Society notes from Lakeview area clubs and social events
Wednesday Night reports lakeview Improvement Club 8 o clock with Mrs Bumgardner. May Fete at St Marys Auditorium with Children of Mary. Daughters of Isabella meet 8 o clock at Knights of Columbus Hall. Mysterious Set meets 8 with Miss Monahan at 2513 West Commerce Street Thursday. Ladies of Denver Heights Knob Hill meet 3 30 in Smith School for Red Cross. Shakespeare Club meets with Miss Baskin. Elementary Sunday School Workers Council meets at Travis Park Methodist Church. Highland Park Friendship Club 3 with Mrs Phillips. W C T U 3 at the Gunter. Woman's Parliament 10 at the Gunter for officers. Mrs Boog Scott and children guests of Major and Mrs Allen Buell. Robert E K Lee School debating clubs interclub May 15. Mesdames Foster Steele host Travis Mothers Club Friday afternoon. Annual installation planned. Fiesta Fete at Kelso Lodge Saturday with 500 guests. Automobiles and chaperons planned. Miss Alma Hasslbauer visiting Shady Oak ranch. Ladies' Aid sale for graduates next week. call Crockett 1583. Mrs H D Brown hosted luncheon for Lieut C C Todd to Fort McPherson Ga. Sorosis Club studied Canada’s educational system. Nellie McClune book discussed. Dalton family honored with dinner dance at Automobile Club. Major Albert Dalton left for Charleston. Mrs Dalton and Eleanor Gordon Stevenson to follow. Pine Street Presbyterian church benefit recital by Dorothy De Costa with several helpers. Prospect Hill Community Club reorganized. officers elected.
Jewish Women Will Do Their Bit In War
San Antonio section of the Council of Jewish Women marked ten years with a luncheon at the Gunter Hotel. Members pledged support for the wartime program and toasted the President. A Leo M. Levy Memorial Hospital drive and a concert by council musicians complemented the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Council of Jewish Women
United States
Eli Hertzberg
Clara Schwab
America
Eliza Levy
Hannah Hirshberg
L. Goodman
Marin Kh
Bessie Guinn
Edward Sachs
Killarney
Benedict
Martha Mathieu
Marguerite Guinn
The
Brook
Boischeffe
Schubert
Alpha Oe
Bertha Berliner
Tom Miller
Stanley Winters
Dick Prassels
W. H. Joyce
Miller
Cadomene Tablets Promoted For Nervous Ill Health
Letters from Needham Atlanta and Pittsburg praise Cadomene Tablets for rheumatic and nervous ill health. Testimonials claim improvement after several weeks and note a money back guarantee. The note cites a physician’s prescription and a druggist warranty.
Rotary convention set for Atlanta June 7 to 11
Some thousands of leading men from the United States Canada Great Britain Ireland and Cuba are expected to attend the International Association of Rotary Clubs convention in Atlanta June 7 to 11. Principal speakers include Charles M Schwab of Bethlehem Steel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
Cuba
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Atlanta
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Community club officers and local travels noted
The piece lists officers including vice president Mrs J E Melsman secretary Mrs J H Smith and treasurer. It mentions Mrs William Ward Watkin of Houston as guest of her mother Mrs M H Townsend and identifies her as Annie Ray Townsend. Several families plan trips to Boonville Springfield Mo and College Station and Fort McPherson Ga. It notes community uplift work for a local playground and returns from visiting relatives in Boerne and to attend agricultural college. Castroville May 8 Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ward Watkin
Houston
M. H. Townsend
Watkin
Annie Ray Townsend
Pauline Marguerite Erben Weds Gardner Lykins in El Paso
Mrs. Anna Erben announces the marriage of her daughter Pauline Marguerite to Gardner C. Lykins. The wedding occurred Saturday April 23 in El Paso where the couple will reside.
Stenography Class Opens At YWCA With 160 Women Enrolled
One hundred sixty women began a six week stenography course at the Young Woman's Christian Association to prepare for government clerical work. Mrs. John H Vaughan leads the program with strict standards and biweekly exams. English and Spanish classes run Tuesday Thursday and Saturday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
John H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Floyd McGown
Association
Governor Submits Multiple Measures For Legislature
Governor Ferguson presented a Sunday amusement bill allowing cities over 5000 population to regulate Sunday shows and nine additional proposals. These include penalties for speeding motorists, tax and property valuation safeguards, district attorney pay, penitentiary management reforms, and creation of Dalton community district 82 in Elling county.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Travis
Williamson
Boards of Equalization
Board of Parcon Advisers
Dalton Common
Elling County
German U boats construction blamed as faulty
Herr Struve told a Reichstag committee in secret session that German U boats are faulty in construction. The Berlin Vorwaerts reports the remark, noting the statement came through a Berlin source via London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Herr Struve
Reichstag
Berlin
Bandit robs Pullman on Chicago St Paul line
A lone robber hidden in the rear coach on train 412 of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha line forced two crew members to raise their hands and rifled sleeping passengers. Brakeman John Hackett faced a pistol and jumped from the moving train two miles from Medary, later taken to a Winona Minnesota hospital with no serious injuries. Amount taken is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
John Hackett
Medary
Winona
Minn
Paper shortage in Britain due to submarine warfare
London reports an acute crisis in Britain’s paper trade as submarine activity disrupts imports of raw materials. Mills close and no improvement is expected as shipping is reserved for food, making further newspaper size reductions likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Express
Great Britain
Need More Hospital Workers
Recruiting headquarters opened in New York for 571 nonprofessional hospital workers for six Red Cross base hospital units to serve in France. Orders from Washington expected within days for mobilization of the six units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Red Cross
France
Washington
Golden Wedding Anniversary for C. K. and Bettie Gravis
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Gravis of 811 River Avenue celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Illness limited celebrations to a gathering with children and relatives at home. Bettie Rabb Gravis, born in Texas, married May 1, 1867 in Corpus Christi. Buck Gravis, a twenty year veteran of the police force, was born in Texas. Mrs. Gravis is 68 and Mr. Gravis 73. they received many presents from friends and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Gravis
River Avenue
Texas
Special train to Victoria May 3 from T P A
Southern Pacific announces a special train to Victoria on May 3 at midnight. Round trip fare is 4.55 dollars with berth at 1.50 dollars. Advertisement.
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Victoria
Southern Pacific
Vawter Trial Enters Second Day In Virginia Murder Case
The Charles E. Vawter murder trial in Christiansburg, Virginia, enters its second day with the defense resting on unwritten law and self defense. Prosecutors plan to call both Vawter and his wife as witnesses as the evening’s events unfold, including alleged visits by Stockton Heth Jr. to the Blacksburg home and disputes over drinking and infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiansburg
Charles E. Vawter
Stockton Heth Jr
Vawter
Calhoun
Heth
Blacksburg
Room confrontation ends in fatal shooting of society man
A man in the Vawter household ran for a revolver after a dispute with Mrs. Vawter. He returned to the landing where he encountered Heth, leading to a struggle and the shooting death of Virginia society member Vir ginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vawter
Colored excursion to Seguin May 10
A special Southern Pacific train departs at 9 30 a m for Seguin offering a $1 round trip excursion. Advertised as a colored excursion with the event date and rail service.
Southern Pacific Round Trip Fare Ad
May 3 midnight fare offer cites a $4.55 round trip rate with berth at $1.50 under Southern Pacific.
Colored excursion to Seguin May First from Southern Pacific
A special round trip train departs at 9 30 a m for Seguin on May as part of a colored excursion advertised by Southern Pacific.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lakeview Improvement Club
J. A. Bumgardner
Children of Mary
St Mary's Auditorium
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus Hall
Florence Monahan
West Commerce Street
Denver Heights
Knob Hill
Smith School
Shakespeare Club
Baskin
Workers’ Council
Travis Park Methodist Church
Highland Park Friendship Club
J. S. Phillips
Gunter
R. L. Boog-Scott
Coleman
Boog-Scott
Major
Allen Buell
Robert EK. Lee School
Mesdames
C. E. Foster
J.S. Steele
Travis Mothers’ Club
Winchester Kelso
Kelso Lodge
Kelso
Battle of Flowers’ Association
Alma Hasslbauer
Shady Oak Ranch
Jean LeStourgen
Ladies’ Aid Society
Central Christian Church
Crockett 1583
H. D. Brown
C. C. Todd
Fort McPherson
Todd
Walter B. Stevens
Clarence Jones
Charles Satterlee
Theodore Ludlow
China
W. A. Alexander
Walter Evans
Sorosis Club
Nellie McClune
Albert C. Dalton
Charleston
S&s. C
Automobile Club
Merritte W. Ireland
Malvern-Hill Barnum
Polk
Harry FE. Wilkins
Davis
Cook
Cavanaugh
Martin Shallenberger
Col
Mrs
William Shirley Scott
the Menger
Albert (. Dalton
S. C
Dalton
Eleanor Gordon Stevenson
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Dorothy de Costa
Dorothy Hazelrigg
Olive Hazelrigg
Allie Mae Thompson
Infelice Shkimball
Devera Berlin
Catherine Avila
Eugenia Sherill
Ezra Cooper
Prospect Hill Community Club
Ralph _English
J. R. Jones
Frank Feile
Lucille Mulhall
Dolorosa Street
Anelonio
Boston Globe
Needham
Peter Krauther
Highland Ave
Mass
Reape J. M. Cain
Frank L. Murphy
Foster St
Pittsburg
J. E. Melsman
J. H. Smith
J. McCord Watson
J. McCord Jr
Boonville
Springfield
College Station
John Bagley
Carroll Todd
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Lieutenant Todd
Artz
Castroville
England
Hertzberg
Seguin
Philadelphi
Philadelphia
Pennsyvania Railroad
Adv
Simon Pure
ZZ & Armours
J. E. Hoban
San Antonio, Tex
Ours
Wwmp
W.commerce
San Antonio, Texas
Bell’s
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