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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1943
Page
8
The calendar lists social, civic, and club meetings across Amarillo venues including the Capitol Hotel and various club rooms. Activities cover luncheons, elections of officers, guest programs, sewing circles, and choir rehearsals with times ranging from 1 to 7:30 o'clock and locations on Tyler Street, Monroe Street, and other local streets.
Wolflin Parent-Teacher Association held its Fathers Night at the school. Miss Louise King directed acts by seventh grade Boy Scouts and fourth grade students. City school superintendent Charles M. Rogers spoke on war impact on schools. Next meeting February 9 at the Wolflin school. Queen Esther Club meets Thursday at 2 PM at Mrs. Hathaway’s home.
Advertises Cardui as a tonic aiding digestion and appetite by stimulating gastric juices. Claims 62 years of use and relief of pain due to periodic functional causes when taken as directed before the onset. Encourages women to try Cardui and speak openly about the subject.
The Amarillo Business and Professional Women's Club opened a series on Community Offensive at the Amarillo Hotel. Dolly Pendleton announced the program with radio and food segments. J L Martin recalled early radio work, H P Robertson spoke on Radio After the War, Pauline Lakey urged waste reduction, Hattilu White urged active war effort.
Esther McCrory Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at 2415 Hughes Street to hear Eloise Gipson discuss Church Women's Work in the War. E Cecil Seaman shared experiences as a church woman in the war effort. annual reports were submitted. a letter from state regent E S Lammers was read.
Llano Estacado Chapter of the DAR met at 3209 Polk Street with Mrs. Wallace Heard and co hosts. The group voted to give 25 to the American Red Cross emergency project as Miss Elinor Atwood led a program on American music and sketched lives of composers. Other attendees included Mesdames Killgore Harper Neal Turner Lewis Curtis Bivins Crotty Ashcraft Nickell and Rhodes at the meeting.
Victory Command Girls are to perform a dance at 8 o'clock tonight in the north wing of the auditorium USO. Company D will attend a dance Thursday night in the auditorium USO.
The Athenaeum Club will meet tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs Ed Pipkin located at 1402 Monroe Street.
A House committee forecast an aviation boom after peace with half a million private pilots and 20 million annual airline passengers. The panel urged Congress to create standing committees to study national and international air commerce and safety issues.
The Beryl Needle Club will gather at 2 PM Thursday at 900 Milam Street the home of Mrs D V Moore to sew and share. The V for Victory Club planned a 11 AM Tuesday covered dish luncheon at Mrs Harley Davis home 300 North Louisiana Street with members including Mrs E R Walker and Mrs Oliver Burger among the attendees.
Miss Rosa Byrd of Amarillo daughter of G C Byrd Cross Plains and Tech Sgt Sidney P Nicks son of Mr and Mrs U S Nicks Dumas were married in a 945 PM Dec 31 single ring ceremony at the home of Rev W H Forbes Baptist minister Attendants were Miss Mildred Silsbee and Sgt Larry O McCarthy of the Amarillo Army Air Field The bride wore a white dress with a red rose corsage Mrs Nicks secretary at the First National Bank The groom a former bank employee is stationed at Hamilton Field as procurement clerk in the Quartermasters Corps
Miss Mary Anna Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Thomas Canyon wed Pfc Harold J Kerlagon son of Mr and Mrs C D Kerlagon Los Angeles in a double ring ceremony at 1709 Fillmore Street conducted by Dr Will C House. The couple will honeymoon 15 days in Los Angeles then reside for her to resume work at Southwestern Bell while he is stationed at the Dalhart Glider Base.
Washington January 13. The General Federation of Women's Clubs announces a War Service Pin for members who have worked six months or more in the war effort. The pin features a gold shield of the United States with War Service below and the organization's initials above. Wearing requires endorsement from the club district or state federation.
Mrs J H Gray formerly Miss Lillian Quine was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mrs Truett Johnson at 1500 East Tenth Avenue. Attendees included Mesdames R L Jones W W Nix Berger R L Lane Clais Nix Ella Belcher Roy Johnson Ray Ferguson E P Jones O L Nix and Miss Alvida Nix. Gifts came from Mesdames Ruby Crawford B D Young J C Baker L L McCord E L Fenwick J G Prichard of Atlanta Texas and Earl Riffee of Stratford.
The Pierian Club will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. J. R. Jackson at 2222 Hughes Street.
A Amarillo federation meeting highlighted club war work including a single club baking 5000 dozen cookies for soldiers in Amarillo. Reports noted Red Cross hours, soldier visits, war bond spending, and guest-house dormitory operations at Municipal Auditorium.
Washington January 12 UPI A series on psychiatry in uniform shows a smaller share of casualties becoming mental cases in this war. Screening at induction centers and during training removes unstable individuals before combat, improving mental resilience in service members.
Roland C. Tyler 32 serving a life term for a Galveston County jail break in which a guard was killed faced a disturbing the peace charge in Houston. He posted a $10 bond and failed to appear for trial. Tyler escaped Eastman Prison Farm on Dec 2 1942 and was arrested Dec 19 at a apartment house under the alias Lester West along with two others.
A string of personal notices seeks help locating a tan dog on the Vega Highway with a reward. Other ads offer rewards for lost scarf shawl purse and shawl with contact details in Tulsa Texas Cretney area and nearby streets.
Three year old black male cocker spaniel wandered from 1705 Madison Street on New Year’s Day. Not wearing harness or collar. Owners seek any information on his whereabouts. Contact Mrs Hudson at 1705 Madison Street or call 8172. Additional notices list names Bee Parsons Bud Brimage and a housekeeper seeker at 1507 Parker Street and a woman seeking cafe or nursing work at 803 B North Fillmore Street Cabin 1.
When constipation brings discomfort after meals, stomach upset, gas, and bloating, Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin helps wake lazy nerves and muscles in the intestines. The product is gentle on the stomach, tastes pleasant, and is suitable for children. Read label directions or follow your doctor's advice.
A woman seeks a missing red knitted cap lost on January 4 between McKinley School and 217 A West Eleventh Avenue with a reward offered by Mrs. Leonard Holland. Call 8038 to report or return the item. A reader asks for a houseworker to do meals and light chores for a two person family.
A middle aged man offers to care for children while parents work in exchange for a place to live and small wages. Call E. E. King at County Farm, phone 2 5405. E. E. KING.
Downtown shopper found a black combination kid and fabric glove and asks the owner to call 2-9057 to claim it.
Frost Motor Company reports three keys found on a ring have been mailed back. Anyone who lost keys may call at 509 Tyler Street Frost Motor Company. A separate notice offers an exchanged room with bedroom suite for housework with wages, for a couple or a woman. the advertiser and husband work, with two school aged boys.
Easy home tinting method promises a professional look at low cost. Mix bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound in water, apply by comb as directed for a soft glossy color that won’t wash out or affect permanents. See how much younger you look with this popular Barbo recipe.
Classified notices offer child care for 19 month old at home or caregiver's residence. Housework help sought three to four mornings weekly. Colored woman seeks afternoon work for quarters and small wages. Mayfair Hotel contact. A seller offers a small female rat terrier puppy for good home. Two part Persian kittens offered at Beverley Street location.
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