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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1949
Page
8
The River Art group announces monthly exhibits with tea from 3 to 6 pm on the first Sunday at the gallery. A general meeting follows at 6 pm. Next Sunday features a prints and drawings exhibit with 87 of 6 entries accepted. Public invited. Fieste week show to be held April 23 and 24.
L A Fenwicks Story of L A For Fenwicks C Stanley Banks will tell the Story of San Antonio at the Fenwick club luncheon in the Tapestry room St Anthony hotel Mesdames Ernest Brown and H Luther Brown hostesses Open Forum presents Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr at p.m in San Pedro Playhouse Wednesday events include social and wedding notices with multiple engagements and receptions for local families From the Episcopal diamond jubilee to Delta Gamma elections the page lists upcoming gatherings and social affairs as community life continues
An old advertising fragment highlights Margaret Bourke White and a blue bonnet theme. It touts Bonner Margarine with flavor nutrition and economy claims, urging use on vegetables and bread and noting fast yellow color in a Yellow Quick bag.
Puzzle note offers a daily fortune game using name letter counts to produce a key number. Start at the rectangle corner and read letters under key figures left to right to reveal a message. Copyright 1219 by William Miller with features by King.
Announce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Las, on January 20 at Parris Island. Welcomed by her brother W Willis TV and grandparents Wesley Hunt of Los Angeles and W Willis Storm of San Antonio. Mrs Hunt visiting the Storms at Parris Island plans to visit San Antonio with Mr Hunt.
Mrs Helen Irvin Ballard and Mrs William Rotzler Jr hosted a brunch in the Colonial room at the Menger Hotel honoring debutante Anne Sheldon. Guests included Mrs Joe Sheldon, Mrs Robert Campbell Jr, and Misses Carolyn Beckmann, Jacqueline Cosner, Cynthia Harding, Bebe Mickler, Jane Nowland, Jacquelyn Ramsdenl, and So.Ank Schoolfield.
Pattern advertisement offers easy sew dress patterns with sizes 12 to 42 and eyelet fabric notes. Includes pattern 9179, a sew chart, and a request for 25 cents to Light Pattern Dept. San Antonio Light Texas. Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book promotion adds fifteen cents for the fashion book with baby items and ensemble options.
Mrs. Frank Winslow and Mrs. Walter Bergstrom hosted an informal Tuesday afternoon tea in the Bright Shaw in honor of Mrs. Blaine Raymond Butler Jr. and Lt. and Mrs. Butter newly stationed at Randolph APB after their December Washington wedding. Butler is the former Ann Nugent, daughter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Richard E. Nugent, with her mother a frequent visitor here. Pink Venetian glass decor graced the table with assistants Mrs Frost and Mrs George Houston. Guests included a young matrons group. Also honored at a luncheon Saturday in the Colonial room of the Menger Hotel was Miss Nelile Witte Muehies, bride-elect, hosted by Miss Rita Pfeiffer, with attendees including Mrs Filwin Mueller, Roy Rothmennani, J. P. Pfeiffer, and several Misses.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson McCoy will arrive from Waterloo Iowa in February for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chapman. They will motor through the Rio Grande Valley to the Mexican border with the Chapmans and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey P. Smith. After returning they will visit California. Lunching at the Peraux room in St Anthony hotel were Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Menard of Portland Oregon and Mrs Sally Townsend and Dr Edwin Davis of Boston. The two doctors attended last week’s medical convention.
A vintage recipe item describes a cheese bun lunch with lettuce, tomato salad, baked pears, and butterscotch cookies. The method uses 2% cheese, chopped hard boiled egg, onion, evaporated milk, pepper, salt, and split buns baked briefly until cheese melts.
A compiled essay notes three Dr James Clark Moplanations style asserts linking dislike of domesticity to mental illness, education for girls affecting marriage choices, and male self assertion as weakness. It cites Dr Ede mund de S Brunner and Dr Clifford Kirkpatrick with census and questionnaire data from 1949 remarks on divorce, marriage, and blame during wartime.
Announcement: Miss Elizabeth Lane Berner of Minorsville Pennsylvania will wed Quin ton S. Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Sam H Anderson. The couple met through Cass Township High School Primrose and Pottsville Trospirate of Nursing Pottsville. Anderson graduated Thomas Jefferson High School and served three years in the Army Air Corps. A Lackland AFB Woman's club luncheon will be held at 1 PM Thursday in the Officers' club with free admission for members.
Frances Drake presents a dated Zodiac page with misread text for each sign. The horoscope mentions Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces with fragmented guidance on traits and day outlook.
Mrs M Kee McKee Beaumont arrived last week as houseguest of Miss Sare Harrison. Several informal affairs have been planned in her honor. A trained ad assistant Will gladly show you how to put more pull in your Light Want Ad. Mal Figa.
Mrs Thaddeus formerly Miss Martha Ann Cox celebrated with hostesses Mrs Larry Savage and Mrs Adele Skinner at a Bright Shawl brunch Tuesday. About 139 guests attended as luncheon guests were invited to two tables of bridges afterward. Guests included Mrs D R Growdy and others as listed among the attendees.
Mrs Berney arrived Thursday from Corpus Christi to visit at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Joe E Carroll Jr where her young daughter Carroll has been staying for some time. Mr Berney and Carroll came up from Corpus Saturday and returned Monday. The Carrolls left Sunday for Beaumont to visit relatives until later in the week.
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