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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1940
Page
13
A playful graduation scene at Nigat ayra includes a child’s Roosevelt style speech. Nearby, Paul Carson’s 407 Harrigan apartment hosts a 300-item porcelain dog collection. Other notes mention a nurse’s aide, a law graduate, a plane lesson, a weatherstrip baby, and light political quips.
Dorothy May Cate five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Reynolds N Cales 510 Greer Street will represent San Antonio as junior duchess at the Tom Tom festival in Yoakum Her mother was the first queen of the Tom Tom festival
Eighty Girl Scouts gathered at Olmos Basin Camp for a day program directed by Mrs Morris Dudley. The group met on Franklin fields to learn cooking using large cans as stoves, ate from triple plates and drank from tin cups. Nature study and hikes were part of the program.
Assessments by city have begun based on a resurvey by George Ehrenberg of Dallas. Property owners in areas with increases will be notified, as stated by tax commissioner Ray Davis.
Postmistress in Jourdanton Miss Mamie Howerton named acting postmaster after Mrs Helen Peet retired She has been serving as assistant at the office The article notes a six week Camp Gayoes beginning Thursday at Castroville sponsored by the Moye Military School and conducted by the Divine Providers group
The housing authority, seeking to deter arson, has fireproofed Alazan Courts by adding steel shelves and hangers in closets. Two story and one story units feature new drainboards, kitchen sinks, cabinets, and overhead shelves. The improvements aim to reduce fire risks and improve safety.
Housing officials state that tenement use of steel in houses reduces overhead and replacement costs over the project life of fifty years. They emphasize a design for lasting construction with reinforced steel and vertical tie walls in all buildings to endure long term use.
Arthur Rogs Baer delivers a cryptic column about survival, reform, and societal pressures with satirical riffs on American life, modern industry, and the need for broader, safer automobiles while hinting at broader cultural anxieties and defixhifal notions.
Merle Oberon appears on stage in Pittsburgh in a role described as dramatic and stylish. Brenda Marshall, Frank McHugh, and a youthful actor portraying a boy provide supporting performances in this production with a focus on modern conveniences and stagecraft.
Three Sin Astonians have been named to the legislative committee of the Texas Safety association. They are W. M. McIntosh publisher of The San Antonio Light and president of the Texas Newspaper Publishers association, M. Ms. Harris editor of the Express and Evening News, and Ray Leeman executive vice president of the South Texas chamber of commerce. The committee will meet in June at Austin under the chairmanship of Mrs. Josephy M. Perkins of East lend, president of the Texas Federation of Women's clubs.
Christopher Allen Bishop, heir to wealth, abandons a life of privilege to seek independence in a free car journey toward a forked road. Raised amid Fifth Avenue prestige, he leaves the Bishop dynasty after resigning from a lucrative brokerage job and cashing inheritances to pursue personal freedom away from family control. The June day finds him at a crossroads, contemplating a life defined by choice rather than status.
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