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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1941
Page
4
The record lists numerous participants including Ruth Glass Jean Johnson Vera Kennedy Sara Beth Hallmer Wanda Stevens Helen Gare Betty Lamb Mary Jane Blat Phyllis Burnett Virginia Hess Mary Bess Fullerton Anna Ruth Gray Betty Louise Wilson Wanda Lee Ellis Faye Wardle Mary Lee Cox and Viola Cory. Chaperones are Mrs John Cavin and Mrs L J Vogel with Mrs O A Kennedy and Mrs E R Glass. Vogel sits on the grand executive committee.
Dorothy Dix argues that a nineteen year old American woman engaged to a foreign man risks lifelong unhappiness due to cultural and educational gaps. She warns that differing traditions, languages, and tastes create irreconcilable conflict and loneliness, urging partners share class and interests for a stable marriage.
The Friendship Club will meet at 2 30 this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Catherine Morrow 1404 Hayden Street. The address in the Sunday calendar was incorrect.
The Pierce Street Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society will meet at 2 o’clock Wednesday at the church to discuss outreach plans and upcoming events.
Lucy Crockett, descendent of Davy Crockett, has lived on U S Army posts worldwide and urges a strong peacetime army. Kathleen Norris, 60, champions isolationism as honorary vice president of Women’s United. The piece profiles Dr Alsop and Mary McBride advising young women on work, etiquette, and social life.
Engagement announced for Louise McDougal daughter of Mrs Spurgeon McDougal to Jack Jouette son of Mr and Mrs W H Jouette of Farmersville. The couple plans a July 14 wedding at First Methodist Church Vernon. Louise attends West Texas State College and Texan State sorority Pi Omega. Jack is assistant business manager at the college.
Potter County Girls 4-H met at Mrs. John Bichsel home with roll call on preferred project. Pauline Lakey led quilting talk with woolen quilts, quilt protectors, patterns, and a green cotton bedspread with orchid flowers. Countywide 4-H later held a quilts and finishes demonstration at the county home demonstration office and toured the zero locker plant with attendees listed.
Hereford notes a miscellaneous shower for Miss Martha Elle Ewton who wed on June 8. Hosts included Mrs T W Alderson and many local women with readings by Bernadine Phillips and Mary Ann Baird. A punch hostess and dining help are named with a registry attended by Mrs B B Allen of Clovis.
Mrs. George Cooper receives bridal celebrations including a dinner and shower hosted by Mrs. B W Hayden at 1600 Hayden Street with guests listed. A separate shower was held at Mrs. B Clegg’s home on Harrison Street decorated with white gladioli and attended by numerous relatives and friends. Gifts came from many named ladies and couples, reflecting a large social acknowledgments for the upcoming wedding.
Miss Lola Pyeatt of Canadian married R. J. Fincher of Panhandle on June 8 in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Russell Coatney. The bride, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Pleatt of Strong City, Oklahoma, owned Loet Beauty Shop in Canadian. The groom, son of Mrs. J. A. Fincher, has worked with Southwestern Public Service. They plan to move to Amarillo for their home.
Sheriff Ray Burton of Claude and Louise Cobb of Lakeview Community were wed at the Baptist Church parsonage in Amarillo on June 7, officiated by Rev. W L Williamson. Mrs. Burton, daughter of Mrs. George Cobb, is Claude High School trained and worked in Amarillo. Sheriff Burton, a Goodnight High School graduate, has lived in the county since age 13 and co-owns Magnolia gas and oil stations with Boss Cobb in west Claude.
Miss Cora Lee Carter and Richard A. Carter united with Lowell Winsor in Borger as Eugene Richter served as best man. The couple planned Yellowstone and a home at Knight Apartments after July. The bride, Amarillo College attendee and Beta Sigma Phi member, works for J. M. Huber. groom a Phillips chemist. In a second Borger ceremony Miss Eileen Crosby wed Tyrus Bain at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Bishop Seaman officiating. breakfast at Hotel Black followed. Crosby, Borger High and Texas Tech alumna, has stage and church ties. Bain, captain-elect of Texas Tech Red Raiders, is a Texas Tech student and member of Double T.
Pattern 7001 offers a peacock bedspread design with 10 and 5 to the inch cross stitches in single or multi color shades. Includes transfer motif 15 x 18 inches and two motifs 5 14 x 6 34 inches, color chart, stitches, and materials. request by mail with ten cents to The Amarillo Daily News Household Arts Dept.
The article notes that the couple has completed their degrees and decided to relocate to Lubbock to start a new life.
Miss Emily Maverick Miller daughter of Dr and Mrs Edmund Thornton Miller of Austin and Marshall Wells son of the late Mr and Mrs Edwin A Wells were married at All Saints Episcopal Chapel in Austin on June 5. The ceremony featured music by James P Clements Emma Virginia Decherd and Bonnie Ruth Taylor followed by a reception at the bride’s parents home. After a wedding trip the couple will reside at 503 West Seventeenth Street Austin.
Miss Dorothy Joseph of New Orleans, formerly of Panhandle, married Dr. Justin O York of New Orleans on June 2 in New Orleans. Sister Miss Joyce Joseph attended, and Dr. Phillip Palito was best man. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Joseph of New Orleans and is a Sophie graduate.
Wright School in New Orleans bride earned a B S from Newcomb College and pursued a master's at LSU. Her groom, son of Dr and Mrs O York of Panhandle, studied at Panhandle High and UT Austin, taught locally, then pursued an M D at LSA. After Charity Hospital internship, he begins a three year residency. A breakfast followed the ceremony and a Texas Oklahoma New Mexico tour. 275 plus guests from Amarillo Canyon Pampa Borger and Panhandle attended.
Portales, New Mexico three Rainbow Girls gained grand offices at the Grand Assembly in Santa Fe. Anita George was named grand recorder and supreme page, Marie South earned grand representative to Illinois, and Lois Hinkle became grand representative to Washington. George departs Portales for Cleveland to serve as supreme page at the assembly, then travels to Niagara Falls and beyond before returning home via Chattanooga.
Pattern 9706 may be ordered only in misses women sizes 12 14 16 18 20 30 32 34 36 38 40. Size 16 dress and revers 4% yards 35 inch fabric and bolero 1 yard contrast. Send 15 cents to Amarillo News Pattern Dept New York NY for pattern plus 10 cents for Pattern Book.
In Tucumcari New Mexico on June 16 Mrs A T Gordon was appointed state chairman of the education committee of New Mexico by state president Mrs C A Love of Hobbs. The ceremony marked a notable recognition by the state AAUW. The piece also notes that the first patent in America was granted 150 years ago.
Delegates from Amarillo and Palo Duro Assemblies of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls returned from El Paso where Vera Kennedy was elected grand treasurer. The group shared messages, badges, and celebrations including a party at the Cortez Hotel plaza and a Rainbow Yell program that drew strong applause for Vera and Mrs. Daisy Cushing.
A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Cecil Billington nee Miss Naomi McCarty in Portales New Mexico. The event hosted by Mesdames Ernest Black Clarence Worley L C Thomas Roland McLean and Miss Macy Morris and Mary Alice Walton drew over a hundred guests at the Woman's Club building.
The report calls a private nicknamed Right Ball the laziest goldbrick at Scott Field. He was found sleeping between Private Eugene W. Sheridan's bank sheets and naps during working hours. Despite this, he holds his wings a flying squirrel.
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