Grub Worm Infestation Hits City Park Lawns
Park superintendent Mark Miles reports heavy grub worm damage in Will Rogers Oliver Eakle and Ellwood Parks. Infestations span about 2 to 3.5 acres as larvae of the June beetle feed roots. arsenate of lead and watering are used to control spread. Residents are urged to inspect lawns for darkened patches and dying grass.
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Mark Miles
Miles
Will Rogers Park
North Buchanan Park
Oliver Eakle
Polk and
Tyler
Ticket Booth Opens for Boys Ranch Rodeo Plan
The Amarillo Exchange Club opens a ticket booth at Sixth and Pork Thursday to sell round trip train and barbecue rodeo tickets for the annual Boys Ranch Rodeo sponsored by the Amarillo Will Rogers Range Riders. The Fort Worth & Denver special departs Amarillo at 10 30 Sunday and returns about 7. Adult round trip with barbecue and rodeo is 3 75. children under 12 cost 1 65.
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Amarillo Exchange Club
Boys Ranch
Anual Boys Ranch
Amtrillo
Rogers
Fort Worth
Channing
Dumas Lions Club
Dumas
Boot Hill
Frenchy McCormick
Leonard Stroud
Settlement ends Heart Balm Suit with no payment
Adrienne Ellis dropped her 75000 suit accusing opera star Vivian Della Chiesa of stealing her former husband. Circuit Judge Courtney dismissed the case after attorney Sol Friedman announced a substantial settlement with no money exchanged.
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Cope
Adrienne Ellis
Vivian Della Chiesa
Ellis
Thomas J. Courtney
Sol R. Friedman
Della Chiesa
Lieutenant White Gets Europe Assignment
Lt Wylie R White, 713 East Sixth, reported to Camp Kk NJ for departure to Europe on Friday September 10 for peacetime command. White served as a radio operator at station KAMQ before active duty enlistment.
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Lieutenant White
Europe
Wylie R. White
East Sixth
Camp
Kk NJ
Pean Comamns
ORC
Pant White
Anfor
KAMQ
Damages Awarded In 1947 Railroad Injury Case
W S Jacobs Jr attorney for Pickett said the railroad agreed to an $81 000 settlement after a switchman for the Texas and New Orleans fell under a moving tank car and lost a foot arm and hand The district court jury had awarded $86 000 to the plaintiff July 19 with a motion for a new trial filed The settlement was described as the largest personal injury award in Harris County history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Jacobs, Jr
Pickett
T&no P Ickett
Harris County
Zoning Board Acts on Four Appeals in Amarillo
The Amarillo Zoning Adjustment Board chaired by Bob Ricks denied Al Reville Jr a permit for a third house at 1341 East Eleventh. It scheduled a public hearing for Amarillo Little Theater to use Twentieth and Travis for a theater building. The board approved Percy Blackburn’s breezeway between his home and a rear game room at 1218 Crockett and denied D L Johnson’s breezeway between his house and garage at 4245 West Thirteenth. Jim Stevens explained breezeways may affect building proximity rules depending on enclosure.
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City Zoning Commission
Zoning Adjustment Board
Bob Ricks
al Reville, Jr
East Eleventh
Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Percy Blackburn
Crockett
D. L. Johnson
West Thirteenth
Jim Stevens
Pascoe Named Soldier of Week at Camp Hood
Pvt. Harold L. Pascoe, son of Mrs. W. A. Pascoe of 1016 North Roosevelt, was selected Soldier of the Week at Camp Hood for initiative attention to duty and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascoe
Harold L. Pascoe
W. A. Pascoe
North Roosevelt
Camp Hood
Navy Recruiter to Pampa Borger Week of Sept 6 11 1948
Amarillo Navy recruiter Chief Smullin will tour Pampa and Borger September 6 through 11 to handle enlistments. He will be at the Pampa station September 1 then in Borger for the rest of the week. Draft age men are urged to contact him at the offices.
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Navy
Pampa
Borger
A. Smullin
Amarillo
Panhandle
Smullin
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Washinton
Mortman
Boys Ranch Rodeo
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Canton-Walker
ST. National
Amanito
American Home
Home Journal
Better Homes & Gerdes
Dan
Nichols
P. Gibson
Edgers and Sanders
P. R. Nichols
West Éth
McCarthy
Long Beach
Cal
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Carney
Chi
Ohio Turer
Lunken
Tex Smith
West 6Th Ave
Frigidaire
Mer” Ienares
Fillmore
BUY Now
Oans Personal
Auto Citizens Finance Service CO
Harrison
Georgia
3Rd
Troy Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Penney’s
and Chambray
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