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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1942
Page
4
Johnson-Price at 611 Fillmore Street in Amarillo offers repair service for all makes of washing machines. Anticipating shortages, they stocked parts and employ expert technicians. A complete rebuild is presented as comparable to a new machine in service quality.
National Venetian Blind offers flexible steel slats in all colors and sizes. National Line is handled in Amarillo by the Amarillo Shade and Equipment at 418 West Tenth Street. Window shades also remain available as production continues through June 30 with orders due by June 15.
The Smead Tell I Vision filing system offers steel or wood cabinets with color coded, clear vision design for speedy filing. It includes card and legal size options, assorted folders and guides, and metal insertable tab guides. Local dealer Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply at 519 Polk Street invites inspections.
Beauty parlors praise the Empress Machineless Permanent Wave for its individualized results and high quality. Amarillo dealers Franks Barber & Beauty Supply invite operators to contact them for merchandising and sales support. Also, FEFS Cowie Electric promotes a car conservation tune up to save gas, with E. S. Cowie Company in Amarillo noting 14 years of expertise in vehicle care.
Williamson West Virginia police chief H H Davis cradled his newborn daughter as a tear gas cartridge exploded nearby. He wiped tears from eyes and said this is a war world but that was no way to baptize a baby.
The Anne Adams Pattern 4089 offers a wraparound design with deep back pleats and a smooth yoke. Available misses and women's sizes 12 through 40, with fabric estimates for size 16, and a pattern price of fifteen cents plus one cent mailing. Send name, address, size, and style number to Amarillo Globe Pattern Department.
The Amarillo Secretarial School opens its summer term on Monday June 1. It offers Civil Service and regular business courses, including shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and secretarial work with a six month curriculum condensed into three months for the intensive shorthand track.
The San Jacinto Beauty School in Amarillo starts a new term on June 8 offering training for hundreds of vacancies in the beauty trade. Graduates become licensed operators with guaranteed positions, with modern equipment, qualified instructors, and easy tuition plans.
Courses listed include comptometry Burroughs machines Monroe calculating dictaphone mimeograph Burroughs Billing and Posting machine and commercial law. Mrs Fidel Reyes directs Commercial Spanish with call for schedules rates and details. Mrs Bess Orr Foringer offers Civil Service and private sector secretary stenographer bookkeeper or office clerk prep at 800 Jefferson St phone 2 3594 for an appointment.
Ray Hagenmaster, driving on a county highway, opened his car doors and turned off the motor to ride a strong tailwind. He says the car sailed about 20 miles, reaching speeds up to 40 miles an hour.
Eugene Booth and his wife saved for six years to buy a Pryor restaurant. A 9 AM down payment of 1,600 and a 2,000 mortgage preceded a tornado at 4 PM that killed a customer and wrecked the business.
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