Will Help Impersonator To Get Job at Stables
Jockey Jackie Westrope said he would help find a job for his double George Raftery who impersonated him in Hollywood bars and forged checks. Raftery 20 of Beverly Hills pleaded guilty to forgery and asked probation. hearing set for Sept 28. Westrope plans to aid Raftery in securing an exercise boy position with his Chicago stables.
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Hollywood
Jackie Westrope
Doubie
George Raftery
Westrope
Ringer
Raftery
Beverly Hills
Cal
Max Solomon
Chicago
Africa Mission Workers Here In Amarillo Services Tonight and Sunday
Four speakers from the Africa Inland Mission will visit Amarillo for services tonight tomorrow night and Sunday at the Church of the Open Bible. The 50th anniversary of the mission in inland Africa will be celebrated with Rev. H. A. Somerville hosting and with Rev. and Mrs. George C. Van Dusen Rev. W. J. Maynard and Dr. Nina Maynard as speakers. Services are at 7 45 pm and 11 am 4 pm on Sunday. The Africa Inland Mission founded in 1895 by Peter Cameron Scott operates 21 stations in Kenya ten more in Tanganyika Territory and missions in Congo Uganda and French Equatorial Africa. The meetings are open to the public.
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Africa Inland Mission
Amarillo
Church of the Open Bible
Africa
H. A. Somerville
George C. van Dusen
W. J. Maynard
Nina Maynard
Peter Cameron Scott
United States
Kenya
Tanganyika
Congo
Uganda
French Equatorial Africa
USO Still Needs Volunteer Workers
Mrs. James Roberts, chair of USO Travelers Aid Volunteers, urged continued volunteer service after VJ-Day. She noted 88 volunteers staffed wartime duties and predicted millions would travel in coming months through Amarillo, needing help meeting trains, guiding travelers, watching children, and handling travel information and communications.
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USO Travelers Aid
James Roberts
USO Travelers Aid Volunteers
Roberts
Amarillo Student Wins UT Girls Glee Club Tryouts
Josepha Birge of Amarillo advances among 48 singers who earned spots after tryouts for the University of Texas Girls Glee Club. The selection adds notable regional representation to the elite university chorus.
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Glee Club
Amarillo
Josepha Birge
Girls Glee Club
University of Texas
Girl Scout Leadership Aims For Peaceful World Outreach
C Cox announced plans with council members and troop leaders to coach Girl Scouts in citizenship from local to global perspectives. Mrs J G Eckel leads as program chairman and Mrs R C Jordan directs overall plans for the year. The 1945 camp report shows 300 Scouts attended six weeks at Camp Kiwanis, with activities across arts and sports and a day camp total of 137 Brownies and Scouts at Ellwood Park. Troop camps at Kiwanis hosted 770 girls last year emphasizing international friendship.
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Leaders Club
R. C. Jordan
Girl Scout Council
New York
O. M. Oliver
Camp
Kiwanis
Ellwood Park
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