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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1944
Page
15
P A Renton outlines scouting and defenses for gardeners facing cucumber beetles aphids and asparagus beetles among others. He advises netting baby vines dusting with calcium arsenate and gypsum or rotenone, and applying these measures as plants grow. The guide covers cabbage family pests and the need to start protections early and continue through harvest.
A century style guide lists chemical controls for cabbage eyeplants potatoes and tomatoes. It explains using rotenone pyrethrum calcium arsenate nicotine and arsenic as sprays or dusts for pests including flea beetles potato bugs leafhoppers cutworms squash bugs Mexican bean beetles tomato worms and corn ear worms with cautions on tomato leaf shading and soil crust prevention. It also advises using poison bait for grasshoppers and notes care of pruned tomato leaves and seed germination practices.
The First Presbyterian Church auxiliary announces Circle meetings at 2 30 p m on Monday with multiple coordinators listed by circle. Additional events include an evening circle Monday at 6 30 p m and a business and professional women's circle Thursday led by C O Leary and Marguerite O Hair.
Patricia Stuttel of San Antonio and Marie Polisi of Brooklyn win national honors for 10 successive years in piano auditions conducted by the National Piano Guild. Of more than 3000 entrants in 1935 only these two remained, each receiving a Paderewski memorial gold medal after performing at least 20 selections from masters, totaling over 209 memorized works before renowned judges. Miss Staffel, 18, is daughter of Gerald and Mrs. Staffel of San Antonio and studies in St. Louis with Gottfried Galsten, having trained nine years in San Antonio with Mrs Tekla Staffel.
The Douglas Round Table club will meet for luncheon at 12 30 p m Wednesday in the Oriental room of the Gunter hotel with co hosts Mrs Wildam H Kimball and Mrs James Knapp.
Miss Juanita Mabry daughter of Mr and Mrs T A Mabry married Aviation Cadet Francis C Messer at Chapel No 3 May 28 The bridegrooms unit was the San Antonio Aviation Cadet center The couple reside at 1607 Broadway The bride a Edison High School graduate and attended by Verna Grews brother Morton Mabry served as best man The article notes the couple are newlyweds and reside at their address
Miss Hortense Friedson aged 67, of Antonio, married Lieut. Herbert Serota of Philadelphia, Pa., in Baltimore with Rabbi A. D. Shaw officiating. After brief stays in Atlanta City and Philadelphia, the couple plan to live at 221 Mandalay Drive, San Antonio. Mrs Edna Chavannes and her daughter held an open house on June 4 to honor Mrs Bebinger and Miss Alma Ray Chavannes as they prepare to attend the Chicago Musical College summer session.
William Larry Gray, who has attended Peacock Military Academy for two years, travels to Ladella, California to spend the summer with his mother Mrs. Jack E. Davis. He arrives in time to celebrate his fifteenth birthday as Maj. William J. Gray serves overseas. Miss Marie Antonia Salinas, Brackenridge High School graduate, honored at La Tapatia King 29 dinner hosted by her parents.
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