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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1943
Page
9
VOHOTHY ROE profiles the engineered silhouette favored by New York dress makers this season. The style, a second skin fit with a manipulated waistline and body-melding bodice, aims to flatter varied figures without visible skimpiness, showcasing precise plotting and tailoring techniques.
A town feature celebrates Pet Roche modeling at the Bright Shaft and details Maurine’s design of a refined inn guest room. The room combines dormer ceilings, white walls, red rose accents, creamy floors, and white florals with a rose motif. Mentions of home decor, curtains, bedding, and a flowering room scene surround a broader piece on local domestic life.
Zeta Tau sorority members attended a book review session hosted at a member home. Edith Wing Fearack presented The White Clits of Powe, while Atlee Miller and Gupt contributed. Miss Bentley introduced the speaker. Founders Day plans were announced for the next gathering at St Athens Wellhelier room.
A fragmentary schedule notes a Monday evening supper party at Dr and Mrs J Y Cutters following the rehearsal for the wedding of Miss Alles Mariel Emterson and Richard R Cutter. The text then mentions various social clubs and individuals in a jumbled list with limited readable detail.
A barrage of letters to the editor discus child welfare, parental strain, and youth guidance. A student describes parental overwork, frequent scolding, and limited leisure affecting home life while seeking advice from elder mentors. He cites Dickens and urges awareness of family misfortune amid civic duties and school pressures.
Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century install officers for two years at Mrs. 2 W Cannon home. New officers include Mrs Os Scruggs president and Mrs 2 W Cannon first vice president. The group reports a $25 warded fund after donations. A birth announcement for the second son of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Jon William Einsborough is noted, with the child born March 3 in Tyler Texas.
Mrs Reber invites Miss Mary Jane Epperson of Jack Springs for a Wednesday luncheon at Bright Shays honoring her. Epperson, daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Epperson of Reck Springs and Son, Antonio, will be celebrated with a program and proceeds from the event to fund jeep purchases.
Patterns 9972 and 9372 from Marian Martin feature front panel accents and collar options with size ranges 32 to 46. Descriptions note required yardage for size 36 and a 6 cent pattern price, plus order details and wartime delivery notes from Antonia Texts Delivery.
A feature on gentle influence in relationships, praising tact and praise over fault finding. It urges praising small achievements, avoiding belittlement, and guiding others with patience to foster happiness and growth in family dynamics. It uses examples of parent child interactions to illustrate practical kindness.
Amateur flower growers are invited to enter exhibits at the Womens Club event to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Menger hotel. Entries due by 10 am opening day for snow's opening at 2 pm. A reception and Victory musical program follow at 3 pm with performances by the 357th Air Force Orchestra and others.
Gardeners of the Junior Victory Army in Baltimore respond to mobilization for home front food production. Letters from Brooke Maxwell praise youth efforts, urge continued gardening and pledge support as communities plant for the war effort.
Bride elect Miss Rote Marie Nausemitz was honored at a shower Friday at the home of Mrs. H C Roberts 492 Hearne Avenue Co hosts were Mesdames Renfro Maffet Rev Godfrey and mother of the honoree assisted in receiving Miss Ida Mae Nairschutz sister of the honoree with Mrs J G O Nea l and Mrs RB Cy Roberta Mussey served as hostesses Clyde Marty Jr provided music About forty guests attended
Mrs Avery will review a book at 2 45 p m on Thursday April 97 at the Fort Sam Houston Post theater. The event is sponsored by the Fort Sam Houston Women's Work Center and the Red Cross sewing and tailoring groups with proceeds to buy sun pies and to maintain the rooms at 44 Infantry Post.
New educational requirements and mental tests tighten eligibility for WAAC enlistments. Col. Kinale B Eximnunds, district recruiting officer, announces two years of Wells school or equivalent and a passing mental test with 60 or better. Rogers PTA will meet at 3 pm Thursday. Mrs. Jurnima Wells and County Whrarlasy join in welcoming assistance and testing.
A contingent of Ssnantonio girls from Hockaday Junior College and Hockaday Preparatory School in Dallas will arrive for Easter vacation Thursday evening. They will be hosted by families here, with several classmates as house guests and multiple parties planned. Names include Katherine Martindale, Foggy Black, Dorothy Douglas, Barbara Howell, Naomi Campbell, Vivennia Clark, and many others with local host families and hotel arrangements noted.
The San Antonio Garden Center association will coordinate tomato plant sharing on Wednesday. Donors bring plants to stock a community garden, with pennies funding public garden literature. Garden clubs will survey needs, following a prior plan to reopen idle canning factories to aid food conservation.
A fragmented wartime diary segment recounts Battery A boredom and pranks at mess, with a sergeant's ice cream, dining-room antics, and growing unrest. It includes family history anecdotes, jokes about uniforms, and a lively, period voice tracing Army life and oddball characters.
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