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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
4
Dorothy Dix advises a worried grandmother about Clair a 23 year old engaged to a jobless and jealous partner. The reply warns unsuitable matches often end in divorce and stresses shared tastes politics and hobbies before marriage.
Canyon City Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star installed 14 officers with four to be inducted later. Installing officer was Mrs. Mattie Gerald and installing marshal was Mrs. Beryl Mayfield. New officers include Margaret Cole as worthy matron Catherine Foster associate matron Beryl Mayfield chaplain and Nona Munson treasurer.
Grandchildren and children gathered at Mrs. J B Jones home in Lockney to honor her 90th birthday. A native of Tennessee she came to West Texas 60 years ago with her late husband Lubbock County’s first surveyor who helped plan Lubbock before its organization. The Jones family has lived in Lubbock Floyd County and Lockney with several members serving in local schools and journalism.
Reports from a regular American Legion Auxiliary meeting say the recent poppy sale was the most successful in history. Poppies for next year will be made at the local Veterans Hospital. The group votes to send two girls to the Bluebonnet State contest in Austin. A nominating committee is appointed and a Dutch dinner and dance closes the session hosted by Mrs. C. O. Hess and Bruce Autry.
Miss Myrtle Murray of Texas A and M extension service will demonstrate egg grading at the Municipal Auditorium from 9 30 to 10 30 Saturday morning. The event is sponsored with the extension service Potter County agricultural agent and home demonstration agent with no charge and open to the public.
The Lone Star Roller Canary Bird Club met at 3612 Street with Mrs Emma Dodson as hostess on Tuesday. Guest Mrs W A Criswell attended along with Mesdames M A Nelson Sam Stinson Jean Bradley E R Glass J M Nelson Keller Page J S McMillan and Miss Shirley Ann Nelson.
Barbara Bel Geddes avoids public pet fame while hosting a menagerie in a mid city apartment. Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, 55, active in Red Cross and Prohibition work, reflects on family government service and her decor career. Mrs. Clarence Day Jr. funds a Kent nursing college for bomb-shocked children. Eddie Rickenbacker’s wife promotes volunteer service amid stage fright. Mrs. Joe Taylor Torrans writes songs in New York, hoping for fame. Irving Berlin supported her in securing a studio visit.
Miss Evelyn Gregory wed W. N. Anderson in a garden ceremony at the Gregory home west of Lubbock. The couple, both local educators, plan to live in Pampa after a Colorado honeymoon. attendees included family from Lubbock Junction Perryton Tulsa and Plainview.
Texas senator Andrew Jackson Houston, in his first act, was paired with Minnesota's Shipstead to vote on a sugar quota increase measure tied to shortages from the Philippines. Houston supported the pairing while absent, and the bill passed.
The War Department urged Corps area commanders to enlist Selective Service trainees for full three-year army terms. Regular army enlistments have priority, followed by trainees proven fit for regular service, with civilian recruiting third. Some trainees already listed for regular terms. officials say renewed emphasis may occur nationwide.
Miss Ernestine Cundiff and Dan Hemphill of Littlefield were married May 30 at Littlefield Presbyterian Church. He holds a B S in chemistry and she a B A in home economics. both graduates of West Texas State College. Attendants were Kathleen Cundiff and Gayle Hemphill. They will reside in Canyon after a El Paso New Mexico trip and his master’s work at Pueblo Courts.
John Guthrie and Miss Irma Curyea were married January 26 at Rev. Ed Wallace’s home in Shamrock. Curyea, a Panhandle High and St. Anthony’s Nursing School graduate, worked at Neblett Hospital Canyon. Guthrie, Canyon High School alumnus, serves as city police chief. They tour Chicago and eastern cities and plan to reside in Canyon after June 15.
The Amarillo Council of Church Women hosts a Friday luncheon series to raise funds for the Social Center for Girls. Host churches include First Christian West Amarillo Christian and San Jacinto Methodist with reservations through Mrs H E Smith or at the Social Center.
The Agnes Graham Circle of the First Baptist Women’s Missionary Union will meet at 6:30 Friday evening at the church for Mrs. A. D. Foreman Jr. to review This World’s Goods. Sunshine Scatterers Class enjoyed a waffle breakfast Tuesday at teacher Mrs. Eula Formby’s home with garden flowers as decorations. Members listed include Virginia Huke, Lanell Ledbetter, Peggy Dean Love, Merland Owens, Ruth Glass, Vera Harp, Juanita Konkle, Johnnie Reneau, Dorothy Archambeau and Winifred Lamb.
Mrs. G. B. Hamilton and Mrs. Jack Farwell with children travel to Dallas for the wedding of Phoebe Ann Farwell and Bascom Lang at Oak Lawn Methodist Church. Carol Hamilton serves as junior bridesmaid. Frances Farwell joins as guest before returning to Amarillo with the group.
Kelly Field officials announce tests of a radio controlled ambulance to direct an emergency vehicle to crash scenes. Lieut. Col. Reid B. Harding and Maj. J. H. Bundy lead the effort to install a two way radio and sync with an airplane wavelength for locating downed aircraft.
In New York state the Communist Party reported income rising from about $60,000 in 1932 to between $400,000 and $500,000 last year during testimony before a legislative committee probing subversive activities in city schools.
Virginia Ellen Ely was honored on her twelfth birthday with a home party at 1016 West Thirteenth Avenue. Guests enjoyed refreshments and a ceater while place cards bore jingles for the honoree. Her mother was assisted by Mrs. J. H. Utterback. attendees included Shirley Swenson and others.
President Roosevelt signed a bill boosting pay for parachute units. Commissioned and warrant officers gain $100 monthly, enlisted men $50 extra beyond base pay. He also approved assigning enlisted personnel as aviation students for instruction.
The labor department estimates 1,408,600 additional workers will be required by April 1942 in metal working defense sectors. Secretary Frances Perkins notes needs cover aircraft, shipbuilding, machine tools, ordnance equipment and related defense materials, with shipbuilding at 323,900, aircraft 408,400, machine tools 291,600, and other defense industries 384,700.
McLean Lions Club elected officers for the next year including Guy Hibler as president Emory Crockett first vice president Joe Hindman second vice president Ham Boyd third vice president W C Shull secretary C B Batson lion tamer Creed Bogan tail twister and directors W W Boyd Winfred Massey with Peb Everett and T A Landers as hold over directors. Installations planned before July.
The social calendar lists church and club events including Alpha Delta Sorority at 1823 Polk Street 7 30 PM and Jolly Jibbers Club at 410 A East Fifteenth Avenue. Also scheduled are church classes social meetings and the annual Spring recital at Amarillo College of Music Auditorium at 8 15 PM with pupils of Ola E Jenkins.
Bride elect Miss Frances Usery of Houston Bright was guest of honor at a Canyon bridge breakfast hosted by Mrs. Ben Loudder and daughters. Attending were Mrs. Dan K. Usery, Miss Helen White Moore, Miss Pauline Brigham, and others from Canyon, Amarillo, and surrounding areas.
In Grove Oklahoma a crew of neighbors in hip boots rescued C M Redman’s filling station and general store after it floated away on Grand Lake. Redman had planned to move to higher ground last year but waited too long.
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