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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1934
Page
5
Mrs. W. O. McDaniel and daughter Mrs. S. A. Clark of Fort Worth are visiting Mrs. P. T. Brewer at 208 Arch Terrace Country Club this week.
The Amarillo Rebecca Lodge hosts a watermelon social Tuesday at 7 30 PM at Mrs John FP Roff's home 323 West Ninth Avenue. Visiting Rebeccas are invited.
Personal beauty tip advises transforming elbows into assets through a simple routine. Scrub with nail brush and warm soapy water, massage with warm olive oil, remove surplus, apply hand lotion and dust with powder for smooth elbows.
Checker wizards from across the nation gathered in Jamestown for a two week run to decide the American Checker Association title currently held by Asa A. Lang of Toledo. M. D. Teetsel of Abilene Texas editor of the Association Magazine will serve as referee.
The Women's Missionary Society of Line Avenue Baptist Church will observe Visitation Day on Wednesday afternoon in place of the regular Bibie Study due to the illness of Mrs. E. R. Read.
At the regular Home Demonstration County Council meeting held Saturday in the Commissioner's Court room plans were set for the annual encampment at Jack Hall's Ranch on August 28 and 29. Committee chairs were named by Mrs. O A Blankenship with program Mrs. G L Coffee menu Mrs. W Jenkins recreational Mrs. J R Hogge and song leader Mrs. Roy Stacker. A report on the short course at College Station was given by Mrs. Blankenship and Juanita Hill, a gold star club girl, provided an interesting update. Attending were Mesdames O A Blankenship A P Black Roy Stacker R P Hill L E Glavier Harry Krabbe G L Coffee Lee McBride Jess Walters L T Holland D F Fansler E F Hall B W Brown J R Hogee J H Rodgers C E McPherson Ray Boloved Fred Wendt P C Bennett John Broadus W Jenkins M L Kelley Mrs G M Peet and Miss Mary Sitton.
Mrs O P Dunlap presided as hostess to Stitch and Chatter Club members who drove to Cliffside for a picnic. Attendees included Mary Paden J W McGee Carl Haifilton D J Blackburn J W Weaver and others with plans for future meetings at 743 North Fillmore Street. Also listed are Woman's Council circle meeting dates and visiting guests from California and Los Angeles visiting Amarillo.
L J Day auditor for Borden Produce Company in San Antonio spends days in Amarillo on business. Wayne Wheeler announces birth of a daughter Myrtle Dell. Judge L Gough Mrs C E Wheeler and Mrs May Cathron of Paris spend a week vacation in Santa Fe and Taos New Mexico. John Cowan made a business trip to Fort Worth Saturday. Margaret Collins returned from a week with friends in Dallas. H Hubbard spends 4&4 weeks with friends in San Antonio and Kerrville. L A Minton returned from Oklahoma City where she visited for three weeks. Her father C P Young returned to Amarillo to visit for several weeks. C O Stetson and 2118 Taylor Street spending a 10 day vacation in Colorado. C N Tucker and daughter Joan left for Colorado for a vacation. M F Stewart and daughters Jacquelyn and Betty Jean of Ripon Wisconsin guests of S F Newbold and E F Abel for a week. Stewart former Amarillo residents. McNeill sisters and Joe McNeill left for Clarksville Virginia en route to World's Fair in Chicago. C W Sanders 907 Alabama Street to move to Houston after Shell Oil transfer. J C Wright and family spending a week in Temple.
Regular Bonita Chapter Order of Eastern Star meeting at Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock. Tuesday Business and Professional Women's Club holds regular dinner meeting at Amarillo Hotel at 6 15. Barbara Club hosted by Mrs H M Martin at 1712 Van Buren Street Apt 1 at 9 30. Bushland Home Demonstration Club meets at 2 30 with Mrs Carl Hill. Rebekah Lodge Watermelon social hosted by Mr and Mrs John F Ross at 323 West Ninth Avenue at 7 30.
A head on crash on Tenth Avenue near Polk Street yesterday evening injured three children, Betty Sue Campbell 5, Lou Ree Campbell 3 and Magdalene Campbell 4, daughters of C. G. Campbell Tulia. They suffered facial and neck cuts but no serious injuries. They were treated at St Anthony's Hospital and discharged. Driver of the second car was Mrs W W McIlroy of 1606 Van Buren Street.
Funeral services for John William Webb age 75 who died at his home on 902 Jackson Street yesterday afternoon will be held at 10 o clock tomorrow from the Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Dr. R C Snodgrass pastor of the First Christian Church will conduct with pallbearers L Timmons G W Brewer E Eads Oliver Austin J M Aldridge Co and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Webb former New Mexico manager of the American National Life Insurance Company had 35 years in the insurance business. Survivors include his widow Mrs Harriet Webb three daughters and four sons.
Senator W R Poage and John Olsen director of census in the department of education at Austin arrived in Amarillo to survey the scholastic census of Gray and Hutchinson Counties. Poage said the visit is a routine annual check not an investigation of the rolls. They expect to remain in Amarillo for several days, traveling with Miss Francis Cot von secretary who left Austin yesterday.
Mrs. Russell Medley and her daughter Jane Jo formerly of Amarillo now living in Longview are guests of Mrs. J. O. Whittington Mrs. Grover B. Hill Mrs. James Gwyn and her children return to Amarillo Tuesday after a three week visit in Clinton Kentucky
The Catholic Daughters of America will hold a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 PM at Cathedral Parish House 1110 Washington Street. Mrs Stalcup has a guest Miss Mamie Schaper of Waco visits Mrs Stalcups sister. The Tuesday Bible Club meets at Mrs H M Martins home 1712 Van Buren Street Apt 7 at 9 30 AM. Mrs C M Goodnight hosts L T D Club at her home 825 Mississippi Street Thursday at 4 PM.
Mr and Mrs A M Wellman and daughters Mary Lou and Gloria June have returned to their home at 3700 Polk Street after an extended visit with relatives and friends in Lubbock.
Last tribute to Rufus P Watts aged 86 was held at the Church of Christ with Rev Robert C Jones officiating. Interment was in Liano Cemetery. Watts opened Amarillo's first photographic studio, and he died after a lengthy illness.
Friday night at his home 990 Adama Street he a Confederate veteran and father of Murry Watts. Survived by his widow another son a stepson and a stepdaughter. Fourteen thousand books are published in England annually.
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