Catfish Skinning Champion Defends Title at Panhandle Club
Alex W. Meier of Shat tuck Oklahoma defends his catfish skinning title at the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club Fish Fry and Sports Show at Tri-State Fair Park. Contestants will skin Buffalo Lake catfish with cash prizes for top places. Tickets $1. events start 6:30 PM with more demonstrations after serving.
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Catfish Skinner
Alex W. Meier
Shattuck
Okla
Panhandle
Fair Park
Tri-State Fair Park
Meier
Buffalo Lake
Alex Meier
Sportsmen’s Club
Bagot Hardware Company
Davis Sporting Goods Company
Tom & Roy Gun & Key Shop
Bob Seeds Sporting Goods Company
Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods Company
Texas Size Candy Stick Delights Amarillo Children
Amarillo youngsters flock to Skaggs Drug Store at 619 Polk to gaze at a giant peppermint stick weighing 100 pounds and stretching 742 feet. Dreamt up by store manager Homer Martin, the red and white Texas size confection was made by Camel Candy Company of Amarillo. Sales girl Leota McLaughlin poses with the stick as the crowd pets the huge treat before it is sent to the children's home.
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Amarillo
Skaggs Drug Store
Polk
Homer Martin
Texas
Camel Candy Company
Skaggs
Theildren
Combined Tax Bills Ready for City and School Taxes
Thirty thousand red and blue notices are prepared for property holders within and outside city limits detailing the first combined city school tax statements for 1950. Taxpayers may pay in two halves with deadlines December 1 and June 30 1951 or in full by January 31 1951. Each payment must accompany the original tax statement to ensure proper credit.
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John Crudgington
Crudgington
Tax Office
Mead Bakery Opens With Panhandle Crowd
Hundreds attended Mead's new bakery at 1900 West Seventh in a preview event for grocers. More than 900 invitations were issued and 3,000 to 4,000 people toured the plant. A formal public opening is planned tonight through Thursday from 9 to 10 o'clock, with attendees from Borger Panhandle Pampa Dalhart Dumas Shamrock Hereford Claude Amarillo and other residents.
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Mead
West
Panhandle
Borger
Burleson Rites Tomorrow For Rufus P Burleson
Funeral services for Rufus Patrick Burleson age 70 of 315 East Slope will be held at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon at Blackburn Shaw Chapel. Rev Roy Flippo will officiate. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. He died yesterday following a heart attack.
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Rufus Patrick Burleson
East Slope
Blackburn- Shaw Chapel
Roy Flippo
Llano
Burleson
Eleven Sentenced In US Court In Amarillo
Federal district court yesterday handled eleven cases and arraigned Diana and Ewald Johnson on charges of driving a stolen automobile in interstate commerce. The Johnsons face trial Thursday for the interstate theft from Amarillo to Dodge City Kansas.
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Federal District Court
Diana
Ewald Johnson
Johnsons
W. A
Tex
Thornton
Amarillo
Dodge City
Kaw
Ewald
Potter County
Harlan J. Ludlam
George Earl Brown
Lubbock
Edjuena Bodine
el Paso
George Harrison Adam
Navy
Charles Alexander Fant
Krass
John A. Jimenez
Manuel Martinez
Harold Francis Johnson
New York
Claude Orville Williams
Pleasant Valley
Felix H. H. Morgan
Pampa Negro
Troy Brown
Amarillo Negro
Plan Free Dinner For Legionnaires
A new policy will be launched tonight at the American Legion Hall. A free dinner will be served to all members of the Legion and the Auxiliary at 7 o'clock. The regular meeting will be held following the dinner. The hall address is 617 West Seventh.
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American Legion Hall
The
Legion
Auxiliary
West Seventh
IPAA Honors Amarillo Man
ST LOUIS Oct 3 J Ed Warren Midland Tex was reelected president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America yesterday R C Kay of Amarillo was named to the organization's executive committee The group's economic committee said the nation's petroleum supply is adequate to meet a record demand expected in the next 12 months Our best sources of calcium are fresh milk concentrated and dry milks ice cream and cheese We need calcium to build and maintain sound teeth and bones
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ST. Louis
J. Ed Warren
Midland
Tex
Independent Petroleum Association of America
R. C. Kay
Amarillo
Gillham Child Rites Set For Tomorrow
Funeral services for Philip Glen Gillham two year old son of Mr and Mrs W N Gillham will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel. He died yesterday during a tonsillectomy. Dr Smythe Lindsay of St Andrews Episcopal Church will officiate assisted by Rev T M Gillham uncle of the boy. Burial will be Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving relatives include the parents and other family members.
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N.S. Griggs & Sons
Philip Glen Gillham
W. N. Gillham
North East
Smythe Lindsay
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
T. M. Gillham
First Baptist Church
Widow Sarah Payne left 100 descendants in Ill death
Mrs. Sarah Payne died in Carbondale at age 81 leaving 100 descendants, including 96 great grandchildren.
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Carbondale, Ill
Sarah Payne
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Leota McLaughlin
R. P. Burleson
Yaryt
Robt
McKenzie
IPAA
Kent
Mark Galloway
Gillham Child
G. L
Draughon
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Mila
Choosh
Busi
Ae Ee Ci
PHILS
Puddin
Jones
Konstanty
Honstouly
Iron Man
Andy Seminick
Cady Leninth
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia
Ace
Bubba
Gable Creacy
Wurler
Bob Miller
Bob
P. Master
Mike Goliat
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Miracle Worker
Sawyer
Eddie
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