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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1940

Page

4

Marian Martin Pattern 9503 Slimming Afternoon Dress

Pattern 9503 offers a slenderizing dress for women with soft lines and two front panels, curved V neckline, and optional belt. Back darts shape the fit. sleeves can be long or short. Contrast bodice panels yield a light and dark effect. Sizes 34 through 48, 3 1/4 yards for size 36. Send fifteen cents for pattern. Book and pattern priced together at twenty-five cents.

Marian Martin Pattern Department

Social News Brief Honoring Visitors at Local Coffee

Mrs Jack Lair hosted a morning coffee at 309 N Washington Ave in Roswell in honor of Mrs Oscar McMurria and Mrs Wendell H Skelton both Denver visitors and former Roswell residents staying with Mr and Mrs Arthur Allison at 106 S Washington Ave The living room featured garden flowers and the dining room table displayed a large yellow pottery bowl centerpiece

Jack Lair N. Washington Avenue Oscar McMurria Moneta Allison Wendell H. Skelton Alice Thompson Denver Colorado Roswell Arthur Allison South Washington Avenue

Party and Shower for Mrs McCraw in Roswell Social News

Frances Bear Wolfe reports a luncheon and tea shower honoring Mrs. Carl E. McCraw of East Grand Plains with flowers from the garden and gift bouquets. The guest list includes Mrs. McMurrin and Mrs. Skelton alongside a large group of local friends and relatives.

H H. Ball C. M. Woodbury Lawrence Wolfe Esther McNally Mrs. Lair McCraw Frome Raymond Caruthers Carl E. McCraw Janice Harper East Grand Plains Mies Will Walker Floyd Sherrell C. F. McCraw L. B. Boggs John H. Elliot Frank McLaren C. E. Long Ruby Sims Chester Walker Minnie McCraw Frank McCraw Bertha McCraw Charles Walker Fred Wolf Hugh Kitchen Claude Caruthers J. D. Cook Ernest Wilson Anna Pearl McCraw Louise Blanchard L. A. Cole Caruthers

Local society notes and lifestyle column in Roswell

A page of community updates lists Harvey Guess and his orchestra in season openings, College of Mines students in El Paso, and various visits by regional residents including Keen Rafferty and Miss Virginia Frazier. Messages cover church meetings, travel by car to California and Yellowstone, and social calls, with a feature on Edna Quinn’s column and fashion notes urging healthier routines for men and women.

Virginia Frazier The College of Mines el Paso Texas Loretta Academy Linda Fair Boulder Dam Joe Louis

Peach Shortcut Cake Recipe Note

A concise recipe fragment lists ingredients for a Peach Shortcut Cake. It calls for 1 1/2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons fat and 1 egg or 2 yolks, beaten. This basic batter base reflects a simple midpoint cake mix style.

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McMurria Mrs. Skelton Frances Bear Wolfe C. O. Smith Austin Tom White North Kentucky Avenue R. A. Thompson Dallas J. Walden Bassett Ft. Davis Davis Mountains Harvey Walker Marie and Marlene Los Angeles Cal Walker M. J. Riley J. B. Buchanan South Washington Avenue Darrel Dakin San Antonio Robert Dakens Julia Dakens Missouri Avenue Dakin K. W. Boyd Ralph Griffith Carlsbad Eastern Star Masonic Temple Herbert Gray U. S. Army Fort Sam Houston Louisiana Benjamin Kessel Mrs Norton Kessel Doris Chambers Ebyy Chambers South Sea Avenue Doris Mary Lutz Mary Helen Jones Marion Giddings Drucilla Savage Mimi Phimimy Carol Ball Joana Williams Joan Ditty Cecile Vaudeler Dorothy Reese Fletcher Jeanie Malarney Margaret Hannifin Sue Saunders Zeph Schultz Robert Willis Bob Bear Teddy Thorson Jimmy Barnett Jack Hooper Johnny Hall Donald Crawford Charlie Dabbs Bill Ellett Jim Vandewart Forest Hills Long Island Staten Island New York Woodrow Cameron Benjamin Birmingham Alabama Robert Morris Martha Cowan South Kentucky Avenue Lea Rowland Mickey Houston Atlanta Georgia Mrs. Rowland E. A. Anderson Miss Ann Anderson Mrs. Anderson Donald Phillips Revelle Davis Michael Tulsa Oklahoma Earl Malone Ruidoso W. H. Perkins Petrolia Malone R. L Roswell Woman’s Club Jesse James HENRY FONDA Frank Ytd Joan “Rawford Fredric March Porky LTTE Notey Ly Tonite Geo. O’brien Prairie Law Esquire Lestures Inc Harvey Guess Keen Rafferty Eastern New Mexico College Portales Womans Society of Christian Service Trinity Methodist Church Charles M. Martin Billy Martin Silver City Martin State Teachers College New Mexico Chaves County R. E. Maddox Farwell G. B. Armstrong Jr Abe Mayer Ronnie Lynn Yellowstone Park Myron Prager Albuquerque Sidney Prager C. E. Yeager Beaumont Hospital Captain Yeager Harmon Smith Columbia Frances Urton W. C.urtons California Henry Bedford West Coast Harry Harry Leonard la Jolla Rolla Hinkle Aleen Rolla Jr Edna Quinn Fido Jack Jill Jean Dickenson Arkansas Elizabeth Dickenson Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech Griffith Theatres No. 11 the Vogue Vogue Lee Henrichs North Missouri Purina Pecos Valley Trading CO. Hatchery Virginia Hebison School of Dancing Missouri Figlon Suez
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