Van Hooser daughter wed in San Diego church ceremony
Ensign Mary Frances Van Hooser and Lt. William Curtis Benton married at 6 p.m. Wednesday June 28 in First Methodist Church San Diego California. Rev G A Warmer officiated with attendants Ensign Virginia Guyer and Ensign Gladys Bratholt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. van Hooser
East Eleventh Avenue
Mary Frances van Hooser
William Curtis Benton
First Methodist Church
San Diego
Calif
G. A. Warmer
Virginia Guyer
Gladys Bratholt
Amarillo High School
Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing
United States Naval Hospital
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Selma Benton
Charles C. Benton
Amarillo College
Sigma Alpha Delta
Chi Theta Kappa
Naval Training Base
Corpus Christi
Miss Beverly Stroud Hosts Gershwin Society Event
Miss Beverly Stroud hosted a Gershwin Society program at Amarillo Country Club in honor of new members. The evening opening included a business session announcing August festival preparations and early work on set costumes and numbers. Readings and musical numbers followed by Nellrita Alvey Thelma Pollard James Paschal Camille Kay and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Stroud
Gershwin Society
Amarillo Country Club
Gershwin
Camille Kay
Nellrita Alvey
Thelma Pollard
James Paschal
Social CALENDAR TODAY EVENTS AND LOCATIONS
Community calendar lists Woodmen's Circle at W. O. W. Hall at 8 o clock and Friday family night at Amarillo Country Club 8 30. Pecos Valley Queens Lodge 684 meets C O F Hall at 2. Y W C A junior swimming class at Gem Lake Pool 10. The 501 Club for teens meets at Y W C A building 501 Lincoln Street 7 30. First Baptist Business Women's Circle supper and missionary program at church 6 30. UV Club picnic Ellwood Park 1. Red Cross sewing First Presbyterian Church 9 to 4. uv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Country Club
Elizabeth Ann Rapp
Gem Lake Pool
First Baptist Business Women's Circle
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Lodge Holds Celebration By Wild Rose Lodge Auxiliary
Seventy members and families attended a luncheon of Wild Rose Lodge No. 312 Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at the I O O P Hall. Initiations included Mescames Mary A. Chilton E Wilma Malloy Juanita M. Gilchrist Gladys I. Meyer Doris E. Webb Floris F. Gilley Dona M. Rattam Mildred W. Henderson and Mrs. Jay Dean Webster and Mrs. Opal O. McClenny as new candidates. The lodge voted to buy two bonds and gifts were exchanged with the guest dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
I. O. O. P. Hall
Mescames
Mary A. Chilton
E. Wilma Malloy
Juanita M. Gilchrist
Gladys I. Meyer
Doris E. Webb
Floris F. Gilley
Dona M. Rattam
Mildred W. Henderson
Jay Dean Webster
Shofner
Lodge
Jessie Miller
Neva Shelton
Wilda Fay Anderson
Floris Gilley
Wilma Malloy
Juanita Gilchrist
Gladys Meyer
Dorothy Marable
Ruby Walters
Lena Edwards
Helen C. Ham
Exie Knight
Vada Lopez
Dessie M. Moore
Irma Steele
Freya Hillin
Lou Ve
Japs Use Poison Gas on Chinese Troops
Capt. Ralph F. Thompson, a U. S. Army chemical warfare intelligence officer, reported from Hengyang that Japanese forces used mustard and lewisite gas against Chinese defenders. He observed gas-blasted victims with blisters, and said shells with mixed mustard and lewisite may have been fired from 75 millimeter guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
14Th
U. S. Air Force Base
China
Ralph F. Thompson
U.S. Army
Hengyang
Thompson
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
United States
Jean Allen Crowned Pantex Queen at Midnight Carnival
Jean Allen was elected Pantex queen by ordnance plant workers nominated by the plant protection division. The coronation occurred during a midnight carnival on the north steps of a cafeteria, with ten maids of honor receiving war bonds and a total bond sale of 7500 dollars. The event was led by Capt. R. M. Smith and George T. Phillips with entertainment organized by E. D. Caskey and C. E. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Allen
Ordnance Plant
Pantex
Joe Stensons
Sgt
Melvin Allen
Amarillo Army Air Field
Allen
Jean Ward
Margaret Randall
Frances Fryer
Edith Few
Lois Castrin
Doris Johnson
Roma Lee Rogers
Eva Mae Traylor
Willie D. Davis
Willa Cauthen
Teed Products Corporation
Pantex Queen
Maids of Honor
R. M. Smith
George T. Phillips
E. D. Caskey
C. E. Duncan
Marine Captain Led Patrols Behind Enemy Lines
Captain John Gillispie of Spearman led eight patrols behind Cape Gloucester lines during the first ten days of the operation and suffered no losses. On leave in Amarillo for malaria treatment, he criticized a taxi overcharge, lamented low wartime pay in farming regions, and recalled Guadalcanal combat. He is a Texas Tech graduate who joined the Marines in 1940. Frank Spann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Spann, will report to radio technician school in Lubbock tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillispie
Spearman
Amarillo
Veterans’ Facility
W. A. Gillispie
Cape Gloucester
Gillispie
Guadalcanal
Veterans’ Hospital
Perryton
Texas Tech
Marines
Grateful Owner Says Stead My Car Often
Clarence F. Paules reported his car stolen in York Pennsylvania then called to say everything was all right. The car had been taken by mistake and returned washed and polished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York, Pa
Clarence F. Paules
Apules
Mrs Willborn Visits Family Then St Joseph Aspirin Ad
Mrs A H Willborn visiting daughter Mrs W W Cox near Trinidad Colorado now guest of son Herbert O Willborn at 138 Wayside Drive. You can't buy more in aspirin than the assurance of quality and purity guaranteed when you buy St Joseph Aspirin world’s largest at 10 cents Demand St Joseph Aspirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Willborn
W. W. Cox
Trinidad, Colo
Herbert O. Willborn
Wayside Drive
St. Joseph
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Mrs. W. ©. Benton
Miss Stroud
Khoury Bros
Marie Earle
Herbert
Woodmen's Circle
W. O. W. Hall
Pecos Valley
Queens Lodge
C. O. F. Hall
501
Lincoln Street
Ellwood Park
Chester Martin
Mr. Martin
Peacock Beauty Shop
Fisk
W. R. Coleille
H. ©. Willis
Otto Erickson
O. M. Dickey
Barbara Gould
Mrs. Willborn
Sen
Nem
Kaylon, Inc
White & Kirk
Boxwell Hee PN Lee PU Eee
Lee Perryton—Spearman
East
Reno
Jenkins Wholesale
Oklahoma City
Okio
Ogdai
Folger's
Rinso
Carton
Diamond
Cornflakes R & W
KOTEX
Tommy Tinker, Or. Jar
Cleanser
Sunkist
Wieners
S&h
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