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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1947
Page
5
Ivy Wilkinson posted bond and took the oath of office as Justice of the Peace for Place 1 Precinct 1. He will assume duties after the audit of the late J D Caz zell’s records is completed. Loren Jones, county clerk, administered the oath.
Samule Martinez, son of J. L. Martinez of Des Moines NM, finished basic training this week at the Marine Corps Base San Diego Cal. After graduation this weekend, Private Martinez will be transferred overseas to a new duty station.
A suburban weekly newspaper carried a strange employment ad reading Wanted Piano player who can open oysters and claims. The note signals growing specialized labor demand in Philadelphia area employment market.
The Co-Ed Club at the YMCA plans an 8 o'clock start tomorrow night in the YMCA ballroom. Beginners dance instruction lasts one hour under Bob Townsend, with James Bidwell directing the program and Bob Kemp in charge of the session. A board meeting at YMCA offices Monday will set plans for the Christmas dance.
The Canadian oil tanker Bruce Hudson, immobilized by engine trouble and low fuel, reached Toledo harbor after being towed through a swirling snowstorm. The ship, bound from Port Stanley to Toledo with a 15 member crew, sent distress calls as two vessels aided its extraction, with the Rocket taking control of the tow.
Cadet James H. Peeples, son of Mr and Mrs H L Peeples of 1008 A Hayden, has received a promotion in cadet rating at Wentworth Military Academy Lexington Missouri. The order promoting him for leadership was read at an honorary corps assembly.
Sheriff Guy Wright of Clarendon recovered a Tulia man's 1937 coupe stolen from a 300 block Taylor street parking spot. Police sought a 1937 Chevrolet pickup also stolen last night from 1107 Garfield, belonging to C. C. Gammon.
Jimmy McKinney age 13 of 320 River Drive suffered a leg laceration and was knocked unconscious after a motorscooter collision with a 1939 coupe driven by James L. Yelton at about 6 45 PM in the 1100 block of North Fillmore. McKinney received first aid at the scene and was not hospitalized.
Eleven Panhandle 4-H Club members depart Amarillo tonight for the national 4-H Congress in Chicago to run Sunday through Thursday. Chaperones listed are W. I. Glass of the Texas A&M Extension Service at Denton and W. B. Houser Hall County agent. The trip honors winners from state 4-H contests. They plan to leave at 7 o clock aboard the Santa Fe.
Potter County agricultural agent Art Bralley left Amarillo for Chicago to attend the National Association of County Agricultural Agents annual sessions. He is Southern States representative on the national board of directors. The convention runs Monday through next Thursday with headquarters at Edgewater Beach Hotel. Bralley will meet with the board in preliminary sessions Sunday.
The 1946 world wheat production excluding Russia and China is estimated at 4.2 billion bushels, the largest crop since 1940. News-Globe Want Ads Get Results.
Coy Doyle Reed of Spool Cattle Company died early today from an apparent heart attack at St Anthony's Hospital. He was 36 and had been ill two days. Funeral plans are pending under N S Griggs & Sons, with survivors including widow Ruby Reed, daughter Jeannette, two stepchildren, parents Jessie and ??? Reed, and three brothers and three sisters in New Mexico and California.
County clerk Loren Jones announced that only one election judge remains to be selected for the December 8 local option prohibition election. A presiding judge is needed for Precinct 16 at San Jacinto School.
Enlistment of two men into the Naval Inactive Reserve has been accepted, announced by Lt. Comdr. John J. Vandre, assistant district director. New members are Cloyd L. Adams of Dimmitt and Tommie Cochran, a Negro, of 112 Van Buren.
A public appeal urges Potter County residents to vote against Prohibition on Monday December 8. The message warns of bootleggers, emphasizes state taxes from alcoholic beverages, and promotes continued legal sales to support jobs and government services in Amarillo and surrounding areas.
A long catalog of individuals associated with Potter County Legal Control Council and related entities is presented, listing many names with initials and occasional titles. The item resembles a formal roster or membership directory from a regional legal or civic body.
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