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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1948
Page
3
The Amarillo post office announced Friday that several hundred one hundredth anniversary souvenir sheets have arrived. They feature reproductions of the 1847 five-cent blue and 10-cent red stamps, are gummed, not perforated, and can be used as prepaid labels.
A Hi Y conference for school representatives will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the school administration offices 508 Johnson Clyde Seeley new Panhandle YMCA secretary will head the conference Plans for new Hi Y chapters and programs for present chapters will be discussed Attendees include Forrest Hill Oscar Wise R B Johnston Joe Parkey and E L Hammit R A Selby will lead the discussion Principals of the city's junior and senior high schools are invited.
Bascom N. Timmons, Amarillo and Washington newspaperman, autographs Garner of Texas at Russell Stationery from 2 to 4 and Cooper-Melin Book Store from 4 to 6 in Amarillo. He arrived Friday morning from Uvalde where the first signing took place, continuing the book tour after its Wednesday release.
Two longtime Amarillo Hardware employees resign to open a retail hardware store at 318 Polk. Jess Fullingim and W H Cathey sign a lease for a 45 by 100 foot space at Fourth and Polk between Dowell's Saratoga Cafe and Morrow Thomas Hardware. Lease handled by Hugo Loewenstern. The firm plans to open about February 1 1949 with front and interior remodeling.
Season tickets for the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra are on sale until 4 PM Friday and noon Saturday at Southwestern Public Service Company. All ten concerts require a season ticket. no single concert sales. Opening Oct 9 features James Melton with Oct 29 guest artist Joseph Battista, plus Nelson Eddy and others. Prices range 6 to 15 dollars, including tax.
Mrs. Yvonne Stokes of Lubbock, wife of Sgt. Douglas Stokes stationed on Guam for three years, won the queen title on the national radio program. The 5 year old daughter Eileen longed to record her voice for her father, who has not seen her since 1945. Mrs. Stokes arrived via Pioneer Air Lines and will visit Wichita for functions hosted by its mayor before returning. Accompanied by her sister Mrs. Yvette Manning of Lubbock.
Funeral services for 54 year old John R Ode of Bushland were set for 2 p m Friday at Blackburn Shaw Chapel with Rev Daniel F Schorlemer officiating. Burial will follow in Liang Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Ode died after injuries from a fall at the Amarin Helium Plant and Northwest Texas Hospital care. He is survived by his wife Lura Ode.
Funeral services for John Calvin Cornutt aged 51 of Sunray will be held at 2 PM Saturday at Sunray Methodist Church. Rev. J R Hicks will officiate with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home directing. Pallbearers are Cecil Baer Pat Hill Russell Weekly T A Dooley Richard Adams LeRoy Little. He died Wednesday of a heart attack in Grants NM en route to Amarillo from Los Angeles. He owned a Sunray cafe for 12 years. Burial in Dumas Cemetery.
New York Oct 1 leaders of about 12 000 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ships officers called off a threatened strike hours before the deadline. Federal Mediator Bernard J Forman said employers representatives and the AFL Masters Mates and Pilots Association reached a wage and hiring procedure agreement. The accord provides a 6 percent across the board wage increase and a compromise hiring clause. Union officials said the vote by members would take about 30 days and during that period there would be no strike.
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