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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1943
Page
4
Letters from service members describe mailing rules for overseas parcels and the September 18 to October 15 window for Christmas mail. Advice covers weight and size limits, and notes government restrictions on intoxicants and weapons.
A Saturday luncheon in the Pergux goon honored Beryl Francis who plans to attend college soon. Hostess Lois Kirkpatrick led the event with guests including Nanci Bowen, Betts McShane, and Rose Terry.
Mr and Mrs Alan Farnsworth left by plane for Mexico City for a two week trip with their children Sally and Allan Ur. The San Antonio Light Needlecraft department advertises a pattern for kitchen vegetable embroideries and notes orders filed in New York with possible two part delivery.
Miss Wallace is announced engaged to Lucus Richard Harold Lynn son of Dr. and Mrs. N.O. Lynn of Tucson. The bride-elect, a Brackentilwe High School graduate, attended Baylor University where she joined Pi Kappa Delta. Lieutenant Lynn is a graduate of Arizona University and has ties to Dodge City Kansas. A luncheon at the Aurore hotel honored the bride-elect with many guests and activities described.
Sabwuey evening marks the marriage of Miss Janice Habler del Leut to Charles Allen Cole Tr at Christ Episcopal church with a reception at the bride’s home. Dee Tee Ku Patrick marries Lieut Mary at St Mark's Episcopal church with a reception in the garden at Le Villita during the fiesta from 7 pm to midnight.
Miss Kathryn FP Childress of Hondo wed Staff Sgt. James EB Webster of Bardwell at the Hondo Army Air Field chapel. Chaplain George W. Schardt officiated with Thomas Wyatt singing. Uncle Douglas Newsom gave the bride away as bridesmaids and groomsmen supported the couple. A garden reception followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ginglo in Hondo.
The Kerrville heir Louise Bianchi married Ernest H. Jackson of San Antonio on August 23 at Bourne. A Comfort reception hosted 25 guests with Miss Evelyn Moehle as maid of honor and Roy Wilkinson, bride's brother, as best man. The couple plan to live in Kerrville. The Alpha Sigma Gamma sorority will meet at 7 pm Monday at Miss Cynthia Perry’s home.
Helen Follett argues against moplike and fuzzy hairstyles preferring neat curls and close clinging lines at the nape. She endorses shoulder length bobs, smooth texture, and easy maintenance with periodic perms every four months for uniformed girls.
Practical guidance on overnight and relaxing hair curling. Advice covers pin curls setting lotion, wrapping strands into coils anchored with hairpins, and styling for forehead rolls. References suggest adapting to face shape and celeb influences like Katharine Cornell for certain looks.
Austin September 4. A 31 member postwar economic planning commission for Texas was named by Governor Coke R. Stevenson. The group includes Gibb Gilchrist of Bryan as head and features members from universities, chambers of commerce, trade associations, and major cities such as San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston.
A cryptic column by Arthur Bugs Barts jokes about Denmark and Sweden reacting to Germany and comments on Adolf Hitler. The piece references Bulgaria Spain Italy Roosevelt Churchill Quebec and a Swiss movement with Alps imagery implying a shifting wartime mood.
A reader asks if an 18 year old girl should visit her soldier boyfriend at an army camp. The reply urges parental guidance, weighing the daughter’s character, family standards, and practicalities such as staying with other women guests, meeting the soldier’s peers, and the camp routines. It emphasizes joint parental decision and the difference between thrill and propriety.
A compact listing of KTSA programs for Saturday night including Granta documentary The Paratrooper, Col. Lemuel Sibopnagte, Inner Sanctum premiere on Colombia network, Your Hit Parade with Bea Walu and Frank Sinatra, Saturday Night Serenade featuring Gershwin, Groucho Marx guest Oscar Levant, and KTSA News Reports with World Today and Colombia news.
Hollywood gossip notes several film projects and star moves. Alfre Lunt, John Garfield, and Joan Leslie are linked to a 1943 remake of Outward Bound with Mark Hellinger producing, while Deanna Durbin and Susanna Foster are praised for cordial backstage dynamics. Jerome Kern to score Caroline after Christmas Holiday, and two unknowns debut in The Sullivan Brothers. Ernst Lubitsch’s health prompts rest calls as All Out for Arlene moves forward.
Men with four years in the lumber business are needed for lumber industrial specialists in Houston. The W. Production board announces $3200 a year. Applications available at the first or second class post office and should be filed here by September 14 with the director at the Tenth Civil Service region, 2 South Harwood Street, Dallas. Read your vacancy room to a writer.
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