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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1947
Page
8
Members of the entertainment committee of Amarillo Country Clue are to meet tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock in the Grill Room of the club house to discuss program plans for the year.
The Junior Business Women's Club celebrated its Twelfth Anniversary Banquet at Thomas Dinner House with Joyce Cobb as toastmistress and Rosalie Higgins delivering the invocation. Barbara Stockton performed marimba numbers. Ethel Hicks reviewed club history. Three new members Mildred Ackerson Lorene Thompson and Mary Nell May were initiated with gardenia corsages. Also announced is a future Amarillo College play at the YWCA tomorrow at 7:45 PM.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Timmons hosted a Las Amigas Club gathering at their new home 809 Buchanan. Sweet pea decorations highlighted the event as Mrs. Rankin Russell presented a farewell gift to Mrs. Albert Fryar, who departs for Dallas after serving as club president.
Potter County home demonstration agent Miss Pauline Lokey spoke at the meeting at Mrs. H. F. Arrouze’s home about foundation and commercial patterns and dress forms. Members planned a Pleasant Valley Red Cross Drive and refreshments in St Patrick’s motif were served to club members and a guest. The next session will be an all day covered-dish luncheon on March 28 at Mrs. Frank King’s home on Colorado Avenue.
Johnny Bryson of The Ranger announces a forthcoming issue after Life magazine exposed campus cheating. He asserts the issue will be the cleanest yet and pledges no polls or questionable content, urging appreciation even in Boston.
The Seventh District Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs opens its convention tomorrow in Childress. Mrs. James A. Allen leads as general chairman with registration at 4 pm at the First Methodist Church and events continuing through a 7 pm board dinner. Notable officials include President Mrs. Raymond Harrah and district parliamentarian Mrs. Lipscomb.
Mrs. E A Paschal voice teacher presents junior high students in recital at the Musical Arts Conservatory tonight at 8 o clock. Melba Morris and Billy Plumlee assist. Paschal plays piano. Program features solo and duet numbers by Bonnie Joyce Burnett Elise Deal Naomi Ford Jeannie Nearing Barbara Woodson Kathryn Corinne Bowlin Wanda Inman and others with works by Mozart Brahms Grieg Franck and Denza among others.
Nova Schubert Bair and Ann Baker will present a song recital tomorrow at 8 15 PM in the Musical Arts Conservatory. They will perform solo and duet pieces by Purcell Potter Aslanoff Bach Schumann Mozart Quilter Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn with Julia Hayman on piano providing accompaniment.
Tonight lists events at Herring Hotel Gamma Iota Beta Sigma Phi and more including AAUW and YWCA programs across Amarillo. Tuesday covers church group meetings, club gatherings, PTA, and multiple circles with times from 9:15 to 8:15 p.m. Early U.S. stamps note perforation issue.
El Navegar Study Club members gathered at Mrs. W. R. Nelson's home for a program featuring a review of What Every Woman Knows by Barry. Mrs. Earl Olmstead spoke, piano duets were performed by Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. J M Stensons, a donation to the Red Cross was voted, and refreshments were served. The group plans an evening dinner March 27 at the Federation Club Rooms to honor husbands of members.
L Aiguille Club members will convene at 2 30 oclock tomorrow afternoon in the home of Mrs S E Ross at 2604 Hayden.
Wesley Nelson regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation and Rex Reed head of the planning office left for Liberal Kansas to attend a five-state farm forum. Nelson will be a principal speaker as the forum discusses water pumping capacities for the Liberal region including the Oklahoma Panhandle and irrigation in the Southwest.
Six members of the First Christian Church Woman's Council were entertained at the home of Mrs. H. W. McCue 1014 Sunset. Mrs. A. F. Madison presided over business, Mrs. S. H. Boozer led the lesson, and Mrs. Riley Strickland gave the devotional.
M Frost, W A Jenkins, R P Hill, S H Boozer, J M Williams, Riley Strickland, F T Crews, Hazel Lewis and A F Madison are named in the notice for the upcoming community project. The document lists participants and organizers involved in the initiative.
Legion Post 54 and Auxiliary announce a covered dish supper tomorrow night at 6 30 in the Municipal Auditorium for post members and their wives. Junior Woman's Club will be entertained tomorrow afternoon at 3 at Mrs Globe-News Want Ads home of E B Burgess 2017 Hayden.
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