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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1946
Page
7
A meeting of taxicab company operators and city officials to discuss the taxicab ordinance was postponed until after Oct. 10. W. D. Blackwell, owner of one taxi company, is out of town and not expected back before Oct. 10, delaying the ongoing ordinance discussions underway since January.
Negotiations continue for Amarillo to gain permanent title to Amarillo Army Air Field instead of the interim operation permit. A War Assets Administration representative toured with City Manager A. P. Hancock as talks shift to exchanging equipment for different facilities. A forthcoming Oct 8 airline officials conference will discuss operating agreements. Thornton Oxnard offers $250,000 for his 23 acre portion housing the admin building and hangars, with the city owning the rest under a long lease.
Grass planted at Sam Houston Park in West Amarillo is coming up according to city manager A. P. Hancock. Dedication Sunday features Congressman Eugene Worley with ceremony by the Sam Houston School PTA. A Grecian amphitheater is a park feature and officials expect the area to resemble a recreation spot by next summer.
Loran R. Edwards aged 30 was returned to Potter County jail after an extradition from Jefferson City Missouri where an Wednesday hearing was held. Edwards is charged with embezzling over 50 dollars and four truck tires from the Transport Company of Texas where he once worked. Bond was set at 2000 dollars.
Earl Fischer led yesterday noon program at San Jacinto Methodist Church for the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club. F. W. Ansley was the speaker. Music by Shirley Hudson. New members W. H. Fowler and Virgil Strimple. Guests included C. O. Palmer Toledo Rev Arthur Roberts Sanford R. H. Parks North Amarillo. Downtown guests E. E. Smith Polly Parrott F. F. Beringer John Fowlston C. D. Sears. Other attendees Larry Oles Rene Mazza K. K. Swenson George W. Lee Clarence Wine Bill Teal Richard Evans and Mrs. F. W. Ansley.
The text explains that Commando derives from Portuguese origin but was first used by Dutch-descended Boers. It notes that early on the modern hairpin was called a bodkin, indicating evolving terminology in historical tools and ranks.
The Lesson-Sermon for Sunday September 29 centers on Reality with the Golden and responsive scriptures. Psalms 62 7 and 27 13 appear alongside Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health pages explaining belief and goodness in the Lord. The service emphasizes spiritual truth over material sense.
A quotation reflecting on sickness and death as nothingness and evil dissolving before the certainty of good. It stresses the need to conceal wrongdoing and to choose good as the true reality.
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