Social events and church notices in Travis Park area
Society notes report a dinner dance in honor of Miss Birdie Elizabeth Cole at Country Club roof garden with eleven entertainers. Meetings include Tuesday Social Guild of Catholic Women's Association. St John's Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary. Travis Park Methodist Church circles. and Sunday School Workers' Council. Members urged to volunteer for canteen duty.
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Birdie
Elizabeth Coleman
Country Cluir
J ¥ Kleeberg
Kingsville
Dolyn Green
Kansas City
Catherine Andrews
Chattanooga
Tenn
Guild of Catholic Women's Association
Orlock
Woman's Auxiliary
St. John's Episcopal Church
P.m
I. M. Darker
Burnet Street
Workers’ Council
Travis Park Methodist Church
Equal Franchise Society
Noah Alien
John W. Evans
Six congressmen witness fight at Sergy on Aisne front
Six war tired American congressmen traveled toward Paris after observing Monday’s action near Sergy two and a half miles southeast of Pero-en-Tardenois in the Soissons Rheims pocket. They saw American infantry fire, heard big guns and German machine guns as shells over Chateau Thierry valley forced their return. Representatives Chandler Elston St Caraway, Welly, Cramton, Thompson and Journeyman Freeman led the party led by Lt. Freeman Light.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Paris
Sergy
Pero-en-Tardenois
Soissons- Rheims
Tieutenant Freeman
Routh
Norwalk
Conn
Aml
Thomas A. Chandler
Oklahoma
M. Clyde Welly
Pennsylvania
Tonis ©. Cramton
Michigan
Javy Marne
Chauteau Thierry
Sion
Congressmen Visit Chateau Thierry Battlefield Souvenir Tour
A group of congressmen toured Chateau Thierry and former German dugouts near Fere-en-Tardenois gathering bonds, rifles, helmets, and other items as they observed field hospitals and wounded carries. They left souvenirs behind as German fire resumed and adjourned their visit.
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St. Louis
Fere-en-Pardenois
Mien
Chateau Thierry
Vere
Fronn
Texan Dies Fighting on Western Front
A Texas youth named Charlie Beatty, living in Oklahoma, died amid brutal hand to hand combat on the western front after being cut off from his unit. He died with six German soldiers dead nearby and a wounded comrade unable to aid him, witnessed by exhausted fellow soldiers. Judge Kane, Beatty’s cousin, notes the family has multiple relatives serving in the army.
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Austin
Lex
Ft. Kane
Charlie Beatty
Judge Kane
Goldtinwaite
Oklahoma
Amerie
Young Keathy
Beatly
Judge Kone
France
Judes Kone
Lay Corner Stone of New Church at South Presa Junction
The First Congregational Church proposes a $15,000 church building at South Presa Carolina junction on Labor Streets. A corner-stone ceremony and dedicatory program will feature Rev. Th. pastor C A Riley, music by a Signal Corps Band, solos, an address by Rev. Lewis J Reed, and trustees’ children assisting with cement, followed by benediction.
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First Congregational Church
South Presa
Carolina
Labor Streets
C. A. Riley
Signal Corps
Kelly Field
Chicago Tribune
Maret
Re W. Smithers
Willie Covington
Rosalie Robinson
Charles G. Smith
Board of Trustees
Holy City
C. A. Lumsdeen
Lewis ‘J. Reed
Flatbushgregational Church
Brooklyn
The
Congregational Church Building Society
M. O. Parks
America
Paleidoscope Rag
Sayniseh
C. E. Behoes
Sisters May Serve in War Effort in France
The War Department eases restrictions on relatives of officers and men in the American Expeditionary Forces allowing sisters to serve as workers in France. Accredited by authorized organizations, they must be qualified, sent as workers not natives, refrain from visiting relatives, and be recalled if rules are violated or officers or soldiers depart abroad.
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Washington, D.C
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
War Department
Ranger Rowe Recovers in Beaumont Hospital Stay
Walter Rowe state Ranger wounded weeks ago with a detachment in San Augustine county while attempting to arrest draft evaders has practically recovered and is confined in a Beaumont hospital according to information received from Beaumont Texas.
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Ranger Rowe
Austin
Tex
Walter Rowe
San Augustine
Frog Beaumont
Rowe
Poker Night Ends In Tense Household Rift
In a Curtis household, Helen loses at penny ante poker against the Thurston and Warren, then wins big as tensions rise over stakes. Helen objects to gambling and the mood shifts between flirtation and quarrel, revealing loyalty strains and social expectations.
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Mrs. Thurston
Hurston
Ielen
Cait
Warren
Southwestern Industrial Traffic League Conference Planned
Officials from Texas and neighboring states will meet August 9 and 10 to discuss forming a Southwestern Industrial Traffic League. Officers and executive committee members of the Texas Industrial Traffic League will attend. Announcement made today in Galveston.
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Phar
New ‘Traffic League
Galveston
Fox
Trg
Posit
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Southwestern Industrial Traffic League
Texas Industrial Traffic League
Kirby resigns as lumber administrator for southern territory
J H W Kirby of Houston resigns effective today from the Southern Territory lumber administrator post of the Emergency Fleet Corporation New Orleans info notes the move and that W L McCarthy and W A Mayden assume interim duties. A San Antonio Trades Council meeting is called for Wednesday at 8 pm with members urged to attend.
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New Orleans
la. Dary
J. H W. Kirby
Houston
Southern Territory
Irimergency Fleet Corporation
Kirby
Philadelphia
W.L. McCarthy
Mayden
Emergency Fleet Corporation For
San Antonio
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