Allied Progress and Balkan Moves Reported in Dec 16 Dispatch
London reports Allied gains in Belgium and several rejections of German assaults in Alsace and the Woëvre. Albanian tribes reportedly enter the war against Serbia as King Peter returns to Belgrade amid Austrian wipeout claims. Italy maintains neutrality while the khedive of Egypt travels to Vienna for talks on war strategy.
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London
England
Belgium
Alsace
Woevre
Constantinople
Albania
Servia
Balkan
Peter of
Belgrade
Salandra
Italy
Egypt
Vienna
Miss Louise Cowan Feted At Mobile Battle House Dinner Dance
Dr and Mrs George Izard hosted a grand dinner dance in honor of their niece Miss Louise Cowan of Moss Point. Friends and Mobilians attended, with elegant gowns, pink roses centerpieces, and a long receiving line, marking one of the season’s social highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izard
A. M. Cowan
Moss Point
Miss Cowan
Mrs. Izard
Mrs. Cowan
Cowan
Frank Ellis
Margaret Blacksher
George Izard
Margaret Horn
Walter G. Horn
Irwin Fearne
Henry Bethea
Helen Terrill
Frank Courtney
Evan Dantzler
New Orleans
Fred T. Balch
Dansant
Holcomb Quill
Blocker Thornton
C. J. Wheeler
Frank Spencer
J. B. Harvey
John Quill
L. H. Horn
Mary Griffin
Evan Izard
Ruth Lott
Mayer Aldridge
Ruth McCormick
J. M. Scott
Marion Overton
Randolph Marshall
Clara Sims
Tom Raines
Fowlkes
Hugh Caffey
Gower
Joe Stiggins
Mary Knight Rush
Walter Inge
Annie Moore Provost
Henry Hall, Jr
Elise Beaven
Hicanor Gray
T. P. Shepard
Edna Finch
Pensacola
Jack O’connor
New York
Marguerite Finch
Tom Soost
Mary Emma Nettles
Alson Wilson
Hilda Broadwood
Tom Strong
Helen Womack
Winslow Partridge
Evelyn McLaughlin
Tony Goodbrad
Rebecca Herndon
Ed Overton
Ella Packer Blacksher
Toxey Haas
Marguerite Festorazzi
James Radcliff
Marie Hermann
James Alvarez
Edna Manning
Joe L. Hermann
Rob Marshall
George Creary, Jr
P. J. Howard
John Wis
George Gage
Hugh Barclay
W. W. Boyles
Carl McMahon
Frank Fowler
Lieutenant Bagger
Winona
Chisolm
Austull Pharr
George K. Harris
Walter Toxey
Quiet Wedding Ties Two Prominent Mobile Families
Miss Ruth Olive McGowin and Robbins Pharr Aldridge wed at 3 pm in the McGowin residence on Government Street with close relatives present. The ceremony, officiated by Dr. J W Phillips, featured pink roses, lace, and a performance of O Perfect Love. A fruit punch reception followed before the couple departed for New Orleans for a Christmas honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Olive McGowin
Robbins Pharr Aldridge
McGowin
Government Street
J. W. Phillips
First Baptist Church
Ruth McGowin
Miss McGowin
J. F. McGowin
Aldridge
Lamar Aldridge
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Mobile
Alabama
Discards Meet At Mrs F P Davis Home Tuesday
The Discards club gathered Tuesday with hostess Mrs. F. P. Davis at her parents Colonel and Mrs. L. F. Irwin's home. Winners received ribbon embroidered pin cushions, with runners up named as Mrs. J. T. Cochrane Mrs. McCreary Otts and Mrs. Joseph McPhillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Davis
L. F. Irwin
J. T. Cochrane
McCreary Otts
Joseph McPhillips
A. D. Pitts
Selma
A. W. Brooks
J. W. Hunter
Morning Knitting Parties Support War Relief in Mobile
In Mobile, Mrs Louis Donald hosted a Christmas morning knitting party for war relief. Teachers Mrs Safford Berney and Mrs Herndon led stitches while Mrs Stratton spoke on relief work and guests received small Belgian flags. Next meeting scheduled after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Shonts
Mobile
Louis Donald
Georgia Avenue
Miss Leatherbury Hosts Tuesday Auction Club Meet
Debutante Miss May Leatherbury entertained four tables of the Tuesday Auction Club with Miss Marguerite Finch Miss Edna Finch of Pensacola Miss Margaret May Border of West Virginia and club members Miss Alba Gower and Miss Eula Walsh in attendance Annie Moore Provost won high with silk hose consolation went to Edna Finch A luncheon followed and the group agreed to resume after Christmas with Miss Mary Knight Rush as the next debutante host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Courtright
Miss Manning
Miss Finch
Anna Belle Courtright
Edna Manning
Edna Finch
Pensacola
Courtright
Monterey Street
Helen Courtright
Mary Belle Armbrecht
Anna Lou B. Anfield
Mary Emma Nettles
Margaret Goodbrad
Genevieve Watson
Dorothy Vaughan
Gertrude Arnold
Aimee Wilson
Mary Knight Rush
Anna Franklin
Birmingham
Lorraine Cunningham
Mabel Martwell
Margaret Blacksher
Eleanor Gray
Marie Hermann
Elise Hall
Delia Webb
Alice Terrill
Evelyn McLaughlin
Annie Moore Provost
Hattie Arnold
Kathleen Willis
Effie Soost
Margaret May Borden
Virginia
Alba Gower
Anna Boulet
Gabriella Barret
May Leatherbury
Irwin Fearn
Leatherbury
George Leatherbury
Miss Leatherbury
Marguerite Finch
Margaret May Border
West Virginia
Eula Walsh
University Glee Club Quartette Previews Mobile Concert
The University Glee Club brings a clever quartette to Mobile on December 20. Leader Fred Johnston of Florence is joined by Robert Crawford of Dothan Barton Isbell of Tusculum and Robert Tennant Simpson of Florence. The group is described as bright and lively and has sparked strong audience and manager interest for Ghautauqua engagements. All members are bona fide students and unavailable for other engagements until college breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Glee Club
Mobile
Fred Johnston
Florence
Glee Club
Robert Crawford
Dothan
Barton Isbell
Tuscumbia
Robert Tennant Simpson
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Foot of
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