School Groups Hold Elections At Amarillo High School
Multiple clubs renumber their officers as elections are held for the year. Sue Keffer leads the Spanish Club os Viajeros with Mildred Jordan and Mary Ortega as vice-presidents and a full officer slate including Helen Marie Wasshage and Catherine Hoyt. Bill Fitch heads the Ski Club with a team of assistants led by Freddie Koester and Gwen Selecman. Jerry Cronister is president of the Ready Writer's Club with Sarah Chappell as vice-president and Marlene Perkins as secretary treasurer. Jimmy Carver presides over the Vocational Industrial Club with Allen Gibbons Neal Ellis Don Z. Goodwin and Frank Gibson among officers. Neil Norwood leads the Texas Junior Historical Society with Katherine Daniel and Gail Lossner assisting. Toby Wise heads the Allied Youth post, with Carole Grape as vice-president and Linette Smith as secretary treasurer.
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W. B. Burkhalter
Hi-Y
J. O. Parkey
Os Viajeros
Sue Keffer
Mildred Jordan
Mary Ortega
Shirley Nelson
Helen Marie Wasshage
Catherine Hoyt
Viola Ballard
Bill Fitch
Laura Roberts
Freddie Koester
Gwen Selecman
Alice Klein
Martha Daily
Sara Kelly
Amarillo High School
Jerry Cronister
Ready Writer's Club
Irene Crawford
Sarah Chappell
Marlene Perkins
Vocational Industrial Club
Jimmy Carver
Allen Gibbons
Neal Ellis
Don Z. Goodwin
Frank Gibson
Neil Norwood
Texas Junior Historical Society
Katherine Daniel
Gail Lossner
Margaret Josserand
Toby Wise
Allied Youth Post
Carole Grape
Linette Smith
Faye Dill
Guinea Pig Club Fliers Dinner Draws Elite Guests
About twenty members of the Guinea Pig Club, RAF fliers who have undergone facial reconstruction, were flown from across Britain to attend a Festival dinner honoring their service and recovery.
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Guinea Pig Club
R.A.F. Fliers
Britain
Wreck Injury Is Fatal to Mrs. Finley
Mrs Mildred Louise Finley 56 died at Odom Dryden Hospital from injuries after a Thursday night crash five miles east of Clarendon on US Highway 287. The body will go to Whittier California. Husband Mr Finley and passenger Mrs Mary B Walker survive in serious condition. Also injured were Mr and Mrs W S Malone of Memphis in the other car. Mr Malone in serious condition at Goodall Hospital. Mrs Malone greatly improved. The Malones were returning to Memphis from Amarillo after the Tri State Fair. The Finleys were bound for Baldwin Park California.
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Memphis
Mildred Louise Finley
Odom-Dryden
Clarendon
Whittier
Cal
Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home
Finley
Mary B. Walker
W. S. Malone
Mrs. Post Undergoes Surgery At Northwest Texas Hospital
Mrs. Fred Post wife of Globe News managing editor underwent surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital this morning. Friends and former hospital staff nursed her in years of service and word on her condition was awaited. She was reported doing fine after leaving surgery.
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Fred Post
Northwest Texas
Globe News
Post
Quail Invades Home In Surprise Weekend Visit
Mrs. H. E. Risdon had a sudden visitor Saturday when a bob-white quail entered through a kitchen door at 2617 Sanborn and perched in the home. Mr. Risdon heard the bird calling from the adjacent vacant lot on Sunday afternoon, then spotted it in the garage before it flew away.
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H. E. Risdon
Northwest Texas Hospital
Sanborn
Risdon
Thomsen Wholesale names Don Burdine as sales manager
Dub Thomsen announces Don Burdine will be sales manager for Thomsen Wholesale at 910 West Sixth. Burdine, ex Fuller Brush field manager from Tyler, has prior Amarillo post with the company and wartime service with the Third and Ninth Armies in Europe. The Burdines live at Green Acres and plan a home at 1124 Callahan West Amarillo while handling Texas New Mexico the Oklahoma Panhandle and southeast Kansas sales.
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Don Burdine
Thomsen Wholesale
West Sixth
Dub Thomsen
Burdine
Fuller Brush Co
Tyler
Amarillo
Third
Ninth
Burdines
Green Acres
Callahan
West Amarillo
Thomson Wholesale
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Hudson Automobile Stolen From Ballina Resident
A 1948 light blue Hudson car with Mississippi plate 551-508 was stolen last night from 2311 Fillmore, home of Kenneth Taylor. Ballina barbers raise haircuts from 20 to 25 cents, prompting men to grow their hair longer.
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Fillmore
Kenneth Taylor
Colr
Mississippi
Ballina
Rezoning On Pierce St Stirs Amarillo Hearing
Amarillo Planning and Zoning Commission recommended rezoning two blocks on South Pierce Street from residential to manufacturing for Ralston Purina between Twenty ninth and Thirty first avenues, while denying adjacent blocks and other requests after protests. Several actions were deferred for negotiations and further study.
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South Pierce Street
Amarillo
Ralston-Purina Company
Twenty-ninth
Pierce Street
Santa Fe
Twenty-eighth
North Nelson Street
North East Eighth Avenue
Presidential
Fred M. Seale
Seale Developed
Seale Company
East Eighteenth
Tri-State Fair Park
Navy Day Honors Roosevelts Fleet Triumph of 1908
Navy Day is observed on October 27, Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, honoring his dispatch of the US fleet on a worldwide voyage in 1908 and his role in shaping the navy into a formidable national defense line.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roman tiles found in Wiesbaden and Ars sur Moselle sites
In Wiesbaden Germany and at the reservoir near Ars sur Moselle researchers report early Roman construction clues. Hexagonal and triangular clay floor tiles are among the visible evidence indicating ancient building activity in these locations.
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Globe-News
Wiesbaden
Germany
Ars Sur Moselle
Furnish Gasoline At a Steep Price
B. H. Lowery said to police he borrowed five gallons of gasoline from two men in a car on Highway 60 east of Amarillo and paid $5 for the fuel. He reported the incident yesterday morning and provided his address at 2623 Northeast Twenty-second.
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B. H. Lowery
Lowery
Northeast Twenty-second
Amarillo
Parcells Returns From Illinois Visit With Family
Dr. R. P. Parcells known as Doc returns from a month in Oak Park Illinois. He and Mrs. Parcells stayed with their daughter Mrs. Charles Pugh and Dr. Pugh while visiting in Amarillo relations and local fans greet his return.
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R. P. Parcells
Amarillo
Oak Park
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