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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1935
Page
3
Market report from Kansas City shows hogs up to 85 cents higher on a large run with varied weights, cattle and calves steady to higher on fed steer and yearling categories, and sheep and lambs showing gains. New Orleans cotton edges lower in pre holiday liquidation with Dec and nearby positions slipping a few points.
President Roosevelt and family will host a quiet Christmas Eve at the White House. Guests include Mrs. Roosevelt mother and sister in law, James Roosevelt and Bets, Sara, Mrs. Boettiger with two children, plus two sons from Harvard. Girl Scouts sing carols, Dickens after-dinner reading, grandchildren hang stockings, and the family decorates the tree.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a 15 728 barrel decline in weekly US average crude production to 2 863 764 barrels. California down 17 500 to 677 000 while Oklahoma drops 11 425 to 493 100. Texas rises to 1 082 125 barrels with other regions mixed.
Hal F Buckner manager of Buckner Orphans Home will play Santa for about 600 youngsters tonight. He explains orphans are children like any others with varied beliefs about Santa while stockings are filled for the flock.
R. B. Reinhart of Dallas was slightly injured when his single motor Lockheed mail plane crashed at the Birmingham Alabama airport. He was found dazed at the field and sent to a hospital with a broken nose and head cuts. Officials attributed the accident to motor failure.
St Paul once labeled a poison spot of crime by Attorney General Homer Cummings now touts a sharp decline in gangsters and hoodlums. Speaker George W. Johnson urges Minneapolis to follow St Pauls crime riddance example as public safety chief H E B Warren cites major crime nearly vanished.
The Roosevelt administration rejects any shift in the relief approach as of December 24. It maintains 3,500,000 employables are in need and the $4 billion work fund will cover them, with local agencies handling other destitute cases. Roosevelt expressed this policy stance to ensure funds reach the intended group.
A capacity crowd attended the Junior Welfare League's sixth annual pre Christmas Charity Ball at Amarillo Country Club. The event featured festive decor, Lloyd Snyder's Nat dance orchestra, and attracted college students back for holidays. Proceeds fund the Welfare League's clinic aiding preschool indigent children.
Hollywoon reports on cinema slang used by gaffers and lighting crews on Warner sets. Terms like gaffer best boy scrims and noon jargon reveal how crews communicate to light scenes and manage sound. The piece also notes the calm, efficient phrasing used to avoid lengthy verbal orders during shoots.
A film crew spends eight hours on prep and setup for just over three minutes of usable takes. Lighting and camera work dominate, many takes are rejected, and a speedy, secretive production keeps costs and schedules hidden from exhibitors and audiences.
Little Miss Mary Jane George turned three with a party at 1212 West Eighteenth Avenue. Guests included Patsy Moore Ann Venable Jimmie Bess George Charles Primer Chick White Mary Ann Richardson Betty Hickerson and Jimmy Dell Price. The tale also notes a lodge meeting cancellation and a fatal self-inflicted gun wound in Dallas.
Dr and Mrs E H Mann entertained with a Christmas bridge party at their home 840 Travis Street. Yuletide decor and festive refreshments set the mood. High scores went to Mr and Mrs Joe Mobley while the cut prize was won by W W Cox. Gifts were exchanged and later sent to Maverick Club. Attendants included Mrs O W Sherman Kansas City Mo Mrs Ernest Gaines and the Mobleys Cox and others.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will not meet this week due to the Christmas holiday.
Deeds record transfers for Rae Barfield and others to Amarillo Junior College District and surrounding districts. Vehicles owned by local residents noted. Marriage licenses issued to Hollabaugh with Barton, Bowen with Helms, Sanders with Hamilton, Shirley with Puller.
A man was shot by his own gun after retrieving it from his car and closing garage doors. He was found wounded minutes later and died at a hospital. The incident occurred after he had spent the day in bed.
Kappa Delta Chi hosts a presentation dance at Amarillo Country Club from 10 to 1. The Amarillo Rebekah Lodge meeting and the Woman's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church Christmas dance at the same venue are postponed.
Six Amarillo girls are highlighted as popular students at Hockaway School in Dallas. Jane Austin leads in athletics and baseball, Mary Miles Bivins attends prep school, Jane Paylor serves as student council president, Betty Shelton studies third form, and Mary Anne and Betsy Weymouth are active in drama and music clubs.
Gibson Randle and his mother Eva Randle of Austin are staying as house guests with Mrs. R. B. Masterson Jr. and Mr. Masterson, courtesy of Mrs. Randle’s sister.
Amarillo Country Club will host its annual Christmas dance for members and out of town guests tomorrow night from 10 to 1 at the club house. Carl ton Scales and his orchestra provide music as the entertainment committee decorates with holly tinsel a lighted tree and other seasonal touches.
The Wilson School P T A held its monthly meeting with fourth and fifth graders singing carols and Christmas readings by Neva Callen Ophelia Ann Rice Dolores Speers and James Andrews. Principal Mrs. Ray Allman spoke on Telling Bible Stories to Children.
The MacDowell Boys Club held a Christmas gathering at 1212 West Ninth Avenue hosted by Mrs. T. Roy Ratcliff. The event included a short business session, gift exchanges, and games, followed by sales by Ray Nutt, John Branson, Warren Daniels, and Gerald Perry.
The U-Deal-Em Club entertained husbands with a turkey dinner and bridge party at C. E. Carroll 815 Bellview Street on Saturday night. Yuletide decor featured throughout the rooms and Pollyanna gifts were given from a lighted tree by Santa Claus Jack Pittman assisted by E. M. Benesch. High bridge score went to H. Milholland and Mrs Milholland. second high to E. M. Benesch. Attendees included Messrs and Mesdames Milholland Pittman Ferguson Benesch Mellor Carroll and Hatcher.
Marguerite H McAdams hosted a Saturday night event for her piano pupils and patrons. A short musical program by the children preceded gifts from the Christmas tree and refreshments served by Mrs A C Bangs. Attendees included Barbara Trice Dorothy Trice Peggy Rippey Marilyn Reagan Margaret Browning Mary Elizabeth Browning Florine Reagan Jackie Lee Reagan Bernice Broadstreet Jo Eleanor Broadstreet Betty Sanders Lanelle Ledbetter Muriel Bangs Gordon Bangs and Hammond McAdams.
Wm P Jones BE Woods and A Keel along with B McNutt are listed as participants in a recent local gathering. The ceremony or agenda remains unclear with readable names noted on the page segment.
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