Evening community events at USO and area venues
Enlisted Men's Wives Club hosts a picnic at 6 30 pm. W F W Auxiliary meets at 8 pm led by Mrs Zella Bruce at 1822 Fillmore. Lawn games 7 30 pm Auditorium USO. Dancing class 8 pm Victory Command Dance. Company D Amarillo Field Service Club meet 6 pm at 201 Polk. Personal recordings Downtown U80 7 pm and Downtown UBC. Saturday story hour Amarillo Public Library 4 pm. Deb Ette Hawaiian Dance Amarillo Country Club 9 pm. Date and married couples dance Downtown USO 9 pm Learn to Dance USO 8 30 pm. Companies A and C Victory Command dance USO 9. Outdoor movies and lawn games Auditorium USO 10 pm and Downtown USO 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Victory Command
Amarillo Field
Polk Street
Nancy Brint
Amarillo Country Club
Cutouts Cut Capers on Sewing Front for Children's Sake
A leading fashion note on felt appliques with ready to sew cutouts priced 29 cents to 1.98. Designs include lambs puppies hearts flowers apples and cherries for garments and accessories. Parents and teens use them on pinafores beanies bags and skirts for bright color and playful style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Monthly Luncheon and Light Features From Enlisted Wives Club
The Enlisted Men's Wives Club met at the Capito Hotel for a monthly luncheon with a 2:30 p.m. business session at the Downtown USO. Attendees included Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Livingston, Mrs. Riggs, Mrs. Turner, and others from Amarillo to Detroit. New members invited. activities at USO and YWCA are free. a child caretaker is provided at meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enlisted Men's Wives Club
Capito Hotel
Uso
M. B. Fuller
Amarillo
W. R. Livingston
Champaign
D. Riggs
Ill
Alberta Turner
San Francisco
Cal
Robert C. Sewell
Winchester
B. H. Parsons
Sanford
N. C
George L. Shapiro
New York City
Martin Rosengarten
Yonkers
N. Y
Fred Resnick
John Jenkins
Hamlin
Texas
John Thompson
Glendale
B. L. Amsberry
Helena
Mont
W. O. Elliott
Detroit
Mich
Riggs
Bargains in Lesser Known Pork Cuts for Meals
Read and cook practical guides on pork feet knuckles tails neck bones and back bones with directions for buying simmering and creating fricassee pork loaf and pork salad plus a cabbage fiesta and jellied stock options. Includes stock broth ratios fat yields and serving ideas.
Delafield Discusses The Commandments
Evangelist R F Delafield presents How to Keep All of God's Commandments in a free colored picture address tonight at 8 30 oclock in the big tent studio West Ninth and Van Buren with audience likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist R. F. Delafield
Big Tent
West Ninth and
van Buren
WACs Learn Slang From ATS Abroad
AP features describe American WACs and ATS exchanging slang during World War II in Britain and North Africa. WACs teach Arabs and ATS slang while ATS soldiers in Britain learn American greetings and expressions, creating humor and cultural mix among units overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATS
London
North Africa
Britain
ATS. E Wacs
Barbara Wace
Associated Press
Bob
WACS
Henriette Horak
San Francisco
WAC
LTD Club Meeting Highlights World Events Program
Mrs. Etta Cole hosted the LTD Club at 312 West Sixth Avenue with roll calls on world leaders including Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Members planned a white elephant sale at the next gathering at Mrs. G. T. McClain’s home and a lawn party for August 19 hosted by Mrs. J. C. Wyatt at 2509 Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Cole
West Sixth Avenue
L. T. D Club
RM. Allred
Chiang Kai-shek
G. T. McClain
East Twentieth Avenue
J. C. Wyatt
Jackson Street
All OES Members and Families Invited To Supper in Park
Amarillo Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will stage a Robert Morris celebration as a picnic at San Jacinto Park at 7 color Sunday evening. A fried chicken supper will be served to all OES members and their families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OES
Robert Morris
San Jacinto Park
Amarillo
Order of the Eastern Star
British speech and slang in wartime culture noted
The piece contrasts American and British terms such as to take a dim view and bloody awful, observes WAC slang like lift perm and a sweet, and mentions WAC quarters in flat. It cites June 1942 as having a record average daily export freight unload at American ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pardon
Friday the 13th Good Omen for New WAC Recruit Naomi Middleton
Miss Naomi Middleton sworn in as the first WAC after a recruiting campaign in Amarillo. Lieut. Neva Kerr administered the oath on July 17 before Middleton reports to Daytona Beach for active duty training. A Duke Oklahoma high school graduate, Middleton played basketball and later worked at Pantex before moving to Amarillo in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Middleton
Daytona Beach
Fla
WAC
Miss Middleton
Neva Kerr
Duke
Okla
Weatherford
Hollis
Amarillo
Pantex
Ware Twins Reunited In San Diego Navy School
Charles and Neal Ware, 18 year old twins and sons of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ware, have been reunited in the Navy Signal Corps School in San Diego. The Amarillo brothers were inducted May 10 and reported to the naval base May 15 for boat training, ending a period of separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Neal Ware
Arthur Ware
Navy Signal Corps School
San Diego
Navy
Naval Base
Twins Demand to Sail Together Face Navy Dismissal
Objections filed at Regimental Headquarters by Charles and Neal Ware to be sent to sea together led to a sergeant’s reply that one would be killed if paired. The brothers were instead assigned to the Signal Corps School, reuniting after four weeks and confusing officers about identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ware
Neal Ware
Gay Gads Club Hosts Luncheon and Gift Exchange
The Gay Gads Club met at Mrs. Robert Crawford’s home for a covered dish luncheon and to draw names for Pollyanna gift exchanges next week. New member Mrs. Bob Gray joined, with attendees Mrs. Jack Drake Mrs. Mayo Turman Mrs. Johnny Dunn Mrs. Marvin Webb and guest Mrs. Jack Fogg. The next meeting is at 2 PM next Thursday at Mrs. Otis Denny’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Crawford
Nineteenth Avenue
Bob Gray
Mesdames
Jack Drake
Mayo Turman
Johnny Dunn
Marvin Webb
Jack Fogg
Otis Denny
Madison Street
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W. F. W. Auxiliary
Zella Bruce
Fillmore Street
Downtown
Ubc
Amarillo Public Library
Deb Ette
Dorothy Rof
AP Fashion
Plain Jane
Polly
Jane
Ruzak
Robertson
George Robertson
Ellen Guynes
Frank Carney
Mississippi Street
Lola Daniel
Bud Roop
B. F. Fullerton
L. Quinn
C. L. Portwood
H. M. Arnett
Nora McClendon
Pauline Woodward
Mary Bethany
Edd Stoddard
Salt Lake City
Philip C. Reynolds
England
Plains
Dresden
China
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Martha Logan
Delafield
the Commandments
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Comrouno
L.N. Pittman
OPTO
Polk St
Regent's
Great Salt Lake
Utah
John A. Harper
Oliver-Eakle
Ware
Gay Gads Club
Crawford
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Prescription
Bobby Pins
Armour
Kellogg's
Pebeco
Pete
Ainty
Linit
ALL
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