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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1948
Page
6
HUTTO November 29. Mr and Mrs Fritz Brinkmeyer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house for friends and relatives. They were married November 24 1898 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Brenham with Rev R Fieder officiating.
Miss JoAnn Shirley Young daughter of Mrs Arville Moore Young of San Antonio and Weldon W Whisenant son of Mr and Mrs W G Whisenant of San Marcos married November 23 in the First Baptist Church San Marcos The Rev George Stewart officiated with music by Mrs Henry King and Travis Metheney The bride wore a lace gown with basque bodice veil and carried white orchids and lilies of the valley They are students at Southwest Texas State College and Mr Whisenant serves as assistant coach for the San Marcos High School Rattlers.
The University Newcomers Club lists Thursday meetings for four bridge groups. Group One Afternoon meets at 2 p.m. at Mrs. W. R. Bandy 3705 Hollywood. Group Two at 2 p.m. at Mrs. M. J. Ruud 1309 F Brackenridge Apartments. Group Three at 2 p.m. at Mrs. R. W. Graves 1107 Brackenridge Apartments. Evening Group One at 7:45 p.m. with Mrs. Carl J. Bohne Jr. 3008 Washington Square. Evening Group Two final meet at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Philip K. York 3709 Guadalupe.
The article traces Virginia furniture from 1680 onward, charting shifts through William and Mary, Queen Anne, Georgian, Chippendale, Adam, Heppelwhite, Directoire, and Sheraton styles. It highlights evolving forms, joinery, and decorative motifs across successive periods and regional makers.
The WSCS of Shettles Memorial Methodist Church announces a womanless wedding in the annex at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Men of the church will participate in the wedding party. Door open at 6 p m with sandwiches pies cake and coffee. admission 20 cents for adults and five cents for children. public invited.
In a Mayfair show, forty five top British designers unveiled spring and summer lines for export. Among 125 ensembles, skirts shortened by about two inches while the box silhouette faded. Coats emphasized the classic, slender look with neat belted lines and empire waists, featuring a gray cavalry drill coat with removable hood.
Mrs. W. B. Ransome led the joint WSCS meeting of two circles of the Bastrop Methodist Church at her home. Assisting were Mesdames Schewe Sanders Griesenbeck Goode Haynie Perkins. John Allen gave the devotion. Decorations featured fall flowers and fruit arrangements. Attending were Mesdames Allen Goode Sanders Griesenbeck Schewe Barnhill Schuyler Starke Wilkins Carson Price Orts Waugh Bryson Whitten Griffin Perkins and Misses Laura Combs and Dorothy Bryson.
Martha Chapter Number 883 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold initiation rites at the next regular meeting at 8 p m Wednesday. The service will take place at the Masonic Temple with Mrs Frank Swart deputy grand matron visiting. A short Christmas program will be observed.
The earliest glass furnace in America was established at Jamestown Virginia during the colony’s early years, marking the start of American glassmaking and craft.
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