Birthday Party at St Stephens Road Church
Final arrangements are announced for the St Stephens Road M E Church Birthday Party on May 1. The event features twelve tables for the months, two orchestras, decorated grounds, and a doll prize for guessing the little lady’s name. Funds will aid church Sunday school room. Names of performers and organizers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephens Road
M. E
St. Stephen's Road
Stirling
Lillian Mahe
Cecil Sherman
Adelain Johnson
Alice Dyas
Agnes Sherman
Florence Gardner
Katie Mae Robinson
House Party at Seacliff At Nettles Home
Seacliff east shore scene hosts weekly house gatherings at the Nettles residence. Yesterday’s log lists attendees including Misses Ella Packer Blacksher Annie Moore Provost Elise Hall Celia Webb Mary Emma Nettles Ethel West and Messrs Claude Hensch John Nelson Jack Courtney T D Nettles Delton Overton and Mr and Mrs H Bixler with chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seacliff
East Shore Bailiwicks
Nettles
Ella Packer Blacksher
Annie Moore Provost
Elise Hall
Celia Webb
Mary Emma Nettles
Ethel West
Claude Hensch
John, Nelson
Jack Courtney
T. D. Nettles
Delton Overton
Mrs. H. Bixler
Pleasures in Prospect Party Planned at Soost Home
A group of young people will organize a house party next week at the Soost home on the Eastern shore. The event aims to provide a social gathering in a comfortable setting and is described as a casual get together for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soost
A Welcome Little Lass
Mr and Mrs W C Dukes celebrate the arrival of a granddaughter named for her mother in Georgia. The newborn April girl, Caroline Marriott Dukes, will visit the Dukes with her mother and aunt during May in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Dukes
Caroline
Barlows Begin European Vacation After Fort Morgan Visit
Lieutenant and Mrs Edwin Barlow arrived from Fort Morgan to start a summer trip in Europe. They stayed in Mobile with Mrs Barlows parents Mr and Mrs Harry Donald and will visit Mrs Barlows brother Lieutenant Gordon Donald in Annapolis during a layover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlows
Europe
Edwin Barlow
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Harry Donald
Exposition Funds Grow as Mobile Subscriptions Hit $60,000
The Central Fair Committee reports $60,000 raised toward a $100,000 goal aided by the Ways and Means Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Major pledges include Mobile Street Railway and several local firms and individuals, with plans to recruit landowners in Mobile territory and attract broader support before the exposition next November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Fair Committee
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
the Fair
Mobile Gas Company
Mobile Electric Company
Mobile
Southern
L. I. Brannan
Mobile Street Railway
J. J. Blacksher
George
Hervey Hotel Co
L. Hammel Dry Goods Co
Cc. C. Mechem
O. L. Cawthon
Mobile Coca Cola Bottling Works
L. Cc. Irvine
D. R. Dunlap
Charles G. Ollinger
E. Juck
Bien
Barlows to Visit West Point and Sail on Chicago
New York to host Mr and Mrs George Heard and cousins while they visit Lieutenant and Mrs Sanderford Jarmon at West Point. On Saturday May 9 they sail aboard the steamship Chicago of the Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, a French liner once favored by Mobilians headed for a year of European travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barlows
George Heard
Sanderford Jarmon
West Point
Chicago
Compagnie Generale Trans
Joseph Selden
Farnsdale
Amelia Worthington
Birmingham
Opening Yacht Club dance marks summer season in Mobile
The Mobile Yacht Club hosted the season’s opening dance with music, light refreshments, and a large turnout. Attendees included Mrs. James Hagan, Miss Olive Hurtel, Miss Lena Thomas, Rollin Ross, Miss Virginia Woof, Dr. R. A. Rush, Miss Celia Webb, and many others, along with a concurrent Ellwell Bridge Club gathering at Mrs. E. D. Bondurant’s home and trophy gifts of embroidered linen porch pillows for each table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terpsichore
Mobile Yacht Club
Yacht Club
James R. Hagan
Olive Hurtel
W. L. Ross, Jr
Lena Thomas
Rollin Ross
Virginia Woof
A. R. Minnis
Paul Danner
R. A. Rush
Celia Webb
T. D. Nettles, Jr
Mary Knight Rush
Alec Howard
Rexie Herndon
Hugh Barclay
Louise Mason
Philadelphia
Howard Hemps
Gladys Gould
Mr. Dew
Hilda Broadwood
Tom Strong
Eula Walsh
Frank Fowler
A. W. Brooks
Catherine Hughes
Harold Harrington
Margaret Horn
Ed Sledge
Smith
Fort Morgan
Joseph McPhillips
Marguerite Wefel
Walter Inge
J. C. Bush, Jr
Tebbetts
Hilda Drahan
H. E. Clifton
Lonnie Lyons Vass
Nello Gonzales
Gabriella Barret
Adrian Taylor
Marguerite . Festorazzi
Frank Ellis
Marie Layette
George Lesesne
Jean Thompson
J. J. Alvarez
Sadie Meyer
Hugo Proskauer
Hilda Meyer
Ralph Richard
Corinne Thoss
Sylvester Agee
D. P. Bestor, Jr
Trula
D. R. Dunlap
Virginia Cr
Sherman
Paul Wil
James McPhillips
Jam Trace
E. D. Torgerson
Marguarita Ligon
Henry Shields
Elise Hall
John Nelson
Mary Emma Creary
Ross
W. P. White
Lillian
May White
Mollie Blount
Penscola
Bob Ellis
Lucile Overall
Carl Holzborn
Gladice Murray
Wilmer Jarvis
Effie Soost
Frank McConnell
Helen Terrill
Frank Courtney
Blacksher
Jin Radcliffe
Sarah Logan
Mr. Bolling
Birmingham
Elwell Bridge Club
E. ‘D. Bondurant
Ellwell Bridge Club
Junius Wolf
Virginia Sawyer
W. M. Hunter
William Kelly
Sydney Prince
L. J. Davis
McCotts
H. D. Stratton
Broughton
G. Porter
Key West
Building Permits of the Week Totals $4700
Building permits issued by the city engineer for the week ending May 1, 1914. D Christopher owner to build two room addition at 557 8 Conception. Lee Daniel owner to build four room cottage at Libb Regina and Texas sts. Ellen Tracy Spaulding permit to erect frame cottage at S W Texas and Regina sts. Ellen Tracy Spaulding permit to erect two story frame building at S W corner of Regina and Texas sts. R L Yuille Co permit to build open shed N side Government between St Emanuel and Conception. T D Lawrence permit to build six room bungalow at ee Place and Laurel st. Sons and Daughters of Bethel permit to build open shed car Selma and Franklin playground for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Christopher
Conception Sit
Cece Lee Daniel
L.bb
Regina and
Texas Sts
Ellen Tracy Spaulding
S. W. Texas
Regina
S. W
Texan
R. L. Yuille & Co
Bet
St. Emanuel
Conception
T. D. Lawrence
Ee Place
Laurel St
Sons and Daughters of
Bethel
Selma
Franklin
Craft Urges Mobile to New Orleans Highway
President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association returned from New Orleans where he attended a Gulf Inter oceanic All Year Southern National Highway Association meeting. He urged constructing the Mobile to New Orleans highway and asked Louisiana to lead by building bridges through the mash country along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
New Orleans
Southern National Highway Association
Craft
Mobile
Louisiana
Local Social Roundup From Gulfcrest and Nearby
Gulf Crest Alabama residents hosted visitors from Mobile and Chunchula over the weekend. Services were held at the Methodist church by Rev. Eckford. Gulfcrest beat Chunchula in a recent game with another Citronelle visitor in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R R. C. Wentworth
Mobile
J. R. Hinsona
Lelia Crabtree
Herman
Bun
Mauvila
A. H. Crabtree
Rev. Eckford
Olle
Stella Miller
Chunchula
Gulfcrest
Harry G. Locke Transferred to Alaska
Information from relatives indicates Harry G. Locke former Mobilian and chief engineer of the coast and geodetic survey has been transferred from the East to Alaska. His Mobile wife currently in Washington will join him later, traveling to Mobile before heading north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Locke
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of the East
Alaska
Mobile
Washington, D. C
North Country
Local Sports Receivers Social Refresh After Games
Sykes Gilbert, Mrs Gregory Smith, and Mrs P Verdenburg attended postgame refreshments.
Tournament at Country Club Shines With Fresh Enthusiasm
The second Country Club tournament drew strong turnout with players arriving at 1 o clock and high energy throughout the event chaired by F. J. Peterson. Friday Afternoon Social Club met with Mrs. F. A. King. Mrs. J. M. Brown earned the blue badge for top games, and a Thursday evening reception hosted by Mrs. George Maxson was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Peterson
F. A. King
Rook
J. M. Brown
George Maxson
Gulfport Names Gulfport Cotton States League Team
Manager James Lynch announces signed Gulfport players for the Cotton States League team in Gulfport Mississippi. Catchers Rickert L Wilson Urie. pitchers Charbonnet Foster Zemmer. infielders Delmas Beggans Mullen Aelham Leva Buckiey. outfielders Ditman Egless Finlayson. shortstop McGehee Krebs. utilities Cobb Fromherz White with coast boys to trial. Ecuador prohibits import of unhealthy patent medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
James Lynch
Great Southern
Rickert
Raleigh
L. Wilson
New Orleans
Urie
A. Charbonnet
Garden City
Foster
University of Alabama
R. Zemmer
Macon
Finlayson
Hattiesburg
Pat McGehee
F. Krebs
Utility
W. Cobb
W. Fromherz
J.D. White
Court Sessions Move to Morning start May 4
City Recorder D H Haington announced Saturday that beginning Monday May 4 court sessions will be held at 8 30 in the morning instead of 4 o clock each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Public Library Association
Hamilton and
Conti Streets
City Recorder
D. H. “Haington
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Shannon Hunter
Louis Dunlap
Rose Bowered Mobile
Gladys Tompkins
Terpsichorean
Evelyn Byrd
Eutaw
Miss Tompkins
Mbible
Frank Penny
Sjr
E. B. Matthews
Maybelle Biggart
Montego Bay
St. Ann’s
Kingston
Spanish Town
Penny
Miss Biggart
Crathens
Colon
Colonial Dames
Washington
Great National Society of the Colonial Dames
J. G. Thomas
Mobile Dames
William Mastin
Rhetta Goode
D. A. R. Congress
W. T. Goubil
Dauphin Street
Bell
Bauer’s
Bauer
Dave S. Bauer
Command of the Fair Committee
Crichton Lumber Co
Paterson-Khan Lumber Co
Industrial Lumber Co
Howell Lumber Co
Co. J. Zaiser
BE. L. Cotting
Mee Music Co
J. M. Walsh
W. J. Foley
A. Streb
Ll. J. Leahy
Hanan & Pillans
Michael Lyons Grocery Co
A. J. Parsons
D. R. Dunlap Mercantile Co
W. H. Fitzpatrick
George L. Kilmer
Sutton Bros
John Cowley
Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Co
John J. Damrich
A. Pb. Davis
S. R. Prince
A. Tonsmeire
E. Carre & Co
L. L. Noble
F. B. Merrill
Bloch Bros
Duggan & Taylor
Gordon Smith
Union Savings Bank
Catherine Bancroft
G. B. Thames
Thames & Barre
M. J. Vickers
Orleans
Niagara Maid Glove
Dresden
Yeend Potter CO
Gulf Crest, Ala
Che
America
C. D. Kenny CO
Ecuador
Bell Phone
Staub’s
Dennison
Dauphin
Joachim Streets
van Antwerp
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