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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1942
Page
9
A widower asks if he should marry again while caring for two children. A reader argues that love is imperative and that a new wife can serve as mother, suggesting loyalty means meeting the children’s needs and embracing a second marriage if the man truly loves. The letter defends remarriage as practical and reasonable.
A vintage advertising style piece describes concentrated fruit beverage powders. It claims a mix of dextrose, coloring, flavors, and vitamin D, with recipes for making drinks milk shakes sherbets and frozen desserts. It includes instructions for dissolving powder in water, adding sugar, and freezing steps for sherbets and shakes.
A fragmented survey of social gatherings appears with details of meetings at the Semper Fidelis, WY W. CLA, Enzabelli's Society and Grand Army of the Republic venues. Mentions include Adele Muegge at Elm Street, Mrs J C Nebou, Zela Tau Alpha at 501 Moninpalde, and a wedding announcement for Mary Frown to Norwood Rhodes noting a ceremony at Christ in Church on Gayeor Street. Participant names and locations are scattered and partially garbled.
Mrs Iwandry hosts a luncheon at the Fort on Saturday honoring Miss Florence Cowypo Ursuline Academy graduate. Grace Mary Cowie, sister of the guest, attends. Alpha Shuna Gamma and other sorority ties noted. Real estate ads appear in the page.
Six Chapters of O E S held a joint installation Saturday at the Scottish Rite temple. Sister Viva Roffman presided with Texas officers in attendance. officers for Adah, Alamo, Bexar, San Antonio, Texas No. 332, and other lodges were named, and 108 officers took the semi circles at the altar before a reception followed.
Ann and her circle drift between romance and rivalry at a fashionable San Antonio scene. Lotus Willard shuns a jealous plot as Roger Upton and Vince Ogden mingle with Julia and Ann at Cascades and a later ball. Tensions rise over loyalty, gossip, and possible affairs as the group navigates dinners, cocktails, and shifting affections.
A fragmented reminiscence notes walking as healthful exercise for all ages, praising its mood-boosting effects and urging sensible attire and timing. It then shifts to tales of patriotic local women, air raid wardens, and civilian wartime experiences, including a Washington host and a misheard blackout incident, ending with a brief obituary item for Simeilwan Man Dies Shemman, 38, former mayor of Sherman and Corsicana.
A health and fashion piece urges women to avoid heavy fabrics and bulky designs. It warns against illusions about weight, promotes slimming through exercise and restraint, and advises simple casual wool frocks with minimal embellishment. It also recommends cutting fats, starches, and sweets while prioritizing modest, flattering garments.
Monday evening Mrs Richard F Exzard and Mrs Bar A Darby hosted gatherings in Ellehan Aaower by Chalehana. Hon Sel Miss Roberta Meadows bride elect. Tuesday plank meeting of Battle C Plowers association at 10:30 p m in Municipal auditorium text wing. Mrs William Orrison hosted bridge party honoring Miss Pat Nims and Miss Dorothy Goltharst shower at her home for Mia Dor Lay Vernon bride elect. Mesdames William Chandier and William F Freeman Jr hosted luncheon at La Fonda complimenting Miss Reoberis.
Cornelius Reeckman outlines essential flag etiquette covering display methods, raised and lowered manners, procession order with other flags, wall or window mounting, horizontal or vertical display, and staff arrangements. It specifies starry field orientation, flag position in parades, and placement relative to other flags and speakers.
Former Cleburne mayor John Robb Nall, 67, died at home after a brief illness. Nall served as mayor in the city, passing away yesterday. Funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities releasing scant details.
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