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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
4
Mrs Gladys Marsalis Glenn will report on the state music teachers convention in Fort Worth. The Amarillo group meets at 12.15 Tuesday at the Mexican Inn. Mrs EBA Peachal discusses A Singer s Musicianship. Members call for excused absences.
Mrs M F E Presley entertained the H Y N Club with a covered dish luncheon at 400 Madison Street. Attendees included Mesdames Lucy Ploud A W Williams W T Gross J H Rose G J Bishop J J Armstrong WY Alexander C W Alexander Liosd A Gray Groree Locke Evelyn Alexander and the masters. The club will meet Thursday with Mrs JoH Row 713 West Ninth Avenue.
The Fellowship Class of Central Presbyterian Church will hold a covered dish luncheon at noon Tuesday in the Fellowship Hall. Gifts will be exchanged. For details call Mrs. J. C. Sullivan at 2-3572. All members urged to attend.
The Junior American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular business meeting in the Legion Home at 4 15 o clock Tuesday afternoon.
The La Costura sewing club will meet Tuesday at 12 30 o clock in the home of Mrs John Cleavin at 3010 Hayden Street.
The ceremony at the Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church united Harriet Godwin and Finis Mothershead Jr in a morning service officiated by Rev. Willis P. Gerhart. Attendants were Nancy Sanford and D. F. McCarty Jr. The couple, given in marriage by Mac Sayles, received in a reception following a Normandy lace table setup and twin wedding bells. The bride wore dusty rose and carried mixed flowers. the groom wore formal dark attire. The couple departed for a wedding trip after a reception hosted by Mrs. Henry Savies Jr. The bride is daughter of Mrs. Francis Eugene Godwin and niece of Mrs. Russell Sanford. The groom is a Telegraph editor at the Reporter-News.
The listing outlines multiple community events in Amarillo including Alpha Alpha Chapter meetings at Federation Club Rooms and 1608 Madison Street, a Berean West Amarillo Christian Church Christmas party, Amarillo High School Band Parents Association gathering, Panhandle Speech Arts Association party and gift exchange, and various other social gatherings. Key hosts include Mrs J E Montgomery, Mrs Wayne O Kerfe, Mrs Aleene White, and Mrs R R Swindell. The schedule also notes Panhandle Artists Group arts and crafts exhibit at Herring Hotel Room 202 and a Texas A and M Parents Club dinner honoring freshmen parents at 512 West Sixteenth Avenue.
Local religious and civic groups list morning and afternoon meetings across Amarillo. Activities include Amoma Class coffee at 9, P T Units at several schools, harvest program, Christmas parties, luncheons, and other gatherings at churches, halls, and members’ homes July through afternoon sessions.
Final banquet plans will be made at a Band Parents Association meeting for Amarillo High School tonight at 8 in the Band Room. Members are urged to be present.
A dated list of dealer prizes from multiple Texas towns and neighboring states. Prizes include 50 dollars, 20, 10 and 2 dollars each, with participating stores in Fort Worth Austin Navasota Lorena Lueders San Angelo Beaumont San Antojo les Duncan Albuq NM Arthur Tex Midland Midwett M M Greatthag and others.
A narrative describes how mothers use praise, comparisons, and imagined futures to influence sons and fathers in everyday tasks and decisions. The piece notes the pattern as a general family dynamic, with examples of dieting, social choice, chores, and adult roles.
Members and guests gathered at Mrs Edith Lewis home for bridge and forty two with attendees including Alta Meadow Bertha Lawrence Bertha Gowdy WH Cole Margaret Spencer Will Elliss John Ross John Stidger O K Chamberlain Rena Withers Annabelle Gowdy Mae Lewis Warren Cole The next meeting will be at the home of Mr and Mrs Julian F Ross 323 West Ninth Avenue January 3.
Mrs J R Parrott the former Ruth Rife was honored with a miscellaneous postnuptial shower at the home of Mrs Jewel Kolb. Assisted by Mrs Blanche Gardner and Miss Hulda Jonathen, attendees included numerous relatives and office staff from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.
The Lone Star Roller Canary Bird Club will meet at Mrs. B N Chesney home 4001 Tyler Street at 4 30 o clock Tuesday afternoon.
The Amarillo Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service district holds Harvest Day at Polk Street Church Tuesday from 11 30 am to 3 pm with Miss Jo Anne Davis and Miss Flora Foreman as principal speakers. A covered dish lunch is noon and a fellowship tea follows at 3 15 pm. Ministers in the Amarillo district also meet that day.
The Alpha Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority will meet at 8 o'clock this evening in the Federation Club Rooms.
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