New Minister From Houston Joins Polk Street Church
Reverend Eugene L. Slater, 43, will lead Polk Street Methodist Church Amarillo after six years at Behring Memorial Houston, where he organized River Oaks Church and helped start a second congregation. Native of Louisiana, he served six years in Ozona Texas and is a Southern Methodist University graduate with B A and B D degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Slater
Polk Street
Behring Memorial Methodist
Houston
Behring Memorial
Slater
Amarillo
Central Texas Conference
River Oaks Methodist Church
Louisiana
Texas
Ozona
Southern Methodist University
Frank Lehman Dies In Los Angeles
Frank A Lehman former general manager of the Santa Fe Western Lines with offices in Amarillo died Saturday night in Los Angeles He would have been 79 on June 2 and had retired as a Santa Fe official in 1939 while serving as general manager at Topeka Kan He moved from Amarillo to Topeka in 1927 and after retirement was succeeded there by H B Lautz Arrangements for funeral services were not known here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Lehman
Santa Fe Western Lines
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Mr. Lehman
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
H. B. Lautz
Postal Windows To Close At 5 30
Amarillo post office windows will close at 5 30 o clock daily starting Monday June 12 Postmaster Gordon Jor an said the change aims to save costs after orders from the Postmaster General. He noted few customers are affected by the shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Gordon Joran
Jordan
Snow-Free Denver Trips To Colorado Ski Courses
Visitors can reach premier Colorado ski courses deep in the Rockies from Denver in about an hour, enjoying smooth highways and clear skies for a rapid mountain getaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Rockies
Denver
The Christian Science Reading Room Invitation
An invitation to visit the Christian Science Reading Room at 121 West 9th Avenue Amarillo to read borrow or purchase Mary Baker Eddy writings and the Bible. A request accompanies enclosed $3 for a blue cloth Library Edition of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Christian Science Reading Room
West 9Th Avenue
Amarillo
Dangerous blasting caps warning to the public
Amarillo police urge caution as children on vacation may pick up blasting caps. Chief Sid Harper warns caps explode if disturbed and are found near projects, barns, highways, or tracks. Call police or sheriff if found. do not touch. Caps are small copper or aluminum tubes with or without fuses.
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Amarillo
Sid Harper
Panhandle
Police Department
Sheriff's Office
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Potter
Services for Mrs. Alice A. Potter 85 will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the chapel of N S Griggs & Sons with Rev. Galen H. Onstad officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery Canyon beside her husband. Potter died yesterday at home of her daughter Mrs A J Arnold in Amarillo after long bedfastness since a hip fracture. Survivors include Earl Potter Amarillo and daughters Mrs T D Herndon Salt Lake City and Mrs J A Kelly Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice A. Potter
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Galen H. Onstad
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Dreamland Cemetery
Canyon
Potter
Amarillo
A. J. Arnold
Crockett
Mark Potter
Canyon Power and Light Company
Fisk
Arnold
Earl Potter
T. D. Herndon
Rites at 4 for Mrs. Fleming 61
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Mae Fleming 61 were to be held at 4 PM at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. E R Foster officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Fleming of 2213 Rule died yesterday in St Anthony's Hospital after 27 years in Amarillo. Survived by son Albert M Fleming and daughter Mrs Marvin Ruffin both of Amarillo and brothers Joe Fanning of Oklahoma City and Arvin Fanning of Chowchilla California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Mae Fleming
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
E. R. Foster
First Assembly of God Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Albert M. Fleming
Amarillo
Marvin Ruffin
Joe Fanning
Oklahoma City
Arvin Fanning
Chowcilla
Cal
Henslee Is Ill Pioneer Dies Noted Panhandle Figure
Uncle Billy Henslee, 2414 North West Fifth, longtime Panhandle pioneer and Western Cowpunchers Association member, is critically ill in Northwest Texas. He is 85 years old.
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Henslee
Billy Henslee
North West Fifth
Panhandle
Western Cowpunchers Association
Texas
Ten Take Test for Police Sergeant
The police sergeant examination was held this morning at the city personnel office with ten men of lower grades taking the exam. There are no vacancies, but those with satisfactory grades will be placed on the eligibility roster. The two hour test covers 200 questions across all police work areas.
County officials seek complete hospital equipment list
County commissioners asked Northwest Texas Hospital superintendent C F Fielden and the hospital board to prepare a full list of needed gear for the extension funded by available money. Fielden and board member Mark Galloway outlined bid options for individual or combined equipment. Storage at fair grounds will be provided, with bids for laundry and boiler work to be placed in a separate building per a state health department approval. No bid dates set yet.
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C. F. Fielden
Northwest Texas Hospital
Hospital Board
Mr. Fielden
Mark Galloway
Fielden
Fair Grounds
Hospital
W. R. O'Connell
State Department of Public Health
Three Treated For Injuries In North East Butcher Street Crash
Three Burger residents received emergency care at St Anthony's Hospital after a morning collision at North East Eighth and Mirror. Mrs Juanita Meador 24 W O Meador and Della Fay Francis were treated and dismissed. Mrs Meador drove the Meador car which struck Sutton’s car driven by Clarence H Sutton 22 at 3603 North Fast Twenty second. Police said Sutton car was stopped waiting for a light to change.
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Burger
St. Anthony’s Hospital
North East Eighth
Mirror
Juanita Meador
W. O. Meador
Della Fay Francis
Meadors
O’daniel
Berger
Meador
Clarence H. Sutton
Sutton
Local angler nets $150 in unique Buffalo Lake drum rodeo
L. W. Chillders of 3706 Harrison won 150 from the Panhandle Outdoorsmen's Club Globe News Fish Rodeo after catching the only drum tagged POSC 50-217 in Buffalo Lake. He fished five minutes using shrimp for bait near cottonwoods, south of the boat house, amid a day-long lake stay with multiple prizes from local sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Chillders
Buffalo
Panhandle
Globe-News Fish Rodeo
Globe-News
Harrison
Buffalo Lake
Mr. Chillders
Borden Company
Big Foot Service Station
Boogie Lure Company
Brooks Drug Stores
Venable Brothers Visited Amarillo From Dallas Today
Buz Venable prominent Dallas oil operator visits his brother H. A. Venable at 2102 Washington in Amarillo and plans to return to Dallas tomorrow.
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Buz Venable
Dallas
Amarillo
H. A. Venable
Washington
Western Dance For Young Adults at San Jacinto Center
The Young Adult Social Club hosts a western dance at the San Jacinto Youth Center from 9 to 12. Johnnie West and his Band perform with Grady Truell as master of ceremonies. The Amario Barn Dancers, state-winning Fort Worth entrants, will perform squares during intermissions. Mary E. Browning leads. committees include Bette Lamb, Jackie Robertson, Myrtle Ackers, Ruth Ewing, Brooks Wilson, Jim Blasdel, Carl Simpson, and Myron Rutherford. Admission is 50 cents for members and $1 for temporary members, western attire encouraged.
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San Jacinto
Johnnie West
Grady Truell
Fort Worth
Mary E. Browning
Bette Lamb
Jackie Robertson
Myrtle Ackers
Ruth Ewing
Brooks Wilson
Jim Blasdel
Carl Simpson
Myron Rutherford
Bumper-to-Bumper Station Burglarized
Burglars broke into the Davis Bumper-to-Bumper service station at 416 East Tenth during the night and fled with an undetermined cash loss. Cruising police officers found the break in early this morning after intruders entered through a rest room window and cut through sheet rock siding to access the office. Station operators had not yet determined the loss at noon.
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Davis
East Tenth
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Frank Lehman
Science and Health
Christian Science Reading
9Th Avenue
Globe
Graybar Electric Company
Hotpoint
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Graybar
Don Foley
Ralph Ness
W. H. Mayben
Clint Pressen
Mrs. Potter
Mrs. Fleming
Raines
West Texas
Corpus Christi
Tyler St
Peacock
Ethel
District
Office
Koehler
Koehlers
Bray Building
Austin
Willys
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