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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1939
Page
2
The Duke of Windsor prefers Salade St. James with cubed potatoes peas cauliflower coarse lettuce and grapefruit peeled in a vinegar lemon egg yolk sauce with sugar and mayonnaise. He also enjoys breast of chicken topped with ham and a slice of foie gras beneath.
In Pampa Texas on February 5 the Eighth District PTA confirmed the appointment of Mrs. Wes Izzard as third vice-president to fill a vacancy created by Mrs Cyril Luker resignation. Izzard is a Amarillo clubwoman with a long PTA record and leadership roles in local and state organizations. The district also named Mrs J M Crain as the first honorary member of the executive board after 18 years of PTA service including two terms as district president and roles in state educational committees.
The University of Tennessee introduces coed courses in swimming tennis and golf to replace segregated physical education. Instructor Godfrey Novotny argues mixed classes reduce an unsocial relic of the past and foster teamwork, sportsmanship, and shared activity for men and women.
The Business Woman's Class of Pirat Christian Church will host a dinner at 6 30 PM tomorrow in the church Fellowship Hall. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs. Killough of 1608 Polk Street will host the Nordie Club tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The event centers on social gathering and club activities with Mrs. Killough presiding.
The River Road Home Demonstration Club met Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Malony in Bridge 42. Tasks included bridge and 42 games with high scores by Mrs. FE FP Hall and W. J. Fulton. Consolations went to Mrs. B. B. Breeding, W. R. Ellis, Mrs. R. S. Connellee, and M. M. Boyd. A red white Valentine motif decorated, refreshments served to numerous attendees listed in the notice.
The Doll Club met Friday afternoon at Pleasant Valley School. Sewing and games provided entertainment, with refreshments served to listed members and director Miss Wilma Yates.
A luncheon honoring the wives of Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association members will be held Tuesday at 12 30 PM at the Rose Bowl Tea Room. Hostesses include Mesdames BE W Hardin FE O Bagot Clarence Williams and Fd Pipkin.
Mrs Bill Daugherty acted as hostess for the Modern Matron's Sewing Club on Thursday afternoon. Birthday gifts were given to Mrs KR Bailey and R J Osburn. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Beck Long Morgan Hensley Wills Bailey Osburn and the hostess. The club will meet February 16 at 2 o'clock with Mia Hensley at 103 Carolina Street.
Mrs F A Williford 408 Maryland Street will host El Martes Sewing Club at her home Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 oclock for a regular meeting.
Reporters across Texas and other states find high levels of reported relief from CARDUS among women. Respondents cite helped digestion, reduced headaches, calmer mood, and eased menstrual discomfort. Observers note a long history of vegetable-based remedy with reported immediate effects at higher doses.
An old Needlecraft ad promotes making large or small Laura Wheeler Square accessories. It offers pattern number details, materials, and illustrations, urging readers to send ten cents for the 1971 pattern and mail with name and address to Needlecraft Tept at a2 Eighth Avenue New York.
Local clubs in Amarillo list numerous meetings and luncheons for tonight and Tuesday. The schedule includes AA W Federation Club rooms events, Junior Philharmonic Group No 2, L Aiguillee Club, Delphian Federation activities, Panhandle Hardware luncheon, PEO gatherings, and many church and civic group sessions at various streets and venues. Highlights feature hostesses Mrs C C Shaller Misa Velma Shows and Betty Pitechke among others.
Mr and Mrs H L Long and daughter Wandalee hosted a housewarming at their new home at 2008 Jackson Street on Saturday night. Attendees included H H Horne Chester Williams Clyde Burton J R Mulkey N J Ballard Cecil Allred Carl Adams R B Burnett Roy Mulkey W W Hollifield Guy Bradley Faye Adkins Lee Harry and J C Eubanks. Gift givers unable to attend were Palmer Black Lloyd Roberson Guy Smith Jerry Stiles and B A Trannel.
Mrs J A Parker at 411 Fast Twenty second Avenue entertained the Sunshine Sewing Club on Friday afternoon with refreshments for dames Jack Brealand L R Buting O H Connell B D Dye R S Roth A C Shaw W F E Stone and H Williams. Hostess Mrs R S Roth of 312 Fast Twenty first Avenue will entertain the club at 2 oclock on February 17.
The Altar Guild of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church will not meet on Tuesday with Mrs John Fain as previously announced. The planned call meeting for Thursday will be held at the Pariah House at 10 o clock to discuss plans for the chili supper.
The luncheon of the Ladies of the West Texas Common Carrier Association scheduled for Tuesday at Mrs J F Reynolds home has been postponed indefinitely.
Clark Gable selects venison a la Gable and intends to shoot and cook it himself. He dices deer meat, browns it in a pan, adds milk and flour for gravy, and cooks the meal over an open wood fire.
The McKinley School Parent-Teacher Association will hold a Father’s Night program Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. The regular Tuesday meeting at 3:00 p.m. is canceled.
Miss Betty Pitschke of 2200 Washington Street will entertain members of the Junior Philharmonic Group No. 2 this evening at 7 30 oclock.
The Amarillo Garden Club will hold a gathering at the Federation Club Rooms at 9 30 oclock on Wednesday morning.
The article notes Fiorello H. LaGuardia's fondness for spaghetti and his habit of cooking it for guests. It recalls how during his congressional days cabinet members joined him, and after dinner music came from his battered cornet. For quick lunches he often sends out for a tray with hot dogs cheese pumpernickel sandwiches coffee hot chocolate or milk.
A Boy Scouts of America special broadcast will air Wednesday evening over Columbia Mutual and National networks. President Franklin D Roosevelt will congratulate Scouts on Scouting's 29th anniversary with remarks from Walter W Head national president and James E West chief Scout executive. The program runs from 9 to 9 15 PM.
The article profiles T. J. Tacke a German immigrant who settled in Amarillo after 28 years abroad and 17 years at Green Brothers' Furniture. He runs a furniture and antique repair shop at 832 Bowie Street using self designed tools including a dent patching knife made from a French telephone base and curling iron. He apprenticed in Germany at 14 trained as a wood craftsman followed by years in large U S cities before returning to America.
Bill Adams an 11 year old boy was killed in a Dallas intersection collision. Neal Thomas Lockett 30 was charged with murder and driving while intoxicated. Adams died after being extricated from his car which was thrown through a cleaning establishment window.
An old advertisement touts Black and White Ointment as a parasiticidal dressing for athlete’s foot and related skin irritations. It recommends use with Black and White Skin Soap and notes the product’s notoriety from over two decades of use.
Anne Adams offers Sewing Instructor Pattern 4827 with eight gore skirt options and two necklines. Girdle lacing or suspender straps may replace the self belt and fabric color should be bright. Available in junior and misses sizes up to 18. order book and pattern together for 25 cents.
The Rhineland born craftsman, 20 when he sailed to America, cherishes a tiny jewel case he made at 14 with 36 color rose wood inlays. He prides his career on flawless work and repeats his father’s motto to do right or not at all, even if it costs more.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company dealers from the Amarillo area will gather tonight at 6:30 for a banquet at the Capitol Hotel. A Texas state police demonstration showed a new machine gun mounted on a motorcycle handlebar that can be fired without removing hands from the grips.
Advice column urges women in mid life to boost vitality during menopause. Recommends fresh air and eight hours sleep. Promotes Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to build resistance and calm nervous symptoms associated with the change.
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