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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1945
Page
7
A collage of social items from Amarillo area readers. Local households report trips home from camps, births at Northwest Texas Hospital, and upcoming birthdays. Military notes include Lt. Bob Storseth in a South Pacific hospital. Readers share visits, medical updates, and community events across multiple neighborhoods and towns.
The Downtown USO hosts a second outing for GIs and junior hostesses Thursday night at Ellwood Park. Food includes Wieners rolls potato salad and lemonade with potato salad donated by Mrs. J. F. Bromert. Bob Bombard chairs the program and entertainment while Pvt. Robert Connelly leads the refreshment committee. Bombard from Worcester MA and Connelly from Providence RI are based at Amarillo Army Air Field.
Palo Duro Chapter of the National Secretarial Association will hold a meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in the home of Mrs. Sybil May at 3405 Van Buren.
Regular meeting of the Twenty Speakers Club will be held at 8 o clock Thursday night in Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington.
Mr and Mrs W A McDavid of 2100 Fillmore are vacationing in Tres Ritos and plan to be away for a week to ten days.
Washington officials say emergency war agencies will not end with peace. Regulations stay in effect as each agency charts postwar aims. Expiration dates vary. War Labor Board lasts six months post war unless Congress acts. Office of Price Administration extended to June 30 1946. Surplus Property Board to 3 years after war end unless Congress changes terms. War Manpower and War Production Boards rely on acts. OS ECO, OWI and WAR MOB reconversion operate at the President's pleasure.
The Llano Estacado Council hosts a four-division swimming meet at Gem Lake Pool tomorrow night at 8 15 with a post event lifesaving demonstration led by Buck Beringer. The final camp week at Cota Glen Camp runs Aug 19 to 26, with a seven day fee of 850 dollars and required health exams for all attendees.
Lt. and Mrs. Bill Batson visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Batson at 900 Taylor and Mrs. Batson’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Culver at 610-A West Sixteenth. Lt. Batson is stationed at Childress Army Air Field.
Pvt and Mrs Richard Foreman relocate to Amarillo from Los Angeles. He serves at Amarillo Field, and she works for White and Kirk. The couple resides at the Blackstone Hotel.
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi warns that patriotic slogans on mail to American prisoners of war held by Japan will trigger return to sender. German actions in 1943 and new US policy require such mail to be censored or forwarded to New York without postmarks. Use an unsealed extra envelope to avoid cancelations and hand the message to service clerks.
A detailed listing of KGNC programming across Monday and Tuesday including NBC CBS ABC and KFDA shows. It notes news segments with Ted Husing Raymond Gram Swing Hedda Hopper and more, alongside music programs, dramas, comedies, and variety features with station hosts and times.
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