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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1948
Page
7
Commercial Controls Corporation of Rochester, NY reports an order for an automatic stamp machine for the Amarillo office. The unit will have three sections selling 1-cent stamps, 5-cent airmail stamps, and 3-cent stamps with bundled pricing. Each unit holds a coil of 3,000 stamps and will be loaded for weekends and holidays.
A bread truck from Mead's Bakery driven by E. N. McKamy en route to Hereford collided with a Dalhart meat truck driven by Lloyd Monroe on Hereford Road five miles west of Canyon. Both drivers were treated and released from Neblitt Hospital. the bread truck sustained knee injuries, and the meat truck suffered cuts and bruises.
Amarillo Army recruiting station and Amarillo Organized Reserve Corps personnel held a picnic yesterday in Palo Duro Park. Capt. Eugene Safford said the event ended early due to thunderstorms over the area.
The Dixie Dice pupils present Ship Ahoy a world cruise revue in three performances at the high school auditorium May 31 June 12 Proceeds aid Camp Don Harrington Boy Scouts and building fund Lions Club cooperates Tickets 1 including tax available at local drugstores or from Lions Club members Bob Jones will review membership activities. In two months Tsingtao China shipped over 100000 hair nets of human hair to America.
National Guard pilot reports sighting wreckage on 12 000 foot Navajo Peak that may be the missing January first C A A C 47 with three officials aboard. Capt Philip Packer of Denver confirms discovery after snow melt and reports plane vanished after leaving Denver bound for Grand Junction.
Final examinations for Amarillo High School sophomores and juniors began this morning and run through Wednesday afternoon. Each test lasts one and a half hours with two exams daily. Grading finishes Friday, and students may pick up report cards at 10 each morning at the high school offices.
Pvt James C. Stewart of Amarillo serves with the 35th Infantry Regiment in Osaka, Japan. He is among 25 men of the I and R Platoon in the Osaka occupation, entered service October 1947, trained at Fort Ord, and sent overseas in April.
Wayne Oliver president announces a Co-Ed Club board meeting at 7 30 tomorrow evening in the YMCA. Plans for the summer schedule will be the main feature with Jimmy Hale program chairman to present a report on activities.
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