Derry and the Dress Buy and a Web of Allies
Derry is aided by Tony Lander who pays for an unaffordable dress fabric. Ostrander leaves for Europe entrusting Derry with his business and a vow she won’t marry for three years. Derry meets Beverly Greenway and several notable men including Preston Smith, Dick Otley, and Martin Cole. Willowdean French reenters her life. Greenway suggests Willowdean seduce psychoanalyst Walter Blakely, who becomes entangled in the plot as Derry provokes Tony into a kiss on a bus top.
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Derry Thomas
Tony Lander
Mr. Ostrander
Europe
Derry
Beverly Greenway
Preston Smith
New York
Dick Otley
Martin Cole
Willowdean French
Greenway
Willowdean
Walter Blakely
Blakely
Tony
Playwright Defends Summer Bachelors in City Night Scene
In a lively exchange at a New York party the playwright argues men face neglect and peril when women go to the seashore. Martin Cole jokes about marriages and Alderman Prenny offers city licenses. Sara McIntyre and Willowdean lightheartedly tease, while Bartram predicts a knockout party.
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Bartram
Mart
Willowdean
New York
Sara McIntyre
Smith
Prenny
Derry
Prenny-angel
Mrs. Alderman
Martin Cole
Manhattan
Marty
Sara
Death of San Antonio town crier ends advertising era
Julius the town crier, famed for selling baseball games and prizes, is ordered off downtown streets after 14 years as an advertising medium. Chief of Police T C Miller enforces an old ordinance, citing limited placard capacity and merchant demand.
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Julius
Town Crrer
San Antonio
T. C. Miller
Miller
Baptists Present Pianist and Baritone Concert
Walter Gilewicz head of Baylor Belton fine arts conservatory and international pianist teams with Arthur Faguy-Cote baritone for a joint concert at 8 pm Friday at First Baptist Church. Mrs. Berry Walcott Faguy-Cote to accompany. Gilewicz trained in Berlin with Foerster Jedliczka and Rydorff and taught at Stern Conservatory.
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Walter Gilewicz
Conservatory of Fine Arts
Baylor College
Belton
Arthur Faguy- Cote
First Baptist Church
Berry Walcott Faguy-Cote
Gilewicz
Berlin
Foerster
Jedliczka
Rydorff
Stern Conservatory
Conservatory of
Do girls make better farmers than boys in Bexar
The Bexar chamber of commerce reports that though only about 10 percent of grain, corn, live stock and poultry club members are girls, they win more than 60 percent of the prizes. Miss Ida Reynolds notes rising female participation, with over 20 percent of poultry club members being girls.
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Agricultural Department
Chamber of Commerce
Fred W. Maily
O. B. Rollins
Ida Reynolds
Poultry Club
Bailey to fight fires in San Antonio for wife’s health
Gene Bailey known as Gena LaRue leaves Hollywood with his wife to settle in San Antonio. He will serve at fire station No. 7 in South Alamo street while pursuing acting again, after roles in Where the Pavement Ends Scaramouche and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Gene Bailey
Gena LaRue Haa
San Antonio
Mr. Bailey
Hollywood
Fire Station No. 7
South Alamo Street
Raymond Novarro
Scaramouche
Notre Dame
Lon Chaney
Bailey
Wallace Reid
Inter club debate at Brackenridge high school
The Reagan Debating Society and Brackenridge Debating Club will debate Thursday at 2 15 p m in the school auditorium The topic is resolved that a department of education should be established with a secretary in the president s cabinet Burton Morris president of Reagan will uphold the negative with Mark Richards James Reyely and Jay Sam Lesy will argue the affirmative
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Reagan Debating Society
Brackenridge Debating Club
Brackenridge
Department of Education
Burton Morris
Mark Richards
James Reyely
Jay Sam Lesy
Cigaret Sparks Store Fireworks Incident at Alter Drug Store
Children near Garden and Alamo streets witnessed a preliminary Christmas display when a lit cigaret stub was tossed into a case of explosives at the Alter drug store. Roman candles and firecrackers exploded in quick succession but caused little damage to the store.
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Garden
Alamo Streets
Alter Drug Store
Self-Supporting Girls Make Best Marriage Says Business Woman
Thelma Gaines, San Antonio businesswoman, argues that women should earn a living before marriage. She says work brings independence, budgeting skills, patience with service workers, and better understanding of her husband’s business. A self-supporting wife can handle illness or widowhood without despair.
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Thelma Gaines
San Antonio
Tarantula Freed in San Antonio Park by Museum Director
Miss Ellen D. Schulz of the Witte Memorial Museum says killing any living creature is cruel and freed a tarantula in Brackenridge Park after it had been kept on display and confined.
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San Antonio
Ellen D. Schulz
Witte Memorial Museum
Washington Bust Erected by Mexico
A marble bust of George Washington has been placed over the main entrance of the new building of the Mexican secretary of foreign affairs, per an illustrated booklet on the building received at the local Mexican consulate.
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George Washington
Wives Keep Tardy Husbands in Cold
Two San Antonio husbands sought police help on a frozen morning to gain admittance to their homes. They waited on Saunders Avenue and Castry Street pleading for shelter as their wives denied entry.
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San Antonio
Saunders Avenue
Castry Street
For Sale and Want Column in The Light Classifieds
The Light’s Classified pages invite readers to browse for needs others seek and to publish their own wants. This feature highlights how readers can supply items or services by engaging with the column.
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San Antonio
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