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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1950
Page
2
Readers letters send thanks and tall tales from Texas
A series of brief notes from Hale Center Amarillo and San Angelo Texans. Jim Overstreet credits Tack with crop recovery and home plans. Eddie Lafon and Ken Lafon share a risqué Life magazine photo and cattle business chatter. Albert Herman corrects a misattribution about The News-Globe and Graham-Hoeme Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Life
Eddie
Jay
Ken LaFon
Amarillo
Texas
News- Globe
Southwest Bell
Graham-Hoeme Company
Albert Herman
Magdalene
San Angelo
Dear Tack Letters Reveal Local Surfing Telephones And Grass Talks
A collection of reader notes from Amarillo citizens covers privacy concerns about telephone taps, lawn care debates over new grass varieties, cartoons at the Citizens Finance Service window, and political sentiments about voting for Ben Guill in November. The letters highlight local quirks, civic curiosity, and everyday issues voiced by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surro
Amarillo
South Plains
Santa Fe
Citizen’s Finance Service Company
Tyler
A. Trueblood
Tack
A Guill
Ben Guill
Voter asks about splitting tickets in races
A reader from Borger argues that voters may split their ticket and vote for Democrats in all races except the Congressional race. The reply confirms the right to vote for whomever one chooses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Washburn
Borger
Sandie Band Plans Tag Day for Amarillo High
The Amarillo High School Sandie Band, about 101 members, will run a tag day Saturday with volunteers in uniform on Amarillo streets. Sponsored by the Sandie Band Parents Association, funds go to jackets for graduates, the spring banquet, and a trip. If raised, banners may be refreshed as current ones are eight years old. Mrs. Boyd Elliott leads tag day sales with stations at Hill Furniture Co. and Radio Station KFDA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Sandie Band
Amarillo Sandie Band Parents Association
John Merchant
Band Parents Association
Mead’s Bakery
Mr. Merchant
Boyd Elliott
Hill Furniture Co
KFDA
Hoopii Hawaii guitarist to perform in Panhandle and Amarillo
Sol Hoopii native Hawaiian guitarist will give recitals in Panhandle and Amarillo with Ray Odegard as accompanist. He appears Thursday 10:30 at Panhandle High School auditorium and Friday 10:30 at Horace Mann Junior High in Amarillo. Evening concerts follow at Panhandle Assembly of God and local Assembly of God here, with a radio 4:30 pm broadcast on KAMQ. He will share experiences from 18 years in motion pictures and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Hoopii
Panhandle
Amarillo
Ray Odegard
Seattle
Wash
Hoopii
Panhandle High School
Horace Mann
Assembly of God
First Assembly of God Church
KAMQ
E. R. Foster
Hobby Show Announces Classes and Entry Details
The Hobby Show to be held December 3 at the San Jacinto Youth Center will accept collective hobbies and features creative classes such as oil painting, water colors, leathercraft, china painting, Dresden craft, woodcraft, shellcraft, sculpture, model building, embroidery, crochet, weaving, and more. Entries from Panhandle residents due by November 15 to Marguerite Shamblin, with city registration November 17–18 at Nichols Paint Co. Displays must be ready by noon December 3. judging 12 to 1, show hours 1 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto
Panhandle
Marguerite Shamblin
Hayden
Nichols Paint Company
West Sixth
Rites at Chapel For W. F. Atkins
Funeral services for Walter Free man Atkins were held at 4 p.m. in Black burn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr Smythe H Lindsay of St Andrew s Episcopal Church officiating. Masonic graveside rites followed at Liano Cemetery. Pallbearers were Cecil Schlegel Forrest Bennett W W Lofgren Bob Dolater C L Harrison and E W Ramsey. Atkins 74, died yesterday at home 4008 Harrison, Amarillo where he had lived since 1924. He worked for Phillips Petroleum and was linked with Amarillo Ice Company. Surviving: Edna Atkins wife son Walter Joe Atkins Amarillo stepson A J Gilkerson Fort Worth daughter Mrs J B McFarland Amarillo brother Joe Atkins Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Freeman Atkins
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Smythe H. Lindsay
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Liano
Cecil Schlegel
Forrest Bennett
W. W. Lofgren
Bob Dolater
C. L. Harrison
E. W. Ramsey
Atkins
Plead Guilty to Theft of Hubcaps
Two youths, Clarence Farris and Kenneth G. Moore both aged 18, pleaded guilty in county court to misdemeanor theft for stealing a set of auto hubcaps. Each received a 20 day jail term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Farris
Houston
Kenneth G. Moore
North Mirror
Sentenced for Theft of Linens by County Court
Joe Glascoe aged 27 of 203 North Hughes pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in county court yesterday. He received twenty days in jail for taking linen from the Herring Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Glascoe
North Hughes
Herring Hotel
Global spending patterns in 1950 noted by economist
Egyptians, Indians and South Americans were the most spectacular spenders in 1950, he added. Spaniards and Englishmen watched their pennies most closely.
The Magic of Believing and the Power Within
This excerpt discusses belief as a driver of success through autosuggestion and thought power. It cites scientists and public figures, notes skepticism, and shares anecdotes including Ashley C. Dixon, who claimed $100000 earned after applying the science. The piece suggests belief, not superstition, explains these abilities.
Mind Stuff and the Power of Thought in Business
A veteran business advisor extols mind power as a driver of growth and recovery. He cites executives who doubled incomes, names Dorr Quayle’s remarkable transformation from disability to thriving enterprise, and recounts how reversing collective mindset saved an investment bank. He warns against using the science for harm and promises a Thursday note on the power of thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley C. Dixon
Pacific Northwest
Better Business Bureau
Pacific Coast
Dorr Quayle
Northwest
Mr. Quayle
Old Age Is Your Problem Ad From Reader's Digest
An advertisement featuring Dr Max Jacobson promotes Reader's Digest November issue. It asserts science can help aging persons forestall premature decay and counter myths about aging. The ad highlights expert guidance and 38 condensed articles on aging and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Jacobson
Current Books
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Globe News Board of Censors
Westerard
Paul Alingham
D. Bartlett
Grady Camp
Sarah Win
Bob Babb
Lewis Nordyke
Joe Ess
Alice Timmons
Jim Overstreet
Hale Center
Finis Jennings
Muleshoe
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Mr. Herman
Ray Norman
John Jones
Sam Smith
L. T. Campbell
Rt. 1
Box 404
L. P. Knipe
Deason
Dial
Summit
Canada
N Globe
Globe News
KGNC
Summit School
James Talley
Marilyn Blaine
Dick Pike
Sue Kelly
J.B. Linn
Betty Sue Morrison
Betha Clayton
Corine Riggs
Roy Don Howington
Evelyn Downey
Panhandle School
Alice Landergin
Max McFlash
Clancy
Cocinero
Bill
KLINK
Hassayampa
Pyote Johnnie Lee
Ol’ Rand
Flanagan
Pimlico
Foxy
Finn
Mr. Washburn
Sandie
Hawaii
W. F. Atkins
Claude M
Bristol
Charles P. Steinmetz
General Electric Company
Robert Gault
Northwestern University
Dixon
Ings
America
Henry Danciger
Hamilton, Longines and
Bulova Watch
Western Fence CO
East 3Rd
Raines L. Fox
Clarence L. Willmering
Colorado Fuel & Iron Product
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