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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
5
Potter County Red Cross informed Mrs. D C McEver that her son Lt J H McEver has been liberated from a German prison camp and will return home soon. The notification came last night at 507 North Taylor.
The city of Amarillo bought 7,000 feet of cast iron pipe from United States Cast Iron & Foundry Co. The bid was the lowest of three. 3000 feet of eight inch pipe at $1.29 a foot, 2000 feet of six inch at 90 cents, and 2000 feet of four inch at 63 cents per foot.
Patricia Restine will lead Sigma Phi Chi at Amarillo College next year. Other officers include Betty Jane Roberts as vice president Jane Wolfe secretary Glenmar Snook treasurer Jane Ann Hooges reporter and Frances Combs pledge master. Outgoing president Jean Josey and others are listed.
Captain Ed Timmons, son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Timmons of 313 Mississippi, phoned his family from El Paso where he awaits home leave after three years overseas. He served with engineers in England and through North Africa and Italy campaigns. He is due home this weekend. brother Curtis Timmons arrives from Allen Military Academy, while three other brothers remain overseas.
Pioneer Childress resident Mrs C J Hargraves Childress aged 76 rode five hours through Palo Duro Canyon with a party including Mrs P C Bennett Amarillo and Mrs Marie Stephens wife of W Eugene Stephens while he was home on Navy leave and has since returned to his ship.
A 40 year family favorite Mexana medicated powder offers cooling relief for itchy rashes and irritated skin. It soothes rash irritation and protects skin from rubbing clothes while costing little with larger size savings.
Pfc Winnette Lee Thornberry, once records clerk for Amarillo police, saw a photo of Police Chief Sid Harper in Yank while recovering from shrapnel wounds suffered April 7 in Germany. The image related to Buddy’s March arrest.
Thompson, arrested in New Mexico after the fatal wounding of Lem Savage, a city detective. The soldier suffered shrapnel wounds to the right arm, right side, and neck and stated he had seen all of France and too much of Germany. Lee serves in Company K of the 180th Infantry.
Major Rip C. Underwood arrives for a short visit with his parents Mrs. R. E. Underwood at 2800 Hughes. He plans to depart for Washington D C within a few days, serving as a liaison officer between the Army Air Forces and the Army, having been stationed there nearly two years. He volunteered for the air forces about three years ago and was commissioned as a first lieutenant.
The passage notes training at Miami Beach and a posting in Orlando before arriving at the current assignment in Washington. It provides a career progression snapshot without specifying dates or roles.
Sgt Joe P Hendley Jr. 21 son of Mr and Mrs Joe P Hendley Sr 602 South Houston is in an evacuation hospital after being wounded in action on Okinawa. He was hit by Japanese fire during combat.
A sergeant with three years in the Marine Corps and two overseas service is cited for a knee injury. He served with the First Marine Division and saw action in the New Britain campaign before going to Okinawa. He is a Gould, Oklahoma high school graduate.
Mr. and Mrs W G Kirk and daughter Sue of 3207 Harrison visit relatives in Frederick Oklahoma and meet friends in Oklahoma City during a midwestern outing.
Miss Kathryn Jones, secretary of Amarillo YWCA, joins a Business and Industrial Girls summer conference in Tulsa Oklahoma. Attending from Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana, the South West Area meeting runs from opening session last Monday to Saturday with leaders from the United States and Mexico focusing on leadership development, employment and personal issues, religious understanding, and active participation in state and national legislation.
Citizens note that the rare cars form a crucial part of the nation’s wartime transport network. Officials stress the need to safeguard these vehicles for military and civilian supply lines during the conflict.
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