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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1939
Page
16
Helen and Warren clash over books as they sort through crowded shelves on a Saturday. He resists discarding volumes while she plots rearrangement, fearing space will run out. They salvage some keepsakes but conclude little progress was made.
Mary Warne and her family supported local fairs and the book collecting habit. The dialogue mentions her education at Mrs Scoville s school in New York City and her later marriage to A B Spencer. It references Baedeckers Clue Guides and a cluttered shelf of Paris London and old London taverns volumes with foreign dictionaries mixed in.
The Guild sponsors a two night concert Friday and Saturday September 22 and 23 at 8 30 p m at the Plaza Hotel featuring Russ Eleanor Smith pianist Mrs Fe Mee Moore yonr ist and Walter Dunham organist Miss Smith studied in New York Paris and presented this program in New York at the Barbizon in April Walter Dunham is organist and choir director at St Mark’s Church and teaches at Our Lady of the Lake College Moore is a member of the Musicians Society and has sung for Melk converts The article also notes Mrs J Jackson of Wichita Falls visiting relatives and a large movement of social notices around Fort Gant Houston and Oklahoma towns.
Mr and Mrs J S Reading announce the engagement of their daughter Ronnie Beth to David B Thrift son of Mr and Mrs W T Thrift The wedding is set for September 23 at St Thomas Episcopal Church College Station Rev Roscoe Hauser will officiate Attendants include Miss Martha Ann Simmons and Terry Thritt Sister Jean Marie Thritt will sing After a Gulf coast wedding trip the couple will reside in College Station Also notes Roger Critchett recent Jefferson High grad has pledged Bingham Mu at Northern University
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