ASME 1948 Conference Forms Nine Committees
L Wood Jackson chairs general arrangements for the ASME 1948 conference with nearly fifty people on nine committees. The event opens Monday at the Herring Hotel with Bill Lansing leading hotels committee and other panels including programs inspection trips publicity and entertainment guided by listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Wood Jackson
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Herring Hotel
ASME
Bill Lansing
Max Watson
Cleon Ligon
J. F. Hodge
W. R. Pratt
Robert FE. Clements
H. Gs
A. F. Cox
A. Z. Hahn
C .D. van Vliet
Earle S. Burnett
C. Johnson
E. Rogers
F. W. Wallace
A. R.een
W.&. Etchieson
Carl Cox
C. C. Kuhne
A. R. Watson
Roy B. Kennedy
Louis Seewald
Berton Doucette
J. W. Burgess
C. H. Hinton
P. E. Franklin
C. W. Johnson
R W. Skoog
W. S. Etchieson
Oo Hahn
Dallas Bowsher
Amarillo College Students Attend Tri State Fair
Dr. A M Meyer Amarillo College president notes students leaving class to attend the Tri State Fair opening day events. The college dismissed classes to allow the entire student body to visit the fair and many were seen at the college booth showing eagerness for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Meyer
Amarillo College
Toastmaster Club Installs Officers At Banquet
Installation services for the Toastmaster Club will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Herring Hotel. Elected officers taking office include J L Carter as president Frank DeWolfe as vice president Birdell Grossman as secretary and Dr Woolworth Russell as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toastmaster Club
Herring Hotel
J. L. Carter
Frank DeWolfe
Birdell Grossman
Woolworth Russell
Weed Burning Peril Warned During Fire Prevention Week
Amarillo residents were urged to supervise weed and grass fires during Fire Prevention Week. Fire Chief G B Cooper warned against unsupervised burning near fences and homes and noted the department will dispatch a truck to supervise rubbish burns on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
G. B. Cooper
Cooper
Fancher Upshaw, Jr
Fire Poster Sparks Early Morning Fire at Hotel Corridor
Amarillo Fire Department responds to 2:15 AM blaze in the Texas Hotel corridor after a match is struck to a Fire Prevention Week poster. The sign warned of losses from small flames, underscoring tensions over sign messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
East Fourth
Amarillo
Sneak Preview Planned at State Theater Tuesday
State Theater manager Grady Wilson announces a Hollywood style sneak preview for Tuesday night at 8. The unreleased film will be shown to patrons along with the last regular screening of Canon City.
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State Theater
Grady Wilson
Canon City
Ad Club Teams Vie for Members
Amarillo Advertising Club starts a four week membership drive at noon Monday from the Herring Hotel. The club is split into two teams with a steak dinner wager for the losers and cash prizes for top individual scorers. Team captains include Charles An nette and Ralph Ater in one division and Joe Jackson and M B Ellerbe in the other. Gordon Morrison directs the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Charles Annette
Ralph Ater
Joe Jackson
M. B. Ellerbe
Gordon Morrison
Potter County to Open Bids for Steel Erection at Fair Park
Commissioners will open bids Monday afternoon for erecting the Livestock Exhibition Building at Tri-State Fair Park. About 100 tons of steel arrived for the project, using two airplane hangars moved from Dalhart Army Air Field after a delay caused by the fair parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Dalhart Army Air Field
Rooming House Fire Kills One in Houston
An early morning fire swept through a frame rooming house in Houston killing a 60 year old man identified as Page. Twelve others escaped or were rescued as smoke hampered efforts to reach him. Do M Collums 24 told police he opened Page's door when a cough woke him. A verdict was withheld pending investigation by Acting Justice of the Peace H L Harrison.
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Houston
Page
Do. M. Collums
Collums
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Harrison
Tommy Harper Improves After Motorcycle Accident
Tommy Harper 18 of 903 Carolina was reported improved Monday by nurses at St. Anthony's Hospital. The Amarillo Police Chief Sid Harper’s son suffered possible skull fracture internal injuries and facial lacerations in a Sunday motorcycle mishap near the fair grounds as he and four companions raced on a back road. His machine struck a drainage ditch and was demolished, investigators said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Harper
Carolina
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Harper
Amarillo
Sid Harper
Fair Grounds
Special Training for Clement E Birkmeyer Jr
Clement E Birkmeyer Jr son of Mr and Mrs C E Birkmeyer 609 Prospect has entered special training classes at the Okmulgee branch of Oklahoma A M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement E. Birkmeyer, Jr
C. E. Birkmeyer
Prospect
Okmulgee
Oklahoma A&m College
Radio Stolen From Home During Vacation
Clyde A. Vaughn reports a radio valued at 25 dollars stolen from 1014 North Woodland while his family was on vacation.
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Clyde A. Vaughn
North Woodland
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Carl C. Cox
Jetro
Lewis
Polk
Polk Corner
Jewelers
News-Globe
Tri-State
Kalamazoo
Crosley Radio
John Bush
Taylor
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Potaro
Tri
Panhandle
Pleasant Valley Feed
River
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