Society in Mobile Delights Readers with Travel Plans
Mobile society notes recount Miss L Sawyer’s summer weeks at the Preston home and in town with Miss Ellen Smith before returning to Birmingham. Mr John Randolph Bolling plans to resume Mobile life September 3 then head to the University of Alabama. Edna Manning, a Mobile girl now abroad, remains in Ireland before December return. Mr and Mrs John Meador recently enjoyed a week at the Point Clear Hotel and have since returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss L. Sawyer
Bay
Preston
Mrs. Sherwood
Ellen Smith
Birmingham
John Randolph Bolling
Greensboro
Mobile
University of Alabama
Edna Manning
Ireland
John Meador
Point Clear
Beatrice Donovans Sweet Sixteenth Birthday Party
Miss Beatrice Donovan celebrated her sixteenth birthday at home on Baltimore street last Tuesday evening from 8 to 10. Pink and white decor framed the celebration with themed treats and games. About twenty guests attended and offered best wishes to the hostess. Genevieve Watson, visiting Bagdad, Florida, with grandmother Mrs Bruce, is entertaining for the weekend Miss Vera Green of Pensacola is in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Donovan
Baltimore Street
Genevieve Watson
Bagdad, Fla
Mrs. Bruce
Vera Green
Pensacola
Little Katherine Croom Improves at Spring Hill
News notes show little Katherine Croom and other Mobile residents enjoying health updates and seaside trips. Families plan relocations to Spring Hill and Point Clear as health improves.
Dances of Today Defends Modern Ballroom Steps
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw argues that modern dancing can be tasteful when kept in ballroom form and contrasts it with stage dancing and the tango. She describes proper positions, glide technique, and cautions about the Tango Tea while promising instructional steps and exercises with partner Jack Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
A Beautiful Porch Party Honors Dr Sophie Laws
A porch party at Spring Hill honored Dr Sophie Laws of Nova Scotia, guest of Miss Margaret Austil. Fern shaded verandas framed four small tables with garden blooms as guests moved through a progressive serve, placing health of children as the foremost concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Laws
Nova Scotia
Margaret Austil
Spring Hill
Social Notes Mention Guests and Travel Movements
A string of Mobile social news lists Mrs Laws and friends at summer entertainments. Mrs Robert Smith and Mrs D P Bester plan moves to Warrenton Virginia to join other locals for a seaside gathering. The items mention guests in Biloxi and Spring Hill Alabama, trips to Montgomery and healing Springs, and antebellum style meals and vacation departures abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
D. P. Bester
Warrenton
Billups
EB. L. Russell
Old Dominion
Gaylord Clark
Lettice Lee Clark
Smith
Austin
Spring Hill
Ala
Bailey Miss Mary McCord Resides in Mobile Area
Bailey formerly resided in Mobile and now Miss Mary McCord along with her husband are being cordial greeted by friends here.
Visitors Return Home After Fortnight at Point Clear
Mrs. Ellis Day Gates and children wrap up a two week stay at Point Clear and head home. A congenial auto party including Joseph Manning Syd Robbins William Cowley and James Armour plans a dine at Dog River Club today. J F Yeend family with daughters Josie Irma and Alfred are due back Sunday from St. Louis. Horace T Culver family and H E Baxter daughter Elizabeth left Friday for Zanders to occupy Wood cottage for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Day Gates
Point Clear
Joseph Manning
Syd Robbins
William Cowley
James Armour
Auto
Dog River Club
J. F. Yeend
Josie
Irma
Alfred
St. Louis, Mo
Horace T. Culver
H. E. Baxter
Elizabeth
Zanders
Ala
Railroad romance ends in quiet August wedding
A romance that began in the Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight claim department culminated Saturday evening at 7:15 at the Episcopal residence with the marriage of Fred W. Miller and Ruth Sossaman. Rev. R. Gerow, a cousin of the groom, officiated. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Touart, the groom’s brother and sister-in-law. Only immediate families were present as requested by the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Fred W. Miller
Ruth Sossaman
R. ©. Gerow
Harry Touart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Katherine Croom
William Croom
Mobile Bay
Philip Minor
Eutaw, Ala
Mr. Minor Friend
Virginia Friend
Government Street
Mr. Minor
Judge Minor
South
Supreme Court
Louise Petridge
Grace Ellis
Bayou la Batre
B. T. Carvin
Mr. Carvin
Adelaide John
T. B. Crossland
Gulfport
C. S. Stopplebein
Adele Patete
Choctaw Inn
Jackson Wells
Margaret Horn
Fairhope
James Lawrence
Winston Jones
Joseph Jones
Oak Hill
Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium
Phoebe Lawrence
Killie Crankie, Coden
Ignatius Fried
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Turkey
Buffalo
N. Y
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Common Sense
Invalid’s Hotel and Surgical Institute
R. V
M.D
N.Y
Mas
F. W. Mixns
Bodines, Pa
Williamsparty
A. E. Schmidt
Retta Williams
Biloxi
Mr. C. J. Dykes
City
Montgomery
T. G. Dickerson
Dickerson City
Fla
Lucile
Ben H. Thomas
Reed Avenue
Minor Friend
Minor
Saegertown
Lake Chautauqua
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Chautauqua
L. Miller
McComb City
C. H. Colvin
South Lawrence Street
Bailey
Key West, Fla
New York
Atlanta
Miller-Sossaman
Columbia Ice Cream CO
Daily Newcomers
Gabrifl
BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Bell Telephone Company
Willis & Percy Jewelers and Silversmiths
Dauphin Street
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