Eastern Star Elects Officers at Regular Meeting
At last night's Eastern Star session Mrs Logan E Hunter was elected Worthy Matron with Mrs Walter D McPherson as Worthy Matron presiding. Other officers chosen included George M Miller as Worthy Patron Mrs W H Whatley Associate Matron Edward H Day Associate Patron Miss Joyce Wyly secretary Mrs Georgia Anderson Treasurer Mrs Fred W Blocksom Conductress and Mrs Carl Bird Associate Conductress. A barn dance followed in the ballroom with pumpkins corn stalks and hay bales as decorations Stockley's orchestra provided music and many guests dressed in costume. Hostesses for the event were Mrs Oscar Greene Mrs Powhatan Carter Hugh M Huff Jr Maurice D Trout and Mr George Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Logan E. Hunter
Walter D. McPherson
George M. Miller
W. H. Whatley
Edward H. Day
Joyce Wyly
Georgia Anderson
Fred W. Blocksom
Carl Bird
Stockley
Oscar Greene
Powhatan Carter
Hugh M. Huff, Jr
Maurice D. Trout
George Miller
Engagement Of Mrs Enid Phillips To Dr W J Gray Announced
Mrs Enid Childress Phillips will wed Dr Willis J Gray of Fort Crockett Galveston Texas during Christmas at her father’s home in Shreveport Louisiana. The couple plans to live in Galveston. Phillips will leave December 15 resigning after eleven years as secretary at Hervey Dow Hill and Hinkle. A party at the Griffith home 707 North Kansas Avenue celebrated the engagement with a Dr Quiz and gifts, including a brown leather traveling case for the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid Childress Phillips
Willis J. Gray
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Texas
Mabel Richardson
Bonnie May Jones
Joseph S. Griffith
Griffith
North
Kansas Avenue
Shrevesport
Dr. Gray
Mrs Godfrey Hosts Bridge Club At North Richardson Home
Mrs L J Godfrey hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home 1314 North Richardson Avenue. Two tables played bridge and an iced drink was served. Attending were Mrs T V Price, Mrs Vester Montgomery, Mrs C M Woodbury, Mrs J P Williams, Mrs Miley, Mrs T A Sacra Jr, Mrs Bob Crosby and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Godfrey
Wednesday
North Richardson Avenue
T. V. Price
Vester Montgomery
C. M. Woodbury
J. P. Williams
Miley
T. A. Sacra, Jr
Bob Crosby
Godfrey
Mrs Robert McKee Hosts Dessert Bridge Party
Mrs Robert F McKee of Lubbock entertained last evening with a dessert bridge party at her parents home 607 North Kentucky Avenue A dainty dessert course was served before the games Close girlhood friends attended including Marcella Lee Roberta Duffield Jane Russell Oberkampf Joyce Wyly Helen Woolford Geneva Bruin Sara Louise Whatley Marie Crossland Mae Letterman Betty Smith Marion Gallup Anne Askren Mrs Wesley M Foster Lacy Shortridge Ted Hunt Homer Harper and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. McKee
Ottolee Askren
Lubbock
Texas
O. O. Askren
North
Kentucky Avenue
Marcella Lee
Roberta Duffield
Jane Russell Oberkampf
Joyce Wyly
Helen Woolford
Geneva Bruin
Sara Louise Whatley
Marie Crossland
Olivet Study Club Meeting at Mrs Campbell’s Home
Mrs Archie Campbell hosted the Olivet Study Club gathering at 22 Riverside Drive yesterday. Devotions were led by daily leader Mrs W Finch White, with assistance from Mrs Powhatan Carter Mrs K A Yoder and Mrs J P Williams. Members present included Mrs Paul G Schultz Mrs J P Williams Earl E Patterson Mrs W Finch White Mr Powhatan Carter Mr E G Minton Jr Mrs K A Yoder Mrs S P Hannifin and guest Mrs R E Voorhees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Campbell
Riverside Drive
Olivet Study Club
W. Finch White
Joshua
White
Powhatan Carter
K. A. Yoder
J. P. Williams
Mmes
Paul G. Schultz
Earl E. Patterson
E. G. Minton, Jr
K A. Yoder
S. P. Hannifin
Walter Harrison
R. E. Voorhees
Mrs. Campbell
What A Life shines at Junior High Friday night
Family audience invited to a school night performance of What A Life starring Henry Aldrich. Babs Pearson and Charlie Malone appear in a lively comedy set for eight o clock at the Junior High School auditorium on December 5 with no matinee. Also notes include P T A meeting at 7 30 tonight and the birth of John Henry Mabry in Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Aldrich
Henry
Babs Pearson
Babs Vaudelet
Charlie Malone
Herry Aldrich
Suc
Scott H. Mabry
Jane Robinson
Albuquerque
John Henry Mabry
Russians Claim Continued Drive Across Ukraine Front
Soviet dispatches report German forces under field marshal Von Kleist battered along the Sea of Azov coast with 21,000 casualties as Russians press a counter-offensive over 75 miles from their advance. In the north, 1,000 Germans killed near Leningrad while British HQ notes a pause in North Africa as 7,000 Axis prisoners are taken. Axis and Allied forces prepare for a renewed major test as positions shift across the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Ukraine
Mariupol
Novocherkassk
Rostov
Taganrog
Ewald von Kleist
Sea of Azov
Leningrad
Alexandria
Egypt
Bardia
Mediterranean
Ed Duda
Tobruk
Rezegh
Bir el Hamed
Mrs Herbert Emery To Be Heard In Dramatic Book Talk
Mrs Herbert Emery of Dallas Texas will review the Pulitzer prize play of 1939 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Monday December eighth at eight oclock at the Junior High School auditorium. The event, under the auspices of the Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society, benefits Roswell Museum. Tickets are on sale at the Chamber of Commerce priced fifty five cents for adults and thirty five cents for students cadets of NM MI included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Emery
Dallas
Texas
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Chaves County
Chamber of Commerce
Vast Japa continued routes threaten war moves from Asia
The article outlines Japan's expansionist strategy from Australia to Singapore and the Indies, noting potential detours for Allied convoys and possible strikes from Caroline Islands toward Borneo, Java, and the Dutch oil fields. It suggests Thailand may serve as a test of ABCD reaction before wider action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Singapore
Indies
Philippines
United States
Caroline Islands
Borneo
Indo- China
Japan
Java
Thailand
Burma
Malaya
ABCD
Tokyo and Washington vow no break in talks amid Indo China stand off
The article notes ongoing Washington talks with Japan as Adm Nomura and Saburo Kurusu forward a White House information request to Tokyo. Roosevelt’s public intervention fails to ease tension. Tokyo radio suggests Nazi involvement and cites Petain and Goering talks reinforcing Japan's stance in French Indo China. Washington sources say Japan’s reply may fit three possible categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
White House
Tokyo
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
Marshal Petain
Reichsmarshal Goering
Japan
Zinks Record Dept Remodeling At Zinks Home Appliance
Paul Zink owner of Zinks Home Appliance announces rapid remodeling of the record department with four sound proof booths and ultra modern acoustics. He notes stock increases as the record business grows nationally and mentions a two day dealer instruction school ended with optimism from suburban dealers at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zink
Paul Zink
Zink’s
Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Sunday School Tea At Mrs A Pruit Home
The Ruth Sunday School Class of First Baptist hosted a tea at Mrs A Pruit s home 210 West Seventh Street in honor of prospective and returning members. About forty guests attended with officers and class leaders welcoming attendees including Mrs Grady Southworth Mrs Cecil Anderson and Mrs Russell Ramsey. The table featured a lace cloth a Christmas arrangement of red sweet peas berries evergreens and candles while Mrs Ira L Holmstead led tea service with helpers Mrs Luther M Dudley Mrs Russell Ramsey and Mrs R L Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
First Baptist Church
A. Pruit
West Seventh Street
Pruit
Ira L. Holmstead
Luther M. Dudley
Russell Ramsey
R. L. Knight
Gillis Beaten In Ath Race For Mayor
Newburyport Mass. December 3 It was thumbs down for Andrew J Bossy Gillis jail inmate who campaigned for mayor His opponent John M Kelleher a 47 year old dance hall proprietor won 3859 to 2882 in a non partisan race Gillis was jailed four months ago for criminal libel against a judge in his newspaper the Asbestos
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
Andrew J
Bossy) Gillis
Gillis
Seacoast
John M. Kelleher
Asbestos
1932 Bridge Club At Mrs Richmonds Home
Mrs Raymond Richmond hosted the 1932 Bridge Club yesterday afternoon at 108 West Fifth Street. Chrysanthemums and gaillardins adorned the living room where guests played cards and a sweet course was served to Mmes Mau deline Crossen Blake Jones Thompson Anderson Pickett Whitney Poe Corn and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Richmond
West Fifth Street
Mmes
Maudeline Crossen
Harry D. Blake
Charles Jones
T. P. Thompson
Kenneth Anderson
DeLois Pickett
Charles Whitney, Jr
Poe Corn
Richmond
Roswell Club Calendar Buoyant With Meetings and Socials
A dense rundown lists Wednesday through Saturday events in Roswell clubs. Activities include contract club hosts, Americanization play Our New Citizen, PTA and Womans Club gatherings, square dances, and a Thursday banquet by the Chamber of Commerce. Numerous meetings cover Red Cross sewing, DAR, PEO chapters, book clubs, bridge, and church events across multiple venues.
Mrs Jones Delivers Noted Book Review at Parish Hall
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Trinity Methodist Church met yesterday afternoon in Parrish Hall. Mrs Lucy Youse led devotionals with Psalm 24. Guest speaker Mrs A D Jones reviewed A J Cronin's Keys Of The Kingdom. Mrs George Zink discussed a chapter from Mission Enterprise and World Order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club
James R. Kelly
North
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles Ward
H. A. Lowrey
Shower
Elaine Shaw
Trinity Methodist Church
L. H. Harris
Missouri Avenue
P.E.O
R. L. Villard
W. Alameda
R. E. Morris
Odd Fellows
K. C. Hall
Womans Society of Christian Service
The
Parrish Hall
Lucy Youse
A. D. Jones
A. J. Cronin
George Zink
Bradley Couple Host Open House for 50th Anniversary
Dr and Mrs Robert L Bradley celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an afternoon open house at 508 North Kentucky Avenue Roswell. About seventy five friends visited from four to six assisted by their children Chet Snyder Roberta Bradley Nogales Frances Bradley and Palmer Bradley. The couple married in Tiago Texas and have lived in Roswell since 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Bradley
North
Kentucky Avenue
Altho
Bradley
Chet Snyder
Roberta Bradley
Roswell
Charles Wise
Frances Bradley
Nogales
Arizona
Palmer Bradley
Houston
Texas
John W. Rhea
Reed Mulkey
Tiago
Margaret
Joseph
Daniel Bradley
Berrendo Club Sews For Red Cross
The Berrendo Womans Club held an all day sewing meeting at Mrs. W. T. Clardy home with Mrs. E. L. Brown co hosting. Twenty four dresses and eight pairs of bootees were completed by members and guests from the United Rural Club. A noon covered dish luncheon was served. Several named members and guests attended. Howell Russ in St Louis with the air corps prompts a classified phone reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrerdo Womans Club
W. T. Clardy
Red Cross
E. L. Brown
Clardy
United Rural Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Logan A.hunter
Onl
Enid Phillips
W. J. Gray
L. J. Godfrey
Robert McKee
Mywerle Oberon
Joan Blundell
Binnie Barnes
Jaint Blair
Columbia
Captain Marvel
PECOS
James Stewart
Rosalind Russell
Comedy Chavez
Berrende P. T. A
Inna
Iin
Far East
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
One
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
the Monitor
Christian Science Reading Room
Richardson Avenue
New Mexico
Eskiee
Asia
AECD
Britain
Cobean
Roswell Womans Club
Berrendo Parent Teachers Association
Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society
Business
Professional Womans Club
Public Welfare
Bert Aston
North Sea Avenue
Ladies of Christian Church
Sacra Ranch
Clover Leaf Club
Fred Miles
West Fourth Street
Friendship Club of Rebecahs
M. O. McCracken
East
Nickson Hotel
H. A. Poorbough
Roswell Country Club
Mrs. Jones
Roma
California
Roma Wine Company, Inc
Fresno, California
New York, N.Y
Chicago, Ill
Berrendo Club
Mmes. J. R. Thomas
M. H. Madigan
C. H. Allison
Harrison Williams
Robert Glock
George Perrine
E. C. Brinker
John Summersgill
Mrs. Clardy
Mmes. Smith
W. A. McCloud
J. H. Wyly
Carson Jordan
John Rose
A. C. Jones
Carl Clardy
Thomas Fee
Herbert Avery
L. M. Rosier
George Foster
Joe Clardy
Mary Ann Clardy
Howell Russ
Melba O'Neill
St. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
Mr. Russ
Air Corps
Hazel Linard
Chiropodist
West 4Th Street
RT Rsetee
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