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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1940
Page
4
The column argues beauty writers push eye makeup safety but favor practice to master eye cosmetics. It offers step by step tips for adjusting brows, shadow, and mascara for different eye shapes, and suggests continued practice to enhance eyes as makeup becomes more central in daily style.
The annual Constitution Day luncheon of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held yesterday at The Poplars on East Fifth Street. The event featured a U shaped table setup, patriotic floral decor, and singing of God Bless America. Nine new junior members and several new adult members were announced, with a business session following the luncheon.
The L F D Parent Teachers Association held an opening meeting as a covered dish supper honoring teachers. A large crowd attended with fall flowers in decoration. Corsages and boutonnieres were given to five teachers and Rodman Cookson spoke on How America Came About. A game party was planned for Friday night at the school.
Mrs Dale Gregg enjoyed a birthday surprise hosted by friends and neighbors with a covered dish supper. Attendees included Aubrey Koonce J H Gregg Aubrey Gregg E H Hicks John Waddell Charles Lasley and others at the event.
The Roswell Junior Daughters of the American Revolution held a dinner meeting at The Poplars on East Fifth Street, organizing the first D A R junior chapter in New Mexico. Officers elected were Edna Ann Malone chairwoman Ruth Gaines Wilson vice chair Jeanne Cauhape secretary Edith French membership chair and Edith Perrine treasurer. State Regent Rolla R Hinkle installed them with the ritual service. Charter members present included Malone French Farnsworth Wilson Cauhape Perrine and guests Norton Coll Bird Farnsworth.
The Siki Society gathered last night at Fred Crawford's home to plan initiation of pledges. Attendees included Albert Stubbs Jr, Bert Luttrell, Earl O'Neil, Bob Cox, Dean Briggs, Bruce Nichol son, Jack Martens, Fred Crawford, alumn, Jelly Howard and pledge Elmer O'Hair.
Mrs A E Fleehart of 207 North Michigan Avenue enjoyed a brief reunion in Clovis with her girlhood friend Edith Wilkie formerly Miss Edith Wilkie from Rushville Indiana. Fleehart praised the longtime friend as sweet gracious and informal in a simple blue cotton frock. Also visiting was Philip Willkie who had been at the University of Indiana with Fleehart’s son Clark and brought news from him.
The General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus brings a 27 member company to Roswell on October 1 in a Co operative Concert Association program. The group, led by Nicholas Kostrakoff, performs traditional Cossack songs, chorales, steppes tunes, lullabies, and the Volga Boatmen in original form as part of its first U S trans continental tour hitting 40 states. The company began in Prague in 1927 and has since toured globally from Paris to North America.
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