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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
3
The golfers in the Ne Tre Missisalppi tournament were honored at the San Antonio Country Club with a Wednesday dinner. Individual tables on the terrace glowed with colored lights as the ballroom became a white cocktail room. After dinner guests moved to the Yoof garden for a Calcutta pool, with about 400 attendees.
Mrs W A Adams and Mrs Walter Nolte leave for College Station on Thursday to attend the graduation of Mrs Adams grandson from the University of El Paso affiliate college. They will stay with Mrs Will Howell during a several day visit and join a Mexican dinner postponed to Friday at the San Antonio Country Club.
Mrs John Flannery hosted a Thursday tea at her home for her sister Miss Margaret Bachtel and Miss Mildred Caldwell both graduates of Thomas Jefferson. About 30 guests attended as red glutinli and white Shasta daisies decorated the rooms. Mrs Flannery was assisted by her mother Mrs A M Bechtel and Mrs James R Caldwell. The Slatesmen of Jefferson High held their annual banquet at the original Mexican restaurant Vernon Daley acted as master of ceremonies. Harry Watson is the new president for the coming year.
St Marys staff honors Miss Colt headmistress at a patio party held Wednesday evening at St Anthony hotel. Yellow and white decor featured Shasta daisies as table centerpieces. Guests included numerous teachers and staff members listed in attendance.
A satirical and fragmentary piece mocks Tammany Hall and a Goddess of Fair Dealing style code linked to the National Recovery Act. It lampoons social behaviors, smoking, dining, and dating norms, referencing figures like Mrs. Walter Johnson of Chicago, Ann Shirley Johnson, and local gossip about social rules, boats, and entertainment.
Miss Annie Terrell will arrive Thursday June 11 from Marty Baldwin seminary in Virginia to spend the summer with her father Marshall Terrell. Mr and Mrs Felix McKnight, guests of Marshall Terrell, leave next week for Dallas, accompanied by their daughter Joan Elizabeth.
Mr and Mrs G A Black hosted a dinner dance on the Gunter hotel roof Wednesday night in honor of Patricia Scott a June graduate of Jefferson High The event featured crystal carts with red roses and guests including Barbara Benton Mary Pool Ruth Joyce Alice Sawtelle Ann Campbell Betty Jean Lyle Frank Hicks Rualaskew Payid Boner George Fider James Timmons Francis Simpson Terrell Couch and Mr and Mrs Frank B Scott.
Miss Lucile Kavanaugh presents dancing pupils in a program of Russian Spanish and Indian legends at 8 p m Friday at Alamo Heights High School auditorium. Dancers are assisted by voice pupils of Mary Sheeb Beware. Mrs Richard Henry Russell is now at St Anthony Hotel.
A Baylor Medical student group arrives in Corpus Christi with Miss Eleanor Townsend and classmates Cath erine Heaney Josephine Shelton and Jack Heaney. The group, noted as residents, visited Miss Townsend for a short period before returning to their homes.
The notice lists wedding invitations for Dorothy Lee Krieger to Deward James Collins on Monday June 14 1937 at 8 oclock in San Antonio Texas. It mentions guests Vaughan B Meyer and Mrs D Meyer Engle Pass, Dr and Mrs E D Dumas, Catherine Biedenharm Dorothy Buckley returning UT Austin students, Bob Townsend visiting, and Julie Westervelt returning from the University of Miami for summer in San Antonio.
Social notes describe Mrs Conn L Milburn hosting a luncheon at San Antonio Country Club for Flora Day Torques and Hallie Joan Cowden of Sen An geld as guest of Mrs Milburn. Other items mention Mrs E B McQuilach celebrating an eighty eighth birthday with family. engagements, parties, and local club dances at Fort Sam Houston and Lockwood Community Recreation club with an eight piece orchestra.
A social week in San Antonio features a Thursday reception at Mira Flores for June graduates Minsés Margaret Dryden and Alice Palslex, a Friday luncheon at the San Antonio Country Club honoring visiting Trans Miss golfers, plus breakfasts, teas, and family gatherings at Fort Sam Houston and Highland Park School faculty events. Notable attendees include Ruth H. O’Hare, Reva K. Stafford, Mrs. Frank Vaden Jr., Mrs. Fitness Hays, Mrs. Magruder Stickney, and June graduates.
Paschal Walthall, a Texas university student, and Walter Walthall, Baylor Medical student, have returned home to spend the summer. Mrs. W. W. McAllister hosts Mrs. H. Alexander of Dallas visiting. plans include a Lake Medina camp trip. Miss Lee Bledenharn, UT graduate, guest of Seth Searcy in February, will go to Austin after receiving her diploma.
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