Hobby Show Registration Opens at Nichols Store
Registration for the December 3 Hobby Show began at Nichols Paint and Wallpaper, 123 West Sixth, with Epsilon Sigma Alpha members assisting until 6 pm today and from 9 to 6 tomorrow. Entry fee is $1 per craft, and displays welcome both creative and collective hobbies at San Jacinto Youth Center. Participants include John Furbach with a stamp collection and Mrs. L. T. Hardin with miniature lamps, plus H. B. Martin, Mil dred Miner, and Mrs. A. L. Giles in weaving, ceramics, and model creations. Out-of-town entries have come from Borger, Pampa, and Perryton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols Paint
West Sixth
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
San Jacinto
John Furbach
Polk
L. T. Hardin
North Cleveland
H. B. Martin
North Fillmore
Mildred Miner
West Thirty-sixth
A. L. Giles
Cleveland
Borger, Pampa
Perryton
Correction on Amarillo business figures from Globe report
The Globe overstated Amarillo retail area activity credit by misattributing $422,764,000 to Amarillo's trade area. Earl Allmand of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce clarified that the figure reflects 1949 activity within the Amarillo trading area, including Potter County and Randall County, not all spending from the wider Plains empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
The
Globe
Plains Empire
Earl Allmand
Mr. Allmand
Randall County
Ripley Show Planned Here by Local DAV Sponsorship
Ripley’s Believe It or Not will visit Amarillo from Sunday to Thursday under sponsorship of the Amarillo Disabled American Veterans. The exhibit, featuring African oddities, will be at Seventh and Polk with hours 1 PM to 9 PM Sunday and 9 AM to 9 PM Monday through Thursday. admission is free, but contributions are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley's
Amarillo
Africa
Seventh
Polk
Sam McMennamy
DAV
Shamrock Burglaries Hit Three Firms This Week
Shamrock, Nov 17. Three firms were burglarized last night and over the weekend with light takings. Piggly Wiggly Store reported small cash and cigarette losses. Burcham's Gift Show suffered the heaviest loss with four buckskin jackets and several billfolds, totaling about $200. Dixie Cafe on Highway 66 saw a cigarette machine smashed and about $25 taken. Whitehouse Lumber and Burton Drug Store had minor losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock
Piggly Wiggly
Burcham
Dixie Cafe
Highway 66
Whitehouse Lumber Company
Burton Drug Store
Burglary at Beery's Prescription House Leaves $40 Loot
Beery's Prescription House at 113 West Seventh was broken into last night. Burglars looted $40 in cash after knocking through a wall from a vacant adjacent building. Manager Emmet Shaw said no narcotics were taken. Detectives believe entry was through a rear window and a plaster wall breach. Pharmacist T. M. Pickle discovered the break this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beery
West Seventh
Emmet Shaw
T. M. Pickle
Car and fire truck crash injures Dallas woman
Mrs. Gertie Brown aged 50 from Dallas suffered cuts and bruises when her car collided with a fire truck responding to a false alarm at a Fort Worth intersection yesterday. She was treated and released from a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Gertie Brown
Dallas
Amarillo Youth Samuel Carver laid to rest in memorial rites
Funeral services were held for Samuel Ochhs Carver 17 son of Mr and Mrs James A Carver at Griggs Sons Chapel at 10 am Rev EF Foster officiated burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery He died Wednesday night at Northwest Texas Hospital after illness since August A native Amarillo he attended Horace Mann and Amarillo High School as a senior known as Sammy he was active in the Assembly of God Church Survivors include four brothers five sisters and his paternal grandmother The vigil noted he was an above average student and a cheerful class member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. R. Foster
First Assembly of God Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jimmy A. Jones
Jimmy Carver
Ronald Trafton
Bob Reeves
Darrell Dodson
Tommy McWilliams
Young Carver
Northwest Texas Hospital
Samuel
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Horace Mann
Sammy
Amarillo High School
Assembly of God Church
Rites Pending for Henry E. Quinn
Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home for Henry Edward Quinn 41 of Little Rock Ark who died Wednesday in Denver Colo The body will be brought to the city from Denver where he was visiting He was a watch repairman and WWII veteran who had been attending school in Little Rock and was brother of Mrs J C Bemis 2113 Buchanan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn-Shaw
Henry Edward Quinn
J. C. Bemis
Buchanan
Quinn
Little Rock
Ark
Denver
Colo
Recreation Plan Conference in Amarillo is Planned
Harold Van Arsdale of Dallas southwest district representative of the National Recreation Association visits Amarillo to help plan the Southwest District Conference set for April 3-5. He consults with Jack Haas city director of recreation as Texas Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico and Oklahoma comprise the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold van Arsdale
Dallas
National Recreation Association
Amarillo
van Arsdale
Jack Haas
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Jury Acquits Man in Auto Theft Case
After 19 hours of deliberation the jurors in 47th District Court found Frank Holstine not guilty on charges of stealing Sgt. Joe Dal ton Dyer’s car on September 17. The trial heard Holstine’s recorded statement about taking the vehicle and two accidents, which was repudiated during testimony. Holstine was arrested at Borger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
47Th District Court
Frank Holstine
Tennessee
Holstine
Joe Dalton Dyer
Colorado Springs
North East Eighth
Fritch
Dist. Atty
Lloyd King
Borger
Three Building Permits Issued by City Engineer
The city engineer's office issued three building permits for residences this month. A. H. Mathis will build a brick veneer residence with garage at 2028 Bonham costing about $11,500. Jack E. Bell plans a brick veneer five room home with attached garage at 1805 Mustang for $9,000. Mobilhomes Company of Amarillo to construct a four room frame residence at 403 Fairmont for $7,000. November to date totals $542,497 and the year to date $20,326,893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Mathis
Bonham
Jack E. Bell
Mustang
Mobilhomes Company of
Amarillo
Fairmont
Name Committee For Rabbit Show
C. W. Van Meter was named show committee chairman for the Rabbit & Davy Breeders Association. With Charles Odell and Russell Wecel he will serve as an Amarillo Fat Stock Show rabbit division official. The show superintendent is S. M. Daniel, secretary Iris Lienan, catalog chairman Don Donathan. James Banister, editor of the National Rabbit Raiser, was the principal speaker at the meeting in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. van Meter
Rabbit & Davy Breeders Association
Charles Odell
Russell Wecel
Amarillo
S. M. Daniel
Iris Lienan
Don Donathan
James Banister
Hunters Pay Fines In San Antonio Deer Case
Four San Antonio deer hunters paid fines totaling 800 dollars in county court. They were charged with possessing a wild deer with artificial light, according to game warden Arthur Hitzfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Arthur Hitzfelder
France raises postal and telephone rates by 50 to 100 percent
France increases postal and telephone charges by a range from fifty to one hundred percent, affecting consumers. The move signals a broad tariff adjustment across communication services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Club Elects New President at noon meeting
American Business Club members at the Herring Hotel noon meeting elected Potter County Judge Gene Jordan as president for 1951. He succeeds Berlin Vance who has been acting president since illness led Bill Blaine to take leave. Vance becomes chairman of the board of governors. Jordan is a long time member, former secretary, former governor, and past district governor of American Business Clubs in Texas and New Mexico. The club sponsors the Maverick Boys Club and the spastic paralysis program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
Herring Hotel
Potter County
Gene Jordan
Berlin Vance
Bill Blaine
Vance
Judge Jordan
Board of Governors
All American Business Clubs
Texas
New Mexico
Maverick Boys Club
Pleads Guilty in County Court for Drunk Driving
Clifford Reese a 28 year old truck driver living in Phillips pleaded guilty in county court to driving while intoxicated after his truck collided at North East Eighth and Buchanan. He received a $100 fine and 10 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Reese
Phillips
Reese
North East Eighth
Buchanan
Preparing Exhibits For Market Show In Amarillo
Early birds set up for Amarillo's third market show to run Sunday and Monday at the Herring and Amarillo hotels. 100 plus exhibitors expected from St. Louis and Los Angeles. Exhibits include western apparel, luggage, infant wear, and Christmas gifts. Registration opens 9 a m Sunday in the Herring lobby. The market committee led by W H Gattis will meet Saturday night to plan next year’s dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Herring
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Amarillo Hotel
Fort Worth
Motor Investment In New Location Amaranillo Office Move
The Motor Investment Company relocates to 401 West Eighth from 113 West Eighth in Amarillo. In business for 20 years, it focuses on auto loans with manager Carl Calliwell, who has two decades in the local finance scene. The new, larger, air conditioned quarters include a private parking lot. Snow temperature note from National Geographic Society cites Alaska snow events at extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Motor Investment Company
West Eighth
Amarillo
Carl Calliwell
Meeker Child Killed by Bus in Dallas
Six year old Michael H Meeker son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Meeker Jr was killed when he ran into the path of a special bus near his Dallas home The bus carried Highland Park B team players en route to a Thursday night football game at McKinney He died on arrival at Parkland Hospital The accident marked the first traffic fatality in University Park since May 18 1948 The Meeker family had recently moved from Amarillo to Dallas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael H. Meeker
Charles R. Meeker, Jr
Amarillo
Dallas
H. A. Shaw
Ong
Hugh Cox
West Twentieth
Meeker
Interstate Theaters
State Fair Auditorium
Starlight Operetta
Parkland Hospital
Charles R. Meeker, III
Highland Park
McKinney
University Park
Shaw
Cox
William D. Russell
Hollywood
Cal
Meekers
Youth Fined for Reckless Driving Near Amarillo High
A 17 year old student was fined 25 in corporation court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Faculty witnesses reported the boy sped around the Amarillo High School area in a new 1950 model Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Grenade Hits Jeep in Korean Mountains but Fails to Explode
A Communist guerrilla hurled a hand grenade at an American jeep near the Ungi River as Maj. Gen. David Barr of the Seventh Division passed by. The device did not detonate and soldiers pursued the attacker, shooting him eight times as he was chased along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Ungi River
David Barr
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Ripley
Samuel Odis Carver
Carver
Samuel Ochhs Carver
James A. Carver
North Arthur
Griggs & Sons
Henry E. Quinn
Plan Conference On Recreation
Mary Ellen Street
Pampa
Blackie
Hobie Addington
Muskogee
Okla
Abc's Choice
Club
Pete
Sam
Ranger Crockett
Willie
Dilly
Phil
Mrs. Finn
Flossie
MR. Houlihan
Houlihan
Clancy
MR. Clancy
National Geographic Society
Alaska
B. F. Goodrich
4Th and Fillmore
Mother
Blackburns Shaw Funeral
Amaniller
Pierce
Henry Danciger
Tormerly
Hamilton, Longines and
Bulosa Watch Companies
Mb W
Ola
Broome Optically Service
Broome Optical CO
Amrillo
West
Ground Floor
Fish
Amarillo National Bank
Wional Bank
F.dlg
Jeep
Rusco
Panhandle
Rusce
mTee Et Leite Glaarhlo
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