Lost and found notices from Amarillo classified column
An Amarillo Globe-News fragment lists multiple notices and ads including missing Rita Sue Mitchell and a book request for Peonies by James Boyd, a work wanted mother, trades, stamp exchanges, dog and pet notices with names and contact numbers, ironing and babysitting services, and a lonely mature woman seeking a gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Sue Mitchell
M. B. Mitchell
Tack
Globe-News
Manual of the American Peony Society
James Boyd
Byron Gist
Julian
Amarillo
Gunn Bros
Lamar
Polk
Jane
Fifth
Tyler
Depot Named for Rice of War II
Dayton ceremony dedicates Gentile Air Force Depot near Dayton Ohio in honor of World War II ace Major Don Gentile who shot down 32 German planes. Don Gentile Jr and his mother Isabella Gentile attended, as Rep. George H. Bender praised the pilot’s wartime service and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella A. Gentile
Don, Jr
Ohio
Gentile
Patsy Gentile
Piqua
Gentile Air Force Depot
Here
Don Gentile
Globe News
Our Times
George H. Bender
Ohio Republican
Germany
France
Belgium
Requiem for a Soldier Boy Tribute Letter
George and Martha Washington are cited with a fashion doll aside, while Sgt. John N Wheeler is praised as a leader and hero. A reader asserts the soldier deserved a proper burial and memorial epitaph, honoring his bravery and service, and requests a formal requiem to mark his sacrifice and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Daily News
John N. Wheeler
Wheeler
X Patrol
Finis
Floydada and Amarillo blast sparks questions
Kenseth Bain reports on a loud explosion near Floydada and a later blast over Amarillo. He recalls a similar event years ago affecting Floydada Plainview Crosbyton Ralls Matador and South Plains. Skeptics wonder if atomic tests or other unknown causes blasted the upper air and returned to earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Plainview
Crosbyton
Ralls
Matador
South Plains
the Hesperian
Amarillo
Puzzle- Solution to The Puzzle by George J. Gray Jr.
The note provides a logic puzzle solution: Robinson lives in Detroit, Jones in Chicago, Smith is brakeman. The engineer is Jones and the fireman is Robinson. Smith is the brakeman. The author signs from Amarillo, George J. Gray Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Robinson
Detroit
Jones
Chicago
George J. Gray, JR
West
Amarillo
Godsey Serving On Korea Front
Amarillo native First Lt. James C. Godsey serves with the adjutant general section at the X Corps command post on the Korean mountain front. He heads the enlisted personnel branch and has served on both sides of the 38th parallel since landing with X Corps troops. Millie and their daughter live at 2003 Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
James C. Godsey
Adjutant General
X Corps
Millie
Washington
Godsey
38Th Parallel
Century old piano may answer deft fingers again
An A H Gale and Company piano, about 100 years old, now sits in Amarillo after decades in Clarendon. Weighing around 600 pounds, it carries walnut tones with blond maple, detachable legs, and partially visible painted flowers. Anne Roberts, 11, shows promise with absolute pitch and hopes to fix the instrument for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Broome
Amarillo
Roberts Paper Company
Clarendon
A. H. Gale and Company
Panhandle
J. H. Roberts
B. M. Roberts
O. D. Roberts
W. W. Ballew
New York City
New York Pianoforte Manufacturing Company
A. H. Gale
Thirteenth Street
Gale
Roberts
Josephine Stephens
Tennessee
Texas
Richard Roberts
B. R
Bud” Jones
Anne
Amarillo called not so friendly after parking dispute
An out of town reader complains Amarillo lacks signage for a U turn causing her husband to receive a $5 parking ticket. She says the city’s friendliness is underscored by poor courtesy and signs, noting the couple favors the Daily News and Wes and Tack. Globe-News want ads promote results. A Bob Crosby note reports a daughter born to Bob Crosby’s wife, his family now includes two girls and three boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Wes
Tack
BOB Crosbys
Hollywood
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Globe
Anne Roberts
Travis
Dayton
Don S. Gentile, Jr
James
Sabinas Smith
Mister Crockett
Raven
Sabinas
RAI 8
Jughead
JiMmy
Annie
Edith Shanley
Nick Blasdon
Sknedo
Crocketts
MR. Blasdon
Uncle Luke
Nick
Requiem
Soldier Boy
George
Martha Washington
Kenseth Bain
Korea Front
Venus
Twink Turner
Space Station
Earth
Solar Alliance
Afl van
the Panhandle
Hone
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