Guests and locals gather for visits and events in Amarillo
A jumble of social notes from Amarillo lists Mr. and Mrs. Claud Wells of Memphis visiting Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Vineyard. Jimmy Sills, stationed at Kodiak, Alaska, spends leave with his mother and wife. Various attendees at funerals and church conventions are named, along with newcomer families and assorted b’days, trips, and local curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Claud. Wells
Memphis
Amarillo
R. L. Vineyard
Corpus Christi
Wells
The
Democrat
Jimmy Sills
Grace B. Sills
West Fifteenth
Anita Cooper
Lincoln
Jim
Communications
US Naval Air Station
Kodiak
Alaska
Naval Service
Sills
John Fondi
Mr. Fondi
C. B. Fondi
Tucumcari
Ode to a Nightgown and Snippets From Amarillo
A trimmed chiffon nightgown poem notes its beauty and cost at 89 dollars. A Texas A&M muster address by James H. Pipkin is announced in College Station. A humorous police anecdote claims a thief was caught yesterday as a wallet was found in trousers. A local woman breaks her arm shopping downtown. Weather official P W Reynolds returns from medical leave in Little Rock. Velma Sutton recovers from surgery as Southwest Bell chief operator. A sporting goods store owners share a joke about a wallet missing one pocket. A DP from Russia is freed after smashing a Stalin photo display in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggiel
James H. Pipkin
Herman Pipkin
Amarillo
Texas A&m
College Station
Lipscomb Street
C. B. Reeder
Jackson
Reeder
T. P. W. Reynolds
US Weather Bureau
Army Tech Village
Little Rock
Ark
Reynolds
Guarding Cooked Eggs Replacement Plan
A fragmented note describes guarding cooked eggs worth six dollars and a plan to replace lost Simpkin eggs, with a deacon observing the effort. The text resembles a quirky, era-specific ledger line with unclear details and unusual spellings.
Good Taste Today advice column excerpts
Emily Post addresses social etiquette in a series of reader questions. A reader objects to personal questions in a doctor’s office and defends a corsage placed on a bag. The column explains polite responses and proper use of paper doilies in table settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Post
Mrs. Post
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Younger Generation profile of John Spikes Jr.
Ora Wright presents a youth profile of John Spikes Jr. age 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Spikes, living at 1023 Bowie. He attends Elizabeth Nixon Junior High, is an eighth grader, serves as home room president and sergeant-at-arms in speech class, and lists football basketball swimming among favorite sports. His hobby is a bird-wing collection of 72 varieties and his ambitions include becoming an architect and earning straight A report cards plus a letter in basketball.
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Ora Wright
John Spikes Jr
John V. Spikes
Bowie
Elizabeth Nixson
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Austin
Frank Neal
Fillmore
Fisk Building
Clint Small
Doug
MacArthur
Polk Street
Truman
Lila Jo Bell
Bob Stuart
Green Acres
Ray David Parr
Sally Sparks
M. B. Kendrick
Sadie Deere
J. P. Morrow
Fairmont
W. A. Bell
Vernon
A. P. Morrow
Hayes
Eva Ayres
Fairmount
Lois Murrah
E. G. Duncan
Oliver Bier
Joe Hall
Plainview
Murrah
R. O. Lovett
Polk
Lubbock
Charlotte Tompkins
Panhandie
Carson County
Zetta Edwards
Pampa
Audry Thompson
Willie Harlan
Hereford
Amrillo
Jack Terrell
Houston
Mesdames C. D. Spann
Maurice Hanna
E. M. Osborne
Marsh Watson
W. H. Irby
Jim Roberts
Devrheard
Lynn D. Clement
Tennessee
Great Falls Air Force Base
Great Falls
Mont
1701St Air Police Squadron
Air Force
Clement
AAFB
George C. Farr
Lowrey Field
Denver
Amarillo Air Force Base
John Joe Gibson
Nazareth
Tex
Melvin LeForce
Phoenix
Ariz
Gibsons
LeForces
van Buren
APPLE
Perryton
Charles Whippo
Buddy
Monroe
C. E. Whippo
Ed DiLoreto
Sharon
Sheila
Ohio
DiLoreto
Louise Warren
North Arthur
St. Louis
Tom Owen
Art Center Galleries
Washington
Jaycees
Dallas
Palestine
Ted R. Cox
North Forest
Farwell
Dale
Charles
James Cox
Dimmitt
T. A. Milam
West Sixth
J. L. Williams
Stinnett
al Chessir
Wrgley
Surin
Prescription
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Milady
Velma Sutton
Southwest Bell Telephone Company
Northwest Texas Hospital
M. J. Rubin
M. A. Rubin
New American Sporting Goods
Mannie
Marvin
Vladimir Alexandro
New York
Stalin
Moloto
Russia
Mati Ti
Zoe
Ozarka
Sixth Street
Walsh
Zero
Cone
King Postures Syndicate
Wiarld
Annie Rooney
Arry Lacy
Annie
Bones
Pee al
Sari
Anya
Johnson-Price
John
Furbach
Rolex
Hamilton Watch Agency
Croton @ Gruen and
Wyler Watches
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