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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1946
Page
15
Amarillo week of social notes records visits from Dal las to Amarillo and Brownsville kin, plus many arrivals and birthdays. Notables include Lt. Moore recognized for service, new births at Northwest Texas Hospital, and neighbors moving in from Fort Worth and Laredo.
Lt. Donald J. Moore of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart posthumously for heroism in aerial combat over the Rabaul area on December 17 and 28, 1943. Marine Sgt. Louis H. Porter delivered the citations to Moore’s parents, Earl D. and his wife, at the USMC Recruiting Station.
Archie Cletis Spain, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Spain of Amarillo, has been discharged from the Army at Fort Lewis Washington after ten months overseas. He plans to visit his brother Doyle Spain in Alameda California before returning home around Nov 10. Mrs B W Gray and Claudetta Mae will accompany him from Alameda to Amarillo. In Wichita Falls Bettis family plans also noted. Northwest Texas Hospital News lists multiple medical and surgical patients and addresses in Amarillo.
Joe D. Womble formerly of Amarillo is named assistant manager of the Western Auto Store at 521 Polk John Pool store manager announced. Womble left Amarillo in 1945 for Western Auto in Fort Worth then Oklahoma City as assistant manager. He previously coached Kids Incorporated baseball in Amarillo and is staying at the Herring Hotel awaiting housing. He arrives from Spearman.
Oliver M. Haney of Pasadena aged 102 voted in the 1930 general election, maintaining a lifelong record of voting in every general election since his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The Grand Army of the Republic member noted he had quit smoking for two months as ordered by his doctor, and he admitted fudging once 82 years ago to meet age requirements. He declined to reveal his vote today, saying residents vote as they see fit.
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