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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1950
Page
21
Mrs F Gonzales and her husband offer Mexican dishes at the Roxy Mexican Dinner Cafe 3205 McCullough Ave. The attractively decorated dining room provides a quiet atmosphere as fresh ingredients yield popular items and rare specialties like pencques. The cafe invites families to enjoy air conditioned comfort and top quality service.
The San Antonio Aviation school at Stinson field offers a dual instruction crop dusting course using a specially designed plane. Bert Wilout, owner, says the dual-cockpit system with intercom lets instructors guide students during actual dusting, reducing ground-start risks. The program, Texas only its kind, trains pilots for dusting spraying and fertilizing work, with 40 pilots in training and 150 more enrolled for upcoming A and course.
Fred W. Miller built a repair shop of about 88 square feet at 2206 Quintanard in March 1945 with one helper. His motto Every Customer Must Be Pleased guided expansion to 20,820 square feet and a DeSoto Plymouth dealership at 2207 Quintanard across the street. Now 31 employees handle about 300 cars a year.
A healthful daily bath is praised for its cosmetic and physiological benefits. Warm water, scrubbing, and fragrance lift energy and skin vitality, with advice on routines, brushing, and deodorant to combat body odor. Great-grandma recalls older bathing habits, while skincare is linked to elimination and refreshed appearance.
Mrs D G Janssen hosted about 300 friends at a Sunday open house and housewarming in her home. Bouquets and bird of paradise centered rooms with flowered decor. Assisting were Mesdames Knippa Donaldson Staats Janssen and Misses Marilyn Knippa Marlene Staats. Guests in beverage room included Jerry Knippa Henry Manssen and Gilbert Meath. Mrs Janssen wore a black marquisette gown with white orchid corsage.
Albert Maverick arrived in New York Friday from La Lima Honduras to spend his month’s vacation in the states He planned a trip to Boston to see friends from the University of Texas law school and will visit his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Maverick Jr Mrs Lee Jennings hosts a Tuesday luncheon in the Coronal room Menger hotel honoring Misses Gloria Gibson and Miriam Lehmann Kerrville brides to be with 12 guests.
Mrs Sam Henry hosted a luncheon Friday at Oak Hills Country club for Molly Gilpin whose marriage to Albert Martin Miller, Lake Charles La, will take place May 22. A dinner party by Mrs V Gilpin followed the rehearsal in the Manor Tearoom patio. On Thursday Mrs James O Laughlin and Miss Linda Fake hosted a luncheon at Ft Sam Houston Officers Club for Miss Gilpin with pink and lavender blossoms decorating the eight-seat table.
Mrs. Alva R. Keany completes plans for a European pilgrimage with St. Marys of Texas. Five days in New York before sailing August 15 aboard the Queen Mary. Route includes Cherbourg Paris Lourdes Rome Florence Venice Milan and Lucerne with Passion Play in Oberammergau and Genoa to New York in September.
A youth confessed to fatally stabbing Jack Solether after a confrontation with Arvin Popham outside a downtown San Antonio bar. Witnesses describe a sequence of alcohol fueled dispute, bottles thrown, a hunting knife drawn, and a claim by Popham of murder before driving away. Police secured the scene and took the assailant into custody at a YMCA lodging.
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