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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1939

Page

15

Miss Zela Lou Davies Shower Honoree at Picnic Town Tea

Miss Zela Lou Davies was celebrated as the shower honoree with about 45 guests attending at Milas LaRue Campbell's home. The event featured pink and white decor, a cake with a white airplane topper, and attendants Jo Guidera and Virginia Davies assisting. The piece notes her upcoming marriage to Lieut. Robert Carleton McBride on August 20 and lists several friends planning moves for the school season.

Zela Lou Davinw Robert Carleton McBride Milas LaRue Campbell Larce Jo Guidera Virginia Davis Miss Davies

Social Calendar Alto S A Yearned Events

Social calendar notes gatherings in San Antonio with showers and tea for Miss Ethel LeGette and Miss Eugenie Moss, plus a game party hosted by Miss Lulu Kate Bill. Visiting guests include Mrs Harold Grant and Sabra, with plans for Mrs Grant to stay a month, then move to Hartford. High-profile stays list Waldorf Astoria arrivals and hotel registrations in New York.

Tuerny Frances Manlove Ethel LeGette Lulu Kate Bill Eugenie Moss Harold Grant S. Ay Harold M. Grant Sabra Retr New Orleans Waldorf-Astoria M. F. Lambert Marie Parley Pittie Wood Lawrence Wood Richard Wood Eugene Nolte Dt Aite-Carlton Hotel Robert ‘ Booth Reekmay ‘Tower Hotel

Hoefgens Return From Two Week Motor Journey

Mr and Mrs I B Hoefgen and children Adelin and Leonard Jr spent a two week motor trip to the West visiting Wyoming and Estes Park. Frank L Rogers and daughters visited Whittlenda Rockport. Mrs Rogers plans an October 1 return from California. Christine McKenzie left for Aransas Pass with friends for a summer stay. Mr and Mrs A J McKenzie and others hosted gatherings in Victoria and Vittoria. Miss Mary Jane Kamta to wed Charles Leroy Jeffers October 5 at St Marys Catholic. Mrs Loyd Ross visiting relatives in Ohio and Canada with a planned trip during spring.

Hoefgens I. B Hoefgen Adelin Leonard Jr Wyoming Widh Elowstone National Park Estes Park Frank L. Rogers Jators Doe Wogter Mary Rogers Whittlenda Rockport Gor- Bua Chivist Rogers California Are

Pilon By MERTAN Indian Summer Motorboat Accident Story

A fragmented page notes a child named Pilon enjoying a motorboat ride near Port Aransas, with a frightening moment as the craft grounds and a parent’s warning that this would be the last ride. The text shifts to social briefs including Mrs. Edgar Tobin’s Chicago trip, visits by relatives, and local scenes in San Antonio.

Mertan Port Aransag HuUle Darling Mulfeb Arcadars

Tita Loughborough Honored at Hunt Garden Supper

Mr and Mrs Ralph Walsh and Dr Kind Mrs F C Walsh host a compliment supper party in the Walsh home garden near Hunt on Sunday evening for Miss Tita Loughborough and her fiancé Dr Joh McCamish.

Guests Arrive For Ryan-Guidera Wedding

Out-of-town guests gather ahead of the Ryan-Guidera wedding to be held Saturday evening at Randolph Field Post Chapel Ming Terry Walker of Ney Qrs tins Lu and others arrive for a pre nuptial welcome. Attendants include Miss Uelo and Miss Watkis with members of Delta Sthma Phi.

Prisis Arrivig Ryan-Guider Randolph Field Post Chapel Ming Terry Walker Ney Qrstins Gol Bie Alm Uidura Miss Watkis Patterson Mss Uelo Wilh Aio

Firefighters to Demonstrate Inhalator Use

The chief G A Hart and Marsal How ard Dickeris will show inhalator use at Techiten club meeting on a Blue Raninet holed in year 208.

Biledatoy G. A. Hart Dire Marsal Howard Dickeris Techiten Club

Hardison Graham Wedding Party Honored at Fort Sam Houston

Maj and Mrs R C L Graham entertained Sunday evening after the wedding rehearsal at the post chapel honoring the Hardison Graham wedding party. Cocktails were served on the veranda of the Officers Club. The supper table featured a lace cloth and a centerpiece of pink roses. Guests included only members of the wedding party.

R. C. L. Graham Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel

Van Wie Daughters Hostesses For Cousin’s Wedding

Margy van Wie and family entertain Wednesday afternoon at 545 Adams Street with beef tea to compliment cousin Jane Kberoth as her wedding to Albert Reidner is planned for Saturday September 2 at Br. and Mrs. W. S. Van Wie’s home in the Brindley area.

J . van Wie Margy van Wie W. S. van Wie Adams Street Jane Kberoth Albert Reidner

Maintenance funds sought for Mission Plaza in San Antonio

A delegation from the San Antonio Conservation Society asked the Bexar County Commissioners Court on Monday for a yearly appropriation of 295 dollars to maintain Mission Plaza in San Jose. The group said current funding of 750 dollars annually is exhausted and warned the plaza could overgrow with weeds without county aid.

San Jose Mission Plaza Bexar County Commissioners Court San Antonio Conservation Society Lane Tryloy Conservation Society Micinitmie Gnless A.J. Grossperts Taylor Robert Pfuby Sociery

San Antonio Building Permits Active Amid Turned-Out Applications

San Antonio's building office issued twenty permits this week with costs ranging from repair work to home improvements. Congressman Paul J. Eittley is scheduled to address the San Antonio Bar Association at noon Tuesday at the Ginter Hotel, following the newly proposed bill.

San Antonis Tsi Gus Sehoudt Kilpay Paul J. Eittley San Antonio Bar Association Ginter Hotel

Guardsmen Poisoning Victims Near Release From San Antonio Hospital

A group of 28 National Guard members from the 100th Infantry Division, hospitalized in San Antonio for suspected food poisoning after arriving from Panama, were slated for discharge from the hospital Monday. The men were admitted Saturday after their shipment from the unit depot at Palacins.

San Antonio National

Nickelodeon Executives Meet in Los Angeles

Ridolph Wurliteer Company official M G Hamnergren and ten other executives gathered at the Plaza for a briefing on phonograph operations. The San Antonio group involved, with local ties, discussed industry developments and upcoming nickelodeon music initiatives amid a busy meeting of executives from Earth Tonawanda and related firms.

Nickelodeon L.A M. G. Hamnergren Ridolph Wurliteer Company Earth Tonawanda N. L Hiesel San Antonio Hae

Accidental Deaths Probed In Durant Family

County Attorney Bill Steger pressed murder charges against John O Story for a death in a burning smokehouse alleged as accidental after hours of questioning Story, 60, claimed the August 23 death of his third wife was an accident. The case connects four other family deaths deemed accidental in the last two decades across Arkansas and Texas.

Durant Okla Bill Steger Mitharilios Asom Joe Dequeen Frank Gainesville Texas Chevy Iny Peoria

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