Pre-nuptial shower honors Miss Mary Ann Weymouth
A large shower hosted by Mrs. Miles Bivins at 2311 West Sixteenth Avenue featured a camel entry by Little Miles Childers and Mrs Shelby Kruser as Uncle Sam. The event celebrated Mary Ann Weymouth before her Jan. 7 wedding to Army fiancé Thomas H. Campbell Jr. Guests included Manuel Campbell and many local figures. luncheon and party events followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Weymouth
Miles Bivins
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Uttle Miles Childers
Shelby Kruser
Uncle Sam
Miss Weymouth
Thomas H. Campbell, Jr
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Mesdames
T. H Campbell
Walter Caldwell
Or Bhelby Kruser
Richard D Palmer
Houston
David Rascoe
Jim McKnight
Ernest Batson
Jim Weymouth
Ed Rumsey
Roy Snodgrass Jr
Watch Party Planned at 1 O O F Hall Tonight
Rebekahs and 1 O F members and friends attend a watch party starting at 7 30 this evening in the 1 O F Hall. Bridge and forty two games will be played until midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
Timmons Family Reunion Attendees Listed at San Jacinto Church
A San Jacinto Methodist Church fellowship hall gathering featured numerous Timmons relatives and in laws from California and Texas. Attendees included Peggy Timmons Cecil Timmons Curtis Timmons Dick Timmons Mrs. Paul Clay Norwalk Cal and many others spanning Waco Canyon Glendora Austin Bascom Bryan Rogers and College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A
T. M. Caldwell Timmons
Bryan Rogers
C. C. Gibson
Arthur Timmons
Bascom Timmons
Billie Nance
Ed Timmons
College Station
Earl Davis
Robert Raines
Waco
Lee Anderson
Bright Spots and First Anniversaries Highlight Local Notes
Miss Frances Hill wedding to Garland Stanley Soloman tomorrow afternoon described with tea shower at the Elder home in Polk Street. Anniversaries include the first wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Broaddus and the 61st wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. B. W Stephens. A party honoring Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Palmer gathered 51 attendees at the Howard home on Lincoln Street. A Naomi Class luncheon and a T. FE. L. Class meeting are announced by First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hill
Garland Stanley Soloman
Mesdames B. B. Bumpus
R. F E. Payne
Eugene Elder
Elder
Polk Street
Glennie Hill
R. A Duncan
Wayne Broaddus
North
Harrison Street
Betty Jo Trammell
B. W Stephens
Washington Street
W. R. Palmer
G. F. Howard
Lincoln Street
Arthur Palmer
Willie Palmer
Elston Palmer
Glen Palmer
Jimmie Palmer
Harrell Palmer
Ove Palmer
Roy Palmer
Everett Rodney
Joe Freeman
Ernest Garrison
G. J. Howard
First Baptist T. FE. L
NAOMT
First Baptist Naomi
Miss Pegey Ruth Elson Heads Two Bridal Showers
Miss Pegey Ruth Elson receives two pre wedding showers hosted by Miss Billie Louise Burger and by Mrs Charles Gregg. Guests bring colored pottery in the Metropolitan pattern and the gatherings feature decorative tables, a buffet, and a playful blackout themed at defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegey Ruth Elson
Clifford F. Milnar
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Billie Louise Burger
W. D. Burger
Burger Home
van Buren Street
Mary Ruth Florey
Anita McDonald
Gloria DeVore
Teddy Price
Dorothy McNeill
Betty Teel
Jane Gulekie
Charlotte Anne Gregg
Charles Gregg
Jefferson Street
Miss McNeill
Victor Herbert
Billie Louie Bureer
Harriet Bordwell
Madeline Offut
Oklahoma City
Jane Gulerie
McNeill
Frances Jean Rayey
Annie Mary Helms
Kathryn Bartlett
Betty Rose Cradit
Mescames
M M. Cook
Communion Tomorrow at St Andrew's Church
Communion will be celebrated tomorrow at 10 AM at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with Rev Frederick A Foster as celebrant. The service marks the circumcision of Our Lord on the eighth day, and Rev Foster announced America's Prayer Minute by the Federal Council of Churches urging silent prayer at 6 PM daily starting New Year's Day with local radio cooperation and possible KGNC broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Frederick A. Foster
Foster
Rev Foster
America
Federal Council
KGNC
Salvation Army Kettle Collections Reach Statewide
Salvation Army kettle drives are halfway across the state to purchase Defense Stamps. Adjt. William T. Johnson notes a letter from Supt. Mary A. Stone of Gainesville State School for Girls says eight Potter County girls asked that their $3 Christmas checks be used for Defense Stamps. Seventeen $3 checks were mailed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Adjt
William T. Johnson
Mary A. Stone
Gainesville
Condition of Mrs Fuqua Reported Unchanged
Mrs W H Fuqua remains seriously ill at St Anthony's Hospital with condition unchanged today. Attendants say she is serious but not critical and has been hospitalized for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fuqua
St. Anthony's Hospital
Elks Club Open House Tomorrow in Amarillo
The Amarillo Elks Club invites all Elks their wives and sweethearts to an open house Thursday afternoon starting at 3 o clock. Admission by paid up card and visiting Elks welcome. Music for dancing provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Elks Club
Amarillo Lodge
Elks
Twentieth Century Club Meeting Friday at Lambie Home
Jack Trammel tops civil service exams for Youngstown police job. Former heavyweight contender joins race as leading candidate after the Twentieth Century Club gathering at Mrs. C. S. Lambie’s home on Hughes Street at 2:30 pm Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Meeting
Twentieth Century Club
Jack Trammel
Police
Youngstown, O
UPL
Jack
Trammel
Youngstown
New Year’s Eve Events For Halcyon Club Members
The Halcyon Club invites members and husbands to a New Year’s Eve dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs G F Branson at 808 Prospect Street at 7 30. Rebekahs and Odd Fellows and their friends will gather for a watch party at the J O O F Hall starting at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halcyon Club
G. F. Branson
Prospect Street
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Alpha Alpha Chapter Entertained at Mrs Miller Home
Mrs E Leo Miller hosted a Yuletide themed gathering for Alpha Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at 2601 Tyner Street. Co host Miss Gladys Eckerd, with guests including Annetta Goble of Washington DC and numerous chapter members, enjoyed games and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Leo Miller
Tyner Street
Alpha Alpha Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Marie Osborne
Mary K. Utterback
Marion Gross
Grady Nobles
Nobles
Mrs. Miller
Earl Lyles Returns as Amarillo Army Recruiter
Staff Sgt. Earl Lyles came home to Amarillo as the army recruiter after previous tours in 1925 26 and 1928. He left in June 1930 and noted this third posting may be the charm. The office filled with applicants as he urged five negro recruits and more volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lyles
Amarillo
Sun Bowl
el Paso
R. D. Short
Short
Lyles
Quitaque Men Join Navy Here
Three young men from Quitaque joined the navy this morning. They are Walter and Ursel Taylor, brothers, and Harold F. Bogan, son of Postmaster Sidney T. Bogan of Quitaque. Recruiting in all branches of the Service continued briskly despite New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitaque
Navy
Walter and
Ursel Taylor
Harold F. Bogan
Sidney T. Bogan
Engagement announced in Seattle
Seattle area note reports the engagement of Miss Martha Jean Denny to First Lt. Richard Meredith Stewart of Fort Lawton. Stewart is son of Amarillo couple John and Mrs. Stewart, and the couple plans a forthcoming wedding. Denny traces lineage to Seattle founder Arthur A. Denny and attended Roosevelt High School St. Nicholas and Reed College. Stewart is a New Mexico Military Institute Roswell graduate and a University of Michigan alumnus and Tau Beta Phi member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Martha Jean Denny
Richard Meredith Stewart
Fort Lawton
Margaret Denny Woodhouse
Stewart
John Wellington Stewart
Amarillo
Tex
Denny
Arthur A. Denny
Roosevelt High School
St. Nicholas
Reed College
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
University of Michigan
Tau Beta Phi Fraternity
Employment Service Doing Two Jobs
The Texas State Employment Service will continue normal operations while moving from 500's Taylor Street to 323 West Seventh Avenue. The move uses the New Year holiday, with operations at the new site starting Friday morning Jan 2, aiming to avoid service interruption during wartime defense staffing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Employment Service
Taylor Street
West Seventh Avenue
Hold Rites for Mrs. Cyril Luker in Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs. Cyril Luker were held at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr. Earl G. Hamlett officiating. She died after a heart attack at 43, survived by husband, two daughters Marilyn and Jeannie, her mother Mrs. S. A. Moore of Bay City, and three brothers C. M. Moore San Antonio H. B. Moore Houston and A. S. Moore U S Army. Mrs. Luker was active in Red Cross work and various civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Luker
Polk Street Methodist Church
Earl G. Hamlett
H. H. Finnell
B. H. Hopkins
Kenneth Myers
Ed McCrimmon
A. W. Panning
Fred Sikes
Amarillo
Luker
Potter County
American Red Cross
Women's Society of Christian Service
Athenaeum Club
Order of the Eastern Star
New Year Services at Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev H R Frerking announces New Year morning service at Trinity Lutheran Church on Twelfth Avenue and Taylor Street at 10 30. Sermon topic is Gods Love Our Hope for 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Twelfth Avenue
Tavelor Street
H. R. Frerking
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Theresa Bautista
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J. E. Campbell
Violet Cannon
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Christine Griffith Lloyd Griffith
George Grimm Drucilla Hardin Rockwell Hardin
Henry Hendricks
Hubert Jackson
Jimmie Johnson
Marvin Laing
Ruby Land
Frank Lawler
Robert McNeil
Tom Moore
Funice Morris
Ann Shirley
Eugene Sims
Gordon Stephens
Bob Storseth
Dolly Stowell
Gerald Terry
L. A. Vahue
Lou Rose Whitman
Charles P. Woodburn
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Globe-News
Fither
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Joan Perry
James Gleason
Hughrig
Hugh Sinclair
Onessa Lee
BIG Features
Scott
Wary Healy
Robert Shaw
Movita
Warren Hull
Sikseel Cade
Margaret Crandall
Margaret Turpen
Oakland
Calif
Fern Hook
Duff Stanley
Flaine Scottie McNicols
George Hook
Pegey
Ruth Elson
Blackburn-Shaw
Ayme Ecker "Irror
Roy Hunnicutt
Roberts, Amarillo
Gwynelda
King Silverton, Texas
BlackbuRn Show, Inc
Pierce
St. Andrew's Church
Army Kettle
Defense
Elks Club
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Employment Service
Shanghai
China
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Trinity Lutheran Servise
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