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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1944
Page
13
An wartime guidance article urges more Victory Gardens as farm workers may join the draft. It discusses planting multiple short harvest crops for a longer season, provides methods to stagger harvests, and estimates yields and space per family. Guidance emphasizes planning early varieties and using seeds efficiently through successive plantings.
Home celebration week outlines sowing limits for beans and crop rotation to ensure a new harvest every four weeks. It warns about summer heat slowing growth, notes printings may need time, and lists crop tables. It also reports a marriage: Mildred Faye Hutchinson wed Capt. Herbert R. Helbig Jr on February 10 at the bride’s home with several officials attending.
Mrs Richard Henry Russell will entertain a luncheon Thursday at the Bright Shawl for a group of wives whose husbands are overseas. Guests include Mesdames Gorden Cusack J Crittenberger A Chandler M Lemley W H Russell Guy Davis M Dodd P Fitzgerald Tom Traylor Mac Russ Joe Peacock H Morrison Frank Badger Olive Martini Aaron Pancoast Chloe Slaacke.
Egle Wills presented a group of piano pupils in recital at her studio on Saturday. Participants included Bruce Dunn Jill Rudolph Ann Retnarz Ann Strother Jolynn Whiley Alice Dunn Shirley Colestan and Bunny Maller.
A fashion event titled Wishmakers Way will be presented by the Blue Bird circle of Taurel Heights Methodist church on March 21. Proceeds will support war bonds and other war activities.
Critics laud Howard Fast for vivid, concise Revolutionary Age novels like The Unvanquished Haym Solomon and Citizen Tom Paine as historical documents. Sigrid Schultz’s Germany Will Try It Again is praised for inside knowledge of Nazi and German Communist efforts to regain power and prepare a future war.
Virginia Rodgers daughter of G A Rodgers married Elmer F L Schilling son of Octavia Schilling in San Antonio on February 1 in the bride’s home. Rev Cadwallader officiated with Helen Lawrence maid of honor and Willian Wright best man. Reception helpers included Maxine McWhirler and others. The couple, who have both graduated from San Antonio Vocational and Technical High School, will reside at 248 Gulf Street after a Dallas trip.
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