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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1969
Page
20
The 300 hobbyists sign up for a May 24 25 festival in Service Club No 1. Mrs Fernando M Brake directs planning with a board scaled on burlap and colored paper. She maps 100 exhibits and adds daily as the hobby show showcases live how to demonstrations.
Rio Grande Valley Club meets Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Green Room at Villa Tranchese 307 Marshall with all valleyites invited. Christopher Columbus Ladies Auxiliary plans an annual trip to Piedras Negras.
A collection of reader tips from Heloise: creating a mud-shedding concrete slab with pebbles, decorating a bathroom wall with personalized fish labels, efficient sheet folding for laundry, leaving notes to recover laundromat coins, foil packet condiments for picnics, and glove storage in car trunks to keep hands clean during roadside repairs.
Sylvia Ann Solis and Robert Augustine Larios plan to marry on June 29 at San Fernando Cathedral. Engagement announced by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Solis. Solis a Kennedy High School graduate and college attendee. Larios a Central Catholic High School graduate, Vietnam veteran, and SAC student.
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church in Macdona sponsors a games party at 2 p.m. Sunday in the American Legion Hall on Ladd Road. The public is invited and refreshments will be available.
The engagement of Miss Adelia Willacy Kearny of Denver to Sgt. James Alexander Mungle of Fr Meade Maryland is announced by her Montrose Colorado parents Cresson H Kearny and Mrs. Kearny. The bride to be is a University of Colorado alumna studying at the Denver Center. The groom is a Colorado graduate and 109th Military Intelligence Group member. The wedding is planned for early June at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Montrose.
Alegradores held their spring formal a breakfast dance at the San Antonio Country Club ballroom Friday night honoring new members Col. and Mrs. John B. Hancock and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hight Jr. About 150 guests attended as Donald Hendrie Jay Folbre Willard Simpson and John Pipes were elected officers. Carasco Orchestra provided music for dancing with fiesta decor, midnight buffet, and yellow-draped tables with colored streamers.
Lt Col and Mrs Harold E Troberman announce their granddaughter Katherine Marie Driscoll born May 10 at Ft Ord Calif to Lt Donald J Driscoll and Mrs Driscoll formerly Patty Troberman The mother a former Army Nurse Corps captain recently separated at Ft Ord Katherine Marie is welcomed by family names St Driscoll is a graduate of St Marys University and St Marys Law School, the grandparents report.
Sixteen million visitors yearly face a tangle of streets. Suburban housewives authored an 80 page New York in Maps pocket guide with A to Z listings, borough breakdowns, and quick maps of arteries, hotels, theaters, and galleries. They worked four years with cartographer Jean Paul Tremblay and the American Geographical Society.
Newly elected officers were announced at the May luncheon closing the season until October. Military officers include President John L. Locke and Vice Presidents O Elliott Ursin Richard D Small Frank J Murdock and Joseph M Quashnock. Civilian group president is Mrs Robert Neil Campbell Jr with a list of officers and new civilian members.
Miss Alice Christine Wittig is honored by a stainless steel shower on May 21 hosted by Mrs. Edwin L. Elliott and Mrs. J. O Connor in Elliott’s home. Luncheon on May 22 by Miss Laverne Roth. Rehearsal dinner May 23 at Oak Hills Country Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Merle H Boeck. Wedding at Our Lady of Grace and reception in the Wedgwood Skyline Room.
Mrs. Peggy Thomas announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Sharon Lynn to Airman Robert James Evans Brooks AFB son of Mr and Mrs R J Evans Canton Ohio A May 24 garden wedding at the home of Mrs Gussie Dubose the bride elects grandmother is planned Miss Thomas is a senior at McCollum High School active in Red Cross VICA VOE FSA Her fiancé is a graduate of Lincoln High School Canton
Miss Patti Eileen Moos among 59 Texas Christian University coeds who will appear in a fashion show Monday wearing self made clothing. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Moos. Miss Marilinda De Leon of Providence High School, a Texas Woman's University junior, elected vice president of the Delphi Society.
New PTA officers at Ogden Elementary will be installed by Mrs Henry Loya at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the school cafeteria Mesdames Roger Savoie president Carlos Alvarado Ruben Trevino Horace Lopez recording secretary Joe Reta corresponding secretary and Fernando Rodriguez treasurer A style show will be presented by members An executive meeting is set for 1 15 p m New officers at Huppertz Elementary are Mesdames Paul Gonzales president Daniel Auces vice president John C Allison recording secretary Hermi Salas corresponding secretary and Theodore Geissler treasurer
Installation of Pan American Round Table officers will be held at 10 30 a m Monday in the Bright Shawl with Mesdames Stanley G Slavens director Daniel Howell secretary Myron Means corresponding secretary Irwin F Garner custodian Austin Mosley historian Fred R Beasley parliamentarian chairmen include Mesdames Perry Kallison program Edward L Rehmann membership Henry E Carney courtesy Richard C Singer publicity and Daniel A Dupre finance Mrs Kent Arnold is outgoing director The closed business meeting will include reports from the state convention held in McAllen with Mrs Beasley chairman and Mrs Mosley vice chairman Mrs Claude Nobles will give the invocation.
Mrs Albert Cruz and Mrs Emmett Villarreal hosted a miscellaneous shower in the former home for Miss Diana Villarreal a bride elect about 30 guests attended the event.
Mrs. Lasker laughs recalling an anxiety filled incident when she dialed for help and the call was traced. She notes the operator later phoned back to ensure she was safe.
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