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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1950

Page

11

Home State Life hits 100 million life in force milestone

Home State Life Insurance Co of Oklahoma City becomes the first Oklahoma life insurer to reach 100 million dollars in life insurance in force. Gov Roy Turner and state officials praised the milestone reached during the companys 21st anniversary. President Joe D Morse noted policyowners total 200 000 with 200 000 clients and 21 years in operation.

Home State Life Insurance Company J. H. Pace Oklahoma Roy Turner Donald Dickey Home State Life Insurance Co Oklahoma City Austin R. Prudhomme, Jr Fort Worth S. J. Griffin Joe D. Morse Home State Life Turner Morse

Freeman's Flowers Voice Helps Pass Warm Greetings

A feature on Lottie Pearl of Freeman's Flowers highlights a cheerful telephone voice that warmly greets customers. Since starting in 1943 in the Land of Flowers, her duties have included handling GI orders and teletype tasks for clients at home and abroad, including Sweden and about ten other countries.

Freeman Lottie Pearl Land of Flowers Sweden

Kilbourn quits Palsy Center post

Miss Helen Kilbourn physical therapist and director at Pan handle Cerebral Palsy Center resigns this week after two years with the organization. A new director Miss Rita Auer Glen Rock NJ will assume late November while Miss Annette Appleby directs speech therapy in the interim.

Helen Kilbourn Panhandle Cerebral Palsy Center Taylor Kilbourn Rita Auer Glen Rock Annette Appleby

Khiva Temple Announces Fall Ceremonial Dates

W. Perry Powell, illustrious potentate of the Mystic Shrine, will announce full details of Khiva Temple's fall ceremonial set for November 19 and 20. The Caravan publication went to press today, with copies to be distributed to nobles across about 40 counties in the Panhandle and South Plains.

Khiva W. Perry Powell Mystic Shrine Khiva Temple Panhandle South Plains

Mrs Kennedy Rites Tuesday

Mrs. Kennedy 84 will be buried in Memorial Park Cemetery after services at 4 p.m. in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr. E B Fincher and Rev. Eugene Slater officiating. Daughters, grandchildren and a great grandchild survive. she lived in Amarillo since 1912 and was a San Jacinto Methodist member.

Rowena Kennedy Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel E. B. Fincher Southern Presbyterian Church Eugene Slater Polk Street Methodist Church W. A. Askew E. C. Lacy George Waddill Max Bullock Dick Hogan W. M. Adams

W H White 87 Dies in Wheeler After Illness

W H White 87 died this morning in Wheeler after a weeklong illness. He was a pioneer building contractor who helped erect many Clarendon and Wheeler structures and ran the White Hotel from 1918 to 1945. Survived by children Van White, Mrs. Nellie Sharp, and Mrs. Violet Alexander of Amarillo. Funeral services tentatively planned for tomorrow at First Methodist Church Wheeler. Body at Kirk Mason Funeral Home Wheeler.

W. H. White Wheeler van White Nellie Sharp Violet Alexander Amarillo White Clarendon First Methodist Church Kirk- Mason Funeral Home

Magna Carta Granted by King John in 1215

The Magna Carta established liberties for nobility and the church, ensuring legal protection for freemen. King John granted it in 1215 at Runnymede, marking a pivotal step in limiting royal power.

England Runnymede

Rites Pending For Watkins

Funeral arrangements for James Larkin Watkins of 1603 North Julian are delayed after his death from injuries in a head on collision on October 23 near Amarillo. Watkins 64 had been a Panhandle resident since 1929 and leaves a wife two sons a daughter his mother two brothers and three sisters. The delay follows injuries to three brothers and a sister in a Plainview area automobile accident en route to Amarillo and arrangements will be announced by N S Griggs & Sons.

James Larkin Watkins North Julian Watkins Amarillo Highway 66 Panhandle Vega Real Estate Exchange Lou Watkins James Watkins Johnny Watkins Raymond Godwin Austin Hale Mary Watkins Tucumcari George Watkins John Watkins Harlingen Elbert Watkins Edinburg Roy Armitage Vern Helmige Beulah Kaighn Plainview Northwest Texas Hospital N. S. Griggs & Sons

Brothers Buy Tyler Corner in $75,000 sale

Arthur Truitt Buick dealer and investor announced the sale of the 60 by 140 foot Tyler Street corner at Eighth and Tyler to Royce L. and Thomas H. Thompson for 75000 dollars or 1250 per front foot. The Thompsons will lease to Don McMillian Inc and Ford agency will use the site for a used car lot.

Arthur Truitt Buick Eighth and Tyler Royce L Thomas H. Thompson First National Bank Eighth and Tyler Truitt Don McMillian, Inc Thompson Brothers Ford Dealership Bill Gunn Ford Agency Ford Motor Company Tyler Street Globe News Publishing Company George Ordway Sixth Royce L. Thompson Department of the Army Maryland Washington

Mrs Leola Stone Taken by Death

Mrs Leola Estelle Stone aged 68 died at her home 616 West Fifth Amarillo after thirty years in the city She was born February 23 1882 and belonged to Central Baptist Church Survivors include husband J Stone son Rev Ralph Stone Monahans daughter Nadine Bartley Amarillo two brothers J W Lawrence Amarillo and G P Lawrence Cordell Okla two sisters Mrs J F Morris Cordell and Mrs B J Long Bakersfield Cal Funeral arrangements are being made by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home

Leoula Estelle Stone West Fifth Amarillo Central Baptist Church J. . Stone Ralph Stone Monahans Tex Nadine Bartley J. W. Lawrence G. P. Lawrence Cordell Okla J. F. Morris B. J. Long Bakersfield Cal Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home

Diethians Claim Milk Pint Daily Benefits for Adults

Diethians assert adults can profitably consume one pint of milk daily. The claim emphasizes dairy intake as a practical daily routine and hints at health or nutritional advantages promoted within their community.

Dealers Visit Appliance Show In Oklahoma City

W A Bless vice president of Avco Manufacturing presides over a dramatic appliance show in Oklahoma City with a 30 piece orchestra 16 choristers and 10 actors. Amarillo dealers and more than 500 attendees from four states tour Crosley’s major appliances and new features including rapid refrigerator defrosting wide angle TV viewing five way oven controls and automatic ice cream makers.

W. A. Bless Avco Manufacturing Corporation Amarillo Oklahoma Texas Kansas Pra Encn Oklahoma City Sunny John Hunter Heath H. R. Burnett Good Housekeeping Bill Sisson Levine’s Dave Collier Tom P. McDermott Shelvador

Masterson Lease Suit Nearing Jury

In federal court here, the Masterson case against Canadian River Gas Company heads toward a jury after a week of testimony on a gas lease contract. Plaintiffs led by Mrs. Anna Eliza Masterson seek $2,100,000 in royalties plus more than $300,000 in interest.

Masterson Canadian River Gas Company Anna Eliza Masterson Sas

Managing our forest resources to insure profitable crops

A Texas notice emphasizes the need to manage forest resources to ensure continuous, profitable tree crops as essential to the state’s economy.

Texas

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