Downtown USO to Host Yule Activities This December
The Downtown USO Club plans Christmas gift wrapping daily until December 22 from 3 PM to 9 PM. Junior League volunteers wrap gifts and mail packages, while GIs and hostesses trim 14 foot trees and decorate for the hanging of the greens on Thursday at 7 30 PM. Dixie Dice will play and coffee and doughnuts are served by junior hostess committee. The 21 Plus Club hosts a Christmas formal dance on Monday night December 17 with Madelyn Robinson as dance chairman.
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USO Club
Sixth and
Taylor
Junior League
Dixie Dice
Catherine Atkinson
Rosemary Burris
Betty Shillett
Madelyn Robinson
Four Amarillo Servicemen Reach New York on Way Home
Four Amarillo servicemen arrived in New York. On the John Ericsson were Sgt. George B. Mann Pfc. Howard J. Best and Pvt. Walter C. Brown. Pfc. Robert E. Cheyne traveled aboard the Asa Gray.
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Amarillo
New York
John Ericsson
George B. Mann
Howard J. Best
Walter C. Brown
Robert E. Cheyne
Asa Gray
Office relocation announced for Oliver-Eakle Building
Announcement notes removal of offices from the 7th floor to the 8th floor of the Oliver-Eakle Building.
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Oliver-Eakle
Sergeant John Mitchell Discharged After Mediterranean Service
Sgt. John Z. Mitchell to home at 515 Polk with discharge papers from Camp Fannin after 32 months in the Army Air Forces. He logged 18 months in the Mediterranean Theater with the Troop Carrier Command as radio operator and earned five battle stars and the Air Medal. He previously worked as an auditor for the Exell Helium Plant before enlisting in April 1943.
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John Z. Mitchell
Army Air Forces
Polk
Camp Fannin
Mitchell
Mediterranean
Troop Carrier Command
Exell Helium Plant
Boyce Phillips Serves Overseas in Manila as Mechanic
Cpl. Boyce B. Phillips son of Mr and Mrs O B Phillips 408 North Lincoln is stationed in Manila after service in France and Germany. He went to the Philippines via the Panama Canal and previously worked as a service manager for Bob Crudgington in Amarillo. His wife Elaine and their daughter Danette Jean reside at 407 North Buchanan. A brother John serves in the Marines.
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Cpl
Boyce B. Phillips
O. B. Phillips
North Lincoln
Manila
France
Germany
Philippines
Panama Canal
Elaine Phillips
Danette Jean
North Buchanan
Corporal Phillips
Amarillo High School
Army
Bob Crudgington
Fillmore
John
Arrest Couple Wanted Here In Interstate Car Theft
Harold Brooks Rives, 22, of Skellytown, and Mary Carroll Abrams, 16, of Paducah, arrested in Sallisaw Oklahoma for interstate theft of a 1941 Buick sedan. They face charges in Borger and Chickasha cases with bonds up to 5000 dollars and are held by U.S. Marshals at Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Harold Brooks Rives
Skellytown
Mary Caroll Abrams
Paducah
Sallisaw
Okla
Percy Wyly, II
FBI
Dallas
U.S
Borger
Chickasha
Rives
Abrams
Amarillo
Mary Carroll
Muskogee
Those En dearing Young Charms on Star Theater bill
Robert Young of The Enchanted Cottage and Larraine Day of Bride by Mistake co star in the screen version of the Broadway hit Those Endearing Young Charms showing at the Star Theater Sunday and Monday.
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Robert Young
Laraine Day
Star Theater
Richard Greer Released From Navy Center Shoemaker Cal
Richard Greer of Amarillo, hospital apprentice first class, has been discharged from the Navy Separation Center at Shoemaker California.
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Richard Greer
Amarillo
Navy Separation Center
Shoemaker
Cal
Paramount and Capitol Present Snapshot of Western and Musical Biographies
Paramount screens What Next Corporal Hargrove with Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn. STATE features The Dalton's Ride Again with Alan Curtis and Kent Taylor in a Western revival. CAPITOL offers Rhapsody in Blue the life of a great composer with Joan Leslie and Robert Alda. RIALTO previews Marshall of Laredo with
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Paramount
Corporal Hargrove
Robert Walker
Keenan Wynn
Hargrove
STATE
Alan Curtis
Kent Taylor
Capitol
Joan Leslie
Robert Alda
Rialto
Marshall
Laredo
Wild Bill Elliott and Bobby Blake at Leon
Leon screens Arsenic and Old Lace starring Ray Milland and Priscilla Lane. Texas shows Wonder Man with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. Victory presents The Great John II with Linda Darnell and Greg McClure. Rex runs Nob Hill featuring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Vivian Blaine. Lyric shows A Guy a Gal and a Pal with Lynn Merrick and Ted Donaldson and Code of the Prairie with Smiley Burnette and Sunset Carson.
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Wild Bill Elliott
Bobby Blake
Leon
Night Club Music Listings For Local Venues
Night clubs feature various bands and dance music each night. Carlton Seales orand and Dick Stevenson lead dance sets at open venues while Sons of the eat perform at Rainbow Gardens and Pepper Neely leads Pepper Playing at Mexican Inn. Mayfair offers music by the Texas Wanderers with Victoria open nightly.
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Texas Wanderers
Mayfair Club
North East
Clarence
Jack” Jackson
Aviatrix
Carlton Seales Orand
NAT
Dick Stevenson
Rainbow Gardens
Sons of the Eat
Pepper Neely
Mayfair
Victoria
Sons OF the West
Panhandle
EOD
Felix Hurd and his Swingsters at Herring Hotel
OLD TASCOSA district reports Felix Hurd and his Swingsters playing nightly in the basement of the Herring Hotel with Dick Morton’s fine orchestra as a concurrent nightly feature.
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Felix Hurd
Herring Hotel
Dick Moreton
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Waldo E. Houghton
Optometrist
Eric Ericson
Sgt
John Mitchell
ITO
Uae
Superior Letter Service
Blackburn
Boyce Phillips
Cuticura
Chiropractor
Advan
Sacred Trust
Rus
Federal Motor Trucks
Bruckner
N. Fillmore
Sumlakia
Cretney Drug Store
Sherman Williams
Pole ST
Rex
Avalon
Ray Milland
Priscilla Lane
Jack Carson
Edward Everette Horton
George Raft
Joan Bennett
Vivian Blain
Nob Hill
Tyler
van Buren
Dobbs
Lely Eee
Polk St
Roberts & Batson
Harrison
Carlton Scales
City Cab Baggage and Light Hauling
AR. V. Lowrance, Owner
Winningham & Hays
R. R. Winningham
Jack Hays
Linda Darnell
Barbara Britton
Greg McC Uke
L. Sullivan
Texas
Danny
Wonder Man
Technicolor
Virginia Mayo S
Mrs. Joles
Reading
North Taylor
Department of Banking
State of Texas
Western Finance Thrift Corp
Featuring
Dick Morton and His Orchestra
Jeen Carroll
Private Hargrove
Wynn Jean Porter
Chill Wills
Hugo Mai Cruse
Bill” Phillips
Martha O'Driscoll
Jess Barker
Thomas Gomez
John Litel
Bebby Blake
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