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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1937

Page

15

Social Leaders Plan Opera Parties This Week

Social leaders stage parties around Civic opera Mlle Madiste. Sunken garden hosts cooling event plans with informal dinners before and after the performance. Mrs Richard French Spencer and other hostesses entertain in honor of cast members at Mrs Edwin M Jones residence with visiting notables expected.

Civic Opera Richard French Spencer Edwin M. Jones B. J. McNeel P. Armeson Lewis Krams Beck Lois Farnsworth Kirkpatrick Lst

Baker to Host Box Party at Opera Event

W H Baker will entertain with a box party Thursday evening at the Sunken Garden theater for the Civic Opera company production Mademoiselle Modiste. Guests include Mesdames Francis Hiys Co J Matthews Preston Dial William King Marcus Cler t MM Y Fouche Rose Wheeler and J K Stuart along with Miss Flora Day Towns end and her mother’s sister Miss Malcolm Fowns and Miss Almeda Towns. They departed Tuesday for New York and Huston and will visit Cape Cod on Byward day and be away several months returning to the East by boat.

Irs W. H. Barker Opera Mademoiselle Civic ‘Opera'company Sunken Garden Theater Mesdames Francis Hiys Co. J Matthews Preston Dial William King Marcus Clert MM. Y. Fouche Rose Wheeler J. K. Stuart Flora Day Towns Misa Malcolm ‘Fowns Almeda Towns New York Huston

Mr and Mrs Bishop End Trip at Greely Colorado

Word comes from Mr and Mrs Merrill Bishop about their Yellowstone and Estes Park trip. They are now in Greely Colo where Mr Bishop will teach at State Teachers College and work on his doctorate. Mrs Brient visited her parents the Stallings and left with Brient for Hillsborough. Mrs Joe Ansley departed with her brother for Laredo to spend several days.

Merrill Bishop Yellowstone Park Estes Park Greely Colo Bishop State Teachers’ College Albert. Brient S. L. Stallings Brient Hillsborough Joe Ansley Henry Zachary Laredo

Folbre Family Heads East for Waco and New York

Mrs. Folbre leaves Tuesday for Waco to join Mr and Mrs Arthur Upleger and then motor to New York City. They plan to join Dr Tom Folbre, resident physician at Long Island College Hospital, for a vacation including a two week Canada tour. The Wexans will return home in six weeks.

C. H. Folbre Waco Arthur Upleger Wl Motor New York City

Sally Cheyney Fetes Guest From Alabama

Miss Sally Cheyney hosts guest Miss Jean Bellingrath of Montgomery Alabama en route to California for the summer. Dr and Mrs Lucius Hit and family plan several weeks on the Texas coast in August. Miss Evelyn Duerler arrived home from Dallas Wednesday morning after spending the past weekend.

Sally Cheyney Jean Bellingrath Montgomery Ala California Lucius Hit Texas Evelyn Duerler Dallas

Randolph Field Girl Observes Birthday Celebration

Miss Jacquelyn Cone of Randolph Field celebrated her seventh birthday last week with pink and blue decorations. Refreshments were served to a list of children including Virginia Couch North Cardell Jn Seegard Soren son Naedine Sorensen Mary Jane Homer Janette Scott Marilyn Bell Geraldine Gurley Charlotte Belch Edna Mee Baughman Tommy Dobit Kathryn Andricks Mary Delma Grabsky Catherine Gurley Jo Belch Jr Mary Etta Gurley Richard Frick Borothy Kellimo Bobby Himes Billy Tarpley Barbara Danyhoff Bebe Denivar and Marlon iborth.

Jacquelyn Cone Randolph Field Virginia Couch North Cardell Jn Seegard, Sorenson Naedine Sorensen Mary Jane

Octogenarian Goes on Long Cycle Trip

Underhill Vermont July 17. An 80 year old bicycle rider named Bolley plans to travel between Mis Uitte town and Chicago. He expects to cover between 6 and 70 miles daily on his long road trip. Rural Women Camping Six counties in Pennsylvania sponsor adult recreational camps for rural women at State College.

Underhill Chicago William Bolley State College Pennsylvania Margaret Brown Pennsylvania , State College

S A Woman Receives News on Coronation

An American woman receives a letter from J Owen Ambler describing coronation impressions from London. He notes crowded streets, films, the archbishop with the crown, Derby participation, the forthcoming Aldershot tattoo, and his stay near Sussex Gardens while his wife remains in St. Louis awaiting fall reunion.

J. Owen Ambler Gay Spain London Sussex Gardens Hyde Park Kensington Gardens

Gypsies Loot Gas Station and Other Local Thefts

Multiple robberies reported across the city including two Gypsy men and two women at a South Presa gas station stealing $19 from a cash register. Other incidents include a stolen pen at Labor temple, four cases of theft from a parked truck, hinges torn from a Marcus Clark door, two suits stolen from a car, and knives stolen from a Purnish Avenue residence. A youth was caught attempting to break a marble machine at the Texas Fruit store on North Flores. Two men entered a Hackberry shop and fled with $5.

Eugene Thompson South Presa Street Thompson William B. Arnold Labor Temple North Street Joe Ponce South Trinity Street Gald Tieves Marcus Clark Company Ninth Street Broadway E. W. Bick Houston F. H. Dean Purnish Avenue Texas Frudt North Fio- Tes Breek Ed Wahrmund Linder South Hackberry Tal

Torso Killer Clue Sought In Cleveland Slayings

Deputy Inspector David J. Cowles said ultraviolet rays may reveal prints on a newspaper wrapping the tenth torso slaying victim found in Kingsbury Run. Coroner reports the body had been in the water about 48 hours. investigators hope perspiration salts in the paper will lift prints to check against criminal files.

Cleveland David J. Cowles Kingsbury Run Cuyahoga River Cowles Sante

Osteopaths Honor Michigan Doctor at Convention

Dr Ho ward A Ward of Saginaw was elected president of the American Chiropractors Association at its forty first convention. In Albany Vermont Edward P Kenney, 35, father of two, graduated with 73 others from Bellows Free Academy as a Fairfield town official.

Osteopaths Michigan Ghicags Howard A. Ward Saginaw, Mich American Calaapathic Association Albane INS Edward P. Kenney Fairfield Bellows Free Academy

California trip tales and celebrity spotting at Hollywood

Ethel Martindale Calhoun returns from California with daughter Betty visiting La Jolla Catalina Yosemite Hollywood and San Francisco. She recalls seeing Grace Moore Harpo Marx Shirley Temple celebrities and a parade of actors. Also mentions companions Virginia Martindale Johnson Everett Span and others with social events and a party for a Phi Beta Kappa student.

Ethel Martindale Calhoun California Betty Robeth Martindale Everett Johnson la Jolla Ethel Catalina Island Yosemite Valley Hollywood San Francisco San Diego Santa Monten Tia Juana Agua Galiente Grace, Moore Harpo Marx Shirley Temple Chinatown Huntington Rary Garden Gate Bridge Jack Henry Little Betty Virginia Martindale Johnson Everett Span

Arneson to Stay as District WPA Director

The restive nation of E P Arneson, District 10 WPA director, will remain on staff with a $1 per year wage. He tendered resignation last week to return to private engineering. Effective July 16, J A Hartlige will replace him. A separate item reports a 12 pound haddock caught in Boston Harbor weighing 13 1/2 pounds.

E. P. Arneson WPA H. B Arneson J. A. Hartliige Uvalde Wpa Super-Haddock Boston Flan

City 10 Starts Paying Of Bond Projects Soon

Mayor C K Quin announced Wednesday that several job-creating projects would begin within two weeks to employ idle WPA workers. Work will proceed on credit until bonds are issued, starting with the repayment of Arlington Plaza at 6999 dollars, city contributing 3903 dollars, followed by small sewer projects.

C. K. Quin WEA E. P. Axneson District 10 WPA Quin Alanio Plaza

Burglar Pleads Guilty in Home Burglary Case

Aléjandro Modito pleaded guilty to burglary in Crim inal District Court, admitting he burglarized Alfredo Garcia's home at 1228 Seal Street on May 27. Judge W. McCrory sentenced him to two years in prison.

Aléjandro Mo Dito Msted Dudes We. W. McCrory Criminal District Court Motiip Alfredo Garcia Seal Street

Arnold Secures Permit for Labor Day Festival

Labor day celebration planned in San Pedra park with approval from Mayor G K Quin after a request by WB Arnold, executive member of the San Antonio Trades Council. Event scheduled for September 6, a Wednesday, under local labor officers’ authorization.

Arnold San Pedra Park G. K. Quin WB. Arnold San Antonio Trades Council

Mrs Oppenheimer Rites Friday in San Antonio

The body of Mrs Dan Oppenheimer formerly Mimi Ramner died in Ann Arbor Michigan hospital Tuesday. Funeral and interment will be in San Antonio with services Friday at 10 a.m. at 109 Fest Elmira Street officiated by Rabbi Ephraim Frisch. She leaves husband Florence Jacoby in Los Angeles, daughter Ann Marion Oppenholmer, mother, and uncle Henry Rabe. she graduated from Smith College and acted in theater and hosted a radio program.

Dan Oppenheimer Mimi Ramner Ann Arbor Mich San Antonio Henry Oppenheimer

Roosevelt seeks $400 million in next year budget cuts

President Roosevelt announced that department heads saved about $96 million under estimates in the last quarter and urged impounding 10 percent of appropriated funds. Officials note a $95 million saving since April and say continued retrenchment could balance the 1938 budget by reserving money not yet needed.

Washington Roosevelt Congress

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