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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
4
A feature notes tennis ethics and conduct on and off the court. It covers quiet behavior, sharing practice time, returning stray balls to adjacent courts, and how top players keep conversation minimal. It emphasizes courtesy to spectators and partners in doubles play.
A health note explains constipation comes from lack of bulk in the diet and urges Kellogg's All-Bran as a cereal remedy. It describes bulk as fiber that helps form a soft mass in the intestines and recommends daily breakfast with plenty of water. Kellogg's All-Bran is made in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
Mary Frances Norrid celebrated her sixth birthday with a party hosted by her mother Mrs Louis Norrid at Ellwood Park on Friday. About 30 guests enjoyed games and refreshments with Mesdames Claude Shelton and J Kirk assisting. The article also notes England's best honey producing areas in the Cotswoods and Wittshire dairy district.
Advertises Anne Adams pattern 4201 for children's dresses and a jumper style. Describes options with embroidery, lace edging, and sleeve styles, plus yardage needs for sizes 2 to 10. Priced 15 cents for pattern, book and pattern 25 cents. order from Amarillo Globe Pattern Department.
Tonight actions include American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Hall and Eastern Star at Masonic Hall both at 8.00. Forest Hill Home Demonstration Club meets Beenie Ellwood Park 6.00. Rebekah Lodge and other clubs gather across city with various times and venues including Cathedral Hall and Ellwood Park. Wednesday features Bow and Ribbon groups, church councils, and a Panhellenic dance at the Nat.
A junior club for sophomore high School girls will be organized Thursday at the home of Nancy Lou Meyer. It will be known as the 399 Club. Officers will be elected at the meeting. Charter members are to be Nancy Lou Meyer, Nelda Butler, Sue Kuykendall, Betty Nobles, Allene Beville, Betty Knight, Beverly Ball and Georgia Lou Mode.
Mrs W L Mathers of 2120 Ong Street and Mrs Julia P Fitzgerald with daughter Miss Idolene Fitzgerald of Macon Georgia have returned from a journey to Colorado and Yellowstone National Park. They will stay in Amarillo for several weeks as Georgia visitors who were feted at local parties earlier in the summer. A separate note mentions Italy using menthane or marsh gas as a gasoline substitute with fifteen hundred omnibuses reportedly using the fuel.
Advertisement promotes Calotabs as a safer calomel substitute for biliousness and torpid liver. One nightly Calotabs tablet with water or milk purportedly cleanses the system by expelling stagnant bile, leaving the user refreshed and with an improved appetite. Available in Checker-board packs, genuine Calotabs cost twenty five cents for a family package and ten cents for trial packs.
Strawberry Delight serves 10 to 12 uses ripe bananas egg whites strawberry preserves and angel food cake. Prepare banana puree beat with preserves and salt then thicken, fill cake hole and garnish with berries. Raspberry Whip serves 4 to 6 combines raspberries sugar egg whites and sherry or lemon juice, fold in whipped whites, chill and layer with sponge cake and whipped cream.
A backyard dude ranch supper party offers Western hospitality with decorations like tiny cacti and plaid table cloths. Serve barbecued beef or veal, spice cake, and Ranchers Coffolate with a Mexican style thirst quencher. Include Wild West costumes and a simple coffolate and barbecue sauce recipe with decaf coffee, chocolate, and spices.
Patricia Jones hosted Grade 7 Intermediate Department members of Polk Street Methodist Sunday School Monday night. They sewed draperies for their classroom for over three hours and enjoyed a covered dish supper followed by a dish brigade. The group plans weekly sewing after vacation with teacher Mrs Perryman. Attendees included Horacine Gibson, Doris Pierce, Donda Dodson, Virginia Nobles, Elizabeth Norton, the hostess, and Mrs Perryman.
Queenie the fox terrier has spent two and a half years wandering the United States with her owner Harry Lapin a 21 year old from Washington D C as he searched for work in various places across the nation.
A husband and wife pair at Morecambe Golf Course achieve an ace each. The husband praised his partner with a cheer after she holed her tee-shot at the third hole before finishing by placing his ball beside hers in the cup.
Patrons in Amarillo and the Panhandle may choose Eva Le Gallienne to appear in Hedda Gabler or The Master Builder at the Tri-State Fair on December 1. Milton Cox, exposition manager, says a popular poll could determine which Ibsen play she performs. Le Gallienne starred last season in Madame Capet at the Cort Theater in New York.
Ruth Millett critiques common topics in women’s talk and suggests eight subjects to avoid. She warns that health, sleep, family meals, diets, ancestry, troubles, children’s intelligence, and faults bore listeners and offer little interest beyond the speaker.
A step by step home guide to frying chicken with fryer sizes from 2 1 2 to 3 1 2 pounds. Instructions cover aging, size, bone presence, and meat coverage for tenderness. Includes frying temps, fat depth, cutting methods, and oven finishing to ensure no pink near the bone.
Bonita Chapter of the Eastern Star holds a party at 1600 Hughes Street as Mrs. BE Taylor, former past matron in 1906, and four other women are initiated into the Past Matron's Club. Hostesses include Mrs. Hertner and Mrs. Moreland. attendees include Mrs. Hightower, Mrs. Ben nett, and Mrs. Rippey among others.
Residents of Marinette Wisconsin woke to a three foot alligator on a quiet street after alarms from neighbors. A local florist reported the pet had wandered from its home.
Mrs. W H Saxton misplaced a purse while distributing food baskets in Conneaut Ohio. a thief removed 60 dollars but returned the purse and its other contents. Local authorities report the recovery after the incident.
Instructions describe a blouse using a stockinette variation for interlaced vari colored stripes and include a plain skirt in sizes 12 to 14 and 18 to 18. Materials, illustrations of stitches, and pattern details are provided. send ten cents and provide order number name and address.
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