent from Washington, commends American airmen for their precision and coordination in the Palermo Sicily raid Sunday, noting he accompanied the mission and was impressed by the speed of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
J. K. Brown, Jr
Midland
Tex
Washington
Palermo
Sicily
Also Mentioned on This Page
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Wm. N. Evans
Tyler Street
Ted Evans
Joe
Wichita Palls
Evans
Ella Mae Frass
Henry Frass, Jr
Stephens Life
Csge College
le Claire Eakle
Clarence Eakle
Baylor
Dallas
Mrs. Dickinson
American Finance Company
O. Ragland
Mr. Ragland
Mabel Wallace
Northwest Texas Hospital News
Frederick
West 13Th Street
Willard Pearson
North
Pat H. Flynn
Carolina Street
F. A. Waltman
Phillips
Surgical
Earl Albert
Stratford
Ben C. Stoffle
East 13Th Street
R. M. Palmer
Hereford
Mamie Hudiburg
Wayside Street
Ira Allred
Wildorado
C. Hensell
Travis Street
Robert Lee Covington
Dumas
Sandra Lee Wilson
Mary C. Nalf
North Cleveland
J. H. Wheatley
Sunray
M. L. Doster
Billy Rogers
Jack Bell
George Wesley Rite
Recovery Act
J. A. Hazlewood, Jr
Washington Street
Mr. Hazlewood
Blackburn Clothiers
S. R. Carter
Clovis
N. M
Carter
Santa Fe Railroad
Pampacome
D. H. Coffey
Ong Street
Coffey
Coffey - Lewis
W. L. Cook
Chicago, Il
Lieut. Cook
The
Navy
Polk Street
Agnes Atkinson
Milwaukee
Wis
Fast 13Th Street
Atkinson
P. T. Hamilton, Jr
Lubbock
Hamilton
Cornell Co
A. & M. College
SV Ty Ety Inn
Francisco
Kno
Cretney Drug
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance CO
Dial
Southern Brokerage
Mary Montgomery
Fuehrer
Germany
MOON
Lady Plushbottom
Nannie
Donald Duck
Mom
Hugh Striver
Muggsyy
Blondie
Jane Arden
Ran
Lavoptik
Cretney's
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Prescription
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Bakle
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