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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1939
Page
2
A rambling column recounts ordinary life and local notes from Hemphill County. It covers family weddings and travel, a wedding party near a ranch, a comical mice-snake scare, a Havana visit, and a game warden comment on a deer hunting season. plus entertainment picks at The Paramount with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
The Bulova His Excellency 21 jewel diamond studded wrist watch is shown at Zales on Polk Street at Eighth Avenue. With a platinum case and bracelet, 12 baguette diamonds on the case, and 42 facet cut dial numerals, it is described as the most elaborate man’s watch seen in Amarillo and the Panhandle. The display is part of a national rollout and runs all week.
A collage of short notices offers work for a young girl in housework and child care, a reader seeking employment, a father with four children seeking hauling work, a 16 year old and a colored boy seeking any suitable job, a girl seeking a lost bulldog, and a widow supporting two children. Various missed items include a lost airplane, ad hoc references, and unrelated quotes.
Harvey Lemons, charged yesterday with drunken driving, was released today on a $750 bond set by Justice of the Peace Co W Calder. A local job list appears in the same notice with multiple individuals seeking part time work and domestic positions in Silverton and nearby areas.
Col Wilfred McCormick of Ruidoso New Mexico tells writers to start at the bottom and train hard toward high goals. He notes greatness in music, crafts, athletics, and art comes from long effort and rejects shortcuts to writing success. The couple lectured across New Mexico and work from their fiction factory in the mountains.
Seattle city school superintendent Worth Mc Clure and Seattle PTA members protested the police department plan for a midnight curfew for high school students. They argued a 1 am curfew would be better. Police warned officers might enforce the 9 pm curfew law if the midnight rule is not followed.
Benjamin Whittle of Honolulu is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McMahan at 1411 Hughes Street. He operates a sign company in Honolulu and J. M. McMahan Jr. is employed there by him.
Mr Collman notes the skies are high and dry with little chance of moisture today or tomorrow and October weather conditions remain mild. He cites a past high of 90 degrees on October 6 and an 86 degree high yesterday with around 83 expected today in El Paso area forecasts.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Irvin B Farrell of Sanford died this morning in a local hospital. He is survived by his parents a brother Paul Edwin Farrell and two grandparents Mr and Mrs O S Case of Hermosa Beach California. Funeral services will be held at Llano Cemetery tomorrow at 10 o clock under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home direction.
Mrs. W. D. DeGrassi is ill at her home 311 West Seventh Avenue in Amarillo. She became ill in New York while vacationing with Postmaster DeGrassi after attending the National Convention of Postmasters in Washington, D. C.
Commissioners debate abolishing ad valorem taxes and shifting library funding to the city. Judge Riggs notes that even with cuts the 143000 general fund deficit remains, requiring 28000 in state and county taxes for interest. Commissioner Winters says the deficit is long standing and a careful approach has saved taxpayers 429000.
At a heated meeting County officials discuss closing the county library and shifting control to city management. Proposals call for a county wide road program led by an engineer, with directors overseeing work and a trimmed budget around $63,200 for road maintenance.
County officials clash over dirt road maintenance costs and emergency declarations as Potter County considers how to allocate road and bridge funds. Comparisons with Donley Moore Randall and Randall Counties reveal wide per mile costs, while debates over precinct allocations and a proposed county engineer escalate amid fiscal uncertainty.
County finance discussion focused on Precinct Two seeking 31 000. proposals to cut 7 000 drew pushback from Commissioner Parker. Suggestions included trimming watchman costs to 800, driver pay to 1 011, and reducing gas, trucks, repairs, and labor in Precincts Two and Four. About 75 people attended the morning session ending after noon.
Dr. Rainey maps university aims including a graduate school a center for Latin American relations and a Texas art center while stressing the university’s role in the Southwest economy and culture. He praises Amarillo contributions to football and cites ex students leaders at a banquet in Amarillo.
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