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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
23
Equity sale note at six thousand two hundred dollars with loan four thousand three hundred ninety. Apartment rented with payments. Contact Roberts at phone two thousand forty nine four.
Borger leader Herman Axelrod, 65, died yesterday in his Gibson Machine & Tool Co. office likely from a heart attack. A native of Bartlesville and Muskogee, he came to Borger in 1925 and helped found the oil field supply company, later serving as president. He headed Marlowe Oil Co. and held oil interests across West Texas, the Panhandle, and Oklahoma. An active civic figure, he long chaired Borger Chamber of Commerce and maintained a 30 year Rotary attendance record. Funeral set for Thursday at Minton, with burial in Muskogee. Survived by widow, two daughters, a son, two sisters, and a brother.
Civil Service Commission schedules a Friday 7 30 p m hearing on the suspension of Glen D Gearhardt 609 East Ninth Amarillo Fire Department since December 12 1948. He was suspended August 21 for alleged rule violations including discourtesy whistling at ladies cursing on duty and drinking while on duty. Gearhardt denies all charges and accuses Lieutenant Hunter of misconduct. Commission members are Al Chesser W M Sutton and Ted Lokey.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee declared in a Senate Labor Day address that politicians are better off than ever, noting he is the only current senator who voted for the 19th amendment. He argued labor legislation since 1914 has improved life for all classes, including politicians.
Clifford Davis city personnel director has been invited to join a discussion panel at the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada annual convention in Atlanta Georgia on November 27.
Classified notes show multiple listings: 3 bed frame house near Margaret Wills and Sam Houston schools for 9500 dollars through E C Reynolds Realty, 1410 West 10th. 215 lots in Llano Cemetery with perpetual care. a 190 acre dairy farm at 125 per acre with weather road nine miles out. a 6000 acre Ranch with 600 acres wheat land, 12.50 per acre, terms and trade. Canyon Highway business site 215 miles city limits with front 200 ft, filling station and tourist court, 16500 including fixtures. plus building supplies from Seale Amerson Lumber and related firms.
Nine Amarillo Civil Air Patrol planes searched a 10 mile corridor between Amarillo and Pampa for a private plane missing since Aug 13. Mr and Mrs Crawford Hand of Kansas City were aboard a twin engine Cessna returning from California. Weather hampered efforts and authorities planned to extend the search toward the Canadian Breaks and the Texas Oklahoma line with up to 15 planes.
Pot ter County independent district reports a record enrollment prompting addition of teacher Martha Patterson at Highland Park School near Amarillo Airport. First day saw 171 county students registered across four schools, bus routes overloaded, while three western district schools under Bushland added Grace Sampson to meet rising numbers. Restored buildings and moved equipment reflect district improvements.
Six months to the day after a Lake Michigan crash, Maj. John B. Schindler, nephew of G. W. Koons, was recovered. His mother Mrs. Clele Schindler of Little Rock sent the news. burial will be at Arlington Cemetery. The C-45 crash near March 4 killed four others on a flight from Bolling Field to Billy Mitchell Field. He was a frequent Amarillo visitor during the war and served as a flight instructor in Enid and San Antonio.
Amarillo remembers Lt Col Odell M Conoley a WWII hero and former Golden Sandstorm football standout now visiting his mother Mrs J N Conoley at 709 Buchanan The Marine Corps officer en route to Fort Leavenworth will attend a nine month staff course He earned the Navy Cross at Guadalcanal and the Silver Star at Cape Gloucester The Conoleys have three children and were married in 1938 in China
A planning committee will meet tomorrow at 8 pm in the City Recreation Department to finalize National Kids Day observances sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs of Amarillo. Members include R A Selby Pay Bell alah Lemons Charles Hogan and others from Downtown and North Amarillo Kiwanis. An application for a Retail Liquor Permit for 723 E 4th Ave Amarillo by Grant St. Liquor Store owner Ethel C Beker is noted in a public notice sentence.
Enrollment at Amarillo schools opened with 12,318 students, 1,043 more than last year. The biggest rise occurs in elementary grades with many 1942 to 1944 birth year children. Woblin School reports 1736 students, up 174. Amarillo High School gains 57 to 1961. More teachers may be needed.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Claude Church of Christ for William Henry James Sr., pioneer resident of Armstrong and Donley counties, who died at his home in Amarillo. M F Manchester will officiate with pallbearers including Claude Stewart and Jess Rutherford. Burial in Claude cemetery. Born June 30, 1875, in Tarrant County, he came to the Panhandle in the 1890s, worked for JA Ranch 12 years, farmed at James Corner, married LaVonia Bell Bagwell in 1907, and lived in Claude, Clarendon, and Groom during a long farming and ranching life.
Federal court in El Paso heard John J. Sipes and J B Barclay versus Shamrock Oil and Gas for overtime wages. Judge Robert Thomason presided while Judge Joe Dooley recused due to Shamrock staff ties. Sipes and Barclay of Stinnett seek overtime pay for pumpers work in a portal to portal suit that originally included other employees.
In Memphis Tennessee a waitress wrote descriptive notes on each check as she set them down. The patrons found the six orders revealed by phrases like blue eyes glasses and nurse. The quick reveal left the diners amused and curious about the surprising method.
Before retirement he farmed around Washburn and Claude then moved back to Claude where his wife died in 1947. Baptized into Church of Christ in 1910, he was described as a model of Christian living. Body at Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home Clarendon until 10 a.m. Thursday then at the Dye home in Claude. Survivors include three daughters Green Clark, C. A. Case, Hardy Harris. four sons Herman H Wilson S Leon James W H James Jr.. three sisters Meda Reagan J C Pannell Fate Harris. two brothers Berry James W E James. twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The Pythian Sisters and the Knights of Pythias schedule a two day benefit show on September 11 and 12 at Municipal Auditorium. It's a Date musical comedy will feature local talent with ticket prices at $1 for adults and 35 cents for children. Arrangements will be announced later.
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