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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1938

Page

15

Blind Fish Lure Museums Seek Deep Water Specimens

The Witte Memorial museum offers one dollar per blind fish or salamander collected from deep artesian wells or caves. The article notes discoveries of four blind fish 1250 feet down, mentions Professor Carl L. Hubbs and other visitors, and touches on related museum interests such as chatelaine relics, Spanish American War artifacts, and wildflower courses.

Molly Heisman Witte Memorial Museum William Kremner Carl L. Hubbs University of Michigan Hubbs Museum

Happiest Moments Told by Stars

A light feature lists moments from film stars amid a playful tone. William Powell relaxes after work while Myrna Loy enjoys a garden scene. Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor appear in humorous vignettes. Eleanor Powell dances. Freddie Bartholomew gives gifts. Clark Gable goes on hunting trips. Nelson Eddy sings.

Mero-Garden-Mayer Wiliam Powell Jet Myrna Loy F Garden Wallace Aeery High Sierras Robert Taylor Reenlind Russell Eléanor Powell Freddie Bartholomew Mylicent Clark Gable Nelson Eddly

Actress Solves Dress Problem With Matching Bag

Ann Sheridan solves wardrobe coordination by having a bag made to match each dress but summer materials are too light. She uses a large white envelope bag with a gipper cover to pair with any frock. Milo Anderson arranged the bag for her Warner Bros film Cowboy From Brooklyn. Loretta Young receives many gifts for Suez and cherishes a bouquet of pansies sent by her adopted daughter Judy Lovetti from the Twentieth Century Fox dressing room.

Ann Sheridan Ann Milo Anderson Warner Ros Cowboy Brooklyn Loretta Young Suez Judy Lovetti Toom Twentieth Century- Fox

Those Bare Flower Beds What to Plant

Garden advice on rejuvenating bare flower beds with portulaca and turentea, sowing seeds, and selecting varieties. It covers pruning tips for cosmos, delphinium, larkspur, and climbing roses, soil moisture, weed control, and preparing for future winter flowering sweet peas.

Church Ceremony A Pretty Affair

The marriage of Miss Doloras Praticls Shipley to Bernard Joseph Anderwald took place at 9 a m Saturday in St Marys Catholic church. Reverend Walter Arnold officiated with music by Egward Harrison and Cecelia Halbacher. Bride wore Chantilly lace over white satin with a lace veil and seed penzi coronet. Maid of honor Isabel Anderwald and best man Rush Fielden assisted. After the ceremony a breakfast followed. the couple plans a California trip next week.

Doloras Praticls Shipley C. Hill Bernard Joseph Anderwald Prank Anderwald Bandera St. Mary's Catholic Church Walter] Arnold Egward Harrison Cecelia Halbacher Margaret Tocci Gounod Isabel Anderwald Beverly AN Dilgosh Rush Fielden Andepwadd California

Renton Studies New Flowers on Southern California Tour

Paul A. Renton Jr. garden editor of The Light tours Southern California gathering data on hybridizing and seed raising. He notes trials at Huntington Memorial Library in Pasadena, Bernstein gardens in Beverly Hills, and Badger gardens in El Monte, with Miss Detty Badger earning national recognition for garden writing. Renton plans to inspect gladiolus gardens on Catalina Island and spoke to the Optimist International about his work teaching boys at a juvenile home farm program.

Paul A. Renton Jr the Light California San Antonio Huntington Memorial Pasadens Bernstein Beverly Hills Renton Detty Badger el Monte Miss Bodger Bexar County Rome Catania Willam Wrigley Jr Los Angeles

Ruby Mercer Sings In The Spring Maid Here July 6

Coast to coast headlines mark Ruby Mercer career as she arrives in San Antonio before July 6 to star opposite Pleas MeNet in Reinhardt's The Spring Maid Civile Opera production. Mercer trained three years with Madame Sembrich after Juilliard, sang principal female roles in Ti Pagnatti and Faust in New York and St Louis, then led Romberg Harbachs Forbidden Melody on Broadway.

Ruby Mercer Antonio Pleas MeNeet Reinhardt New York Madame Sembrich Juilliard Graduate School of Music Miss Mercer St Louis Metropolitan Opera Leoncavallo Gounod Carl Brisson Ruby Merrer M.g-M California Metro Politan Opera Whithee Hollywood

Make-Up Turns Back Clock for Actor in The Great War

Hollywood make-up artist Jack Duwel and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer recreates the youthful Franz Josef for Hull in early scenes of The Great War. Using portraits and three months of prep, the makeup renders Hull as he appeared at 19, a rare reverse aging effect for a film role.

Porte Lean Hollywood Henry Brgil Bark Jack Duwel Metro-Gald- Wyn-Mayer Pack Hull Franz Josef Great Waite Dawn

St Clair Directs Next Jones Family Picture

Malcolm St Clair will direct the next Jones Family film for Twentieth Century Fox titled Safety in Numbers as announced by Associate Producer John Stone. The production, now rescheduled to start June 6 to allow Spring Byington to finish her Columbia assignment You Cant Take It with You, will feature the Jones children completing their school terms with a focus on studies. Georgia Ernst is in the third year of high school, June Carlson is in the first, and Bing Mahin is in the second primary grade.

Malcolm St. Clair Twentieth Century-Pox John Stone Permib Spring Byington Columbia Jones Georgia Ernst June Carlson Bingo Mahin Prade

Autograph Book 15 Star's Travel Prize Parachute Scarfs Film fad

Rosalind Russell ships to England to star in The Citadel with an autograph book as her prized item. Hollywoods top autograph collector, she collects signatures from famous British personalities and stage visitors. Scarfs cut from old parachutes spark a new fashion as merchants buy up unused parachutes from army fields.

Rosalind Russell England Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the Citadel Miss Russer Hollywood Miss Russell Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Gable

Iboat is launched miles from ocean in big Paramount tank

A 17 ton fishing boat used in Spawn of the North film project was launched in a large Paramount tank built for the production. The Star Light crane hoisted the boat as other vessels and a cabin cruiser prepare to enter the set. A note from 16 years ago, found by George O'Brien, offered $5 to the finder, left for Rudolph Guglieri in Hollywood.

Hollywood Paramount Studio George Raft Henry Fonda Dorothy Lalimour Oltow RKO George O'Brien Joe Cabral Dolpho Guglieri Calti” Cabral O'Brien Rodolpho Gueguelmi Rixdolph Valeritina

Jane Brown in blue costume at Warner Bros film

Jane Bryan wears her favorite royal blue shif fon costume with draped surplice top and fur overskirt in the Warner Bros film Girls on Probation. She holds bluebells and strikes a distinctive pose as camp counselors from Paradise Ridge, tied to the Elysian club, are listed for a July 34 through August 241 camp period.

Jane Bryan Warner. ‘Bros Paradise Ridge The Elysian Club Eiene Cojiler Edith Jane Moreland Houston Amy Rebeter Krueger Ban Antonio Ansette Hexard Mansura Lad Chidys M. Key Los Angeles Gait Lois Paulset al Knox Chey Juanita Coysert Itoh

Bolero from hooked rug becomes beachwear novelty

Ann Rutherford in Live Finds Andy Hardy transforms hooked rugs into bolero beachwear. She hand hooks a rug garment with loop clipping creating a transparent knitted effect. Eleanor Powell previously used transparent bands on a MGM lot to let hands tan with arms and neck.

Ann Rutherford Andy Hardy Ann Millers Eleanor Powell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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