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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1944

Page

5

Churches Present aired Christmas Programs in Tucson

Tucson churches advertise Christmas events across congregations. The Roger Williams club held a party at the Baptist parsonage with regames and carols, while Westminster House hosts a 6:30 p m social and 6:30 p m service with The Nativity presented in music and readings. Trinity Presbyterian lists several gatherings including a junior high group dinner and a women’s program, and St Andrew's Episcopal hosts parish parties, puppet shows, and slides of master paintings. The Southern Baptist and First Baptist churches finalize programs featuring readings, carols, and anthems during services Sunday and weeknights.

Roger Williams Club Baptist Parsonage North Fifth Avenue Roger Iliams and Intervarsity Christian Fellowships Patricia Peters l Mar- McKale Martina Powell V. Cecil Hoffman Presbyterian Omega Phi Sam Lindamood Judy Matlock Ny Cozart Trinity Presbyterian Dallas Dallas Nan Janet Wilson Janet Wil Kenneth Meenan B. L. Simons Will Fostess St. Andrew's Church Andrew's Robert Kman East Speedway R. G. Hagan East Broad St. Andrew's Katherine Budd George Man Masters Meany Grace Dugan

Old Pueblo Club Holiday Program and Parties

The Old Pueblo club hosts a holiday schedule with a dinner 6:30 to 8 p m on Monday, a stag night Wednesday 5 p m with entertainment and Christmas cheer, a children's Christmas event Friday 3 to 5 p m with cartoons, snacks and Santa, a Christmas formal dance Saturday with dinner 8 to 9 and dancing, a New Year’s formal dance 9:30 p m to 2 a m with buffet breakfast at 12:30 a m and reservations required. a special New Year’s Day net served 3 to 8 p m.

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Fort Lowell Homemakers Hold Turkey Dinner

Thirty eight members and guests shared a Christmas themed turkey dinner at 1 p m Thursday hosted by Mrs Rufus Dail at 4132 East Mn Avenue. Dail Frank Blacklidge Ise Stevenson Will Jackson Mr Weldon Mrs Guegold Polaski helped with table settings. A program closed with the Twenty third Psalm and Christmas carols. Small gifts were exchanged and a White Christmas shower was given to a club member.

Ft. Lowell Rufus Dail East Mn Avenue Es. Dail Frank Blacklidge Ise Stevenson Will Jackson Weldon

Blind Students Sing Carols On Air And In City

Superintendent E. W. Tillinghast schedules a three part Sunday program for the Arizona state school for the Deaf and the Blind junior and senior chorus groups. Eduardo Caso of Tucson trains 26 voices who will perform on KVOA at 11:00 a.m. and again at 3:00 p.m. in Armory Park, with evening serenades to local hospitals and the Pioneer Hotel.

E. W. Tillinghast Blind Arizona State School For the Deaf and the Blind Eduardo Caso Tucson Caso KVOA Clauis Ursuery Carollers Veteran’s Hospital County Hospital St. Mary's Hospital St. Luke's Sanatorium Pioneer Hotel Jake Salazar Holbrook Betty Sherman Window Rock Howlett Smith Billy Young Louise Martinez Phoenix Cora Young Claypool Eula Ramon Sacaton Pedro Acuna Benson Junior Mendoza Sonora John Ruiz Miguel Ruiz Florence Angelita

St Josephs Plans Christmas Play Tuesday at Villa Carondelet

St Josephs academy will stage The Little Boy Nobody Wanted on Tuesday at 8 p m at Villa Carondelet Wilmot road. A chorus of angels will sing The Christmas Candle before the play with glee club support. Small girls perform as angels and the Virgin and shepherds appear in the tableau after the play.

Glee Club St. Joseph's Academy Villa Carondelet Wilmot Road Barbara Rutka Sue Porterfield Jeanette McDonald Susanne Solper Judy Mubarak Helen Marie Bergin Gayle Swenson Joan Biele Virgin Edna Grondona The Three Kings Cecelia Parada Dora Parada Dolores Rueda the Shepherds Rosala Bours Armida Parada Bettina Parks Angels

OES Chapter No 2 To Hold Final Meeting On Tuesday

Arizona chapter No 2 OES will hold the final meeting of the year at 8 p m Tuesday in the Masonic temple. Six initiates will receive degrees. Christmas decorations will be featured in the banquet room. Yuletide music will be played during the refreshments hour.

Arizona OES Masonic Temple W. J. Parker Dennis Weaver Thomas McCurnin Mmes Grady Beard Forest Moore Eugene Adams John H., Colyer Jesse Stewart Maynard Flood Vera Barnard Marie Dovery Margaret Dovery Carl Gustaffson Alexander J. Young

Tucsonan Weds in Louisiana

Staff Sgt. Harvey Wallace Shaffer Jr. and Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Shaffer were married December 9 in Lafayette Louisiana at the Church of the Ascension. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R R Diggs with about 40 guests at the Gordon hotel reception. The couple will return to Lafayette where Shaffer is stationed with the Army Air Forces.

Harvey Wallace Shaffer, Jr Lafayette Church of the Ascension R. R. Diggs Shaffer Georgiana Pierce Tucson James Jackson Chicago Gordon Hotel Moore Pierce Laurens M. Hamilton the Plains Harvey Wallace Shaffer Milldale Henry Suzzallo Burlingame Calif Frederick B. Patterson New Orleans Sgt. Shaffer Army Air Force Miss Pierce Georgia Moore Pierce Tucson High School University of Arizona Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority Army Air Corp

Servicemen To Receive Many Gifts for Christmas

Hospitalized servicemen and women at Davis-Monthan and Marana airbases will join a nationwide Christmas project by the American Legion and auxiliary. Tucson citizens have already donated many gifts and checks, with 1,295 statewide and over 450 in Tucson area. Gifts require outer content labeling and may be left at stores or delivered to the legion home at 112 South Pennington.

Davis-Monthan Marana American Legion Morgan McDermott Tucson Arizona Legion Legion Home South Pennington C. V. Budlong W. L. Few Budlong Edward Weil Maude Hedberg C. C. Carlisle Clinton L. Helbig

Dr J B McQuown Leads Phoenix Veterinary Board Meet

Dr J B McQuown, chairman of the state board of Veterinary Examiners, conducts the State Medical examination in Phoenix. Dr T G McGrath and Dr Donald Miller, both of Phoenix, serve on the board and assist. The State Medical Veterinary association convened Friday at the Hotel Adams.

J. B. McQuown Phoenix McQuown State Board of Veterinary Examiners T. G. McGrath Donald Miller State Medical Veterinary Association Hotel Adams

Christmas Puppet Princess Show To Be Held At Trinity Church

Tucson Children’s Theatre under Mary MacMurtrie presents Merrie Christmas at Trinity Presbyterian Church 2 p m Thursday. Live dolls readings and The Puppet Princess play plus a rag doll story. Navy Mothers cookie fund collection 504 North Highland is 100 percent to fund.

Tucson Children’s Theatre Mary MacMurtrie North Highland Beverly Blanton Billie Wieden Caroline Dillon Shirley Ann Mandel Red Cross Ann Williams Karen Shand Hollywood Shir Ley Ross Barbara Jean Lanning Marleen Peters Hans Stanley Grimes Gretel Mary Kate Zinn Lois Beck Bob Flood Sheila Devine Barbara Davick Dickie Albert Mary Swanson Patty Ingli Goldeneee Norma Bartel Santa Claus

Enthusiasm as a Path to Courage and Choice

A motivational piece argues enthusiasm is not inherited but made by daily choices. It urges readers to choose optimism, smile instead of frown, and pursue passion in peace and war, framing enthusiasm as essential to meaning and success in life.

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India exempts peddlers from cloth dealer reporting order

The government grants an exemption to peddlers from the mandate requiring cloth dealers to keep daily yardage records and submit monthly reports. This relaxation modifies the earlier scope of the control, affecting small scale sellers.

India

Local girl Betsy Howard to wed Sumner Winship in Palo Alto

Miss Betsy Ann Howard of Tucson will marry Sumner R. Winship of South Hanson Mass in Palo Alto California next Saturday. The couple will reside in Oakland after a wedding trip to San Francisco.

Betsy Ann Howard East First Street Lloyd Preston Howard John Howard Palo Alto Calif Sumner R. Winship Harold S. Winship South Hanson Mass Tucson Miss Howard KVOA Bryan Whiting Patricia Dean Elsie Lawrence el Encanto Phylis Sanders Edwin Hanson Edgerton Lakin Kai Suhr Thomas Leonard

Gift Pageant at First Congregational Church

Tomorrow at 5 30 p m a white gift pageant will be presented at the First Congregational church portraying the nativity story in music directed by Mrs Anna Gruenwald with acolyte choir training by Mrs Ximena Davis The high school young peoples group will impersonate kings and shepherds and Mrs W Conelly plays the Madonna Food gifts will support local distribution while other gifts go to the Gila relocation camp A fellowship forefathers day dinner follows on Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the church to celebrate Congregational arrival in Plymouth

Southern Baptist Church Dorothy de Wilson First Thorn Baptist Church R. H.rp Norman Fromm Bill Poin- Fos McAllister James Je George R. Wilson, Jr Earle Jams First Congregational Church Anna Gruenwald Ximena

Groups Rally To Collect Used Clothing For War Victims

National and local groups in Tucson urge residents to donate clean used clothing for men women and children. Seven agencies including the Arizona Children’s Home rummage shop the Salvation Army Catholic Social Service Bundles for America French War Relief and Russian War Relief accept clothing in fair condition with pickups available by phone.

L. A. Romine Pima County Salvage Horace Remillard East Broadway Fidele Koenig North Cherry Avenue South Fifth Avenue France Britain Arizona Childrens

Toscanini Ends Beethoven Festival With Fidelio Act II

Arturo Toscanini closes his nine week Beethoven festival with the NBC Symphony on the General Motors Symphony of the Air. He conducts an all star operatic cast in Fidelio Act II with soloists Jan Peerce Eleanor Steber Herbert Janssen Sidor Belarsky Nicola Moscona and Joseph V Laderoute and a 40 voice mixed chorus directed by Peter Wilhousky. The program includes Leonore Overture No 3 and marks the end of his first concert series for 1944 45 with seven more broadcasts planned for early 1945. Eugene Ormandy guest conducts NBC Symphony on four Sundays starting Dec 24.

Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony Orchestra General Motors Symphony KVOA Rose Hampton Leonore Jan Peerce Florestan Eleanor Steber Marcellina Herbert Janssen Pizarro Sidor Belarsky Rocco Nicola Moscona Don Fernando Joseph V. Laderoute Jacquino Peter Wilhousky Toscanini Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra NBC Symphony

Major Bong Wingman Kamphausen Honors Ace Warrior Feats

Lt. Kamphausen, Bong’s long time wingman, lauds Major Bong as a great pilot and fierce fighter. He recalls Bong locating targets, rescuing allies, and returning from battles with damaged planes. Kamphausen shares details of missions in New Guinea, Zeros shot down, and Bong’s tactical genius.

Charles J. Kamphausen Richard Bong Bong Marana Army Airfield Kamphausen New Guinea Major Bong Maj Williams Field United States Fifth Air

World War Pension Bill Signed By FDR

President Roosevelt signed a bill providing pensions for widows and children of deceased World War I veterans. Estimated to cost $37,000,000 in its first year, benefits reach up to $74 a month for eligible families.

Washington Roosevelt

Messersmith Leaves Mexico City for Washington Trip

U. S. Ambassador Messersmith departs Mexico City for Washington today and plans to return at the end of next week.

Messersmith Mexico City Trip U. S Washington

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