Amarillo Briefs Highlight Local Scholarships and Notables
Around Town notes Technological College awards the Clarence Malone Soil and Water Conservation scholarship valued at 250 dollars. Profiles Vega High School coach G. J. Bishop, longtime Ideal Shop barber, and stories of Amarillo visits, roving relatives, ROTC promotions at Texas Tech, and Thanksgiving holiday plans across Lubbock and nearby towns.
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Amarillo
G. J. Bishop
Ideal Shop
East Seventh
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
James Farrell
Benny Bruckner
Marvin Jones
Horton Russell
Texas Tech
Texas
Congress of American Industry
New York City
Texas Manufacturers Association
Nancy Browder
Rufus Schmidt and Ted Free Man in Today Then and Now
Rufus Schmidt and Ted Freeman present comparisons of lives and careers spanning earlier decades to the present, highlighting personal milestones, community roles, and shifting social landscapes. The piece blends reminiscence with vignettes of public service and local history.
Pioneering Amarillo recollections and local notes
A 1900s editorial urges neat lunch packing for schoolchildren and cleaner fabrics. Howard Williams recalls Amarillo life, the Bowery district, a land speculator’s oversized Oldsmobile, North East Eighth Avenue, and daily farm arrivals. Pigs spark street kid excitement as a Quartet Sings at Roswell with Amarillo members. Northwest Texas Hospital notes list patients and staff.
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Howard Williams
Amarillo
Bowery
Williams
North Buchanan
Town
Illinois
Indiana
Adrian
Mr. Williams
Northwest births and social visits across towns
Mr and Mrs Herbert Bolinger welcomed a son born Friday at Northwest. Mrs J V Harris and Mrs E L Stith visited Tulsa. J V Harris is L L Harris daughter in law. W D Thompson and family visited nephew G J Lilly in Dumas Pfe. Burt Jarrett from Fort Sill visited wife and 8 month old Jerry at 108 Florida. Elizabeth Ann and Joe David Malin visited Amarillo with sister Mrs Tubby Reed. Various social trips involve Bill Fritch Gordon Baker and others after a Texas Texas Christian game.
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Robert Frost
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
E. M. Frost
Western
Frost
J. A. Frost
Jack
Artesia
Jerome Caldwell
Fannin
Juanita
Ruby Hayhurst
Jefferson
Ella Jackson
van Buren
el Paso
Juarez
John McGee
Harrison
Wichita
Wellington
Kan
Ern Baby Department
Garland Houchins
North East
Northwest Texas Hospital
Walter O. Kibbe
Northwest
Lacy Noble
San Angelo
Bob Izzard
Herbert Bolinger
Hughes
J. V. Harris
Kentucky
E. L. Stith
L. L. Harris
Tulsa
Smith
W. D. Thompson
Florida
G. J. Lilly
Dumas e + & Pfe
Burt Jarrett
Fort Sill
Jerry
D. L. Malin
Elizabeth Ann
Joe David
Amarillo
Malin
Tubby Reed
Lubbock
Mr. Reed
UCLA Develops Freak Chickens
UCLA researchers graft an extra wing onto embryonic chicks and note the bird often hatches as a normal eye laying hen or crowing rooster. The team, led by Dr. Seth W. Smith, reports the method works but the reason remains unknown.
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Los Angeles
University of California At Los Angeles
Seth W. Smith
Ucla Surgery
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Vega High School
George Fr. Abbott
Detroit
Mich
Albuquerque
James An Cole
Mr. Bishop
Nebraska
Denver
Ama
Rillo
Kansas City
1900 Front
Europe
Catherine Chapman
University of London
James E. Tarrett
Sallye Margaret
Vega
Mr. Tarrett
Charles B. Terry
Dallas
Jack Biggerstaff
Roy Heath
Frank Heath
Crockett
Heath Furniture
Maude Finley
W. W. McNeill
Goodland
W. M. King
Arthur Fields
J. R. Stratton
H. E. Knight
West Fifteenth
David M. Warren
Panhandie
Bob Lindsey
R. L. Grimes
Borger
Amarillo Club
Robert Brownell
Louise Irwin
Texas University
W. R. Irwin
Rufus Schmidt
Ted Freeman
H. B. Sanborn
Forrest Hill
North East Eighth Avenue
Travis
O. L. Fortenberry
Happy
Joe Fortenberry
Nimrod
J. Lloyd Thompson
Harry James
Lipscomb
Roswell
Blackburn-Shaw Quartet
Paul Ellis
Jim Bob Nance
Dwight Elliott
Wendell Hainy
Spebsqsa
Sertoma Club
Phoenix
Arizona
Charles Morris
Dean Campbell
Billie Freeman
Betty Kibbe
Mary Houchins
Mozelle McInnis
Marie Noble
Virgil Woodall
Viola Thrash
Guy McDaniel
Ruby Brown
Zelma Holcomb
Lois Badger
Nina Linder
Leo Southern
Patsy Cunningham
Everett Birdsong
Charles Norton
Glen Hendricks
Isaac Reid
Pansy Mills
Irene Martin
A. M. Shaw
John Moorehead
Claude Pruett
Jean Hearron
William Brune
Pat H. Boone Littlefield
Fort Worth
University of Texas- Tcu
Bill Fritch
Gordon Baker
Tommy Donnell
Steve Cur
Meyow
Olga Lackawalski
Magla
Council
Museum OF
Zero
Jane
Jan Albert
Toye Life
Jonas
State Department OF Bankines
South Polk Street
UCLA
Broome Optical Service
Amrillo
Crosley
Housekeeping
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