Civic Groups Sponsor Christmas Parties for Housing Areas
Housing Authority of Austin and local clubs hosted Christmas parties for children in Rosewood Courts Santa Rita Courts and Chalmers Courts. About 1300 children received gifts with Miss Polly Harvey coordinating activities alongside the City Recreation Department and Austin Public Schools home counselors. Santa Rita hosted 750 children December 17 at Xavala School auditorium with Miss Margaret Ramos as queen and a Chapanega dance by teens. Rosewood distributed 300 gifts at the Rosewood Recreation Auditorium with The Child Wonders performing and Jack and Jill Teen Age Club ballet. Chalmers Court gave 250 gifts Tuesday night with skits Letter to Santa Manger Scene Joyce Johnson vocal and carols led by Dr Hugh Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
City of
Austin
Rosewood
Santa Rita
Chalmers
Miss Polly Harvey
City Recreation Department
Austin Public Schools
Santa Rita Courts
Xavala
Robert Mzereno
Santa Rita Club
Hugh Emerson
Margaret Ramos
Beckie Moreno
Alicia Martinez
Rosewood Recreation
Gus Goss
Child Wonders
Jack and Jill
Patricia
State School Faculty Has Holiday Party
The Austin State School personnel enjoyed a Christmas party in the school library hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clifton L. Hodges. Educational director Hodges led the event with Mildred Webb and Anne Garrison handling refreshments and Virginia Parry at piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin State School
Clifton L. Hodges
Hodges
Mildred Webb
Anne Garrison
Virginia Parry
Charles W. Castner
Luther Ross
Doyle J. Moore
Minford Bernard
James H. Frazier
Henry Miller
H. L. Jordan
Beulah Herrington
Alma Johnston
Betty Allison
Irene Damico
Blanche Fizer
Louise Fletcher
Trilby Heerman
Beulah Huggins
Betty Hurd
Jean Jones
Addie Lehmann
Eloise Pate
Eileen Roebuck
Nora Roemer
Ethel Ross
Lonnie Mae Willey
Virginia Warrington
Garrison
Parry and Webb
Women on American Farms Work Long Hours
Women on American farms average 64 hours per week with some reaching 77 hours, highlighting extensive labor involved in agriculture.
Doll Dressing Prize Winners Announced
Winners in the doll dressing contest sponsored by Yarings Calling All Girls Club in December include Joyce Boling of Austin High School first prize ten dollar merchandise certificate Patsy Everts second prize nylon sweater and Sandra Amis third prize batiste gown with lace. Honorary mentions go to Betty Kee Merle Lee Everts and Margaret Reasoner.
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Mears
Yaring’s
Sandra Amis
Patsy Everts
Joyce Boling
Merle Lee Everts
Betty Kee
Margaret Reasoner
Yarings
All Girls Club
Austin High School
Austin High
University Junior High
Fulmore
University Junior
Austin
Miss Boling
Miss Evert
Miss Amis
VFW Ball Committees Named for New Year’s Eve Event
VFW Ophelia Beavers announces New Year Eve ball committees at the Driskill Hotel hosted by the ladies auxiliary. Reception set by Beavers Summers Kitchens and Hicks. tickets by Hendrickson Dickinson Harrell Hicks. souvenirs by Huckaby Burns Davis Felphs Mercer. post liaison by Kitchens Leach Dickinson Smith Hicks. A floor show by professional talent. Crystal Ballroom Maxmillan Colonial rooms reserved. mezzanine tables available. music by Van Kirkpatrick and his orchestra.
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Ophelia Beavers
Edwin G. Hutchings
VFW
Driskill Hotel
Miss Beavers
Mesdames
Norman Summers
H. Kitchens
F. M. Kitchens
Ben Hendrickson
Fred E. Dickinson
Mike Harrell
Jack Hicks
G. L. Huckaby
Fred Burns
Nelda Davis
Lizzie Felphs
L. W. Mercer
Stanford Leach
F. E. Dickinson
D. A. Smith
Crystal Ballroom
van Kirkpatrick
Sapphonians Hold Caroling Party After Singing
After a Christmas caroling event at K. Durette's home the Sapphonian society hosted a party attended by numerous members and dates including Katherine Barlow Chester Blomquist Boots Boyd Bill Gainer Margie Clinger Stanley Parker Kathleen Howell Stanley Studer Latrelle Lee Twain Schieffer Ann McNeill Pat Anderson Sharon Matthews Bob Parsons Joanie Quicksall Bill Trafton Glenda Ricks Aubrey Kitchens Mary Lou Snead Bill Waltrip K. D. Gullette Ben Jack Kinny Charmion Woodland Bob Parris Betty Jo Parkinson Rector Allen Gretchen Bohn Billy Shafer Joan Rugeley Almer Smith Suzie Kerr Johnny Murchison Patsy Wuest Bobby Warren Babs Kelly and Gene Long. A separate note mentions a dentist in Illinois showing films to distract patients.
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Society
K. Durette
Katherine Barlow
Chester Blomquist
Boots Boyd
Bill Gainer
Margie Clinger
Stanley Parker
Kathleen Howell
Stanley Studer
Latrelle Lee
Twain Schieffer
Ann McNeill
Pat Anderson
Sharon Matthews
Bob Parsons
Joanie Quicksall
Bill Trafton
Glenda Ricks
Aubrey Kitchens
Mary Lou Snead
Bill Waltrip
K. D. Gullette
Ben Jack Kinny
Charmion Woodland
Bob Parris
Betty Jo Parkinson
Rector Allen
Gretchen Bohn
Billy Shafer
Joan Rugeley
Almer Smith
Suzie Kerr
Johnny Murchison
Patsy Wuest
Bobby Warren
Babs Kelly
Gene Long
Austin Woman Ends Duty Overseas With Red Cross
Miss Lillian M. Seller, daughter of Mrs. R. E. Yantis of 708 West 34th, returns to Austin after five years overseas with the American Red Cross. She served in North Africa and Italy during World War II, helped establish multiple Red Cross clubs, and worked with Allied forces in Austria and Germany before resigning. Her family plans a Christmas reunion in Austin.
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Austin
Red Cross
Lillian _M. Seller
R. E. Yantis
West 34Th
American Red Cross
Casablanca
North Africa
Air Force
Fifth Wing
Algeria
Tunisia
Foggia
Italy
Miss Seller
Miss Sellers
Grand Central Station
Florence
Vienna
Milan
Adriatic
79Th
Royal Air Force
Eighth Army
Columbia Club
Paris
Austria
Kitzbuehl
Austrian Alps
Pils
Germany
Europe
Crown Prince Club
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Seller
Sheppard Field Service Club
Wichita Falls
Kansas City, Mo
Conservatory of Music
Army Special Services
M. H. Seller
Waco
J. R. K. Seller
Texas
Aus
Temple
Pageant founder Reverend Wallick dies after illness
The Reverend Anthony Mark Wallick, 58, founder of the Wichita Mountains Easter pageant drawing over 100000 visitors yearly, died Sunday night in an Oklahoma City hospital after an extended illness.
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Lawton
Okla
Anthony Mark Wallack
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma City
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