Tucson Woman's Club Promotes Defense Effort and Community Service
The Tucson Woman's Club votes to pursue national defense work with the motto Full speed ahead. Members project about 1200 man hours weekly, offering first aid and home nursing courses led by Red Cross instructors. The club plans gifts for Fort Grant and aid to local homes as Christmas decorations and programs proceed.
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Tucson Woman’s Club
National Defense
Elizabeth Siebenthal
West Alameda Street
The
Red Cross
Committee of Social and Civic Service
Fort Grant
Hariley D. Snyder
Richard Dawson
Jack Vosskuhler
University
LaVeron Dayton
Alice Getzwiler
Barbara Kilburn
Richard Hall
Mier
J. C. Mack
William Dunipace
W. Claude Davis
Allen Cameron
Cameron
Calumet
Mich.elub
Harry Ransom
Clarence Falk
Southern District Education
Walter E. Murphey
Walter Cross
John Ivancovich
Henry Berger
Salon Members Entertain State Leader at Christmas Party
Pima Salon No. 164 Eight of Forty held its annual Christmas party at Edith Wilson's home. Mrs. Helen Riell of Globe, visiting from Le Chapeau Departemental, reported on the Eight of Forty midwinter conference in Phoenix and her Tucson Preventorium visit. Gifts were exchanged and plans made to entertain Preventorium children next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wilson
le Petit Chapeau
Grant Road
Helen Riell
Globe
le Chapeau
Arizona
Phoenix
Riell
Tucson
Hannah Howard
Mildred Hubbard
Ethyl Thorp
Helen Blakeslee
Charlotte Helbig
Jewish Hospital
Tucson Health Center
Jeanne McQuown
Vera Thomas
Irene Brinkmeyer
LaVada Hall
Ora Lee Kite
Gertrude Meyers
Grace Weil
Marie Fridena
Mmes. Wilson
Elizabeth Ashen
Kaye Vincent
Kek
Angel Street Broadway Hit Draws Big Critic Acclaim
Notes Of A New Yorker recalls the play Angel Street which opened at John Golden Theatre. A five person one set drama, producers sought $800 on premiere night by offering thirty percent to backers. An actor finally funded it, hoping for stage or screen opportunities as Angel Street becomes a major dramatic hit with critics praise.
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Angel Street
John Golden Theatre
New York
Sandburg Comments on Latest Family Event and Gossip
Chicago columnist recalls Carl Sandburg inspecting his daughter's birth in a hospital and quipping about a switchman named Joe Connery distributing cigars. He claims modern Broadway writers imitate their style. question remains whether the child was a boy or a girl and if the event brought luck while fishing.
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Chicago
Carl Sandburg
Galesburg
Joe Connery
AL Jolson
Jolson
Critic John Mason Brown's Wit in Motion
Critic John Anderson recalls John Mason Brown famed lecturer and wit. In New Orleans Brown leapt off the platform into a amused crowd, then returned and quipped about resuming the subject where it was dropped.
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John Anderson
John Mason Brown
Anderson
Brown
New Orleans
Willkie Says He Will Not Seek New York Governorship
Wendell Willkie telegraphs Walter that he has no intention of running for Governor of New York. He clarifies he has discussed nothing with anyone except inquirers and has not stated any plans.
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Walter
Wendell Willkie
New York
N. Y
Graham quotes Lincoln as comics aid in wartime stress
In a chat with Ross Graham the baritone, writers debate whether newspapers should keep printing comics and continue humor and trivia columns during the war. Graham cites Lincoln on enduring fear with laughter to avoid despair.
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Ross Graham
Columrs
Graham
Lincoln
Gary Cooper Spots Mallards at Racecourse Return
Gary Cooper, back from duck hunting, watched a horse race with field glasses. He leaned over to a companion, pointed to the infield pond, and excitedly announced there were mallards.
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Gary Cooper
Gary
Unpopular Guy Sparks Sharp Talk at Village Barn
Sketchy dialogue from a village scene shows a group debating an unpopular man. The chatter mentions knives and sharpening as metaphor, while a film reference to Charlie McCarthy hints at bravado and doublecross schemes.
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Charlie McCarthy
Comedian George Jessel Recounts Lean Years On Stage
At Coq Rouge George Jessel and Bob Milford recall a Mid West trip stuck with fifty cents. Jessel jokes they spent the money on cats, a quarter, and mustache wax with the remaining two bits.
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George Jessel
Coq Rouge
Bob Milford
Mid-West
Jessel
Bob
Milford
The Bank Clerk Who Raffleed His Salary
A bank clerk earning $20 a week flaunts expensive clothes and a new car while hosting weekly raffles. He explains his $1 tickets go to nearly 100 buyers, and the prize is his salary, a scheme that surprises his employers after three months.
Merton of the Movies Third Filming and Quick Jokes
Notes on Merton of the Movies being filmed a third time with jokes about dope and cinema. Mentions of Japanese beetles and snakes as fears. Includes a Puerto Rico lawyer Ryder Patten family news and a New York Mirror quip about Adolf. Al Jolson and Poi story ends with a January meeting hosted by Kaye McDaniels with assistants listed.
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Merton
Puerto Rico
Ryder Patten
Pattens
Patten
New York City
New York Mirror
Adolf
Winchell
Eureka Club Meeting At S F Chandler Home
The Eureka club will meet at 7 30 tonight at the home of S F Chandler 1030 East Twenty first street.
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Eureka Club
S. F. Chandler
East Twentyfirst Street
Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors Christmas Party
Husbands and visiting members will be special guests at a Christmas party arranged by the Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors at 2822 East Lester Street the coming Thursday night. Guests will bring inexpensive gifts for exchange and members will donate canned goods for charity baskets. Assistants include Mrs. Wellington Jones and Mrs. Frank Killmer.
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R. W. Wills
East
Lester Street
Wellington Jones
Frank Killmer
Labor Subject Discussed by Gus Wieden
Gus Wieden of the State Employment Service predicted labor peace for the duration at a Tucson League of Women Voters luncheon. He said relations between capital and labor have ceased to be a problem and noted a rise in local employment while many unemployed are recent arrivals.
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August Wieden
State Employment Service
Tucson League of Women Voters
San Carlos Cafe
Wieden
America
League of Women Voters
Tucson
Noah Slee
Hubert d’Autremont
Paul Mauder
Wi Ganz
Guy Currier
Pat Tidmarsh
Stanford Stevens
Charles T. Vorhies
Fred C. McCormick
Wirth Dunham
James Redman
B. S. Miller
A. H. Chapin
Sophie Hart
F. N. Scott
Darwin Mason
Ethyl C. Lobban
Squires
Ed Holderness
Wm. L. Holt
Thomas Axtell
Stewart Patterson
Catherine J. Snow
Thelma McQuade
Matthew Baird
L. W. Feezer
Jay Sternberg
Christmas Party At Planned Parenthood Clinic
Parents and former patients of Tucson Mothers' Clinic will be entertained at a Christmas party from 10 to 4 on Monday at 28 East Corral Street. Candy and toys for children will be served while mothers enjoy coffee and doughnuts, with fathers also welcome.
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Tucson
Mothers’ Clinic For Planned Parenthood
East Corral Street
Jay Sternberg
Molly Smith
Lesley Allen
Impromptu Dance by Griffiths at El Rio Buffet
John Griffith and his sister Mrs John Day performed an impromptu exhibition dance at the El Rio Golf and Country club buffet Sunday. The pair once toured as the popular John and Harriet Griffith. An offering from sixty guests was donated to the Red Cross.
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el Rio Golf and Country Club
John Griffith
John Day
Local list of names tied to 19th century notice
A fragment lists individuals associated with a historical document including Mines, Henry Bolce, George Dittman, Charles Day, Mary George and Rutger Porter.
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Henry Bolce
George Dittman
Charles Day
Mary George
Rutger Porter
Jewish Teen Ettes Club Plans Chanuka Tea
A newly formed Jewish teen club for girls ages 13 to 16, the Jewish Teen-Ettes, announces a Chanuka tea set for December 21 to honor the mothers of the organization. Advisor Miss Goldie Nathan leads officers Elsie Kleinerman president Elaine Goldsmith vice president Eleanore Heiner secretary Marilyn Newman treasurer Marjorie Schuman program chairwoman Violet Epstein publicity Goldie Levkowitz Esther Nathan Happy Day fund committee Norma Dames scrapbook. Members listed include Iris Baum Bernice Belmont Betty Lou Berzon Ilene Carmel Betty Cohen Beverly Howard Doris Larkritz Rhoda Pitluck Ruth Reinhard Dorleen Saprin Dotty Smith.
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Goldie Nathan
Elsie Kleinerman
Elaine Goldsmith
Eleanore Heiner
Marilyn Newman
Marjorie Schuman
Violet Epstein
Y W C A Luncheon Speaker Pan American Solidarity
The Y W C A public affairs luncheon is set for 1 o'clock Wednesday at the Y with Miss Sue Perry speaking on Pan American Solidarity. Rillito Park Homemakers plan a 1 to 4 o'clock meeting Thursday at Mrs Leon Healths Rillito lane home.
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Sue Perry
Rillito Park
Toastmistress Club Meeting at Mission Inn Wednesday
The Toastmistress club will convene at noon on Wednesday at the Mission Inn. Members are urged to attend for a scheduled session and discussion.
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Toastmistress Club
Mission Inn
Pima County choir to perform Christmas program this week
The Mother Singers will hold a final rehearsal at 1 30 Thursday in the Fine Arts building on campus. They plan Christmas music at 6 35 Thursday night over KTUC and will appear for the Woodmen of the World at 8 Friday night.
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Pima County Council
Fine Arts
KTUC
Woodmen of the World
Mothers of Miles Mothers Meet to Make Bandages
Mothers of Miles school gather at 9 a m Wednesday to make bandages. They will work all morning and those able to stay after lunch may do so with their own lunches. Mothers will bring first aid equipment.
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Miles School
Mrs. Laura Carr Tuthill's classes reconvene January 5
School notices report that Mrs. Laura Carr Tuthill's classes adjourn for the holidays and will resume on January 5 with students returning after the break.
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Laura Carr Tuthill
Goosefoot plant known as lambs quarters fat hen pigweed
The plant from the goosefoot family is identified as lambs quarters also called fat hen and pigweed. It notes alternate common names for the species in historical horticultural text.
Birth of William Graham Bell Jr in Tucson
Mr and Mrs William Graham Bell of Tucson announce the birth of a son on December 15 named William Graham Bell Jr The mother is the former Miss Marjorie Louise Sisk of Nogales
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William Graham Bell
Tucson
William Graham Bell, Jr
Bell
Marjorie Louise Sisk
Nogales
Herndon Baby Born in December at 727 East Helen Street
A daughter Diana was born on December 15 to Mr and Mrs Robert Herndon of 727 East Helen Street. Mrs Herndon was formerly Miss Emma McLaughlin of Tucson. The couple also have a 7 year old son, Jimmy.
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Diana
Robert Herndon
East Helen Street
Herndon
Emma McLaughlin
Tucson
Jimmy
University couple visits Tucson and Casa Grande
Lieut. and Mrs. Leon Gray visit Mrs. Gray's parents in Tucson and Casa Grande after a stay in Kansas City where Gray flew for an airline. Both are prominent in university circles as former members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Gamma. Gray will soon be on active duty with the United States Army Air Corps.
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Lieut
Leon Gray
Mrs. Gray
Tucson
Casa Grande
Kansas City
Lieut. Gray
Gray
Bunny Morrill
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Gamma
United States Army Air Corps
Mrs. Shofner Hosts Shower for New Bride
Mrs. Jack Shofner entertained Sunday with a buffet supper shower honoring Mrs. Wendell M. Schwartz the former Lucy Brena. About twelve guests attended in a lively social gathering.
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Jack Shofner
Wendell M. Schwartz
Lucy Brena
Peterson and Betts Stay at Santa Rita Hotel in Tucson
William Peterson and Amos A. Betts, both from Phoenix, are in Tucson for a brief business trip and reside at the Santa Rita hotel during their stay.
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William Peterson and
Amos A. Betts
Phoenix
Tucson
Santa Rita Hotel
Gibney House Guests Over Christmas Holiday
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Louis G. Gibney entertain Mrs. Gibney’s sister Mrs. Josephine Montgomery and her two children Doris and Bob of Coronado California as Christmas house guests.
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Louis G. Gibney
Golden Wedding Anniversary in Boulder Observed
Mr and Mrs Albert E Smith of Boulder Colorado celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary yesterday as friends gathered to surprise them at home.
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Albert E. Smith
Boulder, Colo
Tucson Garden Club Tea Honors 1891 Telluride Wedding
Women of Tucson Garden club gather at 2432 East Hawthorne to celebrate a December 15 1891 Telluride marriage with an afternoon tea from 2 to 5. A silver offering will be collected for the Red Cross, marking a shift from social to charitable participation.
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East Hawthorne Street
Tucson Garden Club
Anna H. Porter
Red Cross
Miss Kittredge to Take Two Week Holiday in Yosemite Park
Katharine Kittredge a Pomona College alumna and Pi Beta Phi member begins a two week Christmas break from the university with plans for skiing and winter sports at her Yosemite National Park home. Her father Frank A. Kittredge is the park superintendent and formerly worked at the Grand Canyon.
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Katharine Kittredge
University
Yosemite National Park
Frank A. Kittredge
Pi Beta Phi
Miss Kittredge
Pomona College
Kittredge
Grand Canyon
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Salon
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
King Features
Rev
U. 8
Patent Office
Nannie Mai Gilbert
Grayce Gibson
Helen Lyons
Ethel Laubscher
Gayl Mason
Kaye McDaniels
Elsie Louise Nelson
Florence Redman
Ruth Sanderson
Dora Woodworth
Josephine Corbett
Leota Apell
Tidmarsh
Gus Wieden
Clinic
Columbia
Columbia Mill
Grandona
Decker
Home Furnishings Custom Studios, Inc
Broadway
the Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Company
SS. Peter and Paul
Tucson Senior High School
M. Suzanne
Mary Inez
Manor
Bernard Phelan
the Watchman
Betty Mae Jones
Mary
Frederic Sargent
Harold
Lucille Steffes
Ann
Ellen Ann Sydow
Ellen
Mary Krabbenhoeft
Margaret
Norma Angulo
Edith
Addine Smith
Good Dame
Elsa Krauch
Elsbeth
Barney Kergla
Thomas Moreley
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Tom
Bernard Sarzana
Sir Arthur Hertford
Mummers
William Kilcullen
Father Christmas
C. J. Martin
Saint George
Manuel Marmolejo
the Turk
Raymond Amadril
Crusader
Alfred Maye
Nativity Players
Mary Alice Scanlon
Virgin Mary
John Hurley
Joseph
Catherine Leiber
Herald Angel
William Heideman
Daniel Crachiola
Leonard Bauldauf
Shepherds
J. J. Greaber
Charles Specht
Michael Weinzapfel
Wise Men
Angel Chorus
Gertrude Bores
Jeanette Dumont
Anna Swanick
Julia Swanick
Marjorie Soto
Patricia Smith
Margaret Halverson
Dorothy Masterman
Marcine Herman
Patsy Kiefer
Hilda Moreno
Barbara Phelan
Nancy Stegmeier
Diane Durst
Joan Trieber
Brendan Flannery
James Dougherty
James Reidy
Daniel Hurley
Jack Lomasney
Ernest Amadril
Donald Confer
William Greather
Robert Smith
Brady O’rielly
Frank Bugbee
Denee Logan
Donald Rhodes
Andrew Blundell
Daily Reminder
Telluride
Colo
Mayme Bajbek
Ida Williams At
E. Alameda
Mrs. Grace
Cidee UK
Longhorn
N. Stone
Mary Jane
el Conquistador Hotel
Sara
Cooley
Croquignole Permanent
D&m Beauty Shops
N. Scott St
N. Campbell
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