Lovely Society Party and Country Club Picnic Report
Miss Lois Hoppers hosted a Monday evening party at her Fifth Avenue West home with Laura Claie and Frank Ashly among many guests. The pink and orchid decor carried through games and refreshments as attendees included Clole Ashly Joy Piautt Thora Handley and numerous others. The Tuesday Club held a picnic at the Country Club with bridge games and a post picnic top scores prize awarded to Mrs Markstein second to Mrs Penick and low score to Mrs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Hoppers
Laura, Claie
Frank Ashly
Fifth Avenue West
Clole
Laura Ashly
Joy Piautt
Thora Handley
Bess Ross
Sarah R. Collins
Jewel Holland
Frances McBride
Margaret Humphrey
Elizabeth Stewart
Lois Grey
Mildred Nicholson
Clara Almon
Virginia Willis
Annie Laura Speer
Virginia Rhinehart
Eva
J. L. Echols
O. C. Parker
B. Crawford
Local Social News and Tragic Bank Closing in Prattville
A long list of social visits and travels across Birmingham, Huntsville, Lynchburg and Prattville fills a Birmingham era page. The motor trip to Prattville ends in tragedy as bank examiner Burns and bank president Mr. Roper are involved in a fatal shooting at the Prattville bank. A coroner's jury rules Mr. Roper's death an act of self harm with a note found for his wife not released to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prattville
J. W. Pole
Decatur
Mr. Morrow
Mr. Roper
Bank
Roper
Morrow
Just Begun Upon Banking Duties Letter Found
A fragment from a multi page notice reports on finding a body of Ernest Morrow and identifies Mrs. W. A. Weatherford and Mrs. Edgar Gray of Chattanooga as relatives, with a brother Walter Owen of Houston, Texas. The piece notes Morrow had been named an assistant to Mr. Roper and was last seen alive by someone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Weatherford
Chattanooga
Edgar Gray
Walter Owen
Houston
Texas
Ernest Morrow
Roper
New Face Powder Promises Smooth Natural Look
Purporting to be the purest and smoothest powder, this new formula uses a French process to stay on longer and blend with any complexion. It claims to prevent large pores, avoid shine, and not irritate skin, with coloring approved by the United States government. Sold by Thompson Drug Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thompson Drug Co
Albany Drug Co
Alabama Drug Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farty
Bell Tentz
Junita Frazier
Ruby Brittin
Katherine Hoppers
Lots Hi
Melvin Ozier
Ur Hart
Howard Garnett
George la Boone
Taplin Hanson
Robert Weatherford
Stanley Lowery
Garlan Lovelady
Calvin Junkin
James Stype
Blake Hawkins
Yancy Vaughn
Billy Busch
Thomas Speer
Mrs
Neil Collins
Birmingham
Warren Gardner
Mary F. Black
Gordon Drive
West
Jamies Farrell
Tuscaloosa
The
University
Clyde Hendrix
Miss Battle
Lynchburg
Edward Earl Dickinson
J.B. Dickinson
Mrs. Dickinson
Lafayette ‘Street
Carolyn Fussell
Mary Batle Hendrix
Clyde Hendrix, Jr
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Annie E. Crane
Chicago
St. Louis
Jesse Crane
Hart Haven
Flint
Howard Wilson
John Burke
R Scheer
Knoxville
Tenn
Carl Watson
J. P. Matlock
Knoxville, Tenn
Louisville
W. W. Fussell
Mary Lou DeFord
Pine Bluff
Ark
Gilbert Crane
Mrs. Cain
Madison
Marvin Rankin
Barbara Davis
Mrs. H. R. Davis
Waits Henry, Jr
Huntsville
New York
B. A. Turner
Baugh’s Infirmary
H. O. Goidel
Borton
Jackson Street
J. E. Clem
Esther Goode
Panama City, Fla
J. L. West
Macon, Ga
R. J. Moseley
Braxton Casper
Young Son
Youngstown, Ohio
Otis Jeffries
Sewanee
Sarah Jeffries
Granville Mason
Mattie Young
Iuka, Miss
Mollie Watson
Mrs. Sprott of
Nashville
Edward F. Park
George Miller
F. F. Tidwell
Randolph- Macon College
Liza Miller
Miss Miller
D. W. Speake
Johnson Street
E. T. Rushing
B. A.turner
H. R. Davis
Nallie Bobbitt
Gene
Thomasville
South
Alabama
Jeff D. Minor
Mrs. Lane
St. Louis, Mo
J. F. Smither
Mrs.Smither
Capital
Brown
Elaine
Waser
Win Béatifirt
Caddell Drug CO
Second Ave
Black Flag Company
Black Flag
Iss
S.¥.Co
Princess Theatre
Princess ‘Theatre
Goodrich Silvertown Tire Co
Crane’s Clothes Shop
Moye’s
Henry McBride & Sons
Wohl’s Dept
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Caddell Drug Store
Piggly Wiggly
Garrison Dry Cleaners
Arantz Drug Store
Valley Coal Co
Quality Model Laundry
City Cleaners
American Cleaners
C. J. Hildreth Printing Co
Igrove
Huntsville American Legion
Lee Garrett
Columbus, Ga
Thomas
William
Central Methodist Church
Circle No. 2
Columbia Broadcasting System Network
WBRG
WDOD
WLAC
Post
Blue Steel
Huntaville Négro Battler
Steel
Georgnight
Albany Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bro
Chas. E. White
J. C. Colvard, W. M
Princess
Ano
England
Clive Brook
Tallular
Charlie Chase
Gasco
Pett
Alabama Utilities Service
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