Amarillo Social Roundup and Local News Items
Amarillo Fire Department responded to a Sixth and Madison alarm box with no fire found and a girl explaining she pulled the handle because it said so. Vacation notes report Ellie Whitmore traveling Europe, Denton native teacher and publicist for the Amarillo schools. Multiple birth notices from St Anthony’s Hospital and Northwest Texas Hospital list May 25 births. The Knock Knock item recounts a prank with a pup causing a rapping sound. The Guest List notes many visitors and hosts around Amarillo including Pelham Manor NY and Dallas. Northwest Texas Hospital and Amarillo Osteopathic lists numerous medical patients and staff. Green Gold AATT covers a grass conference led by Governor Shivers and Texas grass concerns. The News also lists birthday notes, vacation notes from Europe, and local police vacation return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Thomas
Army Tech Village
St. Anthony’s Hospital
M. Junell
East Central
Robert
Myrdall
Polk
St. Anthony's Hospital
S. B. Putney
North Hughes
J. M. Negrette
Garfield
Northwest Texas Hospital
Cc. E. Frederick
East Twenty-fourth
M. C. Kennedy
North Johnson
R. B. King
Bowie
J. E York
North West Third
J. D. Reese
North Wilson
Buchanan
Aga
R. D. Perkins
Pelham Manor
Tucson
Ariz
Allie May Currie
Dallas
W. R. Pumphrey
Rosemont
Aatt
Prof
Frank Phillips
Department of Agriculture
West Texas State College
Austin
Prof. Phillips
Shivers
Robert Kleberg
South Texas
Phillips
Texas
Our Younger Generation: Pete Polk Engages School Life Plan
Patrick Henry Polk an eighth grader at Elizabeth Nixson Junior High is home room president and speech class vice president. He plays soccer and handball and aims to become a missionary worker. Pete, 13, is son of Loretta Polk of 1920 Washington with light brown hair and green eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora
Patrick Henry Polk
Pete
Elizabeth Nixson
Loretta Polk
Washington
Today Then and Now Spanning Amarillo’s Half Century
A collage of Amarillo memories from 1901 to 1950s includes a June 1901 marriage plan for Bankhead Jones and Kate Word, 1921 weather notes, a juried fine for an unwanted kiss, rustic post office hatchery joke, a Truman audience for Catholic students, a Med cruise update, Phi Beta Kappa honor for Tynette Wilson Hills, LSU commencement for the Mixon family, homecoming from Lubbock, missing a birthday, MIT acceptance for Barbara Gray, and Amarillo High School alumni milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bankhead Jones
Happy
Kate Word
Truman Herman Neusch
National Newman Federation
Truman
President Truman
James L. Beeman, Jr
Cleveland
Sierra
Sixth Fleet
Tynette Wilson Hills
Amarillo area notes and 1931 union station plans
Editorial laments Amarillo lacks a pool while urging water access for youth. June 1931 saw the Chamber of Commerce backing a Union Station project, with the West Texas Construction Company planning an asphalt plant. Other items include a wavy road toll at the Tri-State Fair Grounds, Confederate monument unveiling, and 1940 tornado aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
West Texas Construction Company
First Avenue
Johnson Street
Kathryn Kirk
Randolph Macon
Margaret Collins
Northwestern University
Louise Coe
Southern Methodist University
Potter County
Ruth Deizell
Sam Houston Junior High bids farewell to student leaders
School officials George Lokey, student president, and secretary Nancy Gibson read farewell messages over the public address system to students, praising those who excelled in academics and activities. Final exams were held Thursday and Friday. Students return Wednesday for report cards. ST ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL details list Wayne Cross and J M Mullin at specified addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lokey
Nancy Gibson
Sam Houston Junior High School
ST. Anthony's Hospital
Wayne Cross
Monroe
J. M. Mullin
River Road
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellie Whitmore
New York
Whitmore
Ireland
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Denton
Harrison
Boge Hayes
Lincoln
Neb
Harold T. Logston
North Harrison
Edwin Byars
Phoenix
Howard Maynard
Venice
Cal
R. F. Stewart
Taylor
Louella Robinett
San Antonio
Dorothy Casler
Loretta Barker
Clifside
L. V. Rumbeck
Borger
Vickie Howard
East Second
J. R. Hall
Roswell
C. H. Smith
Carolina
Johnnie C. McClendon
Dalhart
Louise Eubank
Ada Lee McCoy
West Second
Madeline Podhola
West Thirteenth
Nickie Joe Vanderlaan
Ethel Pet
West Third
Jewel Arnold
West Sixth
Ren Henson
Jack D. Hale Anna LaRue Swenson
Paris
Felix Mandell
Europe
America
C. R. Calvert
Parker
Harry C. Garlin
Palo Duro
California
Grand Canyon
Oak Creek
Arizona
Los Angeles
San Diego
H. W. Aycock
Sacramento
Nevada
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Harry Strickland
Claude
Inez Smith
Sanborn
Anna Cool
East Twenty-eighth
Ira Bone
Louisiana
Carel Hollis
Ong
Gerald Brown
Springfield
Colo
Surgical
C. R. Rowley
Santa Fe
J. H. Chandler
James Campbell
Calvin Harrell
McLeen
A. L. Shook
Dumas
J. R. Kirk
Spearman
C. W. Kirk
Sally Nichols
Manuel Galvez
Hereford
Sandra Smith
West Nineteenth
W. L. Rogers
Hiram Long
Doc
Rimrock
R. Ryder
Youre
Iss Mary Loss
Red Ryder
Deacon Mushrat
Agatha Fizzbury
Alexander
MR. Long
Dous Ciarat
Jang
Nona
Wrigley. Chewing Gum
Arkansas
Ray Johnson
DeGrassi
United States Post Office
Leroy Jacobs
Clayton, NM
Gary Groom
Pierce
George Brownell
H. M. Smith
Fairmont
Grace Bennett
Jefferson
Lubbock
Boston
Amarillo High School
R. B. Norman
FISK
Kansas
Missouri
Cleveland Street
Red Cross
Tenth Avenue
Six Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Happy Glen Crossing
Washington Street
South Plains
E Game Ic Radio Service
Seno Sacs
Peter
W. 26Th ST
G. Y
U.S. Pat
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