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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
6
Members of the Thrifty Home Demonstration Club met all day and will gather again tomorrow at the home of Mrs. R. M. Rose to sew for the American Red Cross. All members are urged to attend the next session.
The Woodmen Circle No 171 will hold a regular business meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the I O O F Hall.
The Post Office Clerks' Auxiliary will meet at 2:30 PM Friday in the home of Mrs. B. F. Smith at 818-B Mississippi Street.
Miss Esther Mae Ward daughter of Slaton residents and Bill Gilbert son of Amarillo parents were married Saturday night at the bride’s home. Rev. W F Ferguson officiated under pink and white roses with music by Mrs. James Haliburton and Miss Marion Ferguson. The couple will reside at 625 South Fifteenth Street Slaton.
Tonight four Amarillo PFO chapters hold family picnics on Ellwood Park at 6 15. First Baptist Choir hosts a guest picnic at 2616 Ong Street at 7. Woodmen Circle No 171 meets at 1 C C F Hall at 8. Friday events include MOL First Baptist Church luncheon at 12 18 and business session, Benzette Club at 4242 West Fifteenth Avenue, and several club gatherings such as Amarillo Pedigreed Roller Canary Bird Club, Up and Doing Sewing Club, Sunshine Sewing Club, Thrifty Home Demonstration Club with Red Cross benefit luncheon 11 30 to 1 30 at the Borcial Center for Girls, Central Presbyterian Women hosting, and Post Office Clerks Auxiliary at 813 Mississippi Street at 2 30.
The George W. Luft Company introduces Tangee Red-Red lipstick after eight years of study. The pure clear color complements summer fashions, brightens the lips, and enhances teeth whiteness. Lab tests claim swim proof run proof and smear proof, suitable for day or evening wear.
Fine cotton filet crochet chair set pattern 6708 offered with charts directions materials and stitches. Send ten cents to Amarillo Daily News Household Arts Dept 259 W Mth Street New York NY with name address and pattern number clearly written.
The Congenial Nine Club was entertained yesterday by Mrs. Floyd Evans at Ellwood Park. Mrs. Wayne Fulton led games with prizes won by Mrs. Charles Wineinger and Mrs. Bob Thomas. Pollyanna gifts were exchanged. Attending were Mesdames Darwin Gray Glenn Hollis D Fly and new member Mrs J Galladay. The group plans to meet at the park next Wednesday with Mrs Fly hosting.
Mrs Darrell Grundy hosted a crystal shower at 1016 A West Twelfth Avenue for Miss Marjorie Day, bride elect of Irving H Tolzien. Guests registered in the bride’s book as punch and cookies were served and gifts displayed on a table in wedding colors of pink and blue.
The Social Center for Girls hosts a barbecue luncheon prepared by John Snider with reservations through Mrs James O Cade or the Center. Proceeds fund the Amarillo Council of Church Women building fund. Lunch 1130 to 1300, 50 cents a plate. Other church social items recap a Light Bearers picnic and Pleasant Valley Church council meeting with devotional and studies.
The Junior Business Women's Club met at the Capitol Hotel electing officers to be installed July 2. Officers include Dana Pursley president and June Gristy first vice president with Joyce Peet as second vice president and Anna Mary Nelson recording secretary. Other posts filled by Iola Packer, Violet Pennington, Margaret Jesse, Beryldine Broaddus, Emma Roberson, and Lucretia Wilson. The meeting featured songs by Mary Hopkins and Billy McSpadden with Mrs. Mary Roberts Warner at the piano.
Arlington Park in Chicago begins its 12th annual season on Monday June 24 with the Post and Paddock Club premier. Ownership changes have placed John Denby Allen as president of Arlington Park Jockey Club Inc while Laurance Hearne Armour remains president of The Post and Paddock.
Fourteen Amarillo residents attended the Galveston Tri-State convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Ladies' Society. Nine of the group returned early, listing Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Massey and several others among the attendees with several remaining for a vacation.
The Miracle Book Club met Tuesday night at Miss Fleanor Stinson's home on Hughes Street with informal singing led by Tom Sanders. J. B. Shepherd gave the main talk on The Paths of Life and announced an outdoor program with picnic supper eight miles north of Amarillo next Tuesday.
In Polaris Montana a beaver bolstered by bravado drove Henry Hollingds Bob Harrison and Clark Mills back to their car after the men stopped to study it. The incident left the trio wary of further encounters with the belligerent animal.
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