Community Chest Workers Set Breakfast in Amarillo Hotel
About 200 field workers and chairmen from five divisions will attend a 7:30 am report breakfast at the Amarillo Hotel on October 19. L. M. Grow announced the event and Dr. J. Howard Williams will speak.
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Amarillo Hotel
L. M. Grow
J. Howard Williams
First Baptist Church
Ess
A. O. Thomas
Amarillo
Grow
Thomas
Community Chest Campaign to Accelerate Subscriptions
Officials plan rapid field coverage across five divisions with about 200 workers. The American Legion Division will join soon. Community Chest Week begins Monday to clear unreported accounts and solicit last minute subscriptions from firms and individuals.
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American Legion
Death of 16 Year Old Wilma Yates in Amarillo Home
Miss Wilma Laverne Yates 16 died at the family residence 823 Georgia Street after a brief illness. She was born in Oklahoma and had lived in Amarillo since 1926. Survived by her parents William and Mrs. Yates, a brother and two sisters. Funeral at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home Wednesday at 3 PM officiated by Rev. H. T. Sullivan of Line Avenue Baptist Church.
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Loletta Yates
Juanita Lyons
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw
H. T. Sullivan
Line Avenue Baptist Church
Girl Scout Troops Report Busy Fall Activities
The newsletter notes Troops 4 7 12 14 21 met in October with 20 members at the Presbyterian Church and Polk Street Methodist Church. Leaders include Mrs. E B Louthan and Mrs. Bagwell. Activities ranged from Needle-work Guild, second class work, patrol planning for Camp Kiwanis, and a party honoring Juliette Low.
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Presbyterian Church
E. B. Louthan
Helen Joy Smith
Mary
Polk Street Methodist Church
Juliette Low
Girl Scout Week Ends With Awards And Meetings
Court of Awards opened the week with Second Class Badges for Mary Gray Willa Deane Trimble and Earlene Trimble. Troops 22 and 18 met at Margaret Wills School 4 PM and discussed fire prevention Christmas sales and upcoming events. Taps closed meetings with hymn and prayer, while newcomers Opal Pippin joined Troop 22 as Nyla Harvey served as Yeoman.
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Willa Deane Trimble
Earlene Trimble
Hagel Glover
Wilma Allen
Phyllis Gray
Margaret Wills School
Billie Saunders
Mary Wells
Loyie Hudson
Meredith Williams
Mariner
First Christian Church
Edith Sharp
Opal Pippin
Nyla Harvey
Yeoman
KFDA
Amusing Amarillo Interview Reveals Farnhams on Writing
In Amarillo at the Amarillo Hotel the Farnhams discuss westward travel and America. Mrs. Farnham recalls selling her first story at 19 and breaking into print after 1928 with Rebellion winning a prize. She notes film rights for Wild Beauty and Ex-Love and explains that characterization drives novel success.
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New York
Pictorial Review
Farnham
Farnham finds success with a country life book
The Farnhams, deeply rooted in writing, publish A Place in the Country about buying and landscaping a country home. Critics compare Farnham to Thoreau as his humor and quiet style win broad readership and prompt requests for more work while he enjoys an idyllic, writerly routine.
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Three Charged With Felony in Amarillo Burglary Case
Three men face felony charges after arrest in a $3,000 burglary at Mrs Robert Fasken’s home on Washington Street last Saturday. J W Johnson and Kenneth Tuckness remain jailed on bonds of 3500 and 1500, respectively, while Cal Davis posted 1500. Loot included two fur coats valued at 1600 and 800 and a 46-diamond wrist watch worth 1200. Authorities traced clues from a bundle in a resident’s garage leading to arrests and a recovery at Davis’s home.
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Robert Fasken
Washington Street
J. W. Johnson
Kenneth Tuckness
Potter County
Justice of Peace
H. W. Duke
Cal Davis
Amarillo
Henry Maggard
Maggard
Three Amarillo Fire Captains Attend Galveston Meeting
Three Amarillo fire captains will depart for Galveston to attend the Texas Fire Fighters Convention October 21 to 23. Delegates from the local department belong to both state and international associations tied to the American Federation of Labor. Capt. Sherrill Burks Capt. H. H. Pharris and Capt. R. E. Dickerson comprise the delegation.
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Amarillo
Galveston
Texas Fire Fighters' Convention
American Federation of Labor
Sherrill Burks
H. H .Pharris
R. E. Dickerson
Ward Week Sale Opens Wednesday nationwide
R B Vance, manager of the Montgomery Ward store in Amarillo, announced extra salespeople for Ward Week starting Wednesday October 18. The semi annual sale involves stores nationwide with mass buying enabling lower prices and special values across departments.
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Montgomery Ward
Ward
Amarillo
Vance
Royal Oak sinking details from Scapa Flow inquiry
Lord Chatfield described a U boat attack at Scapa Flow on the Royal Oak. Two torpedoes hit the bow, flooding inflammables and causing a muffled blast. Twenty minutes later more torpedoes sank the ship, with many officers and men drowning before rescue. He noted Britain has ample heavy-vessel margin. Germany is building new capital ships.
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Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Lord Chatfield
Germany
Shirley Temple Joins Camp Fire Girls at Fox Studio
Shirley Temple, just turning ten, becomes a campfire girl with a ceremony at 29th Century Fox studios where she works on a movie set. Mrs. Albert Williams, national president, officiates. Harry Sherman proposes a Western award to the Academy separate from existing honors, arguing Westerns form a distinct class. Oscar statuettes are the academy prizes.
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Albert Williams
Campfire Girls
Dallas
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Harry Sherman
Zane Grey
Sherman
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Academy
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