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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1947
Page
6
Youth Council Meets Monday in Amarillo
The Amarillo Council of Christian Youth holds its annual fall rally Monday at First Baptist Church. Speaker Bill Howland a Phillips University student discusses the World Conference of Christian Youth in Oslo July 22–31. Rev. Hubert H. Bratcher of Shamrock also speaks. program includes congregational singing led by H. A. Shaw and performances by the Amarillo High School A Cappella Choir. All city youths are invited to attend at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Council of Christian Youth
First Baptist Church
Bill Howland
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
World Conference of Christian Youth
Oslo
Norway
Hubert H. Bratcher
Shamrock
H. A. Shaw
Amarillo
Forget-Me-Not Sale Tomorrow by Disabled Veterans
More than 100 volunteers will sell forget-me-nots on city streets tomorrow as part of the Disabled American Veterans annual drive. Proceeds fund support for disabled veterans their families and dependents as well as widows and children of deceased veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne S. Sibley
J. E. Pietzsch
DAV
Mr. Sibley
Waco Sheriff Freed On Assault Charge
In Fort Worth a criminal district court dismissed an assault and battery complaint against Waco Sheriff C. G. Alexander. The charges stemmed from an incident June 14 when Richard Lee Brown and Ray Greene, two University of Texas students en route to Fort Worth, were stopped by a man posing as an officer. Marvin H. Brown Jr. urged prosecution end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
C. G. Alexander
Waco
Criminal District
Richard Lee Brown
Marvin H. Brown
Marvin Brown
Alexander
Young Brown
Ray Greene
Brown
Greene
University of Texas At Austin
Minister Protests Beer Drinking by Jurors in Trial
The Rev. L. L. Roloff challenged Judge Briggs in Corpus Christi as jurors in a murder trial were allowed beer with evening meals. The judge set a limit of two bottles and said jurors would pay. Roloff, an objector to Baylor University granting an honorary degree to President Truman, spoke out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
L. L. Roloff
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Cullen W. Briggs
117Th District Court
Briggs
Roloff
President Truman
Baylor University
Ten Negroes Die In Chicago Tenement Fire
Ten people were killed and thirteen injured when a four story tenement burned rapidly near Chicago. Fire officials found a kerosene smelling can in the basement, raising suspicion of arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cop
William C. Carruthers
Michael J. Corrigan
Lambie Awarded Contract for College Dormitory Addition
The C. S. Lambie Company of Amarillo won a 225000 contract to add a dormitory and cafeteria wing to Eastern New Mexico College in Portales. Construction starts within 30 days and should finish in eight months funded by institutional bonds. The two story housing wing will house students and the one story cafeteria serves 700 to 800 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Lambie Company of
Amarillo
New Mexico College
Portales
A. E. Hunt
Chalk Talk by Berdena Godwin in Denton Event
Amarillo resident Berdena Godwin spoke at the Training Union of the First Baptist Church in Denton. She is a junior costume design major at Texas State College for Women and a Dumas High School and Amarillo College alumna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berdena Godwin
Amarillo
The
First Baptist Church
Denton
Fred Godwin
Walsenburg
Colo
Kentucky
Miss Godwin
Texas State College For Women
Dumas High School
Amarillo College
Alpha XI Omega Sorority
Hartmann Named Dean of Gannon College in Erie
Dr Maurice M Hartmann longtime director of the Downtown USO Amarillo has been named Dean of Gannon College Erie Pennsylvania He led the Downtown USO from 1942 to 1944 boosting USC club attendance to over 100000 monthly He held multiple civic posts including War Recreation Council and Community Chest Campaign prior to Amarillo tenure He previously taught English at St Louis University for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice M. Hartmann
Gannon College
Erie
War Recreation Council
Council of Social Agencies
USC
Amarillo
Hartmann
St. Louis University
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the Community Singers
Glenwood Baptist Church
S. Arthur
Amarillo Globe
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N.S. Griggs & Sons
Remac Ts
TEMCO
Thornton-Walker
Ceercs
Home Toy
Youth Council
Amarillo Printing Co
Amarillo Printing
Lambie
G.N.S
Calvert AI Reserve
Liquor Marts
Monroe
Ken Whipple
Fillmore
Denton Group
TWA
Trans Worn Airline
Yn FI Manufacturing CO
Dr. Hartmann
India
Holmes School OF Shorthand
Holmes School OF
Tyler
Marillo, Texas
Dial
Adkisson Hatchery & Feed Store
Coney Islands
Coney
Polk
Amy
Featuring
Hugh Rollins
Empire
Nathan M. Hunt
North Fillmore
Red Feather
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