Sellers Endorse Widening of Tenth Avenue to Four Lanes
County Commissioner Lon Sellers expressed strong support for widening Tenth Avenue from the underpass to Grand Avenue into a four lane highway. The plan, urged by Amarillo citizens and backed by Bill Beechler of the Tri-State Fair, aligns with prior county discussions on city cooperation.
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Lon Sellers
Tenth Avenue
Grand Avenue
Amarillo
Bill Beechler
Tri-State Fair
Sellers
Texas cattle population in 1945 hits seven million nine hundred fifty thousand
The 1945 cattle census lists Texas with a total of 7 950 000 cattle. The figure reflects a high herd size amid postwar agricultural expansion and market demand.
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Texas
Funeral services for 13 month old David Sturkie
Funeral services for David Stephen Sturkie, 13 months old, son of Sergeant and Mrs. Percy L. Sturkie, who died in Columbia South Carolina October 26, will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow in Griggs Funeral Chapel. Rev. A D Foreman Jr will conduct the rites with burial at Liano Cemetery. The infant died while the family visited Mr and Mrs D Z Sturkie, parents of Sergeant Sturkie stationed at Amarillo Army Air Field. Mrs Sturkie is the former Miss Mary Kathryn Stone.
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David Stephen Sturkie
Set
Percy L. Sturkie
Columbia
S. C
Griggs Funeral
A. D. Foreman, Jr
First Baptist Church
Liano
D. Z. Sturkie
Sergeant Sturkie
Amarillo Army Air Field
Sturkie
David Stephen Starkie
Mary Kathryn Stone
Mrs. D. T. Copeland Taken by Death in Grandview
D. W. Lowe of 104 Maryland traveled to Grandview after the death of Mrs. D. T. Copeland, who passed away yesterday afternoon. She had been cared for by her daughter for some time. Funeral services are set for 2:30 tomorrow afternoon in Grandview.
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D. T. Copeland
D. W. Lowe
Maryland
Grandview
Florence Mullin Joins Amarillo Chamber as Receptionist
Miss Florence Mullin of 1509 Hayden, previously with Pantex Ordnance Plant, has accepted a job with the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce as receptionist and clerk typist.
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Florence Mullin
Chamber of Commerce
Florenc Mullin
Hayden
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo
Formal Aeronautics Hearing Set in Federal Court
A formal aeronautics hearing is scheduled for December 2 in federal court rooms. Postmaster W. D. De Grassi has been notified by F. K. Cogswell of the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington D C.
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W. D. DeGrassi
F. K. Cogswell
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Oscar Brooks Celebrates 55th Birthday
Deputy sheriff Oscar Brooks marks his 55th birthday today with well wishes and a gathering in his hometown community.
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Oscar Brooks
Amarillo zoning hearing on North Hughes retail area rezoning
The city zoning committee will hold a hearing tonight on multiple rezoning applications including blocks 300 through 500 on North Hughes from dwelling and apartment to commercial and several sites on North East Eighth and East Tenth. The committee will solicit public opinions before final action.
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North Hughes
Amarillo
North East Eighth
East Tenth
C. A. James
Charles Wolflin
Robert A. Wilson
James Rittenberry
Harold Walsh
L. W. Jackson
Virgil Patterson
Fall pattern 9168 shirtwaist sewing pattern
A faithful shirtwaister pattern 9168 for fall offers sizes 14 through 42 and a clean cut revers and smooth skirt. Size 16 requires 27 8 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send twenty cents to The Amarillo News Pattern Dept New York for this Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book.
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Amarillo News
Pattern Dept
P. O
Station O
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin
Sulphurous compound aids fowl health and production
Cretney Drug at 600 Polk promotes a sulfur based compound for chickens and turkeys. Mixed in water or feed it purportedly kills intestinal germs and worms, repels blood sucking insects, and improves appetite health and egg production. The ad claims low cost and unsatisfactory money back.
Mother of Bennett Dies at Miami Home
Mrs Annetta Leonora Bennett age 80 mother of George W Bennett of 820 Belleview died at 12 45 this morning at her Miami home She is survived by a granddaughter Mrs Edwin T Richards of Tulsa Funeral services set for 3 o clock Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Church at Miami with Rev C A Holcomb Jr officiating Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home assisting
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Annetta Leonora Bennett
George W. Bennett
Belleview
Miami
Edwin T. Richards
Tulsa
Methodist Church
C. A. Holcomb, Jr
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
The Civil War Draw Poker and New York Population
The text notes that full deck 52 card poker emerged during the Civil War era as a draw poker development. It states New York's population in the 1840s was under 400 000 residents.
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New York
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Muscle
Vetesk's
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W. 16Th
Aeronautics Hearing
Vesta Wilson
Ina Mae Wilson
Beauty Shop
Craghead Jackson
Bohemian Girl
Arline
Thaddeus
Southwestern Public Service Company
Charles Wolfling
America
Oumas
Orla, Texas
Amar
Perico, Texas
Perico
Dalhart
Texline
U. S. 87
XIT
TOM W. Cotten Company
Amarillo, Texas
Grand Bar
Cretney Drug
Akabil
UFR
Dept. of Banking
State of Texas
Bennett
Southern Select
Dempsey Drive-Inn
Dictaphone
Doten-Dunton
Bet
Russell
Ciency and Service
Taraay
Taylor Street
Arillo, Texas
Pleasant Valley Cleaners
D. H. Scoby
River Road Drive
Shaw Walal
Oldsmobile
Tc .T
General Motors
Amarillo Oldsmobile Co., Inc
Tyler St
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