Chest Plans New Employee Information Institute Project
Amarillo Community Chest launches a program to educate workers about the Chest and its 16 agencies. The Employe Information Institute will begin Sept 15 ahead of the Oct 15 Chest drive, with a worker chosen to tour agencies including the Preventorium and Salvation Army.
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Amarillo
Community Chest
Employe Information Institute
Virgil P. Patterson
The
Chest
M. B. Witt
Information Institute
Welfare Work Observed Across City by Local Reporter
A reporter documents welfare efforts in multiple city districts highlighting ongoing programs and progress. The report notes community outreach, aid distribution, and collaboration with agencies to assist residents in need.
Group Obtains 14 New Chamber Members in Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports fourteen new members since last Wednesday. Round Up Club members contributing include C. F. Collier with six, Glenn Hall with two, Leo Southern with five, and Don Schomburg with one. New members span Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods Amarillo Photo Supply A C Bangs Modern Appliance Pacific Finance Amarillo Arts and Children's Shop Glen Casey Great Western Distributing Douglas and McGlain W J Winter Charles Seiwell Killian and Hodge Capitol Battery Royal Food Company.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Roy Cloninger
C. F. Collier
Glenn Hall
Leo Southern
Don Schomburg
Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods
Amarillo Photo Supply
A. C. Bangs
Modern Appliance Company
Pacific Finance Corporation
Amarillo Arts and Children’s Shop
Glen Casey
Great Western Distributing Company
Douglas and McGlain
W. J. Winter and Company, Inc
Charles Seiwell
Killian and Hodge Station
Capitol Battery Company
Royal Food Company
Short Course for Water Works Men in Amarillo
Twenty five water works operators from seven Panhandle towns met at Amarillo City Hall to enroll in a three week program. Classes run 7 to 10 p m each Monday and Friday with instructor W E Cuzick from Texas A M College Extension Service. Completing the course qualifies participants to take the water works operator certificate test. Represented towns include Tulsa McLean Hereford Canyon Amarillo Bivins Station and the Cactus Plant at Dumas.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
W. E. Cuzick
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Tulsa
McLean
Hereford
Canyon
Bivins Station
Cactus
Dumas
Amarillo Center projects record enrollment this year
Dr. Roy G. Boger, director, predicts a new enrollment peak at Amarillo Center as 485 students last year set a high. Registration Monday at 7 pm precedes classes starting Tuesday with evening sessions for graduate and undergraduate study under West Texas State College accreditation.
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Amarillo Center
Roy G. Boger
Boger
West Texas State College
Funeral for Carrel D Matheson Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for 11 year old Carrel Dean Matheson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Matheson, will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in the N S Griggs & Sons Chapel with Rev R F Cook of Glenwood Baptist Church officiating. He died in an Amarillo hospital. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Carrel Dean Matheson
Woodie Matheson
N. S. Griggs & Sons
R. F. Cook
Glenwood Baptist Church
Amarillo
East Twenty-fourth
Lawrence
Lowell
Llano
Bank robber captured after Oklahoma City hold up
Ray Tucker, a teller involved in the pursuit and capture of an Oklahoma City bank robber yesterday, is a cousin of Mrs. Curtis Camp of 315 Fairmont. She heard the name on a radio newscast last night and described her reaction.
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Ray Tucker
Oklahoma City
Curtis Camp
Fairmont
Former B 29 Gunner Wins Jobs for All Essay Contest
Levern E. Larson a former B 29 gunner from Robbinsdale Minnesota won the $1000 first prize in a nationwide jobs for all essay contest by the American Legion and American Jewish Committee New York. Isaac B. Pendergraff of Brenham Texas won $500 for second place.
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Washington
Levern E. Larson
Robbinsdale
Minn
American Legion
American Jewish Committee of
New York
Isaac B. Pendergraff
Brenham
Tex
Crime Slumps After Week End Record in Amarillo
Police reports show a quiet night with only a petty theft and a pilfering burglary at a garage behind 1502 Lincoln. Unsolved are the Brooks Drug Store No. 2 narcotics burglary Sunday night and Amarillo College safe cracking Friday night with about $15,000 in cash, checks and bonds taken.
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Amarillo
B. M. Goff
Lincoln
Brooks Drug Store
Amarillo College
Twelve Amarillo Men Enlist With Army
Twelve Amarillo men have been accepted for enlistment by the Army in recent days, according to Lt. A. C. Smith. Names include Frank Danner, Theo Daniel Pettus, James Alfred Toler, Robert T. Selman, Herbert L. Massie, Bobby Glenn Maley, Clarence Eugene Scott, Troy Winfred Thompson, Jester Merlin McCoy, Hugh G. Haight, and James Reggann Clments, with listed addresses.
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Amarillo
A. C. Smith
Frank Danner
West Seventh
Theo Daniel Pettus
North van Buren
James Alfred Toler
van Buren
Robert T. Selman
San Jacinto
Herbert L. Massie
West Eighth
Bobby Glenn Maley
Lincoln
Clarence Eugene Scott
Technical Village
Troy Winfred Thompson
Fillmore
Merlin McCoy
Madison
Hugh G. Haight
Prospect
James Reggann Clments
Suspended Sentence For James Morton
James K. Morton pleaded guilty to forgery in 47th District Court and asked for a suspended sentence. A jury later set his sentence at two years in the penitentiary but suspended it, while another jury was formed to try W. L. Patton on a theft over $50 charge after Patton also pled guilty and sought a suspended sentence.
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James K. Morton
47Th District Court
Morton
W. L. Patton
Patton
Mindanao Deep South Pacific Ocean’s Deepest Point
The Mindanao Deep off the Philippines is 35 400 feet deep making it the deepest known depression in the world’s oceans. The depth would require about two and a half Pike Peaks to fill the hole.
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Pacific Ocean
Mindanao
Philippines
Bank robber Moran Pierce faces fifty year sentence
Levelland fire of justice reports Moran Pierce who robbed Levelland State Bank of 15000 dollars less than three weeks ago and spent only five cents on coffee. The speedy trial leads to a half century penitentiary term.
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Levelland
U.P
Moran Pierce
Levelland State Bank
Pierce indicted for bank stickup after grand jury impaneled
Pierce was indicted for a bank robbery shortly after a grand jury was impaneled and then brought to 72nd District Court for processing.
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Pierce
72Nd District
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Calvert
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