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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
9
Revival styles return in 1948 shoe fashion, with spats, buttoned boots, and pump variations leading the trend. New designs feature slim silhouettes, metallic details, velvet and satin evening shoes, high insteps, and creative fastenings, while suede and calfskin dominate materials and black and browns remain essential.
Legion Auxiliary and members hosted a Monday evening cheer party at Veterans Hospital. Ambulatory and wheelchair patients enjoyed a watermelon feast on the east lawn while auxiliaries visited wards handing out cigarettes, gum, and toilet articles. Attendees included L. A Pitt and Granville Routh among others. Also notes Texas hosts the second largest observatory in the U.S. in the Davis Mountains.
Marguerie Zimmerling of Beaumont district governor visited the Pilot Club at its Herring Hotel dinner meeting. Officers reported on last year’s activities and plans for the year ahead. Miss Shirley Dobbs presented Hubbard's theme Friendship and read a poem. Attendees included Mesdames Laura May Blakemore Florence Amet Cove Dees Jewell Sittel Dorothy Adams Daisy Bruce Faye Gordon Hazel Lewis Frances Cyrus Ann Hastings Alva Dee Posey Lewis Shane Sarah W Billie Davis Virginia Schroeder Jennie Inman Loretta King Salome Hales Ruth Webster Mildred Lamb Dr Frances Ruth Benson Dorothy Wagerie Maude Lynch Gladys Buchanan Adra La Lucille Jennings Esther Boulwampton Rita Lamons Eva unice Best and Shi.
The Dueens Club gathered at Mrs. Dwight Stubblefield's 400 Sunset home to map the year's programs. President Mrs. Stubblefield guided the meeting while Mrs. Glen Franks outlined federation plans to finance a new building and Mrs. Curtis O Bear discussed yearbooks. Refreshments followed as members and guests socialized.
The Union of the First Baptist Church was entertained at a waffle supper last evening in the yard of the G C Matthews home at 213 West Teenth. Bert Matthews hosted. Attendees included Jan Gose Clifford Casey Harold Dean Craig Stone Helen Roller Weldon Robinson Harold New Christine Harrell Arlee Roland Jean Josey Anne Jackson Loyd Jobe Buddy Mager Elsie.
Mr and Mrs Warren Winfield Kelly of Edgewater Beach Apartments announced the engagement of their daughter Jean to James Donovan Wigglesworth Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Alexander Proven of Winnetka The betrothal was disclosed at a family buffet. Miss Kelley attended Roycemore Purdue University and was a Kappa Alpha Theta member. Wigglesworth works with the Santa Fe Railway Company as general using agent for the Western lines.
A short note lists a pending spare session for the Mystic Weavers Needle Club meeting Thursday at Bush 1706 Fillmore. The fragment mentions early fort establishment by fur trappers and names Frank Spann Leo Southern Alice Farnsworth among others.
The HDC Council convened in a business session to elect delegates and alternates to the Texas Home Demonstration Association meeting in Temple. Mrs T E Bursey presided. Mrs Adolph Bertrand and Mrs H F Aurouze were named delegates with Jim Beverlin and Mrs L Robertson as alternates. Mrs J R Hogge was named THDA chairman for the new year.
The Travel Study Club will gather Friday at 2 30 in the home of Mrs RL Rogers 1908 Tyler. Dr A M r of Amari College will be the guest speaker. The University of California and the College in New York City are noted references in the readable fragment.
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