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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1944
Page
12
The Daughters of America Court St Anthony will sponsor a Valentine dance on Saturday February 5 at the Knights of Columbus hall. Mrs Edmo Frang is chairman. Proceeds will be split between helping young members run weekly dances for officers in the armed services and charity work.
Miss Elizabeth Tweedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mellicky of San Angelo and Plainfield, N J, wed Capt. Edwin Meredith Sykes Jr., in Mark's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dunham Taylor officiated, with a reception at the bridegroom's home and plans for a Fort Jackson, D C, posting. The couple's social circle and affiliations are noted, including Vassar and UT connections, and a May 1943-era community sequence of events follows.
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlos Chavez performed Monday evening at the Municipal Auditorium. The enthusiastic audience included Mesdames Otto Koehler, Victor Creighton, EK. 0. Greenwald, Peter Keating, Curtis Plumly, J.H. Calvert, and Misses Peggy Giesecke, Eloise Sertigson, and Eleanor Onderdonk.
Public performances of Out of the Prying Pan will be staged for military personnel at army fields and hospitals near San Antonio. Cast includes Ray Montgomery Halsry Davis Frank Durkee Cpl Victor Kaehier Pfc Charles Meyer Sue Patterson Effie Mae Prassel Jewell McMeans Lee Langley Margarette Symonds RDG Bernard Klema. Director Florence Sears Lieb. Tickets at Municipal Auditorium box office. Camp shows not open to public.
Captain Eugene M. Egle and Mrs. Egle announce the birth of daughter Suzan Ann on January 11 at General Hospital. Captain Egle is overseeing duties.
Town Hall hosts Bright Shawl style show Incheon at 10 30 a m with Toe Fisher at the San Pedro Playhouse. At 12 30 p m Mrs Conrad FP Crome covers luncheon at the Bright Shawl complimenting Miss Nancy Oden the bride to be.
Mrs Wheeler Bell formerly Audrey Goldthorpe has traveled to Tacoma Washington to join Lieutenant Commander Bell. The Pi Beta Phi alumnae will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mrs Laurie M Huck, 216 Ferrell Road.
Mrs Laird Archer of Scarsdale N Y returns from Monterrey Mexico where she visited her sisters Mes Games John Gibson and Jesse Stover of Wichita Kan. She has been a guest of Mr and Mrs Arthur Byard. She plans to go to Miami Florida then join Mr Archer in Cairo Egypt with the foreign relief and rehabilitation commission. San Antonio de Bexar chapter D A R meets at 4 p m Thursday at Mrs C K Huggins home 612 Trenton street. Election of officers and delegates to national and state congress to follow with co-hostesses named.
Hollywood February 1. In a local ceremony Mrs. Fration and members of Alamo Review No. 22 installed officers at the I O O F hall led by installing officer Mrs. Louise McFall. New officers include Mrs. Margaret Stott as president and Mrs. Minnie Conyers as treasurer with a roster of other posts. Pressburger plans to film Shadow In the Flame with Margret Sherrod and Grace Beck among participants while public notices and club roles are listed. Don Cook remains under contract with Universal, and Barry Sullivan contemplates a move to a new home as the Hollywood housing market tightens.
Dinah Shore moves into the honeyspoon house alone while Selena Boyle shines as a mother in The Sullivans and Greer Garson stars in Mrs Parkington. Elaine Barrie earns strong notices in A Decent Birth, O Happy Fonera. Nell Snapshots at Pasadena includes Eddy in Irwin’s sing at random. A Mexican marriage and a stalled army divorce loom. Burne’s aide course features Bonita Granville and Doug Morrow as MGM departs. Edgar barriers expect a first child next month. John Carradine defends a forthright move to fund another fling. Shakespeare in the East tours Texas with Montgomery and Fort Sam Houston.
Recipe promises quick fat loss through a fruit juice plan claiming easy steps and light exercise. It urges consuming half a lemon and lemon zest with water twice daily and suggests promising but vague health boosts.
Local clubs meet in the evening at various venues including 992 Mode, Bethany Church East Myrtles and Kendall, and St Mark's church. Groups listed include writers, women’s circles, guilds, and service societies with times from 2:30 to 9:45 pm, often at annexes or homes.
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