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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1950
Page
4
Notices from Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors list several recent deaths with basic details and funeral arrangements. Names, dates, and service locations are briefly noted for community members seeking information on dignified farewells.
Am Oe lyn Haynes aged 3 of 203 East Hastings died Friday. Daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Haynes, sister of Billie Jean Shirley Ann Beverly Gay, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs P Nichols, Mr J E Haynes. Service 2 PM Monday Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel burial Liano Park ing north of chapel. Joe Dean Gillespie 27 of Stinnett died Saturday. Husband of Lola Mae, father of Joe Dean Jr Anna Ethel son of Mr and Mrs W R Gilles pie ag ora of Claude Emmett Robert entry Thomas Mrs Lucy Wood Mrs Mildred Long Mrs Ruth Kelly. Body taken to Ponca City OK for service and burial. Don Ce Burnham 44 713 North Taylor husband of Opal brother of Gayle Betty Lou Wallace. Service 10 AM Monday Memorial Chapel. Body to Alva OK for burial. Joseph Newton Freeman 45 1108 Taylor died Sunday husband of Eva father of Mrs Otis Williams. Mrs Service 10 AM Tuesday Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
Clara Alice Bural 77 of 206 ver Drive died Saturday leaving Bert, Herbert, several daughters and many grandchildren. Service 2 PM Monday at Griggs chapel with ample parking. Claude Ervin Needham 56 of 3303 Plains Blvd died Sunday husband of Pauline father of John and Darrell brother of Eliza and Mrs. Wakefield. Service pending with N S Griggs & Sons.
No doctors registered for the medical profession draft in Amarillo at noon today, per the US Army Induction Station. Gene Paul Wakefield, Austin state director of selective service, said only a small number of medical men would register in the state today and that all under 50 would eventually register. No Texas quota for doctors has been announced.
John Allison, long time Panhandle pioneer and educator, died at an advanced age leaving a large family network across California and Texas. He helped settle the Texas Oklahoma strip, led a life spanning wars, cattle and land ventures, and taught school from 1875 to 1880 while recalling Dallas in earlier days. His wife died in 1940.
Markets notes show a long list of stock quotes and brokered prices across numerous companies and sectors. The Amarillo Merrill Lynch office furnishes over two dozen equities with varied percentages, including General Electric, United States Steel, Texaco, and numerous rail and consumer names, reflecting a broad snapshot of midday market activity.
Kansas City market figures show cattle at 14,000 head and hogs around 4,000. Slaughter cattle and calves rise modestly, vealers firm, and stockers and feeders brisk with gains up to 50 cents. Beef cows range 18.50 to 22.50, fed steers 29 to 31, top stocker calves 30.00 to 34.50, hogs mainly 18.75 to 20.15, sows 16.50 to 19.25, lambs steady with clipped natives around 28.00.
Chicago livestock prices show hogs at 12 000 head with a 25 to 50 cent drop and top at 20.15 while 190 to 280 pound hogs bring 19.50 to 20.00. Cattle and calves at 14 000 with steers and heifers rising up to 25 cents, vealers slow, and cows and bulls higher. Sheep at 1 500 with lambs steady to 25 cents higher, top lambs at 28.50 and ewes around 15.00 to 14.00 for slaughter.
City police detain Melvin Scarberry, 18, an AWOL air force recruit from Sheppard Field Wichita Falls. He is also wanted by Wichita Falls police on an armed web ne ee TUVVELY UKIMIET, with authorities expected to arrive today to pick him up.
The final counter statement from pool opponents argues Ellwood Park pool will worsen traffic in a congested area. It notes narrow Washington Street near St Marys Academy and Cathedral Hall, bus routes, nearby churches, schools, hospitals, and a proposed YWCA building increasing congestion.
Reported disorganization spread through Communist ranks with units dispersing after a clash with the US 24th Division near Yonan. Communists fled south or north via escape routes past Pyongyang Hungnam as accusations of mass executions near Wonsan and Yonghung emerged. A survivor spoke of plans to move prisoners to Manchuria amid spotty front resistance and mixed fighting patterns.
Sacred Heart Cathedral members weighed Ellwood Park pool plans via two church foyer petitions after masses. Signatures ended seven to one against locating the pool in Ellwood Park. The church owns substantial property on the park’s west side, including Chancery Office Cathedral Hall St Marys Chapel and St Marys Academy on Washington.
James L. Thompson of 2014 North Fast Thirteenth pled guilty to driving while intoxicated after he was driver in an accident on Sunday. He received 20 days in Potter County jail and a $100 fine in county court this morning.
Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross outlined that the Wake Island meeting would frame policy on Formosa to limit objection from General MacArthur. The White House expected a San Francisco address to reiterate basic U S foreign policy beyond the Wake report, with no chance of MacArthur complicating administration plans again.
At the Foreign Wars convention the President urged withdrawal of a statement by General MacArthur. Copies had already been released to newspapers and were included in the Congressional Record, leading to its eventual public dissemination.
Flesher, transferred from Korea to an engineering unit in Japan, supervises Army contractors building out size structures. Since last year his crew has extended airfields and revamped dock facilities. An experienced soldier with over a decade of service, he has shifted from coast artillery to a flexible engineer role as conflicts demand continuous projects.
Captain Bill Flesher of the engineers served from Sept 2 1942 through the Pacific theater including the Philippines andGuadal canal. He and his family reside in a government housing area near Tachikawa Japan. His parents are Amarillo attorney W J Flesher and Mrs. Flesher and his sister Henrietta Saunders works at The Globe News.
Funeral services for Dr Claude Ervin Needham 56, who died at his home 3303 Plains will be held in Cortez Colorado likely Wednesday. The time will be announced by N S Griggs & Sons. Dr Needham head of the mineral statistics branch at the regional US Bureau of Mines office had lived here two and a half months. Surviving are his wife Pauline and two sons John and Darrell.
Belgium launches a new mail pickup and delivery service using helicopters to reach remote areas. The program aims to speed postal transit and reduce delays in hard to access regions, with operations starting this week and involving the national postal authority and local authorities.
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