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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1948
Page
19
Local social items list out of town visitors and returning residents, with short notes on birthdays, vacations, and family visits. The St Anthony’s Hospital section lists patients for medical and surgical care and local residents visiting the facility.
Crockett and party attend the wedding of Billye Saunders, former Amarillo girl. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sumerlin host a week in Red River. Rual Jones and son Billy Rual Jones visit Niagara Falls and New York City before returning home. Northwest Texas Hospital lists medical and surgical patients including Bill Worth Joe Lee Eaton Mrs H L Hurt and others.
Courthouse records list transfers of property parcels to multiple buyers and new owners, including Florence P Hammond and others, with entries for estates and rentals. Family court actions show divorces including Nell Marie Heaton vs Ralph Richard Heaton, Oleta Bruce Anthony vs Philip Annone, and Odessa Howard vs John Henry Board. Licenses include individuals Hugh Grenville Le Cintr and Miss Margaret Dodson among others.
Billy Rose critiques the Metropolitan Opera for outsourcing most of its touring bookings. He argues the Met has power to develop young singers in house and use coast to coast tours to compete against agencies. He notes directors favored flat guarantees over revenue projections, missing potential profits.
A 1948 section blends daily horoscopes with brief notes on performers and theater. It includes Virgo to Aquarius daily guidance, a nod to a United Feature Syndicate distribution, and entries on a crab spider camouflage fact and John Lund’s career shift from radio to film stardom.
East Texas merchants in Mineola Grand Saline and Lindale said checks offered for watermelons were worthless. A young woman converted proceeds to about 500 dollars in lettuce before vanishing, while a San Antonio case showed a car theft turning violent. An intruder fed 18 baby chicks taken from a San Antonio apartment.
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