Amarillo Christmas Lights Spark City Cheer Contest
Yule lights are appearing across Amarillo as Mrs. Parl Fuqua leads the Garden Club Christmas Lighting Contest. Homes on Jackson Hayden Parker streets and 18th Avenue display festive displays amid wartime calls for cheer. Residents may enter for cash prizes, with entry blanks on this page. The Happy Hour Sewing Club met at Mrs. Jack Wicker’s 507 Jefferson Street for sewing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parl Fuqua
Amarillo
Happy Hour
Jack Wicker
Jefferson Street
J. C. Claughton
Jack By
DAR group plans Christmas aid for local family
Esther McCrory Chapter of the D A R meets with 35 members at Mrs. Lee Bivins home to adopt a local Spanish American family for Christmas, with a food toy and clothing basket. The chapter will also send a Christmas box to two DAR schools in Tennessee and North Carolina. Members logged 806 Red Cross hours in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther McCrory
The
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Lee Bivins
Polk Street
Tennessee
North Carolina
Red Cross
W. W. Rusk
Earl G. Hamlett
Clubwomen Prep to Defend Agriculture in National Defense
Washington dispatch notes the General Federation of Women's Clubs with 2,000,000 members urged to prepare for agricultural needs if men are called to service. Land Grant Colleges could train women in farm machinery, marketing and storage, tying housewives daily duties to defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Agriculture Committee of the
Federation
C. W. Hevner
Franklin, Neb
Pattern 4729 available in women sizes up to 48
Pattern 4729 offered in women sizes 34 through 48 with 4 inch yardage for size 36. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department Amarillo Globe 243 West 17th St New York for this pattern. Ten cents extra buys our latest Pattern Book with styles for all ages and a free hat and bag set.
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Pattern Department
Amarillo Globe
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Oa Ag
Mrs Harmon Hosts D A R Chapter Meeting in Amarillo
Llano Estacado Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs J H Harmon's home on Van Buren Street. Members voted to aid the Community Chest and Amarillo Day Nursery. Mrs William Pirschel spoke on the D A R work for stranded Ellis Island immigrants. motion pictures depicted immigrant tasks. Guests included Mrs Darrell Jackson and Mrs L Edwards. Names of members registered listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano Estacado
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
J. H. Harmon
van Buren Street
Community Chest
Amarillo
William Pirschel
Ellis Island
Darrell Jackson
L. Edwards
Mesdames Woodson Coffee
J. W. Gorman
A. B. Goldston
FE. H. Arshcraft
Cora Crotty
F. G. Dennis
A. W. Bivins
H. E. Fulford
E. M Key
Pirschel
T. L. Rhodes
H. Bank Jones
A. R. Granberg
Miss Fllnor Atwood
ACE Branch Meet Held
The Amarillo Branch of the Association for Childhood Education held a general meeting at Margaret Wills School with Mrs. George Kendall presiding. The group voted a 25 dollar donation to the free lunch and milk fund. Margaret Cooper introduced the Sam Houston High Ranger Quartet directed by Mrs. Anna East. Mrs. Rupert Taylor reported on the Texas Teachers Association meeting in Houston and Mrs. Kendall shared her Oakland California trip for the national Childhood Education meeting. The next general meeting is scheduled for February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Association For Childhood Education
Margaret Wills School
George Kendall
Margaret Cooper
Sam Houston High Ranger
Anna East
Rupert Taylor
Houston
Texas Teachers Association
Oakland
Calif
The
Childhood Education Association
Household Hints And Home Economies From Mrs Hevner
Practical advice on quick fancy cakes using unfrosted cakes with jam layers and orange lemon frosting. Emphasizes clean coffee pots and thorough washing. Encourages study of national agriculture and nutrition, efficient shopping, storage, cooperative buying, and visiting rural homes to learn about gardening canning freezing egg and dairy production.
Losses Racked by US Forces in Philippines Air War
United States defense officials report considerable Japanese aerial losses in attacks on Luzon and Mindanao including Nichols Field and Clark Field. Rumors of landings at Lubang and Mindanao are unconfirmed. Manila residents seek safety as evacuations begin. Mindanao reports indicate Japanese activity and American casualties.
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Richard C. Wilson
United Press
Manila
United States Defense Forces
Philippines
Lubang
Mindanao
Douglas Macarthur
Mmander
Far East
Nichols Field
Luzon Island
Davao
Mindanao Island
Clark Field
Macarthur
Manila Bay
U. S
Guam
Navy
U. S. Asiatic Fleet
Robert George Tills
Royal Arch Gunnison
Mutual Broadcasting System
R. E. White
U. S. Navy
German Losses Reported High In War
Russian dispatches quoted by Radio Moscow and Pravda credited with massive German losses since the war began including 6,000,000 killed or wounded or captured, 15,000 tanks, 13,000 machine guns, 19,000 artillery pieces and many auto rifles. Russians claimed pressing Germans back in the south near Taganrog and Stalinogorsk while winter weather hindered Moscow drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Radio Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Taganrog
Germany
Heinz Guerian
Stalinogorsk
Moscow
Holiday Music Features School Assembly Program
A morning assembly featured Irving Tolzien, John Josey, and Jim Jackson with vocal numbers and a Solovox medley by Josey and Tolzien on violin. The program opened with Stars and Stripes Forever and closed with the Star Spangled Banner. Clean lunch boxes guidance followed on hygiene and storage practices for lunch containers and vacuum bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Tolzien
John Josey
Jim Jackson
Mr. Josey
Solovox
Mr. Tolzien
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yule
DAR Group
America
Mount Evans
Colorado
Num
Ernest Thrasher
Rafe McDowal
Ewell Inman
Bill Pace
Earl Blesdall
Johnnye Fonti
Jesse Tisdal
H. M. Jensen
Mrs. Tisdal
Buthkow
Taylor St
Emmer's
Pepperell
J&l
BATES
KFDA
Peters
Emmer’'S Family Store
Taylor
Anne Adams
Mrs. Harmon
Iba
Taguedarao
Corp
Albert Legatto
Harry E. Anderson
James W. Boga
Gunnison
Pan American Airways
Teddy de Cruz
Lorenzo Pangllian
Columbia Broadcasting System
Manuel Quezon
Kuibyshev
Globe
Suit & O
Dress & L
BlacksTone Cleaners
Schilling
Great West
del Monte
Courtley
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
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