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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1948
Page
9
A column of Dororthy Dix style letters and answers addresses marriage motives, teen romance, and parental rules. A wife questions divorcing without love and potential child impact, while a teen contemplates marriage at a young age, with advice emphasizing honesty, timing, and personal growth.
The Fidelis Class hosted a monthly luncheon and business meeting at Airst Baptist Church. Mrs J Hull, president, directed the Session with Mrs E J Bryan presiding. A devotional by Mrs Puen Baker and a solo by Mrs Mayme Campbell chaired the program. Decorations by Mrs C E Osgood featured spring flower arrangements for 25 guests and members.
A traveler, Wayne Gidcomb, aimed for Harrisburg Pa but learned of another Harrisburg after boarding a Los Angeles to Harrisburg ticket. He rode until the train halted at Harrisburg then returned home next day. Boston report ponders a racehorse name Pail of Water for a two year old filly by Jack High.
Woman's Page notes LTD Club hosts at Mrs Joe Deason home with planned covered dish dinner at Mrs W J Flesher residence. Next meeting set for May 6 at Mrs W L Crane home with refreshments served to a group of members. Texas B P W Club elects Ruth Townsend Fort Worth as president and names other officers at Dallas convention. Chicago convention bureau reports 66 meetings in April drawing about 52 000 attendees.
Tonight events include Friendship Anns Sewing Club at 1:30 pm for Mrs. W. G. Fly and Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority at Federation Club Rooms 8 pm. Rebekah Hall hosts Leap Year Dance at 2001 West Sixth. Tuesday features Amoma Class at First Baptist 3 pm, YWCA Finance Committee 10 am, South Amarillo Garden Club plant exchange, Trinity Methodist Church 30 o'clock, Bushland Home Demonstration Club 11 pm, Musical Arts Conservatory faculty luncheon 12 pm, U-Deal-Em Bridge Club 1 pm, Polk Street Methodist Church Tru-Jove Class 2 pm, La Cortura Club 2:30 pm, Las Amigas Club 2:30 pm, Division No. 900 GIA to the B for L.E. 100F hail 2:50 pm, Junior square dance at YWCA 4 pm, LTD club dinner 6:30 pm, Junior Progressive Study Club 7:30 pm Wayside 7:30 pm, Amarillo Rebekan Lodge 222 7:30 or 8:00 pm, Bonita Chapter 184 Order of the Eastern Star Khiva Temple 6 pm, and Gorka Club Board meetings YMCA 8 pm Open House YWCA 8 pm.
In Chicago a Palmolive Building elevator experiment uses a low volume loudspeaker system to play music. Building manager Carl Olin reports riders respond with smiles and friendlier greetings. Elevator starter Daniel O'Keefe notes a formerly sour tenant emerged cheerful after rides, prompting plans to equip all elevators with transaigibed music fed via telephone lines.
Miss Marilyn Miller bride elect of John Cross of Amarillo was honored at a luncheon hosted by Jean Dudley at Colonial Apartments 4134 Pierce. Miller, daughter of Mrs Otis Miller of 719 West Seventeenth, and Cross, son of Mr and Mrs J M Cross Sr of Louisville Ky, plan a May 1 wedding. Tulip bouquets and pink carnations adorned the room with place cards for guests including Mrs Otis Miller Mrs Glen Hall Mrs J F Donahoe Miss Marilyn Miller Miss Faye Robertson Miss Adelaide Barton Miss Mary Miller and the hostess.
Sew N Sew Club enjoyed a social gathering at the home of Mrs Earl Blankenship at 3105 Harris. Pollyanna gifts were exchanged and refreshments served. Attending were Mesdames Cloyce Gordon Bob Maxwell Leroy Rickman Noel Rickman Virgil Lemaster Carter Veazey the hostess and a guest Mrs Deward McDowell of Sampton Cal. The next meeting is slated for April 30 at 2 o'clock in the home of Mrs Leroy Rickman 4218 West Twelfth.
The Philathea class luncheon met at the Baptist Church with Mrs. R. P. Parcells giving the invocation and Mrs. Ray Richards delivering the devotional. A quartet including Mrs. Jerry Dye and Mrs. E. G. Powell sang In the Hollow of His Hand. Guests and members listed include W. G. Ivy Cashion Dye Richards Bill Bourns K. C. Gentry Trenton Davis J. A. Patterson Jerry Adams Jack Whisenant D. E. Woodson Ben Pate Earl Coffee P. W. Hawks Blair Jones Fred Hamner Parcells J. C. Sparks M. King H. E. Knight Joe Inman Guy Bailey and Ted Bippus.
Senor de la Rosa, a famed entertainer, will address about 1,500 youths at a public banquet to aid the San Jacinto Youth Center recreation project. Eugenia Pesquiera and Mayor Lawrence Hagy will attend, with music and dances from Old Mexico. A theft of a coin box at a New York rail station funded the effort. organizers hope 3,000 youths benefit when completed.
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