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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1940
Page
4
In a long sea voyage segment Sonny bids farewell to Kirk and friends as she sails on a liner from New York to the Mediterranean. Letters from Al and Carol reveal gaps in love, while Sonny clings to hope for a future with Kirk.
Saturday evening events feature Miss Ruth Dukis at a Fort Sam Houston Officers Club dinner honoring bride-elect Jane Marie Walker. George Wurzbach hosts a hay ride and Mexican supper at a country home honoring Miss Julia Mauerman. Dinner dances, breakfasts, and parties across Fort Sam Houston and related clubs honor several individuals including Miss Stantie Whitner and Miss Ruth Shafer.
A home cook discusses frying roasting and stewing chicken with practical guidance. Recipes include chicken with rice and chicken marengo, detailing ingredient amounts such as rice canned tomatoes garlic mushrooms spaghetti and butter, plus cooking steps and oven temperatures.
A reflective column argues that physical differences such as crossed or impaired eyes have shaped public perception and careers. It cites Ben Turpin Eddie Cantor and F D Roosevelt as examples where adversity became a career asset, noting support from spouses or aides.
The Carolina visitor notes numerous wedding events for Otis Frances Helland and Patricia Green ahead of their September and August nuptials. Parties include a luncheon at St Anthony, a coffee at 151 W Elanere, a rehearsal at 433 W Woodlawn, and showers by friends in Castroville Randolph Field and Port Sam Houston. Miss Greens events span August 17 to 26 with multiple hostesses and venues in Texas and nearby areas.
Bristol editors Freddie and George Bristol leave for Chicago with their parents for a viast. Dr Pat I Nixon is cited as a Texas history authority with an extensive library. Camp Felder families move from a small farm near Kelly Held to life on the country with solid earth. San Antonians plan a weekend hill country visit to La Juhts for music and sports. Robin Hand play is set for Saturday with a Sunday barbecue. Local bachelors Hal Dewar Jr John Spice Ralph Cameron Jr and Morgan Frasher are learning fire building and archery. Francia Frasher and the Willam Bypides stay at Bluebonnet hotel in Kersville for the weekend. Monsieur Chambray looks forward to vacation time just before illness and heat erode his work.
Saturday listings show Cathy de Waren’s Local Council event at Engle's place in Nacogdoches with a dance. A Merry Maid Mad Gaps parly is planned at 2 p.m. near Milam cafeteria. Stich they U 8 Pat Offices.
Carl Stromberger and Kathleen O’Mealy announce the birth of a son, John Carl, on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Stromberger is remembered. grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stromberger and Mr. and Mrs. John O’Mealy. Emmaile Heinrich hosted a shower for Dorothy Balzen on Santa Clara Street ahead of her September 1 wedding to Gerhard Heya. San Antonio girls returning from eight weeks at Camp Mystic Kerrville include Joan Pincus, Frances Lane, Amish, Jean Otey, Lucila Thornholm, Maggie Barclay, Margaret Mickler, Charlotte Narnton. Zeta Tau Alpha party at Cancade Terrace Wednesday. Dorothy Balzen’s cousin Elizabeth Schalter to visit Chicago, Buffalo, New York City with garden farewell. Ming Moline Afficer aboard the S. S. Mount McKinley reports an Alaska cruise and midnight sun with a Yukon trip observer Jane.
Benevolent Club discusses charity at Milam cafeteria with Mrs J Morrison hosting. President Edward Brendel presides at 1:45 pm. reports from charity committees. Five dollars worth groceries donated to a needy family. Proceeds from annual benefit party overseen by Mrs D H Hunter. Guests and prospective members attend. two guests and four prospects noted.
A letter discusses a September church wedding with a four o’clock ceremony and a small family dinner, debating whether to host a reception and how gifts and announcements should be handled. The reader advises the bride to decide based on the father’s wishes and convenience, noting receptions are optional and gifts need not affect plans. The aunt may stand with the father at the receiving line, with the mother and bride’s father nearby.
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