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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1947
Page
5
Evan Wade, 23, was charged with murder after his wife Mary Grace Wade, 20, died from head injuries allegedly inflicted when she jumped from their car. Wade's bond was set at $5,000 in Austin on the crime date September 18.
A satire accuses Secretary Anderson of misrepresenting meat prices. The narrator shops in a busy market, contrasts 25 cent rib roasts with higher prices, and proposes sending a photographer to document the bite. He mocks the speech and calls for accountability.
Co ed club dance hosted by YMCA and YWCA at the YMCA begins 7:30 p m Saturday with a College Frolic theme Amarillo College colors will decorate walls and yells posters will set a varsity mood at intermission Helen Bufkin a junior high student will perform humorous readings the event runs to midnight A pre dance meeting of membership committees led by Pat Russell urges early arrival Educators in Australia declare school curricul a out of date
Funeral services for Frank A. Vestal, construction and later production superintendent of the Amarillo helium plant, are set for 4 o clock this afternoon at Mineral Wells. Vestal died yesterday at his Mineral Wells home. Burial will be in Mineral Wells Cemetery. He came to Amarillo in 1928 to supervise the plant’s construction and later led production. He later worked with the Soil Conservation Service and the Bureau of Reclamation and recently ran a farm near Mineral Wells. He retired from the Army as a colonel and kept his reserve commission. The Vestals lived at 322 Sunset Terrace, Amarillo.
Amarillo Postmaster W D DeGrassi warns of a new chain letter scam spreading in the region. The scheme asks participants to keep the letter and mail a $2 payment to the next name, defying standard forwarding rules and risking postal lottery and fraud violations.
Miss Joanne Whittington daughter of Mrs. R. M. Green 3704 Cheyenne has part of her contribution to the Texas State Historical Association published in Time Magazine. The junior chapter article joins works of other members as national recognition of the association's work in highlighting Texas historical development.
Mr and Mrs Jack A Paris of Alameda California returned home Wednesday after a two week visit with her mother Mrs Edith Capers at 1611 Jackson Milton Capers of Fort Worth visited his mother’s home over the weekend making the family complete Norway replaces many light houses destroyed by the Nazis during the war
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