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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
6
The annual dance for Central Senior High School is tonight at 9 at the Palo Duro Hotel. The Blueboys orchestra will perform. Junior and senior boys may bring girls from any class. Gordon Cremer leads arrangements.
Piano pupils of Mrs. G C McDaniel entertain their mothers with a surprise program tomorrow at 3 oclock in the studio 1207 West Nineteenth Street. After the recital the children will hold a Christmas tree event.
The First Baptist Church primary department will hold a Christmas party tomorrow at 2 PM. All children ages 6 7 and 8 are invited. Mr and Mrs J P Ridens of Wink arrived yesterday to visit the sitter’s sister Mrs R O Johns at 1303 Parker Street, who works in the city engineering department.
Paris reports black ermine as the season’s most luxurious fur trend with fur shoes from Lapland for warmth. Castor oil brown lainage coats feature mixed beaver and fabric sleeves, a scarf collar across the shoulder, and bold jewelry like white ivory beads and crystal accents.
Mrs Rebecca Latimer Felton the first woman to sit in the US Senate took her first air trip at 34 aboard the Goodyear dirigible Vigilant during a stop in Cartersville Georgia. She initially declined but agreed after watching the graceful landing.
Paris fashion reports threefold scarves appearing on spring blouses and dresses. A washable voile sport blouse features a collar of three superimposed scarves in blended colors. The triple scarf motif also softens the decollete of new printed chiffon evening dresses.
Elizabeth and Francis Naylor travel to Palestine Texas this week to be with parents for the holidays. Louise Tabbit will spend Christmas Week in Oklahoma City with her sister. Eleanor Smith heads to Bartlesville Ohio for Christmas. John Terrill visits his mother in Corpus Christi. Glenn Shoemaker plans a Christmas visit to Wichita Falls. L B Burnett will be with relatives in Pratt Kaw for Christmas. Etoile Lumpkin returns from Canyon to spend Christmas with Dr and Mrs A F Lumpkin.
A public ledger note suggests avoiding wearing eyeglasses with crystal beads or metal necklaces. The aim is to avoid highlights and accidental reflections while presenting a subdued, more handsome appearance. The column labels the tip as a Monday color eye commentary.
Jim Lumpkin a Texas University master student will return to Amarillo for the holidays Sunday. J M Fisher of Fisher and Fisher has been in Los Angeles for a week on business and pleasure and returns tomorrow. R E Prothro leaves Sunday for Little Rock Ark for a visit. Joe I Murphy Panhandle Building Corp president departs for Roswell this week to spend Christmas with relatives. T P Looney leaves for St Louis tomorrow to visit his parents during Christmas. Mr and Mrs R A Waltz will holiday in San Antonio Fort Stockton and Dallas visiting friends and relatives. Marion Talley born December 20 1906 Kansas City Opera star noted for debut in 1926. Miss Tennie Joe Duke and others connected with her rise in opera. Clovis NM visit for Tennie Joe Duke. Lillian Harned returns from Lineus MO. R C Byrd returns from Albuquerque NM after a week visit. Mrs J H Clark returns this afternoon from Oklahoma City. George D Riggs leaves Amarillo for Klamath Falls Ore for the holidays. Mrs Steve Triggs of Albuquerque NM meets her daughters Louise and Adaline in the city.
The Metropolitan Opera Company starred a young singer as Gilda in Rigoletto on February 17 1926. Seats reached $100 with five thousand spectators. Many from her hometown attended. Her aria drew cheers and she answered twenty curtain calls becoming the youngest prima donna since Patti. Her tours boosted her fame and wealth before retiring in spring 1929.
Federal officers halted a get rich quick mail fraud targeting relatives of deceased persons. H D Hassler, 35, was arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud by shipping cheap Bibles COD for 3.98 to relatives of the dead, implying the deceased ordered the Bible before passing. Bond set at 500 dollars. The case cites 48 complaints across multiple states.
A testimonial from Joseph Schindler of Ghent Minnesota claims Colac Pile Pills cured years of piles and internal trouble. The ad says pills stop pain, heal at the root, with a guarantee of complete relief or money back, available through Colac Chemical Co.
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