Social Calendar and Club Activities in Local News
The page lists multiple social events and meetings for February including Penny Luncheons by Mrs. A. W. Stubbeman, Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary. United Daughters of the Confederacy hosts. PTA council at Mevins High School. Cosmopolitan Club at Mrs. Henry Haynes. Girl Scouts Troop 7 at the Kittle House. and several Contract Bridge clubs. Also noted are Bay View Reading Club discussions on great scientists with remarks on Pasteur Curie and Carrell, a bridal shower for Mrs. Roy Taylor, and other neighborhood gatherings with hostesses and venues such as the Capital Hotel and First Christian Church.
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Bay View
Claud Agee
J. A. Senry
Henry
W. QR. Hamilton
Gus Haynes
Alexis Carrell
Charles Lindberg
R. M. LaGr
Deserter Absent Without Leave Sparks Night News in New York
In a wartime tale, Martha Marshall and Suzanne chase rumors of husband Bill Marshall, who vanished on leave. A midnight bar crawl and a late phone call reveal Bill’s absence and a sergeant’s warning. Paul Elliott informs Martha that Bill alarmed a hotel guest in New York, forcing a detective search as the story nears its cliffhanger.
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Martha
Paul
New York
Wavell a Soldier Poet in Wartime Portraits
AP Feature profiles General Sir Archibald Wavell commander in chief in Libya and a military writer. The piece details his infantryman image, leadership style, views on aerial war, empire resolve, and emphasis on thought over polish, plus notes on Allenby as a strategic influence and Wavell’s long service across India Europe and the Middle East.
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Archibald Wavell
Libya
RAF
British Empire
Lord Allenby
Stonewall Jackson
T i
India
Russia
Versailles
Tain
Middle East
Alexandria
Halifa
Wavel
Thantry
Attles
Les
Empire Lers
Son Waveli
Los
Stone
Personal Visits and Moves Mentioned Around City
Local notes record Mrs H M Daniel of Kalamazoo arriving Thursday to visit her mother Mrs A F Hanegan and relatives. Mrs A K Holloway departs Thursday to visit daughter Miss Mary Cornelia Holloway at Texas State College for Women in Denton Texas. Mr and Mrs H A Payne recently moved to the city and are at 520 North Hervey Street. Mrs Max Cox and others spent Tuesday in Hot Springs. Jack Roberts plans a weekend with his parents Dr and Mrs C C Roberts in Little Rock. Mrs Charles Whitehurst of Los Angeles visited the city en route home from New York City. Mrs Borden Lee left Thursday for Marshal Texas after ten days with Roy Stephenson and Mrs John Lee, who accompanied her to Texarkana. Mr and Mrs W W McCrary Jr announce the birth of a son Chaves Walker McCrary January 31 at Trinity Hospital Little Rock. Mr and Mrs S G Norton with Miss Lorraine Whitehurst Miss Cecilia Hughes and Mrs George Sandefort spent Thursday with Mrs A I Whitehurst in Filton. Miss Mary Dell Southward leaves Friday for Washington DC for extended visit with Claud Johnson. Mrs Jewell Moore and son Dick Moore motored to Texarkana Wednesday. Freddy Patten is a Thursday visitor in Texarkana. Cone Sugar was bought in cones weighing 9 10 pounds in Colonial days, one cone lasting a family about a year. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow known as The Children's Poet. A decade ago the US relied on imports of potash from Germany and France. today a domestic potash industry exists to meet near term needs.
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Joan
H. A. Payne
Nashville
Arkansas
City
North Hervey Street
Max Cox
Lloyd Spencer
Jim Henry
E. M. McWilliams
Hot Springs
Jack Roberts
C. C. Roberts
Little Rock
Charles Whitehurst
Los Angeles
California
Norton
Whitehurst
Cecilia , Hughes
George Sandefort
A. IC. Whitehurst
Filton
Mary Dell Southward
Washington D. C
Claud Johnson
Theater Never Changes Says Ethel Barrymore in AP Feature
AP reports New York star Ethel Barrymore says theater remains essentially the same despite superficial changes in speech pace and style. She praises The Corn Is Green as universal in time and place, notes teachers writing her about sympathetic portrayals, and argues plays mainly reflect society like journalism rather than steer it.
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Herman Allen
New York
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Wales
Galsworthy
England
The Age of Talent and Rivalry in Theater
A veteran star compares stage talent with film and radio, arguing theater endures while movies lack human depth. She notes radio’s limits and expresses doubt about leaving a career for family, emphasizing a stay-at-home role only if justified by motherhood and a strong marriage.
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Barrymore
Hal
Worth of a wife in work and home life clash
Ruth Millett discusses the old saying that a wife belongs in the kitchen. Mary Smith weighs cash value of her office salary against housework, finding she is worth five times more to her husband as a worker than as a housewife. A friend fares even better, worth ten times as much. The piece questions who has the right to demand a wife give up paid work.
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Mary Smith
John Smith
Mary
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Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Huntley
Mra
George Ty Crews
Pat Cagey
The
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Cosmopolitian Club
Henry Haynes
Jim McKenzie
Girl Scouts
Dick Watkins
Hope Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Misonic Hall
Pehrunry
Rose Garden Club
H. O. Kyler
Kyler
Randolph Crutchfield
Kenneth L. Spore
Lea-gue
First Methodist Church
Caapital Hotel
Marie Antoinette Williams
Claudia Agee
Cemetery Association
W. G. Allison
W. M
First Christian Church
Ruth Taylor
North Elm Street
Syd McMath
Borden Lee
Roy Taylor
Beldal
John Britt
Owen Nix
Dick White
2. D. Franklin
Kim Menry
Bordie Key
Gorin
NEA Bervice
Betty Wallace
Nishnne
Bill
Pete's Bar and Grill
South Street
Suzanne
Reveille
Marsha
Gresham
Mrs. Marshall
Paul Elliott
Wavell
Africa
Allenby Hiscor Wavell
Allenby
Wellington
Sidi Barani
Rosetta
Saenger
Marx Bros
A. K. Holloway
Mary Cornelia Holloway
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Texas
Marshall Texas
Roy Stephenson
John Lee
W. W. McCrary Jr
Marjory Walker
Lonale
Witle
Chaves Walker McCrary
Trinity Hospital
Jewell Moore
Dick Moore
Texarkana
Freddy Patten
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
Germany
France
Talbot
Shakespeare
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Joe Jefferson
Ruth Millett
John
COX Drug CO
AGEN
Peru
Magnesia
Lifebuoy
Valentine
FITCH
Saue
Sibyl’s
Winnie
Elva
Virginia
Beulah
Sibyl’s Beauty Shop
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