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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
6
Social calendar notes commencement exercises at Beethoven hall at 8 pm for West Texas Military Academy. Mrs. Earl D Scott offers an automobile trip to Boerne in honor of Mrs. B F Yoakum. Our Reading club meets in the afternoon at the club house.
The program for the delegates' ladies includes an auto ride, a Menger hotel reception directed by Mrs. A E Bacon and Mrs Wagenfuhr, a Plaza theater box party, and a Travis club ball. A reception committee list features many named ladies, with Mrs B F Yoakum hosting a day-long bridge party at the fair grounds. Jessie Clark of Alice attends Mulhol landds school commencement with Miss Sara Williams.
Mrs F W Blesse of Eagle Pass is a guest at Mulholland school where her daughter is a graduate. Miss Leona Worley visits Mrs Spencer Owen in Arcadia. Mrs Earl D Scott hosts an automobile party to Boerne today in honor of Mrs B F Yoakum.
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Morning party ends early then attendance at 6 o clock. An elaborate luncheon at noon at Ye Kendall Inn. Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Combe, Mrs. Thornton, and Sam Bennett attended in cars. West Texas Military Academy graduation exercises tonight at Bethoven. Mrs. Frank hosts Wednesday at Jackson Street for Miss Rosa Kaiser of Houston. Annual academy dance planned for tomorrow at Turner hall. Bridge tournament set for tomorrow and Wednesday at Hutchins. Annie Flannery plans bridal shower for Mary Carroll Thursday. Mrs. Barclay Andrews to visit relatives in New York City Wednesday. Mr Fosdick, B F Yoakum, and Miss Bessie Yoakum take private car to Tarpon fishing trip. Mrs. E C Wharton visits Mrs. Walter Spencer in Dallas. Andrew S Applewhite family moves to 122 Bois d Arc Street. Mrs Cayce returns from Stanford to visit Applewhite family for summer. Casino association to hold final dance Saturday May 18 at 9. Miss Sadie Lawson of Kerrville leaves for Springfield Ohio for summer.
Announcement of the marriage of Gus Huebner and Alma Gembler notes the ceremony Wednesday evening at the bride’s parents' home. The couple will reside at their Maryland avenue home after May 22.
Work will begin this week in Austin on the state laboratory for antitoxins and serums. Dr. Henry Hartman new State bacteriologist says features have been shipped and should arrive soon. Limited funds prevent large scale work, but a solid start will be made and a larger appropriation urged for the next legislature to keep the project operating.
Exposition Park solves open air amusement problems with concessions and free band concerts. The park features vocal solos, pleasant evening ambience, and cool breezes. Sight seeing autos charge 25 cents round trip and are well patronized. Restaurant menus are popular priced. The dance hall attracts many young people with a good floor and fine music.
The Shakespeare club closed its year with a unique entertainment in San Pedro park. Members acted as Shakespearean characters to publish a mock newspaper titled Shakespeare World with sections from society to sports and a host of colorful roles led by editor Antonio. Memorial services follow the business session of the General D. S. Stanley Circle No. 3 tomorrow at 2:30.
Mrs Lewis Baums held a china shower and card party at her Pine Street home for Miss Kinda Dielmann whose upcoming marriage is this week’s event. Milley Waggoner won first prize, Lillian Aschbacher the consolation, and Edith Buckley the booby. A two course luncheon followed.
The Rink opera house in El Campo crowded for the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Huckleberry educational evangelist for Palacios Baptist college. He praised John the Baptist and tied the message to the finishing class. The service featured music by C. W. Yost and the Methodist choir. Sixty? readers note sixteen graduates, largest class in the school's history. Further commencement exercises proceed through the week.
The Gonzales high school will hold its commencement at the opera house on May 16 with eight graduates Theodora Gayle Cone Bessye Gursinsky Tommie Ella Woolsey Ida Freis Schuck Robert Hamilton Walker Jr Sidney S Griffin Martin Fouts and Douglas N Lawley The commencement sermon will be preached at the Baptist church today by Rev W Penrod.
In Chicago a woman on a party telephone line refused to stop gossip saying the line is busy as Nora Crowley nine and Julia Crowley nineteen were crushed by a truck while roller skating. Neighbors aided the injured children as a neighbor sprinted four blocks for a physician. Swift & Company reported fresh beef prices averaging 8.72 cents per pound for the San Antonio week ending May 11.
An old classified notice advertises Dr Charles A R Campbell bacteriologist and microscopist specializing in typhoid and malarial fevers with contact at Dreiss' drug store and another plumber ad by rs A Collman.
John D. Rockefeller faced an upset as farmer Irving L. Bryant defeated Mrs. David M. Milton by one vote for school trustee in Pocantico Hills. Buckingham area tensions rose as Milton, longtime board member, faced Bryant’s challenge amid criticism of higher taxes and “frills” during Milton’s tenure.
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