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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1945
Page
6
Plans say the carnival will be the biggest ever at the school. Elimination voting on queen candidates is in progress with a penny per vote. Friday the field will be narrowed to three contestants and one will win Friday night at the carnival.
Fifteen girls are candidates for queen at Horace Mann Junior High School. The winner will be announced Friday night during a PTA Kiwanis carnival in North Amarillo. The event features bingo fortune telling a hall of horrors fish pond dart board cake walk pet show and more with supper at six o clock and refreshments throughout the building. Lee Hunter superintendent of the district.
Mrs. James E. Fisher of 1106 North Tyler is noted with headquarters company officer Delbert Stephens, son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Stephens of 2614 Ong.
Mrs. Florence Ames treasurer leads plans for a rummage sale at 407 Fillmore to raise funds for the Colored Day Nursery. Almira Swenson Dorothy Wagerle and Daisy Bruce serve on the arrangements committee. Members will collect items Friday and open the sale at 10 AM Saturday.
Bobby P. Russell of 713 B West Sixteenth was released yesterday from the Army Air Forces at Amarillo Field separation center after 20 months in service. He will return to work for Floyd West and Company of Dallas.
Observation notes that birds on battlefields seem calmer than soldiers facing shellfire, suggesting birds adjust to bombardment differently and may show less distress under fire.
ROTC cadets study communications and field procedures at Butler Field as ushers for football games. Cadet Capt. Bill Pittman, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Pittman, leads with assistants Cadet 1st Lt. Howard Wills and Cadet 2nd Lt. J. D. Fisher.
Mrs A J Cone and her four year old son Bobby have returned to Albuquerque New Mexico after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs F A Bone at 1302 Washington They arrived Friday and left last night The parliament of Canada consists of the king represented by the governor general the senate and the House of Commons.
Perry and Roy Vermillion, former Amarilloans visiting Washington, discuss the apple trade. They note refrigeration boxes for quality apples, a $2 million annual ad campaign, and quality standards. Perry lists his large orchards and earnings, while Roy praises his Riverside farm and bumper harvests. They cite irrigation from rivers and lakes aided by Grand Coulee Dam,低 electric rates boosting farming. Prints for the Am arillo Photographic Society contest will be judged at the Municipal Auditorium tomorrow night.
In La Porte Indiana during a weekend two mothers welcomed five newborns all boys. Mrs Charles Wallace had triplet sons while Mrs Raymond Walter gave birth to twin sons.
A Ohio State University student entered the medical center claiming a bad cold and inability to breathe. Dr. William T. Palchanis replied he could fix it quickly by spraying the nose with an atomizer. The student reacted with astonishment as the treatment began.
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