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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1945
Page
4
H B Martin 75 owner of Martin Printing Company at 510 A North Fillmore has sold his Amarillo shop to G E High. Management will change hands Saturday as Mr Martin retires from printing. He says he could not do just nothing.
Mr Martin, a 60 year veteran of the printing trade in Amarillo, moved shop 14 times in 14 years and once bought a newspaper with a post hole digger as down payment. He printed the first Labor Day program on Amarillo’s electric press in 1904 and later served as consul of the Amarillo Typographical Union. He and Mrs Martin wed May 1 1903 and have two children. son Buddy Martin in The Globe News display ads and daughter Roy Adams in Battle Creek Michigan. High works at Miller Printing Company on Pillmore Street since June. home is 2401 Buchanan.
An old promotional note describes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative for constipation. It touts effectiveness on both bowels with no griping and lists prices 15 30 and 60 cents.
Potter County auditor John Crudgington received an $831 bill from Childress County for special venue and laundry services in the Miran Thompson murder case. The trial moved from Randall to Childress after jury issues in Randall. Elbert Day was tried as a state witness with charges against him later dismissed.
In Fort Worth on November 27 a Salvation Army donation included engraving plates for printing currency hidden inside a paper bag with clothing. City detectives recovered the plates from the bundle and began an inquiry into the source of the contraband.
A former sailor discharged November 5 in Shoemaker California after serving since June 21, 1943. He worked with National Life from May 1938 until enlistment, is married with one son Gordon Edmond three years old, and resides at 1108 West Nineteenth Street in Amarillo Texas.
Sunnyside Home Demonstrate Club members meet Tuesday November 27 1949 at Highlands Park School for the first postwar banquet in the new recreation room. The dinner will be served after the meeting in the school’s recreation room.
In Watertown New York City Judge Michael Renzi and over 100 motorists faced parking tickets after a 26 inch snowfall stalled vehicles. Renzi fined himself one dollar but excused the others citing an act of God.
John T. Gilchrist, a Navy veteran who served 28 months in the U S Naval Reserve as a ship serviceman second class, has resumed his civilian post as superintendent of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company located in the Oliver Eakle Building. His entire service was with the United States.
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