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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
2
A discussion lists parks and fountains as memorials for returning servicemen, proposing a dedicated library room where veterans can retire from public view and study. A Salt Lake City reader thanks the column for addressing 4-F classifications and argues for meaningful civilian roles and opportunities for those in noncombatant status.
Grace Sloan Overton of New York, lecturer with the Hogg Foundation, addresses about 200 members of the Senior High PTA on This Business of Being a Parent. She urges understanding adolescence, highlights parent teacher consultation groups, and cites postwar blame on parents and teachers. The meeting approved a Thanksgiving dance at the Teen Age Center and announced high school recreation programs on Dec 1 8 and 15 with class duties outlined.
Mrs R A Mills reviewed Boston Adventure by Jean Stafford for the Book of the Month club. The meeting was at Mrs H T Luther's home with co host Mrs J E Ausburn. Two new members joined Mesdames W H Bradberry and H G Derman. others attended.
At a Tuesday general meeting, the Junior Welfare League reviewed hours spent in Red Cross work and at the Well Baby clinic it sponsors. Since January 1, members logged 1747 Red Cross hours and 681 at the clinic, with just over 584 hours in the recent quarter. Mrs. Robert Maxey presided and reports on the clinic and treasurer’s work were presented.
The Opti Miss Club met at Seaman hall Tuesday night to view The Ominous Arms Code directed by R K Landreth and B M Mason of Houston. A school children playlet directed by Ross Craig Marion Gill Sam Camp Carolyn Taylor Bernard Cave Carolyn Pope and Frank Ford was performed with Mrs Ernest Mader directing. Hostesses included Mesdames O W McGuire Bert Ham T D Peel E Quest and M H Adkisson. An unrelated note mentions WAVES officer candidate restrictions and a kitten adoption telephone offer.
Lubbock Texas Thursday page reports a colorful National Book Week exhibit at the Junior High School library. Miss Velma McCollum leads displays by music Latin Spanish reading art Bible journalism science English and practical art departments with posters magazines and student works. A tea for faculty featured Home Economics and decorations of fall flowers. Notable items include an original John Greenleaf Whittier letter and Life of Christ books by J James Tissot. The public is invited to view Thursday and Friday 8 30 a m to 4 p m.
Mrs G C Lindsey and baby Patricia Ann have returned to Denver after a three month visit with her mother in law Mrs W W Lindsey. Pvt Lindsey serves with the Army Air Corps ground crew in England. S/Sgt Howard Price USMC is home on a 30 day leave visiting his parents in Denver after two years in the South Pacific including Saipan and Guam. Sgt and Mrs Robert H Gibbon and son Jim Bob left for Baltimore after a ten day furlough with her parents in Denver. Cpl Adeline Tatum of Lubbock arrived at Avon Park Army Air Field as part of the WAC contingent for Flying Fortress crew training.
The marriage of Miss Claudine Williams to Pvt. Milton Connell at 7:45 p.m. November 13 was read by Liff Sanders of Broadway Church of Christ. Attendants were sisters Allene and Billie Williams. guests included Cpl. Winston Johnson and Archie Jenkins. The couple will reside in Lubbock indefinitely.
Mesdames Roy Autrey Morley Jennings and Charles Young hosted a noon luncheon at the Lubbock Country Club for the Ladies Golf Association. A longer tournament begins now and will run through April 1, with luncheons paused during that period. Twenty members attended.
LAAF Junior Matrons league elected officers at a USO luncheon on Wednesday afternoon. Serving while Class 44 is stationed here are Ellen Dublin president Virail Hooton vice president Paul Goertz secretary William B. Shuster treasurer Betty Bachman Red Cross chair Grace Keenan housing chairman. Hostesses were Mesdames Jack Parker Ivan Middleton Hooton and Neal Morrison.
A party honoring Suzann Hin son on her fifth birthday was held Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. D. Hinson hosted at 2522 Twenty-fifth Street. Yard games accompanied cake and ice cream. Guests included Larry Glazner Bobby Glazner Michael Fedrick Ralph Robertson Billy Glass Patsy Curry Christy Nevitts Mary Lynn Hart Dan Knight Margaret Sue Barnard Barbara Barnard Douglas Slocum and Bill James Widener.
Mrs Grace Sloan Overton of New York Hogg Foundation lecturer will speak to the service men's wives at the First Christian church at 4 p m Thursday. Her talk tomorrow afternoon will be on Reckoning With Ourselves as Women. The nursery will be open.
Fourteen members attended a covered dish luncheon Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs E Lincoln’s home 1916 Fourteenth for the Lub bock Army Wives Society. Mrs Dorothy Cuddie back was assistant hostess. Next meeting plans bingo and bunko at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the USC.
A fragmented listing shows PTA events, AAUW sessions, Rebekah lodge activities, a Presbyterian church gathering, and various club meetings scheduled in the afternoon and evening. Items include location clues at Tech campus buildings and local lodges with times ranging from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A fragment notes Wake Island was discovered by the British in 796, marking an early reference to its colonial discovery timeline.
At 7 p.m. on December 13 a social gathering occurred at the home of Mrs. O P Hare, 1723 Thirty-first. Four visitors and eleven members attended the event.
A muddled report lists attendees and guests such as Bratcher Alred Mes rtle and Racia Hattie Butcher Maude Dean, Shannon Keltz Mechanies Truett Glice Jim Alred and Mildred Giles at a Cal Baptist social event with songs and refreshments.
A vintage advertisement touts Lady Esther Esther face cream with a patch test claim. It asserts the product cleanses, softens, refines pores, and provides a smooth base for powder, promising immediate skin improvement through a demonstrable patch test.
A promotional appeal touts Lady Esther Face Cream as the singular solution for softer smoother skin. Viewers are urged to try a patch test tonight to see the claimed living proof of dramatic results.
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