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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1950
Page
19
Auction style used car listing offering many makes and models from 1940s to 1950s. Includes 1950 Ford Custom Tudor, 1949 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe, 1947 Ford Tudor, 1949 Ford Club Coupe, and 1939 LaSalle with radios heaters and special prices. Private and dealer ads.
Numerous listings advertise used cars from late 1940s and early 1950s. Vehicles include Studebaker, Ford, Plymouth, Chevrolet, Dodge, DeSoto, Buick, and Mercury models with radios, heaters, overdrive, and low mileage. Prices range from under 100 to about 2000 dollars, with several trades and dealer names such as RANDALL MOTORS and JIM STIDHAM. Some offers mention open evenings and contact details.
A 1949 Chrysler New Yorker four door with tan finish and radio plus heater, a 1948 Chrysler with white sidewall tires in two tone green, and a 1947 Chrysler in dark blue. Plymouth Special Deluxe four door with radio heater seat covers in light tan, plus a two door Plymouth with radio and heater in green. Prices range around 1050 to 150.
Farm women and 4-H Club girls in the Tri State Empire continue United Nations flag making led by Doris Leggitt Texas A M Extension Service district agent. VFW commander Charles C Ralls objects claiming the effort is an USDA push to replace the Stars and Stripes. Leggitt says programs will proceed and UN flags will be shown on UN Day October 24 along with Old Glory and the Texas Lone Star. County agents oversee assignments across the Texas Panhandle South Plains western Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico with schools held in multiple counties.
Marianne Ostier unveils a new method using suction and a harmless chemical to attach jewel like patches to the skin. Gems up to two percent inches in diameter stay on for hours and can be removed without harm to skin, serving as beauty patches to cover blemishes.
Miss Carol Ann Erdman, preparing for her Saturday wedding at First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc, endured an appendicitis attack then carried on with the ceremony. Afterward her husband drove her to Holy Family Hospital where she was operated on Sunday morning. Mrs Stanford Arthur Madison is in excellent condition. Modern topic notes on ancient Greek inscriptions and four-horned sheep on the Isle of Man follow.
New 22 ft house trailer fully equipped aluminum construction offered at $300 under list. See at 4214 Hughes Street. Licensed February 1951. Very clean and ready for immediate use or various needs.
Potter County commissioners waived removal of the Pantex Village and Army Tech Village war housing units to allow operation by the City of Amarillo under the Amarillo Housing Authority. The county will accept a 10 percent shelter rental payment in lieu of taxes, a voluntary federal payment shared with taxing agencies. In other business, a register of county owned land was authorized to be established by the County Clerk Loren Jones.
Various county government departments conduct routine business and operate through standard trans acted formalities during a regular meeting, addressing administrative matters and common agenda items.
The city commission will receive bids tomorrow at 3 pm for two new fire stations at Sixth and Western and North East Thirteenth and Grand. Architect W R Kaufman designed two track residential type stations. condemnation has begun for the Sixth and Western site. funds for extra firemen are in the current budget.
Gerhild Schaible, visiting from Germany for a year at Amarillo Senior High, was honored today at noon with a shower and luncheon by the Co-Workers Class of Polk Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Jason Robberson chairs the class. The event was in Fellowship Hall. Miss Schaible stays with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sharp at 1617 Hayden.
Graveside funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bulson were held at 3 p.m. today in Memorial Park Cemetery. The baby died yesterday at Northwest Texas Hospital. The Bulson residence is 121 Rusk. Survivors include a sister Leslie Ann, grandparents Melvin Bibb of Amarillo and Fred Bulson of Peekskill. Interment was directed by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
The Potter County tax roll for 1950 was approved by the commissioners court. It totals $68,313,940 with total taxes of $984,666.77. State taxes amount to $387,825. county taxes $546,511.52. and common school district taxes $50,330.20, reflecting a six million dollar increase over 1949.
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