Panhandle Chamber Pushes Highway Gaps as Top Project
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce vote to place Panhandle highways as the leading project to erase regional gaps. T F Johnson heads the highway committee to meet with Texas Highway Commission chair Harry Hines and seek a share of next year’s road program. An Oct 16 dinner for Congressman Marvin Jones is planned at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Directors back Woodward Oklahoma Chamber efforts for the rodeo Sept 20–22. United Confederate Veterans reunion reports keep expenses under $10,000 with pledges due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Highway Committee
T. F. Johnson
Harry Hines
Texas Highway Commission
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Woodward, Okla
Woodward
Carl Hinton
United Confederate Veterans
T. W. Cotten
Reunion Fund
Polished cars spark small town humor and spring plans
An enterprising salesman polishes cars in front of the post office prompting light chatter and purchases. A handball match between Carl Hare and John Fullingim ends with dampened arms. Amarillo garden club members urge spring peony planting and contests. KGNC erects a new antenna near the Tri-State Fair grounds. Various local visits, new Fleming Business College enrollees, and a Noblitt backyard garden with 31 peaches are noted.
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Amarillo
Vincent Avery Stars as Nero in First Tol Avery Play
Vincent Avery portrays Nero in the Little Theatre first Tol Avery production directed by Oma Link Rowley. The performance, following Avery’s prior Chicago pageant work and Amarlillo stage appearances, presents a historical romance Quo Vadis with Katherine Bartlett in a leading role alongside Wilbur Budd and other theater luminaries.
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Vincent Avery
Nero
Tol Avery
Oma Link Rowley
Chicago
Rome
Katherine Bartlett
Little Theater
Wilbur Budd
Arizonian Starts Year-Long Jail Term for Stolen Goods
New Phillips, Arizonian began a year in Potter County jail after pleading guilty to receiving and concealing stolen property. He was found with items reported stolen from the G. G. Nichol home at 1208 Fillmore Street and was later made a trusty and chef in the jail kitchen by Sheriff Bull Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Phillips
Potter County
J. N. Riggs
G. G. Nichol
Fillmore Street
Phillips
Bull Adams
Power of the Cross draws crowds at Open Bible meeting
Rev. Paul G. Wapato, noted Indian thinker, leads weekly gathering at Church of the Open Bible on Fifteenth Avenue, with daily peak times at 19 A. M. and 7:45 PM. He spoke to a High School assembly in Wenatchee regalia, while a Leipzig smokes pledge targets parkgoers who cannot afford cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Open Bible
Fifteenth Avenue
One Street
Paul G. Wapato
Wapato
Wenatchee
Kruschen Salts Promise Quick Health Boosts
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a daily tonic to keep liver guts and kidneys active, prevent dizzy spells, headaches and nervousness, and promote youthful vitality. It claims easy daily doses in coffee or water, with prices as low as 40 cents a jar and lists Pool Drug Store Nelson Drug Co Van Buren Pharmacy as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pool Drug Store
Nelaon Drug Co
van Buren Pharmacy
School enrollments slip slightly from last year
Public school enrollments in the first three days totaled 8,316, down from 8,572 in 1934. Senior High and Buchanan Street each reported 1,265 students, with daily totals tied. Other schools listed include Wilson 256, Wolflin 430, and San Jacinto 562, among many. Mexican school has 61 and two Negro schools 206.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Street
Wilson
Wolflin
Bivins
Alice Tandergin
Cetra Junior High School
Forest Hill
Grenwood
Humphrey Highlands
Johnson
Margaret Wills
McKinley
Pleasant Valley
Sam Houston
Sanborn
San Jacinto
Summitt
Tyler
Advance Screening Of Les Miserables at Paramount Theater
An advance screening of Les Miserables by United Artists was shown this morning at the Paramount theater for educators civic leaders and PTA and women's clubs plus High School faculty. Fredric March stars as Jean Valjean Charles Laughton as Javert Rochelle Hudson leads the female role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Artists
Paramount Theater
Will R. Winch
Paramount
Fredric March
Jean Valjean
Charles Laughton
Javert
Rochelle Hudson
Tribute from Confederate veterans thanks Amarillo citizens
A letter dated September 10 1935 from James F Payne commander in chief Dallas Texas to Amarillo officials expresses gratitude for hospitality shown during the United Confederate Veterans reunion. He notes aging veterans appreciation and praises Boy Scouts for civic service alongside local citizens. Also included is a Treasury report for September 10 with receipts expenditures and debt figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
All America
Boy Scout
Woolloomooloo Bay Harbor Role in Sydney Port
A report notes Woolloomooloo Bay as the overseas harbor for the Port of Sydney in Australia with reference figures on gold assets and a large daily decrease. The figures cite $9,213,344,833 in assets and a $2,463,815.00 drop from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolloomooloo Bay
Port
Sydney
Australia
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HINES
Carl Hare
John Fullingim
Radio
KGNC
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Floa Jennings
Muleshoe
Pat Babb
Washington Street
Granville Bruce
Onie Jane
Ben Carlton Mead
Tennessee Street
J. R. Hicks
The
Baptist Church
Canyon
Harry Blake
Sid Clarkson
Inincan
Okla
Karl QO
Cullum
Fast Sixth Street
Fleming Business College
Gwendolyn Morris
Valeska Newell
Elizabeth Cogdell
Artesia
New Mexico
Juanita Brooks McLean
Clifton Payne
Floydada
Bill Auglin
Dumas
Ray J. Noblitt
Maryland Street
Municipal Auditorium
Arizonian
Leipzig
Thace Nahn
Les
James Cromwell
Honolulu
Doris Duke
Orient
Meyer & Meyer’s
Meyer & Meyer
Corner &Th and
Polk ST
Ohal
Mrs. Rowley
Daddy Longlegs
Texas Pens
Treasury
Washington
James F. Payne
Metz and
Taylor
Oth
California
Rush
Prosperity Gas Range
Huntet
Sears
Oxfords
Goodyear West
Anniversa
Kenmore Electric
Mae
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