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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1951
Page
6
The 100 piece U. S. Army field band has traveled more than 228000 miles since its inception in 1946 and presented concerts in some 310 cities.
Warrant Officer Hunt was killed August 28 while on duty in Japan after 35 months in the Far East. A 12 year veteran, he served with the 88th Division in World War II and Italy, later joining the 823 Composite Service Company. Surviving are his wife, parents, six brothers including Ward Charlie Glenn Fred Ray and Lt. Comm. Ernest Hunt, a sister Mrs Kenneth Preston, and others.
Dr A J Streit was named chairman of the Polk Street Methodist Church 1951 financial campaign at a board meeting. Co chairs assisting him are Loren W Young Jack Farwell Hughes Quattlebaum Densel Dean and H B Fain. Campaign runs October 14 Loyalty Sunday through October 21.
Edith Hatfield, mother of Glenn C. Hatfield of 1506 Bryan, died yesterday at her Wichita home of a heart attack. Hatfield Engineering Company owner Mr. Hatfield left for Wichita. Funeral arrangements are not announced. Family home is 329 Walnut in Wichita.
Market data from Merrill Lynch shows numerous securities with varied highs and lows including Air Reduction, Allied Chem, American Airlines, Motorola, General Motors, and Union Carbide among others. The wage and price movement is dense with many percent quotes and firm names across industries. An over-the-counter section lists public companies and energy stocks, followed by grain quotings from Uhlmann Grain Co. and a Kansas City livestock report noting high water concerns and an embargo on market shipments.
Prime fed steers sold at $30.00 to $37.50 with 12 loads at $38.25 and top yearling steers at $37.25. Hogs remained steady to firm with choice 180 to 270 pounds $20.50 to $21.15, few 200 to 230 pounds at $21.25. Sheep and lambs were generally steady with good prime native spring lambs $28.00 to $30.00 and small lots at $28.50 to shippers.
A habeas corpus hearing for Newt B. Boykin 29 of 4925 West Sixteenth stalled in 47th District Court this morning. Boykin held in Potter County jail since Sunday on a fugitive warrant from Colorado set at 1500 dollars. Attorney Jim Anderson sought a written clarification from Deputy Sheriff W. W. Riner alleging the warrant listed only a felony. Assistant D A Dean Dunlap contends Colorado law does not require detailing offenses and a copy of the arrest order was attached. Judge Henry Bishop postponed to 2:30 p.m. for response.
Braniff Airways announces a new Denver to Miami service starting November one with 48 passenger DC-4 planes. The schedule adds one daily plane to each of Memphis and Denver, totaling three daily flights, enabling direct connections to West Coast points via Denver. Amarillo Braniff manager Don Schomburg says the service fills a long felt need for travelers between Amarillo and Denver. Definite schedules to be announced later.
Vandals and petty thieves struck overnight. A tire and wheel vanished from a Whiteway Food Store pickup at 2500 West Tenth. Two real estate signs disappeared from 2609 Bowie owned by C. C. Barnes. Five batteries and a spare tire were taken from Peters & Pevey lot at 1309 West Sixth, and three batteries were stolen from cars at Gilliam & Rash lot, 1409 West Sixth.
Installation ceremonies will be held at 8 PM at the VFW Hall 1401 West Eighth for two new Amarillo Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. One post serves Latin American veterans and the other Negro veterans. Gabriel Carthen named commander of the Negro post. Latin American post officers not named.
The body of George Sears Carter of Houston who died after a motorcycle collision with a pickup on the Dallas Highway has been sent to Devine Texas for funeral services and burial. Carter, 38, died on arrival at a hospital. Survivors include his wife, his parents and a brother.
S A L Morgan Amarillo attorney now in Chicago spent weekend in Austin Cedar Valley Cedar Valley outskirts of the state capital visiting boyhood friends delivering watermelons Each recipient insisted he sit and share a slice By the third gift he was a mite jaundiced on melons He flew back to Chicago by private plane.
Funeral services for Rudest M. Martin age 37 were held at 10:30 this morning in Griggs Pioneer Chapel with Arthur L. Golde of Eastside Church of Christ officiating Pallbearers were M C Garrett Otto Fritz Ralph Fisher M E Smith W A Smith and Hoyt Turner Burial followed at Liano Cemetery Survivors include two daughters Sandra Jean and Dora Lee Martin a son J C Martin all of Amarillo his mother Mrs W F Blythe of Galveston his father J L Martin of Mount Pleasant Mo and Mrs Buck Stephens of Altus Okla Italian German and Austrian films are giving American movies a tough race in Belgium.
Mr and Mrs Leo Southerns return from a week in Colorado. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Wallace Cox and Mrs Burwell Cox of Haskell Texas. Deep draft ships can now dock at Jidda Saudi Arabia after harbor dredging.
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