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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
5
Amarillo Garden Club members will tour the city’s finest gardens Wednesday morning. The event starts at 1300 Monroe Street and is directed by Mrs. C D Hoover. Members only, with calls to join and bulbs offered as membership rewards. Gardens split into three classes with prizes from Old Honest Tack.
A long list of community happenings across town. The program includes a free cream social at Sacred Heart Parish Hall and a Knights of Columbus event, plus meetings for the MacDowell Club, Junior Opera Society, Bible clubs, and women’s auxiliaries. Readouts show times, hosts, and locations for these neighborhood activities.
Fort Worth’s Bob Ryan defeated Bruce Baxter 6-3 6-1 to win the men’s singles title at the State Municipal Tennis meet in Waco. Laverne Stages won the women’s singles defeating Lois Campbell 7-5 6-2, with Ann Evans taking the girls’ singles 6-4 6-0.
An article notes postwar increases in contagious skin infections like impetigo and scabies among children in schools and beaches. It urges washing and foot cleaning, warns germs linger, and stresses prevention over cure through vigilant hygiene and prompt antiseptic use.
Tomorrow is the last day to donate to the Woman's Day Fund in the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Contributions from ten cents up support a memorial for Phebe K. Warner at the state federation headquarters in Austin. both men and women may contribute by calling local organizers.
In Borger on August 12 a dinner honored Mr and Mrs L McNeill and Frances Betty Dorothy McNeill of Amarillo. Attendees included Rev and Mrs Victor K Aubrey and John Victor Aubrey with zinnias decorating and a central vase. Separate items note the Amarillo Methodist Christian Social Relations committee meeting at Mrs J L Scott’s home and a Business and Professional Women's Club picnic planned for Ellwood Park's west side at 6 30 Tuesday evening.
An advertisement claims RC, prepared by a registered pharmacist, provides rapid relief for headaches and neuralgia in minutes. The remedy, offered in 1% and 2c packages, is described as non narcotic and non habit forming with several blended ingredients.
Music club members are invited to a seated tea from 4 to 11 pm in the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel. The MacDowell Music Club hosts with Mrs. R. J. Bottoms as president and a program arranged by Mrs. H. A. Waller featuring Dowell Ensemble and soloists including Frances Glick and Mary Miller Beard among many others.
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a fast acting remedy for itch rash tetter ringworm and eczema. It claims the medicine melts in quickly and offers money back if the first jar fails.
In Cheboygan Michigan probate judge A T McClintic and Register of Deeds Leonard J McDonald both run barber shops while serving in office. Alderman Robert Duncan also moonlights as a barber turning local politics into daily routine work. Meanwhile in Massachusetts Ethel Eddy, 20, was hospitalized twice within a year after hay wagon incidents.
Jobyana Ralston and Richard Arlen married after a 12 year Hollywood courtship begun with mutual friends. The couple, now with two and a half year old Richard, share hobbies in golf badminton and collecting early American furniture. Jobyana assists as secretary and is active in social circles.
Two hundred beavers are moved from lowlands to Snoqualmie National Forest to perform dam building as part of a national task this year.
Local scouts report a Jamboree cancellation with plans for a new trip. Troops list merit badge choices and encourage multiple selections. Training and uniforms urged for Confederate Veterans event, Court of Honor set near C. B. Johnson’s home. Troops 16 23 4 25 20 report activities and upcoming games and camps.
A survey of glass manufacturers shows demand for safety plate glass boosted employment by over 600 percent. Car makers adopted safety glass widely in 1935, with 70 percent of new cars equipped, aided by legislation and prices fell by more than half over five years.
More than 3,000,000 vehicles have crossed the Philadelphia Camden Delaware River bridge since its opening. Toll revenue collected by the Joint Bridge Commission operating the skyway has exceeded 26 million pounds.
R. T. Miller Jr of Chicago donates fifty thousand dollars to Oberlin College to raise the Etta Fraser Miller loan fund from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars. He urges colleges to invest part of endowments in notes of their own students.
Mrs. Neil B. Shaver endured a double loss when a burglar robbed her Tacoma residence of dishes quilts silverware and other household goods then started a kerosene fire in the living room.
A reader shares a true letter about husband and wife renewing affection after adopting Lifebuoy soap to combat body odor. The anecdote cites a mutual consideration code and a happier marriage, praising Lifebuoy's deep cleansing formula as milder than other beauty soaps.
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