Response Hearty To 47 Seal Sale In Amarillo
The 1947 Christmas Seal sale in Amarillo began within 24 hours of mailings, led by Potter County Tuberculosis Association secretary J L Scott. The goal is 15000 dollars to fund TB work locally and nationally, with historical notes on Riis Bissell Van Valkenburg Hodges and their roles in starting the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. L. Scott
Scott
Potter County
Jacob Riis
America
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Del
United States
Bissell
E. A. van Valkenburg
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Thanksgiving address at hospital service and breakfast
The group will sing America the Beautiful and Dr Cannon will give the benediction. After the services, breakfast will be served at 6:30 in the hospital dining room. Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, sits on Lake Managua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cannon
Hospital
Homeless helper Rev. Nicholas fostered 1000 children
Abilene telegram profile of Rev W A Nicholas known as Brother Nicholas who for 30 years found good Christian homes for more than 1,000 homeless youths. He guided adoptions, kept in touch with many former wards, and recently handed duties to Nick Crain, a West Texas businessman he once sheltered in a baby’s wicker basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
W. A. Nicholas
West Texas
Nicholas
Silver City
N. M
Nurses Observe Early Thanksgiving Service at Hospital
Thanksgiving services will be held at 6:10 tomorrow morning in the nurses living room at the Nurses Home of Northwest Texas Hospital. Phyllis Burkett will preside with Lorena Turner on piano performing The Anvil Chorus by Verdi, and Dr. Neal D. Cannon will offer the opening prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Texas Hospital
Phyllis Burkett
Student Nurses Council
Lorena Turner
Verdi
Neal D. Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
How To Hold FALSE TEETH With FASTEETH
An advertisement promises relief from slipping or wobbling dentures. It promotes FASTEETH an alkaline powder that holds false teeth firmly without gummy taste. It claims to prevent denture odor and souring and recommends buying at drug stores.
John Connors Opens Night Club Then Hancock Votes Dry
John Connors opened a long planned night club in his Hancock Massachusetts hometown after running a large servicemen’s bar in Naples. A few days later Hancock citizens voted the town dry, ending the nightclub venture and reflecting a shift in local liquor policy.
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Hancock Isn
Naples
Hancock, Mass
John Connors
Hancock
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Thomas Eugene Akers
C. L. Akers
Tyler
Navy
Amarillo High School
San Diego
Fort Worth
Akers
United States Public Service Unit
Young Akers
Amarillo College
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Texas
Susu
Travelers of
Hartford
Oliver-Earle
Jacob Bils
Beery
Herompound
Polk
Managua
Nicaragua
Lake
Leigh M. Hodges
Thomas
N. Fillmore
Hanes Union
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
TEX Smith's
Radio Renue
West 6Th St
TN Cab
Tric
Guitars
Ukeleles Musical
Tops & Dolls Records
Tolzien
Music Store
Paramount Bldg
Fender
ACME
Yo Anon
Cas
Amarillo Tex
Hive Furniture Co
Sone
Ifc
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles - Pekin, Ill
Sausalito, Calif
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