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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1947
Page
15
Quotation attributed to James Thomson on inner beauty surpassing outward ornament. The line states true loveliness shines without foreign adornment, implying authenticity over decoration.
Personal notices from Amarillo summarize weddings and visits. Readers see travel to Lubbock San Antonio Galveston and Dallas, plus hospital and birth announcements. Names include Jean Smith David Haymes R. T. Stryker A C Keith H A King and many local residents with family links and birthdays.
A columnist recalls the Bronx bus driver who drove a stolen bus to Florida and evaded police on highways. He admires the daring act as clever and entertaining while not endorsing theft. The piece humorously imagines grand heists like moving the Empire State Building.
Film star Betty Grable awaits husband Harry James in Atlanta to meet their second child born yesterday by Caesarean section. The 6 pound 14 ounce girl named Jessica arrived two weeks early. Dr George Harris attended. The Grables’ first child Victoria Elizabeth is three.
Collections for the Pleasant Valley Community and Youth Center rose by 200 to 1600, with new donors including Amarillo Baking Co Earl Grant Lane Ice Cream Co and Miles Bivins among others. The Pleasant Valley Community Club met to discuss site for the new building and sponsors the project while the Jam Jar youth activity reports 99 members since its five week start.
Two members of the St Meinrad Seminary ordination class in Indiana are assigned to the Amarillo diocese Rev Vincent Daugint of Oak Park Illinois and Rev Richard Vaughan of Madison Wisconsin and Rev Arunell Arnold Erpen of Madison Wisconsin will be ordained next Tuesday at St Meinrad after which they return home to celebrate their first Mass. The order includes a statement that Blackburn Shaw Life Insurance Company Amarillo has met Texas law requirements and has a certificate of authority for 1947 48.
Saliva crust forms on false teeth and causes offensive odor. Brushing or soaking may not remove it. a product called New Plate Wet Cleaning promises to melt and loosen crust for cleaner, sweeter tasting teeth.
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