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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
6
Readers share ideas for easy kid parties with age tailored activities. Use Indian or cowboy costumes, tissue paper dresses, and bright color themes. Keep guests busy with inclusive games like Chinese checkers or croquet and festive pink paper pies to suit ages.
Ruth Millett notes a social gathering at Mrs. Joe Davidson’s home honoring Miss Martha Nell Stack of Los Angeles, employed at Disney Studio. The event featured punch and cookies, a lace table, and daisies and roses as decorations.
A whimsical sketch describes the D. G as sociable with dine ins and dinner parties yet bound by a strong habit. She is charming though prone to a single vice, likened to an alcoholic’s struggle, highlighting a playful character trait.
The drill team of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will meet at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the I. O. O. F. Hall. The River Road Demonstration Club changes meeting to 2 30 PM Wednesday in Mrs. Maloney’s home instead of Mrs. McAdams’s residence.
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4163 for a lightweight shirtwaist with a gathered front yoke and four-piece skirt. The ad outlines sizes from 14 to 42, fabric needs, and edging. requests Fifteen cents for pattern and pattern book, with order to Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York.
Mrs. Jess Walter will entertain the LTD Club Thursday at 3 PM in the home of Mrs. J. F. Hood, 832 Florida Street, replacing the previous plan to meet at Mrs. Etta Cole's residence, 213 1-2 West Sixth Avenue.
A brief ad invites readers to obtain Pattern 1907 featuring transfer motifs for needlework. It instructs sending ten cents to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with PATTERN NUMBER plus name and address.
Sober faces press the porthole as two German Jewish girls return to Europe after Cuba denied entry. In Hillsboro Ohio Eugene Case, 5, mourns his father George Priest, charged with slaying two people, while his dog Benjamin watches. A Coast Guard plane crash ends the life of Priest aboard a ship. Janet, 342, clings to a dolly as authorities seek the young woman who left her and brother Bobby in a Long Beach station.
A party honoring Eddie Dickson Jr on his 12th birthday was held Friday afternoon at 808 Lincoln Street, home of Mr and Mrs Ed Dixon. Pink lemonade marshmallows angel food cake and pink ice cream were served. Peggy Jo Quisenberry and Dale Branch won first prizes in the games while Carol Emerson Keller and Bobby Golden took second. Ten guests attended.
The August luncheon of the Mother Benton Class of the First Christian Church will not be held. Mr and Mrs A W Nicklaus hosted a Friday evening gathering at 501 North Fillmore. Their daughter Fay performed piano pieces by Bach Mozart Chopin Debussy Guion Niemann and MacDowell, with Lucile Henderson on second piano.
Fire damaged the Brecksville Inn, the region’s oldest stagehouse, echoing a century old blaze that destroyed the original inn. The blaze recalled history when fire wrecked the earlier structure over 100 years ago.
Mrs. C L Breeding of Mariposa County kept a curious jug in her car before a geologist identified it as a unique antique likely made by Peruvian Indians and brought by Spaniards in 1807. Standing about a foot high, the gray zig zag vessel features a menacing face with a hook nose and five small spouts. The jug was once exhibited at Fresno State College Museum for 12 years with a question mark as its label.
Relief for athlete's foot itching and burning with the antiseptic Black and White Ointment. The cooling parasiticidal dressing kills fungi on contact and is recommended for use with Black and White Skin Soap.
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