Social Calendar for San Antonio Area Events
Wednesday night events include a dinner party at 7 o clock and a commencement dance at the Menger Hotel. Wasson School holds exercises at St. Anthony Hotel along with Briscoe School Mothers' Club meeting and Dean Richardson Woman's auxiliary tea at 202 East Locust Street. Philathea class garden party at Utica Presbyterian Church home of Miss Edniss Wolff and Highland Park Friendship Club gathering on South New Braunfels Avenue.
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San Antonio Academy
Menger
Dean Richardson
Ernest Lee Brown
East Locust Street
Philathea
Utica Presbyterian Church
Edniss Wolff
Marshall Street
Highland Park Friendship Club
A. C. Stanfield
New Braunfels Avenue
Dance program closes with Bonnibel Stowers performance
Miss Bonnibel Stowers of the Phi Alpha Sigmas closed the program with an artistic dance. The event featured monologues songs and stories from Delta Gum Guys and others. Chaperones listed included Mrs E J Martin and several Stowers Johnsons and Adams. Guest count exceeded 175.
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Delta Gum
Bonnibel Stowers
Phi Alpha Sigmas
E. J. Martin
George A. Stowers
Jack Wiley Neal
G. W. Johnson
Herbert Woods
Sterling Price Adams
Parish gathering at Vaughan home this Thursday evening
A social event for Christ Church parishioners is planned at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Vaughan located at San Pedro Avenue and French Place on Thursday evening.
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Christ Church
George C. Vaughan
San Pedro Avenue
French Place
Bell invites Miss Sanders to May 31 meeting at Hillcrest home
Invitations from Charles Cameron Bell invite Miss Madeline Sanders contralto to Wednesday evening May 31 at his residence 2292 Hillcrest Avenue.
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Charles Cameron Bell
Hillcrest Avenue
Madeline Sanders
Travis Club Roof Garden Formal Opening Planned
A social event of the week will be the formal opening of the Travis Club roof garden on Thursday evening. Dinner runs from 7 to 9, and dancing continues to a late hour with many reservations already made by members.
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Travis Club
Ruix School Mothers Club Parcel Post Party Planned
The Ruix School Mothers' Club will host a parcel post party from 3 until p.m. Friday with an entertaining program of dances and songs by the children and refreshments to be served.
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Ruix School Mothers’ Club
Supper dance honors Fort Worth golf cup christening
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lapham hosted a Tuesday supper dance at their Braha boulevard home to celebrate the christening of the cup won by Mrs. Lapham in the women s golf championship at Fort Worth. A long list of guests attended including Dr. and Mrs. Todd Lowery Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Russell and Judge and Mrs. A. W. Seeligson.
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J. H. Lapham
Braha Boulevard
Lapham
Fort Worth
Todd Lowery
Earl Gafford
Frank Lewis
W. B. Russ
J. H. Burleson
Max Graham
W. B. Lupe
Lane Taylor
Harry Landa
E. George
Emma Reed
Robert E. Moss
Ernest Brown
Charles §. Venable
Helen Bonney
Frederick J. Combe
E. B. Carruth
George Gillette
E. Tudor Craig
Kearney
Mason Sr
T. W. Campbell
Lee Ransom
B. F. Stout
A. S. Gage
Schultz
Robert Silsbee
E. C. Tarrant
A. W. See
Miss Helen Eads Stuns in The White Sister Reading
Miss Helen Eads a pupil of Miss Martha Fowlkes gave a dramatic reading of F Marion Crawford The White Sister Tuesday evening in the St Anthony hotel ballroom. The young reader excelled in all parts handling twelve characters with equal strength.
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Helen Eads
Martha Fowlkes
F. Marion Crawford
St. Anthony Hotel
Miss Hazel Hutchins to Return From Houston Visit
Miss Hazel Hutchins will return Wednesday night from several weeks visit with Miss Jewel Ayars of Houston.
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Hazel Hutchins
Jewel Ayars
Houston
Mu Nu Sigmas Host Luncheon at Gunter Hotel
The Mu Nu Sigmas held a weekly luncheon at the Gunter hotel on Wednesday with discussion centering on the annual inter-frat entertainment. The initial entertainment Tuesday night at the Gunter was sponsored by the Mu Nu Sigmas.
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Mu Nu Sigmas
Gunter Hotel
Miss Genevieve Breen Heads for Summer in Chicago
Genevieve Breen departs Wednesday for an all summer stay in Chicago, leaving behind routine duties and signaling a season of travel and residence with extended plans in the city.
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Genevieve Breen
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson Debating Club Banquet Set Thursday
The Woodrow Wilson Debating Club will hold its annual banquet Thursday evening at the original Mexican restaurant roof garden.
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Woodrow Wilson Debating Club
Roof Garden
Rates to be Discussed at Credit Men Banquet
The San Antonio Credit Men's Association plans a 6 30 p m banquet at the Menger Hotel patio to consider a proposed 33 1 3 percent increase in fire insurance rates. J G Hornberger will present the insurers' perspective and lead an informal discussion. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Credit Men’s Association
Menger
Henry A. Hirschberg
J. G. Hornberger
Hirschberg
I. S. Club Entertained For Crocheting Afternoon
Mrs. Paul Stutz hosted the I. S. Club on Tuesday afternoon with crocheting as the main activity. Mrs. W. Goff is scheduled to entertain the group on May 30.
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I. S. Club
Paul Stutz
W. Goff
Uhr's Anti Gambling Crusade Continues Strong Word
Police and fire Commissioner Robert Uhr vowed no let up in his anti gambling campaign. Four arrests were made after a Monte game raid near San Fernando Street. He will attend the trials, push for convictions, and target pool rooms next.
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San Antonio
Robert Uhr
Police and Fire
Long, Green and
Harris
San Fernando
South Comal
Uhr
United States suit against railroad receiver docketed in Corpus Christi
The United States sues Frank Andrews as receiver for the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexican railroad, transferred from Brownsville and docketed for trial next week. The Interstate Commerce Commission findings allege two crews of five men exceeded the sixteen hour limit on January 165 16, 1915 and March 12, 1915. Ten counts demand damages of 500 dollars each.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
United States of America
Frank Andrews
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexican Railroad
Brownsville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Caplan Jury Disagrees in Los Angeles Murder Trial
The Caplan murder trial in Los Angeles ended with a hopeless jury disagreement after 72 hours of deliberation. The panel was discharged as the case remains unresolved amid the Times building destruction investigation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Engineer Stiles Heads to Farmersville for Levee Inspectio
Captain Arthur A. Stiles state reclamation engineer has traveled to Farmersville to inspect several levee projects in the area. He may also visit levee districts along the Trinity river currently forming.
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Stiles
Farmersville
Austin
Tex
Arthur A. Stiles
Trinity River
Gloria's Romance features real lumber in Grand Opera run
Billie Burke stars in Gloria's Romance with scenes shot on real lumber sets to achieve genuine shadows and authentic interior decor. Manager Weis promotes Friday and Saturday showings at the Grand Opera house, with the story beginning at Palm Beach Florida where the cast spent over three weeks filming among fashion notables.
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Gloria
Billie Burke
Weis
Grand Opera House
Fashionable
Palm Beach
Fla
Waifs at Grand Opera House Features Miss Grey
Two Los Angeles girls in the slums witnessed Miss Grey on the set of Waifs Ince's Triangle Ray Bee. She befriended them and funded theater tickets for a month after learning they had never seen a film. Waifs last shown today with His Wife's Mistakes and Fatty Arbuckle at the Grand.
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Ince
Jane Grey
William Desmond
Los Angeles
Miss Grey
Borsini Troupe Performs Final Night at Prin cess Theater
The Borsini Troupe of European globe artists appears at the Prin cess Theater for the last time tonight. The act is reputed to be one of the most remarkable feats in street and circus variety.
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Borsini
Princess Theater
Vaudeville bill features five acts at the Princess
The program showcases John Olms with sleight of hand Agnes Kayne as a popular eccentric comedienne Moore and St. Clair in a singing dancing and talking act and the Melody Trio. The bill changes at Thursday matinee.
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John Olms
Agnes Kayne
Moore
St. Clair
Baptists Open 61st Southern Conference in Asheville
Baptists from across the South gather in Asheville for the opening session of the sixty first annual Southern Baptist convention. Officers to be elected, reports to be reviewed, and a week of programs planned with Dr FE Mullins noting 342 ministerial students enrolled this year. Charles W Daniel of Atlanta to deliver the convention sermon.
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Asheville
South
Southern Baptist Convention
Women’s Missionary Union
FE. Y. Mullins
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisvile
Charles W. Daniel
Atlanta
Army Officers Granted Leaves and Reassignments
The army orders grant multiple officers leaves of absence for varying durations and assign acting duties at Fort Ontario Fort Niagara and other posts. Individuals named include Captain Harry K Terbetts Lieutenant Harry Blair, Major Zebulon B Vance, Lieutenant Colonel Henry S Harris, George P Howell, Eugene R Household, and Major Roger Brooke with detachments and transfers noted across Fort Leavenworth San Francisco and the Thirtieth and Nineteenth Infantry units.
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Harry KR Terbetts
Tenth Infantry
Harry Ey Blair
Medical Reserve Corps
Southern Department
Harry C. Blair
Thomas T. Fryssell
Fort Ontario
N. Y
Zebulon B. Vance
Fort Niagara
Medical Corps
Army Transport Service
San Francisco
Cal
George P. Howell
Corps of Engineers
Chief of Engineers
Eugene R. Householde
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Henry D. Styer
Roger Brooke
Medial Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
John M.A. Palmer
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Edson A. Lewis
Henry T. Ferguson
Thirtieth Infantry
Nineteenth Infantry
World's Greatest Reservoir Elephant Butte Dam Completed
President Wilson congratulates the Federal reclamation service team in charge of Elephant Butte dam New Mexico as the completion creates the world’s greatest storage reservoir. The lake spans 45 miles long with an average depth near 65 feet and holds about 856 billion gallons of water. In Texas, Fire Marshal Wallace Inglish plans an address and dispatches to mayors and marshals of every city about fire prevention.
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Washington, D. C
Elephant Butte
New Mexico
Wilson
Federal Reclamation Service
Austin
Tex
Wallace Inglish
Texas
Address at Texas Fire Marshals meeting in New Braunfels
T F Baker chief inspector of the state fire insurance commission delivers an address at the recent Texas Fire Marshals Association meeting in New Braunfels. The talk is titled The.
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Texas Fire Marshals’ Association
New Braunfels
T. F. Baker
State Fire Insurance Commission
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Wasson School
Briscoe School
Alhambra Toobas
Chow Chows
Beta Tau Zetas
Phil Alpha Sigmas
Yemmesees
Delta Psis
Delta Gamas
A. H. Cadwallader Jr
Russell Hughes
Mildred Johnson
Phyllis Shiner
Charlotte Newton
William King
Aubrey Schofield
William Bennett
Slayden Goldstein
Leonard Hoefgen
Chow Chow Orchestra
Allstar
Mary Nelson Johnson
Brendan Bennett
Llayden Goldstein
Arthur Youngs
Ray Hare
Coldfeet
Alffred Kilgore
A. R. Seared
Wilson Coolidge
Hertzberg
Telephone Crockett
Edwin H. Lee
Dandruff
Cuticura
Dept. 266
Boston
Caplan
Red Cross
St. Anthony
Frederick Funston
Fort Sam Houston
T. B. Baker
Pres
Gen'l. Mgr
St Aerfl
Rie
Ane
Blum
Emil Blum
Sis
Ease Sovstos St
The
Grand
Baptists
Sesson
Southern
North Carolina
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Bell Jewelry Co
West Commerce Street
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