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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are reported spending Sundays with family and friends across Florida towns. Stetson College student Lou Anderson hosts his parents in DeLand, while others travel to Lakeland, Avon Park, Trenton, Sarasota, Tampa, and Fort Meade. Regular updates mention illnesses, homecomings, and new arrivals in Palmetto.
Miss Edna Mae Trammell of Ooltewah Tennessee was farewelled at a Saturday night gathering hosted by Dr and Mrs O G Fairchild on Twenty Sixth Street Seventy guests attended a program and refreshments with gifts including a sick umbrella presented to Miss Trammell who departs for home in Tennessee. The Berean-Philatha Class of the First Methodist Sunday School will meet Tuesday at 8 pm at 2017 Seventh Avenue with hostesses A J Miller Albert Dobbs T Hayes and B L Hudgins. The Gipsy Smith prayer meeting will be held Tuesday morning at 930 at the home of Mrs W H Howard Third Street with Mrs Walter Fuller leading. Miss Kate Alley hosted a dinner party Saturday at her Bay Street home guests included Dr and Mrs Thomas McCoy Bradenton Capt and Mrs Frank Alley Mother Alley and Miss Kate Alley.
Louise Fazenda headlines the Warner release The Gay Old Bird at Wallace heater, playing a maid who becomes housemistress amid a chaos of twins and a jealous Irish suitor. The farce features John Murray William Demarest John Steppling Jane Winton Frances Raymond and Ed Kennedy delivering broad comic support.
Kiwanis Club holds a 12 30 luncheon at the Dixie Grande Hotel. The Berean Philathea Class meets at 8 pm at Mrs Estelle Payne’s Seventh Avenue home. The Wesley Philathea Class meets at 7 pm at the Bradenton Beach beach cottage of Mr and Mrs Glenn Hullinger.
The piece riffs on cultural obsessions from Gladstone and Disraeli to a revival of spelling contests. It notes public fuss over feminine influence on statesmen, jokes about in-laws, and a provocative chat about clothing norms.
Olive Roberts Barton reports on Emil Jannings and August Schilling in The Way of All Flesh. The depiction drives Jannings to Mephistopheles level intensity while Mrs Jannings escapes to mountains or sea to preserve harmony. The writer muses on needing occasional escape from domestic strain.
A storage lien is claimed on a Peerless motor vehicle, serial 260398, held 15 months with $155.00 in charges at $19.00 monthly. The sale to satisfy the lien will be at 12 noon May 20, 1927, at the Tamiaga Nash Company office Twin-Six Apartments Central Ave Bradenton Florida.
Mrs. Phillip Carpenter and Mrs. A. H. Brown hosted an afternoon event with Miss Ida Almquist speaking on Norway and Sweden using slides. Guests then moved to Mrs. Brown’s for a two course tea, with roses decorating both homes.
Miss Janet Barney was crowned Queen of the May at the festival hosted by the W C T U of Palma Sola at G S Warner's residence. More than one hundred guests attended and enjoyed a program of entertainment highlighted by a Maypole dance.
The Wesley Philathea Class of School will hold its regular monthly business and social meeting Tuesday evening at the beach cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hullinger in Bradenton Beach. A picnic supper is planned at 7 o'clock followed by the business session. All members are urged to attend.
Paramount introduces Douglas MacLean in a partly color filmed comedy at the Palace. The color novelty aims to heighten the laugh appeal while some scenes remain in black and white to balance novelty with humor. This marks early use of Technicolor in screen comedy.
Public notice announcing a land owners convention for the Sugar Bowl Drainage District. Details include date, location, and agenda items to govern drainage affairs and assess assessments. Participants are landowners within the district boundaries and authorized representatives.
Personal mentions list residents and visitors in Bradenton with brief travels to Tampa, St. Petersburg, Brooksville, Lakeland, and Orlando. Names include C L Perkins, Henry Smith, W B Gearheart, Alfred Tallant, Kenneth Kaiser, and many others visiting relatives, hospitals, or on trips to Atlanta, Miami, Bartow, and Palmetto.
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