Prager Open House Serves New Year Cheer Since 1903
Mr and Mrs Sidney Prager hosted their annual New Year afternoon open house at 102 South Richardson. A large turnout from The Book Club attended, with son Lewis Prager and Mrs John Bragg Beers assisting. Tea and coffee were served, Christmas decor adorned the lace tea table, and new club books were distributed while old ones were drawn for by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Prager
South Richarson
Book Club
J. P. Church
E. H. Williams
Pards Society Annual Banquet Elaborate New Year Event
The Pards Society hosted an elaborate New Year’s Eve banquet in the Coronado Room at the Nickson Hotel at seven. The event honored alumni and their girls with black and white décor and miniature winter scenes. Toasts were given by Charles Malone and others, followed by a midnight Yucca Theatre prevue. numerous members and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pards Society
Nickson Hotel
Coronado
Charles Malone
Pards
J. 3. Sivan
Muss Elysse Saunders
Howard Bloom
Bob Samson
Charles Maioe
Ards
Elfnning
Ary Vigins
3 B Sullivan
Yucca Theatre
Helen Jewett
Paul Herring
John Ellett
Iane Elliot
Byron Ballew
Jane Lewis
Bernice Dunagan
Bill McCutchen
Martha Ellett
Hayden Moberly
Hannah Pruit
J. B. Sullivan
Suzzane Norton
Paul O’meara
Alice Stockton
Harold DeShurley
Genevieve Yoder
Baynard
Jay Neely Mitchell Four Years Old Birthday Party
Jay Neely Mitchell celebrated his fourth birthday at a party hosted by his mother at the family country home east of Roswell. Guests included Donna K. Mitchell Patsy Jo Garrett Charles Shaw Billy Hunter and several others as they played games opened a four candle cake and enjoyed fruit punch before favors were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Neely Mitchell
J. P. Mitchell
Roswell
Donna K. Mitchell
Patsy Jo Garrett
Charles Shaw
Billy Hunter
George Harris Hunter
George
Nancy Platt
Lola Lee Stouts
Dana Hunter
Sandra
Edgar Dean Mitchell
Dick Mulkey Celebrates Tenth Birthday With Stag Party
Dick Mulkey son of Mr and Mrs Reed Mulkey at 412 West Seventh Street turned ten yesterday and marked the occasion with a stag party for friends. The boys enjoyed a line party at the Yucca to see Son of Monte Cristo, then refreshments at Kiplings. Mrs Mulkey chaperoned the group. Attendees included Dick Mulkey David McGee James Lisle Hinkle Teddy White George Ward and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Mulkey
Reed Mulkey
West Seventh Street
Yucca
Teddy White
George Ward
Dick Lrodewick
Phelps White
Hugh Mark Huff
Tommy
Bobby Norton
Lanny Keith
Buzzy Johnson
Ronny Mayer
Biff Rose
Edwin Trout
New Years Eve Open House Hosted at Glaze Sacras Home
Mr and Mrs Glaze Sacra hosted a New Year's Eve pre dance Open House from eight to ten at 907 West Fourth Street. About one hundred guests called, enjoying punch and sandwiches around a crystal punch bowl with white sweet peas and snapdragons lit by crystal tapers. Guests later attended the Junior Womans Club dance or the Masonic Temple dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaze Sacra
Andre Latimer
Frank Young, Jr
Glaze Sacras
West Fourth Street
Womans Club
Masonic Temple
Miss Winfield Rhea Hosts Gay New Years Party
Miss Winfield Rhea entertained New Years Eve with a slumber party and breakfast at her mother’s home 401 North Sea Avenue. Guests played Bridge and Liverpool rummy, attended a Yucca Theatre preview, and enjoyed refreshments and favors before a two course breakfast the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Rhea
John W. Rhea
North Sea Avenue
Bridge
Liverpool
Yucca Theatre
Betty Railsback
Bertha
Lois
Ruth Emmett
Martha Carpenter
Roberta Duffield
Elizabeth Slack
Gayle Wooldridge
Vera Conyers
Edith Greenhaw
Ann Entrop
Merton
Baltimore
Maryland
Miss Rhea
Three Dances Given On New Years Eve
Three New Year Eve dances were held by the Junior Woman's Club Masons and American Legion. The Woman's Club featured blue spotlights silver trees and skat ing figures with about eighty couples dancing to Ed Harbaugh's orchestra. The Masons at the Temple used Christmas decorations with Hendrix orchestra providing music and specialty numbers. The American Legion party at Ingalls Memorial Home ended with late night sandwiches coffee and a countdown to the new year for Legionnaires their wives and Auxiliary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Masonic Temple
American Legion
Ingalls Memorial Home
Ed Harbaugh
The
Temple
Bette Davis Weds at Rimrock Ranch in Arizona
Hollywood reports the surprise New Year wedding of actress Bette Davis to Arthur Farnsworth of Boston at the Rimrock ranch home of Mr and Mrs Justin Dart in Arizona. Farnsworth, a non professional, had visited Davis here a year ago and they renewed friendship in 1939 at Sugar Hill New Hampshire. Davis 32 and Farnsworth divorced within the last two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
Jane Bryan Dart
Hollywood
Jan
Arthur Farnsworth
Boston
Miss Davis
Farnsworth
Lowell
Mass
Sugar Hill
N. H
Rimrock, Ariz
Justin Dart
Chicago
Dart
Jane Bryan
Harmon O. Neson
Betty Jane Adeylotte
Barnstable
Gayle Armstrong
Gayle
Albuquerque
Billy Armstrong
Detroit
Mich
Washington and Lee
Lexington
Shirley Temple's Brothers To Be Married
Hollywood reports both of Shirley Temple's brothers plan marriages. Jack Temple 25, Stanford graduate student, to Miriam Ellsworth of Los Altos California. George Temple 21, Marine Corps enlistee, engaged to Jacqueline Miesse of Santa Monica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Shirley
George Francis Temple
Jack Temple
Stanford University
Miriam Ellsworth
Los Altos
Calif
San Jose
State College
George Temple
Marine Corps
LOCAL NOTES AND SOCIAL EVENTS UPDATE
Items of interest recounts open house plans at the Woman's Club, arrivals from Pasadena Nitro and Nitro West Virginia, and a postponed Newcomers Club meeting. It notes illness in a family and Red Cross knitting drives, plus wedding trip plans for Philip and Marguerite Stees and travel from Albuquerque to Detroit for schooling. Also coverage of Cotton Bowl attendance and a zoo bird trade in New York.
Family updates and holiday travels noted at Christmas
The report mentions the Perry Davis family returning to Wichita Falls after Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Cruse and sister Mrs. Woodbury. Doralee Sanders recovers from a serious illness at her Lewises grandparents and visits with Truman Sanders family. Henry Samson Mary Samson and Aleen Hinkle drive to Santa Fe for skiing. A recipe for Vegetable Cocktail Sherbet is included with steps and chilling instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Wichita Falls
Doralee Sanders
L. T. Lewis
Doralee
Mrs. Truman Sanders
Lewises
Henry Samson
Mary Louise Samson
Aleen Hinkle
Santa Fe
Tomato Jelly Ring from Garden Party Menu
A vintage recipe for a tomato jelly ring. It uses tomato juice bay leaf cloves onion lemon juice lemon gelatin and mayonnaise, with celery cabbage and paprika for filling, molded and garnished with greens and olives.
Marian Martin pattern 9536 for kids outfit with cap jacket dress
The notice describes pattern 9536 a three piece Marian Martin kids ensemble incl port calot cap jacket and dress with curved side bodices collar and flaring skirt. It lists sizes 2 4 6 8 10 and fabric yardages plus order details and a sub fit pattern 9306 for women sizes 14 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Price c
Pattern Department
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Mrs
Gallivan
Billie Cooley
Georgie Griswold
Ted Brown
Jane Wolfe
Virginia Crosby
Hugh Hanagan
Bettie Grey Smith
John Powers
June Sorrells
Gilbert Pfeiffer
Frank Goodwin
Bill Burkstaller
David Dunn
Bill Minton
Frank Blair
Merrill Norton
Dan
Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
the Son OF
Monte Cristo
Wacca
Tomorowr
Dr. Christian
Ao Riches
Dorothy Lovett
Edgar Kennedy
Prouty
Walter Catlett
Doc
RKO Radio Picture
R. C. Ware
Little Tot School
W. 8Th
Miss Winfield Rhea
H. P. Manning
Howard
Eileen
Pasadena
California
Woman's Club
Mary Frances McClure
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roy Jernigan
Lucedale, Miss
Mrs. Jernigan
George D. Martin
Sophie Anderson
Nitro
West Virginia
Ray Farlow
Hester Anderson
New Rochelle
New York
J. S. Anderson
Marten
Farlow
L. H. Bradstreet
S. Missouri Avenue
Red Cross
West Tilden Avenue
Philip Stees
Marguerite Hennessy
Guaymas
Mexico
B. F. Kelly
Jack
Dallas
G. W. Griswold
el Paso
the Friends Society
Tommy Dresser
Jimmy Sanders
Tomm Dresser
Bronx
New Zealand
Santa
and Dry Cleaners
Washington Zoo
Chaves County
Lake Arthur
Hagerman
Dexter
Esquire
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