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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1941
Page
3
Roswell Daily records opening of the Women’s Invitational Golf Tournament at Roswell Country Club. Entrants from Albuquerque, Clovis, Hobbs, Lubbock, Artesia and Carlsbad listed in qualifying, with notable outfits described. Event runs through Sunday with prizes on display, plus open house, daily luncheon, and a nine o’clock dance for entrants.
Mrs Charles Ward hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at 1405 North Pennsylvania Avenue with three tables of players. An iced drink was served as Mmes L T Godfrey James R Kelly John C Kost Vester Montgomery Temple V Price T A Sacra Jr J P Williams Bob Crosby Burton C Mossman Jr Thomas B Stapp Jr Thomas M Kleckner and the hostess participated.
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Teachers of the city schools held an annual dinner in honor of the Board of Education and their wives, including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hinkle, Horace H. McGee, A. D. Jones, F. L. Austin, and J. E. Johns. Rain forced the garden party to move to the auditorium of Miss Martha Cowan’s home.
Mrs L T Lewis gave an informal tea at her home at 511 West Til cen from three to five oclock. Rooms were decorated with pastel zinnias and asters. At five the hostess served a salad course to guests including Mrs Will H Rhodes, Mrs C C Martin, Mrs B C Roney, Hugh M Huff, John P Cauhope, and many others.
In Artesia New Mexico during the past week engines were delivered for the pressure maintenance plants at Loco Hills and Mallamar, accelerating the system's early completion.
Roswell High School used asters and zinnias along with other fall flowers to decorate the buffet table for a steak menu event. About 125 people attended. Phone your classified No. II
Friday events include Layette Society at Mrs. Gilbert Buck's home on 510 North Kentucky Avenue at 2 30 p m Regular Open House for young people at the Woman's Club at 8 p m a tournament at the Country Club opens with luncheon at the club house American Legion Auxiliary meeting at Ingalls Memorial Home at 2 30 p m Fried chicken supper at LFC school hosted by the P T A Saturday features the second day of the Woman's Golf Tournament at the Country Club with lunch at noon a dance at nine a rummage sale by the Woman's Council of First Christian Church at Cruse Auto Camp Sunday concludes the Woman's Golf Tournament at the Country Club with luncheon served at noon at the club
A mass of cooler air from the north Pacific pushed into the northwest and the interior West, lowering readings by 10 to 20 degrees since Thursday morning. Some stations in Oregon and Montana reported lower thirties. showers fell in parts of northern California Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana with heavier totals in Del Rio Texas and Blanding Utah. Elsewhere rain was light as southern plateau and Rocky Mountain areas ran above seasonal averages.
Mr and Mrs Henry Samson returned from Estes Park Colorado after attending the Rocky Mountain Electrical Convention They stopped in South Fork Colorado en route home where they fished Mr and Mrs E M Grout Betty Freehart of Miami Florida announce the birth of a daughter born yesterday September 18 in Miami Arthur Dekker at Kansas University Lawrence Kansas has pledged Sigma Chi The Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church will meet
Mrs. Ned Nickson welcomed the Thursday Bridge Club to her Nickson Hotel apartment for a dessert-bridge event. Prizes went to Mrs. Frank Goodwin and Mrs. Ben Childs, with Mrs. Goodwin leaving soon for El Paso to join Lt. Goodwin. new member Mrs. Roger Aston was introduced.
Mrs Jay W White entertained the Friday Bridge Club today at The Poplars on East Fifth Street with luncheon followed by bridge. Guests included Mrs Arthur Allison Powhatan Carter S P Hannifin J W Miley A F Madison E E Patterson B F Rose L T Lewis Herbert E Zeeveld J C Lovert Thomas B Henry and the hostess.
Yesterday gatherings at St Peters featured the Junior High School PTA Back To School program with eight hundred to nine hundred pupils and parents visiting classes and attending an auditorium assembly. The event included a flag salute, group singing, and remarks by principal R L Villard and PTA president Mrs C R Greaves. The Sewing Circle of the St Peters Altar Society met at Mrs Lena Fye’s home to sew for the annual bazaar and plan the year’s work with Mrs R M Tigner reporting on the A C C W convention in Las Vegas. A playlet by the Dramatic Club, led by Gordon Clouser, featured LaVere Leslie and others. Contacts for classifieds were listed.
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