Fiesta social notes mark spring events across city
Society page chronicles weddings engagements and gatherings. Notable items include the marriage of Mabel Kokernot to Fred Behles in Bonner Springs Kansas and other society notices from Fiesta events, parties at Gunter and Menger hotels, and invitations from the Battle of Flowers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Shields
Mabel
Fred G. F. Behles
Bonner Springs
Kans
Behles
Kansas
Ads
Battle of Flowers’ Association
Mengers
Fiesta social week with galas and dinners in San Antonio
Monday events include Mr and Mrs Harry Landa hosting at the Menger in honor of General Pershing and a coronation ball at the St Anthony. Mrs Archibald McFarland hosts a bridge tea for Miss Miller of La Crosse Wis and Miss Gladys McFarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Landa
The
Menger
John J. Pershing
King Antonio
St. Anthony
Archibald McFarland
Miller
la Crosse
Wis
Gladys McFarland
Grand Opera House
William Negley
San Jacinto Cotillion
Roy Campbell
Thomas Atlee Coleman
San Antonio Women Adopt Orphan Under Novel Plan
A Tobin Hill group of San Antonio women funds a 10 year old boy’s needs via monthly contributions to the Protestant Orphans Home. The boy lives at the home but receives clothes gifts, outings, and visits from the group. Mrs L S Fries of New York supports him from afar and others are invited to join or help with the adopted child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tobin Hill
Fiesta Fete Marks Coronation Week Celebrations
A series of social events in San Antonio feature a box party for Arthur Claassen and Dorothy Pagen Stecher at the bride’s home and coronation rehearsals at the Majestic. Luncheons honor duchesses, the Battle of Flowers, and Governor Ferguson with General Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Claassen
Dorothy Pagenstecher
Majestic
Order of the Alamo
Wolff & Marx
Battle of Flowers’ Association
Menger
St. Anthony—Battle of Flowers
Fiesta Association
Brackenridge Park
Governor Ferguson
General Pershing
Bailey
the Menger
Trawalter Family Hosts Supper For George Trawalter
Mr and Mrs Frank Trawalter entertained Thursday night at 1023 Monterey Street in honor of their son George Trawalter of Company A Second Texas Infantry. The evening featured music and games with refreshments served and a list of guests including V D Kirby A G Trawalter Mrs T Trawalter T Trawalter Edna Stanteen Olive Wallis Dorothy Doss Grace Long Minnie Brown Nettie Trawalter Lenora Trawalter Caroline Trawalter Lillian Kauhen Sergeant Jackson Corporal Gray Bailey Long Walter Long Fred Stanteen Wil bur Stanteen Ed Siebener Jesse Frye Joe Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Trawalter
Monterey Street
George Trawalter
Company A
Second Texas Infantry
V. D. Kirby
A. G. Trawalter
T. Trawalter
Edna Stanteen
Olive Wallis
Dorothy Doss
Grace Long
Minnie Brown
Nettie Trawalter
Lenora Trawalter
Caroline Trawalter
Lillian Kauhen
Sergeant Jackson
Corporal Gray
Bailey Long
Walter Long
Fred Stanteen
Wilbrow Stanteen
Ed Siebener
Jesse Frye
Joe Hardy
Birthday Party Honoring Mary Lockmann
Mr and Mrs Lockmann of 327 Delaware Street entertained one evening last week for their daughter Marys birthday. Games were played and refreshments served. Guests included a number of the honorees friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lockmann
Delaware Street
Mary
Herbst announces engagement of Hilda Emma to Frank A Fournier
Mr and Mrs Albert Herbst announce the engagement of daughter Hilda Emma to Frank A Fournier. The wedding is planned for May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Herbst
Hilda Emma
Frank A. Fournier
Local club notices and elections from area women groups
Numerous clubs including Self-Culture, Our Reading Club, Shakespeare, Phoenix, Riverside Park Mothers, Burnett School Mothers, Crockett, Briscoe, and Alamo Mission DRT announce upcoming meetings. Leaders and topics range from Kennedy’s The Terrible Meek to Job, Pasteur, Caesar and Cleopatra, As You Like It, and Texas history. Officers and fete chairmanships listed. Flower Show plans at Gunter Hotel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self-Culture Club
Gunter
Emma Schweppe
Kennedy
the Terrible Meek
C. M. Fitzhugh
Burnett School Mothers’ Club
Richard Vander Stratten
Frank Fogelson
Gus Krueger
William Mumme
Hugo Leickmann
Sol Saper
W. G. Linnart
SB SK Crockett School Mothers’ Club
S&s SF & the
Briscoe Mothers’ Club
A. Glaeser
Mary Miller
R. M. Harris
F. Ekhardt
H. Stone
Susie Salyean
Fiesta Week Labor Day Social Calendar Detailed
The San Antonio community reports a full Fiesta schedule with the Dramatic Club play on opening night, a High School Orchestra matinee, and a cabaret on the second evening. Notables include Miss Mildred Morris and Mrs J Baggett among performers, plus a long list of volunteers aiding Red Cross circles and local PTA groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Koerps
Yoakum, & SF
Travis Club
San Antonio
GURL THIS WEEK Club Meetings Listed
Community notices list weekly meetings for women groups and clubs. Reading Club meets at the Woman's Club on Monday. Phoenix Club and Gunter-Sorosis Club gather at St. Anthony. For My Country Circle meets at 2:30 p m in Wolff and Marx building. Wednesday hosts Lunch eon Club at St Anthony. Thursday features Shakespeare Club with the Misses Baskin and Self- Culture Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Circle
Red Cross
Wolff & Marx
Red Cross Entertainment Committee
Our Reading
Woman's Club
Phoenix Club
St. Anthony
My Country
Ted Cross Circle
Shakespeare Club
Misses Baskin
Mrs Gutzeit Hosts Daisy High Five Club Afternoon
Mrs Frank Gutzeit entertained the Daisy High Five Club last week and awarded prizes to Mrs M Buratovich Mrs F Gutzeit and Mrs Hanzal. Refreshments followed the James event with attendees including Mesdames G H Phillips F Colosia M Buratovich Alex Uhl J H Lamm L Spahn Jr L Basse O Hangal G Huntress Peter O'Brien and Albert Friedrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gutzeit
Frank Gutzeit
Daisy High Five Club
M. Buratovich
F. Gutzeit
Hanzal
James
G. H. Phillips
F. Colosia
Alex Uhl
J. H. Lamm
L. Spahn Jr
L. Basse
First Lady Poincare to Head Red Cross Booth in Paris
Mme. Poincare has agreed to run a booth in the American section of the Red Cross bazaar in Paris this month to raise funds for extra American ambulance units. In a speech to American women in Paris she praised the U S ambulance and called its volunteers brave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mme. Poincare
Red Cross
Paris
Amer
Ican
United States Ambulance
America
Mothers Congress Activities in Texas
Texas delegates attend the twenty first annual National Congress of Mothers and PTA in Washington from April 4 to May 1. Dallas and Fort Worth leaders join Texas president Mrs F W McAllister and many district meetings are planned in April and May 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
National Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teachers Association
Washington, D. C
Ella Caruthers Porter
Dallas
F. L. Jaccard
Fort Worth
EK. A. Watters
Texas Congress of Mothers
F. W. McAllister
Texas Congress
Richmond
Jacksboro
Corpus Christi
W. F. Doughty
Congress
San Antonio
Being
Department of Health
Alamo
City Health Board
Texas’ Star
Q V Club Masquerade Dance at Harmony Hall
The Q V Club held a masquerade dance Friday at Harmony Hall with flags and an American eagle decoration over President Wilson. Miss Esther Pate and Charles Caruthers sang The Star Spangled Banner as guests included Mr. and Mrs. Dixon and many other couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. V. Club
Harmony Hall
President Wilson
Esther Pate
Charles Caruthers
Charles D. Dixon
T. H. Haines
Church Social Circles and Faith Group Updates
Local church groups in Denver Heights and nearby parishes announce meetings and programs. Activities include Methodist circles at 2 30 Tuesday with Mrs J R Pope, a Missionary Society session at Travis Park led by Mrs Calloway, and Bible study at Laurel Heights with Mrs Dial. St Patrick’s bazaar dates and a Presbyterian Woman’s Auxiliary program are also listed, plus notes on a post Easter membership contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Heights
SF SF
Missionary Society of
Travis Park Methodist Church
Philathea Room
Calloway
Miss Irwin
Korea
McLennan
Dial
Helen Saunders
Leap
Flower Circle
The
Missionary Society of the
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Hugh Hunter
G. W. Plack
Africa
F. A. Holmgreen
Thomas T. Strixrud
Belgian Congo
Stixrud
Luebo
Mesdames
T. E. Moore
C. L. Milburn
Saint Aquinas and the muleteer joke
In a Catholic Advance note, Saint Thomas Aquinas is referenced with a lakeside joke about prayer and distraction. A muleteer challenges a saint to say a Pater Noster without distraction to win a mule, prompting the saint to kneel and recite the prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Aquinas
Switzerland
Christmas Mistletoe Slip Sparks Gentle Blame
In a lighthearted exchange Marjorie reminds The Professor that a mishap occurred under the mistletoe. The duo jest about absentminded nature causing the incident and navigate festive teasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge
Marjorie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kokernot
Josephine Woodhull
Gladys Mcclariland
Dorothy Dibrill
Constance Douglas
Lucile Wright
Corinne Worden
Mattie Terrell
Robertson
Thomas Goggan
St. Joseph's
St. Peter's
Robert Belden Brooks
Edwin H. Witte
W. G. Bowers
Bessie
Collett Miller
Piesta
Elizabeth Ward
Elizabeth Nelson
University of Texas
Elizabeth Beal
Ss & the Iota Kappa Chi
Lucile Morris
College of Industrial Arts
B. F. Morris
San Pedro Avenue
S&s Ss
Mexico
Earl Young
Indianapolis
Young
W. L. Carson
Dallas Street
Delta Sigma Upsilons
Roger Walker
Field Cunningham
Earl McGoldrick
Barnes Waggoner
Creslie B. Mor
Gertrude Negley
John Gaddis
Eleanor Barclay
Gunter Hardy
William Fordtran
Richard Negley
Lucy Burleson
Washington
Duval West
Helen James
Elmer de Montel
Hondo
Evelyn de Montel
Lindsey Shropshire
Dorothy Gage
Philip
Thekla
Mu Nu Sigmas
Gunter Hotel
Josephine Powers
Hazel Davis
West Magnolia Avenue
S&s
Ann Bremond of
Austin
Miss Holden
Duchess of Austin
JFSF
Gertrude Symonds
Fred Weber
Milwaukee
Aarmy Boulevard
Dorothy L de Costa
Dorothy Matthews
Alberta Scott
Katherine Arda
Mildred Dollinger
Dorothy Hazelrigg
Ruth Karotkin
A. KR. Stocker
St. Louis
Agnes Holman Lack
Torreon
Mex
St. Mark's Church
Mrs. Stocker
Simon Lack
Pinecrest
Cloudcroft
N. M
Edward Green
Nevents SF Socery
House of Quality
South Texas Music Company
Avenue C
Bedell Building
W. B. Russ
Pasteur
Reading Club
Ceasar
Cleopatra
Frank James
Riverside Vark Mothers’ Club
O. C. Haworth
C. Hartman
R. L. Bass
J. B. Hildebrand
W. W. Reynold
Harry Smith
P. W. Wright
W. Heyne
Lowry Mae Hogan
C. D. Hogan
At & SF
Alamo Mission
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Jack Wiley Neal
Mary Bryant
Ffs
District Federation
Yoakum
A. Sachs
Transportation
S. L
Hazel Canoan
Elizabeth Church
Julia Lobban
Connie Youngblood
Dorothy Hillie
Virginia Priest
Lucile Witherspoon
Thelma _ Ross
Eleanor Collier
Eleanor Colberts
Henrietta Wallace
Lois Heuermann
Barbara Shiner
Fay Robbins
Margaret Krueger
Frances Evans
Hortense Zoeller
Elizabeth Ripley
Olive McCormick
Verna Raby
Robert E. Lee Parents’Teachers’ Association
Collins Gardens
B. L. Raborn
E. W. Oeeffinser
J. W. McDade
J. P. Barton
Forrest Woodside
Mrrs
J. R. Downey
J. A. Starnes
Ethel West
W. A. Daniel
Bonham School Mothers’ Club
Vinton L. James
W. P. Clarke
Goeth
A. Rhein
A. Benyon
R. Ferguson
R. L. Gates
P. Mueller
A. Ripps
Edna Rumpel
Jolly H. F. Club
E. Strawn
Dollie Epp
A. W. Renz
Ed Galm
E. W. Gale
Jame Galm
Charles Galm
W. A. Ebert
William Fuos
R. Huffaker
J. Jordan
G. Reuter
D. A. Young
Mary Braun
Woman's Auxiliary
B. E. Witte
Mamie Laas
Helen Hull
St. James Street
Toa
Herff School Mothers’ Club
R. C. Hugman
Fred E. Jones
McCutcheon
L. W. Lackey
C. C. Rees
J. B. Gilmer
Louis Saur
Hugman
Rees
Kate Huedepohl
Alice Winthrop
Mme
Poincare
Mothers’ Congress Activities
Helen Gaul
R. Hicks
O. Thompson
Pauline Woods
Lydia Gonnerwein
Frances Lucas
Hazel Samuels
Miss Green
Louise Lucas
Forrest Gaylor
Beth Woods
Kathryn Foote
Ethel Burke
Grace Burke
Ruth Haines
Margaret Heubaum
Corine Wagentehr
Virginia Adams
Edith Raybould
Bessie Covey
Helen Gaminger
Dorothy Wray
Gladys
Roseman
Marjorie Cameron
Hazel McGoldrick
Mabel Dwyer
Bob Booth
Elsa Meyer
Olivia McDougal
Messrs
Martin Scholt
I. Pace
P. Swartz
R. W. Stappenbeck
Lyle Hauck
Jack Pate
Elmore Collins
Wallace Rew
M. A. Campbell
Ellis Green
Frank Phalmann
Fred Ehlers
Frank Marshall
Warren Knox
Harold Hoefgen
Emil Wagenfehr
Frank Lavelle
Ernest Ehlers
E. Schilling
Hertzberg
Cor
Houston
St. Mary's Sts
Ae Ss the Ladies of
Evangelical League of the Evangelical Friedens’ Church
St. Patrick's Church
Edna Polhemusadies’ Hatter
Alamo Plaza
Pabst Engraving