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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
2
Mrs. Olive M. Childers reports the Tinfoil for the Preventorium drive collected 150 dollars. 2490 pounds of foil shipped to an eastern market yielded 4.60 per hundred pounds, with cleaning not increasing total return. Shipping donated by Jack and Paul Ellis of American Pipe and Junk Co. The campaign, while not intensive, will continue to accept foil from Amarillo residents.
Horace Mann Junior High hosts a Halloween carnival with 5 cent side shows 10 cent admissions and a supper starting at 6 in the cafeteria. Features include a 7 to 8 pm comedy film 8 to 9 pm by Sons of the West and gym skating. Proceeds aid the free lunch fund. Principal BF L Hunter says the event is sponsored by the Horace Mann School Kiwanis Club and the PTA.
Tri-State Credit Men plan a November trip to Santa Fe New Mexico for a board meeting of the National Association of Credit Men. Amarillo credit women will join a breakfast session with Albuquerque and El Paso hosts to discuss a new women’s group. Over a dozen Amarillo men and women expected. Bingo the dog, longtime Royal Navy mascot, is reported killed in Halifax traffic accident after serving in multiple engagements.
Effective November 1 the Texas highway patrol driver license division adopts new, public friendly hours. Sixty two new examiners join the force as Amarillo and other district offices extend service. Schedules list daily licensing hours across Amarillo Childress Dumas Plainview Pampa and surrounding towns with staggered locations and times.
Amarillo pollen counts show the hay fever season easing with frost forecast. Weather and recent rains kept pollen down, though cedar allergies persist for some sufferers. Separate note: British ecclesiastical commissioners discuss mobile curates traveling by motorcycle or car to serve extended parishes.
An advertisement-era line touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy to relieve constipation and stimulate liver bile secretion and intestinal muscle action. It lists prices 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢, urging correction of faulty living habits.
Viva and Victor prepare to assume roles at 8:30 pm in the Municipal Auditorium as Worthy Grand Matron Viva Huffman of Houston and Worthy Grand Patron Victor Keller of San Antonio are installed after the public service. An all-district rally drew 2,000-plus attendees amid rain and festive decorations.
Several Amarillo and Panhandle youths in Camp Bowie training are assigned to schools or special service. Baker and Smurl go to a two month Medical Technicians course at Fitzsimmons Hospital Denver. Curl to Beaumont Fort Bliss for Medical Department Enlisted Specialists course starting Nov 1. Ott to Fort Benning for Enlisted Radio Operators course starting Nov 3. Terrell and Gordon ordered to umpire First Army Maneuvers in South Carolina. Golf incident reports McKinsey breaking his left leg at Coatesville Country Club.
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