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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
16
The Veterans Administration is waiving roughly $1,000,000 in monthly insurance premium payments for total disability policyholders. This relief supports veterans with total disability by reducing ongoing premium costs.
The Texas Highway Commission approves paving 31 miles of Highway 66 east of Amarillo. Asphalt will cover the full road, following widening from 18 to 24 feet near the Carson County line and extending to the Gray County line. Work starts about a mile and a half west of Carson County, with completion of widening expected by July 1.
Mrs Madge Boydston Durham 40 died at 2 o'clock this morning in St Anthony's Hospital after years of illness. A Temple resident for 15 years she recently moved to Amarillo. She was a member of the Temple Methodist Church. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs John Seen of 1309 Pierce, a daughter Mrs Johnnie McKee of Amarillo, four brothers Elmore Glen Billy Boydston all of Long Beach California and Ted H Boydston Vernon, and three sisters Mrs Jo Ann Jones Amarillo Mrs Bobby Lee Goodrich of Marya and Eloise Boydston Amarillo. Funeral services pending Blackburn Shaw directing.
The grand master Rev Bruce Brannon of Commerce and grand secretary George Ballew of Waco visit Amarillo for an area Panhandle meeting at Masonic Temple. A banquet at 6 30 p m precedes a 7 30 p m lodge session and an 8 p m grand master reception with afternoon conferences in the temple parlor.
A planned three day trade mission starts Monday with 100 Amarillo boosters and the Buffalo band visiting 13 Texas towns. Fort Worth delegates arrive by Tuesday night for a breakfast in Amarillo Wednesday. Clovis NM will send 60 boosters Thursday greeted by Amarillo officials.
Tomorrow noon marks the deadline to buy season tickets for the 1947-48 Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra season. All boxes sold. remaining seats include Loge 9, main floor $7.20, balcony $6, and student $3.60. Soloists feature Whittemore Lowe James Jackson Licia Albanese Harp Ensemble and Isaac Stern. Tickets at Southwestern Public Service Company Fifth and Polk. Box office open until 5 today and until noon tomorrow.
Mrs. H. C. Dodson credits Mr. H. J. Cullen of 509 East Seventh with honesty after he returned a purse belonging to her daughter Mrs. M. L. Stephens. The purse contained sentimental items including a picture of her husband, a soldier killed overseas.
Mrs. Mary K Blanton private school teacher will leave for the University of Southern California this summer to take special work in child guidance. Her pupils at Blanton Private School entertained parents with an open air theater on the terrace at 2045 Hughes. The play Springtime in Amarillo featured many students and included a Maypole dance and group singing.
Contracts for next year are being mailed today to teachers in Amarillo Public Schools. They reflect salary increases approved by the school board last Monday night. Superintendent Chas M. Rogers says teachers must return signed contracts within 10 days, with a hope for end of semester return by next Friday.
Pioneer Air Lines new plane The Ben Milam arrives in Amarillo tomorrow at 1 29 p m It features a mural of Boys Ranch on its cabin front with an oversized Milam portrait Nearby boys from Boys Ranch will inspect the ship and view the cattle herd scene The piece mentions US laundries posting a record 738238000 in business last year
San Jacinto Youth Center fund total reaches 6408.08 after mail contributions of 16 dollars reported by secretary John Fairey. Donors include W L Watters T M Broaddus and Mrs Sally Franklin. Carpenters and laborers contributed a day’s work last Saturday and will do so again each Saturday until construction is complete. Kiwani Anns will provide a home cooked meal at the Youth Center this Saturday.
Cretney Drug Stores serving Amarillo Pampa Borger and Tucumcari offers mail orders filled from locations in Texas and New Mexico.
Mr Fairey urged readers to donate to a building fund for the project allowing workers to help create a welcoming space for Amarillo children. Donations may be mailed to Box 2433 to support the effort.
Lloyd Osbourne, 79, stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson and inspiration for Treasure Island, died yesterday in a Glendale sanitarium. He married Stevenson's wife, Mrs. Samuel Osbourne, in 1880 and the family later moved to Scotland.
Stevenson mapped the fabled island and wrote its story for a boy before the family relocated to Samoa.
Burglars broke into the Te-No-Rio Shoe Shop at 112 East Third last night and took six pairs of sandals and a roll of kangaroo leather. The burglars also entered the Te-No-Rio Cleaners behind the building and stole a pair of trousers and a bolt of blue cloth. The shoe shop is owned by Lawrence Tenorio.
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