Hammtown Begins Eighth Year Cutting Wide Swath
Hammtown, a mobile harvest town of 27 men and one woman, rolls from Perry Kansas toward Vernon to harvest wheat. The outfit carries its own electric plant water system and a dozen combines. It plans a 640 acre day and a 100 day northward sweep through the Panhandle finally stopping near the Canadian border.
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Panhandle
Hammtown
Vernon
Amarillo
Canmadian
N. R. Hamm
Perry
Kan
Perry Bright
Jack Peterson
Minnie
Hamm
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Canada
Pot ter County Seeks Steel Bids for Livestock Exposition Building
Pot ter County Texas invites bids to furnish structural steel for a Livestock Exposition Building. Bids due May 31 1948 at 10 00 AM at the County Court House Amarillo. Plans available from County Engineer Frank Harrison 302 Potter County Court House. County reserves right to reject any bid and to waive informalities. May 14 21 28 1948.
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Commissioners’ Court of
Potter County
Texas
County Court House
Amarillo
Frank Harrison
Potter County Court House
Painless Barbering in Memphis Nurtures Sleepy Child
Mrs. Grant Giles brings her 17 month old Clyde to a Memphis barber who eased the boy into the chair and cut his hair without waking him while the mother supported his head. In Northern Ireland brickmakers win a wage raise to 42 cents an hour after a protracted campaign.
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Memphis
Tenn.u.p
Grant Giles
Clyde
Northern Ireland
Civil Service Seeks Veterans Hospital Staff Positions
The civil service commission invites applications for vacancies at the Veterans Hospital including hospital attendant kitchen helper maid janitor and laborer with salaries from 1690 to 1822 yearly. No written test and immediate appointments. non veterans only for laborer. Obtain full details from H M Timmons room 21 post office building.
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Civil Service Commission
Veterans Hospital
H. M. Timmons
Civil Service Secretary
Certificate of Authority Issued for Standard Accident Insurance
The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit Michigan has complied with Texas laws for the year ending May 31 1949 and is authorized to do business in Texas. Signed by George B Butler Chairman, Austin May 3 1948.
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Board OF Insurance Commissioners
Austin
Texas
George B. Butler
Noon Interludes Like Quick Lunch Breaks
Citizens ponder whether hurried lunches near counters serve quick bites or offer real rest. The piece weighs the value of a brief noon interlude versus rapid meals and suggests a slower pause may aid focus.
Children’s Home Seeks $300,000 for New Facility
The Presbyterian Children’s Home near Amarillo, serving 650 children in 24 years, seeks $300,000 to finance a new five cottage and administration complex on a 10 acre site near Thirty fourth and Bowie. The current three and a half story building houses 45 of 40 capacity and is deemed unsafe.
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Amarillo
Thirtyfourth
Bowie
Children’s Home
The
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Paul
American National Bank
Soul and Body Lesson Sermon For May 23
Christian Science services prepare a lesson-sermon titled Soul and Body to be read in all Churches of Christ Scientist on Sunday May 23. The Golden Text quotes II Corinthians 6 16 about the temple of God and idols. A citation from the Bible states My soul longeth yea even fainteth for the.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mystery Theater Contest Prompts Closest Shave Prize
A radio promotion invites listeners to enter the new contest My Closest Shave following a narrow escape. Participants may win valuable prizes by tuning in to Mystery Theater Friday at 9 00 over KGNC on channel 710.
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KGNC
Dial 710
Living God cited in Lesson Sermon excerpt
The Lesson-Sermon quotes Psalm 84 verse two and a passage from Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health stating Soul is the substance Life and intelligence of man, individualized but not in matter. The excerpt reflects religious study material used in Christian Science teaching.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Locust Swarms Enter Guatemala From Honduras
Mexico City May 21 The agricultural department said it had received messages from Guatemala reporting large locust swarms entering from Honduras.
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Mexico City
Agricultural Department
Guatemala
Honduras
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Sid Ty Rigg
Mir
Wwwusz
Mystery Theatre
Loren Jones
Jack's
Jack
OASIS
Grand
Polk
News-Globe
EL Rancho
S. Fillmore
Claude Persefield
Marine Grill
Everglades
West 10Th
Children's Home
Bad Thad
Ansley Cleaners
Washington
Lelwee
Joe Brown
N. Fillmore
Christian Science Services
Coney
Polk St
Texas Wranglers
Mayfair Club
Otis
U. S
Fhoaia
Digeina
Mexico
Rip Ramsey
Texas Wanderers
Rainbow Club
North East
Jimmy Campbell
Benny SH Shayan
Paula Lombardo
Tom Creadon Ventriloquist
Maria Darlington
Jimmy Murphy
Emcee
Club Victoria
Clarence
Jack” Jackson
Gibson's
Fountain Service
Gibson’s Cafe
North Fillmore
Bungalow Courts
6Th Ave
Hardin College Band OF
Wichita Falls, Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Helium City Camera Club
Popular Photography
Sea Foods
Pierce St
NAT Cafe
NAT
Georgia
Paul Bunyan
Amarillo Hotel
Evai
al Elie
Dick Morton and His Orchestra
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