Stay-at-home vacation favored over hotel trips in article
The piece argues for home-based leisure, noting many wealthy families possess comfortable homes with amenities and nearby parks. It extols porch lounging, gardens, and local outings as healthier, cheaper, and more relaxing than expensive hotel vacations. It also reports a Reading Club anniversary celebration hosted by Mrs. Wharton Davenport with toastmaster Mrs. Luther B. Clegg.
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Brackenridge Park
Landa’s Park
Alamo Heights
Emissions
Guadalupe River
Seguin
Andere
E Coma
San Marcos
Medina Dam
Reading Club members and guests honored at St Anthony event
A Reading Club gathering features Mrs J T Woodhull as president with members listed in several rows. Varna Brown joins from the University of Texas for a dinner at St Anthony hotel hosted by Thomas Brown and others. A published toast references aging and tradition, while a dancing party follows with many attendees named.
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Varna Brown
Thomas Brown
the St. Anthony
Teddy
Wilds
Tennessee
H. D. Brown
Mrs. Brown
St. Anthony Hotel
Mr. Brown
Perry J. Lewis
Luther B. Clegg
Claude Keeran
B. E. Witte
Atlee B. Ayres
Margaret Lewis
Ora Witte
Mary Armel Keeran
Rose Burnet
Emma Burnet
Virginia Priest
Eleanor Collier
Eleanor Hume
Mary Louise Lester
Helen Irvin
Edwina Irvin
Byron Gibbs
Gladys Woods
Mary Howard
Lucille Taylor
Eugenia Taylor
Verna Raby
Eleanor Taylor
Edwina Lovelady
Lula Lovelady
Agnes Steele
Russell Hughes
Helena Buss
Olive Martindale
Josephine
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Wharton Davenport
Wilson
Carranza
Reading Club
Josephine Woodhull
Virginia Lamar
John E. Lockwood
W. W. Collier
Oscar McElhenny
A. G. Munro
Luther Bynum Clegg
J. T. Woodhull
Willard L. Simpson
T. N. Devine
Eugene J. Fellowes
Aurelia Sanderson
Gladys Morgan
J. S. Carr
T. W. Menefee
Lucius M. Lamar
Leila Williams
Mary A. Bryant
R. B. Pumphrey
Marion DeWitt West
University of Texas
Thelma Neal
Charlotte Newton
Elizabeth Ripley
Willie Johnson
Mary Lee Wallace
Gertrude Cummings
Henrietta Wallace
Gertrude Kalteyer
Elmer Bushick
James
Miss Varna Drown
Marion
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