Motor Court Operators Gather For Route 66 Convention
Motor court operators along the Main Street of America will meet in Amarillo for a one day Main Street of America Courts Association session. Speakers include W C Markwardt and Jean Jacques. The event precedes the two day Highway 66 Association convention at the Herring Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Main Street of America Courts Association
W. C
Bill” Markwardt
Joplin
Jean Jacques
Markwardt
Motor Courts Association
Jacques
Motor Courts
Highway 66 Association
Herring Hotel
66 Association
W. B. Amacker
AAA
Texas Unit
Motor Courts Group
Marjorie H. Jones
Main Street of America Courts Guide
MSACA
VFW Dedicates New Blood Center in Potter County
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a dinner preview and dedication of the Potter County Memorial Blood Center. Equipment donated by Golding Post No 1475 has been moved to the new site adjoining the VFW Post at 1401 West Eighth. A formal public opening will follow later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Potter County Memorial Blood Center
Golding Post
Blood Bank
VFW Post Place
West Eighth
A. W. Haight Funeral Held
Services for Alfred Warren Haight 74 were held at 10 am in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev H B Coggin officiated. He died Saturday at home 1106 North Tyler. A retired Rock Island railway conductor, he resided in Amarillo since 1911 and was born July 25 1876 in Kansas. Survived by five sons and two daughters. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Warren Haight
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
H. B. Coggin
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Mr. Haight
North Tyler
Rock Island Railway
Amarillo
Kansas
Haight
Methodist Church
Order of
Harold Haight
Venezuela
Jack Haight
Douglas
Ariz
Frank Haight
Puente
Cal
Alfred
Hugh Haight
C. N. Evans
Long Beach
Florence Haight
Memorial Park Cemetery
Plan for Cleaner Amarillo High School Grounds
Amarillo officials and local eating place operators met with AHS staff to promote a citizenship minded grounds cleanup around Amarillo High School. Principal R B Norman called the meeting and urged full cooperation from students, business managers, and city officials. Walter Shaller said Jaycees would provide trash receptacles. Attending were Steve Curtis Mrs W B Burkhalter Ross Larsen and J C Lester among others. City chemist Jack Wyatt pledged city help with disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
AHS
R. B. Norman
Norman
Walter Shaller
Jaycees
Steve Curtis
Honor System
W. B. Burkhalter
Ross Larsen
Nixson Junior High
Jack Wyatt
City Health Department
Zora Brown
J. C. Lester
Helen V. McKay
John Stenson
V. V. Neal
J. M. Larson
Lumbermen of Houston Open National Retail Lumber Meet
More than 500 retail lumber and building material dealers attend the annual meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association in Houston at the Shamrock Hotel. Lumbermen's Association of Texas hosts, led by John Armstrong of Amarillo, as they plan discussions on defense production program effects and steps to prevent rigid emergency controls in construction. Armstrong, Foxworth-Geee Lumber Co. district manager, serves as vice-president.
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National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Lumbermen’s Association of Texas
John Armstrong
Amarillo
Armstrong
Foxwortheee Lumber Co. Inc
911
West
Fire prevention displays and talks planned in Amarillo
The Amarillo fire department has a fire prevention display in the Southwestern Public Service show window and Jaycees have posters around the city. Fire prevention demonstrations will be given by City Fire Marshal Ed Spann at the Jaycee luncheon on Wednesday and at the Optimists Club luncheon on Thursday.
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STE
Amarillo Clore
Amarillo
Texas
Fire Department
Southwestern Public Service Company
Jaycees
Ed Spann
Jaycee
Optimists Club
Parade Highlights Fire Prevention Week Observance
A parade formed at Amarillo High School and headed north on Polk to Third to mark Fire Prevention Week. Parade chairman Joe Richardson of the Junior Chamber of Commerce led participants including the Sandie Band the Amarillo fire department Jaycees insurance companies Shriners and others with several fire prevention themed floats.
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Amarillo High School
Polk
Joe Richardson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sandie Band
Amarillo Fire Department
Jaycees
Insurance Companies
Shriners
Two Charged In Burglary At Neal's Cafe
In 47th District Court two men were charged with the Friday night burglary of Neal's Cafe at 900 North East Eighth. Donald Ray Russell, 20, and Edward Roy Wyatt, 37, are named in the filing. a 15-year-old boy is held by juvenile authorities in connection with the offense. Loot totaled 250.50 dollars. The suspects were arrested Sunday after the juvenile’s mother accompanied him to the station and he told police he’d missed a job.
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47Th District Court
Neal
North East Eighth
Donald Ray Russell
Buchanan
Edward Roy Wyatt
North Hughes
Boswell Dies at Amarillo Hospital at 52
C K Boswell of Dumas dies at 6 a m in Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after illness since May He worked for Shamrock Oil & Gas Co He was born January 22 1898 in Fannin County Texas and was a Baptist Survivors include wife Jewell a son DeVerla Boswell Dumas two daughters Mrs Tommy Jacobs Alamogordo NM and Mrs Clyde Leonard F C Koker brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odes Kincaid Boswell
Dumas
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
de- Verla Boswell
Tommy Jacobs
Alamatina NM
Clyde Leonard
F. C. Koker
Kenneth LaFon's Mother Dies in Woodward
Kenneth LaFon of 3004 Polk is notified of his mother Mrs F 8 LaFon 71 who died in Woodward Oklahoma. Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow at First Baptist Church Woodward with burial in Woodward Cemetery. Surviving are another son Harvey LaFon and three daughters including Mrs John Harris Mrs Etta Bryan and Mrs M J Miller plus a daughter in law.
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Kenneth LaFon
Polk
Woodward
Okla
LaFon
First Baptist Church
Woodward Cemetery
Buckeye and Wynona kin to be mourned in funeral plans
Buckeye Arizona and Wynona Texas sister Mrs Henry Denton are named in the notice. Arrangements for funeral services will be announced by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye, Ariz
Henry Denton
Wynona
Tex
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Strikes Paralyze Uruguay Livestock Industry
Strikes have disrupted Uruguay's livestock sector, halting meat production and disrupting exports. The labor action has affected farmers, transporters, and related agribusiness, signaling ongoing economic strain in rural areas. Local officials warn of cascading effects on supply chains and regional markets.
Market Show Plans Made for Panhandle Event
Plans for the Panhandle Market Show at the Herring Hotel in November 1920 were discussed by the Chamber of Commerce market committee chaired by W H Gattis. The June show drew about 100 exhibitors and 600 buyers and showcased merchandise across men's and boys clothing gifts infants wear and general ready to wear. Registrants will enjoy a luncheon Sunday in Old Tascosa. Committee members cited include Paul J Smith G C Matthews T F McKinney Arch Cooper Ben Solnick Denard Gordon Othel L Pirtle and Ann Howell.
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Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce Market Committee
W. H. Gattis
Old Tascosa
Paul J. Smith
G. C. Matthews
T. F.mckinney
Arch Cooper
Ben Solnick
Denard Gordon
Othel L. Pirtle
Ann Howell
Blood type civilians for atom attack in Jackson
Jackson begins nation’s first mass blood typing program to create a walking blood bank. nurses and Red Cross volunteers tag finger-prick samples with dog tags, aiming to type 51,000 residents and later expand to Michigan’s 6.3 million. program seeks rapid transfusion aid after disasters or atom bomb attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
U.P
Red Cross
Gil’s
Michigan
May Step Up Job Training for Defense Push
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing warned that defense labor shortages could prompt expanded job training for women, the physically handicapped, 4-Fs, and the elderly. He told the Industrial College of the Armed Forces that manpower will be a major national challenge and that more women may need training than in World War II, with greater use of older workers.
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Washington
Oscar R. Ewing
Ewing
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Arrest Transient In Cafe Burglary
Will Golden Weeks, 64, Dallas transient, is in the city jail after police removed him from the Feed Troft Cafe at 706 Grant. He admitted entering by cutting a panel from a rear door and taking food while wearing a sack with holes. He claimed to have entered to investigate after hearing a noise. Weeks said he had been living under a freight dock and that a big man made him drink whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Golden Weeks
Dallas
Family's Cycle of Tragedy Continues
SHREVEPORT Louisiana October 9 Death has written another chapter in the tragic story of the W A Kelly family. Kelly sixty, sales manager for a Shreveport department store, died yesterday thirty minutes after his automobile overturned near Coushatta while he was motoring to Alexandria to visit his son, a polio victim, on his twenty fourth birthday. Three months ago Kellys wife died of a heart attack.
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Shreveport
W. A. Kelly
Kelly
Coushatta
Alexandria
Durrett Memorial Award Set at University of Texas
The Eldon Durrett Outstanding Pledge Award was first given by the Omi cron Chapter of Kappa Alpha at the University of Texas. The prize honors the late Eldon Durrett who died in a summer traffic accident in Amarillo. The award, based on grades and activities, will be presented each pledge semester at the initiation banquet and kept in the fraternity house with a jeweled pin. Durrett, a Vanderbilt and UT alumnus, formerly led Kappa Alpha and earned national recognition for high grades and writing for The Globe News in Amarillo High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Durrett
Omicron
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
University of Texas
J. R. Durrett
Tyler
Amarillo
Bill McCord
Kappa Alpha
Vanderbilt University
Eldon
Washington
Crippled Children Society Head Named
Dr. J. J. Flowers of San Marcos is the new president of the Texas Society for Crippled Children Inc. The group ended its annual meeting yesterday with the election of officers. New directors include John W. Broome of Lubbock Jack Roe of Kerrville George Canfield of Beaumont and J. T. Canales of Brownsville.
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Houston
J. J. Flowers of
San Marcos
Texas Society For Crippled Children, Inc
John W. Broome
Lubbock
Jack Roe
Kerrville
George Canfield
Beaumont
J. T. Canales
Brownsville
Harper Attending Police Chiefs Convention in Colorado Springs
Chief of Police Sid Harper attends the annual convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs in Colorado Springs as the event opens today. Globe News want ads seek results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Sid Harper
Colorado Springs
International Association of Police Chiefs
Globe News
Body composition by the pound and ounce
An item lists the average 150 pound human body composition by element. It cites 75 pounds oxygen and 50 pounds carbon among other constituents such as calcium phosphorus chlorine nitrogen magnesium sulfur potassium iron silicon iodine manganese and others.
Railroad ties cut in southern forests reach fifty million yearly
Advertisements note that about fifty million railroad ties are felled in southern forests each year, highlighting the scale of timber output and potential impact on regional industry.
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VFW
A. W. Haight
Lumbermen of
C. K. Boswell
Uruguay
Philip Morris
Partre Morris
America
Bhitip Morris
ANS
Crippled Children Society
John M. Pickett, M.D
West 10Th PH
Archie
Castleberry
Barfield
Harper
Amarillo Hotel
Magnesia
dAerie LL
Keitgeestor
Servel
BN 850
Taylor
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