Social whirl and Hollywood chatter in a small town column
A long local column chronicles social happenings in Amarillo with departures for New York and Honolulu, wedding buzz from Chicago, and new business ventures. It blends gossip about residents like Polly Hill, Hope Backenstoce, Martha Houghton, Neely Greenhill, and John Currie with a survey of radio stars and film notes, all amid light local humor and community life glimpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas University-Oklahoma University
Polly Hill
Hope Backenstoce
Amarillo
New York
Sally Morgan
Martha Houghton
Honolulu
Neely Greenhill
Glenn Newbold
Blackstone
Bill
Jean
Bill Hoover
John Carradine
Hollywood Boulevard
Hamlet
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Hollywood
Ardanelle Cosner
Carradine
Help wanted classifieds fill Amarillo paper page
Local ads offer housework nursing and cafe work including a reader seeking reward for lost mules with contact details, a painter seeking job, quilting service, and a young woman seeking house or cafe work with references. Multiple names and addresses listed for tasks and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
River Road
Harrison Street
Bob Huff
Pete Ridgeway
Rt. 3
Burger
Desirable Widow Seeks Suitable Suitor in Personal Ad
A refined business widow over 40 seeks a serious match. She invites responses with full personal details and description, offering contact at 22859 or a visit to 1706 Hayden Street. She desires a 50 to 55 year old gentleman, salesman or railroad man, with means, a good car, and a comfortable living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden Street
Tack
Classified Inquiries and Lost Items Notices
A mixed set of public notices and personal ads seeks contact from a German police officer applicant and a lonely middle aged man in Memphis Texas, a house and cafe worker seeking work, Mrs George Sparks offering references, a Tam resident seeking a fox terrier puppy, and a note about a lost $2.50 gold piece from a fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
George Sparks
North
Jackson Street
The Clouded Moon Inn Escape Tension
The scene depicts Fleuriot and Hugo in a tense moment as a fight unfolds near the Clouded Moon inn. Hugo’s face glows red with effort, and Fleuriot questions whether escape is possible before tomorrow’s clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleuriot
Hugo
Help Your Kidneys Pass 3 Pounds a Day
Doctor guidance notes kidneys purge waste daily and suggests Doan s Pills for relief. The piece blends health advice with fictional dialogue including law officers and a chase, ending with a teaser for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Worker's Blind Horizon Puzzle Highlights Classic Clues
A dense word puzzle lists across and down clues including famous deaf and blind figures, legal terms, and common nouns. Entries touch on skills, geography, and daily objects with varied difficulty and historical reference.
Lost items and personal notices in Tack Letters column
A series of brief personal notices and lost items listed in the Tack Letters column include a lost ladies kid glove near Bradford's Grocery, a black ribbed sweater, a missing black female Scottish terrier, a span of mules sighted two weeks prior, and several requests for jobs and references from local residents in Vigo Park Texas and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford's
Sixth Avenue
Bradfords
Jewel Jones
Tack
Job Seekers Ad From Clarendon Women
A classified notice lists two women seeking work. Juanita seeks a general job. a middle aged woman offers hotel and cafe experience and references. Box 78 Clarendon Texas appears as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
W. A. Box
Clarendon, Tex
Police dog seeking new home after loss of K9 partner
A community member asks for leads to place a police pup or rescue dog to fill the late K9 partner’s role. The note emphasizes a loving, suitable home and eagerness to welcome a dog trained or trainable for police work.
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Aver
Ces D
John
Currie
John “Redwig’ Morgan
Post Office
Hook DeGrassi
Charlie McCarthy
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
Fanny Brice
Joe Penner
Don Ameche
Fred Allen
Bing Crosby
Lone Ranger
Edward G. Robinson
Young America
Bergen
Lux Radio Theater
Deanna Durbin
Shirley Temple
Sonja Henie
Jane Withers
Robert Taylor
Nelson Eddy
Errol Flynn
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Loretta Young
Gary Cooper
Paul Muni
Spencer Tracy
Joe FE
Brown
Gene Autry
Clark Gable
Mickey Rooney
Lionel Barrymore
Doctor Kildare
Glenda Ferrell
Torchy Blane
Barton MacLane
Geneva Sawyer
20Th Fox
Irving Berlin
Birst
Shark Island
Ove
West
First Avenue
Buchanan Street
Dial
R. M. Stewart
Johnson Street
Beatrice Mann
Angus Huckaby
Memphis
Tex
Bobbie Rolin
Monroe Street
Messieurs
Max Saltmarsh
the Inn
Worker For
The
U. S.A
AGA
Pearl Mills
Vigo Park
J. W. Stewart
Tyler Street
Scotty
Dave Blaker
Ninth Avenue
Mrs. Gray
Eleventh Avenue
Shux
Zel
Gyo
Sarah
Blondie
Mountain Boys
HOWDY GILL / GOGH
Wamul-Am
Zeke Conway
Gill
Boots
MR. Campe
Brera
Sean
Wes
Bootssph
Vla
Kane
Corce
Tre Campus
Juanita
H. ¥. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Oliver- Salle
Capudine
Mary
Central
Americas
Folger
TWA
United
Chicago
Southern
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