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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
4
The Federation Club Rooms are decorated for Christmas and will soon feature exterior lights as part of Amarillo Garden Club’s annual Christmas Lighting Contest. Participants may enter their lighting efforts for cash prizes in each category, with entry blanks available in today’s paper.
In Plainview a 95 year old Mrs J A Mammie Johnson celebrated with crackling bread jam and venison at a birthday dinner at her daughter Mrs F F McClendon home She remains active attends church by radio and has a keen wit Her son born in Sabine 35 years in Plainview and she has no aches noted. A separate note mentions a US company producing 24 kinds of optical glass for lenses.
An Amarillo Globe needle craft item advertises Laura Wheeler filet border patterns for linen cloths with rose filet borders. It details sizes and yardage for a pattern, shipping costs, and where to send ten to fifteen cents for pattern numbers and related winter patterns.
An old column argues wives must keep up with husbands to avoid a failing marriage. It contrasts education trends, gender roles, and communication, claiming wives study their husbands while men rarely study fashion or domestic concerns, urging mutual effort to stay connected.
More than 50 000 acres of land have been transferred by the Soil Conservation Service to the War Department for use in defense training. The calendar details Christmas programs teas meetings circles and gatherings across Wesleyan AAUW AAUW West Amarillo First Christian and San Jacinto Methodist groups plus a nursery and federation room events.
Army mascots light up camps from Camp Davis to Camp Lee with dogs, parrots, and even a bronze cannon Clarence. Peregrin the dog wakes soldiers daily at 5 45, while a terrier hurries late arrivals. A flying pup logs air hours, and Lady Macbeth the falcon roams Fort Sill. Clarence the bronze cannon, dating to 77 years past, receives baths and care.
The poem notes the wife bears the burden of entertaining the husband at home and rejects the notion of reciprocal duties. It frames domestic expectations in a humorous, observational tone.
Miss DeAlyss Eddins daughter of Mr and Mrs D E B Eddins and R V Wood son of Mrs M A Wood of Floydada were married Sunday at the First Methodist Church in Estelline officiated by Rev Vernon Henderson. The ceremony featured white and pink flowers with music by Mrs Walter Whaley and Alton Carr. The couple will reside in Iowa Park Texas where Wood is coach and high school principal. Out of town guests included John Smithee and Mrs Smithee of Amarillo.
The Temple B Nai Israel Sisterhood holds an 8 pm Chanukah card party in the temple vestry with free admission and refreshments for sale. Wesleyan Service Guild marks its first anniversary with a candlelight installation, Christmas program and tea at 7 30 pm. Polk Street Methodist Trulove Class plans a 2 30 pm Friday gathering at Mrs C R McAfee. Circle 4 of the Polk Street M S Christian Service hosts a 12 30 pm Christmas luncheon at Mrs John Cavin’s home with toy donations for a baby clinic. The Amoma Class of First Baptist meets at Mrs C D Williams’s home for a weekly social.
The Friendship Class of San Jacinto Methodist Church hosts a Christmas bazaar and luncheon at 7 tonight at the church. Members Haynie and others coordinate sales of gift items and invite the public to attend.
Washington D C December 8 The General Federation of Women's Clubs Conservation of Natural Resources Committee led by Mrs T M Francis of Birmingham Alabama seeks to promote defense by evaluating national resources and lands. It urges remedial action on forest conditions and encourages wise forestry practices across public and private sectors to support economic stability.
The document outlines aims for recreational areas wildlife protection and conservation education in schools. It highlights surveys of natural resources for national defense and farm forestry potentialities plus state federation forests gifts and holdings across multiple states.
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