Funeral rites for Weaver H Baker in Junction
State officials and hundreds gathered for funeral services for Weaver H Baker chairman of the Board of Control who was killed in an auto accident Sunday. State offices in Austin remained closed most of the day in his honor. His body lay in state in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol from noon Monday till past noon Tuesday.
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Weaver H. Baker
Board of Control
Austin
Baker
Senate
Education leaders urge more student nurses at club talk
Miss Ruth Binder educational director northwest Texas Hospital and Dr A Mever president Amarillo College spoke to the Lions Club in Amarillo yesterday. They stressed the need for more student nurses and discussed the role of education as a fundamental institution.
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Miss Binder
Northwest Texas Hospital
Dr. Mever
Amato College
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Amarillo Oivel
Equality and Freedom Through Voluntary Association
Dr Meyer argues freedom equals greater equality via voluntary association. Miss Binder notes critical need for student nursing candidates as war years spurred applications. Texas enrollments lag at 22 percent of target. National nursing enrollment dropped from 46,000 in 1942 to 15,094 now. most discharged nurses have not returned. Musical numbers by Joan Gibson, Jane Wicker, and Donna Jean Autry accompanied by Byron Ellis. Next Tuesday noon Rep Eugene Worley to speak.
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Binder
Texas
Joan Gibson
Jane Wicker
Donna Jean Autry
Byron Ellis
Eugene Worley
All His Precautions Wasted A Thief Gets the Dough
A Galveston tourist hid $215 under a hotel mattress after lights out. He woke to find the money missing the next morning. Police are investigating a routine case of theft at the Galveston hotel.
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Galveston
Dr Robinson to join University of Tennessee faculty
Dr H L Robinson resigns from Amarillo College after ten years as professor of foreign languages and music instructor to take teaching duties at the University of Tennessee. He will teach French Spanish and Italian at his new post. Family to remain in Amarillo until Knoxville arrangements are made. Board has not named his successor.
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H. L. Robinson
Amarillo College
A. M. Meyer
Robinson
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of Chicago
Syracuse University
Amarillo
College
Dr. Robinson
Pair Reported Dead Are Not Dead at All
In Rockport on September 25, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Pierce learned they were the subject of an erroneous obituary after a caller claimed they died in a Houston auto wreck. Officials did not confirm the crash, and the Pierces later learned they were alive, with the unknown caller unreached.
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Rockport
U.P
Owen Pierce
Pupils Absent as Court Hears Suit
In Harlingen three hundred Grulla school pupils stayed home as the 79th District Court weighs Fidelio Guerria’s challenge to trustee results. Judge L Broeter credited nine contested absentee votes to Guerria, bringing his total to 253. Garcia had 254 in April, Guerria 244.
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Garcia
Guerria
Annual Firemen's Ball Is Tomorrow
Amarillo residents with tickets will attend the Annual Firemen's Ball tomorrow across three venues The Mayfair The Nat and the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel Orchestras will perform for the firemen's dance and tickets priced at 1 per person including tax remain on sale at fire stations Central Sixteenth North Side and San Jacinto Proceeds benefit the firemen retirement fund.
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Amarillo
Mayfair
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Central
Sixteenth
North Side
San Jacinto
Spann Explains Insurance Arrangement for New Cars
Amarillo residents who buy new cars need not cancel current auto policies and face no short term losses. J. E. Spann, secretary of the Amarillo Insurance Exchange, Inc., stated in a letter to policyholders that existing policies automatically cover replacing cars if the purchase occurs within 30 days of the policy period. He warned that canceling policies could raise insurance costs for owners.
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Amarillo
J. E. Spann
Amarillo Insurance Exchange, Inc
Fourteen Apply for City Police Civil Service Test
Fourteen applicants will take the first city civil service examination for policemen tomorrow afternoon starting at 1 o clock in Amarillo Center at 2101 Harrison. Clifford Davis, the city personnel director, will supervise the examinations.
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Amarillo Center
Harrison
Clifford Davis
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