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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
11
A fragment from a serialized drama unfolds with dialogues about a murder, alibis, and a weary narrator. Characters discuss clues, suspects, and the unsettling pull of revenge while interspersed with fashion notes and self-improvement tips. The scene shifts from tension to domestic banter and ironic humor.
Venniett Gittinger hosted a Christmas party Tuesday afternoon at her hotel for the Mets Hert wig Music club. Guests included Jean Arnold Karma Ann Dulling Marjorie Darden Dorothy Darden Barbara Hansen Demi Krueger Nanette Berle Lorraine Merbeth Jeannette Pfeil Juny Mae Pfeil Angelina Poulos Amelyn Ressman Suelie Stendebach Breign Watkins Mary Nell Weiss Elliot Warwick Inls Bertwig plans were made to sponsor a Protestant Orphans grant Saturday evening. Cloverlest Book club to meet Tuesday at 404 Cloverlest Mrs Sherwood Avery to review Winesdept by Mary Silan Chase.
Inspector Pettingill’s third degree questions and a taunting recollection unfold as Miss Wentworth probes a murder plot. Amid vanished Aunt Mille and a tense Burton house memory, Reed’s nervous pauses and Gala Builon jealousy drive talk of who killed Bruce. The scene shifts to the hall as Biella’s voice trembles, hinting at deeper schemes.
An old advertisement urges girl job seekers to learn typing through a self taught system. It promotes a booklet titled Touch Typewriting Self-Taught with a keyboard chart guide keys and exercises. Readers are asked to send 15 cents in stamps to the San Antonio Light Home Institute for the booklet.
A wartime letter highlights true patriotism through personal sacrifice, detailing a Los Angeles mother who spent Christmas savings on defense stamps and her family’s support for war effort. The piece frames maternal resolve, servicemen’s duties, and public unity against Axis aggression as a civic duty and moral stance.
The Joln Scott club will meet at 12:39 p m Wednesday at the St Anthony Hotel with Mrs Lane Taylor and Mrs Elizabeth Houssan as hostesses John W Scott will be the speaker The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Hackberry Street Methodist Church holds its monthly business meeting Thursday with President Mrs B ys Armstrong presiding A social will follow visitors welcome
The Rev and Mrs Ray Waters of San Antonio announce the engagement of daughter Shirley to Lieut Charles Ingram USMC son of Mr and Mrs Charles Digram of Galveston. The wedding is planned for January in Baltimore. They will reside in Alexandria Virginia during training at Quantico Marine Barracks.
A list of weekly meetings including women’s clubs, altar guilds, and study groups. Activities span Grace Lutheran altar guild at Fifth Street church, Beta Sigma Phi at Mrs. Bina Smiths home, executive board sessions, Phoenix club gatherings, Retail Drugists’ auxiliary meetings, and multiple guilds and cultural clubs with times ranging afternoon to evening at various addresses such as Avenue BE Fifth Street and Old West Magnolia.
The Sah Anion chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted Mrs. Georgina Kendall Perlowes at the St. Anthony hotel New Year’s day. The group voted to purchase defense bonds and continue subscriptions to the National History Magazine for local high schools and the San Antonio library. The gathering included gifts, programs, and special guests, with reports on defense gardening and lunar influence in planting.
The Woman's club opens the year with Amephanization program led by Mrs. J. E. Melson, followed by a business meeting. A Spanish class party featured a piñata climaxing a holiday event with Mexican and Latin American songs and costumes. The civic department and national defense committee sponsored a dance at Army MCGA with many notable members listed. luncheon funds and donations were raised for Red Cross. A luncheon room and reports on Christmas baskets were noted, with officers elected for the new year and plans set for January 28 meetings and related civic activities.
Citizens are urged to obey emergency rules for the greatest good. The piece emphasizes courtesy, consideration, and respect for others, urging memorization and strict adherence, plus cooperation with authorities. It stresses personal integrity, self-discipline, and humane behavior, especially in guiding children’s conduct and schooling at home to reinforce compliance.
Gingerbread men and shortbread recipes are presented with step by step instructions. The gingerbread figures use dough balls for bodies, rolled arms and legs, and raisins or cloves for facial features, baked in a moderate oven. A separate shortbread recipe covers dough mixing, chilling, rolling, cutting, and baking to a golden finish.
The Arm Civilian Club plans a meeting at 12 30 p m Monday January 17 in the St Anthony hotel Mrs Walter Keileger senior member will preside The club also hosts a New Year party in the club rooms with Mrs J G Crier as president and arrangements for the event announced
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