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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1941
Page
8
Potter County property owners paid 68 percent of the 1941 tax roll in November, totaling 316000. The assessor collector notes the year’s best performance with 3 percent promptness discount saving 7926 dollars and penalty remission saving about 15000. Delinquent taxes reached 41477 in real estate and 4033 on personal property.
Amarillo business leaders urged to ride a special Sandie game train to Plainview on Saturday. Sam Elkins of the Chamber of Commerce said the train departs at 12 15 PM and returns by 7 PM with a $1 21 fare including tax, encouraging a strong local turnout and visits with Plainview friends.
Rev. A C Bates of Fort Worth and Rev. W A McCann of Abilene will speak at 7 30 tonight at Assembly of God Church 900 North Pierce with a special musical program. Bates formerly lived in Amarillo and served as West Texas superintendent for nine years McCann, also a former Amarilloan, now pastors in Abilene Public invited.
C J Mansell 53 publisher of the Waskom Herald and Beckville News died suddenly of a heart ailment in Seabrook Texas. He formerly owned the Crandall Star and Kaufman County Record. Funeral services planned for Hamilton Texas. Mansell operated East Texas weeklies from Marshall.
Rockport observed Thanksgiving as speckled trout swarmed Municipal Harbor. Thousands of fishermen lined the basin as trout fed on lines, drawing visitors from out of state to haul fish for holiday dinners.
Classified brief with help wanted for a middle aged woman to care for four children at Skellytown and other requests for work and child care in Amarillo. Notices include meeting at the post office and a garage apartment inquiry, plus a note about recovered gloves.
A job seeker invites employers to contact them at 26360 seeking waitress or housekeeping positions. The message states a preference for service industry roles and provides a contact method.
An Amarillo cat perched on a telephone pole near the Barrington home unexpectedly failed to descend. After hours of balance on height, the cat slipped from wires and fell about 25 feet, yet appeared unhurt. The incident occurred as WAR Dept. dispatches from Paramaribo noted Dutch Guiana forces safeguarding air fields and bauxite mines. Col. P. D. Parkinson led the force, size undisclosed.
Mrs F Seldon Rose, longtime Amarillo attorney active in Legion affairs, travels from Nashville toward Washington where her husband serves with the Federal Trade Commission. She left Thursday and will visit his family in Nashville before continuing to the capital.
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