Book listings and prices in a 1940s fliers note
A catalog of titles with authors and prices: Brave Men by Pyle at Grosset 3 dollars, Black Boy by Wright at Harper 2.50, Try and Stop Me by Cerf at S and S 3, The Best from Yank from World 3.50, Pleasant Valley by Bromfield at Harper 3, and Reynal 2.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehmann
Reynal
Brave Men
Pyle
Grosset
Wright
Harper
TRY
Cerf
YANK
World
Pleasant Valley
Bromfield
Harvest strain in White Deer captures farm life and memory
In White Deer the writer details hard harvest conditions as old equipment breaks down and crews rush between towns to mend gear. Women work beside men, delivering meals and hauling grain, while neighbors reminisce about local schools and small colleges and the evolving West Texas education landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Wayne Sears
White Deer
High Plains
Canadian Baptist Academy
E. E. Averitte
Ft. Worth
Happy
Arnold Cureton
Wichita Falls
Truman
J. E. Shahan
Lipscomb
Mittie Hill
Amarillo
Susie Mather
W. N. Durham
Kitty Bea Burnett
L. L Whitten
Mattie Vance
R. E. McGee
Horace Ammons
Clyde Mays
West Texas State College
Canyon
Nieces Guest From Dallas Visits Mrs Ellis
Mrs Ivin Ellis of 1500 Parker hosts her niece Miss Helen Kurtz of Dallas for a three week visit to her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivin Ellis
Parker
Helen Kurtz
Dellas
Amarillo Rebekah Lodge to Install Officers Tuesday
Amarillo Rebekah Lodge No. 222 will meet in the I O O F Hall for a public formal installation of officers. The event will be followed by a social hour Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Rebekah
Sea of Grass to Be Filmed in Nebraska
MGM will film The Sea of Grass in Valentine Nebraska with Spencer Tracy Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Unit Manager William Kaplan scouted in Panhandle Woodward Oklahoma and Kansas before Nebraska was chosen for the Eighties cattlemen nesters war story setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Tracey
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Valentine
Nebraska
MGM
William Kaplan
United States
Canada
Conrad Richter
Kaplan
Panhandle
Woodward
Oklahoma
Kansas
Canadian River Valley
Visiting in Vega
Miss Dorothy Vogel daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Vogel 1223 Fannin is visiting in the home of Miss Sharon Montgomery in Vega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vega
Dorothy Vogel
L. J. Vogel
Fannin
Sharon Montgomery
Collie Moye Home After 13 Months
Collie Moye, Radarman third class, son of Mrs. Edith Moye, returns home after 13 months in the South Pacific. He trained at San Francisco and Balboa Park California, and serves aboard the U S S Kittiehawk. He wears American Theater, Asiatic Pacific, and Philippine Liberation ribbons with one Battle Star and sails back to San Francisco in 18 days. Altrusa International gains reach with 200 clubs nationwide and in Mexico Puerto Rico, headquartered in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Collie Moye
Edith Moye
East
Moye
San Francisco
Balboa Park
Cal
Altrusa International
United States
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Chicago
Officers' Wives Club meeting with sewing and luncheon
The Officers' Wives Club will hold a 8:30 AM meeting in the Red Cross Building at Avenue D and Fourth Street for surgical dressings knitting and sewing. A 1:30 PM luncheon follows at the Officers' Club hosted by Mesdames Clarence A. Tinsman Doyle Chrisman Paul Calder and Vernice Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Avenue D
Fourth Street
Officers’ Club
Clarence A. Tinsman
Doyle Chrisman
Paul Calder
Vernice Cook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plesant Valley
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
Elgin Reid
Hayden
Fisk
By Laura V. Hamner
White and Kirk’s
Sadie Deerr
New York
Hudson
Cleo Tom Terry
White Deer-Borger
Duncan
Duncan Tract
Ernie Jones
Bill
Dad
Dora Mae
Jimmie Brown
Jettie Hardcastle
Rube Harlan
Ernie Bills
R. L. Harlan
Cammie
R. L
Terry
Hervey Allen
Farrar and Rinehart
Readers’ Digest
Mary Gray
Mary
Buell
Rebekah Lodge
Globe News
ODD Lot
Oline Roberts
Polk
M. O
Fisk Building
Maxor Drug CO
Williams
Fenton Art
Dell
Soc
Hull
C. M. Williams & CO
Taylor
Globe-News
The
Officers’ Wives Club
Tommy Gilbert
West
Milady
Worther
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