Founder of "Girls Town" honored on Bob Hope Show

Associated Press · February 16, 1954

Miss Amelia Anthony, who used her life savings to set up "Girls' Town U.S.A." in White Face, Tex., is pictured with Bob Hope after she appeared as a guest on his TV program tonight. She holds a wrist watch engraved- "To Amelia Anthony -- Outstanding Woman of 1953. Bob Hope." She was recently named by the General Federation of Women's Clubs as the outstanding woman of 1953. Miss Anthony started the "town" in 1949 to establish a home for girls with family difficulties and prevent them from becoming juvenile delinquents.