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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1943
Page
4
Announcement signals a national salute aired over radio to support Bexar County Emergency Medical Service. Dr. H J Ogilvie to receive honors for the musical division. Records cite the program as wartime morale and fundraising, with a drive for waste paper and cans benefiting the EMS blood bank.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the 24th Church and the Church Council of Faith Evangelical Lutheran will meet at 1222 West Theo Avenue in the home of Mr and Mrs C H Brauer on Thursday evening. Mrs Wd Delthioff, president, will lead the Mission topic.
Readers ask about courtesy on stairs bridegroom attire and wedding etiquette. The column discusses who leads on stairs, when the bride changes, tuxedo timing, entry order, congratulating the couple, and ushers versus maid of honor. It includes wedding advice from ARS Cornelius Beeckman and letters from readers.
Mary Warren daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Warren wed Lieut Robert A Kerr son of Mr and Mrs Augustis Kerr at Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel. The ceremony featured Rev John F Daly and organist Fred McGowan. Attendants included best man Maj Erica T Tria from Port Samuel Houston, groomsmen J Brunt and Harold Cash, usher Cadet James William Finch, maid Patricia Johnson, bridesmaids Joyce Bannet and Marie O Connor. A reception followed at Dr and Mrs Charles Scull home with multiple locals assisting. The couple planned a trip to Monterrey Mexico and will reside at the Denver hotel in Victoria with Lieut Kerr posted there.
Miss Frances Heilage hosts a Zonte club gathering at 668 East Woodlawn Avenue Alam, O E 5 La villitz with Miss Annette Wilke and guest Martha Brumby visiting from Murphy North Carolina. Miss Brumby and Wilke are Tet Delta sorority members from Grenaw college, Gamarilie Georgia, planning Amarillo visits.
Diana Roselle Peterson was welcomed July 23 to Lt. Col. Norman L. Peterson and his wife as the couple’s daughter. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Satavel Peterson of the city and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fulmor of Riverside, California, with sister Sandra also mentioned. The report notes community club activity as the Letter Carriers Auxiliary met for a sewing and luncheon gathering, creating baby caps for British War Relief and planning August meetings.
In Mexico City style, Laura Moreno hosts a luncheon at her Sepulveda house featuring Manuel Morenos. Guests include Daphne MacNeil and the James Rathwell Peges, with Mexican cuisine highlighted by tunason damon and nile poblano.
War correspondent from Woodlark Island in the Solomons reports on life among 800 Papuan natives, describing customs, labor, and a controversial 120 shillings ceiling price for wives. The piece blends humor and grim observations of jungle life, colonial dynamics, and wartime hardship in the Southwest Pacific.
Radio schedule notes a July 31 1943 KMAG program featuring Les Charses and Shregnik music segments, Art of Living, Words at War, and a Battle of entertainers roundup. Bob Chester Benny Goodman and Ray Pearl appear among acts with The Minion Dollar Band and Ole Opry segments listed.
Mrs Willeahett Ferker winner of a recent contest at the San Antonio Air Depot will appear on Dave Elman's Hobby Lobby program over ETSA tonight at 7:90. She will recount how her invention, inspired by her Nobby, aids the war effort. Mrs Parker works at the depot and is part of a family fully engaged in defense. Her husband also works there. her father is in a defense plan in Kansas and three brothers serve in the armed forces. She is mother to two daughters who are knitting for the Red Cross.
An expert predicts a six year war, but the column misrenders the reasoning with humor and odd phrases. It discusses finish line speed limits, Admiral Horne, and a wish for 1945, mixing satire with tangled wording and unrelated asides.
G C Henry pastor of Peoples Baptist Church of the Missionary Association of Texas at 4538 South Flores Street has announced services. Sunday School at 10 am preaching and missionary union at 11 am with preaching. Women’s Missionary Society meets Monday at 2 pm and mid week services Wednesday at 8 15 pm.
Texas state safety data show San Antonio recording 32 traffic deaths in the first six months of 1943, the highest among large cities except Laredo. The rate was 35.3 per 100,000, up from 21 deaths and 16.5 rate a year earlier. Laredo had five deaths for 25.5, while Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Abilene reported no traffic deaths in the period.
Ginger Rogers publically introduces Robert Ryan as her new leading man for Dender Comrade under RKO. The article notes Ryan, 33, previously on New York stage and under contract, already paired with buzz from industry figures, while other Hollywood names like Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck are tied to upcoming projects. It also catches quick glimpses of Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Carole Lombard headlines, plus a snapshot of the busy film world and war-time audience chatter.
Weekly Sunday evening devotions at the Amerson River theater will be led by Trinity Lutheran Church Harlyandale with Rev G A Poehlman as speaker. Services are popular and valued for their solace and participation. In bad weather they move to St Johns Lutheran Church South Presa Nueva streets near La Villla.
The Grove Avenue Church of Christ minister J. P. Sewell will open a revival meeting in Pryor Oklahoma this week. Elder George M. Rance will preach Sunday morning and C. J. Massey will speak. Lloyd Rutledge will lead the Church Night program on Wednesday.
Rev. Eulgene Slater of Woodlawn Methodist Church is named speaker for the Thursday Inter-denominational Service at Travis Park. The service starts at 12 05 and ends at 12 35. Sponsored by the San Antonio Ministers Association, with programs led by Dr. Samiel L. Terry.
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