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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
3
Society notes from San Antonio cover Thursday night gatherings at Phi Alpha Signes and Starns with garden and swimming parties, a Friday Children’s Dancing Club event, and a Milam j School Mothers' meet. Elizabeth Camp returns from touring the Orient, while Mrs. Ro Pumphres hosts a neighborhood gathering for Mrs. Collier.
State officials from Maine attend a Boston governors conference with several wives in tow. Social events are planned for their entertainment, including gatherings hosted by Mrs. Oakley Curtis and Mrs. George Pey ton. News notes also announce Fern Sharper’s engagement to P. B. Civitescales with a September Texas wedding at Eagle Pass.
An invitation extended to San Antonio Hotel Men's Association members and wives to visit the Medina dam with Bexar County Highway League serving as hosts. Lang Motor advertised as a life saving device with oxygen generation, ambulance use, and medical applications.
The rural route system in the San Antonio post office is reorganized, abolishing six San Antonio routes and three nearby town routes. Five automobile routes will replace them, effective September 2, covering seven routes A B C D and BE with Bracken Thelma Elmendorf added. Each route averages about 50 miles serving 50 000 people across Bexar Comal Atascosa and Wilson counties and new patrons beyond the old routes.
Chautauqua in Corpus Christi schedules Rotary Day with Hon. James E. Shelby of Birmingham Alabama delivering the Friday night talk on Rotarianism. The local club hosts guests from San Antonio Houston and Austin and will serve a special luncheon.
The Epworth League City Union will hold its monthly meeting at 8:16 p.m. Friday at Travis Park Methodist Church. Discussion topics include the Epworth League encampment at Corpus Christi and plans for future work. Program features devotional service, music, readings, an address, and a social with refreshments after.
Muriginal Band plans a new march titled Indy In San Antonio by J Saverwein dedicated to the Manufacturers Club of San Antonio. Director W H Smith says the piece has a fine swing and should become a concert staple. Vocalist Miss Lucile Wiseman, bound for New York, sang an aria from La Beheme and performed Chauncey Olvart’s song after the entry.
Bell Fair Association president urged San Antonio manufacturers to send goods for exhibit at the Bell County Fair in Belton on October, aiming to expand regional trade. The Manufacturers' Club will discuss the invitation at its next meeting, with details to follow.
A stream of visitors includes Joanon Netver of Laredo Tex at the Gunter and O Vi Stesle at Warn Tem. others like Mr and Mrs G A Alai e of Houston and Thornton Hamilton of Cuso Tex arrive at the Menger. W P Sterrett and Dan Hudant are among new arrivals at the St Anthony.
Fragmented OCR reveals a birth record with multiple names and addresses, followed by a note that a Westminster Presbyterian swim party scheduled for the week’s end was postponed by the Westminster League. The garbled text includes addresses such as 4F and Poet avenue, and mentions Calpelar Swimming Party Postponed.
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