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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1940
Page
4
Pattern 9524 offers a jumper and bolero set for children sizes 4 through 12 with simple panelled lines and set on straps. Includes a puff sleeve blouse, requires specific yardage, and costs fifteen cents. order via The Record Pattern Department.
Mrs Frances Newcomb who has lived on the Navajo Reservation for most of her life will lecture at the Roswell Museum on Monday night. Her program includes legends and folklore, with emphasis on Sand Paintings. A 25 cent admission invites a rare evening of Indigenous culture and storytelling.
The Roswell Business and Professional Woman's Club will observe National Business Women’s Week starting Sunday October 6 with a church service at First Christian Church at 10 45 am. The October meeting is tonight at 7 at the Department of Public Welfare 108 West Eleventh Street with Captain Charles F Ward as guest speaker. A formal banquet is planned Wednesday at 7 in the Colorado room of Nickson Coffee Shop with Mrs Ewings L Lusk directing and Mrs C E Mason and Mrs Luella Mc Gaffey Brown as guest speakers. Reservations by Tuesday noon with Miss Billie Lanham.
A gay birthday party was given yesterday afternoon by Peggy Ackerman, young daughter of Captain Dave Ackerman, at 1402 North Kentucky Avenue. Games were played, a cake cut and served. Aunts Peggy and trustees assisted, with many relatives and friends listed among the attendees.
A party and shower honored Mrs. Harry Mulroy Evelyn McGruder a recent Roswell bride. Hosts were Mrs. Lloyd Taylor and Mrs. Harry Williams at 307 West First Street with autumn flowers and a pink parasol centerpiece. Guests included Inga Mulroy F R Stone William Weathers Mary Louise Pratt and others.
Roswell Women’s Club will host New Mexico novelist Wilfred McCormick on Wednesday at 2:30 in the Women’s Club building. A writer of more than 450 stories and serials, he discusses writing mechanics and shares adventures from the New Mexican wilderness, with notes on sports and his varied career.
Roswell Choral Society selects Mrs Paul McEvoy as conductor for fall season to lead a large mixed chorus in Messiah and other community projects. She studied at Peabody Conservatory and is a pianist and Dancing Masters member. Rehearsals Mondays 7 30 p m at the Junior High band room. New members welcome. over ten already joined.
Local notice highlights the display of a Beauty Fruit plant at Mrs. T. H. Craig’s home, 307 North Kentucky, described as unique among Roswell ornamentals with purple berries and long frondage leaves. Notes it is the only known plantage in town and invites visitors to view. Also includes a varied column of recipes and society notes.
Don Ameche and Mrs Ameche will join Kate Smith on the air October 11. Fox has taken over the Ingleswood racetrack for a week to film race sequences for Golden Hoofs and Corncob Kellys Benefit.
Recipe notes describe peeling tomatoes chilling, then mixing canned salmon celery sweet pickles and pimento with mayonnaise to bind. Fill shells, garnish with mayonnaise and paprika, serve on lettuce. Credited to Mrs Glen Steepleton.
Informed sources report seven London raid alarms lasting about sixteen hours. German commentators focus on Africa and the Mediterranean theater as they await yesterday’s Brenner Pass session outcomes. Press forecasts praise a new European and African order under totalitarian states and anticipate the next Axis strike in the Mediterranean. Britain’s front is described as extended from the Thames to the Suez Canal amid Axis pressure.
In Athens an authoritative source says the Greek army is taking preventative measures against any surprise Italian move along the Albania border. Neutral observers note Germany rarely tips its hand on impending action, with past campaigns showing prewar press focus shifting from the Balkans to the Mediterranean before major offensives.
Democrats portray Willkie as ready for service while Miera and J Frank Stephens circuited southeastern New Mexico oil fields. They pledged to appoint an oil industry representative to the state conservation commission after a Hobbs meeting following Portales visit.
Seth Alston of Tatum and Lovington, GOP hopeful, failed to secure the nomination but introduced Miera at Lovington and pledged support. The Miera campaign held events in Jal and Eunice today and planned a Carlsbad rally and radio broadcast tonight.
In a correctional court, 56 storekeepers received jail terms up to two months and fines up to 110 dollars. The crackdown led to many products vanishing from shelves while luxury goods fill shop windows beyond the purchasing power of many Parisians. Unseasonable early fall cold foreshadows a harsh winter feared by residents. Home Grown Asparagus Anderson's Gardens 8-27Ttc ais.
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