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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
5
Mrs. Robert Wilson entertained with a nuptial shower for Miss Doris Higley, fiancée of Kenneth White of Rockford Illinois. Guests included Mesdames Willian Parr J W Sanders Hunter Nelson C A Gordon I L Taylor and others. Gifts in silver were presented and refreshments featured garden flowers.
Mrs Helen Nabers hosts Fidelis Class coffee at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday at 10 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
A reader asks how to cope with a husband who turns every gesture into a joke. Dorothy Dix advises that a perpetual josher and a serious wife rarely harmonize and suggests the humor be kept for friends, not home, to save the marriage for the sake of the children.
The National Federation of Music Clubs will hold its board meeting September 7 to 10 in Chicago at the Stevens Hotel. Events include a Jubilee luncheon, a banquet for Mrs. Keith, a youth luncheon, and a sacred concert, with hospital work and music therapy workshops featured. Texas attendees include Mrs. Brant W. Burford, Mrs. Bard W. Paul, and Mrs. Sam Seay, who plan Dallas events for 1949.
Lucien Lelong's fashion house closes as doctors forbid him to continue the couture business. The 58 year old designer had led Paris haute couture and chaired the Chambre Syndicate de la Couture Parisienne during the war era. The closure marks the first topflight house to shut since the war, with many predecessors leaving only memories of mastery in France.
Tonight presents a busy social calendar with church groups, clubs, and lodges in Amarillo. Activities include First Baptist Sunbeams program at Ellwood Park, Y Teen and YWCA meetings, Rebekah Lodges, Needle Art and Forest Hill demonstrations, plus open houses and Legion Auxiliary gatherings at multiple venues.
Polk Street Methodist Church Trulove Class plans a chain party Wednesday afternoon starting at 2 o clock. Members should meet at the home nearest them with listed hosts including Mrs L W Sloneker 2113 Hayden Mrs S D Rodgers 2112 Lincoln Mrs Jack Sweet 140814 Van Buren and N W Durham of Memphis recently named president of the Hall County Society for Crippled Children.
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