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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1950
Page
4
The Amarillo Symphony presents Alec Templeton in the third concert of the series at Municipal Auditorium Tuesday night. Mail orders must be postmarked by midnight tomorrow. box office pickup will be held close to curtain unless otherwise noted. Tickets range from 1.30 to 3.90 with season ticket 69 valid for admission.
At the Epiphany Episcopal Church bazaar in Niagara Falls an unidentified man bid $7 for a White House gift sent by Mrs. Truman. The package bore a card reading Greetings from the White House President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman.
Baghdad reports three new air conditioned movie theaters boosting local entertainment. Girl Scouts assist in mailing Christmas seals as part of community outreach.
Alec Templeton will be presented at the Municipal Auditorium with tickets for the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra priced from 1.30 to 3.90 for the single concert. The season may be honored.
A mixed local page lists a piano recital option and mail order prices from Amarillo plus theater listings at the State Theater featuring Edmond O Brien. It also references a Denver Amarillo Express staff, a Boy of the Week Mac Gordon, and a school social with names and favorites among Amarillo High students.
Byron Townsend expresses his best with dates and a dream to play for the Golden Sandies. He cites his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Gordon, future plans to attend Dallas School of Mortuary, and his hobby of girls. The Corn Department quotes an optimist definition about a mother washing junior overalls without pockets.
A mother asks about inviting seven children to a niece wedding and reception. The oldest three are 14, 15 and 17, and the note says the invitation is for the couple only. The husband calls it heartless to exclude them. the columnist notes church attendance may be possible but receptions require limits. A separate query asks if a young woman in her early twenties may drive home with a male friend who is not her beau for a three day trip.
A reader seeks guidance on announcing engagements at a wedding reception. The response notes it would be unusual for an engagement to be announced outside the bride’s family, though a life long friend as a neutral party might be considered acceptable by some.
Absentee voting shows strong interest in a forthcoming Waco city election next Tuesday on proposed sanitary sewer and garbage collection charges. The funds would finance a six year municipal improvement program.
Dr. W. J. Pollard, 91, longtime Wichita Falls State Hospital staff member from 1923 to 1945, died today. Born in 1859 on a plantation, he recalled his father freeing the family's enslaved workers after the Civil War.
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