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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1950
Page
4
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Good Will committee sponsors an auto caravan to Dumas Dogie Days. The caravan forms at 9 at Fourteenth and Polk, arrives for the 11 parade, with a free barbecue and a quarterhorse race at 2. Contact Bill Lansing at 5238 to RSVP.
Mrs Pearline Williams of 1111 North West Sixteenth reports a rose bush that normally bears red blooms produced a pink flower this morning. The finding suggests a single plant can bear two colors of roses in her yard.
Amarillo hosts hundreds of Legionnaires and Auxiliary members for the Fifth Division American Legion convention at the American Legion Home 615 West Seventh. Registration Saturday 10 a m to 9 30 p m. Sunday 9 30 a m invocation by Chaplain Morris Lively welcomes by John Boyce with Howard Hudgins responding. Delegates will elect a new division commander and name national convention delegates. Gen Ernest O Thompson dedicates the new 115000 Legion Home Sunday at 11 30 a m. District commanders from Abilene Odessa Amarillo Levelland and San Angelo will be present.
Southern Construction Company of Oklahoma City lands the $97 601.60 contract for the West Eighth Avenue overpass, the lowest of nine bids, with John F Buckner & Sons of Cleburne second at 97 782.90. Other bidders included Austin Bridge Company, Bell Braden Barker Gilvin, and Missouri Valley Construction. The project, funded jointly by the city and Rock Island Railroad, will span four lanes plus walkways and connects West Eighth Avenue to Georgia Street, opening a west side traffic artery. Completion is promised within 150 days.
All credit unions in the Amarillo area will hold a special meeting at 8 oclock tomorrow night in the commission chambers of Municipal Auditorium. Cliff Skorstad a field representative of an insurance society will be the guest speaker. Ira Bone of Amarillo an official of the Texas Credit Union League urged all members and directors to attend this outstanding meeting.
The House Agriculture Committee favorably reported a Poage Texas bill to grant 1950 emergency cotton acreage quotas to farmers whose crops were destroyed by natural causes. The measure targets cotton growers affected by crop losses and includes provisions for wheat and grain farmers sidelined by pest damage in Texas and Oklahoma.
In Creve Coeur Illinois on May 24 a 14 year old high school freshman Paul D Wireman admitted vandalizing Bethel Evangelical Church ripping out wiring splashing black paint and turning on gas jets in the basement he later said he planned to light a candle to cause an explosion but feared he would be killed or hurt saying he was mad at everyone and wanted to get even.
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