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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1943
Page
12
Dear Mrs Beeckman learns copper engraving limits eased by War Production Board. Regulation previously restricted copper use for invitations and announcements. Engravers may now use a percentage of copper salvaged from old plates, with steel plates also common.
Dallas report quotes Auxiliary Ruby G Torbron of WAAC saying engraved social items are back under War Productions Board rules. She credits WAAC training with boosting efficiency in housework, noting tasks former take hours now take minutes. Torbron, husband Orin F Torbron, and son Deut Williar Penn are named. she returns to Texas with Army flight training context.
A wartime home front item discusses canning home-grown foods as glass jars replace canned goods on shelves. It notes new canning jars and lids, warns of different processing times, highlights salvage drives and civilian fundraisers, and lists nine nutrition and storage tips from Dr Ruth Leslit for safe, quick cooking and minimizing vitamin loss.
The Norton family announces the birth of Sulfa Carolyn on March 12 at San Antonio hospital. Grandparents are May and Ang Mauermann. Mrs Norton is the former Milas Lenora Mauermann. Captain Norton is stationed at Hondo. The piece also lists local club meetings and social notes from San Antonio organizations and schools.
Tickets for the seventh annual Garden pilgrimage to the estates of H Lutcher Brown and G A Go Halte will be sold at Gunter hotel and J Anthony hotel on Thursday and Friday and Saturday morning. Volunteers including Mesdames Arthur Whitney Reneé Pawkett Bob White Tae Siegier B M Crenshaw and others will handle sales along with Mr and Mrs Garza. An extended home visit in Dallas is noted for Friday.
A garbled list of meeting notices and club gatherings across multiple groups including Business and Professional Women, Tape try room, Woodmen circle, Child Nurture club, Plymouth Guild, Madison Square Presbyterian groups, Delphian chapter, Edgewood P T A, Optimisss club, Travia Parrn Methodist church, Sunshine Service club, and Junior Order Alamo, with locations at Mra Alice RutIndge, 2714 Buena Vista Olive Magnolia Grove, 2046 Rest Plymouth, 1125 West Crave, 134 Lynwood, and 1019 East Mulheary, dated Wednesday afternoon, plus several home meeting addresses and times.
A garbled Chronicle fragment blends a Marine correspondence request with wedding plans. Miss Nancy Wence selects April 17 for engagement to Walter B. Goetz of Alameda, California, with Los Angeles and San Francisco trips noted. Numerous social events trail, including teas, showers, dinners, and a pottery party in honor of the couple. A Marine debate over paper placement and public reaction to state loyalties is also hinted.
A wartime guidance piece discusses complex issues of romance and duty for servicemen and fiancées. It advises careful communication with a fiancé, handling a second suitor, and whether to marry on reunion, noting naval customs and the officers mess as context for conduct.
P T A delegates select Chicago official Maren S.-iii-Mrs James Ic from Los Angeles to lead the national PTA. Voting will be by mail ballot due to a schedule change. At a San Antonio gathering Adina De Zavala presided as Sol. Martin L. Crimmins led the program. A regional forum on the Culture of San Antonio 1030 1900 featured Leo J. Gater and others. Beta Tau Delta Gamma to meet April 8 at Bright Shawl with H G Plekana to discuss youth needs in San Antonio.
A public talk on Guatemala will be held Thursday at 8 pm in the St Anthony Hotel Osseads room. Mrs Mary Keating will discuss Central American affairs after two years with the Central American republic. The event is organized by Inter-American Understandings and will feature artwork by Mrs Keating.
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