Down Memory Lane 1924 Local Notices and Events
Obituaries report R B Carr 63 and Ozro Sloan 30 passing away. Births announced for Harper, Turner, Harrison, Hopper, and Martin families. Local society notes cover Epworth League, Rotary Club, birthdays, marriages, and club meetings. Minor theft at Pascal Farley store and employment changes noted among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Carr
Tom Bean
William D. Ownby
East Whitewright
N. Harper
Lam Miller
Otto Hopper
N. K. Turner
Route 3
Ernest Harrison
Ben Sturdivant
Beveridge Brents
John Holcomb
Dale McGaughey
Theresa Everheart
Mabel Fae White
Margaret Everheart
Epworth League
Bonham
R. B. Anderson
Verma Mangrum
Rotary Club
Robert Everheart
Strawn
Roy Harold Groves
el Paso
Whitewright
Medean Martin
Desert
Ozro Sloan
Pilot Grove
Leonard Hospital
Kentuckytown Club
C. M. Fulton
Deaths and moves touch Ely and Amarillo communities
J. D. Arney, 69, died Friday at his daughter's home in the Ely area. C. L. Patton left for Amarillo to live with his son Love Patton. Jack Meador, a delivery boy for The Dallas Morning News and Evening Journal, won three subscriptions prizes. Ray Manning of Manning Clark & Meador has been transferred to Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Arney
E. L. Sells
Ely
C. L. Patton
Amarillo
Love Patton
Jack Meador
Dallas Morning News
Evening Journal
Ray Manning
Manning, Clark & Meador
Leonard
Paying Other Peoples' Bills
The article argues parcel post losses over 29 years totaled 1.204 billion dollars, with undisclosed indirect costs about 14 million annually. It says parcel post should be self supporting and the Postmaster General seeks ICC approval to raise rates by about 17 percent, though doubts remain if that covers all losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney Examiner
Parcel Post
Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Antisleep Steering Device Aims to Cut Accidents
Rome reports designers, two Italian auto mechanics, unveil an antisleep steering wheel attachment. The device pressures the hand against the wheel, triggering a horn and an electric hand brake if the hand leaves the wheel, keeping drivers alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Local Social Notes From Amity And Surrounding Areas
Dozens of visits and greetings across Texan towns featured frequent travels to Dallas Denison Sherman Kilgore Lubbock Grand Prairie and Sherman. Families like Garner Darwin England Gosnell Thomas and Ashlock were mentioned with relatives and friends swapping weekends and hosting gatherings.
Economy Auto Ads Spur Demand For Low-Power Cars
A Wall Street Journal note outlines a shift toward six cylinder and smaller models from 1959 to 1962, with entries for the Gas-Mizer Four-Why, the Two-Two economy car, and a bicycle alternative, highlighting cost consciousness and simplified features amid rising fuel concerns. A stray remark mentions cooks dippin fish fillets in milk before frying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Savage
Wall Street Journal
Local residents host visitors and report injuries
The notice lists numerous visits across Irving Dallas Howe Garland and Tom Bean as residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. It also notes A L Ingram’s fall at Badgett Beauty Shop injuring her left arm and a gathering with several Layman family members and others from Greenville Caddo Mills and Tom Bean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Ingram
Badgett Beauty Shop
Charlie Layman
Robert Layman
Tom Bean
E. L. Climer
Dallas
C. L. Cole
Greenville
Grady Layman
Caddo Mills
New Chevrolet Impalas and Bel Airs Offered With Expanded Features
The dealer promotes wider seats and more luggage space for roomier interiors plus a low maintenance magic-mirror finish lasting up to three years. It highlights larger brakes, an overhead curved windshield, safety plate glass, and up to 10 percent better mileage with Hi-Thrift 6 engines. Multiple body styles and trims across Impalas Bel Airs Biscaynes and station wagons are listed with several optional suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sarah Binion
Guy Taylor
Pascal Farley
Elma Hopper
Grady England
Canaan
Buster Graves
Kimbell Oil Mill
Sherman
H. W. Key
G. K. Stephens
H. T. Atterberry
Glen Earnheart
Morrell Sears
R. L. Sears
Tom Sears
TWA
Gantrero
United States
Sherman Savings
North Travis
Sherman, Texas
Dial
Herc Ficklen
Dallas News
Mrs. H. A. Garner
Amity, Ark
Ida Fae Griffin
J. P. Darwin
Mary Lynn
England
Denison
Ed Kent III
J. F. England
J. M. Ashinhurst
Grand Prairie
J. H. Gosnell
J. A. Thomas
Emma Dent
Don Aunsbury
Kilgore
Mrs. Lela Ryan
Mrs
Roy Whitt
Lubbock
Little Holly Harper
Mrs. L. H. Darwin
Lena Mae Gowdy
David D. White
J. A. Harper Jr
Baylor Hospital
Dorothy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
E. E. Carter of
Howe
D. E. McCoy
Carl Edwards
Ron Faison
Faison
C. H. Carpenter
H. C. Carpenter
Joe Rich
T. W. Bowen
Weston
T. B. Bowen
Frank Magers
Ella Johnson
Billy L. Pettit
Harold Doss
Jack Hansard
Clarence Ashlock
R. T. Switala
Earl Benson
W. D. Williams
Thomas Ayres
Ayres
Daughter
W. C. Thornhill
R. B. Neathery
Irving
Mrs. O. L. Jones
Miss Jeanette Jones
Vernon Bryant
Ronald Vestal
Jimmie Ingram
Luther Gordon
Dee Patterson
N. B. Nicholson of
Garland
W. T. Nicholson
Cal Garner
R. E. Simpson
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Biscaynes
Chevrolet
Whitewright, Texas
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