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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
6
The Trinity Presbyterian Vacation Church School closes Friday with exercises from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Awards include fourteen perfect attendance plaques and nineteen others. The program features songs, a primary play, a junior dramatized scripture reading, community sing, and prayer.
The Palo Verde society will host a musical program tonight at 8 30 at the mission building located on Palo Verde boulevard and Livesley road. An arts and crafts exhibit runs today and tomorrow from 2 to 5 pm in room 108 at the University of Arizona library. Richard Harless is set to speak at the Tucson Democratic Women's club rally at the armory Saturday at pm.
Members of Eastern Stars and Masons with families will meet at the Masonic temple garden tomorrow at 6 30 p m. Attendees are asked to bring their own table service and join in a community outdoor gathering.
The VFW auxiliary hosts an all day sewing gathering at the post hall located at 121 East Broadway tomorrow.
Public invited to Palo Verde Mission church recital at 8 30 featuring Elizabeth Erickson pianist Talitha Colwell violinist and Cpl Lawrence V Andrews baritone. Program opens with Star Spangled Banner and What a Friend We Have in Jesus then works through selections by Mendelssohn Chaminade and Rimsky Korsakov among others concluding with The Lord s Prayer.
Rev Richard Dawson returns Friday from Grand Rapids Michigan where he attended the general council meeting. He will occupy his regular post at the First Congregational church Sunday. Miss Mary Ann Adams Paseo Redondo attends the University of California focusing on child welfare.
The Russian War Relief band played with a loud speaker until a switch to a Tucson police patrol wagon due to mechanical issues. University of Arizona students with Rollin Pease conducted, and Fred S. Taylor said the performance boosted bond sales.
The Women's Volunteer committees of the Army Service Forces personal affairs division work to prepare families for returning disabled soldiers and help them assist in resuming normal civilian life.
Pfc Frances Spears a former Houston cosmetician says average American girl spends 45 dollars yearly on cosmetics, with wealthier women spending 40 to 200 dollars a month. WACs in uniform or mufti keep up makeup, including perfume, as part of their dress. Spears, now in the Woman’s Army Corps at the Marana field, describes selling tactics and brand appeal. Born in Macandoches Texas, she moved to Houston and worked in retail cosmetics before joining the Army in 1943.
The KVOA show highlights war bond publicity directed by Mrs Ed Holderness and Mrs William Kimball naming Miss Marty Kaplan 18 woman of the week. Kaplan's bond sales reached 3000 dollars in two weeks after her brother-in-law was reported a POW in Germany. The feature airs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 am with 12 speakers from Tucson women's bond groups.
Miss Spears, daughter of Mrs. Julia Oliver of Houston, joined the Marana base after basic training at Ft. Des Moines. She took a job behind the counter then moved to the flight line as an aircraft dispatcher, monitoring planes used by officers and aviation cadets. She plans to return after the war for travel and opportunities with perfume and cosmetic exhibitors in New York and other cities.
A wartime poem in diary form in which a young sailor asks God for strength to stay clean and faithful. He recalls home, his love, and the pull of vice, seeking a steady, moral path and a guardian to help him endure the war's harsh temptations.
Miss Kay Johnston, the guest of honor, to marry Ens Edward Graydon in July in Ithaca. Co-hostesses Miss Cordelia Hagerty and Miss Betty Hoffman led a nautical themed shower at Hagerty's home with friends in attendance. An Allied jet-driven fighter plane resembling a P-38 without propellers was described in the same item.
An announcement states Miss Louise Clarke and B M Williams married. They will be at home after July 1 at 928 Pennsylvania Place to friends.
Natives of Yap in the Caroline Islands are known for huge stone disks up to 12 feet in diameter. Venice, Italy lies farther north than Vladivostok, Siberia.
Summer ad promotes Shredded Ralston wheat biscuits as crisp tasty bite sized nourishment. The copy touts whole wheat energy and a patented flavor secret encouraging shoppers to grab a box at their grocer soon.
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