17 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1939
Page
1
The Amrillo Globe notes a Community event promoting a waffle supper with sausage and St Francis ties, inviting the public. The piece critiques gender norms and attire as part of a broader conversation on appearances and propriety.
Rev. John Steinlage receives a Catholic honor as Monsignor with a Domestic Prelate title. A Sunday evening waffle supper at Cathedral Hall from 5 to 8 p.m. promotes the event under local auspices. The piece blends church news with regional items on entertainment and spring beliefs.
Amarillo High School will send ten students to the Lubbock High School Invitation Speech Tournament. They travel with Miss Oretha Jane Cornelius and B. R. Howard, joining Borger High School in Amarillo for the trip. Later they plan North Dallas and Abilene tournaments.
The evening features a toast to sons by J W Bentley with response from George Roberts. Tolzien Nazzi perform violin and accordion, Estelle May Murphy sings, and the Blackburn Shaw Quartet presents more numbers. More than 200 fathers and sons expected.
Eliminations in the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored oratorical contest for Americanism Week are held at Amarillo High School. Three divisions exist for junior high, senior high, and Amarillo College contestants. Entrants include Georgeanne Watkins, Frank Stallnaker, Curtis Maynard, Wilma Peters, John Warner, C. W. Fletcher, LaVerne Joslin, Kent Barnard, Barbara Fry, Robert Lofgren, Elizabeth Meyer, Mary Minnick, and Ludy Thompson.
Amarillo High School opened its day with a devotional and patriotic service over the public address system. Principal R B Norman calls it part of the character building program and notes the American Creed repetition as a weekly feature during National Defense Week.
R B Hamblen directs Devil Take a Whittler his debut as a Little Theater director. Cast includes Shirley Cline Martie O Neil Ellen Louise Blake Ardis Cline Martin Marshal Shaw and others. The program also features The Little Stone House directed by Helen Cline Reyes and It Took a Woman directed by Mrs John Merchant.
Dear Tack offers farm and truck work experience and asks for employment opportunities. The note suggests continued details on page 19.
The Eleventh Annual Father and Son Banquet of the San Jacinto Methodist Church will be held this evening at 7 30 in the fellowship hall. H Sim Kelly will be the principal speaker on the program.
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