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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1939

Page

11

Morgan S FDRs Home Guarded By MAURY PAUL

New York society faces a rumor mill as the Morgan Library on Madison Avenue is patrolled around the clock by private guards while the East Sixty Fifth Street Roosevelt home maintains a police presence. The piece surveys social figures, wealth, and intraday movements among New York aristocracy, noting marital strains and high society intrigue.

Maury Paul New York Mayfair Pierpont Morgan New York Society Morgan Library Lower Madison Avenue Pris Vate House Manhattan Isle East Sixty-fifth Street Roosevelt

Short Shots and Family Reactions Amid Varied Vignettes

Fragmentary notes describe the RobertSkuaver family among chicken pox victims, while social scenes feature Mrs Tom Sharp with coral strands and pearls. Distant impressions of Mrs Umphery Price, Ruth Emerson, Grace Locke Jir, and a velvet frock hint at societal reflections and costs in a bygone era.

Women Club to Honor New Members with Open Home

The Women’s Club will honor new members with an open home on New Year’s Day from 4 to 6 p.m. The president Mrs W H Barker and past presidents greet in the gold room with honorees Mrs R F Barthes and board members. The social committee will serve in the dining room and guests may be invited. The general meeting follows on Wednesday with a memorial service for members who died last year led by Mrs Leroy Bates.

Womnant’s Club W. H. Barker Hang Rand R. F. Barthes T. M. West Birs Leroy Bates Mesdames Ralph Jackson J. Andrew Fuqua Kingsbury

Did You Know Debutantes Dachsund Parties And Portraits

Mrs WILLIAM STRUBING owns a dachshund named Princess Elizabeth FRATES SEELIGSON hosted his first big party and Hester Schrainer celebrated a debut Miss Roxana Catto had pastel portraits by Marjorie Galdwell Sweetbriar Alumnae hosted a luncheon praising JOY CARTER and SARAH LOUISE ADAMS at the Bright Shawl and a badminton match linked San Antonio ST ANTHONY CLUB faced Eagle Pass players last week with a decisive win MAC PARKER credited for ducks at sea in a Friday outing.

San Antonio ST. Anthony Eagle Pass Sweetbriar Joy Carter Sarah Louise Adams

January meeting of Ladies Auxiliary to Bal An

The January meeting of the Ladies auxiliary to the Bal An toino Fetal Druggists association will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. T. A. Lambert 619 Nolan rect. Co-hostesses are Mrs. G. G. Livingston Mrs. W. J. Kalteyer and Mrs. AL Fy Manster.

Ladies Bal Antoino Fetal Druggists’ Association Tuesley T. A. Lambert Nolan Lambert G. G. Livingston W. J. Kalteyer AL Fy Manster

Panel Laws Panel Discuss at AIU Meeting

The American Association of University Waren will meet January 11 at the Str Anthony hotel at 9 30 a m in morning coffee form. Mrs R G Halter is program chairwoman. A panel discussion on Legislation will be led by Nira G E Blering with Dr Felix Olrich head of the education department San Antonio University as leader. Participants include Jowley William Alter Leroy Jeffers Lance Vipokis Oscar Miller C E Traute and others. The San Antonio A and M Mothers club will meet Tuesday at 3 p m in the east parlor of the Municipal auditorium where J G Hotard will discuss planning and serving 18000 meals daily.

American Association of University Waren Str Anthony R. G. Halter Nira G. E. Blering Irgikation Dbwusalan Felix Olirich University of San .Anaid Jowley William Alter San Antonio Leroy Jeffers Lance Vipokis Qecar Miller Prinjcipal Horace Man C. E. Traute Prineipal PTA San Astonio A. and M. ‘Mothers’ Club Municipal Auditorium J. G. Hotard

Bright Show to Exhibit Rare Old Prints in January

San Antonio art lovers will view rare old prints at the Bright show from January 1 to 14. The collection features hundreds of fine prints including coloured amatints, wood engravings, and colour stipple engravings, all from private European collections dating from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. None are under a hundred years old and each piece showcases the sought after tonal charm. Also noted is a luncheon hosted by Mrs. W. H. Carroll for Missuth Burnett and classmates, with holiday greetings and Christmas decor. Captain and Mrs. Rochester Mexldawney of Fort Bragg, NC, are spending holidays with Mrs. Juline Berkeley. Mrs. McEldowney is formerly Miss Bentley Venable. Julius Barclay, son of Mrs. Barclay, attends Virginia school. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schoolfield and daughter Joanne visit Pikeville, Tennessee, with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Schoolfield’s family. they plan to return after New Year.

San Antonio Europe Charlottenville Rochester Mexldawney Fort Bragg North Carolina Bia McEldowney Juline Berclay Bentley Venable Mee Barcley Ban Antonian Virginia Julius Barclay Mia Ray Schoolfield Joanne My. Schoolfield TM. Schoolfield Pikeville Chatananga Tenn Gal Falkner Heard Fort Sam Houston Mrs. Heard Chasy Igland Giadys McFarland San Angelo Jane Polk Honolulu Robert Bathurst Cupid Mary Helen Halden Eleanor Warebach Jon Stoves Will Holden Curls Vaughan Tom Jayrell Cuptt Miss Steves Inter Mra Curtis Vaughan Eleator Hert Wer Kennard Cottéales Mary Anlen S Howard Dunhem Dallas Harty Atfieek Augusta Phillips Ita Hospitality

Pieriedes Culture Club Meets Tuesday At Bechtel Home

The Pieriedes unit club WO meets Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Mrs W Grant Bechtel 1852 West Mulberry Mrs FE and Breyens will lead the program assisted by Mrs Ben J Bull Maltese club of the Saeles auxiliary to Post 26 F W will meet Thursday at 2 p m in the home of Mrs Ethel Crag 235 Pleasanton road Eloine Vasquez married Arias December 10 at Immaculate Heart of Mary church Mr and Mrs Arias plan to live in Ripley Oklahoma

Pieriedes Culture Club Pieriedes Units Club WO W. Grant Bechtel West Mulberry Breyens Mre Ben J, Bull Saeles’ ‘Auxilary F. W Ethel Crag Pleasanton Road Eloine Vasquez Desis Arias Mary Church

Old Cibolo Register Recalls Early Romances

Martha Calhoun recalls 1917 1927 social life in Boerne and San Antonio through Hotel Cibolo Phillips House register. Names of local families, soldiers and social events surface in guest lists, dances, parties, and weddings, linking past romances to a present memory of the town. The piece notes how old guests and their movements reflect broader histories of San Antonio and surrounding communities.

Martha Calhoun Chamberlain Hitler Eleanor Barclay Gertrude Negley Janette Hagelstein Constance Ball Warwick Field Lindsey Shropshire Wizard Betgaan Harold Sillman Lves Switzerland Tittman Tittmans Ambergris Beerme Nis Rupert Gresham Gabriel Meade Bob Terrell

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