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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1944

Page

4

Christmas Sketch Opens City Holiday Program at TucSon High

The Old Pueblo hosts a 3 p m gala in the Tucson senior high school auditorium featuring The Juggler of Notre Dame with Hubbard and Oschner. Miss Virginia Robinson leads dancing and Miss Madge Utterback music in two sections The Hope of the World and The Juggler of Notre Dame with students and Allegro club performing pieces by Balladeers, Guthrie, Tooley, Brown, and others.

Old Pueblo Notre Dame Hubbard and Oschner Tucson Senior High School Virginia Robinson Madge W. Utterback Adam Balladeers Lehman Earlene Boyd Allegro Club Warren Girls Kathleen Robertson Notre Dame Place Notre Dame Cathedral Paris France Jeanette Isabella Maria Schubert Virginia Fisk Mark Hensley Priscilla Avery Margaret Beal Erlene Boyd Harriet Brown Clara May Franke Betty Gasparich Betty Joe Lusby Bobbie Mabry Elsie Martin Betty Paterson Meade Powell Theresa Prentiss Juanita Skaggs June Smith Pat Spencer Dorothy Tyler Corrine Weber Grace Ann Wilson Allegretto Club Lyla Barnhart Eva Cox Felise Crouch Martha Drummond Carol Edwards Mary Foster Jean Betsy Young Sally Shriver Betty Bayne Alice Shull Rose Catalonotto Jerry van Kirk Geraldine Hammonds Martha Roberts Grace Lidakay Sara Cole Barbara Morris Patricia O'Reilly Douglas Fulton Jim Tooley James Guthrie Shirley Romo Helen Sines the Juggler of Notre Dame Marjorie Foerster Madonna Gilda Aguirre Monks of the Cathedral Dorothy Arnold Anne Marsh Marjorie Barr la von Ehrer Edith Estrella Mary Kastner Virginia Martin Betty Mauney Robin Rowell Juanita Savage Marilyn Stanley Ruth Tackett Emily Jane Vasey Billie Wharton Jo Margaret Wilson GAA Girls The Balladeers Theresa

Juggler of Notre Dame production at Notre Dame Cathedral

A Sunday afternoon rendition of The Juggler of Notre Dame combines dance pantomime and song. Bertha Ochsner and E Vickery Hubbard produced the old French legend with choirs Allegro and Allegretto and a Balladeers ensemble supported by soloists, violin, and narration.

Notre Dame Bertha Ochsner E. Vickery Hubbard

German Firm Announces Convertible Airplane Car in Switzerland

A German controlled firm in Switzerland reveals plans for a small airplane that can be converted into an automobile in minutes using a small crane that lifts the upper part with the hood nose and wings.

Switzerland

Tucson Woman's Club Yule Party Monday Program

The Tucson Woman's Club hosts a 2 PM Monday Yule party at the clubhouse with a Christmas tableau and candle light ceremony. Mrs. Dennis Weaver presides as ten new members are introduced. reports cover Christmas activities for Fort Grant, Arizona Children's Home, Ryland farm residents, and Pasqua Indian school children. members urged to donate trees and naments for Army hospital wards and list bond purchases for war loan drives. A Christmas themed program includes a chorus, solo, and community singing led by Mrs. D Burr DuBois.

Tucson Woman’s Club Dennis Weaver C. E. Britten Clement Fox Public Welfare S. J. Mansfeld War Service Fort Grant Arizona Ryland Farm Pasqua W. E. Murphey, Jr Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs United States Navy D. Burr DuBois Mmes Allan J. Ball Paul Burgess William Dunipace Edward G. Gay H. J. MacKenzie Donald Haines Grace Hallett Paul Monier Don Redick Rose Klaster Edwin McKee Herald Angels Bethlehem Marie Elizabetta Yonder Manger

Tea hour program roles and helpers listed

The article lists Mrs Elizabeth Siebenthal as reader and stage assistants Mrs Frank L Bralley and Mrs E C Calkins. Tea hour follows the program in the section room with Mrs Dennis Weaver presiding at the tea table and Mrs Earl Calkins as past president.

Elizabeth Siebenthal Frank L. Bralley E. C. Calkins Dennis Weaver Earl Calkins S. J. Mansfeld W. F. Connelly Mmes. M. S. Anderson J. G. Bloch Edna L. Boyd Paul S. Burgess Harvey Cake James R. Cray Luther Davis Warren A. Grossetta P. W. Hodges Max Klinger Herman Sage Walter E. Murphey, Jr J. S. McKale A. O. Neal Irving Palmer Austin McWhorter R. L. Pomeroy L. A

Parker Dinner Hosts Arizona CES Officers at El Merendero

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parker entertained officers of Arizona chapter No. 2 CES at El Merendero with blue and white decorations. After dinner guests returned to the Parker home for a Christmas party, gift exchanges, and a showing of technicolor movies of officers. Numerous honored guests attended the event.

W. J. Parker Arizona Ces el Merendero Parker Limber Lost Drive Dennis B. Weaver R. C. Nicholson Clarence R. Smith Charles McCarty C. E. Huntington Elmont Saylor Nell L. Leach Thomas McCurnin Jack Uvadich George A

Sorority Christmas Parties Spread Across Campus Homes

University of Arizona students fled to homes across the country and abroad for Christmas break, leaving vacant dormitories. Sororities Alpha Phi Gamma Phi Delta Gamma Chi Omega Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Phis hosted parties with pledges guests and caroling as students prepared for travel to Tuscon to Portland to Chicago and beyond for the holidays.

University of Arizona United States Naval Indoctrination School Yavapai Hall E. P. Schaffer Alpha Phi Alpha Phis Sue Lesher Tucson Phyllis Cunningham Portland Ore Virginia Crosby Rosewell N. M Marilyn Jacobs Sacramento Calif Nancy Brown Chicago Frances Beck Corrine Holst Illinois Marguerite Jones Mimi Jones Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Nancy Robertson Susan Blue Flora Ind Alpha Chi Omega Rosemary and Suzanne Purdy Winslow, Ariz Patti Paige Schnectady N. Y Lucille Louella Tolby Phoenix Ariz Jean Gray Olive Louisville Kappa Alpha Thetas Mary Cecile Duncan Carol Croy New York City

Christmas Party Planned for BPW Club in Tucson

The Business and Professional Women's Club of Tucson hosts a Christmas party at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Woman's Club on West Alameda. Mrs Marjorie Gay chairs the event with a Yuletide program planned by several members and a musical segment led by Mrs Margaret Carter. Decorations are by Mrs Viola Olson and refreshments by Mrs Alice Holden. Members are asked to bring children’s gifts to exchange before the gifts are delivered to the Arizona Children's Home.

Business and Professional Women's Club of Tucson Woman’s Club West Alameda Street Marjorie Gay Mary L. Bloom Sethryn Hodges Janie Lee Lawson Laula Mae Thompkins Margaret L. Mag Arizona Rae Welch Tu Garden Center Tucson den Club Sixth Ward S Rawley Tucson Garden Center Temple Genevieve C. Pa Janice McCu Logan Romberg Praetorius Membe Charles Fe N Lynn A. C. Delwarte L. D. Jessop Morton Pratt An Burns Malcolm Middleton Bowen Mrs. Brainard

Socialite Visit Highlights Tucson Guests and Plans

Mr and Mrs Wallace L Bowman hosted guests from Columbus Missouri as they pass through Tucson en route to Mexico City. Mrs M C Anderson of Fort Worth arrives to visit sister Mrs Mattie Lee Duncan for about a month. Monthan Airbase residents and their daughters attend the University of Arizona aligned with Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Wallace L. Bowman Sierra Vista Drive Harvey S. Walter Columbus, Mo Tucson Mexico City M. C. Anderson Fort Worth Tex Mattie Lee Duncan East Speedway Monthan University of Arizona Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority

Mrs Buchanan To Reunite With Husband From South Pacific

Mrs Oscar Buchanan and her daughter Kathryn depart by plane from 1405 East Second Street to meet her husband Chief Pharmacist's Mate Oscar Buchanan who has just returned after twenty months of service in the South Pacific.

Oscar Buchanan Kathryn East Second Street San Diego South Pacific

Daughter Georgiana Shaffer Marries in Lafayette

Mrs. Georgia Moore Pierce returned to Tucson after weeks in Lafayette for the wedding of her daughter Georgiana to Staff Sgt. Harvey Wallace Shaffer Jr. The ceremony united the couple in marriage with family and friends in attendance.

Georgia Moore Pierce East Third Street Tucson Lafayette Georgiana Harvey Wallace Shaffer, Jr

Lt and Mrs Kyle Depart for Bakersfield Assignments

Lt and Mrs J W Kyle of 1415 East Speedway left yesterday for assignments in Bakersfield California.

J. W. Kyle East Speedway Bakersfield Calif

Perkins Family Plans Laguna Beach Christmas Visit

Mrs. Alice Perkins and her daughter Barbara travel to Laguna Beach California for Christmas with Marine son Staff Sgt. William E. Perkins and Corp. Mickey Perkins. They expect to return January 1.

Alice Perkins Barbara Laguna Beach Calif

Misses Webster Visit Los Angeles Relatives

Misses Jean and Beverly Webster of 1138 East Speedway travel to Los Angeles to visit their parents Col and Mrs Harold M Webster. Col Webster is stationed at Davis.

Jean Beverly Webster East Speedway Los Angeles Harold M. Webster Col. Webster Davis

Veterans Affairs bingo party at hospital hosts VFW officials

The state department auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors a bingo party at the Veterans Hospital at 7 p.m. Tuesday with department president Mrs. Alice DeRamus of Globe in attendance. Tucson chapter members assist in refreshments. Mabel White leads hospital efforts. The WSCS of University Methodist Church meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday for its annual program and Christmas presentation.

State Department Veterans of Foreign Wars Veteran's Hospital Alice DeRamus Globe Mabel White State Hospital Lillian Rejeski Louise Ballas Ollie Herring Annabelle Gendron Tucson WSCS University Methodist Church

Gamma Phi Mothers Meet For Christmas Luncheon

Gamma Phi Mothers' club will meet at 1 p m Thursday for a luncheon at the home of Mrs E D Tetreau 1400 East Mabel street Hostesses include Mrs R C Vuill Mrs Sam Elrod Mrs J M Ruthrauff and Mrs Ray Hansen Mothers will bring annual Christmas gifts for children at Comstock hospital

Gamma Phi Mothers’ Club E. D. Tetreau East Mabel Street R. Cc. Vuill Sam Elrod J. M. Ruthrauff Ray Hansen Comstock Hospital

TNT Sunday School Christmas Party at Rev Beal Home

The TNT Sunday school class of First Baptist will be entertained at a Christmas party at 7 30 p m Monday evening at Rev R B Beals 420 East Fourth street. Miss Lou Ball finch and Miss Julia Phillips will be hostesses and Christmas boxes will be packed.

TNT First Baptist Church Rev. R Beal East Fourth Street Lou Ballfinch Julia Phillips

Pima Salon 1648 and 40 Holds Annual Christmas Meeting

The Pima Salon 1648 and 40 will meet at Mrs. George Wilson’s home on Grant road at 8 p m Monday for its annual Christmas gathering with gift exchanges. Mrs. Fred Thorne from Le Cha peau Departmental will make her official visit. Refreshments will be provided by Mmes. W. A. Vincent, Arthur Brinkmyer, W. L. Sanderson, Gertrude Myers, and Miss Grace Gibson.

George Wilson Grant Road Fred Thorne le Chapeau Departmental Mmes W. A. Vincent Arthur Brinkmyer W. L. Sanderson Gertrude Myers Grace Gibson

Christmas Tree Shared With Arizona Children's Home

A local children's home plans to add Christmas joy by giving a tree to the Arizona Children's Home for distribution to the youngsters.

Arizona

Mrs Frances Barry Visited by Jelks Family Over Holidays

Mrs Frances Barry spends the holidays with J Rubin Jelks and his wife Mrs Jelks at 1000 River road, sharing a festive family gathering with the Jelks household.

Mrs. Frances Barry J. Rubin Jelks Mrs. Jelks 1000 River Road

Mrs Goyette Visits Daughter in San Marino Calif

Mrs. C. E. Goyette of 907 North Fifth avenue is visiting her daughter Mrs. Richard Sprague in San Marino California. Mrs. Sprague is the former Virginia Poindexter.

C. E. Goyette North Fifth Avenue Richard Sprague San Marino Calif Sprague Virginia Poindexter

Morse family returns for Christmas in Tuc son visit

Lt Boyd Morse comes back from a Santa Monica reclassification center to spend Christmas with wife at Mildred Z Loew's home 436 Avenida de Palmas. Accompanied by Mrs Loew's uncle Al Kaufman of Hollywood they plan a weeklong visit before Lt Morse and daughter Lynda head to Ft Worth for instructors' school on December 29.

Boyd Morse Tucson Santa Monica Calif Mildred Zukor Loew Avenida de Palmas Tex Morse

Hinds Couple Fly to Southport Visit Relative

Mr and Mrs Charlyss Hinds of Pantano road departed by plane Thursday night for Southport Connecticut to visit Mrs Hind s mother Mrs William Harmon for several weeks in a confirmed family trip.

Charlyss Hinds Pantano Road Southport Conn

Rollinses Move to New York for Yearlong Stay

Mr and Mrs Leighton Rollins departed for New York where they intend to reside until November before returning to Tucson.

Leighton Rollins New York Tucson

Thorp Home Hosts Visiting Relatives Before Holidays

Mr and Mrs Frederick H Thorp of 1248 North Fourth avenue will host Mrs Thorp s brother Charles Brown and Mrs Brown and their son Robert of Glendale California arriving mid next week Robert will be best man at Miss Patricia Ann Thorp s wedding to Richard G Schaffner of East Monte Vista on Friday Also visiting is Mrs Kitty Brown of Los Angeles Guests plan to stay until after the holidays.

Frederick H. Thorp North Fourth Avenue

Mrs Neffson Guest of Honor at Rancho del Wetmore Open House

Mrs A Harry Neffson formerly Dorothy Wetmore will be guest of honor at an open house tomorrow from 3 to 5 pm at Rancho del Wetmore. She is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs R A Wetmore at 4520 North Oracle Road.

A. Harry Neffson Dorothy Wetmore Rancho del Wetmore Neffson R. A. Wetmore North Oracle Road

B'nai B'rith Holds Initiation Ceremony

B'nai B'rith junior girls hosted an initiation and cultural program at Elise Kleiner mans home with a music set and a Millay poem recording. A Chanukah tea for members' parents preceded the formal pledge ceremony led by Miss Babette Sterlip at the Community House. Initiates named include Bette Grossman Elaine Furman Darlene Ray Judy Friedman Myrna Hoffman Doris Hirsch Jean Ginsberg and Teddy Fishman.

Elise Kleinerman East Third Street B'nai B'rith Edna St. Vincent Millay Lidice Basil Rathbone Babette Sterlip Bette Grossman Elaine Furman Darlene Ray Judy Friedman Myrna Hoffman Doris Hirsch Jean Ginsberg Teddy Fishman

La Plazita to host week long Christmas music festival

Downtown Tucson will glow with a week of music and community festivities at La Plazita. The event runs Monday through December 24 with nightly programs, choral performances, and readings by local groups and visiting theatre guests. Las Posadas closes the week with a community play.

Tucson la Plazi City Recreation Department Armor Park Phyllis Sanders Eduardo Caso Juanita Moore la Plazita State School For the Deaf and Blind Baby Jesus Mary MacMurtrie Children’s Theatre Mike Pistor Mary Kate Zinn Little Mandy Cecile Noll Veterans’ Hospital Pima County Hospital St. Mary’s la Posadas Main Congress Streets Morgan Farley Tucson Little Theatre Davis-Monthan Hospital Southern Pacific Temple Choral Genevieve Partcher Red Cross Santa Rita Pioneer PTA Parcher Madge W. Utterback Pioneer Hotel Mothers’ and Wives’ Association Rosalio Ronquillo

Christmas Vesper Concert by First Methodist Choir

The First Methodist Church choir directed by Harold B. Turney plans a 6 p m Christmas vesper service. Selections include Handel pieces Comfort Ye My People Every Valley Shall Be Exalted and The Messiah plus The Shepherds Story Carol of the Bells and Hallelujah Chorus performed by the choir and congregation with soloists Henry F Strahm Clare Dickinson and Elinor Rex Warren among others.

First Methd Church Harold B. Turney G. F. Handel Henry F. Strahm

Church at Fourth Street and Avenue Corner

A church stands at the corner of Fourth Street and Avenue, marking a local landmark.

the Church Fourth Street and Avenue

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