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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1915
Page
7
On Easter morn the faithful cast aside sorrow and hail the risen Christ. Nature rin gs with spring while bells ring and cities awaken to welcome the Son. The text exalts Christ as Redeemer and declares the day of sorrow ended with victory.
The Merry Easter Maskers plan their first anniversary dance at German Relief Hall on Thursday at 8 45 pm. Drago's orchestra will provide the music. Committee members include chairman G W Potter and a group of young ladies listed as French maid attendants.
The marriage of Miss Cline Carrol Guest and Mr. George A. Bounton took place in New Orleans on Saturday morning, surprising many who did not know of their plans. Miss Guest, daughter of Allan H. Guest, now in Mobile, weds George Bounton, head of the bookkeeping department of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago. The couple will return to Mobile around April 10.
Mrs Murray and family leave Cottage Hill for Washington avenue and Tennessee street. W R Langner completes home remodeling on Baltimore street. Crace Chapel Girls Social and Sewing Club reschedules penny fair to April 6 at Mrs Mousion home Marine and Seneca streets. Mrs Cecelia Macon leaves Mobile for Laine Miss for summer. H S Bassett visits Oakdale relatives. Bassett and Clara Bynum reside near Semmes Ala. Easter egg hunt held by Oakdale Church Junior Baraca. Two masses planned at St Matthew’s Church Sunday. Oakdale Baptist services strong under Rev Houston Red Oak Iowa. Chapter U D C Camp Fire scene recalls past, notes absences.
The Character Maids mark their first anniversary with a ball on April 13 at I O O F Hall. Sunset band will provide music. The young women group from Whistler plans a lively, pleasure filled event for friends and guests. Committee of young men to be announced later.
Mr and Mrs L M Davis host a birthday party Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 o clock to celebrate their son Gaillard.
Miss Mary Tilney who has spent the winter in Mobile with cousin Miss Marie Hayette will depart Monday night for Washington where she will stay a month before going to New York. Mrs. Adolph Dilverman of Chicago is visiting her sister Mrs. Charles Killer. Mrs. W. K. Linscott, from the Alabama Educational Association in Montgomery April 1 to 3, returns home today. Mrs. G. H. Mathis of Gadsden, praised as a leading farmer, arrived in Mobile on Friday.
Miss Carol Cline Guest, formerly of Nashville and long a Mobile resident, wed George Albert Bouton in a six o clock Saturday ceremony at St John’s Church. Rev Gardner C Tucker officiated. The couple, praised for character and business ability, left by 6:45 train for New Orleans and will reside with the bride’s parents at 211 Old Shell Road after returning.
Mr and Mrs P C Steele and their bright daughter Irene left last week for their future home in Atlanta. The departure highlights a family relocation amid busy times and warm regards from friends and neighbors.
Birmingham's popular Carolyn Brown appears at the Lyric Theatre on April 22 portraying Helen Le Grande in the Blackfriars production A Bachelor's Romance.
Mr Steele proprietor and manager of the Bienville Hotel in Mobile for eight years was popular and well loved by many friends. Mrs Steele was prominent in charitable work and Irene Steele was in demand for charitable entertainments. They will miss the Passing Show and Colonial Minstrels, where Irene was to play a lead role.
Monday features Easter Ball at German Relief Hall and several parties including the Salamagundy at Mrs Stratton and the Pickwickian Ball at Armory. Tuesday offers auctions, lectures by Mr McKenzie, bridal party luncheons, dances, and sewing clubs. Wednesday lists weddings, bridge, sewing, and Easter Ball at Elk's Hall. Thursday covers Mothers' Club, weddings, and M E M dances. Friday lists bridge clubs, social events, dance at Bettie House, Camp Fire, and birthday party. Saturday presents Discards, Shakespeare Club, and Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma meeting.
Miss Olive Richards traveled from Tuscaloosa to Mobile to canvass the city selling admissions for the Blackfriars and planned to continue work after her deathless. Holden Hagan promised a cordial reception for the troupe. Frank Pryor and Miss Roberta Foster quietly wed at the cathedral rectory with Rev. Father E. J. Hackett officiating. Denominational Union notes praise the vesper service directed by Mrs. Newsome and the evangelistic services ongoing.
The Rev J B Trotter will preach Sunday. An Easter egg hunt at St Catherine's Church on Spring Hill and Stem Ave on Monday at 4 pm offers prizes for finding the gold egg. The carnival build ing lot drawing follows the prize egg event. Refreshments served.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Seamen's Bethel will host an afternoon Musicale Tea at Mrs. W. D. Stratton's residence on April 27 from 5 to 7 o'clock to benefit the organization.
Prichard Alabama notes invite little friends to a birthday party at the Newburn residence on Monday from 4 to 6 pm. Sunday services at Baptist Church led by Rev J D Anderson. Community groups meet including Helping Hand Society and quarterly church conferences.
In Escatawpa Alabama on April 2 special report lists local residents and guests. Frank Carpenter of Koenton and Branton of Citronelle visited, with Green and Platt on a Vinegar Bend trip. Williams of Whistler and Smallwood of Vinegar Bend visited relatives, and others from Vinegar Bend attended a lecture.
Mrs Theodore Ander son has just returned from Deschamps where she visited Mrs Charley Rowell. Mr J C Pierce visited Mobile. Mr William Gibson served on the jury in Mobile. Mr W N Pierce is in ill health at home. J Pierce and sister Miss Neely Pierce, and Pierce Love, attend after their father.
A Victrola concert at Whittier Hall for the Women's Club House drew a small crowd due to cold winds. The Reynalds company provided the instrument and remarks by Mr. Gutenberger. The piece describes East Fairhope and its social events, plus the religious and communal life of Fairhope including several churches and the Quaker community nearby.
A fragment from an issue notes a piece titled The Tem and His Wife by the author of The Fortunes of Fanny. The readable line hints at publication timing and author linkage without full details.
The note reports school closed Friday for vacation and Easter events. It mentions prayer meetings, Sunday school class, choir practice, and a planned Faster program at the Methodist Church. Several residents like Mrs S A Dodge and Miss Ultima Hall are noted sick or recovering alongside travel itinerary cancellations.
Mr Adwill Haysen hosted a large party of young people on Saturday night in Chunchula Alabama. Miss George Miss Eunice Harwell and Miss J P George are mentioned among guests and friends in Oak Grove Su. Other notes include illness of Lewis and a visit by Mrs Nina Barker and Miss E J Fulton.
In Mobile Alabama officials including Captain C A Pig visited the port while work on the Bay Shore Railroad extension continues rapidly. A crew neared finishing grading for three miles to the point amid a busy stretch of religious meetings and family visits in the area.
An elaborate musical program arranged for Easter Sunday by Mrs. Haiden S. Rawley in Cawthon Vineyard features numbers from Verdi Strauss Wolf Ferrari Massanet and Friml with soloists Miss Vesta Legg Miss Ora Lee McMillan Miss Mary Holliday and others. the Rawley Orchestra includes violin flute saxophone and piano with Mrs Haiden S Rawley directing.
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