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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
22
The piece notes St. Valentine's Day as teen culture's Christmas with feverish preparations and bold valentines. It highlights how youths use frank expressions, comic cards, and social signaling through gifts while retailers push romantic motifs ahead of February 14 in Amarillo.
Eleanor Roosevelt visits a Plaza Hotel display of British women’s needlework led by Lady Reading. She notes six chair seats signed by Queen Mary, cross stitch carpets, and favorite smocked dresses. She also attends Wiltwyck School fund meeting with Mary McLeod Bethune and Roi Ottley, then travels home to Hyde Park as cold weather bites. Barnacles are closely related to lobsters.
The Easter Seal drive in Amarillo runs Feb 2 to Mar 28. Bert McCullough and Grady Camp announce the campaign, which funds local Crippled Children services and supports the national society. Seals cost 1 cent and feature a girl on crutches with flowers, with 94 percent staying locally.
Hilda Thorndyke a 32 year old Crewe schoolteacher spent about 500 pounds of her life savings on a year teaching in Chicago under an exchange program. The Cheshire Education Committee refused to grant a reimbursement of her 1000 dollars spent, saying no grant will be made. The committee had appealed to county authorities on her behalf.
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