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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1943
Page
3
About three hundred guests gathered at Amarillo Center of West Texas State College for a lively evening of games and dancing. They enjoyed top-floor auditorium dancing, cards, ping pong, pool, and dominoes followed by a Kay Kyser program and an impersonation by Dr. R G Boger.
Miss Dena Gilbert of the WAVES has been named chairman of West Texas College Canyon recruiting for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. The WAVES party met with about 75 women in Canyon to discuss the Navy Reserve, showed naval motion pictures, and invited women to take tests in Amarillo Saturday and Sunday. The campaign also visited Plainview Tulsa and Happy yesterday.
Jim Randall USN on leave fell ill while en route to the Navy Hospital. Crowded train forced him to stand and at McLean he grew too ill to continue. He was transferred to a train bound for Amarillo and operated on immediately upon arrival.
William L. Huston, 74, remains jailed after police say he paid department store bills for two strangers using forged checks. Authorities note he stole the bills from mailboxes and kept the change from the payments.
Anne Adams 4276 offers a side-buttoned princess jumper for year round wear with a long or short sleeve blouse. For summer, it can be made as a sundress in Cotton. Inside pockets and tabs optional. pattern available in junior miss sizes 11, 13, 15 and 17. Send sixteen cents, include size name address and style number to order pattern 4276. Pattern book offers simple, fabric saving designs for all sizes.
Billie Mack McLeod was honored on his sixth birthday at a party held at his home, 2441 North West Fourteenth Avenue. Guests included Jackie Whippo, Gary Dean Rutherford, Pauline Rutherford, Margaret Smith, Arlene Smith, Charlotte Haller, Lannda Haller, Ida Fern Lundegreen, Howard Lundegreen, Peggy Lundegreen, Gene Lundegreen, Merlene Lundegreen, Geneva Kissner, Jimmie Kissner, Dean Kissner, Bobby Lee Shaw, Frankie Shaw, Johnie Shaw, Johnie Daniel, Leon Neal, Everett Neal, Rusty Sanders, Sid Sanders, Daphine Sanders, Sonney Van Zandt, David Van Zandt,Ruby Nell Read, Gene Sechrist and R. J. Sechrist.
A column urges parents to steer high school graduates toward saving from their first paycheck. It recommends payroll war bond plans to keep money out of reach and to fund training or future purchases, framing saving as patriotic and protective against inflation. It notes easing youth spending and emphasizes parental guidance now to aid the country later.
A collection of reader notices requests a live-in girl for a 22 year old, asks for a found car license plate, a lost red suede glove reward, a missing collie named Judy, and a widow seeking pen pal companionship. A report ends with a dog being picked up by a passing vehicle after being chased.
Amarillo Knife and Fork Club members may reserve seats for Monday night’s dinner lecture at the Country Club up to 10 am. Tickets are at Maxor Drug Store Fisk Building and Amarillo Hotel news stand. Speaker Col. M. Thomas Tchou will discuss China Old Friend and New Partner of Uncle Sam. Dinner starts 7:15 pm.
Tonight Suey to John B. eeitn Post 1475 at W LO Hall 8:30. St Vincent's Acolytes Guild ham puree supper. Andrew's Episcopal Sandie Mothers' Club annual banquet and dance honoring Sandie football players at Amarillo High School cafeteria 7. Recital by St Mary’s Academy group 7:45 at academy social hall. Saturday set at Country Club mixed bridge. Story hour for children 4 at Amarillo Public Library.
Homemakers find many fat sources for salvage from pan drippings bacon grease boiled frankfurters stew pot and pot roasts. Skimmed fat from cooled frankfurter liquor and fats from stews soups and broiler drippings are saved for the fat salvage drive. Even small teaspoons stack up for glycerine to aid Allied fighting men.
The article urges housewives to act as recruiters for skilled war jobs to fill shortages. It lists occupations in need and explains how to persuade relatives and neighbors not currently in essential war work to consider switching. Information is available at the nearest United States Employment Service office.
The body of Billy Wayne Belles, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wayne Belles, will arrive in Amarillo at noon Saturday. Funeral tentatively set for 10:30 Monday morning at Blackburn Shaw Chapel. The child died Monday night in Delray Beach Florida where the father is a government radio instructor. Survivors include the parents a sister Polly Jane the grandmother Mrs Fannie Lee Belles Mrs J D Ward and the great grandfather Grant Belles all of Amarillo.
In Amarillo the Potter County Red Cross forms a home nursing program for colored residents after pleas from the Negro community. Geneva Swift leads the new class with Mt Zion Baptist Church hosting its first meeting. Mrs. Jenkins heads the organizing committee with members including Avery Rush and J M Hyden. Odelle Harris recently resigned to pursue nursing training.
The Bushmen, a short yellowish brown nomad hunter group, are described as the earliest humans with reliable historical records in South Africa.
The Co-Workers Class of Polk Street Methodist meets 2 30 Monday at Mrs J C Bakers 3612 Fountain Terrace. Ladies Aid of Trinity Lutheran held a Thursday meeting at Mrs H Kreutziger 611 West Ninth Ave with officers elected and Red Cross work continued. Baptist groups Sunbeam Girls Auxiliary and Ethel Hardy Young Women Auxiliary meet 6 PM Monday for supper and missionary program. Christian Science Life lesson sermon set for Sunday January 17 with Bible verses and Science and Health excerpts.
Funeral services will be held at 4 PM today in the drawing room of Settegast Kopf funeral home for Charles Francis Tolleson 64 who died yesterday in a local hospital. Dr. Harry G. Knowles pastor of the First Christian Church will officiate.
Civilians wives at Amarillo Army Air Field gathered for luncheon at Cap Itol Hotel and formed the C I W Club to meet monthly. Arts groups and upcoming activities announced, including Bowling at Louie’s Alleys January 20, Bridge January 21, Book Review January 22, Sewing January 26, with members listed from E P Shelton to Lloyd Farnsworth.
Tolleson who helped organize Amarillo Hardware Co and later worked with J I Case Co and Massey Harris Plow Co is buried in Forest Park Cemetery. A Arkansas native, he lived in Amarillo and Fort Worth before moving to this city three years ago. He is survived by his widow, daughter Mrs Jewel Johnson of Denison, son B H Tolleson of Houston, and brother I J Tolleson of Amarillo.
William Riley was held on a sabotage charge in Spotswood New Jersey for disconnecting wiring on a grinding machine to sleep off a hangover. Federal agents said the act was deliberate to avoid noise.
The Glenwood Parent-Teacher Association held a school program directed by Mrs. Bess Perkins. The third grade performed three patriotic numbers and a specialty piece "Whoa Mule Whoa" with Ivan Holt as the cowboy, plus a xylophone duet by Charlene Inman and Reta Mae Hudson. Guest speaker R. A. Selby of Amarillo High discussed interpreting the War to the Children.
The Margaret Wills Parent Teacher Association plans a Fathers Night program at the school at 7 30 Monday evening. Also notes that 226 counties operate under civil service.
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