Wolf Creek lore and a 1935 hail flood tale
hh and Frank Bryan discuss Wolf Creek claiming no place like it. Johnny Linn notes it hails harder there than anywhere else. Bryan recalls 1935 when hail and floodwaters left cattle wedged in trees and a massive hailbank near a bridge. For weeks locals dug hail for ice cream and some never left Wolf Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bryan
Wolf Creek
Johnny Linn
Hell
Frank
Bryan
Spearman
Amarillo pupils plant 180 trees along highway 287
Amarillo school children supervised by Junior Chamber of Commerce members planted 180 trees along the highway 287 approaches. Students from Horace Mann, Sanborn, Will Rogers, Margaret Wills, Wolflin and San Jacinto schools, guided by named teachers and volunteers, rode buses to sites, were bused home after the planting, with highways blocked during work and ice cream served. This begins a series of highway improvement projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Buzzin' Places with Billy Bee at Gold Sox Field
Baseball fans get double value as Amarillo meets Albuquerque twice at Gold Sox Field. First game slated for 7 30 admission 74 cents. Also notes Gainesville Circus Friday and Saturday at Fair Park Pavilion and a collage of community notices from Amarillo area clubs and social groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Sox Field
Amarillo
Albuquerque Dukes
Gainesville
Fair Park Pavilion
Blooming tomatoes and a dubious presidential car tale
A reader asks about a garden spray formula to make tomato blooms bear fruit. Tack promotes a product named Bloom as a vigorant, sold by Gouldy Bros. A Winchell-style anecdote claims government Cadillacs will be replaced by Lincolns and Packards, with critique of presidential actions and dealership accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Dale
Jackson
Tack
Gouldy Bros
Tyler
Winchell
Cadillac
Washington
White House
Truman
Truman and Dewey Train Incident Recalls Mistake
The remark recalls a Chicago episode when Dewey’s private train halted and backed as a crowd gathered at the rear platform. No injuries occurred but the scene caused confusion as reporters picked up the incident. The engineer was blamed in later accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Dewey
Chicago
President’s temper sparks debate over leadership silence
The passage reflects on a president's supposed ill temper and the political fallout. It questions responsibility for mistakes, suggesting a leader should restrain speech, while weighing whether fault lies with an engineer or misjudgment. The tone implies a consequential impact on public opinion and votes.
People vote over little things and not the big issues
A reflective editorial on voters focusing on minor concerns rather than major policy, critiquing adult maturity in civic participation and suggesting many people remain childlike in their political choices.
Oilman Sinclair Drops Big Night Bet and Divorce Saga
The report recalls oilman Harry Sinclair spending $800000 in a Florida night of craps, settling for half, and a stormy marriage later. After years of serene tragedy and failed reconciliation, they divorce. She disposed of $175000 worth of jewels at a Hudson River pier the night before her decision, discarding keepsakes that reminded her of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
Harry Sinclair
Florida
Hudson River
Funny New Yorkers and Hollywoodites Think Differently
The remark notes a clash of cultural perspectives between New York and Hollywood crowds. It highlights mutual misunderstandings and suggests locals see outsiders as less aware of everyday realities, while outsiders may misread urban life.
The Baron of Arizona tease and Nash quip in print
A movie tease notes Vincent Price lines from The Baron of Arizona, promising a shakeup to readers. Hotels offer free lunches to spur cocktail sipping while diners report dime breakfasts popping up citywide. The column credits Ogden Nash for a witty quip about income and compatibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
Arizona
Vince Price Welfs
Ogden Nash
Best Hunting Dog in Texas Cup Sent to Princess
Thanks to Leon Cizon area manager of Zales for an 18 carat silver loving cup sent to Princess. Engraved on the cup reads The Best Hunting Dog in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Cizon
Zale’s
Texas
Best dominoer to be featured in upcoming cup event
A note mentions a top domino player and says the cup will appear in a forthcoming picture. The short item hints at a future feature and invites readers to watch for the image in coming days.
Tack Uprooted to Return to Montana This Summer
Doctors Gist and Loving insist Tack must be sent back to Montana this summer, outlining medical grounds and scheduling considerations for the relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs. Gist
Loving
Tack
Montana
Seen on Polk Street: E. E. Manney remembered
E. E. Manney, once a printer, is remembered for a bold move from Amarillo to Fort Worth where he opened a print shop. A flood later submerged his office under 13 feet of water, causing an $80,000 setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
E. E. Manney
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Publisher in Wichita Builds Prosperous 35-Staff Firm
In Wichita Kansas he runs a commercial publishing house with 35 employees on one shift, near major league success in his field. He appears prosperous and is prospering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Texans fret over Alaska statehood Panhandle joke
A Houston man voices concern that Alaska joining the union could force Texans to share a Panhandle joke. He notes Alaskans talk of their own Panhandle in the southeast of the territory, while Americans may ask which Panhandle is meant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Houston
Alaska
Union
Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas Grief Over Size Rivalry With Alaska
The column argues Texans mourn losing the title as the nation’s largest state. It notes Alaska surpasses Texas in area by about 319,000 square miles and questions how many residents Alaska has, estimating around 100,000 including Indigenous people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Texas
Union
Alaska
Texas editor’s wild geographic prediction recalled
The Times recalls a Texas editor who once joked that tipping the state would topple skyscrapers in St. Paul and cause El Paso to drop into the Atlantic. He warned the state’s impact would blot out much of Mexico. The remark reflects a flamboyant regional flourish popular in earlier editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
St. Paul
el Paso
Atlantic
Mexico
Amarillo Wonders About Lubbock Weight and Numbers
The reader shifts focus from Alaska to regional concerns, emphasizing Amarillo’s interest in Lubbock’s influence and demographics. The note hints at rivalry or comparison, suggesting competitive dynamics between the two Texas cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Borger
Alaska
Amarillo
Lubbock
Popular Polk Street figure resigns from Amarillo post
A well known, friendly man along Polk Street resigns and plans to move to South Texas to become part owner of a large company. Announcement will come tomorrow or the next day. He and his family will be greatly missed. He dislikes leaving Amarillo and is connected with a major company on the west side of Polk Street, south of the Seventh Street corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
South Texas
Amarillo
Seventh Street
Pioneer W H Fuqua Dies Leaving City Leadership Mark
Amarillo and the Panhandle mourn the death of W H Fuqua a bold aggressive pioneer whose citizenship and expansive work shaped the region His leadership defined a chapter of Texas history and his absence leaves a void in Amarillo and surrounding communities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
Southwest
W. H. Fuqua
Polio Insurance Investments Retirement Group
Pioneer American Insurance CO
Dan C. Griffin
Mays Building
Fuqua’s Impact on Amarillo High Plains Community
The passage honors Mr. Fuqua who moved to Amarillo, overcame hardship, and built a career through industry and character. It credits him with mentoring young men, boosting moral and economic development, and notes his exceptional influence in Texas during his heyday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuqua
Amarillo
High Plains
Texas
El Paso Banker Joins Texas Tech Foundation Board
El Paso banker Sam D. Young is named a new member of the Texas Technological College foundation board of directors. Announcement came from Chairman C. T. McLaughlin of Snyder. The reorganized board will act as a liaison group for the college and a meeting is set for early June in Big Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Sam D
Young
el Paso Banker
Texas Technological College Foundation Board of
C. T. McLaughlin
Snyder
Big Spring
Reward Offered For Dog Missing Since Sunday May 28
A reader reports a grown tan and white male cocker spaniel disappeared Sunday May 28. He wore a collar with license tag No 288. A reward is offered. Call 6976. Address 1422 Herssen.
Colored girl seeks day work at 75 cents an hour
A READER advertises for ironing and general house work or a half day job. The writer, a colored girl, offers services at 75 cents per hour and asks interested parties to telephone 3 3536 after 3 PM.
Santa Fe carloadings and rail traffic compare with 1949 figures
Santa Fe System carloadings for the week ending Saturday reached 23 472, down from 24 069 in 1949. Cars received from connections totaled 10 681, up from 10 089. Total cars moved were 34 153, versus 34 158 a year earlier. The system handled 16 689 cars in the preceding week of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Engineer Lewis J Workman Transferred to Juneau Alaska
A Bureau of Reclamation regional engineer, Lewis J. Workman, is transferred to a Juneau Alaska post to join the agency there studying Alaska water power resources. Mr and Mrs Workman have lived in Amarillo since 1948 and reside at 102 West Twenty-eighth. The Juneau agency has conducted the study for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Reclamation
Lewis J. Workman
Juneau
Alaska
Mrs. Workman
Amarillo
West Twenty-eighth
Deadline Set for Filing Candidacy in Democratic Party
Candidates for state offices must file by June 5 with local Democratic executive committees. County and precinct offices file by June 17, then the committee meets on June 19 to draw ballot order. The first Democratic primary is scheduled for July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Radio Serenade Prompts $200 Fine in St Louis
Herschel G. Elbrecht was fined 200 dollars and placed on six months probation for disturbing the peace by blaring a radio at 2 AM. Police said the volume came from a window facing neighbor Joseph Passiglia. Elbrecht said he acted to get even after Passiglia's dog barked continually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Herschel G. Elbrecht
Joseph Passiglia
Elbrect
Passiglia
Warranty deeds inform Amarillo land transfers in multiple neighborhoods
A series of property transfers records deeds from George H. Walker, Edward Clay Martin, J. Chambers, John Ross Bradford, Helen H Hawkins, H L Hawkins, Charles E Hubbart, Charles L Grimes, Wolflin Park Inc., L E Lyles, J A Smith, T J Wagner, J A Harden and others. Parcels span Famous Heights Park Forest Hill Park San Jacinto Heights Mirror Sunset Park Wolflin Park Miller Heights and Ridge areas. Transfer details include lot numbers blocks and buyer names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Walker
R. B. Davidson
Famous Heights Park
Edward Clay Martin
L. Hey
Forest Hill Park
J. Chambers
Russell A
John Ross Bradford
Charles Prido
San Jacinto Heights
Helen H Hawkins
H. L. Hawkins
Mirror
Charles E. Hubbart
Charles L. Grimes
Lewis J. Welter
Sunset Park
Wolflin Park, Inc
Ray W. Baland
Wolflin Park No
L. E. Lyles
Miller Heights
T. J. Wagner
James A. Gammon
Wolflin Park
John J. Harden
W. P. Williams
Ridge
Sunset Park and San Jacinto records and marriages
Property transfers include G E Bond to E E Bowen lot 8 block 6 Sunset Park and North Amarillo Devel to John W Flippin lot 4 block 14 East Amarillo Subdivision plus several other lot deals in San Jacinto Heights and Sunset Park. Divorces include Baucoms and Coles. Marriage licenses list dozens of couples. A note cites 31 percent of pedestrian deaths occur within three hours after sunset in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere
G E. Bond
E. E. Bowen
Sunset Park
North
John D. Griffin
University Heights
Willie Rebecca Baucom
Luther William Baucom
Ruth C. Allen
Marion Allen
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Highway 287
Horace Mann
Troyce Austin
Derrell Lilly Reynolds
Jackie Ray
Danny Proffer
Ernest Warnock
Billy Hughes
Esteen Richardson
Robert Hover
Thomas Purdom
Alan Russell
Gene Arrington
T. E. Grimes
David Stafford
Alva Heath
Mickey Haas
Johnny Russell
Allen Swearengin
Tommy Bagley
Clifton Pylant
Thomas Russell
Dalton Taliaferro
Thomas Hollis
Frank Cates
Charles Summers
Billie Passmore
Charles Byals
Austin Payne
Paul Williams
Melvin Hughlett
Robert Echols
Albert Henry
George Morton
Billy Crawford
Jerry McAnally
Teddy Henley
H. W. Bailey
Jerry Dow Jones
Jack Cleghorn
D. Jackson
Charles Hughes
Sanborn
James Gerald Kennann
G. Walker
Jimmie Garrison
J. W. Witt
Richard Jamieson
Robert Herridge
Howard Birdwell
Clarence Brewer
Alex Rocha
Laverl Dickey
Ronald Eugene Higden
Jerry Bramsett
Wayne Lee
W. Lee Hess
Troy Barnes
Lenard Maddux
Johnny Wayne Shelton
Kenneth Trent
Joe Jennings
Jerry Bill Hopkins
Larry James Daws
Roy David Cochran
Robert Forrest
Wayne Gordon
Charles Day
R. B. Young
Robert Wayne Johnson
Bobby Shelton
Lester Whisenant
Luciano Campos
Louis McCaffree
Benny Chavez
Henry Ariza
Donald Wilson
Loyd Cross
Leon Walker
Eddie Nunn
Billy Holman
Gene Birdwell
Earl Eddy
Jerry Forrest
Thomas Richard Lee
Bill Holt
Freedie Palmer
Tommy Barr
Wayne Cates
Wilburt Lawson
John Thompson
Will Rogers
Edward Mills
Ted Hamlin
Douglas Wayne
Ronnie Albright
Gary Ray Doose
Benny Joe Davis
Leon Robinson
Bobby Vaughan
Wilson Benningfield
Wade Hopkins
Finis Cavender
Billy Don Doe
Nelson Forsyth
Billy Spiker
Benny Frazier
Tommy Buckner
Tony Thomas
Marshall Wilson
Ronald Mullins
Margaret Wills
Carroll Pamplin
Jerry Lemon
Roy Deaver
Preston White
Wendell Carson
Bobby Taylor
Fred Comb
Bert Crolough
Johnny Prestridge
Mike Cenoley
Wolflin School
Allen Prescott
Clarence Cochran
Kenny Prickett
Jimmy Lindsay
Tommy Thomas
Gordon Ceizon
Jimmy Todd
David
Baldy
Tor Miron
Duke
Sixth Street
Fiske Estate
Austin Turnpike
Buzzin
Billy Bee
Amarillo Country Club
Jimmy Walker
Bobby Wilson
Don Hill
David Culwell
Jackie Cain
Jimmy Hedgecoke
Gary Hedgecoke
Beck Atkinson
Mary Alice Lokey
Shearer Atkinson
Danny
Sandie Lynch
Joe Saunders
Dickie Ingertnn
Charles Holt
Zerrell Walker
Arthur Higgins
Judy Sutton
Carter Kelly
Jane Neely
Virginia Reed
Bettye O’brien
Rita Herrmann
Nancy Moore
Norris Ewing
Charles Galloup
Hubert Dowell
C. G. Wagner
W. E. Haley
Sandy Cross
Jim Farwell
Foy Dryden
Alfred Glenn
Joe Morris
Jimmy James
Gus Leftwich
Wade Holman
J. S. Parmelee
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Mercury
OLD
Tascosa
James Patrick
Nashville
Feliz Hamill
Chattanooga
Joe Mason
Charlie Mason
Stella Williamson
Dick Mason
Irene Parks
Clyde Campf
Irving Ellis
Milton Meyer
E. C. Penry
George Glatfelder
Paramount
O. B. Smith
Clayton Shivers
Lloyd Johnson
T. L. Roach
Jim Tolleson
Tol Ware
Lawrence Beyer
Jack Little
Texas Tech
Globe-News Board of Censors
Wes Izzard
Paul Allingham
D Bartlett
Grady Camp
Sarah Winter
Bob Babb
Lewis Nordyke
Joe Hess
Charley Underrood
Cadillac Company
United States
the Times
Herssen
Deason
Amarillo Optical
Sales Polk
Courthouse Records
Gene A. Cole
Patsy Cole
James Lloyd Brown
Miss Francis
LaRue Euler
Delbert Lee Hames
Willie Frances Cameron
Bert Dwight Stephens
Mattie Lee Evelyn Lee
Fletcher D. Childs
Charlene Antionette Earl
Ralph Robert Raney
Eva Neomia Brimage
Joseph Donald Foran
Evelyn Mozelle Vetesk
John Louis Karin, Jr
Darlene Green
Tommie Martin Valentine
Alice Venita Harris
Globe News
Mason
Zale
Polk
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