Calf roping winners at Madison Square Rodeo Texas riders shine
Calf roping led by Royce Sewall of Brownwood Texas with 16 3 5 seconds. Dan Taylor of Big Springs Texas took second at 17 2 5. Lanham Riley of Snyder Texas finished third at 18 1 5. George Yardley of Roswell New Mexico won steer wrestling in 7 1 5 seconds. Floyd Peters of Browning Montana won wild cow milking in 30 seconds. Toots Mansfield of Rankin Texas was second at 30 4 5 seconds and Sonny Hancock of Roswell New Mexico took third at 41 2 5. Charlie Beals of Tulsa Oklahoma won wild bull riding with others from Fort Worth Texas placing.
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Mike Fisher
Purdum
Neb
Floyd Peters
Browning
Mont
Toots Mansfield
Rankin
Tex
Sonny Hancock
Roswell
N. M
Charlie Beals
Tulsa
Okla
Johnny Chapman
Fort Worth
Byron Lisenbee
Amarillo Captain Promoted to Command Squadron Leader
Word reached Amarillo today of Capt Roy P Hill Jr being promoted to commanding officer of a headquarters squadron in the Sixth Fighter Wing stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy P Hill and recently indicated he might be home before month’s end. He is an Amarillo High School and West Texas College graduate who joined the Air Forces in 1942 after working for Woods Farm Equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Roy P. Hill
Panama Canal Zone
Captain Hill
Crestway Terrace
Amarillo High School
West Texas College
Canyon
The
Woods Farm Equipment Company
Air Forces
Foster Field
Victoria
School of Applied Tactics
Orlando
Fla
Chili Supper and Ceremonials for Khiva Shriners
Khiva Temple marks an October calendar with a chili supper for Shriners and their ladies at 6 30 pm followed by a quarterly meeting at 8 pm. Ladies entertainment runs 8 00 to 9 00, then a dance on the third floor at 9 00. The Fall ceremonial dance is Oct 31 and a full form ceremonial on Nov 1. Catgut comes from sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva
Hugo Loewenstern
Material arrives for water storage tank project
Seven carloads of structural materials for an overhead water storage tank at North East Fifth and Osage have arrived, city manager A. P. Hancock said. Four more shipments are en route from Chicago Bridge and Iron Works. Foundation piers have been poured and erection should finish in time for next summer. The tank will hold about one million gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North East Fifth and
Osage
A. P. Hancock
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Amarillo Chamber to Plan Krug Reception
Amarillo civic affairs group meets tomorrow to plan arrangements for a visit by Julius Krug Secretary of the Interior. Macon Carder chairs the noon meeting at the Herring Hotel to prepare for Krug’s expected arrival in Amarillo on October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Krug
Interior
Amarillo
Dreamboat guide by Flying Weathermen honor cites Pascoe
Sgt Charles E Pascoe of Amarillo served with the B Flight 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron guiding the B 29 Pacusan Dreamboat. The team flew a B 17 weather plane over the Greenland Icecap sending radio weather data to support the mission. British court ruling noted slaves were free upon setting foot in Britain in 1771.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE. Pascoe
Amarilo
AAF
53Rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Greenland
Miss Watkins Heads AHS Honor Society
Jeanne Watkins of Amarillo High School serves as president of the National Honor Society local chapter. She is a senior and leads as president while other officers include Bill Atterbury as vice president Barbara Fowler as secretary and reporter Addison Appleby as treasurer William Fomby as sergeant at arms with Miss Louis Russell and Miss Irene McCune as faculty sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Jeanne Watkins
W. T. Watkins
Polk
Los Viajeros
First Bison Seen by Whites In Zoo Over 1500s Visit
The first bison encountered by a white man did not appear in the wild but in captivity. In 1521, during Cortes and his expedition through Anahuac, they observed the animal in the menagerie of King Montezuma in the Aztec capital of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortez
Anahuac
Mexico
Montezuma
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Brownwood Roper
New York
Royce Sewalt
Brownwood
Gisa As
Beery
Prescription Shop
U. S
Wonpdeer
Cretney’s
Walgreen’s
Roy P. Hill, JR
Shriners
Krug
Sgt
Charles E. Pascoe
British Isles
Weenie
Three Feathers Distributors, Inc
N. Y
Atlas Sales Co
Three Feathers Distributors
Miss
Dave Bailey
W. 6Th St
Mr. Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Jayne
D. Jayne
Vine St
Phila
Dept
Texas
P. O
Buchanan
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Ordway-Saunders Co
Wards
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Val
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