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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1948
Page
8
City Sign Company at 1501 West Third in Amarillo announces a range of signs from neon to porcelain enamel letters. Owner Mr. M. Rippy, with 30 years in Amarillo, offers free estimates and showcases notable local signs.
Fall is the right time to paint that roof and Nichols Paint & Wallpaper Store offers Hi-grade roof paint in red green and brown at 3.50 a gallon plus oil at 1.75 a gallon. White interior semi gloss is 1.25 a quart or 4 a gallon and wallpaper is half price for a limited time. Congo Wall wallpaper is 69 cents per running foot, 4 1/2 feet wide.
Sid Veazey of 826 Georgia operates a wrecker and aluminum boat business. He has three winch trucks including a new 5 ton oilfield winch, plus a garage and five aluminum boats for sale. He also represents Lone Star All Aluminum Boats and offers 24 hour service with no job too large.
Texas dairy output for August increased by 1 percent from a year earlier, with total milk equivalent manufactured products down 6 percent from July at 63.3 million pounds. All dairy manufacturing fell 3 to 17 percent versus August 1947, according to the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
Sergeant Homer A. McGinnis son of Mr and Mrs Leonard A McGinnis of Lincoln is serving with occupational forces in Kobe Japan He enlisted in October 1942 via the Amarillo Army recruiting station and was sent to Japan in January 1947 He is attached to the Kobe Quartermaster Depot supplying troops in Kobe and southern Honshu
Seaman Sidney B. Smith of Erick Oklahoma son of Mr and Mrs Tom Smith serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer during active duty duties onboard the ship in the Pacific theater.
Mrs M Killion promotes electrolysis as a permanent solution to unwanted hair. With 14 years in the field she advertises in Amarillo from 1224 West Eleventh, offering consultations free and highlighting trained operators and modern equipment.
Christmas buyers are urged to start early and use lay away for antiques gifts. The stock includes plates, cups, old prints, carvings, ivory, beads, earrings, brooches, figurines, lamps, oriental rugs from $50, brass pieces, candlesticks, ash trays, and a shipment of table silver with plated and sterling services. Mrs. Earl Wyatt at 1500 Jefferson Street invites calls during evenings or Sundays for appointments at 2-3710.
Celanese Corporation of America funds two fellowships at the University of Texas in chemical engineering and chemical physics. William F. Hamner of Shreveport is nominated for the chemical physics fellowship while Ernest G. Long of Corsicana is nominated for the chemical engineering fellowship. Total value is 4000 dollars per year for a two year term.
Amarillo paint contractor Cliff Mace has painted the interior and exterior of Walter Irvin Inc. Ford dealer in Amalo since 1919 using heavy duty spray units to finish large jobs quickly. He has over 20 years in Amarillo and vicinity and offers free estimates by mail at 1000 Lamar or phone at 2-2127.
Star Drug Store at 619 North Fillmore owned by Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Irwin offers a large stock of new dance records and western songs for 25 cents each. The shop also features Indian and Mexican crafts, leather purses, and butcher blocks below cost, urging quick selection before stock runs out.
B M Goff runs a factory at 118 East Fourth in Amarillo making below knee limbs and medical aids. He has fitted hundreds of men women and returning servicemen with braces supports belts trusses and wheelchairs. He also rents hospital beds and mobility devices with service and satisfaction as his motto.
Mead's Bread markets its Fresher-ized loaf nationwide with a new vegetable compound. Sales manager Odie Karr touts longer freshness and even crumb distribution, promising softer bread for several days and urging buyers across the Panhandle to try the product.
Vienna reports that Franz Lehar the famed composer of The Merry Widow is out of danger and improving. His sister denied rumors of a new blood transfusion and said his appetite is returning and he can leave bed for long periods. He has stomach ulcers and a heart condition.
UT grants graduate tuition scholarships for the 1948 49 season to non resident students from 11 states Canada and China totaling 125 per semester. States represented include Alabama Arkansas Arizona Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota New York and Ohio. Arthur Ernest Harriman of Lewisburg Pennsylvania received a $500 graduate scholarship in experimental psychology.
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