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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1939
Page
2
In a wartime London setting, Siegfried Kloffer and Meredith maneuver through espionage and betrayal. A German agent faces alien registration in London while planning a covert operation with Wallenfels’s circles. A tense phone misdial and a looming confrontation hint at broader danger and a brewing resistance.
A winter vogue favors gay prints in fabrics like rayon with dinner and day wear shapes. Styles feature waist emphasis, draped shawls, and varied lengths with red and tropical tones.
A reader from Fairfax pleads with advice about jealousy in a betrothal, noting how every sight of another woman unsettles her and seeking psychoanalytic guidance. An eminent analyst counsels self respect, confidence in her partner, and personal effort to find happiness rather than dependence.
Miss Betty Tucker and her father Garrett Tucker hosted a Friday cocktail party with Mr and Mrs Henry McCormick as guests through Wednesday. Margaret Tanti and Case of Fort Worth joined Mr and Mrs Frank Wells. Friday evening Mrs Gase was honored with a dance by Mr and Mrs Phelds at the dance studio on Broaizay and Cloverleat.
Mildred Rohen shares cranberry relish based dressings and a tangy pineapple and cranberry relish. Recipes include Cranberry Orange Relish Cranberry Ginger Relish Cranberry Pineapple Relish and an Upside Down Cake made with cranberry sauce apricots and butter.
A vintage style guide notes how to balance a heavy jaw with hat choice. It favors brimmed hats with medium crowns and wider brims to widen the apparent face, suggesting tulle or feathers for balance. It urges seeking flattering frocks and chapeaux until the right model is found, and dismisses ill fitting pieces as fizzle.
Saturday social calendar in Los Angeles lists Miss Ann McAlpin and debutantes at gatherings from 5 to 7 PM with honors for Heater Harrison Carolyn Brown Margaret Whisenant Jean Fates Barbara Callan. Mr and Mrs Jack Laphant host dinner at Brahan Boulevard 75 PM. Samuel Dunlap and others celebrate with a dinner dance at St Anthony hotel honoring Edin Cochran and Deanne Richey. Frank Nichols Hage and Helen Griffiths featured at Fort Sam Houston Officers Club dinner.
S A hostesses and guests are gathering in Dallas for Christmas visits with relatives in San Antonio Gulfport and Houston. Notable travelers include Miss Ruth Favorite and Mr and Mrs Louis Randle visiting from Indianapolis. Holiday plans feature stays at the St Anthony hotel and a Sugar Bowl trip for Jack Berman and Miss Kelly O Hearn.
Betty Herpers hosts open house with guests list including Mrs. Adolph Beckmann and Miss Marcella Beckmann. The Texas Pioneers honor guest event at Memorial Hall Brackenridge Park follows, with open house for Vera Reus and a Sunday gathering on South Hackberry Street honoring Theresa Hardy of Houston.
A garbled reminiscence about Miss Mirno A J Lat Coste from New Orleans, with southern accent and Christmas pageant memories on a plantation. Mentions Milby Booth and Mrs James, West Point diploma, and antique furnishings as part of a nostalgic town portrait.
The Great American Life Insurance convention hosts from out of town were entertained at a Thursday noon luncheon at the country club. Seventy members and guests, including Mrs. Charles Becker and Mrs. H. O. Briderhan, presided and helped decorate a table with Japanese-inspired ornamentation. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Willam Dieger and Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Dugger of Hovslan.
Three debutantes Hester Harrison Margareth Whisenant and Carolyn Brown were honored at a supper dance on Rainbow Terrace at the St Anthony hotel. Miss Laura Wells entertained a guest group including the debutantes and escorts in a New Year themed decor with multiple tables and festive flowers.
Amid holiday visits the town hosts a flurry of gatherings. At Fort Sam Houston Officers' Club Miss Barbara Henning hosted a Christmas party with a jeweled theme and poem place cards. Gilbert Denman and son Gilbert Jr plan a dinner for friends, then dance at the Rainbow Terrace. Mrs. Charles Holmgren hosted a St Anthony Hotel roof party for Miss Sidney Helen Allan of Dallas, with ten at a Delphinium and yellow rose table, and weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prilte of Houston.
Miss Martha Dell Douglass, bride-elect, was honored by Miss Dickerson with a dinner at La Fonda on Thursday evening. Mexican mole adorned the table. Guests included Dorothy Shaw, Eycia Al ding, Joan Tullos, Lilian Breeel, Marin Sykes, Tess Chariton, Nan Cappock, Virginia Gage, Betty Her Pol, Rob Krousin, and Lt Kette Hill. The Ladies Auxiliary of the National Association of Letter Castites will stage a joint installation with Alamo branch No. 421, Tuesday at Eagle Hall at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
The Weskway club of iKastdah review hosted by Mrs Roberta Russell at 41 Anthony Street. Alamo Review held an open house December 27 in the I C O PF nau honoring juniors and members. Christmas program directed by Mrs Daisy Tislop with junior supervisor Mrs Myrtle Washer and instructor Mrs Mitzie Pomney. An accordion orchestra performed as dancers labeled in a variety of acts.
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