Fowler Takes Over YMCA Secretaryship in Amarillo
Paul Fowler, formerly USO Avon director at 501 Buchanan, becomes secretary of the Amarillo YMCA succeeding E F Frederick. Roy Johnson takes over at the USO as enrollment for YMCA starts in June with a summer program focused on swimming softball and picnics. Fowler, a Texan born in Fort Worth, has YMCA training from Williams College and prior experience in Galveston Abilene and Chicago parks.
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Johnson
USO
YMCA
Fowler
Galveston
Second Uso
Abilene
Camp Barkley
Amarillo
E. F. Frederick
Mr. Fowler
Fort Worth
Williams College
Chicago
Chicago Park System
Bessemer Park
Williams
Special Train for Clovis Goodwill Trip
Tickets for the goodwill visit to Clovis on June 7 are on sale at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. The roundtrip is 8 dollars. A special train will run from Amarillo to Clovis for a Pioneer Day Celebration and rodeo, leaving about 8:00 AM with a 30 minute Hereford stop for a concert before arriving in time for a parade. The Sandie Band under Clyde Rowe will accompany businessmen. This is the chamber’s first goodwill trip in years and part of a new series by a chamber sub-committee chaired by Bob Epperson with Henry Rietman.
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Clovis
Amarillo
New YMCA Director Joins South Chi cago Staff
Roy Johnson succeeds Fowler as Auditorium USO director arriving from New Orleans after five years with USO posts in Wichita Falls Brownwood and St Charles Street Club. He is Abilene born and Abilene Christian College graduate. Mrs Johnson and two of their three children stay with Johnsons’ mother in Abilene.
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YMCA
South Chicago
Chicago
Kansas City
Dallas
Johnson
Abilene
Abilene Christian College
Wife Charges Husband Tried To Drown Her
In Albuquerque on May 16 Richard German was jailed after his wife accused him of attempting to drown her during a family quarrel. She received bruises and was hospitalized with a black eye and facial injuries. A brother-in-law filed an assault and battery complaint as deputies found the couple soaked near a riverside ditch.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Richard German
Hay
Pfc George Savage of Amarillo At El Paso Army Hospital
Pfc. George T. Savage of Amarillo is hospitalized at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso. Inducted March 17, 1943, he served 20 months in Europe and the Pacific with the 648th Tank Destroyer. He wears multiple ribbons and plans to attend Amarillo College after discharge.
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George T. Savage
Amarillo
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Amarillo High School
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Amarillo College
W. S. Savage
Lt Bernard C Brands Discharged From Army
Lt Bernard C Brands of 512 West Sixteenth has been discharged after 50 months service, 13 in Europe, at Fort McPherson Ga. A pharmacist before service, he served as medical supply officer with the 164th General Hospital and plans to take a University of Texas refresher course.
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Bernard C. Brands
West Sixteenth
R. B. Brands
Army
Europe
Fort McPherson
Brands
University of Texas
164Th General Hospital
Health of Livestock Study in Panhandle at Western Stock Yards
County agents of the Panhandle district held a daylong livestock health and sanitation study at the Western Stock Yards. Knox Parr supervised the session with Dr. F. E. Grist leading demonstrations on dehorning vaccination and other treatments. Home demonstration agents gathered at the Herring Hotel to hear Lorene Stevens discuss 4-H Club work under Miss Doris Leggitt. A joint session is planned for tomorrow with Laura Lane speaking on news reporting and writing.
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Panhandle
Knox Parr
District 1
FE. A. Grist
Extension Service
Herring Hotel
Lorene Stevens
Texas Extension Service
Doris Leggitt
Laura Lane
Archie McCormick Charged With Theft Returned Here
Archie G. McCormick age 31 also known as Ted A. Phillips of Oklahoma City was brought back yesterday from Fort Worth by Deputy Dick Vaughn after arrest on theft charges involving more than $50. A complaint filed by Frances Davis on May 9 sets bond at $1000 by Justice Charlie Carder.
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Archie G. McCormick
Ted A. Phillips
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Dick Vaughn
Frances Davis
Charlie Carder
Ward Arrested on Charge of Selling Mortgaged Property
Albert Ward aged 25 is jailed in Potter County on a warrant charging disposal of mortgaged property. An April 5 grand jury indictment says Ward bought a 1937 Buick sedan here last fall on terms and sold it downstate in December, with Deputy Leo Uselding returning him to the county yesterday.
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Albert Ward
Potter County
Hereford
Grand
Ward
Leo Uselding
Amarillo Troopers Add Six New Patrol Cars
The Amarillo division of the Texas Highway Patrol received six new patrol cars. Capt. Polk Ivy and patrolmen Jack Miller and Byron St. Clair returned with the vehicles after exchanging the old cars.
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Amarillo
Texas Highway Patrol
Polk Ivy
Jack Miller
Byron St. Clair
Champion salesman to speak at Amarillo life underwriters convention
Leo Bock announces the three annual convention of the state association will be held June 6 to 8 in Corpus Christi. The keynote speaker is a Navy veteran of both World Wars who led his New York agency in production of sixty.
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Leo Bock
Amarillo Association of Life Underwriters
State Association
Corpus Christi
New York
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Angela
Paul Fowler
Auditorium United Service Organizations Club
Buchanan
People's
Finance & Thrift Co. Inc
Fisk Bidg. Ph
Or.l.n. Pittman
Optometrist
Ead
Aundry
and Dry Cleaners
Henry Rietman
Bob Epperson
L. S. Cotter
C. R. Dougherty
H. A. Gallarneau
Aubrey Jackson
Gus R. Roberts
George Grogan
Ed Hardin
George Grimm
A. K. Wilcoxson
Jackson
Stanton Thatcher
Malcolm Clack
M. R. Best
George Hirsch
J. R. Armstrong
F. R. Farris
Bill Akin
L. S. Namechek
Harry Faulkner
Clyde Crump
Jewel Tucker Williams
Elmer McGahan
Wayne O'Keefe
A. D. Gugenheim, Jr
Mr. Epperson
Charles Gibson
Paul Allingham
Bob Howle
H. J. New
Mr. Rietman
el Paso Army Hospital
Consolidated Razor Blade Co.,inc
Archie McCormick
Millwee's
Tyler Ph
Highway Patrol
Ansley's Cleaners
Sth
Washington
America
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Wicomesie Ward
Montgomery
Montgomery Ward
Eversharp
Samson
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