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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1944
Page
3
Miss Joan Risher spent the weekend with her parents in Borger while continuing studies in Amarillo. She is pursuing coursework and plans to return to campus soon.
The 1944 Southwestern Aviation Conference seeks a bigger local turnout than last year. Registration opens Wednesday at 8 am on the Herring Hotel mezzanine with reservations through the Chamber of Commerce or the Herring Hotel. Talks include municipal airport operations by Carl Knupp and Matt J. Ryan, a post war airport operating problems talk by J. Kirk Baldwin, and a keynote from Rear Adm. C. E. Rosendahl on airships. Events include luncheon barbecue visits to Amarillo Army Air Field and a Thursday banquet. Friday features weather service talk by E. L. Hardy and a planning presentation by J. D. Church.
Mrs. T. H. Pickett of McLean visited daughter Miss Pansie Pickett at 1014 Taylor Street over the weekend. Instructions note to keep salt pepper sugar bowl salad dressing napkins and preserves on a tray and take to the table in one trip.
Services for Pvt. Howard Compton, who died in California from wounds on Biak Island, were set for this afternoon in Mobeetie. Surviving relatives include his mother Mrs Daisy Compton of Mobeetie and sister Mrs Dick Stanley of Amarillo.
Lucy Whitehead from Route 1 Box 8 Amarillo writes asking for a donated dog to replace her late pet. She prefers a male dog, either grown or puppy, and promises a loving home.
A widow seeks to rent or manage an apartment house or rooming house and provides experience plus references. She asks considerately for opportunities and can be contacted via her listing in the local paper.
A person asks for the return of a lost purse found Sunday containing two five dollar bills. The finder may keep the money if needed, but the owner hopes for the purse’s return and notes they worked after school to earn the money.
H C Winburn returned from a weeklong conference of regional weather bureau directors in Fort Worth. The meeting focused on training returning servicemen and expanding aviation weather reporting and forecasting. About ten bureau chiefs from Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico attended.
A reader asks for money and papers in a billfold with contact details for Ray Snead Jr and Lillie Lomax. A small coin purse was turned in to Kinney Shoe Store and may be claimed by the owner.
A 6 year old girl reports losing a locket from her chain last Sunday at San Jacinto Methodist Church. She offers a small reward and asks the finder to call 5565 or visit 904 Austin Street to return the locket.
A woman a little past middle age seeks a male rancher correspondent under 68. Contact Tack letters care. A tie clasp with the initials G T was lost between the Rule Building and 4th and Polk streets on October 17. Call 2-4750 if found. George A. Turner 113 West 7th Avenue.
Pvt. George G. Carpenter, husband of Hope Adams of Amarillo, is reported missing in France since September 11. He served with an infantry unit. Mrs. Carpenter, daughter of Ronnie and his wife, travels from Amarillo to Glendale, California to be with her husband's sister, Dorothy C. Thorpe. They have a 16 month old son, Romie G. Carpenter.
J. C. Haley hunted rabbits near Bishop Lake five miles north of town. His children spotted movement in a cottonwood tree and Haley fired. A porcupine plunged to the ground, its spines not shielding it from the hunter’s shot.
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