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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
2
A montage of column fragments notes contests, fashion visuals, and public views. It mentions a beauty pageant voting method, divorce narratives, a London bus bomb scare, a doctor decrying odd baby names, and reflections on how names shape identity.
About 80 members attended the Business and Professional Women's club luncheon at the Lubbock hotel. Miss Jeannine Brown introduction by Mrs. Anna Mae Webb. The group planned Christmas gifts for McCloskey General Hospital and noted upcoming district meetings in Wichita Falls and Austin with speakers from Dallas and Lubbock. Luncheon guests included Mrs. Gordon Stalcup and Miss Guin Byers.
About 125 members and guests of the South Plains Woman's Club attended a 1 p m luncheon at the Field Officers Club. Spotters chairmen hosted, tables matched to Spotter groups, and Halloween decorations set the scene. Enlisted men performed music as a brief business meeting led by Mrs. James A. DeMarco issued membership cards to new National Association of Air Forces Women members.
A covered dish luncheon for the Lubbock Army Wives Society was held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Ralph Quest's home, 2122 B Main. Guests included Mrs. A. R. Quest and members Mesdames Holmes, Stebbins, Anderson, Roen, Lincoln, Dunbar, Cuddieback, Massie, Bennack, Frost, and Tomlin.
Members of the 1936 Forty-Two club gathered at Mrs. R. D. Cole's residence at 2411 Fifteenth Street Wednesday afternoon. Refreshments were served and the attendees included Mesdames B. A. Maddox, H. L. Griffin, Pearl Sampson, W. E. Watson, C. N. Kennon, T. A. Hulin and Holmes.
Members of the Madonna Study club sewed for the Red Cross at the home of Mrs. E. H. Bergman 2826 Twenty-fourth on Wednesday. Attendees included Glenn Wi H. L. Burgess C. W. Ratcliff B. B. Williams H. E. Selby and L. C. Peveto.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Central Baptist Church planned a social in honor of the new officers taking charge this year. The event follows a general business meeting and quiz program Monday at 2:30 p m at the home of Mrs. W C Powell 1512 Ave N.
Monroe and Southwest Ward clubs held meetings with officers elected. New Monroe president is Mrs John Harrell and vice president Mrs Earl Hobbs. secretary treasurer Mrs Justice. food demonstrator Mrs A T Biggers. home improvement demonstrator Mrs John McGuire. Southwest Ward re elected Doyle Oswalt president and Piez McNurlin vice president. secretary treasurer Mrs O J a. reporter Mrs Corran.
Mrs Jack Hays hosted a gift shower at 2105 Twentieth honoring Mrs J H Mooney Tuesday afternoon. Attendees include Mrs Everett Price Mrs Lorenzo Quinn Mrs Troy Givens Mrs Bob Hogan and others as listed. Navy tags will be sold by South Plain Navy Mothers club for Navy Day with proceeds to sailors.
Mrs Grace White presented Dora Denevee Turner daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Turner at a primary speech recital Sunday in a home setting. Assisting Dora were Sandra Sherrod and Madeline Holmes who prepared and handed out programs from 2315 Fifteenth.
Serving committee for the LAAF Junior Matrons League luncheon at USC Wednesday noon included Mesdames Jack E Butler James B Boone Paul S Goertz and Joseph Blue. New wives from San Antonio were introduced.
Slim down quickly without back breaking exercise or starvation. Simple easy to take weight loss bottle promises attractive curves. If unsatisfied return the product for money back and all other druggists.
A list of evening activities across several churches and clubs. Meetings include Baptist classes, study groups, needle clubs, social gatherings, and a junior league, with times from 3 p m to 9 48 p m and locations such as First Baptist Bethenian Center, Central Baptist, and 1807 Arnett.
L. E. Buddy Crites of the US Navy is home on furlough from Oberlin Ohio where he attends the University in the Navy V-12 program He visits his parents Mr and Mrs T E Crites at 2409 Twentieth street.
A musical program led by Mrs. F C Stanley was held for Allegro Music club members at the home of Mrs. Don Mitchell. Guests Mrs D E Sellers and Mrs James Vickers performed pieces such as Forest Elves and Malaguena. Ruth Towne sang I Have Lost My Eurydice, with Handel Water Music and Gluck Bourree featured.
The First Presbyterian Stephens Friendship Class announced a new meeting place on Wednesday. Mrs. Joe Wilson will host at 3 30 p m in her home at 2209 Twenty fourth, with Mrs C A Bruner and Mrs Wyter assisting. Mrs B T Hodges was to host. Bridge followed as entertainment.
Local news covers the amphibious ship named for the cleanest city in Texas with adoption by Lubbock residents, Lt. McCloskey promotion to lieutenant senior grade in Virginia Beach, and Rotary Club talks by Dr. Sam G. Dunn and Dr. Doyle D. Jackson. Also notes Masonic degrees, ROTC alumni visits, and sugar canning quotas in the OPA district.
Funeral services announced for George A Adamson who died at his home in Cleburne. C E Griffin a Lubbock druggist found dead with arrangements pending as brothers travel from California. Walter Davies sets bond at 1800 for Paul James Blake on burglary charge. 92 year old deserter suspect handed to Army officials.
Houston report quotes Mrs Crowlie special assistant to the OPA administrator as saying women increasingly see rationing as a way to secure scarce goods and stabilize postwar prices. She tours the region to speak to women’s clubs, citing a Lubbock group weighing whether war bonds should fund essential commodities.
Rev Joe Z Tower told 300 delegates at the North Texas Methodist conference in Wichita Falls that a minister should have a window in his coal to see the world and let the world look in. Rev Paul Stevenson gave a memorial address honoring deceased Methodist preachers and their wives. Panel meetings were scheduled before Rev Dawson Bryan's sermon and a Southwestern University banquet was on the agenda.
Advertising in support of the war effort in domestic daily and Sunday newspapers amounted to 57,069,242 in the year ended July 31, according to the American Newspaper Publishers. War bonds topped the list with 26,101,024 in ad space during the period.
Fragmentary wartime note reports cattle slaughter approaching one million head, with farmers and Red Cross efforts tied to rationing and salvage drives. The piece notes ongoing farm losses and a projected increase in cattle killings by early 1944, reflecting wartime supply pressures.
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