Amarillo teachers meet to boost school spirit
W A Melintosh opens the first teachers meeting of the year urging Amarillo educators to foster high school spirit and community cooperation. Speakers emphasize building cathedrals through education while stressing student work over athletics and planning a crowded first day across all city schools. Childress seeks infantry unit for state fair.
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Ie Amarailo Independent School Distret
W. A. Melintosh
Amarillo
Flora McGee
Lena Gilbert
Gentile Works
Japan
A. B. Hays
Hays
Claudia Johnson
Joe Smith
Dallas Tax Collector starts a conscience fund
Dallas on September 6 reports City Tax Collector Bob Eaton has started a conscience fund similar to the U S Treasury program for donations from those who defraud the government. Eaton's first gift was three one dollar bills in a plain envelope addressed Personal Tax Department, with two Bible quotations about restoring what is unlawfully taken. He plans to grow the fund until it can be turned into the general fund.
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Dallas
Bob Eaton
United
Treasury Department
Eaton
Los
Panhandle Inn project moves forward with 759k bid
Construction on the Panhandle Inn will start within ten days after Col. B. E. Thompson awarded Fred Bone Construction the general contract for 759 500. Plumbing and heating bids follow later. Parr and Singleton bids noted. The 42 room Pueblo Mission style hotel, designed by E F Rittenbery, will include dining lobby store rooms and spaces for businesses.
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Panhandle Inn
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BE. O. Thompson
Fred Bone
Colonel Thompson
Amarillo
Panhandle Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Officials Strain Under Garbage Disposal Load
City crew dumped eighteen loads and private firms nine more for a total of 23 000 pounds on Thursday. City manager Jeff Barrett notes steady, busy pace in summer while workers burn animal carcasses and watermelon rinds dominate the waste stream.
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Amarillo
Jeff Barrett
Travelers and lawyers move through Amarillo for Institute and law work
Hubert O Neall from Tulsa and Gray Tate from Rochester in Haskell county attended an Institute in Canyon and stayed in Amarillo Friday. H L Johnson, visiting his brother G W Johnson, returned to El Reno with his mother Mrs J M Johnson who spent the summer in Amarillo. Sidney M Swearingen, Ranger attorney, in Amarillo en route to Spearman to start general practice. he is a Cuambeland Tennessee and Texas law school graduate and traveled with his mother who will settle in Spearman.
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Hubert O'Neall
Tulsa
Grayson Tate
Rochester
Haskell County
Amarillo
Institute
Canyon
H. L. Johnson
G. W. Johnson
Pierce Street
el Reno
Okla
J. M. Johnson
Sidney M. Swearingen
Ranger
Texas
Spearman
Swearingen
Cuambeland, Tenn
University of Texas Law School
MISS VIRGIN IN SCOTLAND TO TEACH HERE ON RETURN
Amarillo teachers meeting reports one absence Miss Ruth Virgin is delayed one week in Scotland while visiting the scenes of the Lady of the Lake before resuming her duties in Amarillo Public Schools on her return.
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Miss Virgin
Scotland
Amarillo Public Schools
Ruth Virgin
Baby dies after fall from bed in Childress
In Childress Texas on September 6, 7 month old J Earl Albright Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J Earl Albright, fractured his skull when he fell a few inches from his bed to the floor and died shortly after the accident last Wednesday morning.
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Childress
Tex
J. Earl Albright, Jr
J. Earl Albright
Passenger Thanks Engineer With $2 for Smooth Run
A Santa Fe engineer A H Zook of Clovis to Amarillo was surprised when a passenger handed him $2 and praised the train’s smooth handling. The incident highlights appreciation for attentive locomotive service between Clovis New Mexico and Amarillo.
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A. Hi. Zook
Santa Fe Enginess
Zook
Clovis
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Amarillo
Safety First Drive Promises Citywide Safety Campaign
Amarillo Kiwanis club sponsors a broad Safety First Drive September 14 through 20 with city officials police department theaters and many businesses pledging cooperation Jeff D Bartlett city manager Ross D Rogers Mission theater manager and Mayor E F Blasdel collaborate on promoting safety pledges and traffic regulation revisions Ministers and teachers join the effort aiming for a thorough campaign across the city.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Jeff D. Bartlett
Ross D. Rogers
Mission Theater
Blasdel
Bartlett
Amarillo Tri-Star parade to draw thousands on September 23
Thousands are expected to witness the Amarillo Tri-Star exposition parade on Tuesday September 23. Plans are moving quickly with local merchants and out of town floats decorating, including the Kiowa Indian tribe from Oklahoma under George Hunt. The route runs through downtown streets and organizers urge merchants to coordinate with fair officials.
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Amarillo
Kiowa Indian Tribe
Oklahoma
Sec
George Hunt
Thorough safety drive aims to impress citizens
Fifty people expressed appreciation for the ongoing safety drive. The campaign is described as thorough and expected to leave a lasting, indelible impression on citizens, with the goal of materially minimizing identified risks.
Childress Invites Fergusons to State Fair
Childress has sent a special invitation to Mr and Mrs Jim Ferguson to attend the Childress State fair. Childress County gave Ma a big vote in the recent election.
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Childress
Jim Ferguson
Childress State Fair
Childress County
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