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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1945
Page
5
Dr and Mrs C W Seibel of 1001 Sunset announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret to Frank P Wilson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank P Wilson of Bovina. The wedding will be held at the First Presbyterian Church later this month.
The L T D Club met Thursday afternoon at 406 Virginia with Mrs J C Wyatt presiding. Mrs R M Allred spoke on club member responsibility and conducted a personality quiz while Mrs J L Means discussed gaining emotional poise. The session ended with needlework and an ice course. next meeting is scheduled for June 21 with Mrs R M Allred.
The Officers' Wives Club holds its monthly luncheon Tuesday at 1 30 at the Officers' Club Amarillo Army Air Field following a Red Cross Building meeting at Avenue D and Fourth Street. Hostesses include Mesdames Raymond P F Layborne Roy E Kitchell Eli H Mullinax and Herman J Meyer.
Miss Katherine Elliott Perryman daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Perryman 1920 B Polk became the bride of Lloyd W Daniel Sunday June 3 at Polk Street Methodist Church parsonage Dr Neal Cannon read the vows The bride wore an all white pique dress with pink rosebud corsage She is Ama rillo High School graduate and Nu Phi Mu member Daniel son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd W Daniel 3708 Taylor recently discharged from the Army served in New Guinea 18 months now with Universal Exploration Co Wichita Falls The couple left for a month long trip to Mexico City after the ceremony
Mr and Mrs J M Thomas announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Cleo to Staff Sgt Bert Ashton A A F Ashton is the son of Mr and Mrs B H Ashton of Laguna Beach California and is stationed in Denver Colorado The marriage will take place Saturday June 23.
The Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church substitutes a 9 o’clock breakfast for the usual Wednesday luncheon. The event will be held at the president’s home, 2200 Lipscomb.
Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner devised and refined the kerosene making process, discovering the method in 1852.
In Austin on June 10 nine women from the Seventh District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs received appointments to the TFWC state board. From Amarillo are Mrs. Wesley Izzard and Mrs. Sam Seay, with other appointees from Matador Pampa Claude Lubbock and Plainview.
The Llano Estacado Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution postpones its Thursday afternoon meeting indefinitely due to the death of Earl C. Cox, husband of the chapter's vice regent.
The War Production Board allocated 233,472 commercial truck units for 1945. Chevrolet will build 62,312, Ford 53,837, International Harvester 32,686, and Dodge 21,774 of the total.
Berlin war scarred churches reopen for Protestant Catholic and Jewish worship with Soviet approval. Arthur Werner a 68 year old German educator and Russian appointed burgomeister said today.
Sheriff W M Adams will sell Lots Nine and Ten in Block One of Fairview Townsite Amarillo Texas on the first Tuesday in July 1945 to satisfy a judgment of 48.52 plus costs in Amarillo Independent School District v Wm C Clary et al. The sale is at the Potter County Courthouse door and involves Wm C Clary Mrs Vivian C Hakes Frank E Hakes and the unknown heirs and legal representatives.
Miss Ellen Drake daughter of Mrs Mary Drake of 1209 North Harrison and Lt Keith O Bruce were married in a single ring ceremony at First Baptist Church on Saturday May 19. Attendants included Miss Bettye Hodges and best man Lt Marvin Jackson. Bruce, a Casper Wyoming native and Phi Delta Theta member, is stationed at Amarillo Army Air Field as a student officer. the couple will honeymoon in San Antonio after training.
Mrs. Edgar Wilson and Mrs. Winnette DeGrassi hosted a dinner at the DeGrassi home 1503 Jefferson in honor of Lt. Winnette DeGrassi III and Sgt. Frank Wilson Jr. The event was a Wilson family reunion with most members present except Sgt. Bob Wilson in Germany. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and numerous relatives from Bovina and well known local names.
New York June 11 194? Film starlet Jinx Falkenburg aged 26 wed Lt Col John R Tex McCrary aged 34 a former editorial writer of the New York Daily Mirror. The ceremony was performed by Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora.
Virgil Thompsons here for a 10 day visit with Mrs Thompson. They stay with Mr and Mrs D D Murphy at 209 Grant and Mr and Mrs Dan Higgins Canyon. He has been stationed at Hollywood Beach Hotel Florida for the past year and will report for overseas duty June 27.
Miss Marilyn Cooper daughter of Mrs Myrtle J Cooper 1613 Pierce left yesterday for Houston to spend the summer. She is accompanied by her aunt Mrs C J Mitchell of Houston who had been visiting Mrs Cooper and her mother Mrs Sally James for the past two weeks.
Postwar Hamburg shows a city scarred by bombing yet still functioning. Hamburg’s population has fallen from 1,900,600 to about 1.2 million, with streets busy, docks repairing, and Allied forces occupying. Only 530 motorists have bought the $5 tax stamps, due by July 1, risking fines.
The Potter County Grand Jury was called into session at 1 30 this afternoon instead of tomorrow morning at 10. The reconvening time was changed so that Lloyd King the assistant district attorney who works with the grand jurors most of the time could attend the funeral of his uncle Archie King in Perryton tomorrow afternoon.
William G. Williams announces certificates for truck tires will not list sizes in the future. The change lets the OPA direct issuing tires to match supply and production. When a certificate specifies a single size, dealers may deliver only tires of that exact size. all other tire rules remain unchanged.
Ira Shunan, 83, of Rockland and W. B. Holder, 85, of Thomaston appeared for driving tests in Rockland and both passed without trouble.
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