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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
8
Misses Lillian Hughes and Lucille McIlhenny entertain at a dancing party at the Gunter Hotel. Professor and Mrs. Wesley Peacock host a rock party in the evening complimenting the football boys.
Miss Florence Higgins hosted an engagement party for Miss Mattie Singleton and Robert P. Leng with pink roses and prizes for Bunco. The San Antonio Order of the Eastern Star chapter plans a 8:30 p.m. reception at the Masonic Temple for Dr. Alfred McDaniel and honors guests from the Dal los grand chapter. The Phi Alpha Sigma Junior class will meet at Elks hall at 4:30 p.m. with Miss Mollie Moore, first meeting for ages 12 to 14, officers include Jack Bond and Aileen Houston, board of directors listed, chaperones named. Miss Amy Heard gave a luncheon at her Fort Sam Houston home with roses and cosmos.
A Fort Sam Houston calendar notes a football team reception hosted by committee members led by Mrs. John J. Stevens and others. Past events include a heart party at Miss Edith Youngs home and prize awards to Misses Margaret Murray and Mary Lee Reed. A riding party with many officers and civilians is planned to Salado with a camp fire supper and bonfire.
Miss Mary Whittier will entertain the Merry Maids Musical Club tomorrow afternoon at her home on South Presa Street. Miss Moore's children's dancing classes open tomorrow at 2 30 at Ellis Hall. The A H B Staacke Company reports the sale of a Studebaker 30 to Mr Wallace of Baldwin and Wallace. Mr Purington began a 400 mile trip to his ranch at Longfellow yesterday afternoon to use the car for this and similar trips. George H King, secretary of Ford Sales, left yesterday for Kerrville and Bandera to sign up dealers for the coming season. BE G Garwood, Studebaker dealer at Honda, took a model 35 out yesterday noon.
The Buick and Delco starting and lighting plant instructors launched a training course in San Antonio led by H L Hayes from Dayton Engineering Laboratories. About 35 dealers and mechanics from across Texas attended at 318 Avenue C, with sessions from 8:30 to 6:30 and continuation tomorrow.
Mr Garwood telegraphed from his home that the car had been sold during his trip. F W Moore Ford dealer from Floresville was seen in the city yesterday afternoon driving over in a Ford touring car.
Nine hundred young French women petition the war minister to permit them to join the army in the auxiliary service. They seek recognition and possible duty in support roles as the nation mobilizes forces.
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