Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Activities
Tuesday night Chow Chows meet in club rooms. EB T C Club gathers with Miss Edna Webb. Chorus of Woman's Auxiliary to A O H at St Marys Auditorium. Wednesday alumnae day at Shakespeare Club and 3 p m meeting for Women's Club officers. Quilting at Prospect Hill Church home of Mrs Jones. Protestant Home for Aged auxiliary at Beethoven Hall. Thelma Neal hosts Majestic party for Miss Aileen Houston and Miss Emily Wurzbach. Rose Muir hosts Majestic party for Miss Levy Meeks. Prospect Hill Methodist Missionary Society 3 30 p m. Highland Park Red Cross circle at school 3 30 p m. Southeast San Antonio Red Cross rally at Miss Alice Kirkland's 2500 South Presa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Neal
Aileen Houston
Emily Wurzbach
Young People’s Southeast
San Antonio
the Red Cross Society
Alice Kirkland
South Presa Street
Reading Club
Mises Josephine Woodhull
Brackenridge Park
J. T. Woodhull
W. W. Collier
Oscar McKhenny
Virginia Lamar
T. N. Devine
Nell Pryor
Gladys Morgan
L. M. Lamar
Battle of Flowers group hosts meeting and events
Mrs H H Branham entertained with an informal dance for S H Small of Battle Creek Michigan. Twenty guests attended as Miss Josephine Bell plans a luncheon honoring Missie Meeks. Mrs Winchester Kelso presides over the Battle of Flowers annual meeting at 4 PM in the Menger parlors. Pan American Round Table met for luncheon at the Gunter where Mrs Fernando Lopez urged forming Pan American Round Tables in Mexico to improve relations among women of the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Branham
S. H. Small
Battle Creek
Mich
Winchester Kelso
Battle of Flowers Association
Gunter
Fernando Lopez
Mexico
Pan- America
Peace and Friendship Initiatives Highlight Local Clubs
San Antonio leaders propose sending messages to Pan American ministers via Washington diplomats. Local clubs host a Burnett Mothers and Teachers Garden Party with booths and a doll parade. Reading and German circles meet or elect officers, while Mulholland School honors seniors with a luncheon. Red Cross members from Denver Heights and Knob Hill plan a Smith School meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Burnett Mothers’ and
Percy B. Estes
J. A. Cook
Richard Vander Stratten
Adolph D. Zucht
M. Goldman
W. G. Linnartz
M. Fues
Charles Batholomae
Ida Buck
H. G. Gish
P. Stuetz
E. O. Engelburt
F. W. Kammer
E. Sons
M. J. Clark
J. D. Goodrich
William Maurer
William Grossenbacher
British air craft debate fronts modern war fronts
London May 8 The Times military correspondent defends British air force diversification saying many types are needed for different tasks and second grade machines are unavoidable. He asserts the latest British fighting plane rivals Germany but more are required and notes it is operated by a single pilot with two guns. The article also lists wedding party attendees for Max Lipof and Lillie Lubel including witnesses and attendants from Port Arthur Shreveport and Houston with music and singing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Times
Max Lipof
Port Arthur
Lillie Lubel
Gus Jacobs
Shreveport
Blanche Lipof
Kansas City
Sarah Lubel
Kate Blackman
Sarah Rosenberg
Waco
Cecile Nordhaus
Sadie Feller
Sylvia Lippman
Celia Lubel
Morris Jacobs
Sam Edingoff
Sam Tiras
Houston
Jack Solomon
Alphone Kalensher
Joe Reuben
Austin
Ben Cohen
H. Hirschfield
Jake Wolff
Annie Schlessinger
Sarah Bramson
Mrs Zerr Hosts Mixed Shower For Lieschen Lessing
Mrs August W Zerr entertained with a miscellaneous shower and board party on Monday afternoon in honor of Miss Lieschen Lessing. The rooms were decorated with pink blue and white blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August W. Zerr
Lieschen Lessing
State Council Recommends Compulsory Employment Law
Charleston West Virginia May 8 The state council of defense announced it would recommend to the May 14 special legislative session that a law be enacted compelling all men between 16 and 60 to find employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Council of Defense
Fort Sam Houston parade and band concerts planned
Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson host a Tuesday program with the Nineteenth Infantry Band concert at 4 to 5 pm, a polo practice at Trent Field, a Third Artillery Band concert 4:30 to 6:30 pm, a Fourth Texas Infantry parade at 6:10 pm, and a Ninth Infantry Band concert 6:30 to 7:30 pm between camps. A Washington report notes Secretary Daniels proposes creating six fleet command officers in a draft bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
Texas Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
Infantry
Trent Field
Ninth Infantry Band
Texas
Ninth Infantry
Washington, D. C
Daniels
House
Brest Prepares to Welcome American Fighting Ships
Associated Press correspondence from Brest reports the port preparing to receive United States naval units. Brest guards, quays, and warehouses stockpile American flags, signaling the expected arrivals and heightened wartime cooperation in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
United State
Associated Press
France
Doctor Arrested for Advising Boys Not to Enlist
Fort Worth physician, reportedly from Fort Worth, was arrested at Boyd near here on a charge of advising young men not to enlist in the U S Army. Boyd city marshal, acting on Department of Justice instructions, detained him Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Boyd
Here
United States Army
Department of Justice
Aviation lecture by Major Dodd for officers at Post Chapel
Major Dodd of the Signal Corps Coast Artillery will address First Provisional Infantry division officers at 8 40 Tuesday evening May 8 at the Post Chapel. The topic is Aviation in Relation to the Other Arms. All officers are invited. Transportation will be provided to Leon Springs for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend F. Dodd
Signal Corps of the Coast Artillery
First
Provisional Infantry Division
Leon Springs
Parker
Cartoon of Zeppelin in Heaven Drawn by Bavarian Paper
Munich April 29. The Bavarian humorous paper Simplicissim features on its front page a picture captioned Count Zeppelin in Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Munich
Simplicissim
Count Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin receives heavenly welcome at celestial residence
In a comic scene a deceased Count Zeppelin rests in a cruiser on a clouded background as angels admire. St Peter, flanked by cherubs and a welcoming committee, delivers a laudatory address noting Zeppelin has one of the finest locations and a front window view of Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Zeppelin
St. Peter
Germany
Spanell Released on Bond After Murder Conviction
Harry J. Spanell, convicted for the killing of Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, was released on $5000 bond pending appeal to the state Court of Criminal Appeals. Bond posted after the trial court overruled a motion for a new trial in Coleman Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanell
Coleman
Tex
Harry J. Spanell
M. C. Butler
United States Army
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Day of Prayer Seeks Broad Methodist Unity May 27
Louisville bishops publish a personal letter to Methodist Episcopal Church South ministers and members urging a Day of Prayer on May 27. The communication, dated May 8, stresses shared faith and unity within the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
College of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Prayer Day Declared for President and Officials
A decree sets aside the 27th as a day of special prayer for the President, all public officials, and leaders amid perplexity and anxiety. It urges citizens to observe prayers for guidance and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bannwart Enters Training Camp After Waging Peace Debate
Alexander Bannwart, once in a scuffle with Senator Lodge as part of a peace delegation to Washington, enrolled in the officers' reserve training camp at Plattsburg New York. He expressed regret over the Lodge incident and eagerness to serve in the war. Colored excursion Seguin May 10 $1 round trip special train leaves 9 30 a m Southern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannwart
Boston
Mass
Alexander Bannwart
Senator Lodge
Washington
Plattsburg
N. Y
Seguin
Southern Pacific
San Antonio Tax Notice Urges Early Payment
Taxpayers in San Antonio are notified that the 1916 city taxes are due. To avoid six percent annual interest and two percent monthly penalties for five months, taxes must be paid by May 11, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
EB. T. C. Club
Edna Webb
Chorus of
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Shakespeare Club
Main Avenue High School
Woman’s Club
Ladies’ Aid Society
Prospect Hill
Protestant Home For
Beethoven Hall
Miss Rose Muir
Miss Levy Meeks
Missionary Society of
Prospect Hill Methodist Church
Highland Park School Circle of the Red Cross
N. K. Fairbank Company
West Washington Street
Chicago
Ill
Elks
Elk’s Jewelry
Hertzberg Jewelry Company
Gibbons Literary Club
L. B. Randall
Henry Burns
Jodie Quigley
P. H. Degnan
A. R. Bacon
Phelan
J. P. Laux
J. E. Wetherell
Hugh Rice
Mulholland School
Wolff & Marx
Gertrude Cumming
Alleen Houston
Hortense Goldstein
Emily Wu
Denver Heights
Knob Hill
Red Cross
Smith School
Miss Dubel
Miss Lessing
Blum’s White Sale
Blum
America
Milan
Madame Irene
Regalis
Warner
Val
POST
United States Navy
Department of Ministers
Dodd Will Deliever
Post Chapel
Count
Heaven
J. F. Garland
Pabst Engraving
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