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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1916
Page
3
Saturday night social calendar notes Mrs T A Coleman hosting a gathering in honor of Miss Marian Holt Seward of Houston. The event lines up with society circles and local hospitality traditions.
Mrs. C. H. Murray of Webb City Missouri, longtime winter resident here, has returned and is staying at the Gunter for the remainder of the season.
Miss Muriel Kokernot entertained with a luncheon at the Menger Saturday honoring Miss Claudia Nolte of Seguin and her bridal party.
Miss Inez Foster hosted a luncheon at her home on Saturday to honor debutantes Miss Zilla Naylor Virginia Lamar Marguerite Deutsch Rowena Nye Corinne Russell and Elma Dill Russell. Pink sweet peas adorned the table and hand painted plate cards echoed the flowers. A word-building contest using debutante challenged guests to make as many words as possible from that word. Covers were laid for the honor guests and Misses Margaret Witting Margaret Chambers Mrs Rex S Corby and the hostess.
Miss Bonnibel Stowers hosted a Friday skating party at the Soledad rink with 130 plus guests. At 11 30 oclock refreshments were served with lunch boxes and ice cream cones as dessert, chaperoned by a long list of local officials and families.
The Pierian Study Club hosted a supper at the Menger on Friday evening with officers and spouses presenting toasts led by president Mrs. E W Oeffinger. Guests enjoyed green and white table decor, fern and white rose centerpiece forming a PSC monogram, hand painted place cards and souvenir booklets. Music accompanied the event throughout.
A group from Pegues Memorial Baptist Church met Friday afternoon at Mrs. T. E. Coen home to discuss women’s work. Two course refreshments were served with assistance from her daughter Miss Elizabeth Coen. Attendees included Mesdames L. R. Byrd F. M. Anderson J. D. Everett T. E. West J. M. Ball L. Moore J. S. Cooper and Miss Elizabeth Cooper.
Miss Rowena Nye hosted a Friday evening dance honoring Miss Marian Holt Seward of Houston guest of Miss Marguerite Coleman. Guests included many local socialites and several couples, with plants and cut flowers decorating the rooms and a buffet supper served after hours of dancing.
A Notre Dame woman, Mrs. M. Summers, declares a simple home treatment cures rheumatism and related pains without changing climate. She claims the discovery removes uric acid from blood, loosens joints, purifies blood, and boosts overall vitality and eye brightness, offering proof by mail.
The document names a long list of military officers including T. Holt of Houston Captain Philips Lieutenants Rafferty Adler McQuillan Wallace Conklin Charles C Cresson Sam Bennett Hubert Loefler J Hampton Sullivan Arthur Wynne Frank Hicks Latrobe Onderdonk John Darragh Miles Spears Will Howell Dr W E Luter Robert Herle Russell Wine Guy Rachal Henry Bateman Will Holden Albert Engelke Tom Jarrell Hal K Brown and Eugene Walthall.
Five hundred guests attend a Friday night reception and dance in the post gymnasium honoring General and Mrs. Frederick Funston. The event features a Nineteenth Infantry band program, elaborate gowns, and a three course supper with officers and high society hosting and receiving.
Solomon Bequette of Flat River Missouri writes about recovering from backache and weakness after kidney trouble by using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad notes common symptoms such as backache headache puffiness and fatigue and promotes the pills sold by A M Fischer Gibbs Building.
A long roster of titled and married individuals and couples listed as attendees or society figures. Names include Heard Towne Wellington Jones Howell Jones Chase Hawkins Fitzhugh Lee Johnston Mayo Austin Bar num Allen Ireland Byron Rogers Taylor Bailey Foulois Diet rich Price Ellis Cushman Parrot Van Duyne Clem Scott Cole Sanders Cavanaugh Martin Bingham Hatch Mahon Hogah Logan Longevity of guest list shown with many Misses and Mrs. names across various cities and ranks.
The Mothers' Training and Culture Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs. T. M. Smith. Miss Henrietta Shipley spoke on her work as a trained nurse in public schools.
The Baptist Young People's Union of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott's home on San Pedro avenue. Favorable committee reports were heard and the group voted to charter a street car to attend the B Y P U meeting next Friday evening at Prospect Hill Church.
The Walter Richardson Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary at St. Mark's Episcopal Church will host a tea from 3 to 6 pm on Wednesday afternoon in the Parish House. All are cordially invited to attend.
A half hour hymn service for the YWCA Jubilee will be part of the 5 PM vesper at the association Sunday afternoon. Mrs. W. E. Smith will lead the meeting.
Sunday listings for First Baptist Church Beacon Hill Prospect Hill and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran detail pastors Rev S J Porter T V Neal W H Price T C Long and August Wolff. Activities include Sunday school 9 30 a m B Y P U 6 30 p m and multiple preaching times with evening English service at 8.00 pm and German English services at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm.
The Associated Bible Students host a lecture at Modern Woodmen hall on North Flores street at 2 45 pm with Pastor E D Sexton of Los Angeles speaking on The Holy City. He will also lecture at 8 pm.
St Marys Catholic Church on St Marys street lists Masses at 6 645 730 816 9 10 and high mass with sermon at 11. Special masses for visitors at 9 and 10 and a children's mass at 816 with catechism. Evening services with sermon at 746. Promoters of the League of the Sacred Heart meet after services. Night prayers and rosary nightly except Saturday at 745. Sacred Heart devotions and St Anthony box on Tuesday 746. Friday February 4 first Friday devotions and congregational singing of the Sacred Heart. Week Masses 630 730 815. San Fernando Cathedral Main Plaza rector Rev A Rosa CMF. Sunday masses 6 7 8 830 with 930 high mass Spanish sermon by Bishop Maximino Ruiz. English sermon 11 by Very Rev W W Hume. 230 meeting of Society of St Vincent de Paul 4 o clock vespers rosary benediction. Weekday masses 6 to 8 am. Evening rosary 730 and sacramental visit. Spanish catechism Tue Thu 4 pm English catechism Fri 4 pm followed by benediction. On Sunday February 6 Rev A Wendling to preach at 1100 mass. Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows Jones and Broad attended from the cathedral by Rev Eugene Sugr anes CM. Masses every Sunday 830. catechism after mass and Wednesdays at 4 pm.
First Church of Christ, Scientist holds all meetings in the Gunter hotel auditorium during new edifice construction. Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. subject Love. Evening service repeats morning message. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Listing of multiple San Antonio area Methodist churches with pastors and service times. Includes preaching at 10 45 a m 8 p m Sunday school 9 30 9:45 9 50 a m Epworth Leagues midweek prayer meetings and special installations and mass meeting details across Navarre San Marcos Alamo Heights East End McKinley West End Laurel Heights Prospect Hill and Free Methodist churches.
The Eastern Star minstrel show at the Scottish Rite Cathedral drew a near full house for its opening night. Proceeds support a fund for an Eastern Star Home for the Aged. Performers included many women in blackface acts, with interludes by Mrs. H. B. Vodie and a large chorus, plus dancers and vocalists such as Mrs. J. H. Bindley and the Alamo City Quartet. The show closed with Sambo Jam and His African Colony and was directed by Mrs. Lena Budd Powers.
Central Christian Church on Main avenue hosts Sunday services with Rev. Hugh McLellan preaching and Sunday school at 9 39 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. A special church social is planned for Wednesday February 2. Covernment Hill Christian Church on New Braunfels avenue and Mason street offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m led by pastor J C Bell. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 7 30 p m. Ladies Aid Society meets Tuesdays at 2 p m.
Church of the Nazarene on Colorado and Sandoval streets announces preaching at 11 a.m. Young people meet at 6:34 p.m. prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday services noted with pastor W O Self.
German Methodist church at South Hackberry and Montana hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 46 a m Young people 7 30 p m night worship and Wednesday prayer at 8 o clock Sunday school and midweek worship in English Trinity Methodist at Avenue C and Pecan Street lists Reverend Leonard as pastor and notes Rev F L Gower new district superintendent will preach at both services Sunday school 9 45 junior league 4 p m Epworth league 7 p m
Divine services at 201 Camden Street by the Woman's Club. Sermon titled The Woman Standing in the Sun Crowned with Stars and Having the Moon Under Her Feet from Revelation chapter seven verse one.
San Antonio girl Eleanor Wright will star as lead in La Tertulia presented by University of Texas Spanish students. The tour begins in Austin in early March then comes to San Antonio after the opening night at the university. The cast includes Bernard Werkenthin Daniel Saenz Jose Maranito Lewy Dunn Carlos Qualia S M Purcell Frances Giraud Ruth Whatley and Helen Janoch under Professor Hendrix supervision.
The city Baptist Young People's Union hosts a rally at Prospect Hill Baptist Church Friday at 7 45 p m. All Baptist young people in the city are urged to attend. The union with the largest percentage of members present will receive the city banner. A social hour follows the business.
The Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion meets weekly with John A. Lewis, general overseer and Dowie successor, leading services in Red Men’s Hall Sundays at 3 p.m. Evangelist Nettie F. Green oversees midweek sessions at 128 Cedar Street Wednesdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge invites members of the Federated Women's Societies of Madison Square Presbyterian Church to her Alamo Heights residence for an afternoon gathering from 3 to 5 o'clock on Monday.
Rev. George Kent of the Unitarian Church in New Orleans will spend February 8 to 13 in San Antonio delivering lectures titled The Gospel for a Great Time. He will conclude with two services on Sunday February 13. Kent is regarded as a leading liberal-speaking figure in the South. He travels Texas by commission of the American Unitarian Association to visit major cities, spending a week in each.
The Evangeli cal Friedens Church will hold its annual meeting at the church on Sunday morning after the morning service.
A Wednesday evening social gathering is planned for members of the Central Christian Church at the church building.
Rev. R. C. Elliott, longtime missionary in Mexico, will preach a Funday sermon at the San Marcos German Methodist Church.
A meeting of the promoters of the League of the Sacred Heart of St Marys Catholic parish will be held Sunday evening after service.
Mrs. R. S. Cleveland formerly Miss Leonora Ramsey of this city and a Belgian Congo missionary will speak about her work at Laurel Heights Methodist Sunday School on Sunday morning.
With Rev. 8S J Porter away in North Carolina Rev. T W Neal of Prospect Hill Baptist Church will preach at First church Sunday morning and Rev. W H Price will deliver the evening sermon.
The Young People's League of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a service at the county poor farm Sunday afternoon. The Woman's Society will hold its regular social meeting at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in the church parlors.
The Christian and Missionary Alliance at 826 Matagorda street announces Sunday school at 2 30 p m Sunday preaching at 3 30 and 7 30 p m Tuesday prayer meeting at 8 p m Thursday Bible class at 2 30 p m Rev A H F McCurdy will preach Sunday at 3 86 p m and 7 30 p m Services feature Bible study led by Superintendent Mrs Martha Kier
Central Congregational Church meets at the Young Men's Christian Association on Avenue PD and Third Street with C. A. Riley as pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m.
First Evangelical Church on Barnet and Chestnut hosts Bible school at 9:30 a m morning worship and sermon at 11 o clock The Unchanging Christ is the topic Young People's Alliance meets at 7:30 p m Night sermon at 6 o clock The Law of the Harvest Also Evangelical Friedens Church at Main avenue and Elmira street Julius Reichert pastor Sunday school at 9:15 a m services at 10:30 a m and 7 p m After morning service annual meeting Wednesday Sunday school teachers meeting at 7 p m and choir practice at 8 Thursday afternoon Ladies Aid Society at the school house
St. Mark s Episcopal Church Travis Park led by Rev Philip Cook lists services at 8 9 30 Sunday school 11 morning prayer litany and sermon and evening prayer. On Feb 3 Walter Richardson Branch will host a tea 3 to 6 pm. St John s Cherry and Burnet streets Rector R Barber. St Luke s on the Hill Holy communion 7 30 Sunday school 9 30 morning prayer and sermon 2 pm 7 30 pm. St Paul s Whitlow and Grayson streets Rector A W Burroughs Fourth Sunday after Epiphany with morning prayer and sermon 11 am and evening service 8 pm.
Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church on Avenue E and Fifth Street conducts Fourth Sunday after Epiphany with Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning service at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 30 p m Lachce Aid Society meets Tuesday February 13 30 p m at the church. Church council meeting Friday February 4 at 8 p m at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church South Presa and Hrosborough with Rev O Busse. Sunday school at 9 30 a m Divine service Sunday morning at 10 30 in Ger
Multiple churches list sermons, Sunday schools, and youth activities. Rev. Uwatlaker, McStravick, Kunze, and Jones lead services with themes including Exalted by Christ and The Hidden Man. Programs include morning sermons, afternoon Sunday schools, and Young People's Leagues across Utica area.
The Unitarian Church led by Rev. George H Bed ger holds services starting 11 a m at Odd Fellows hall and Crockett hotel. Tomorrow's discourse is The Glory of the Prophets the First Heretics and Their Heroism of Progress, fourth in The Bible As Literature and As Inspiration in Modern Scholarship. Sunday school and men's class begin at 10 a m.
The San Antonio Lodge of the Theosophical Society meets Sunday at 3 p m at 320 Avenue with a lecture on Intuition What It Is and What It Is Not. A members only meeting follows Wednesday at 8 pm.
An old medicine ad touts Bromo Quinine as a remedy to prevent grip colds. It notes only one Bromo Quinine and features E. W. Groves style signature on the box, with 285c as an index or price marker.
A special meeting of all Sunday school workers from every denomination was held at the St Anthony Hotel mezzanine to prepare for the State Sunday School Convention in San Antonio from April 28 to May 1. Roland Springall issued the call as president of the Bexar County Sunday School Association.
Mrs. E Holehan hosted a Thursday afternoon tea at 1211 South Mesquite Street honoring Miss Helen Hill of Granger. Guests included Mrs. A J Adams Mrs J H Hill of Granger and Mrs Walter Bull.
Light want ads are taken over the phone and charged. Phones Cr. 1742 and new 176. Fifteen words cost 15 cents.
Last day San Antonio engagement at Majestic theater features Metropolitan Dancing Girls from New York ballet company led by George and May Le Fevre. Also presented are the dramatic allegory Which we Shall I Marry and the act Since the Days of 61 with Foster Ball and lord West. Other acts include Chief Caupolican and Queenie Dunedin among others.
The long running Broadway hit Twin Beds by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo will be staged by Selwyn and Company at the Grand Opera House for four nights starting Monday with a Wednesday matinee. The show is described as brisk, witty comedy with lively action and vividly drawn characters.
Grand Opera House shows final program of Submarine Pirate in four reels of comedy with Syd Chaplin in the lead. The accompanying drama The Edge of the Abyss stars Mary Boland with Frank Mills and Willard Mack. The paper lauds the Ince society play as new and superior in its genre.
The article notes that leadership shifted to the most capable figures to handle the critical components. It emphasizes confidence in proven talent and strategic delegation to ensure success.
The Catholic churches mark Candlemass Day with a 9 a.m. candle blessing and high mass at San Fernando Cathedral. Thursday observes St Blase blessing on request. Friday honors St Andrew Corsini, rector Very Rev Andrew Rosa, with low mass at 7 o'clock. School children sing and Mrs. Ed Hoyer plays. Apostleship of Prayer group to receive communion. Ushers meet at 8 p.m. Friday.
Community readers are reminded to submit Sunday Light Want Ads before 8 pm for proper classification. Ads received after 8 and up to 10 pm will be placed in the too late to classify column.
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