Tributes Next to Impossible for Dying Bill Flenniken
A prominent Amarillo citizen named Bill Flenniken dies and prompts deep community mourning. Old Tack records a personal, emotionally charged tribute praising Bill as generous, confident, and devoted to his hometown, noting his rare kindness and impact on friends, colleagues, and the Globe-News organization.
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Tack
Bill Flenniken
Amarillo
Bill
Polk Street
Norris Ewing
Norris
Old Tack
Tom Turner
Clarendon
Tom
Globe News
Globe-News
Plains
Brewer Arrives for Amarillo Fall Art Exhibition
Nicholas Richard Brewer famed American portraitist and landscape painter arrives in Amarillo with about sixty paintings for the Amarillo hotel exhibition opening Sunday under the Amarillo Art association. His works, many award winners, include portraits of notable figures. he may paint in situ during the event. Brewer is accompanied by his secretary Miss Lillian Finnegan.
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Amarillo
Nicholas Richard Brewer
Amarillo Hotel
Lillian Finnegan
Letters From Prison Inmates Seek Magazines And News
A prisoner requests magazines, praising True Story, after state restrictions bar further newspaper deliveries. A separate letter from Ella Robinson comments on religious and political topics, referencing Quakers Catholics and Governor Smith’s speech amid wartime tensions.
Wage Hike Continued From Page One
The report notes evidence of wage increases for train service employees in the Eastern Southeastern and Western districts and suggests that carriers would not be justified in denying a rise similar to that given to engineers and firemen in the Western district. If the findings are accepted, differences will be fully settled.
Scout leadership course draws large crowd at church
A large crowd attended a Boy Scout leadership training class at Central Presbyterian Church in Amarillo. Sam Sullenberger and his troop demonstrated color ceremonies and tenderfoot investitures. Frank M. Butler, a Scout leader, spoke about patrols in Scouting.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
Tributes to W W Flenniken Follow Amarillo Leader’s Death
Amarillo mourns W W Flenniken with many tributes from citizens including See Bivins George Maggard T F Turner G G Ordway Roy Greenhill Jeff Bartlett Floyd Studer W C Kenyon S J Cole Thomas H Nelson Col Harvey Haines Bob Ames Buck Holman W A McIntosh and A A Meredith. Friends describe him as a loyal public spirited man of high ideals and a generous helper to others.
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W. W., Flenniken
Jeff Bartlett
Amarillo Banker Flenniken Dies After Accident
A 47 year old Amarillo banker and public official, Mr. Flenniken, died three hours after an accident. He had moved from Topeka to Dalhart then Amarillo in 1912, served as cashier and vice president of First National Bank, and held roles with Jefferson Standard Life Insurance. He leaves his widow and four sons.
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W. H. Fuqua
First National Bank
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Flenniken
Bill, Jr
Brenton
Richard
John W
Washington Street
Central Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Amarillo
Lions Club
Northwest Texas Hospital Board
Automobile Boom and Ny to SF Trip Costs Spark Talk
A travel pitch touts cheap cross country car trips for 36 dollars with sleeping tent and oil stove on the running board. It says cars free lodging and meals for many and urges owners to move to the country to save garage costs. A French count confesses murder of his illegitimate son and faces mob fury as a crowd clamors for vengeance near the guillotine.
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New York
San Francisco
Pierre Mari Raymond de Crouzel Raussac
Tribute for W. W. Flenniken at Amarillo Lions meeting
The Amarillo Lions Club held a noon memorial service for W. W. Bill Flenniken, a past president, first such tribute in club history. Resolutions praised him and mourners spoke of his generosity and time devoted to Amarillo.
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Lions Club
Amarillo
W. W
Bill) Flenniken
Flenniken
L. N. Stuckey
C. A. Makeig
Roswell
Bill Flenniken
Funeral Rites for Clinton Delayed in Pampa
A. C. Clinton 80 Amarillo bus driver died after slipping between a moving train and the platform in Pampa. Funeral arrangements wait for his father’s arrival from Cloverdale Alabama. Clinton survived by his wife, parents, three children, two brothers and a sister. The body rests at Malone Undertaking as D. C. Trice of Mexia is en route for services.
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Globe
Pampa
Tex
A. C. Clinton
Amarillo
J. N. Clinton
Cloverdale
Alabama
Clinton
Pampa Hospital
White Deer
First Street
Tennessee
D. C. Trice
Mexia
Texas
Malone
C. A. Hale
Enid
Oklaoma
Weather lows set new seasonal marks across Texas
In Childress a record low of 89 degrees was reached after a light night rain and overcast skies. In Austin the temperature fell about 30 degrees to around 40, bringing a wintry look with cloudy skies and wind across Central Texas.
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Associated Press
Childress
Texas
Austin
Central
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Markets cover hogs and cattle at Kansas City Chicago East St Louis with price ranges and changes. Hogs lower by 10 to 25 cents, cows and vealers cited, calves and sheep activity varied. Also New York cotton opens steady after weather reports fail to confirm frost data.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
ST. Louis
New York
James E. Che
Tess
Atchison, Topeka
Paty
Milwaukee & St. P
Rock Island & P
Colorado Fuel
Colorado & Southern
Childress Plans Reception for Amarillo Delegation
The City Development Board received a telegram from Chil dress Chamber of Commerce secretary W Debenport announcing a public reception for the Amarillo delegation. A special train will run to Childress on November 19 and stay overnight for a two day Fort Worth and Denver line excursion to the South Plains. The Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers association organizes the trip, leaving at 1 pm and hoping for 150 participants.
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Board of City Development
W. Debenport
Childress
Zeppelin Heads Toward Azores With Light Winds Expected
The Graf Zeppelin may veer south toward the Azores as the British air ministry reports light easterly winds and fair weather along that route. A U S weather bureau forecast suggests weather will improve soon even if the dirigible sticks to the northern path, with high pressure from the Azores to Greenland promising good conditions.
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Azores
British Air Ministry
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Greenland
Cotton Markets Slip Amid Weather and Freeze Doubts
Cotton prices eased in New Orleans and Liverpool as forecasts failed to bring a freeze. December and March contracts fell notably with declines around 17 to 20 points before buying steadied. Traders cited persistent rain in the belt and weaker Liverpool cables while some cover emerged from yesterday’s buyers.
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Liverpool
Southern
New Orleans
The Little Things We Fret About
Poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1928 reflecting on trivial worries that divide friends and cause regrets. It urges letting small slights go and avoiding constant grumbling to spare sorrow.
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Bivins
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G. G. Ordway
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Vaiuaute
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