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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1917

Page

12

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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