Thanksgiving guests arrive in Amarillo for holiday
Mrs Roy L Slay of Fort Worth and Mrs J B Atwood of Mena Ark arrive in Amarillo on Monday November 30 1942 to spend Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Griggs at 1501 Taylor Street. Also visiting are J B Atwood Jr and Charlene Atwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Slay
Fort Worth
J. B. Atwood
Mena, Ark
J. B. Atwood, Jr
Charlene Atwood
Amarillo
8. Griggs
Taylor Street
Bee Slay
Mrs. Atwood
Mrs. Griggs
Heaton Services To Be Conducted Friday
Funeral services for Harry J. Heaton who died after a heart attack will be held Friday at 2 PM in the Griggs Funeral Chapel. Earl G. Hamlett will officiate. Pallbearers are George M. Grimm GC T Cline Raymond A. Mack A F Morris O A Thomas H Horne. Heaton a Methodist and 32nd degree Mason was a Kansas native and former dentist turned insurance man and ranching investor recently owner of United Institute of Welding in Los Angeles. He and family lived in Amarillo in 1926 1927 and owned land near Stratford preparing to buy more for a ranching venture. Survived by widow Hazel B. Heaton and daughter Mrs Alvin W. Blanton of Victoria. Burial Llano Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Heaton
Griggs
Earl G. Hamlett
Polk Street Methodist Church
George M. Grimm
GC. T. Cline
Raymond A. Mack
A F. Morris
O. A. Thomas
H. H. Horne
Heaton
Methodist Church
Coats
Kansas
Mr. Heaton
United Institute of Welding
Los Angeles
Cal
Amarillo
Stratford
Hazel B. Heaton
Alvin W. Blanton
Victoria
Llano Cemetery
Amarillo Brides in Multiple Recent Weddings
Announcements report several weddings in Amarillo and other cities. Notables include Carol Rowland marrying Jesse Gates in a Nov 18 home ceremony. Neva McDaniel to Homer L. Kitts in Waco. Adell Menasco to Donald G. Kettle at Amarillo Field Chapel. Maxine Durham to Truman Tompkins in Yuma. and June Wanda Brown to Wesley Ray Dean in Clayton New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice J. v. Cazzell
Kenneth Sherrill
Jimmie Lee Watson
Mary Louise Stanley
Amarillo Field
Dayton High School
Amarillo High School
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
West Thirteenth Avenue
McDaniel- Kitts
Neva McDaniel
A. R. McDaniel
Amarillo
Pfc
Homer L. Kitts
Stanford, Ky
Waco
Donald G. Kettle
the Post
Webking
United States Army
Tech Set
John J. Murphy
Tech
Paul Bohnstedt
Murphy
Kettle
C. C. Menasco
Nocona
Wichita General Hospital
Wichita Falls
Sergeant Kettle
Hope Kettle
Tedo
Ohio
Army Air Forces Technical School
Fillmore Street
Durham-Tompkins
Maxine Durham
Truman Tompkins
Mr. Tompkins
Carl Tompkins
San Francisco
Calif
Morse
Morse High School
Beach
Tompkins
Arizona
California
Brown-Dean
B. W. Brown
Hayes Street
June Wanda
Wesley Ray Dean
Dumas
Weddings in Panhandle Area Tie the Knot
In Grover Stinnett Dalhart Shamrock Wheeler area towns announce multiple weddings. Phyllis Fletcher wed Charles Richard Cutter III in Grover. Annie Barnes married Vernon L. Bryan in Los Angeles. Mary Ellen Cessnun wed Francis Henry in Dalhart. Coretta Calcote and R O Lister wed at home in Shamrock. Jimmie Holland and Wendell Brown wed in Wheeler parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Stinnett
Dalhart
Shamrock
Wheeler
Panhandle Area
Cupid
Books for Buddies: Motor Corps Plea for Amarillo Soldiers
Potter County Red Cross Motor Corps led by Olive M. Childers appeals for books to support convalescing soldiers at Amarillo Field Red Cross Hospital Unit. Mrs. Childers notes strong initial response but hundreds of volumes needed and offers contact at 20844 to arrange pickups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Motor Corps
Red Cross
Couple Is Married In Quincy
Miss Janet Musselman daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Musselman 1656 Maine Street Quincy Ill wed Sherwood Blasdel son of Mrs Kathleen M Blasdel 1602 Madison Street in a single ring ceremony at 4 o clock Friday afternoon Rev Jual Ford of the Vermont Street Methodist Episcopal Church officiated in the bride’s parents home A harp cello and violin trio provided wedding music
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Musselman
W. G. Musselman
Maine Street
Quincy
Ill
Sherwood Blasdel
Kathleen M. Blasdel
Madison Street
Jual Ford
Vermont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Lubbock
Nell Reynolds
Carlos E. Reynolds
Charles Lee Beavers
U. S. Army
G. M. Beavers
Apex
N. C
Charles Lutrick
Mendelssohn
Charles Dean
Plainview
Glyndol Calvert to Wed Billy Davis in Hollywood Florida
Glyndol Calvert daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Calvert 614 North Pierce Street will marry Billy Davis stationed with the army in Hollywood Florida She traveled to Florida Saturday night for the wedding The shower honoring the bride elect was hosted by Mrs David C West 1812 Taylor Street with pink and white decor and a large pink and white chrysanthemum centerpiece Sixty two guests signed the guest book led by Ruth Mary Calvert sister of the bride elect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glyndol Calvert
C. R. Calvert
North Pierce Street
Billy Davis
Hollywood
Fla
Florida
David C. West
Taylor Street
Miss Calvert
Claude Hefner
Ruth Mary Calvert
Amarilloan Injured On Hunting Trip
Amarillo resident F. B. Pendergraft of 312 West Eighteenth Avenue suffered a concussion and an ear injury when he fell from a car during a hunting trip in New Mexico yesterday. Dr. J. W. Hendricks of 3009 Hughes Street aided him and brought him home to rest. The pair had gone to Ende for a quail hunt, then pursued coyotes, with Pendergraft bagging three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Pendergraft
West
Eighteenth Avenue
New Mexico
J. W. Hendricks
Hughes Street
Mr. Pendergraft
First Canyon Girl in WAACs joins training in December
Miss Mabel Schmitz of Canyon becomes Randall County’s first WAAC. She recently joined in Lubbock and will begin initial training the first week of December, likely in telephony or teletype work after years as a Southwestern Bell operator. Lieut Rose Smothers, WAAC recruiter, visits Canyon Dec 1 to take enlistment applications at City Hall and speak to the Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
WAAC
Randall County
Mabel Schmitz
Schmitz
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Lubbock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Miss Schmitz
Canyon High School
West Texas State College
Rose Smothers
City Hall
Rotary Club
Seventeen Recruits Shipped From Amarillo Office
Fourteen navy recruits and three army volunteers were shipped yesterday by Amarillo recruiting offices. Navy names include Raymond Lee Bentley and William Dwight Preacher, both from Amarillo, Ennis Earl Brooks of Memphis, and others from Hedley and Clarendon. Army recruits list Carl R. Epps of Childress, Charles E Farthing, and James D. Dixon of Hereford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Amarillo
Raymond Lee Bentley
William Dwight
A. L. Preacher
William Allen Long
William Antonie Brush
Ennis Earl Brooks
Memphis
Ralph Elmer Proffitt
Hughie Gordon Gibson
Granville Lee Ivey
Hedley
William Verna Garland
Clarendon
Phillips Fred Lynn
San Diego
Cal
Park Moon
Billy Nelson McCarty
Dalhart
Carl R. Epps
Childress
Charles E. Farthing
Cere
James D. Dixon
Hereford
Griffin Funeral Rites for 10 Year Old Griffin
Funeral services for Clinton Leon Griffin, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Griffin, are set for 2 p.m. at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Dr. E B Fincher and Rev. Clinton B Oldham officiating. He died Monday in Fort Worth after a long illness, survived by his parents two sisters and grandparents in Amarillo. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Leon Griffin
L. C. Griffin
Boxwell Brothers
E. B. Fincher
Clinton B. Oldham
Fort Worth
O. L. Ledford
Mary Elizabeth Griffin
Porterwood announce birth of daughter Elizabeth Ann
Mr and Mrs Porter Underwood Jr announce the birth of a baby girl Elizabeth Ann on November 17 at Northwest Texas Hospital. Elizabeth Ann weighed five pounds fifteen and one half ounces. The couple resides at 1400 B Hughes Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Underwood, Jr
Elizabeth Ann
Northwest Texas Hospital
Mrs. Underwood
Hughes Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Merry Christmas
Panhandle
Leon & Star Theaters
Fellas
Troy
Troy Laundry
E Town New
Fellows
Hitler
Quisling
I Duce
Ceed Cle
Irely Company
Fillmore Ar
Ephone
Kenneth Cayton
Paul
Pat
Jim
Bill
Fanny
Olga
Kate
J. K
I. H
Amarilloans
Carol Rowland
W. F. Rowland
Washington Street
Jesse Gates
William Gates
Dayton
Clayton
N. M
Amarillo College
Dellas
Fletcher
Herbert Hughes
First Baptist Church
Mary Fletcher
E. F. Bennett
Robert Schumann
Gene Fletcher
Rosa Lee Logsdon
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Ethelbert Nevin
C. Barnes
Burt Moryan
Wilshire
Charles C. Jesse
Amelie Morris
Ward MacMonagle
Camp Roberts
Leroy MacMonagle
Cessnun
Henry Dalhart
Dan Cessnun
Mary Ellen
Francis Henry
John Henry
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
J. L. Daly
Oklahoma
Dalhart High School
Henry
Phillips University
Calcote-Lister Shamrock
Coretta Calcote
R. O. Lister
J. B. Calcote
V. M. Lollar
Vaughn Lister
Shamrock High School
Holland-Brown Shamrock
Jimmie Holland
Wendell Novells Brown
Meddie Holland
O. Oo. Haliday
McLean High School
Brown
L. L. Hillburner
Lela
The
U. S. Army Air Corps
Motor Corps
Capt
C. L. Beavers
Natalie Reynolds
Johns. Ganey
Camp Barkeley
Abilene
Waacs
Griffin
Andy
Farley @ Weldon
Raymor
Cecil
Joe
Otho
Fred Clyde
Melvind
Orville
Virgil
Leathernecks
the Panhandle
Pierce
Merriest
Lucille Shoppe
Joe Kapelus
Prop
Polk
William Apple
Harold Patton
Charles Robinson
Sam Demar—Army
VY. G. Martin
M. S. Altbach
Michael Sanchez
Fred M. Siegel
Joe Scherr
Jules Pase—Instrument Mechanic
Stanley Fayman
Naval Reserve
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