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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1941
Page
3
The gathering hosted Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones and Mrs. Mildred Papst of Detroit among attendees. The next meeting features a covered dish luncheon at Mrs. Kil ion's home on October 23.
Ickes announced the weekly oil flow to the East used about 585 rail tankers daily with some shipments direct from producing areas. Oil moved from 30 loading points across Texas Alabama Kentucky Louisiana Ohio Illinois Mississippi Oklahoma Arkansas Indiana Michigan by rail and barge to terminals. The week’s movement rose 964 cars from the prior week while steel production is forecast at 81 million tons this year.
The city reports 10 new homes and many repairs driving last week’s permits to 32000 dollars. Year to date building receipts reach 2160000 dollars with multiple named residents and firms listed for frame residences garages and additions. The sequence shows Wallace Hazlewood supervising permits for C L Colvin Lee MacMurtry J M Price and others. The final line notes an unrelated remark about a bird described as the butcher bird.
The Associated Press reports Houston tops Texas city totals with $384,470 for the week and $15,909,575 year to date. Fort Worth, Dallas, Beaumont, San Antonio and others follow with smaller weekly and year accumulations. Crabtree notes a hopper infestation in Dallam County eastern wheat fields, edge damage 10 to 20 feet, with replanting possible after eradication.
The Kennett home at 829 South Virginia Street becomes the first Amarillo residence to feature Inselstone from the Texas Roofing Company. Inselstone is a copper reinforced stone veneer claimed to insulate, weather proof, and reduce heating costs with no future painting.
A collection of quotes on modesty by Rivarol Guizot Goldsmith Mary Baker Eddy and Napoleon. The excerpt ends with a note from Harrismith South Africa about a woman married at 15 who is now 35 and has 15 living children.
The Little Flower Mission Guild of Sacred Heart Cathedral plans a Halloween party in Cathedral Hall on Thursday night October 23 with a committee led by H G Hamrock Bill Farasay A E Herr man John Garvey Jack Edwards and L E B Nemechek A small admission will be charged and refreshments served The public is invited to view Keys of the Kingdom by A J Cronin at Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church next Wednesday at 8 o'clock hosted by the church Woman's Auxiliary
Secretary Ickes reports that oil companies in the week ended October 4 moved 4,099 rail tank cars of oil into the East coal area to meet the call for maximizing transport. The move reflects efforts to enlist every possible method of transport for fuel supplies.
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