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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
5
D Sumrall the pastor and Rev. Robert Pryde of Amarillo along with visiting ministers will lead singing of famous old hymns during evening services. A fellowship meeting is planned for 11 oclock with baptisms to follow at midnight.
Caulfield transfers and property descriptions show Anne Clifton Summers transferring to Bessie M. Thompson for $10 at Lot 19 B120 C District. Motor vehicle deals include an Oakland sedan from Trucks H. C. Elmqurst and W. T. Martin Stratford, Tex. A transfer for Fred W. Johnston to Hiram Wake is listed with $527 covering parts of Lots 1-2 B46G and 8 Reg. NE Cor L 1, plus car registrations for J. M. Sears at 104 Kentucky Har.
Miss Mamie Schaper of Waco celebrated Christmas holidays with her sister and friends at Miss Gober home 1422 Van Buren Amarillo club past presidents and executive board were invited Dr Daisy Pennock and many others attended Fortunate Miss Elizabeth Nixson won bells prize and donated it to the honoree Tea was poured by Mrs Fisher Bond with olives and mints served by Miss Elizabeth Blackburn and Miss Jean Vetesk Miss Schaper head of the Waco Business and Professional Women Club.
Members of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Delta Sigma Upsilon hosted a buffet at the Archer residence 2104 Polk Street Tuesday evening. Attendees included Fancher Archer Marvin Brummett and a long list of guests and members from the fraternity and visiting chapters.
The Eight and Forty members and their husbands met at the American Legion Home for the New Year celebration. Dancing and bridge accompanied the evening, with score awards going to Mrs. Otho Farrell and R. R. Carrie Nations for high and to Mrs. Mattie Hastley and W. S. Birge for consolation. Refreshments were served to 20 couples, and the event was organized by Mrs. A Petersen and fellow coordinators.
The Senior B Y P U of the First Baptist Church will host a watch party this evening starting at 9 o'clock at the church.
The Les Temps Club meeting scheduled for tomorrow is postponed to January 8 at Mrs. J. B. Martins home 1206 Travis Street.
Miss Betty Bivins hosts a Kappa Alpha Theta tea at her home 2311 West Sixteenth Avenue this afternoon at 4:30. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pipkin host one house guest Miss John Ann James, Lindwood College, St. Louis, at 2008 Polk Street during the holidays. The item also includes a humor note from The Noisy One about a child.
Tonight residents may attend a First Baptist Church senior B Y P U watch party at 9 PM and two New Year’s dances at Hillcrest Country and Golf Club and Amarillo Country Club starting at 10 PM.
Mrs Sidney Bridgeman hosted the Bid A Bit Bridge Club at her home 100 Kentucky Street on Tuesday afternoon. Red calendar themes and baskets of candy marked the New Year. Prizes went to Mrs J L Glasgow high guest, Mrs W W Sharp high member, and Mrs Noble R Fowlkes second high. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs Tommie Reyman. Guests included Mrs Harry Merritt and Mrs J L Glasgow. members listed as Don D Lindsey, Tommie Reyman, Fred Richards, Van Salisbury, W W Sharp, Max O'Brien, D V Baker, Leonard Sharp, Noble R Fowlkes, Franz Dyche.
Mrs. G. Trent Davis will host the Junior Philharmonic Club gathering Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The event takes place at 2118 Taylor Street with members attending.
The Panhandle Dunning Teachers' Association will meet at Miss Grace E. Hamilton's studio at 1609 Tyler Street on Saturday afternoon at 2 30. Out of town teachers are especially invited.
Woodman Circle Poplar Grove No 171 will meet in the Ww O W Hall Friday at 7 30 pm. After a brief business session a social will follow.
The Wesley Friendship and Wesley Fellowship Classes of San Jacinto Methodist Church plan an eight to midnight watch party this evening in the church basement. The program includes special music by Mrs. Jack Sailors, readings by Mrs. Guy Ballard, songs by a male quartet, New Year games, and resolutions. Members and their spouses are invited.
Verlie May Gentry, born February 29, 1924, near Amarillo, marked her second real birthday on February 29, 1932. Leap year child, she celebrates on February 28 between leap years. Her father H. Gentry runs a gas appliance business at 312 East Fourth Avenue.
A year-end review notes crimes against women and children marked 1931, led by a daylight murder of a small child on New York sidewalks and the Clarksburg quintuple killings in West Virginia. The Collings yacht murder remains a mystery. other cases see verdicts or acquittals as investigators weigh solvability.
Alice Mulkey resigns as Amarillo Girl Scout activities director effective Jan 1 to join the national field staff as regional trainer for the Cactus region. Daffin Lowrey of Shamut Ala succeeds her. Mulkey oversaw five training courses and growth in Amarillo with 225 new scouts, seven new troops, and over a thousand merit awards.
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a new medical discovery to soothe and heal inflamed membranes and stop germ growth in persistent coughs and colds. It claims relief for bronchitis asthma and other respiratory diseases with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
A New Year’s Eve Watch service will be held at Fundamentalist Baptist Church on Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street starting at 7 30 tonight and continuing past midnight. Ministers and members from Fundamentalist Baptist Churches of the Panhandle are invited to attend with sermons by Rev T.
Courthouse records show Henry M Beverly and others transferring to Dixie Haynes for ten dollars with a parcel described as Lot 7 0 Block 4 Crowdus and Starkey Addition. Vincent A Caulfield also transfers to Ed P. under unspecified terms.
A request for 15 cents in silver or stamps to obtain the UP-TO-DATE BOOK OF FASHIONS for winter 1931. Order form directs sending to News-Globe at 11 12 Sterling Place Brooklyn New York.
A reader suggests sanding the soles of a child’s shoes before use to reduce slipping on polished floors. The idea aims to improve traction and safety for youngsters navigating slick surfaces.
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