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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1939
Page
15
Gladiolus bulbs should be dug after foliage browns and partly dries. Separate old bulbs from new bulbs and bulblets carefully, store in a ventilated cool place for two weeks, then dry and bundle for next season. Sprinkle nitrate flakes for pest protection. plant timing urged for January or February in San Antonio.
A fragmented ad-like prose discusses carbon disulfide and cyanogas use in gardening. It warns these substances harm plants and humans, advises damp soil rather than water, and notes fumes are hazardous. It mentions ants protecting sap-sucking insects and promotes a seed catalog and a book by P A Hentor, with cautions to store chemicals safely in San Antonio.
Otis Dogier's Rivals print joins the Wite museum galleries after 45 years mistaken for a razor hoe by Dr. J A Pickens. George Pickens adds an Indian hammer to his relics collection. Fluorite and fluorite mislabeling surface amid busy butterfly mounting and shell tagging. Major Kilbourne catalogues Philippine shells. Longoria’s buffalo skull from Cheyenne features in notes. Kate Hunter’s Palestine collection of 88 European architectural photos spans 1467 to 1875 for lectures.
The second in a series of summer symphony concerts by the San Antonio Federal Symphony Orchestra will be presented Monday evening July 17 at 8:30 in the Sunken Garden theater. Sponsored by the city, admission is free. Conducted by Walter Dunham, the program features the Federal Symphony Orchestra with amateur musicians.
The painting Penitentes by P. L. Halnstedt 9 San Antonio drew strong attention at Ada Oklahoma with Ida L. Hoover noting it sparked more intelligent questions than other works. Pearle Warner praised it as the exhibit’s standout piece among major panthemi artists for its color and form, evoking a vivid open-air sea scene and the Crucifixion.
The article lists meetings for multiple units of the auxiliary at Roots Presbyterian. Scheduled on Monday morning at 9:30 assemble at the Protestant Orphans Home with units including Nos 2 3 4 6 9 10 11 12. others meet at Brackenridge Park Olmos Scenic Loop and specific addresses. A luncheon follows for Past Presidents Club of the Grand Army of the Republic hosted by Mrs. Louise Telt Ewing on Haynes Avenue.
Miss Margy Ann Hall seen on tennis courts rests after a hard set. Home from the University of Texas for the summer after attending the Pi Phi convention in Houston. Plans a few short coastal trips with the remainder of her time spent locally.
Bridal Path reports several upcoming marriages: Mary Loms to Barney Kotrobe on July 4 in Hollywood at the Immaculate Conception Church, with Kraus and Bowen unions planned mid July. Attendants include Ann Adele Brice and Pearl Webb. best man and groomsmen from military bases listed. Laura Gas to Oswald I Weidner set for Tuesday August 8.
Dr Editic Bonnet displays a small house model in Ogden Lane while Mr and Mrs John James name their summer retreat TURKEY HOLLOW nine miles north of Comfort.
In town chatter two Mrs Jess Jones appear, one as Mrs Jessie Jones mother of Mrs R F Leary, the other as Jesse Jones’s wife. Citizens joke about in‑town marriages and local pairs Haile and Hardie, while the Woodward Alt Gelts list time at Blanco country place.
Nollywood star Brenda Maratiall was reportedly launched in Hollywood during a chaotic poolside christening for a ship model. The event featured champagne, a surprise slip by a child named Happy, and a staged scene that ended with a fall into the Bacon pool as cameras rolled.
The Woman's Anapel alley of the Madison Square Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday at 108 mm. Medical missions will be the sub sect of the meeting and Miss Amy Brown will lead the devotional. A freewill offering for medical missions will be taken and a luncheon will follow the meeting. Hollywood extras work ten thousand days on The Lay and the Knight as Warner Casting executives Raye estimate.
Pilot International activity took place in the Milam cafeteria with President Anta Bella Burkhardt presiding. Miss Frieda Jaehulg presented no quiz on Pilot International history. A Cornhusker Club invitation for August 6 was accepted. Bethany church Women’s Union will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. OH. A. Eldowan’s home on North Loop road.
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