Spring Socials Highlight Five Hundred Club at Battles Wharf
The Five Hundred Club hosted Mrs. Albert McWean for an elegant event with yellow and white roses and jass mines decor. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. W. B. Curran and Julie Boudousquie, while guests enjoyed home made candy and an ice course. A Sewing Circle gathering and other social mentions filled the weekend, with plans for biweekly dances and a season opening with weekly dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battles Wharf
Ala
Albert Mc Wean
Five Hundred
W. B. Curran
Julie Boudousquie
Joes Schowalter
McKean
Mesdames Welles
Brennerman
Ed Courtney
Joe Metzger
Joe Metzer
Rufin Michael
W. H. Bruner
Kate Dade
Lucile Troop
Joe Lamphier
John
Dance
Ednis
Margaret Callaghan
Margaret Ennis
George Widney
Little
Ters
Cecilia
Carmine
Widneys
Currans
Wood
Darrow
Gray Alston
George Vaughan, Jr
Battles Hotel
Dupree
Beach Hotel
White
Silverhill
Welles
Charles Warren
Clark
Mother
Sea Shore
Foley News Roundup from Foley Alabama
Mrs Charles Krieritz sister of Dr Ludewig left for Chicago. N H Monteith added a cement sidewalk with the bank and Fisher, creating the town’s first half block. Nora Gifford bought Archie Morhett house and lot and will repaint. A birthday surprise delighted Miss Dorothy Walker and family. The Elberta road east to cemetery was graded improving a longtime bad stretch. A new road machine boosts road work. H B Brown moved in with a carload of goods. Foley baseball beat the pickup team 9 to 7. Oak to play Foley next Sunday. Mrs Ben Lang hosted Busy Bunch on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Brown
Pennsylvania
Foley
Oak
Ben Lang
Spring Comes to Chestnut with Sunshine and News
In Chestnut Alabama residents enjoy better weather and fishing, while Mrs. Alice McNeil returns home from a relatives visit. Mr. L D Hestle shows some improvement after a Sunday illness. J D Forte attended a county board of education meeting in Monroeville last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut
Ala
Alice McNeil
L. D. Hestle
J. D. Forte
County Board of Education
Monroeville
Women workers clash over 72 hour cannery bill
New York April 17 Miss Mary Louisa Chamberlain denounces the Bewley Thompson bill allowing seventy two hour work weeks in canneries. She notes her own 1912 detective work in canneries and says the bill passed to please a cannery supporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Chamberlain
New ‘York
Bewley Thompson
Mary Louisa Chamberlain
Vassar
Whitman
Local Social and Political Notes From Lucedale
Hon L C Helms campaigned Tuesday in Big Point for district attorney. Oscar Backstrom visited Ledkesville on business. The Cook siblings mourn the death of sister Olisef in Laurel. Hicks hosted Lucedale high school faculty for dinner. Tomato Club demonstrator Mrs. Parker tours county clubs. Mrs W J Hayles returns from Hattiesburg with daughters Hor tense and Nellie. Kate Byrd and Vada Carter head to State Normal at Hattiesburg for summer teaching course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucedale
Miss
L. C Helms
Big Point
Oscar Backstrom
Ledkesville
J. A
Cook
Olisef
Laurel
George Hicks
Lucedale High School
J .W. Broom
Pope
Randle and Hendon
C. C. Harvey
Eleanor Lamb
H. M. Bell
Lella Helms
J. R. Banes
J. R. Parker
Tomato Club
W. J. Hayles
Hortense
Nellie
Hattiesburg
Manila Street
R. McKay
Mobile
Kate Byrd
Vada Carter
State Normal
W. F. Hanlin
Evelyn
Shipman
O. F. Moss
Owen
Petrie
St. Louis
Rice & Strix Co
Miss Brady
Ona Moore
Daisy
Leah de Priest
J.A. de’ Priest
Leah
Vancleave
Local social notes from Yellow Pine Alabama
Mr Bunker returned from Mobile after a several day stay. Gardy and son Ben visited Fruitdale. Hern Faulk spent Sunday with Ollie Grady. Mrs R L Williams and daughter Ellen of Mobile visited sisters H D Garman and R W Ingram. Jim Granade of Chatom was in Yellow Pine. Lillian Nales hosted a Friday night gathering with Ollie and Julia Grady Grace Scarbrough H Cam ers Alex Scarbrough Caude McGuire and W L Bentley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Pine
Ala
Bunker
Mobile
B. E. Gardy
Ben
Fruitdale
Hern Faulk
Ollie Grady
R. L. Williams
Ellen Williams
H. D. Garman
R. W. Ingram
Jim Granade
Chatom
Lillian Nales
Ollie
Julia Grady
Grace Scarbrough
H. Camers
Alex Scarbrough
Caude McGuire
W. L. Bentley
Community Notes from Orchard and Union Church
Seymour visits Mr and Mrs Charles Harbert as he considers settling in the south. Union church Sunday school grows with hopes for steady progress. Wengerd family of West Salem expected to relocate here. New store building arm and Mrs Erdman praised. Dr B H Chamberlain sells home and plans Chicago return. May Morgan of Chicago visiting family. Marshall of Mobile plans move to local farm early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
B. H. Chamberlain
Charles Harbert
Chicago
May. Morgan
Wesley Morgan
Marshall
Mobile
Creagh Granade nuptials mark Suggsville social
Miss Elsie Creagh became Mrs Floran Granade in Suggsville Alabama in a 2 PM ceremony at the Methodist church with Rev D M Pearson officiating. Out of town guests included Mrs Revel Selma and Mrs Shepard Safford. The couple left for Frankville on the 3:30 train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suggsville
Ala
Thomas A. Creagh
Elsie Creagh
Floran Granade
Frankville
D. M. Pearson
Methodist Church
The
Baptist Church
Lillian Deer
Claiborne
Dina Vernon Hobart
Gosport
Dora Dahiber
Mount Pleasant
James S. Deas
Cobb Cammack
H. H. Davis
G. W. Creagh
M. Barnes
W. H. Davis
Grove Hill
C. S. Dahlberg
Medical Society
Jackson
E. H. Morris
Mobile
George Whisenhunt
Montgomery
S. T. Woodard
A. F. Owings
J. B. Cleveland
School Improvement Society
Downs School Socials and Club Meeting Note
John Miller and Frank Busbie visited Mobile and Downs School friends this week. Mrs. Jessica McGuire spoke to Tomato Club girls and mothers. The Farmers Welfare Club met at Downs School with a 78 attendance and a varied program led by Miss Lillian Allman and Mr. Littleton Crabtree. The program committee will plan the May 12 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downs School
Ala
John Miller
Mobile
Frank Busbie
Powell
L. Powell
Ollie Miller
Richardson
Richard Corley
H. S. Powell
Jessica McGuire
Farmers Welfare Club
Louis Crabtree
Lillian Allman
Vidmer Ladies Headed to Louisville for Visit
Mrs. George Vidmer and Miss Sleansi Vidmer departed Montrose for a short visit in Louisville Kentucky. They have wintered with Mrs. G A Moses and were joined by Mrs. Moses and Miss Ethel Moses in Mobile. Capt Charles H Babb and H B Marshall spent Friday in Fairhope. Raymond Stapleton, Daphne pitcher, was in Atmore for a three game series with HH Graham, the Daphne coach, along on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Ala
George Vidmer
Sleansi Vidmer
Louisville
Daphne Baseball Nine
Atmore
HH. W. Graham
Daphne Nine
Local Social Notes from Camden Ala
Camden social news lists visits illnesses and church activities. Mrs Tom Moore hosts Tennyson Circle events. Mrs G T Donnelly and Mrs Edgar Pritchett return from Dothan Sunday school convention. Rev Wallace leads Presbyterian services. Miss Ella Albritton oversees Saturday picnic. Missionary Society meets with Mrs E W Berry. Mrs J L Liddell departs for Brewton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Ala
Tennyson Circle
Tom Moore
Charlie Tait
F. Tait
G. T. Donnelly
Edgar Pritchett
Dothan
Presbyterian Church
Wallace
Ella Albritton
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
E. W. Berry
John McCaskey
Laurel
Miss
J. S. Foster
R. D. Gilbert
Miss Sellers
Selma
Rob Hardy
Hunter Farish
Carlyle Duke
Chapman
J. L. Liddell
Brewton
Local Notes From Irvington and Nearby
Rev D D Harmon of Grand Bay led services at Union church at 3 pm Friday Mrs J W Thurston of Delaware Ohio arrived Friday to see her convalescing daughter Mrs Thurston typhoid fever Dr M L Goff did business in Mobile between trains Thursday Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs T Davis home Thursday School Improvement Association to stage a plays The Fatal Necklace One Sweetheart for Two Two Lunatics and a note on a coed hugh ot ah a promised band and orchestra fur-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Ala
D. D. Harmon
Grand Bay
Union Church
J. W. Thurston
Delaware
Ohio
Thurston
M. L. Goff
Mobile
Ladies’ Aid Society
Deer Park Social News Highlights Local Visitors and Trips
Deer Park residents and guests gather for fishing trips and a fish barbecue on Turner reserves. Visitors include Aila D. Bosdell, H. M. Friend, J F Stowade, and locals like R. W. Lynch, W. J. Harrison, and Miss Irene Shanholtzer. Cars travel to Chatom Citronelle and Mobile for business and leisure with school events and entertainments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Aila
D. W. Bosdell
North Side Baptist Church
Mobile
J. FF. Stowade
N. E. Turner
Vinegar Bend
Turner
Messrs
R. W. Lynch
W. J. Harrison
W. R. Leon
O. C. Turmmel
Ford Shanholtzer
Chatom
E. McGlathery
John Beshel
New Orleans
School Improvement Association
Blake
Marion
Ray
Irene Shanholtzer
Guy Turner
Georgia Kelley
Earl Baxter
Fruitdale town items include road work and meetings
Fr udale residents host visitors from Mississippi and Indiana while local leaders push road improvements. Central avenue upgrades wrap up as George Poindexter and the Fruitdale Development Company plan broader street work. A mass meeting is set for April 21 to support the Washington County high school and April 23 is clean up day for all residents.
Bayou La Batre Hosts Wholesale Druggists and Locals
Bayou La Batre Alabama page notes 22 Mobile convention druggists visit town. Many residents and visitors listed including Miss Eleanor Sumrall Miss Hattie Smee and Mr George Coleman. Social events teachers meetings and church activities are mentioned with several travels to Mobile Birmingham Biloxi and Crichton.
Winter Residents and Local Arrivals at Orange Beach
Orange Beach residents and visitors are noted with several arrivals and departures. George West returns to Michigan for winter, while Mrs West and Miss Portner plan summer stays. The Bynd family depart for Chicago for work, and Ella Burkhart with her brother Meert arrive to stay at their father’s place. The school improvement club meets at Mrs Whiteman’s and plans another gathering at Captain Walker’s. H V Reed returns to Chicago due to his wife’s accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Beach
Ala
George West
Michigan
West
Portner
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Bynd
Arthur
Chicago
Rynd
Ella Burkhart
Meert
Hansville
John Whiteman
Captain Walker
H. V. Reed
Mrs Sharp To Join Ambassador In France
Ambassador William Graves Sharp travels toward Marseilles to meet his wife and five children sailing from New York. He has several residence options under consideration and will decide after Mrs Sharpe arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
William Graves Sharp
Marseilles
New York
Marriage Brings Goode’s Lake Fish Fry Attendance
The community near Union Alabama hosts a fish fry at Goode's Lake inviting Union residents and a goodly number attend. Rufe Maples and Isabel Demony married last week with the bride's father guiding them to Mobile for the courthouse ceremony on Wednesday April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Ala
Newell
Spring Hill
Ruby
Dora Stevens
Mobile
Lena Pearl Drishel
Mr. Holland
Franklin Creek
Rufe Maples
Isabel Demony
Goode’s Lake
Fishermen Head to Alabama River After Town News
Jones Mill residents report Mr. E Bass killed a mad dog and another dog is present in the community. Messrs Tom Jones Charlie Hale and James Bass left Tuesday for river fishing. Claude Sheffield of Perdue Hill visited town and with Charlie Jones planned a short fishing trip on the Alabama river.
Quiet Alabama wedding joins Dunn and Helveston
A quiet wedding occurred at the home of Mrs. M Dunn with Samuel Dunn and Mae Helveston uniting as husband and wife. Reverend D J Hartzog performed the ceremony and the couple are staying with the groom's mother. The passage also lists numerous local visits and travels among Crary residents.
Local Social Notes From Fulton Fulton Alabama
Fulton Alabama April 17. Mr David Hendley returned from DOT han where he attended a Sunday school convention. Miss Sue E Moore was a visitor to Thomasville. Messrs Doe and Henry Gunn of Thomasville visited Mr Alec Manes. Mrs M Konigstead and daughter Helen returned to Minnesota. Mr and Mrs L Wright left for Monticello Mississippi to make their home. Maude Fendley and Robbie Chapman of Grove Hill stopped over. Drs Evans and Adams with Mrs Adams attended a medical convention in Jackson. Mrs L O Steele visited Alameda. Mr Luther Farr visited Thomasville. Master Fred Evans is on the sick list. Mrs Charlie Smith visited her parents at Peacock. Mr and Mrs McDowell and Hermanson motored to Thomasville Sunday. Mr Lyman Woodard visited Pine Hill. Messrs Garrick and Storey were visitors from Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Maude Fendley
Robbie Chapman
Grove Hill
Charlie Smith
Peacock
McDowell
Hermanson
Thomasville
Lyman Woodard
Pine Hill
Messia
L. Garrick
Storey
Community Notes From Waynesboro and Surrounding Areas
Local social roundup lists visits and travel across Mississippi towns. Names include Miss Edna Daniels and Mr Dains at Buda na, Edna Rogers and daughter Bra. Mrs C W Moore and Artie Davis in Waynesboro. T W Taylor to Toxey. Dr S L Johnston and relatives in Waynesboro. Migs A K McMillan with Bucatunna relatives. Trinnie Busby visiting from Zion. Ulmer Busby and Elizabeth Rogers noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EU Man
Fer Springs
Ala
Waynesboro
Miss
Daniels
C. W. Moore
Artie Davis
J. T. Ward
Mesers
A. Bison
Grover Gordy
Eliza F. Rogers
Bra Rogers
Westboro
T. W. Taylor
Toxey
L. Johnston
K. McMilan
Bucatunna
Johnston
Lawrence Davis
G. C. Hairston
Rabeth
Wayne
Ulmer Bus
Local Social Notes Highlight Nearby Visits
DELCHAMPS Dad A Tee ner hosts visitors from Mobile and Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zoan of Mobile spent Sunday with Mr. J Delchamps and family. A party from Mobile moved to visit Sophia Manser. Mrs. Markley and children hosted friends at Coden and West Fowl River then prepared to return to Chicago. Mrs. Menaneka hosted an entertainment at her home. Mrs. Lansing traveled to Mai Springs on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teener
Childers
Edge
Robert Macy
Macy
Ed Zoan
Mobile
J. Delchamps
Famih
Sophia Manser
Tre
Carmon
Daughter
Dawkins
J. C. Markley
Coden
Irk
Markley
Chicago
Jey
St. Mary's
Menane
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French Market Mills
New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd
Props
Downs
G. W. Petcher
Citronelle
H. Plummer
Bluffton
Ind
J. Jordan
Madison Wine
Fred Brookaway
Elgin
Dora Lauterbach
H. Withers
T. D. Bird
L. C. Anvil
Oneonta
Gertrude Lee
State Line
Charles Grimes
C. W. Mills
Moss Point
Eugene Breland
Leakesville
George Poindexter
Paul P. Lockling
Lockling
Board of County Commissioners
Escatawpa and
Jesse A. Steele
Fruitdale Development Company
Central Avenue
Oscar Williams
Unicorn
Express
Washington County High School
Bayou LA Batre
Birmingham
Carlton Crenshaw
Joseph Bosarge
Bay Minette
Ines Garrison
John Crenshaw
John Bryant
Huerter
James Crenshaw
Sylvester Crenshaw
Crichton
A. H. Daughdrille
Biloxi
Mordieca Roberts
Theodore
Lucy Smee
Arthur Suminson
Don
Miss Glo
Irma Rush
Inez Garrison
W. Fagerstrom
Carl Bosarge
M. Lunney
H. C. Daughdrille
Ladies’ Missionary Aid Society
Tony Robinson
Edward Schuott
Royal Theatre
Mrs. Sharp
William G. Sharp
Crary
Lillie Gay
Lela May
Buck Lord
James Havens
Annie Carl Hoffman
Annie
Mae Krassin
Etta Lord
Sadie
Quattlebaum
B. Graham
A. J. Schellinger
Marcella Black
Lee Lord
H. P. Rogers
Forest Home
Fulton
Delchamps
New Or
City Ticket Office
South Royal
Bell 210
Bell
Bell Telephone
Southern Bell Telephone
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