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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1932

Page

3

Social Season Parties At Kerrville And Austin

A sequence of society events spans Kerrville and Austin. Mr and Mrs Creston King hosted a dinner at Heart of the Hills Inn above Kerrville honoring Miss Evelyn Pridgen with guests attending including Carrie Newton Annie Pearl Wiggins Helen Harding and many others. In Austin Miss Evelyn Lowndes was a guest of her uncle George Lowndes Jr at a tea honoring several debutants. Debutante Marianna Engleking also featured in a country store themed event at the Kappa Alpha Theta house in Austin during roundup week with Miss Engleking milk maid duties photographed for the Daily Texan.

Sy Clara C Pancoast Creston King Heart of the Hills Inn Kerrville Evelyn Pridgen Muss Pridgen Carrie Newton Annie Pearl Wiggins Helen Harding Anne Lewis Frances Jeffers Jean Spencer Marie Louise Quenther Dorothy Goodrich Eleanor Nolte Janice Jarratt Janice Newton Natalie Venable Louise Koehler Helen Wallingtoo Claire Giesecke Katherine Webb Virginia Bleel Marianna Engelking Anne Maverick Mary Louise Walliser Dorothy Richey Ric Gatherine Mills John Bennett Gordon Friederich Waldan Smith Marvin Watson Charles Bertrand Hamilton Savage Jarratt Branlasid Thomas Menefee Jor Finck Weir Batley Russell George Johnson Bear Pumphrey Jimmie Dick Ansley Philip Walker Earl Chumney Rigsby Hammond William Hemmond Werner Bennett Forrest Miler Ernest Brown J. L. Lockhart Evelyn Lowndes Atlanta George Lowndes Mary Aubrey Keating Elizabeth Ney Austin Art Group No. 4 Austin Art League Keating University Art O. C. Meyer Eagle Pass Bod George C. Vaughan Joe E. Carroll Dugs] Allen Yallie Fletcher Beaumont Marianna Engleking Kappa Alpha Theta House Engleking Daily Texan Helen Engleking The Ross Sterling Sigismund Engleking

Agent Wins Sales Pennant for Monroe District

Volume of sales for the Monroe Calculating Machine company in the San Antonio District rose last month. W. H Price, in charge of the district, received the monthly sales pennant from the company for the best performance.

Monroe Calculating Machine Company San Antonio W. H Price Ws Company

New Adjutant Named at Brooks

Lieut W 8 Harlin has been appointed adjutant of the Twelfth Observation group Brooks Qird, relieving Lieut W 5 Sams Jr who had been assigned to duty as assistant operations officer.

Harlin Twelfth Observation Group Brooks Qird Sams Jr

Reserve Officer Reports for Duty in Local Air Corps Unit

Reserve Officer J. W. Campbell of San Antonio reported Monday at Brooksfield for two and a half months of refive duty with the Eighty-eighth Observation Squadron. Also note a local advisory urging readers to pay bills via loans from reliable firms advertised in Light Classified money to loan ads.

J. W. Campbell Air Corps Reserve San Antonio Brooksfield Eighty-eighth Observation Squadron Joan

Freight Pawkett Dies at 66 in San Antonio

U S Pawkell 66 traffic manager of the San Antonio freight bureau at the chamber of commerce died Sunday after a two month illness. Services likely Tuesday. He had lived in Texas since 1878 and worked for railroads in Fort Worth Palestine Denver and Cinemont before joining the freight firm in 1916. Survived by wife four sons one daughter four brothers and one sister.

U. 8 Pawkell San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Fawkell Texas Rock Ante Frais Hazleton Ind Fort Worth Palestine Denver Cinemont Teal Tabernacle Baptist Chnrcs Knights of Pylivas Redmen Woodmen of the World Marguerite Pawkett Lawrence S Harold M Eugore V. B Clarence E. Pawkett Marguerite Elizabeth Pawkett

Mayor Pennington Loses 20 Pounds in Campaign

Clayton NM April 18 Mayor Ira L Pennington who boasts of being one of the biggest mayors in the United States lost 20 pounds during the recent political campaign. He was re elected.

Clayton Ira L. Pennington United States

Trial of Sleuths Postponed Week in Kunely district court

The trial of sleuths Frey P. Littlepage and Frank C. Vogler, set for Monday, was postponed for a week and reset for April 25 because no jury is on duty during Fiesta week. They face charges of accepting a bribe of 200 from Mrs Armingeont of 107 Tra avenue not to arrest or report her for violations of state and federal prohibitions laws.

Guy Frey P. Littlepage Frank C. Vogler Kunely-fourth Armingeont Tra Avenue

Investigators Probe Death of Italian Consular Agent Picco

Springfield, NL April 18 officials of Windls the Italian government and the city met to determine whether the office of John M. Picco Italian consul general was involved in his death by shotgun assassins. They planned a search of Picco’s office and papers to uncover connections and motives behind the slaying and to assess political links and threats. Giuseppi Castruccio Italian consul general at Chicago said Picco was slain for personal reasons, not political. State Department in Washington asked for a full telegraphic report to be forwarded once investigators complete data.

Springfield Windls John M. Picco Picco Pleeo Order of the Crown of Italy Elveles Mitle Giuseppi Castruccio Chicago State Department Washington Fils

Houston Attorney Candidate for Congress Nomination

Houston attorney John L. Meany announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the state at large. The announcement notes his intent to compete for a seat in Washington D C.

Houston Toga John L. Meany

Dentist Amos Lee Ourry Dies in Crystal City Home

Dr. Amos Lee Ourry aged 62 died at his Crystal City home Saturday after years of practice in the area. Survived by widow Mia, daughter Jane Lee Curry, mother Mrs. Jane Poplin, brother Robert Poplin of Ventura, and another daughter Mrs. Frank Gliger of Oakland. Services held Monday with David Crockett lodge A F and A M officiating. body to be sent to Ventura for burial. Also report from Eau Claire Wisconsin notes Robert Matz, 17, dies after boxing injury from a church program Friday night.

San Antonio Amos Lee Ourry Crystal City Mia Alice Curry Jane Lee Curry Jane Poplin Robert Poplin Ventura California Életer Frank Gliger Oakland Cal- Morine Panera David Crockett Lodge P. Ban Hugg É& McCollum

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