Thanksgiving memories across 1940s fears and joys
A collage of Thanksgiving recollections from barbers and beauticians across cities, recalling 1940s celebrations with family, Navy duty, and reunions. Highlights include 1943 West Helena dinners, a Marine homecoming after five years, a Navy ship in Honolulu in 1947, and a heartfelt home gathering with relatives and a son in service.
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Hazel Hall
Libeauticisan
West
Navy
Ef & Mary Warren
Beautician
North West
California
Paris
Gary Clark
A Roosevelt
Honolulu
I Am Thankful For My Work This Holiday Season
A dress shop worker at 110 B East Ninth reflects on gratitude. She says she cannot pick a favorite among her tasks, works year round, and values holiday time to enjoy doing work she otherwise lacks time for. She believes people always have something to be thankful for and that each day can be special.
Students Plan for Religious Week at University
John Lee McMillen and Lula Mc Millen, Amarillo UT students, are named to committees for Religious Emphasis Week Feb 17 21. Lula leads the residence speakers committee and belongs to home economics club Disciple Student Fellowship and church student group. John Lee is finance chairman and a Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Phi Omega member.
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John Lee McMillen
Lula McMillen
Amarillo
University of Texas
John McMillen
Julian
Lula
Disciple
Organization For Christian Church
John Lee
Pi Kappa Alpha Social
Alpha Phi Omega
Safety device for bath time use towel at tub base
A bath towel spread across the tub bottom acts as a safety device to prevent slipping of the baby during bathing. It keeps the caregiver’s hands free to focus on the bath routine.
RAAF air men watch for whales during training flights
Royal Australian Air Force air men conduct training flights with Whale watching for the British Institute of Oceanology. The program aims to aid scientific study and maritime safety by tracking whale presence and movements.
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Royal Australian Air Force
British Institute of Oceanology
Courthouse Records Warrants Deeds and Relatives Transfers
Courthouse records list warranty deeds transferring parcels in Wolflin Place Ridgemere Bivins Estates University Heights North Highlands Beverley Gardens Little Addition and other subdivisions. Also court entries include a divorce case Jim Holland versus Anita Holland and marriage licenses for several couples including Guy Leslie Thacker and Anna Bernice Roberson Clayton Levay Bloom and Silka Nayda Faundez.
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J. B. Linn, Jr
E. B. Johnson
Wolflin Place
S. R. Watson
Everett L. Straughan
Ridgemere
John A. Williams
Dale A. Williams
Bivins Etates
W. Sanders
Clifford Thompson
Old Town
Oliver W. Bivins
E. O. Milburn
Bivins
Lee O. Hetrick
John Manzella, Jr
Lee
Hetrick
Hetrick Acres
Sue Oliver Harvey
A. B. Jones
Beverley Gardens No
Lester D. Stevens
Karl L. Lovelady
F. Ray Bush
O. E. Wilkins
North Highlands
James T. Smith
Hugh T. Jenkins
University Heights
Margaret Hill Giles
George H
Walker
W. R. Harper
Homer Fpf
Woods
East
Amarillo
Charles R
Alexandria Center of the Ancient World for 300 Years
The city of Alexandria at the Nile delta served as the intellectual hub of the ancient world for three centuries, renowned for scholarship, science, and culture shaping early civilization.
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Alexandria
Nile
Drug Rejected, Cancer Fatal
Three year old Rodney Gale died in Alameda California after his parents rejected a treatment that could prolong life for a few months with a cancer slowing drug. His mother said he died in his sleep and the family planned an early Christmas party.
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Alameda
Cal
Rodney Gale
Leroy Gale
Rodney
Death claims mother and newborn in Centralia tragedy
In Centralia Illinois a young wife of an Army private died three hours after her six day old son. Mrs Alice Rose Fry twenty years old died from a brain tumor following a Caesarean birth to Thomas Harley Fry last Saturday. The baby died shortly after birth.
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Centralia
Ill
Alice Rose Fry
Thomas Harley Fry
Infant dies after birth in incubator during Caesarean attempt
The 4 pound 9 ounce infant died in the incubator after birth as relatives and doctors pursued a Caesarean section to try to save the baby. Mrs. Fry, married a year to Harley Fry, was in a coma and never regained consciousness. Fry has been home on emergency leave.
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Fry
Harley Fry
Fearful 13-year-old girl missing after horror film
In Pottstown Pennsylvania Nancy Welsh aged 13 spent a 13 hour absence from home blamed on a horror movie that frightened her into staying with a friend overnight. She returned home after hearing a radio news update.
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Pottstown
Nancy Welsh
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