Wolflin Students Present Programs
Wolflin School marked American Education Week with student programs. First graders under Mrs McDaniel performed Sign of America, while Mrs Estelle Scott's class joined a school health program in the auditorium. Later Miss O'Neil's first and second graders presented A Day at School with all pupils participating. The two third grades then staged Foods That We Should Eat. A health program followed at 4 45 p m.
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Wolflin School
Miss O'Neil
Local News and Ads Continue Highlights and Births
Continued column notes in Amarillo items show medical cases in Pampa and Clayton, babys born at Northwest Texas Hospital, families moving and visits by Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Holman. Local travelers include Sgt. Jim Newby and Mr. Blanchard visiting relatives.
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Leo Peterson
Herring Hotel
Austin
John Peterson
Jim Newby
Camp Bowie
Amarillo
L. B. Newby
Taylor Street
Ann Holman
M. Y. Galloway
Hillcrest Street
C. C. Blanchard
Evelyn
Fort Sill
Blanchard
Thornton Blanchard
West 1Th Avenue
D. I. Barnett
Miami
Barnett Grain Company
O'Neal Watson
North West
First Avenue
Northwest Texas Hospital
Chasley Lewis
East Thirteenth Avenue
W. W. Webb
Webb
West Eighth
Jim Campbells
Campbells
Woodland Street
K. E. Dygert
Vega
C. E. Weatherly
North Wilson Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Weatherly
Saga of Ship and Sailor Who Loved a Ketch Journey
A Pacific tale from Suva describes H R Jenkins of Auckland hiring two Tonga boys to sail from Honolulu to Auckland on the ketch Golden Hind. One sailor secretly steered toward Honolulu hoping to extend nights and breezes while the other slept. The ship wandered to Canton Island, 2,000 miles from Honolulu and 1,900 from Auckland, before resuming the voyage with a chastened crew aboard Canton.
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Suva
Fiji
H. R. Jenkins
Auckland
N. Z
Honolulu
Jenkins
Canton Island
Pacific
Canton
Auto Operated by Three Small Boys
Three boys under ten stole a car in Medford Massachusetts and drove it erratically until Patrolman O Laughlin stopped them. The youths admitted stealing the vehicle and described how they steered and operated the pedals. Also notes Montana population in 1940 at 554136 versus 527606 in 1930.
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Medford
Mass
Richard O'Laughlin
O'Laughlin
Multiple Medical Patients and Local Notes in Amarillo
A garbled Amarillo clipping lists numerous individuals with surgical or medical status, visits to El Paso and Tucson, and travel notes for residents like Miss Bucy and Mrs Studer. It also mentions a Zesty Frankfurters recipe, scorekeeping, and short stories about local couples. A Methodist Conference in Fort Worth selects Waco for the 1942 session after rejecting date changes.
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Studer
Palo Duro Canyon
Canyon Museum
Bucy
Tucson
Ariz
Atlanta
R. B. Wingate
Julian Boulevard
el Paso
John Broadhurst
Wingate
Broadhurst
Joe Shields
Forest Street
E. L. Krahns
Vega
Krahns
Amarillo
Krahn
Mr. Snields
Wilma Bucy
Baptist Women’s Missionary
Floyd Studer
Blue Mountain College
Mississippi
Fort Worth
Central Texas Methodist Conference
Waco
Tim
Local notices and personnel changes in Amarillo area
Community notes list arrivals departures and visits including Miss Augusta Uhl starting first grade work in Amarillo and Miss Trula Maud Jetton visiting from Plainview. Hospital staff update dining room changes and several railroad staff assignments and safety meetings announced in Amarillo.
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Z. Walker
Zevrel
Joe Alson
Billy Ray
Plainview
Armistice Dinner Tickets Urged By Legion
All Legionnaires and friends are urged to buy Armistice banquet tickets by tomorrow noon. Tickets cost $1.25 at Cretney's. The event starts at 7:30 P.M. at the Nat, with a public dance to follow.
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Nat
Sam Page
Legion
Cretney’s
Summit School Achieves 100 Percent Red Cross Membership
Summit School, led by Principal Herman Ford, becomes the first Amarillo school to announce 100 percent American Red Cross membership. The goal was reached late last week.
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Summit School
Amarillo
American Red Cross
Herman Ford
Ford
Taxpayers Session Open to Public at Amarillo Hotel
Potter County Taxpayers Association invites all taxpayers to a meeting at the Amarillo Hotel on Wednesday noon. A luncheon costs 60 cents. The 12:30 PM business session will include a report on the independent audit of county records for 1939 and 1940 by H V Robertson and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Taxpayers’ Association
Amarillo
W. B. Stubbs
H. V. Robertson and Company
Stubbs
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Wolflin
J. H. Anderson
Pampa
Kenneth Nussbaum
C. A. Nussbaum
West 14Th Avenue
G. C. Copeland
Clayton
Dickie Phipps
H. Phipps
North Bivins Street
Medical
Jimmie McGill
C. W. McGill
Florida Street
AATT
Frank P. Miller
Selective Service Board
Miller
Margaret Wills
Northwest Texas Hospital News
James Quentan Fite
J. J. Fite
Hayden Street
Minnie Nobles
Montana
Fifteenth Avenue
Bertha Fleming
Harrison Street
T .W. Hawkins
Daniel Polley
Maryland Street
Ettie Paxton
Lake Street
R. E. Crawford
North Tyler Street
Emma Cates
Marjorie Holston
Mississippi Street
Virginia Ann Duncan
Arthur Street
W. N. George
Robert William Thuett
Stella Thuett
Adrian
WJ. H. Weatherley
Concho
Sharon Cable
Ross Floyd
Tyler Street
Bixby
Okla
Jim McCray
Borger
Methodist
A Ted
RED Cross
Frances Fedden
Bradshaw Crandell
Tom the Cat
Harry M. Warren
West Twenty-First Avenue
J. B. Bottoms
A. C. Barrows
Clovis
Barrows
Marie Barrows
Santa Fe
W. F. Mann
Rock Island
Liberal
Frank Dempwolf
Donald Kepler
D. T. Pierce
ACR
C. H. Reed
W. C. Plackwell
J. A. Smith
R. L. Smith
Slaton
E. G. Placey
L. J. Watson
W. M. Clark
J. R. Fowler
T. P. Eubanks
Sayre
U. S. Army Air Corps
Hamilton Field
California
Regular Army
Air Corps
James R. Tucker
Gordon D. Sentell
Norris D. McDaniel
Ballard
Ar Ce
Beiant
VICKS
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Griggs Burial Association
Griggs
Panhandle
Fillmore
Amarillo, Texas
Griggs-Thompson Funeral Home
Canyon, Texas
Globe-News
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Alfred Santell
Merrie Melody
Clark Gable
Spencer Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
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