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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1934
Page
6
Anne Adams presents Pattern 1799 for sizes 34 to 46 with sewing instructions. Choose printed cottons with large or light grounds and a slender model featuring a yoke, collar revers, and puff sleeves. Instructions and book available by mail from The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department for 15 to 25 cents.
In Decatur Texas on March 22 burglars tried to loot Peoples State Bank at Paradise Wise County. They broke through the front door burned 16 vault holes but could not enter the safe. Sheriff Tom Faith said roofing paper hid the lighting and Dr H Peek the bank president discovered the attempt. Paradise lies ten miles from Bridgeport. Harvey Bailey a leader in a Lansing Kansas prison break was captured while sleeping on a nearby farm.
The music department presents Hara San a Japanese operetta Friday at 8 in the high school auditorium. Miss Mabel Rowan directs with Miss Doris Billingslea as accompanist and Miss Katherine Allen directing the Geisha Girls dance. Proceeds fund the Girls' Glee Club trip to Galveston for April music contests. Cast includes Mary Louise Lacy as O Hara San with Ed Pierce Calvin McIver Bob Lovett Jr Paralee Dashler Eddie Moore and Doris Williams among others.
The Martha Class of the First Baptist Church held an installation luncheon at Mrs. A. B. Kirby's home 1704 Tyler Street. New officers included President R. B. Burnett and other posts with committees named for hospitality and decorations. The event closed with toasts and a talk by the new president. Also noted: Hamilton Field in California will be garrisoned this summer, costing $6,000,000.
Local clubs and churches host dances, suppers, meetings, and needle clubs for charitable causes. Activities include a Shirley Ann Grounds Educational Fund benefit dance at The Roseland and box suppers at Buchanan Street Methodist Church, plus drill team practice and several card and needle clubs across city venues.
The Glenwood Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday afternoon at the school to discuss The Teacher's Responsibility Toward Subject Matter and Lessons. The Mother Singers Club performed and Laurean Christian's room won the prize for most parents present. An officer election is set for April.
Paris fashion notes describe new evening sandals with shimmering paillettes to pair with sequined gowns. Crepes designs feature fruit motifs like grapes and apples on pastel backgrounds for summer frocks. Blue Bonnet Needle Club hosts Mrs Morton. a Red Carnation Lodge benefit dance supports the drill team tonight at Carpenters Hall.
The Pan-Hellenic Council will entertain with a dance at The Nat Friday night. Music will be furnished by Roy Diven and his orchestra. The council is composed of Delta Sigma Upsilon, Delta Sigma, Beta Phi Sigma and Theta Kappa Omega fraternities. Margaret Wills PTA Meeting Report and piano solo by Mary Agnes Hayes with Judge J. M. Simpson as speaker. Refreshments served by Mrs W A Savage's room. Remonta Lou McMillan to visit relatives in Childress.
The Betty Blanchard Class of Central Presbyterian Church will meet at 409 Forest Street the home of Mrs H F Mitchell for a business and social session Friday at 2 30 PM. American cigarette production totaled 111563400000 in 1930.
The Friendly Needle Club will meet at Mrs. W. B. Overcash's home at 720 North Williams Street on Friday afternoon at 2 30.
Amarillo hosts elimination contests for the Texas Interscholastic League Declamation division at 7 15 tonight in the Central Junior High School Auditorium. Public invited. Contestants from Elementary Buchanan Wilson Sanborn San Jacinto Summit Tyler Pleasant Valley and Junior and Senior Buchanan Central and Senior Buchanan perform observations include Helen Conrad Jack Goessan Margaret Wills Jane Ann Oliver John Branson Charlene Barker Sam Morgan Annie Laurie Giles Alfred Scarborough Dora Belle Kenyon Kemp Bernard Virginia Larsen Jack Williams Mary Stock Edwin Fulton Clyde Scott Frank Storm Carlie Barnes Buddy Mason Alleen Barker Jack Pate Henry Hodges.
William Devine a 72 year old retired naval officer died at St Anthony's Hospital at 7 this morning. He had lived in Amarillo for the past five years and resided at the Boyer Hotel. He served during the Spanish American War.
The deceased served in the Navy for many years, returned to service after World War I, and was connected with the mechanical forces. He never married. Survived by a brother in New York City. Boxwell Brothers hold the remains.
Barney Oldfield, famed racing driver, serves as track manager for a quarter mile motordrome component of an automobile maker’s Chicago World’s Fair display. Austrian inventor Karl Cermy showcases a rocket car using a combustible liquid and gas mixture fed into a rear cylinder to produce a continuous blast driving the vehicle forward at high speed.
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