This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
2
A flood of personal ads seeks jobs and housing in 1940s Amarillo and nearby cities. Listings include housekeepers and cafe workers, a practical nurse, a widowed mother, a colored woman seeking domestic work, and notices for a cow, room and board, or yard care. Public zoning notices also appear for property Lot 2, Block 4 in Amarillo's Morningside Addition and other parcels.
Circle No 8 of the Polk Street Methodist Woman's Society sponsors Mrs Cyril Luker in a review of A Half Inch of Candle at 2 30. Pancake and luncheon supper at Kelwehip Hall Polk Street Methodist 6 to 9. Amarillo Pedigreed Resign Canary rd Club dinner for members and husbands Mrs Garthwait 18 Buchanan 70 o'clock. Forty two party noted by Fiver Road PTA postponed. Potter Colley Home Demonstration Mins Mauline Lakey 2 00, fiddle program 6 00. Alpha Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma dance 10. Sara Seward Circle Central Presbyterian rummage 623 East Fourth Avenue. Willing Workers Class Tenth Ave Pure Methodist covered dish supper. Mrs J B Peevee 11 Houston Street. Senior class St Marys Academy Cathedral 1110 Washington Street 7 00 invited.
The Postoffice Letter Carriers Auxiliary sponsors an 8 o clock benefit tournament on February 15 at the Federation of Rooms. Prizes awarded for contract, auction, forty o, Chinese checkers and dem Oes. Proceeds support the Preventorium. Reservations: Mrs Cecil Gardner 2 1850 Mrs Melvin Benesch 5466 Mrs Joble Fowlkes 20654. Meeting at Mrs Fowlkes home 1013 West Fifteenth Avenue. Attendees included Mes sames H H Horne Ira Bone R Normand J C Reece H C yle Gardner Benesch Fowlkes.
Pupil speakers will perform at 3 PM Sunday in the Crystal Ballroom at the Herring Hotel. Participants include Betty ce Dammier John Hill Gene win Dick Godwin Jeanne Wat kins Lindalie Mock Scharleen Bar Be Alien Ritter VeNoy Langseth elen Dutton Walden Pavillard dee Ray Swann Wayne Dammier areene Langseth Louanna Price verr y Klugg Beth Blankenship Jimmie Cavin Judie Ellen Price argery Schroeder Tom Hackler chard Winningham Betty Rapp. Accompanists are Mrs O L Langseth Mrs L H Bradford Mrs BE B Graham and Robert Brown.
The Amarillo Council of Parents and Teachers will meet Monday at 4 pm in the Central Junior High School auditorium. Education for Civic Responsibility is the monthly theme, with principals from city schools and delegates from PTAs invited.
The River Road Parent-Teacher Association’s forty second party, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed due to weather. A new date has not been set.
Mrs Hol Wagner of Pampa chaired and reviewed Bernice Kelly Harris Pirateslane before a large audience at the Afternoon Book Review Group of the American Association of University Women in the Federation Club Rooms. Mrs Water best known for Joseph in Egypt and Grapes of Wrath provided the analysis, with many local hostesses and a long guest list attending the event.
Grace T. Neely of the A and M College Extension Service shows chicken versatility with recipes for pot pie souffle mousse and sandwiches. The article includes method notes and baking times for multiple chicken dishes and ends with a social note about the Hutchinson and Smith families departing Saturday.
The Homecraft Club met Thursday afternoon at 1211 West Ninth Avenue for quilting and sewing entertainment hosted by Mrs. George Runyon. Guests included Mesdames Essie Martin Mildred Mc Queen and Billy Runyon. members listed include B. A. Baker J. A. Butcher W. V. Blodgett FE N. Boydston and others. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 1 PM with Mrs Blodgett at 903 North Polk Street.
A string of neighborhood groups met in residents homes for quilting crafts and socializing. Officers were elected at several clubs including Friendly Chat Sewing and 8 and 8. The meetings planned future gatherings and luncheons at members addresses in Madison Street Bowyer Street Kentucky Street and Prospect Street with visits to a hospital afterward.
Members of the Mid-Week Bridge Club gathered at Mrs. C. A. Pyeatt's home on Wednesday afternoon. High score went to Mrs. H. B. Hedrick, second to Mrs. W. P. Shreve, with traveling prize to Mrs. Bob Cullins and consolation to Mrs. N. H Greer. Additional players included guest Mrs. Charley Davis and Mesdames Harrison Snee and the hostess. The group will host a 7:30 p.m. gathering at Mrs. Cullins' home on Tyler Street, with Mrs. Hedrick and Mrs. Garthwatt co-hosting. The next regular meeting is planned for next Wednesday at 2 p.m.
The Mozart Society will gather at 7 45 PM Monday in Mrs B V Blackwell's home at 1222 Harrison Street. All members urged to attend.
The Social Center for Girls moves into a new brick building funded by Amarillo citizens. An open house Sunday from 2 to 10 pm includes decorating work, kindergarten art exhibits, and a 3 pm KGNC broadcast. Visitors sign in and a donor offers one penny per name in the guest book.
Nominations for class favorites were made at the Amarillo High School assembly. A boy and a girl will be nominated from each of the three classes, with half page yearbook pictures in La Alrosa. Ballots were counted, run-off elections planned for early next week, and the Popularity Ball will be held Saturday night Feb 10 at the high school announced Principal R B Norman.
A trio of sparrows nesting in a Chinese elm on Kentucky Street remained unseen today as the nest, seemingly empty, was coated in ice. The cold spell threatens to wear on nerves, affecting the birds and passersby alike.
A brief, fragmentary note by a 60 year old woman describes herself and her situation. The text provides limited context and lacks clear events or additional identifiable details.
The advertisement promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4383 a vivid cotton dress with a round neck ease darts and front belt. It highlights slant yoke lines optional pockets and trim options with ric rac. Available in misses and women's sizes with fabric needs and ordering details from Amarillo Globe Pattern Department.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.