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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1946
Page
6
Mrs W C Porter and Mrs Clayton Scott attend the League of Women Voters national convention in Kansas City. They are only the San Antonio league’s sixth year representation and will report at the final luncheon May 17 at the Gunther hotel.
A reader recalls meeting four night shift men at a defense plant two years ago and falling for one who was believed married. After miscommunications and repeated dates, she learned he wasn’t married but never clarified and vanished after the war. The columnist urges honesty or moving on, noting she may not want to forget him and should focus on current suitors.
Advice on self perception and judgment explores how others' opinions reflect their own needs and prejudices. It notes people care more about others' views of them than vice versa and discusses gambling, wealth, and handwriting expertise. The piece adds Gould’s stance on reader questions and general interest topics.
Engagement announced for Airs Madeleine Humphries to Capt Arthur E Goodwin, son of Arthur Goodwin of Melrose Mass. Wedding set for May 1 at Ursuline Academy observances to follow. Ursuline alumnae to host a luncheon and install officers of the San Antonio de Bexar DAR chapter at Alamo Hall.
Mrs Nowlin entertained 14 guests Tuesday in the Colonial Room of the Menger Hotel. Giant daisies decorated the table with place cards for Mesdames Creston Funk, Royland House, Vick Paulos, and others.
Miss Ann Welch will be honored with a tea and crystal skewer event next Tuesday from to at in the home of the hosts Mesdames Joe Stackpole and Wilton Moyer. The occasion precedes her marriage to John Bergman Jr on May 1 and invites have gone to a number of tarme futsts.
Announcement of the marriage of Terrelita Maverick to Sgt. Charles Robert Orrender of the Marine Corps. The ceremony occurred March 3 in South Carolina. Orrender, wounded on Guam, studied at the University of North Carolina and will continue studies in North Carolina.
A Bureau of Home Economics guide urges saving bread and fats to aid starving people overseas. Tips include serving one slice per person, saving crusts, drying bread for toast and crumbs, using open faced sandwiches, avoiding waste, using dry bread for stuffing and frying, and substituting fresh fruit for pastries while repurposing saved fats in gravies and dressings.
The Associated Press notes a trend of women reporters quitting society desks as editors blame them for monotony and publicity aims. Texas papers report difficulty retaining society editors as women seek Sunday features, while reporters push for daily news.
Yokohama April 26 MPS sentenced Akiyoshi Tsujino and Hagine Kakuta former guards at prisoner of war camps to 40 years each at hard labor after conviction by an Elpath army military tribunal for mistreating Allied prisoners.
Pattern 9055 offers a sleeveless slim princess line with no collar and few parts. Sizes 32 through 62, size 36 uses 314 yards of 49 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to The San Antonio Light for pattern with size and address. Optional Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book adds value for 15 cents more.
Hollywood gossip notes Mickey Rooney will star in a horse-based story from MGM, potentially adapting Todd Sloan’s autobiography Money on a Stick. Sloan, famed jockey around the turn of the century, faced false accusations before his death. the project follows Rooney’s strong showings in National Velvet and a likely dramatic racing role.
Miss RoBards hosted a barn dance for 300 plus guests at La Villa on Monday. Honorees included Cody Chittim Edith Wolf Sarah Lewise Adams Charlotte Beckmann Peggy Callan and others with parents as chaperons. The setting featured a green cloth table centerpiece with cacti and red gladioli while the hostess wore cowboy boots a beige suede frontier outfit and bright red shirt.
COLLEGE STATION April 36. F S Maddox and Capt A Schlafli among 60 veteran road builders honored for more than 25 years service with the state highway department. Commissioner John S Redditt presented pins and scroll at a highway short course. Maddox has been San Antonio district engineer since 1937. Schlafli, senior resident engineer at San Antonio, joined in 1919 as Fayette County engineer.
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