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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1941

Page

15

Final Plans For Dance Now Are Complete

Final plans for a Christmas party at the Tucson air base feature 100 couples from the base and Tucson women. Miss Margaret Dice heads the event with decorations, guest transportation, and buffet chairs arranged. A forest service donated truckload of Christmas trees will illuminate the evening.

Tucson Air Base Tucson Margaret Dice Forest Service Mmes. Weldon Jones Andy Anderson Hamilton Catlin Evelyn Carius Jane Hemphill Gayle Theobald Joan Flynn Betty McDaniel Helen Bueno Marcia Clark Mary Scott Margaret Hoppin Rosemary Mahoney Comfort Sawyer Cecily Jessup Phyliss Conner Argaret O’brien Anna June Potoroff Edith Nerwold Elaine Burris Wilma Coleman Mary Albertson Lois Jean Morris Lucille Barr Irma Grantham Betty Cleator Ruth Ellen Buehrer Ruby Mae Buehrer Winnie Kranz Jackie Cook Marguerite Aros Jill Falk Barbara Taylor Margaret Miller Ruth Callaway Vonnie Ross Millie Moss Betty Potoroff Betty Wager Virginia White Mary Hardy Peggy Hardy Meri Ciocetti Mary Pat Cosgrove Eva Tefft Jane Banenbush Agnes Walsh Mickey Yankev Clarence H. Wand Jr Merle C. Fultz Frank G. Kintzler Donald V. McGratty Arthur Pearson Horace A. Blogg John Harshman Norman E. Wallace Waitman P. Ellis Oscar T. Jones Jr James H. Barton Jesse Gorman Harry L. Gorman Charles E. Magakis Eugene E. Giedt M. T. Howell Baker J. Guilbeau Harold G. Danley Dave Bloom Hubert H. Kelly Charles E. August Thomas E. Uhle A. R. McCracken C. J. Russell John Brizendine Paul Sprunk

Garden Club Hosts Home Talent Day at Pioneer Hotel

Tucson Garden club gathering at the Pioneer hotel featured member led programs. Adelaide Feldkamp reported on decorating Comstock hospital, while Charles T. Vorhies described aid to the Humane society and Preventorium.

Tucson Garden Club Pioneer Hotel Adelaide Feldkamp Comstock Hospital Charles T. Vorhies Humane Society Dennis Weaver Harold Beck Bulletin Board Gail Hummel E. L. Easton Ravinia Til Mildred Hepburn Trenton N. J James R. Hubbard Cc. P. Kramer

Thanksgiving Eve College Kid Covers Club Tab With Extra Dates

Walter Winchell On Broadway notes a New Yorker recalls a Thanksgiving Eve night out with a college student taking a deb to a nightclub. The table grew as friends drank, Morgenthau Lettuce slipped into his pocket, and the final bill reached 39.50. He paid 61, leaving enough for two more dates.

Mystery muse behind School for Eternity heroine Amanda

The inspiration for Amanda in Harry Hervey’s School for Eternity is Betty McLauchlen, a Powers model engaged to F. James Downing of Savannah. Hervey learned this after friends traced a rotogravure image and a New York meeting. Amanda’s beauty is featured on Vogue’s current cover.

Harry Hervey Amanda Powers Betty McLauchlen F. James Downing Savannah Hervey’s

Fortune teller visit teased at MGM广告 bureau

A secretary at MGM on Broadway bragged about a clairvoyant her office group planned a preview with. A confirming letter arrived stating the clairvoyant would come Thursday if nothing unforeseen happens.

MGM Broadway

Titled Patron Chases War Scarred Champagne

A titled woman at Fefe's Monte Carlo orders an impossible wartime champagne. Her companion urges any bottle, but the headwaiter refuses. She leaves in a huff, revisits another spot where a phony bottle is iced and she proclaims it better, saying that’s more like it.

FEFE Monte Carlo

Mrs Roosevelt recounts Bunker Hill funding tale

Mrs. Roosevelt shares a Chatham story about the Bunker Hill Monument. A $20,000 shortfall was needed as it neared completion. Laurence of Massachusetts gave $10,000 but the remaining $10,000 came from Judah Touro of New Orleans, a fact she says her husband did not know before.

Roosevelt Bunker Hill Monument New England Laurence Massachusetts New

Westchester Court Arraigns Suspect Over Car Theft

In a Westchester court a man was arraigned. When asked if he is the defendant he replied no I am the man who stole the automobile. The judge then asked how he pleads and the man answers not guilty.

Clem Wyle Westchester Hizzoner

Burglar and Songwriter Clash Over Copycatted Lyrics

Joe E. Lewis told a songwriter that a town MC used his special songs. Dan Shapiro, in a night club, heard the burglar performing the material and confronted him. The thief retorted that the songwriter was overrated, claiming the song had flopped for him for two weeks.

Joe E. Lewis Dan Shapiro

Lone cowboy bandit pockets $600 at Local Loan office hold up

Alarm sounds at The Local Loan Company on 7th Avenue and 41st Street as a radio car arrives. Officer Wallace bursts in to find the cashier reporting the bandit received six hundred dollars before fleeing, prompting stunned disbelief and a quip about a lone gunman.

7Th Avenue 41St Street Wallace 14Th Precinct

Prince Mike Romanoff Strikes Back As Rival Restaurateur

An epic tale of Prince Mike Romanoff who survived a hostile magazine probe and transformed a Hollywood restaurant into a thriving hotspot. After rivals faltered the editor shifted focus to Romanoff’s venue drawing back patrons and turning a loss into a lucrative empire.

Mike Romanoff Wallopings Hollywood Romanoff Mike Romanoff’s

Ordeal on Pathe Newsreel As English Boy Loses Accent

Report from the Pathe newsreel set of Your America Wants to Help. Tex McCrary and Mrs Roosevelt observed amid chaos as an evacuated English child lost his polished speech, failing to pronounce bath room and leaving crew frustrated.

Pathe America Tex McCrary Mrs. Roosevelt Tex Brooklyn

Alpha Epsilon Initiates Ten At Sunday Breakfast

Alumnae of Alpha Epsilon the university honoraries for women invite members to a Sunday breakfast at Mountain House. Initiation starts at 9 o'clock with breakfast at 10 30. Major M A Strange will speak and reservations are handled by the school's business department. New initiates include Pat Hammill Evangeline Stewart June Potter Annete Aaronson Marilyn Brooks Carol Broome Frances Sweeney Ira Mae Miller Pat Henderson and Frances McClelland.

Alpha Epsilon Commerce Mountain House University School of Business M. A. Strange Pat Hammill Evangeline Stewart June Potter Annette Aaronson Marilyn Brooks Carol Broome Frances Sweeney Ira Mae Miller Pat Henderson Frances McClelland

Hickory and white oak fuel value per ton of coal

The report notes that Hickory and white oak, weighing over two tons to the cord, contribute substantial fuel value when used with coal.

Choir To Present Carols On Radio

The First Methodist choir will broadcast a radio program titled For You featuring sacred music and carols at 6 pm Friday on station KVOA. Director Edwardo Caso will sing Ave Maria with Miss LaVerne Dayton at the piano. A joint recital with the Boys choir follows at 8 pm Wednesday December 17 at First Methodist church with the 40 voice choir in black and white and the Boys in blue and white vestments.

First Methodist Choir KVOA Edwardo Caso LaVerne Dayton First Methodist Church

Bitter Self Pity Traced As Life's Worst Alibi

A 1941 King Features humor piece argues bitterness fuels excuses for failure and cowardice. It warns self pity drains life, urging readers to vent anger then move on, embracing beauty and action rather than dwelling on raw deals.

Mary, Queen of Scots Greta Garbo Rip van Winkle King Features, Synd., Inc

St Andrew's Auxiliary Guild Dinner Set for Thursday

St Andrew's auxiliary guild will hold a dinner at 6 15 tonight at the guild hall East Sixteenth and South Fifth streets. Mrs Ada Barrenger and Mrs Lloyd Green are reservations chairmen.

St. Andrew’s Auxiliary Guild Guild Hall East Sixteenth South Fifth Streets Ada Barrenger Lloyd Green

Nowells Buy Tucson Home After Long Island Life

Mr. and Mrs. Allen M. Nowell have purchased 2026 East Third street in Tucson from Mrs. George Kitt and will make it their permanent residence. They lived in Honolulu thirty four years where Mr. Nowell managed the Sugar Factors company before retiring in 1932 and traveling with their family. Mrs. Nowell joins Bundles for Britain. Mr. Nowell favors his garden and claims the first Tucson sweet pea. He was a Harvard classmate of Jim Dole, founder of the Dole pineapple organization, now in San Francisco.

Allen M. Nowell East Third Street George Kitt Tucson Honolulu Mr. Nowell Sugar Factors Company Islands Old Pueblo

Harrington Couple Visit Tucson Family for Christmas

Mr and Mrs Harold Thomas of Harrington Washington visit Mrs Thomas parents Mr and Mrs J F McKale in Tucson planning to stay through the Christmas holidays.

Harold Thomas Harrington, Wash

Local Guardsman Honored Discharge From Camp Barkeley

Lillard D. Sanders Jr. returns from Camp Barkeley Texas where he served in the Arizona National Guard and has been honorably discharged.

Lillard D. Sanders Jr Camp Barkeley Tex Arizona National Guard

Miss Luella Jones to Wed Bentley Bolin in New York

Miss Luella Jones, soon to wed Bentley Bolin, was guest of honor at a buffet supper and personal shower hosted by Mrs. Harry A. Sellars at 649 East Fifth Street. Attendees included Mrs. Will L. Jones and many friends, with a decorated table and wedding bells from the chandelier.

Luella Jones Bentley Bolin Harry A. Sellars East Fifth Street Will L. Jones J. H. Moffitt Sheldon Harrold John Barringer Philip Veto Harley Arnett George Dodd Harold Thomas Frederic O. Knight, Jr Louise Teal Burdetta Kines Helen Redick

Australian Earth Worm Reaches Unusual Eleven Foot Span

An Australian earth worm reportedly grows to a remarkable length near twelve feet, attracting interest from naturalists and the public. Observers note its girth and habitat in rural regions, sparking discussions on the species' extreme growth.

Early Ticket Boom for The Women at Tucson Little Theatre

Advance reservations set an all time record as Miss Maxine Handley notes seats for Clare Boothe's The Women will be reserved, with on sale date January 5 and potential early opening if demand continues. Readings for parts are at the Workshop on West Ochoa Street, and over 200 women attended the tryouts Monday night.

Tucson Little Theatre Maxine Handley Clare Boothe

Pilot club meeting at the Pioneer hotel guest Mary Hastings Devine

A Pilot club meeting was held last night at the Pioneer hotel with Miss Mary Hastings Devine as the guest of honor. Attending members included Mary, Esther Wood, Johnnie Yocum, Esther Abbott, Mary Jordan, Kathryn Van Mater, Ewing Cross, Helen von Coblitz, Vada Anderson, Fay Jones, Mildred Samuelson, and Esther O'Farrell.

Pilot Club Pioneer Hotel Mary Hastings Devine Mary Esther Wood Johnnie Yocum Esther Abbott Mary Jordan Kathryn van Mater Ewing Cross Helen von Coblitz Vada Anderson Fay Jones Mildred Samuelson Esther O’farrell

Local clubs set meetings this week with readings and music

The board of visitors of St Luke s in the Desert meets December 9 at 10 a m in the recreation room. The Woman s Progressive Civic club gathers Thursday at 6 30 p m on West Fifth Street. VFW Auxiliary Post 549 meets Thursday at 7 30 p m on East Broadway. The Carry On club hosts Lady Squires reading Christmas poems at 7 p m Sunday with devo tions by Mrs J B Kitchen and a trumpet solo by Art Roberts. Hosts are George Phillips and Barbara White with a fellowship hour at Virginia Wilson s home afterward, co host Gertrude Stewart. San Xavier division 241 G I A to the B of L E holds its regular meeting.

Board of Visitors of St. Luke’s-in-the-Desert St. Luke’s Lady Squires J. B. Kitchen Art Roberts George Phillips Barbara White Virginia Wilson Gertrude Stewart

Morse and Rooke-Ley Wed in Carmel

Friday wedding of Linda Rooke-Ley of Carmel and Richard A. Morse of Tucson, chairman of the Tucson City planning commission, took place at the Church of the Wayfarer in Carmel. Morse is an architect. Mrs. Morse is a Bassett of Yardley and a University of Delaware alumnus.

Local IOOF Hall Meeting For Officer Elections

Members gather at IOOF hall at two o'clock to conduct a meeting. Officers will be elected and announced during the session.

Ioof Hall

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Air Base Walter Winchell Daily Mirror King Features Reg. U. & Patent Office Sal Food Ideal Gifts Arridoo Institute of Laundering Arrid Anna B. McLester New York City Santa Rita Hotel Australia Lankership Corner 7Th and Broadway Frank R. Wishon Weinz Afiez Lyara Crein? Company Efoto Little Theatre Daily Reminder Woman’s Progressive Civic Club West Fifth Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 549 East Broadway Richard Morse Linda Rooke-Ley Carmel Longhorn Metalcraft N. Stone el Conquistador Hotel Mary Jane Catalina Mountains Borden West Borden’s San Francisco Wviu.a Ana Other Borden Borden’s Soc Eagle Borden’s Eagle the Borden Compa Bordens
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