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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
4
Mayor LaGuardia and a fashion group stage Fashion Futures a 400 gown show for 2,000 merchants and stylists. The event features 18 scenes, soft shoulder trends, 17 inch hemlines, dip in back styles, vivid colors, checked fabrics, and dramatic red accessories including wigs and chapeaux.
Miss Onetha Presley of 500 Madison Street became bride of James A. Tucker of Shamrock in a Jan 4 home ceremony at 1908 Harrison Street presided by Rev. J. A. McKinzie. The brown dress bride and Willis D. Thornton attended. A reception followed at 409 Kentucky Street. The couple resides at 1600 B Harrison Street after a short wedding trip. Separately, Virginia Ann Peters was honored at a surprise shower before her afternoon wedding to Johnny Dean Gray at their parents’ home, with guests and gifts from family and friends attending.
The Advanced Group of the Atlantida Spanish Club will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Amarillo Hotel. The Beginners Group will meet at 7 30 Friday night at the Amarillo Hotel.
The Panhandle Speech Arts Club will convene at 8:00 PM Monday at 1619 Tyler Street, the home of Mrs. R B Masterson Jr. A 7:30 PM board meeting precedes the event.
Louise Johnston leads Gamma Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Federation Club Rooms discussing personality in rooms. Esther Welch demonstrates color use with colored photographs of model rooms to show color’s effect on personality. Jean Wright covers furniture balance and arrangement.
The Junior Business Women's Club met at the Capitol Hotel for its first meeting of the year. Dana Pursley led the session with a club prayer as four new members Ann McDonald Ruth Kessie Clara Lemmons and Ineta Tipps were initiated.
Instructions for a crocheted chair set with medallion motif and separate leaves. Pattern 2752 provides directions, illustrations, stitches, a photograph, and required materials. Send ten cents and name address to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
Tonight features Helping Hand Sewing Club chicken pie dinner at West Amarillo Christian Church to aid clothing materials for needy children. Neoteus Choir at First Christian Church and other club meetings include BS Young Women's Division Social Center for Girls and American Business Club installation and dance. Friday lists Travel Study Club at 2114 Lipscomb Street, Junior Child Study Club at 827 Louisiana Street, McKinley School P T Unit tournament, and more around Amarillo venues such as the Amarillo Hotel and McKinley School multi events.
The Junior Travel Study Club elected officers at a meeting hosted by Mrs. W. W. Sharp at 2004 Van Buren Street. New officers include President Mrs Gordon Gill and Vice President Mrs Ralph LeMond with other posts filled by Mrs Sharp Mrs J C Coyle and more. A talk on National Parks East of the Mississippi followed. Attendees included Ballard Coyle Gill Jackson Jacobson LeMond Garland Martin OBrien Wingate and Carter.
Miss Zella Grove hosted a farewell party at 2406 Taylor Street on Tuesday night for Virginia Newcomb Hazel Newcomb and their sister Earline White as they prepare to move to Los Angeles with their family. Attendees included Gene Baker Floyd Hodges Winston Bullock Charlie Lawrence Peggy Thomas Dan Johnston Virginia Todd Fisher Johnson Darrell Grisham James Bates J A Dumas Cris Reynolds Carlton Horne Leora Stith Bill Visage Wanda Park and Victor Hatcher among others.
The Cactus Cootlette Club held breakfast at Mrs. Betty McClarean's home 800 Travis Street and appointed Mrs. Goldie Freeman to lead. They scheduled a party at the Preventorium for Monday and a rummage sale set for January 18. Attendees included Mesdames Roy C. Andrews Pree man D B. Smith E L West I H Scarborough Bernice Hills Elma Wood the hostess and a guest Mrs Graham.
The Delphi Mu Chapter of the Delphian Society will meet tonight at o o'clock in the Federation Club Rooms to resume the regular study. The program topic is Matthew Arnold, Apostle of Perfection and will discuss ancient laws used in Egypt several thousand years before Christ.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a cure to stimulate bile production, claim two pints of bile daily to aid digestion and relieve constipation, urging readers to buy 10¢ or 25¢ packages.
Timothy Visage was honored at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mr and Mrs C W Robinson at 312 East Twentieth Avenue. The bride to be will wed Ralph W Robinson of San Antonio in February. Patriotic decor in red white and blue and a games array marked the party with many Robinson family members attending.
Amarillo County Club offers free Thursday night lessons on Jan 16 and Jan 30 teaching Polka Schottische Ten Pretty Girls and more for adults at the club house. A Women's Gun Club with 25 members meets twice monthly with Camilla Wheatley as president and plans indoor rifle ranges. D A R observes Monday as DAR Day with Esther McCrory and Llano Estacado chapters hosting meetings, programs, and pre-meeting board sessions at local homes.
The Little Flower Mission Guild of Sacred Heart Cathedral held a sewing and business meeting at Mrs. J. S. Edwards home. Officers were named and a report on a charity carnival was submitted. A new member was welcomed and an honorary membership awarded to Mrs. Mayer. A spiritual bouquet was sent to Mrs. Ford, and donations to Panhandle Church cassocks were planned along with two upcoming benefit events. Other church groups met for devotions and planned all day sessions and luncheons. Early American Indian squash potteries noted. Paris and New York City traffic are cited as the world’s busiest areas.
Funeral services for J. R Morgan father of B. L. Morgan and A L Morgan will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from Floral Heights Methodist Church Wichita Falls. He died yesterday afternoon in a Wichita Falls hospital at age 86. Burial at a Austin cemetery with Masonic rites, after body is sent to Austin for in state. B L Morgan traveled to Wichita Falls. A L Morgan was in Chicago when word arrived.
Several Panhandle residents intend to attend the January 20 inaugural of President Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace. Some will ride the special train carrying Texans to Washington. Amarillo figures named include Walter Blackburn Louis Weksler Ralph Kennison and Lawrence Hagy.
Draft boards were notified that the FBI has been authorized to investigate violations of the selective service act. The bureau will handle all cases arising from such violations. Few violations have been reported in this county.
We, The Women argues wives seek occasional outings to escape daily housework and care, while husbands enjoy home comforts. The piece notes women handle chores, children, and laundry after long days, and suggests men should consider their wives’ wish for a night out.
The St Marys Academy PTA will meet at 2 pm Friday in Cathedral Hall with Mrs W B Gunn a Girl Scout leader as speaker. The McKinley PTA met Tuesday with Annie L McDonald giving a talk on the Amarillo schools. Refreshments and a games tournament follow with contract auction bridge forty two and rummy planned. admission 25 cents. Public invited.
The 91 men and four officers of Battery B, 131st Field Artillery and the Battery B medical detachment depart Amarillo tomorrow at 1 p.m. for Camp Bowie Brownwood Texas to begin 12 months of intensive training. Col Richard B Dunbar commands the camp in temporary duty as the Texas National Guard mobilizes to exceed 10 000 personnel. Maj Gen Claude V Birkkhead attended a senior officer course at Fort Benning.
Report notes the heaviest frost of the season with no snow overnight. Mr. Collman predicts continued fair weather with temperatures in the fifties today and a drop to the twenties tonight. Airport low 24, town 29, north wind about 10 mph.
Final exams for the fall 1940-41 term begin Monday at Amarillo College, one week earlier than public schools. Spring registration is set to start Monday January 20 with several new courses added to the curriculum.
Amarillo announces a free Friday night talk by Jeff H Williams at 7 30 in Municipal Auditorium. Perry Burks promotes attendance citing Williams as an entertaining Oklahoma speaker amid a lineup of notable figures and a “manna” of entertainment.
Funeral services for H. V. Fetterly will be held at 4:30 PM from the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Chapel with Rev. E. L. Smith officiating. The 55 year old man was shot to death at his North Fillmore Street home, and his stepson James McLamore is jailed. Survived by a wife, brother J. E. Fetterly of Milwaukee, two stepdaughters Gladys Corum and Clyde Hooey, and two stepsons H. M. McLamore of Lubbock and James McLamore of Amarillo. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
Potter County Taxpayers Association hosts a noon luncheon for association committeemen directors and taxpayers with Erwin Ochsner outlining objectives. The session marks the first attendance of the four new county commissioners Judge Ernest O Northcutt Morris Browning Jack Swann and George Killian.
In Waichow near Hongkong Sister Marie Dessi Italian matron of St. Joseph's Hospital died in a Japanese bombardment yesterday. Two Italian nuns were wounded and about 200 Chinese killed with another 200 injured. The China Mail reported boats sunk and wharves wrecked.
A nostalgic weight loss ad touts Marmola Tablets as a safe method for adults with thyroid-related obesity. It claims over thirty years of distribution and twenty million boxes sold, stresses consulting a physician for diagnosis, and urges readers to buy Marmola from their druggist.
Draft Board No 1 announces 28 men ready for induction into the army on January 16. Fourteen volunteers include Claude Lucero and James Wesley Ballard Jr. with addresses listed. Inductions will also occur January 16 for 14 more selected men, and two officers will be sent to Lubbock January 18 raising January’s total to 30. The full list of selected men is not released.
Sir Archibald Sinclair announced a new RAF training plan opening pilot training to boys aged 16 and older to meet a growing demand. The program targets about 700000 youths aged 16 to 18.
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