Thirty six Potter County marriage licenses issued in October
Thirty six marriage licenses were issued in Potter County for October, more than twice the total for prior months after the three day intention law change. Licenses were granted to couples including Ben H. Johnson and Lucille Smith, W. W. Yocom and Mrs Agnes McGriffin, Leslie Sanders and Ruby Mae Turner, and many others. A noted entry lists William Reece, colored, and Mrs Eva Johnson, colored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Ben H. Johnson
Lucille Smith
W. W. Yocom
Agnes McGriffin
Leslie Sanders
Ruby Mae Turner
Thomas Hernandez
Margaret Solano
R. M. Green
Julia Claire Whittington
Harvey Harlow
Zeta Katherine Keller
J. L
City Building Code Attack in Court Suit
Lowell Stapf, owner of Crescent Foundry and Star Machine Shop, sues the City of Amarillo and officials to allow a new foundry at 1210 Johnson Street. He argues the code does not bar foundries in the first manufacturing district or is discriminatory. A building permit granted June 2, 1622 was rescinded after he bought Crescent and leased the new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Stapf
Crescent Foundry
Star Machine Shop
City of
Amarillo
Johson Street
Johnson Street
Stapf
Lincoln Street
Crescent
Mother and infant die in Arkansas home explosion fire
In Horatio Arkansas Burns from a fire caused by pouring oil into a heater killed Mrs. Frank Kelly and her six month old son Claude Franklin. The blaze gutted the home. the child died at the scene and the mother died later at DeQueen Hospital. The Kellys had traveled from Hobbs New Mexico to visit Mrs. Kelly's sister Mrs. Chas Stinson. Funeral services for the child were held Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio
Ark
Charles Stinson
Frank Kelly
Claude Franklin
DeQueen
Arkansas
Kellys
Hobbs
N. M
Commission Expects Budget Approval Tonight
The city commission plans to approve the budget at its regular session tonight. The proposed budget totals 509,211.46, down 347,755.14 from the prior year. One speaker, J. M. Sheers, urged creating a board of city development to push highway programs and other improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Sheers
Board of City Development
Tack Letters from Page Two Continue Appeals and Requests
A reader seeks help for child care at home or elsewhere, signing Beulah Watson and listing a Moore Hotel room contact. Another plea asks for job opportunities in housework, child care, or small cafe waitress work from a girl at the Moore Hotel. Campers request Sandie football game broadcasts for Amarillo youths stationed at a CCC camp near El Rito Can yon near Vallecitos New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Hotel
Tack
Amarillo
el Rito Canyon
Vallecitos
New Mexico
Claude
Texas
Amigo Help Wanted and Lost Bracelet Note
A string of notices includes requests for employment and a missing gold bracelet engraved Bessie. Items mention The Amarillo Boys, various local readers seeking work or exchanges for clothes or child care, and a Tucson area tutor request. Names include Ronald Curry and Dorothy Gore with contact details.
Cowmen Seek Tack as Press Agent in Panhandle Letter
A Panhandle cattlemen group urges Tack to become their press agent to ease financial pressure on stock raisers. The letter, signed by M. W. McIntyre secretary treasurer and a long list of cattlemen, stockmen, producers, and bankers, asks for aid to put the cattle business on a paying basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Osborn Armstrong
Rancho Tres Ritos
Tres Ritos
New Mexico
Dorothy Gore
Canyon
Texas
Mr. Tack
Panhandle
M. W. McIntyre
Radio Service Men pressure school board over football broadcasts
Amarillo Radio Service Men's Association urges the Amarillo Independent School District to reverse its ban on broadcasting Amarillo High School football games. The letter argues many boosters cannot attend due to time or disability and contends broadcasts support fans and taxpayers, not profits, asking for public explanation and a modification of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandies
Sandy
Radio Service Men's Association of
Amarillo
Gooch
Pres
Butler Field
Amarillo Fans Rally for Sandies State Game Broadcast
Dewitt Johnston, Harold Smith, Dulin McGough, Jesse Bishop and Bob sign an appeal from 41 Amarillo High School boys urging Mr. McIntosh to air Sandies games from the state championship. They express loneliness in the hills and hope for radio coverage to boost support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McIntosh
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Dewitt Johnston
Harold Smith
Dulin McGough
Jesse
Bishop
Bob
Local Names Listed in Partial Obituary Fragment
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple individuals including James Helms Jefferess Jiggs Mes sick John Marshall Ramond Pas coe Bag Ears Graham Elmer Bur dett Ernest Johnson Lester Eth ridge Artell Layton Russell Enlow Fred Slay Bob Hein Harold Moly meaux Clarence Rash and Elwin Dope as part of a cluster of names in a public notice or obituary context.
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Commission
Beulah Watson
Dial
Ronald Curry
Raymond Spiller
Clarence Cook
Charles Miller
Max Delaho
Ernest Ellis
Elmer Tibbetts
Boots Rucker
Orville Washam
Archie Wells
Amarillo Boys. Co. C. C
Sterling Price
Bessie
Fillmore Street
N. O
8. A
M.J.G
North West
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Akron
William Forbes-Sempill
Scotland
Charles Dollfuss
Paris
F. C Turner
Birmingham Center
Frank M. Chambers
J. L. Yokley
Steve Huff
E. H. Brainard
Fred A. Hobart
O. B. Studer
D. F. Urschel
J.C. Studer
O. D. Yokley
J. W. Sanders
Jno
C. Isaacs
M. H. Freeman
John Young
W. C. Isaacs
C. Fisher
G. B. Mathers
B. M. Shelton
A. Studer
G. A. Hopkins
J. B. Waterfield
O. G. Forgey
Tom Conatser
Frank Shatler
Russeiddleton Certified
Ec Accountant
Oliver Mealkl
WDAG
Lucille
Coats
Suedette
Jack Brown
Taupe
Oxfords
Vicks VaroRus
Vic
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