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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1949
Page
8
Miss Nancy Bowen, bride elect, will be feted at a 2 luncheon Friday in the Menger hotel hosted by Mrs Harry Rogers. A Brexican Supper in her honor will follow on June 1 at Mrs Grieve's home, hosted by Mesdames Russ i Grieve H E Nessly and Charles McGehee.
A mixed reader piece discusses stockings for adult women, offering fashion and health tips to improve leg appearance. It blends cosmetic routines with exercise guidance, promoting daily baths, skin brushing, and leg lifts. The text shifts to a May luncheon hosted by Miss Lily MacNagel at Casa Rio with attendees named, plus a garden barbecue at the Clark home honoring Miss Zula Meyle Connell and Richard Cotkill.
A vintage recipe card outlines Wednesday dinner featuring Vegetable Soup Chicken Fricassee Dumplings and Wilted Greers Buttered Carrots with White Cake and Cherry Sauce. Ingredients include sugar cornstarch sour pitted cherries rum flavoring heavy cream and vanilla. Directions describe making cherry sauce then thickening with confectioners sugar and vanilla, serving over a square white cake with cream and reserved cherries.
Honor graduates Tae sweet girl graduates plan multiple parties this week. Elaine Harrell and Connie Neteam will share honors at a La Fonda dinner hosted by Mrs. Charles Hi Row and Caralyn. About 25 guests expected. J K Stark hosted a morning Coke party with about 49 guests. Barnes Howell gave a tea for Beverly Jefferson and Evangeline Boenig at Brackenridge with many helpers and hosts. A Monday dancing party for Shasort and Jari Dutiniz was held in a Traupmann patio. Charles Lieck hosted a swimming party and picnic for Janet Hood. Mrs Ned Wells hosted a Mexican luncheon for Miss Jo Ann Ansley with 30 guests. Jeanne Anne Wy born May 8 to Mr and Mrs George Moyer, grandparents Mr and Mrs F D Grevin Luxemburg.
The Texas Mission Home and Training School hosts its annual silver tea and baby shower from 3 to 5 pm Friday at 103 Ninth St. Public invited. Aus Hugo E Sultenfuss is general chairman with Mrs W E Smith as treasurer. Mrs R E McBride handles the guest book as Mrs J receiving with Hamson. Wives of local Methodist ministers assist in serving with Mrs Leland Hastings.
Mrs J Frank Stampp invited about seventy friends to her home Tuesday morning for a beautifully appointed brunch. Pink peonies adorned the entrance hall and rooms, magnolias in the dining room, daisies and violets on the terrace. Mrs Stampp wore green carnations on her green frock as corsages were worn by guests. Mrs Van Petty van hosts PEO Chapter 0 members at 2 30 p.m. Wednesday in her home.
Mrindirs Sam Lucchese announces the birth date of Katherine Mercer on May 6, noting the family welcomes the new daughter.
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