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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1941
Page
3
Amarillo Council of Child Study Clubs plans a two review event to support a Day Nursery expansion. Seven clubs coordinate fund raising led by Mrs Everett Carpenter of Shawnee Oklahoma with ticket sales through the council.
Bride-elect Miss Marcie Deckard of Amarillo received a miscellaneous shower at 501 Mississippi Street hosted by Mrs. Joe Honest. Guests embroidered initials on tea towels, competed in games with prizes, and admired a cake table display as gifts were exchanged. Patronesses and attendees included Mrs. Pat Flynn and the Harper and Deckard families.
Jane Norman pledges Kappa Alpha Theta at Colorado College and Florence Neely Peggy O Brien and Betty Taylor pledge Theta at the University of Texas Austin. University Panhellenic Council hosts luncheon at Rose Bowl Tea Room with Mrs Powers Sticksell and Madden arranging. Rose Bowl closes for remodeling. Soft Focus makeup by Leatherie debuted this fall. Next meeting Oct 18 instead of the usual date.
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors were entertained Friday at a covered dish luncheon hosted by Mrs. W. J. Daley at 1815 Taylor Street. Guests from Alabama and local towns attended. prizes were awarded to Mesdames Garrett, West and Bumpus.
At a Mineral Wells convention, Judge Frank Day of Plainview was elected president of the Hale County association, with Commissioner Lee Cooper of Wichita Falls as vice president and Judge Gilbert Smith of Anson as secretary.
Applications for free lunches were sent to parents of Amarillo school children. Eligibility will be determined from the forms. The first free meals of the 1941 42 year will be served Wednesday Oct 1 to needy children. about 800 were served last year and roughly the same this year.
The J. B. L. Club elected Helen Hutcheon as president, Shirley Dumas as vice president, Pat Honea as secretary, Margie Wilson as treasurer, and Marjorie Day as reporter at the Thursday meeting at Purr Food Tea Room. Retiring officers were Marie Jenkins president, Marjorie Day vice president, Shirley Dumas secretary, Mickey Melchior treasurer, and Pat Honea reporter.
The First Baptist AMOMA Class meets 9 30 AM for coffee and business at Mrs. Tom Leno 1400 Lincoln St. The Mary Class meets 2 PM at Mrs. Milton Shaffer 2805 Polk St. The Poitan Class meets 2 30 PM at Mrs. Ruth Wadley 3802 Harrison St. TEL Class installs new officers at 3 PM in Bethany Class Room with Mrs. A D Foreman Jr in charge.
Tonight schedule lists the Atlantida Spanish Club at the Amarillo Hotel with shows at 6:30 and 8. Other groups meet at St. Andrew's Episcopal Parish House W. O. W. Hall and various local venues. Tuesday brings P E O Sisterhood dinner at Aronson Tea Room and multiple civic and church activities at Federation Club Rooms Buchanan Street Methodist and other sites.
The Amarillo Texas Technological College Alumni Association will hold its first fall business meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at E E Jordan 1701 Tyler Street. Plans for homecoming will be discussed and officers and members are urged to attend.
Installment credit men from the Panhandle Plains plan a Wednesday night session at the Amarillo Hotel to discuss new credit selling regulations. Dallas Federal Reserve’s FE B Stroud and E B Austin will lead the program, with an open discussion and urging businessmen to bring questions. It’s the only meeting of its kind in the Panhandle.
The Social Ethics class taught by J. L. Duflot of West Texas State College will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Musical Arts Conservatory 1710 Tyler Street. Sponsored with the college extension department for six years the course offers practical value with free attendance for noncredit participants and a reduced fee for noncredit discussion.
The Progressive Child Study Club will meet at 2 30 oclock Thursday afternoon in Mrs A R Granbergs home 1601 Crockett Street Mrs W T Graham will present a paper What Every Clubwoman Should Know and Mrs Rual Jones will lead a parliamentary discussion.
The first fall meeting of the H. E. O. Club was held Friday afternoon at Mrs. G. A. Tomlinson 600 Maryland Street. Officers elected were President Mrs. Tomlinson, Vice President Mrs. Bill Reed, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. E. C. Knight, and Reporter Mrs. Jerome Timmons.
Mothers of fourth graders in Miss Mary K Campbell's class enjoyed a tea Friday afternoon at Mrs. H A Beeman's home 3609 Van Buren Street. Hosted by Mrs. Carl Baird and Mrs. Wilton Grounds with assistance from Mrs. Bill Money and others as part of the Alice Landergin PTA tea series.
Globe-News invites readers to send in ideas for a dollar each day. The Your Ideas Editor pays one dollar for the best idea submitted, noting Webster’s Unabridged offers many definitions and synonyms while emphasizing practicality.
County official Johnny Winters was not re elected president of the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association. The report cites an election error affecting the leadership result. Local officials review data and confirm the association’s outcomes and future leadership plans.
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