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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1946
Page
14
A humorous Amarillo Globe excerpt recounts a party line mix up with Mrs. Snooks and a caller chasing a wrong number. The piece notes how old directories spark confusion and mentions a Bell Telephone official urging removal of outdated listings. It ends with a note on highway lighting reducing fatalities.
Joe Woodward vice president and agency director of Southland Life Insurance Company Dallas will be the principal speaker at the Amarillo Life Insurance Managers Club meeting Monday. Woodward has 21 years in the life insurance business and is noted as one of the youngest VP and agency directors in the United States. Archie Copeland Panhandle territory agency manager for Southland Life in Amarillo will introduce him.
The Amarillo Roping Club schedules a matched calf roping contest between Eddie Smith of Wellington and Earl Brown of Adrian starting 2 pm Sunday at the roping grounds seven miles north of Amarillo off the Dumas highway. A jackpot test follows with standard rules and 10 calves per participant. This is the club's second sponsored event.
The freighter Kenosha a small fighter sank in the Gulf of Mexico 60 miles south of Port Isabel. Captain George F. Gerster and seven crew members escaped in a lifeboat and were taken to Vera Cruz. No cause was given. Additionally, the note mentions France wartime destruction figures.
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