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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1941
Page
3
Mrs. Dave Rubin announced the engagement of her daughter Miriam Rubin to Milton Emmer. A Sunday reception at 2101 Hughes Street drew about 300 guests as the couple plans a August 31 wedding.
A largePre bridal party honors Miss Laurene Ludden bride elect of D F Van Hooser. Guests attend at homes across Amarillo with a cafeteria style shower and favors. couple to wed July 2 at Central Presbyterian Church with families present.
A regular Amer ican Legion Auxiliary meeting is set for 8 o'clock Tuesday with officers to be elected and other business discussed. Members are urged to attend, said President Mrs W Adams. The season ends with a Wednesday night inter post meeting at Clarendon. Clarendon members plan an interesting program and Amarillo members are urged to attend, said Public Relations Chair Mrs J P Hodge.
An announced called meeting of active MacDowell Music Club members will be held at 10 o clock Thursday morning in the home of Mrs. Arthur J. Martin 1002 Sunset Terrace.
The El Martes Sewing Club will meet Tuesday at 3 PM in the home of Mrs. Will Riley at 1205 Pierce Street, adjusting the previously announced time.
Miss Mary Lamb Owenbey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Owenbey of Stinnett married Jack E Smith in a 9 oclock ceremony at Central Baptist Church Amarillo with Rev Frank A Godsoe officiating A single ring ceremony Attendants were Miss Vesta Brandom maid of honor and L J Bates best man After the ceremony the couple visited the bride s parents then had a wedding dinner at Grover in her sister s home They reside at 410 A East Seventh Avenue The bride a Spearman High School graduate has worked in Amarillo ten years and was with Phillips Petroleum Company Mr Smith reared in Malden Missouri works with Wagner Appliance Showers and Dinner Two surprise showers were given Friday night for the former Miss Owenbey One at the Reynolds home hosted by Mrs Ann Reynolds Miss Brandom Florence Ransford with blue and pink decorations and a framed miniature bride Guests included Quida Gray Mary Porterfield and others The second shower was at the Woods Hotel later that evening
The birthday luncheon planned by Wild Rose Lodge No. 312 for tomorrow has been postponed. The lodge will still hold a regular meeting and initiation service at 2 PM tomorrow at the I O O F Hall with refreshments served. AMOMA CLASS TO MEET TUESDAY The First Baptist Amoma Class meets at 2 30 PM Tuesday at Mrs Perry C Burks home 2504 Harrison Street
Legionnaires will elect officers for the year starting Aug 5 at 8:00 p.m. in the Hanson post home at 1800 Harrison Street. Nominees include commander Bill Gilstrap and Maynard Drake. first vice commander C. C. Meetze and Erwin Ochsner. second vice commander Dave Peters. third vice commander Charlie Hoppin. Other posts list Howard Blackburn, Roy Gant, Leo Southern, Fred DeCoster, Homer Brandt, Ralph Fomby. John K. Bovee has served as post commander.
The Amarillo NYA woodworking shop at Twelfth Avenue and Jackson Street completed 154 furniture items for the Soil Conservation Office in June. District supervisor Harold Hamilton announced the totals including 120 tables 10 ice boxes 12 cabinets and 12 storage cabinets. The shop also produced three Hawaiian mahogany desks for Potter County offices supervised by Wyley J. Barris.
Local itemized notes reveal visitors at 508 Harrison Street and a recovering resident. Santa Fe and Rock Island crews shift assignments across Amarillo Canadian Waynoka and Fort Worth districts with new yard and switch jobs.
Private Victor Howard of Fort Sam Houston searches for his mother Mrs. Vina Howard last heard from in Amarillo about two years ago. Leonard Howard is ill at Legion Texas Veterans Hospital. She is 54, 5 feet, 145 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes. Call Potter County clerk Hubert Cole with any information.
In a wartime assessment, Churchill says the Royal Air Force now bombs Germany at a higher rate than Germany bombed Britain in any month. The piece notes Britain's air-power buildup with U S aid, contrasting German advances on the Soviet front and Moscow Berlin claims about Leningrad Moscow and Kiev. It cautions that Hitler must win decisively before winter or face a costly two-front conflict.
Amarillo launches a scrap aluminum drive led by A. K. Baracat to defend America. Dentists may donate unused impression trays next week while old dental plates and castings join the collection. Residents on mail routes will be notified and Boy Scouts, veterans, and many local groups join the effort.
Grady Cooper chairs the executive committee arranging the joint Texas postal convention in Amarillo Friday and Saturday. More than 1,000 postal workers will attend with HQ at the Amarillo Hotel. Clint J. Taylor of Fort Worth will represent the Railway Mail Service at the event.
Ranking diplomats and military officers from 13 Latin nations arrived in Nashville for a two day visit to the Tennessee Valley Authority projects. They will tour the Vultee dive bomber plant and motor to Muscle Shoals in Northern Alabama for a brief sidetrip.
Battle Creek man Sam Bullis, one of five state liquor-store supervisors fired as an economy move, says he was let go March 15, 1940 after seven months handling leases and questions who collected his last sixteen months of pay.
A quota of 25 local youths will gain work experience in automotive mechanics at the USDA regional garage on Harrison Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The garage serves government vehicles in a five state area including Texas and Oklahoma, with assignments from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department of Entomology, and the Veterans Bureau.
The shop has 71 diesel Caterpillar tractors on orders. The superintendent aims to produce one and a half tractors weekly. NYA boys will assist in the parts department alongside mechanical and body work.
The crash victim Mrs. J. C. Bird of 1710 Buchanan Street is reported in fairly good condition at North West Texas Hospital after a head on collision on Canyon Highway. Her husband is in good condition while her mother Mrs. W. M. Gibson of 903 East Ninth Avenue is fairly good. The other two occupants sustained only minor injuries.
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