USO Weekend Schedule Includes Roast Music Program and Dance
Downtown USO Club outlines three events this weekend with a wiener roast at 8 30 Thursday at Eliwood Park attended by servicemen and junior hostesses. Miss Jean Manella heads a committee including Hortense DeWitt Hope Baldwin and Caroline Payne with Mrs Don Loden as senior hostess. A recorded music program in Ellwood Park Sunday at 4 p m features group singing led by Margaret Bromert and Bob Walker. The all Victor Herbert lineup includes Babes in Toyland Naughty Marietta The Fortune Teller Sweethearts and The Red Mill. The Victory Command dance follows at 9 p m with Friml songs The Donkey Serenade and Rose Marie.
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Hope Baldwin
Caroline Payne
Don Loden
Margaret Bromert
Bob Walker
Amarillo Army Air Field
Ellwood Park
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Marietta
Victory Command
Friml
Rose Ma
Debussy Solo Highlights In Concert With Elizabeth Guide
A recital features piano performances including Claire de Lune by Debussy with Elizabeth Guide on piano and additional solo pieces. The program showcases Guide’s artistry alongside accompanying pianist.
Norway Feeds On Fish Amid Ration Strain And Deficits
Oslo reports show Norwegians have endured five years of tight rations with an average weight loss over 12 pounds per person. Fish sustains diets of cod and herring as meat vanishes from restaurants, while Denmark and Sweden provide soups to schoolchildren to bolster health.
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Sweden
Longtime Amarillo Mail Clerk Recalls Early Post Office
Herbert M. Timmons with 37 years of service tops Amarillo post office seniority. He began as a clerk in 1907 when the office was in a stone building at Fourth and Polk and later served as mail carrier for nine years. He recalls wading through mud before sidewalks existed and a windy day when a screen door blew letters over.
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C. M. Tyler
Panhandle
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Mexiana Medicated Powder Promises Quick Skin Relief
The 40 year family favorite Mexiana medicated powder offers cooling relief for rashes and irritations including diaper rash. The ad notes low cost and morning availability with long customer lines as clerks handed out letters for 10 hours. A separate item profiles Mr. Timmons overseeing civil service exams since Pearl Harbor, highlighting the Amarillo post office’s growth into a large building.
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Mons
Pearl Harbor
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Amarillo
Wool shipment from Rock Springs tops six weeks total
About 1,500,000 pounds of wool were loaded and shipped from Rock Springs Wyoming in six weeks this spring.
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