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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1949
Page
1
Speculation fills automotive circles about 1950 models with few radical styling changes. Higher compression engines and more automatics are likely major advances while resale values and trade-in allowances would fall if prices drop. Some makers delay new cars until next year, but material shortages are less a worry this era.
Reports from Brooke General Hospital detail a surge after a Don McNeill Breakfast broadcast from Ft. Sam Houston. Close to 2000 letters and cards arrived for bedfast patients, with some parcels and stamps included. Several messages referenced animals or veterans, while others described the senders and included photo paraphs. A feature on coyotes and jackrabbits by J Frank Debeilis appears in American Mercury.
An old newspaper ad offers pattern patterns including sundress and bolero styles with sizes 12 14 15 38 20 and 16. It promotes a light light San Antonio Texas mailing address and asks readers to send 25 cents for a pattern and 15 cents more for a new fashion book with bottle holder for a baby.
Funeral services for Valeska Zetik fourteen year old La Grange High sophomore will be at Simank Funeral Home Brenham Saturday at two pm. The Czech Moravian Brethren church Wesley will host the service with Rev H E Bedseda officiating and burial in Wesley cemetery. Surviving are her parents Mrs Edwin Zetik Wesley grandmother Mrs Aldina Zetik Eb Hagee and grandfather John Zetik Elgin where she was staying while attending school.
Senator Magnuson introduced a bill to grant permanent American residency to Poon Lim, the Chinese seaman who survived 113 days afloat after a British ship torpedoed. Lim’s voyage ended off the coast of Brazil after he survived on improvised provisions and hand caught prey.
Thrifty Lenten menu notes for Sunday March 21 1949 highlight waffles breakfast coffee and orange raisin salad. recipe sections include ham loaf scalloped potatoes and carrots spinach and sauces with tips for single or two servings and freezing hints.
The article argues that aristocratic bearing improves morale and health through better posture, expanded lungs, and a toned figure. It notes a Hadassah regional convention banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Gilmer hotel with speakers, flag processions, and a memorial recital, led by Mrs J D Richie and Rabbi Abraham Rosenblum.
A vintage menu item outlines a Sunday dinner with roast duck or chicken, mushroom soup, brown rice stuffing, red cabbage, green lima beans, bread, butter, and an orange sherbet as either accompaniment or dessert. The sherbet recipe details gelatin, cream, water, and whipping egg whites, with steps to blend, chill, and freeze into a firm dessert.
Hollywood brief cites Barbara Bel Geddes parting amicably from RKO over storytelling quality after Mama. Also notes Florence Desmond rehearsing Three Came Home, Claudette Calvert in a camp role, and other insider items about TV and stage figures plus upcoming projects and personal updates.
Saturday Review notes attendees at a Bright Shaws luncheon decoyed by navy crisscross prints and brown accessories. Mrs H Luthher Brown wears navy bolero with green touch while Mrs Schreiner Harrison sports brown accents and off the face hat. Incoming Mrs Robert Townsend appears in a blue sheath with wide brim leg hor n. Mrs Hugh Cater son in all black with square skimmer and gray suit with red topper. Mrs Alton Parker in bright red topper with garden flowers. Mrs LC Skinner in brown and white fern print with brown straw hat. Mrs Frank Ball in dark straw and gray white silk print. Mrs John Rowan in brown white printed silk with bolero and brown hat. Richard Walker home draws garden enthusiasts for antique furniture finds retrieved from Tennessee aisles.
A Lackland AFB women’s club tea and bridge party featured St Patrick’s Day decor with shamrock arrangements of green gladioli and carnations. Hosts Mesdames Donneley Alder Gilbert Pesky Wells Garrison Korong assisted. center table display highlighted Irish tunes and melodies. Also noted is the birth of Susanna Virginia Temple on March 15 at Nix Hospital with grandparents and great grandparents named.
A fragmentary page quotes Lawrence Gould arguing confidence in beauty is discouraged by norms of modesty and temptation. It contrasts beliefs about attractiveness with findings from tests on 30,000 Canadian soldiers and Bernstein Schaffner on auther tarianism. It notes anti Nazis tended to have affectionate mothers and less domineering fathers, reflecting German family values.
The daily forecast assigns stimulating mental rays to Aries and practical guidance to Taurus and Gemini, urging planning, church involvement, rest, and moderate activity. Leo cautions against overdoing, Virgo benefits from Mercury, Libra enjoys balanced pursuits, Scorpio and Sagittarius favor wholesome tasks, Aquarius advises caution with sudden changes, and Pisces hints at a reflective Sunday with pleasant prospects. Social events in San Antonio and surrounding gatherings are noted for the weekend.
In Austin on March 26 a San Antonio medical school bill advances to the house suspension calendar after talks with Speaker Durwood Manford. The bill will be considered ahead of Dallas in suspension, though on regular calendar Dallas would come first. Agreement was reached after morning sessions as leaders planned prioritization among four big appropriation bills.
Mrs Ev A Baugh hosted a Friday morning coffee in her home in honor of Mrs Arthur A Chapman. Winter houseguests Mr and Mrs Chapman are set to move to Seattle next week. Iris and delphinium adorned the serving table with Mesdames Dahl DeWees Paul Harrison H R F Helland S F Gilbreath C DeRog er Jr and R A Thortts assisting.
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