Public notices and cultural snippets from wartime era
A collage of items including advertisements for beauty products and an electrically-propelled device, reflections on returning veterans, and a detailed list of 1945 best selling books. It notes Henry Ford II's praise of hard work and intelligence and mentions Beta Sigma Phi dances to fund an iron lung. It cites Forever Amber and other fiction and non fiction titles with publication dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford, II
Andrew Russell Pearson
Washington
Mr. P
W. Mans
E. B. White
Manhattan
Ines
Beta Sigma Phi
Ernie Pyle
Bill Mauldin
Sir” Guliet Lowell
Richard Wright
Annett Cerf
Hope
George and
Helen Papashvily
George Baker
Pleasant Valley
Ouis Brom
Henley Turner Vows In Fort Worth First Methodist Chapel
Miss Nola Margaret Henley and Thomas Turner exchanged wedding vows in a Fort Worth ceremony officiated by Rev. Ervin Gathings. The bride wore winter white with navy accessoires and a gladioli bouquet. A reception followed at the Henley home with out-of-town guests from Lubbock and Gainesville. The couple will live in Fort Worth after a short trip. both are employed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nola Margaret
Henley
Eli
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Thomas ‘Herring Turner
Gainesville
Fort’ Worth First Methodist
Ervin M. Gathings
Robert ‘Clarke
Molyneaux
Bode
Ellengene Henley
Schedules Of Clubs Present Varied Programs This Week
Various study clubs outline plans for meetings this week including discussions on racial problems nutrition and the United Nations. Speakers include Dr Ernest Wallace AAUW group and Mrs F A Kleinschmidt on world peace and colonial empires. Allegro Music club lists a program of Italian opera excerpts at 1717 Thirty-second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Organization
Bill Tinney
Pierian Sorosis
Clifton. Cummings
Mesdames H.D. Gilmore
Jason Gordon
Clement Sorosis Club
Dwain Rogers
Talley Tea Room
B. Ave. M
T. F. Wiesen
Pete Bynum
Cloves Tune
Wallace
Ernest Wallace
Texas Technological College
United Nations Organization For Aauw
Grace Padley
Athenaeum Club Hich
D. M. Javis
F. ‘A. Kleinschmidt
L. P. Gilbert
United States
H. G. Gantz
First Christian Church
Sorosis Club
J.C. ‘Levens
Allegro Music Club
Don Mitchell
Newton Walton
Donizetti
Gordon Treadaway
Otto Singer
Chester -Elliott
Michiamano Mimi
Mimi
Puccini
Raymond Marshall
Musetta
Brides-Elect in Society Spotlight and Tea Buffets
Brides elect Ernesteen Wallace and Eddie Barton gain social attention with a Feb 8 wedding date announced at a Tech Center tea hosted by Mrs. Ernest Wallace. The event featured a heart dessert motif, 125 guests, and connections to Texas Tech and Ke Shari club. Barton recently returned from service in Italy with the Fifteenth Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech Social Center
Ernest Wallace
Ernesteen Wallace
Eddie H. Barton
Waco
W. C. Holden
Fred Higbee
Louise. Huffstuttler
Gretchen
Dorothy Cliff
Ternoon
Mesdames S. S. McKay
Sam Camp
Wallace
Robert Ewert
Texas Technological College
Barton
Italy
Fifteenth Air Force
Miss Anthony
Ruth ‘Anthony
Richard Story
Corinne Payne
Earlyne Reid
LaJuana Leibfried
Doris Cornelius
Jerry Taylor
Mary Frances Barnard
Story-Anthony
J. F. Anthony
P. L. Payne
Ruth
Richard
Club Honors Sweetheart At the Maroon and Gold Dance
Lyn Marie Ryan was named Club Sweetheart at the fifth annual Maroon and Gold dance of Zavala social club held Saturday night at Hotel Lubbock. The event featured maroon and gold decor and a performance by Bud Arnett's orchestra. Attendees included Elizabeth Howard and Mary Faye Bonds, with guests noted as sponsors and chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zavala
Hotel Lubbock
Lyn Marie
Ryan
W. M. Ryan
Maroon
Buda Arnett’s. Orchestra
Elizabeth Howard
Amos Howard
Mare Faye Bonds
K. L. Bonds
Marcon and Gold
Bill Stevens
Clarence Barton
Juanita Thomas
Bud Cammack
Martha LaRoe
Robert Dawson
Jewell
Alice Pharr
Manson Hawkins
Marvin Jordan
Jayne Webb
Charles Luling
Tech Newman Club elects new officers at Texas Tech
Bob Fairchild of Ft Davis is president of the Newman club, with Peggy Kocurek Seymour as vice president, Ellen Black Brownfield as secretary, Johnann Seyler Muenster as treasurer-reporter, Joaquin Bonillo Costa Rica as sergeant-at-arms. Flora Wallace sponsors the club with Rev. Wm F Blakeslee as chaplain. Meetings are held weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Fairchild
Ft. Davis
Newman Club
Catholic Students Organization
Texas Tech
Peggy Kocurek
Seymour
Ellen Black
Brownfield
Johnann Seyler
Muenster
Joaquin Bonillo
San Jose
Costa Rica
Flora Wallace
Wm. F. Blakeslee
Assembly Dance Club Plans Reorganization After Hiatus
The Assembly Dance Club held a buffet supper and dance at the Tech Social center on Friday night. It was the first entertainment since the group disbanded after the war began. Judy Arnette orchestra performed for members including Mesdames Charles Waldo, Trotter, R. C. Harvey, B. C. Dickinson and Homer D. Grant. The club voted to reorganize soon and asking members who joined the armed forces to notify the secretary if they wish to remain members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Tech
Judy
Arnette
Charles
Waldo Trotter
R. C. Harvey
B.C. Dickinson
Homer D. Grant
Armed Forces
Sorority Plans Beta Sigma Phi Valentine Dance
Alpha Delta chapter held a Thursday meeting in Hotel Lubbock to plan the Beta Sigma Phi Valentine dance for February 8. Gene Skinner presided and Mrs. W H Galloway introduced a program titled Poetry to Music. Attendees included June Haney Carlyne York Nell Flanagan Bobbie Phillips Betty Seay Fern Anderson Gladys Ruth Parnell and Mesdames R A Steblitz Margie Helms Frieda Seagraves Dick Cook Jimmie Pendley Johnnie Mae Lynn Nita Christi and Margaret Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi
Alpha Delta Chapter
Hotel Lubbock
Gene Skinner
W. H. Galloway
June Haney
Carlyne York
Nell Flanagan
Bobbie Phillips
Betty Seay
Fern Anderson
Gladys Ruth Parnell
Mesdames R. A. Steblitz
Margie Helms
Frieda Seagraves
Dick Cook
Jimmie Pendley
Johnnie Mae Lynn
Nita Christi
Margaret Fisher
Insurance Women of Lubbock Plan Monthly Meetings
Plans for monthly meetings in addition to regular luncheons were announced by the Insurance Women of Lubbock at a Friday luncheon in Hotel Lubbock. The next meeting, with Miss Billie Lou Abel of 2118 Main, is set for February 2 at 8 p m. Fifteen members and four guests attended, including Mesdames Walree Neill Alyne Lewis Bernice McCaskill and Burene Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Women of
Selfs Leave on Midwest Trip to Crowell Wichita Falls and Buffalo
Mr and Mrs James R Self of Moore Twenty seventh left Saturday merging for a trip to Crowell Wichita Falls Springfield and Buffalo Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Self
Oore
Crowell
Wichita Falls
Springfield
Buffalo
Miss Tillery Marries William R Whitaker
Eunice Tillery of 1627 Seventh announces the marriage of her daughter Wilda Mae Tillery to William Robert Whitaker USN son of Mr and Mrs R E Whitaker of Corpus Christi. The ceremony was Jan 6 in Corpus Christi with Maj Thomas B Gregory reading. The bride wore aqua wool suit with black accessories. After a 30 day leave they will go to Long Beach where the groom reports to the USS Taylor. He served two years in the Pacific. The bride attended Lubbock High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillery
William R. Whitaker
Eunice. Tillery
Wilda
Mae
William Robert Whitaker
Usn
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christ
Thomas B. Gregory
Mexico
Long Beach
Lane
U. S. S. Taylor
Pacific
Lubbock High School
Russian Countess to Lecture at Senior High February 18
Countess Trina Skariantina, Russian author and war correspondent, will lecture at the Senior High School auditorium February 18 under the sponsorship of the Lubbock Women's Club. She is married to Comdr. Victor F. Blakeslee and has penned several autobiographical works. Tickets cost $1.20 for adults and 60 cents for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Women's Club
Trina Skariantina
Rurik
Lubbock Women’s Club
Skariantina
Comdr
Victor F. Blakeslee
United States Navy
Collier’s
Russia
America
United States
Europe
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Tamara
Marsgaret Webster
Eva LeGallienne
New York Theater Guild
Simonov
Mesdames Arch King
George Lemon
W. C. Holden
Raymond Marshall
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Margaret Tuner
Tee
South Seas
Fonteet
Scarus
Kathleen Winsor
Bob Hope
Castile
Samuel Shellabarger
Thomas B. Costain
The
Boyd C . Douglas
A. J. Cronin
Adria L. Langley
James Hilton
Ben Ames Williams
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
Gwethalyn Graham
Green
Henley-Turner
Willis H. Bledsoe
W. H. Bledsoe
Broadway
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Edward Williams
Plainview
Wil
Liams
R. S. Williams
Dr. Williams
Navy
Okinawa
China
Victory
Victory Clothing
Lubbock Junior Welfare League
Red Cross
C. W. Ratliff
Cliff Widener
Buster.Welch
Marilyn Sullivan
Hiram. Parks
Alfred Crosby
Stewart Newland
G. C. Turner
Betty Arn Watt
Homer Maxey
Alton Hall
Canning Drive
Hayes Sieber
Harvey
Chas. C. Files
H. J. Jarett
R. B. Glass
Hub Jones
Morley Jennings
S. B. Haynes
Margaret Turner
avalanche-Journal
Twentieth Century Club
Tech Library
Ben Brewer
Walter Jennings
Howard
Hampton
Lyn Marie Ryan
Jim Lester
Alyce Howell
Tech Newman Club
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