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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1947
Page
4
Hollywood Skating Revels opens tonight at Municipal Auditorium with matinee tomorrow. Fraternity Night at Nat Dance Place with 50 on roller dance. Tex Williams praised for Smoke Smoke song and performance. audience enjoyed each number.
Side Glances notes Captain A L Giles has served a week as acting police captain on the third shift. The fragment mentions Amarillo Panhandle temperatures and a local figure named Alm with background in construction in Ataalen.
A jumbled OCR segment lists names Mary Zaylor Ball Mary Kiana Finley Virginia Bussey and many others with scattered phrases about clubs elections and routines. No cohesive event or outcome is evident.
San Jacinto Kiwanis members toured Margaret Wills School this week in observance of National Education Week. Bob Williams chaired the event. Students presented rhythm games from 4 year olds to 10 year olds under Mrs Oleta Ward and Mrs H M Rew. Duane Lee Miller played Gailey Polka with the school orchestra performing Graduation Day Overture and Punchinello. Club members were escorted by school patrol and donations were collected for the Friendship Train.
Mrs Bess Foringer of g00 Jefferson is reported better at Northwest Texas Hospital where she was admitted late last month. Mrs Foringer runs the Amarillo Secretarial School.
Blustering weather disrupts streets as patrols report multiple incidents. Officers including Trice Roberts and Day One respond to a North East Eighth wreck and a Fourth and Buchanan mishap. A cafe disturbance ends with a woman quieted after chaos. New officer Amends joins the force amid friendly banter.
Dr. William A. OBrien describes alcoholism as a chronic disease not cured by scolding or confinement. Most alcoholics are symptomatic drinkers using intoxication to cope, with only a small portion progressing to chronic alcoholism at any life stage. AA warns of hidden risk for youth waking after a night of drinking.
Bynum of the American National Bank sits at St Anthonys Hospital resting well following illness. Attendants report his condition improving and note the impact on the board and ongoing games at the Magna club.
The text argues chronic alcoholics differ from heavy drinkers and that AA helps some stay sober but not cure them. It stresses the need for admission of alcoholism and medical opinions for doubt, noting progress hinges on recognizing alcoholism as a disease.
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