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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
4
Dear Miss Dix letter examines jealousy and nagging in marriages. It argues most men are not philanderers during office hours and that distrust drives men to flirt. It notes office staff, duty, and professionalism shape conduct, urging wives to trust and avoid petty accusations.
Dorothy Dix argues that many men drift toward lovers outside marriage when home life is grim. She contends some husbands seek comfort with the “Other Woman” if the wife at home makes life unbearable, noting stripped of glamor, some men fall for strangers instead of their partners.
June 7 Special The marriages of Nora Stump and Allen Dennison both of Farnsworth were held last Sunday in Liberal Kansas Rev P E Kline officiated. The bride daughter of D B Stump taught school after graduating from McPherson College. The groom son of W B Dennison of Ochiltree County will begin farm life near Farnsworth. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
Stinnett Eastern Star chapter in the Masonic hall installed Ruby McDonald as worthy matron and Mark McDonald as worthy patron. Also installed were Vida Parker associate matron Ona Bryan conductress Mateas Markel associate conductress Flora Thersher treasurer Noma Crutchfield chaplain Pearl Edwards marshal Flora Sword organist Opal Claybrook warder Clara Norris sentinel and associate patron Thomas Parks. Star points named Olive Kelly Mollie Womble Pearl Spencer La Vern McFarren and Mary Goodwin.
Mrs. O. T. Simmons of Amarillo was honored with a miscellaneous shower hosted at the home of Mrs. J. P. Smith. Co-hostesses included Mesdames Cecil McNeil W. B. Brown and Herman Powell. Before marriage she was Miss Annie Lou Cavanaugh of Panhandle.
AMY PORTER discusses how wartime demands could reshape American fashion. The article notes designers like Hattie Carnegie, Nettie Rosenstein and Omar Kiam, the shift to domestic production for textiles and fur, and the need to replace imports from Belgium and England. It highlights the industry’s hope for self sufficiency, from dyes to lacemaking.
In Canyon on June 7 a bridal shower honored Hazel Sanders daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Sanders, who will wed Henry Tyler of Galesburg Tl on Saturday. Hostesses were Misses Renna Beth Bellah, Betty Jo Black, and Ernie McNeill. Marie O’Donald assisted. Guests signed the book. gifts came from several friends and relatives including Mrs. Milton Sanders and others.
Four young musicians Nancy Lee Brint Virginia Lee Zollars Helen Marie Hughes and Dickie Kidwell were presented by teacher Mrs Janet M McNeil at the McNeil home 1216 Fillmore Street Assisting in the program was soprano Miss Virginia Dockstader The program included works by Grieg Bach Heller Thompson Mozart Bach Blake Wright Ketterer Streabbog Ellmenreich Lehman and Handel plus two piano numbers by Mrs McNeil and solo performances by each student
Fort Worth reports W W Lee O Daniel's hillbilly band to wear 12 white cotton uniforms for seven band members a radio technician and two girls expected to include Molly the governor's daughter. Shirts will prominently read Vote for W Lee O'Daniel as the campaign tour resumes.
Burly red headed Burton Franks was executed in the electric chair at state prison for the murder of W. D. Wilemon, president of the Maypear State Bank. Wilemon was shot during a bank robbery and died hours later at Waxahachie hospital. Franks, a Bonham resident, had faced the chair earlier but the sentence was postponed 24 hours due to a prison radio broadcast.
A compact collection of era home cooking recipes. Escalloped asparagus with white sauce and buttered crumbs. baked beans with tomato sauce and bread crumbs. tomato sauce basics. Spanish beans with unstrained tomatoes and salt pork simmered slowly. instructions emphasize soaking, simmering, and baking.
A medium cauliflower or cabbage is covered with a thin white cheese sauce. The sauce includes 2 3 cups of cheese salt and paprika. Pour over the cooked vegetable, place in a buttered dish, cover with buttered crumbs, and brown in a 350 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
St Marys Academy alumnae met in the academy reception rooms on Wednesday night electing officers: President Frances Hamrick Vice President Phyllis Nicholl Secretary Treasurer Doris Herrmann Miss Frances Morrow presided until officers were chosen and then handed to Hamrick. They voted to meet quarterly in Sept Dec March and May with committees named for program ways and means and telephone Ice cream and cake were served Attending were Morrow Clifton Lyons Walker Handley Lyons Clarke Doerfler Motch and Mesdames Klock Bradburn Hamrick Nicholl
Miss Lovetta Nickell was installed as worthy advisor of the Panhandle Order of Rainbow Girls in the Masonic Hall. Retiring advisor Dorothy Counselman assisted, with Mrs. Van Carter and Miss Joanne Skages helping. Nickell and four others, with Sponsor Mrs. Letha Gramer, head to grand assembly in Galveston. Helen Carter will accompany. Other officers named include Lemons, Shepherd, O'Neal, Smith, Ramey, Franklin, McNeil, Sie Callihan, Durett, Wigham, and Roberts among the new corps.
The Help-Your-Neighbor Club met Thursday at Mrs. Walden Moore's home for an all day session with a noon covered dish luncheon. Fancy Work provided entertainment. A breakfast was planned at Mrs. Less Prampton’s home Thursday. Attendees included Mesdames Frampton Knight Hunt saker Morman Kil l i on and the hostess. The next meeting is set for June 20 at Mrs. Morman’s home.
The Amarillo Pedigreed Roller Canary Bird Club will meet tonight at 7 30 in the home of Mrs W D Foringer 800 Jefferson Street for an ice cream and bake party.
AP feature notes Italy did not enter the war last fall due to scarce vital supplies. Since then Mussolini's regime has mobilized 650 scientists, rationing fuel and directing women and expectant mothers to farms and factories with Red Cross aid.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Frieze recently married in Alexandria Louisiana arrived Monday visiting his sister Miss Allatia Frieze who departs for Galveston then Denver Colo where he begins work at Fitzsimmons Hospital Ruth Ball of Alexandria formerly of Amarillo is the bride Mr Frieze has long resided here
NEW YORK June 7 UP Salt pork shown by Dr A J Cone of Washington University School of Medicine St Louis to be highly effective in controlling hemorrhage in home emergencies and hospital care He cites nasal use with salt pork causing brief smarting but few other discomforts and notes patients, including children, may request it at later nosebleeds The method, first reported by Dr Lee M Hurd in 1927, has proven superior to gauze packs in trials SAN ANGELO May 7 4 Richard T Arrowood 23 died in hospital from burns suffered while working on his car when a carburetor exploded gasoline drenched his chest and face Survivors include widow a five month old daughter parents and a sister Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
District Judge James Witherspoon overruled defense counsel B N Richards new trial bid in the Charles Smart murder case. Smart, convicted on Memorial Day night for the stabbing death of Richard H Jones a 26 year old farmhand in a Dalhart cafe. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury.
In Poteau Oklahoma on June 7 amateur local critics gathered as artist Joan Cunningham painted a mural depicting cotton pickers. They argued the figures looked wooden and dressed too smartly while a boy carried a 500 pound bale. Storekeeper O O Payne demanded removal. Curbstone critic Ray Bulgin likened the work to Thomas Benton but said it wasn’t badly done if copied well.
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