Brownies End Camp This Week At Ellwood Park
The Brownie Scouts conclude their day camp at Ellwood Park with 75 girls attending a week of nature study storytelling handcrafts hiking singing and games. Mrs A D Foreman and Mrs Jonnie Eslick led storytelling with a team of counselors and junior counselors aiding the camp activities.
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Brownie
Ellwood Park
A. D. Foreman
Jonnie Eslick
Guy Hastings
R. E. Jordan
J. B. Winkelman
Charles A. Wolflin
Irvin L. Peffley
O. M. Oliver
Phyllis Terry
Betty Glasgow
Dorothy Peffley
Anne Troth
Dinner Party Honors Seaman Jack Thomas Jr
Seaman Jack C. Thomas Jr. was honored at a dinner Wednesday at 2114 Buchanan Street hosted by his parents. Attending were Pvt Robert Willbanks, Pvt Nelson Cosbey, Misses Mary Baker, Doris Pierce, Norma Jean Pierce, Seaman Thomas, and his parents. After dinner guests went to a movie.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Mary Baker
Doris Pierce
Norma Jean Pierce
Seaman Thomas
Victory Dance and Community Events Tonight
The Calendar lists events for Amarillo: TONIGHT Family night at Amarillo Country Club with Victory Command Dance by Co. B in the north wing auditorium USO. Victory Stares parade and an all-star show sponsored by the VFW in the auditorium at 6 8 15. learn to dance with Pvt Harry Presutti at Downtown at 7 30. date and married couples dance at Downtown USC at 8 30. Saturday story hour for children at Amarillo Public Library at 4.
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Amarillo
Victory Command
Co. B
North Wing
Auditorium Uso
Pvt
Harry Presutti
Downtown
USC
Amarillo Public Library
Ralph Carroll
Rudy Bauman
Welfare League
Amarillo Country Club
Fritz Cowan
League
Miss Baker Sworn In as WAVE in Oklahoma
Miss Carole Canfield Baker, daughter of Mrs. Nora Canfield Baker of 912 Buchanan Street, was sworn into the Navy Reserve as a WAVE at Oklahoma City offices on Wednesday. Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher, local recruiter said this morning. Baker, a member of the Amarillo squadron now being recruited, asked for immediate duty and will report to Hunter College in New York City for training. The Amarilloan is a Hastings High School graduate.
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Carole Canfield Baker
Nora Canfield Baker
Buchanan Street
Navy Reserve
Oklahoma City
Elizabeth Huscher
Miss Baker
Amarillo
Hunter College
New York City
Pleasant Valley Demonstration Club Welcomes Loma Blackwell
The Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club met at Pleasant Valley Christian Church for an all day session. They completed a Red Cross quilt and welcomed Loma Blackwell as a new member. The group decided to meet monthly for the summer with Elgin Reid hosting on July 14 at 2 PM.
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Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
Pleasant Valley Christian Church
Red Cross
Loma Blackwell
Rose Bowl Tea Room Opens Wednesdays for Luncheon
Word spread quickly about the Rose Bowl Tea Room luncheon on Wednesdays. Only 15 reservations remain out of 80 seats. remaining bookings must be made by Monday by calling Mrs. Pete Knight at 2-2605.
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Rose Bowl Tea Room
Pete Knight
Army Random Notes Highlight Humorous War Era Quotes
From Camp Wallace trainer to Baer Field and Lincoln Army notes. A Prc Napoleon in armor writes to a loved one who marries the mailman. Adolf Hitler signed air mail jokes grow with wartime humor.
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Camp Wallace
Baer Field
Ind
Adolf Hitler
Air Corps
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Base
Hitler
Army Air Field Band To Play At Ellwood Park Tonight
Warrant Officer Guy L. Stone leads a 32 piece symphonic band from Amarillo Army Air Field in an open air free concert at Ellwood Park. The First Army Air Forces Band performs weekly for war bond efforts with 14 selections including Colorado March and God Bless America. A community sing follows the program supervised by Capt. E C Curtiss.
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Guy L. Stone
Amarillo Army Air Field
Ellwood Park
First Army Air Forces Band
All-Soldier Band
Colorado
Holmes
Caroline
Elsa
Bonnie
Colonel Bogey
Alford
Franz Lehar
America
Irving Berlin
Ssippe
Crowds Grow at Legion Carnival in Roy Pollard’s Report
The Legion sponsored Creator United Shows on Third and Grant Street draw growing crowds. Pollard notes opening night attendance set a record and last night’s midway crowds surpassed it. The carnival runs nightly through July 5 with India magic acts drawing interest and a portion of gross receipts toward the Legion Home mortgage.
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United
Third
Grant Street
Roy Pollard
Legion
India
Soldiers from Pampa Aid Farm Labor Shortage
Enlisted men at Pampa Army Air Field receive passes or furloughs to work on local farms per Col. Campbell directive. Passes span three to five days for those with farming experience and without training disruption. Several men are currently on furloughs harvesting crops, and many inquiries reach squadron rooms from soldiers seeking time off to farm.
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Pampa Army Air Field
Daniel 8. Campbell
Pampa Field
One Week Remains To Join Engineers
Panhandle men have one week left to join the U S Army Corps of Engineers under the June quota, says local recruiter R S Baugh. Skilled tradesmen may volunteer for service and be sent to Fort Claiborne Louisiana Fort Screven Georgia or March Field California for training. Details available at room 205 Herring Hotel. eligibility ages 18 to 44.
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Panhandle
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
R. S. Baugh
Fort Claiborne
Fort Screven
March Field
Cal
Herring Hotel
Baugh
City Directory File is Almost Complete
Amarillo directories issued annually since 1919 show no complete file. Fred De Coster seeks the 1923 directory to finish the collection. In a separate item a Chicago drunk hailed a police patrol instead of a taxi and was taken to a new home.
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Amarillo City
Fred de Coster
Community and War Chest
Chicago
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Patricia Bush
Anne Clifford
Beverly Hannum
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Kay Irby
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Sue Lewis
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Patricia Ann Murray
Nanne O'Keefe
Patricia Ann Robertson
Beverly Wynn
Ann Russell
Glenda Scott
Sally Woods Sparks
Shirley Vetesk
Theodosia Zweig
Gwyn Coble
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Ramona Lee Wagner
Sandra Sells
Janis Cates
Patricia Louise Cooper
Helen Marie Murray
Madge Moreland
Audrey Posey
Evelyn Harris
Nancy Coffee
Louise Rodgers
Gretchen Wolflin
Sue Bradley
Kenda Chapman
Elsie Deal
Jennie Bess George
Carol Hamilton
LaVaughn Harris
Laurie Ellen Hasley
Ann Elizabeth Jordan
Alice Klein
Barbara Jo Nelson
Patsy Oldham
Nancy Rush
Viola Stocker
Seaman Jack Thomas
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Oklahoma
Hunsley
House OF Color
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Prescription
Southwestern Public Service Company
Rose Bowl
Pampa
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Lamar
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