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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1938

Page

19

Yule Gifts Evident at L A Style Show

A Bright Shawl Tea Room event drew a large crowd wearing Christmas gifts such as clothes jewelry and perfume. Notable attendees included Miss Ellen Steck and debutantes with plans for Miss Towns wedding, plus society members in festive attire and mentions of engagements and forthcoming social events at the ranch and Bright Shawl.

Ons Frost Lydia C. J. Browning August F. “Herff H. A. Hirshberg Frank M. Martin A. M. Russ Mises Peggy Pagenkott Martha Hildebrand Mildred Delavaz Ellen Steck Austin Flora Day Towns Miss Steck Mis Steck Maria Sykes Jeff Lillian Street

Choose a modern car from Want Ad pages

The ad copy urges readers to skip old horse drawn travel and silent era cars. It promotes late model, thoroughly reconditioned transportation offering faster, modern options. Classification 73 directs readers to select a vehicle.

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Johnsons Are Hosts At Buffet Supper

Dr and Mrs William J Johnson and their daughter Mary hosted a buffet supper at their home on Wednesday evening to honor Miss Flora Day Towns and her fiancé Dr Albert Hartman. The hostess table featured pink gladioli white stock and white tapers in silver candelabra. Guests included the wedding party.

Mary Marcella Beekman Muth Stephens B Hoimgreen Jr Joseph M. Dawson Wiliam J. Johnson Mary Flora Day Towns Alpert Hartman Mlk. ‘Towns W. Harteram Meredith Sykes al Hartman Flighee Flora Day

Heiress Barbu Marries Obre in West Coast Ceremony

New York dispatch reports heiress Barbu Guggenheim wed Henry Obre a 5000 a year vice president and grinder wheel company salesman. The ceremony took place in Darien Conn with a Bermuda Miami honeymoon and plans for Los Angeles. Obre, dubbed Cinderella man, is described as a crack boatman and connected to Shrewsbury business interests.

New York Barbu. Guggenheim Henry Obre Lower Broad Way Edwin L. Best Obre Prother Board of Trade Shrewsbury West Darien Conn Bermuda Miami Los Angeles Hofoluiu Meyer Guckenham Philadelphia Robert Jaweon-Johnston

San Antonio pianist Johnny Anderson to study in New York

Local note reports samba style pianist Johnny Anderson, hailed as one of San Antonio’s best, headed to New York on January 6 to study under Richard Baldwin. He plans to join Jack Teagarden’s subsidiary Whiteman orchestra, with ongoing performances and a debutante engagement story teased.

Martha Calhoun San Austonio Johnnny Anderson Sall New York le~ Vuona Johnny Richard Bald Win Jack Teagarden Paul Whiteman Mr.Teagarden Whiteman Orchestra Johnony Texas Kentucky

Social Calendar Debutantes Gather For Holiday Events At St Anthony

Thursday evening events honor debutantes Adelaide Hill Emily Bryant Hallie Creighton and Adelaide Hil with luncheons and dinners at the St Anthony hotel and Rainbow Terrace. Open house in Wright home hosts Mary Kokernot Dwyer and Clearwater families while college students and alumnae attend gatherings at Ridgemont Avenue and the Country Club.

Annie Terrell Anne Wright Martha ‘Wiggins St. Anthony Emily Ann Bryant Margaret Thornton Margaret Barclay Karoon Pardue William Beard Dinher Dante Rainbow Terrace Anthony Mary Ann Kokernot al- Fine Mark Edward Dwyer Wright Dwyer One Triday Mtre Lucius Hil Country Club Debnatante Adelaide Hill Dorothy Buckley St. Anthony Hotel Adelaide Hil Emily Anne Bryant Hallie Creighton Jane Perry Fae Mary Johnson Margeret Walker Ginna Pal Beta Sorority Naom Simp Ridgemont Avenue

Holiday visits and wedding plans swirl in New Orleans tale

Mrs. T. W. Menefee sails to New Orleans to join relatives for the holidays. Social events unfold with dinners at the Oricans club and informal gatherings on Napoleon Avenue. Meanwhile a flurry of January weddings and parties dominates social pages, including plans for Dorothy Waugh and George Marvin Watson and the Hartman Towns wedding party.

T. W. Menefee New Orleans Marvin Watson Dorothy Waugh Dorothy William Ham Wong Waugh Dorothy Scott George Marvin Watson Christ Episcopal Church San Antonio Texas Fort Saar Houston Leon Weithally Mississippi Roosevelt Hotel Walthall Wall Daisy Fulton George B. Shepherd Mexico

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