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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
6
The Friday evening dance on the Cessna, hosted by Mr. Claiborne Schley with assistance from Mr. Holden Hagan, is touted as the week's leading social event. Prominent young society men are expected to attend after prior successful dances on the Cessna in the fall.
Mothers are urged to monitor children's bowels for regularity and use Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, pleasant tasting laxative without opiates. A teaspoonful provides relief and a free trial bottle is available by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello Washington Street.
The notice advertises a boat ride at 8 p m from the foot of Dauphin street. Mr Schley urges punctuality and asks all participants to be on time for the event.
The No Trumps club met on a Wednesday for a social bridge afternoon hosted by Mrs. Clinton Macartney. Guests included Miss Agnes Goldsby, Miss Laura Pillans, Miss Julia Creary, Miss Rebecca Herndon and many others. prizes of a lace boudoir cap and embroidered towel were awarded to Miss Goldsby and Miss Canfield.
The Battle Trouse Roof Garden opened to Mobile residents seeking pleasure with diners and dancers enjoying the new resort on a Wednesday evening. Attendees included Miss Elvie Terry of New Orleans and Mr. Ed Beatty, plus others named as Miss Horn and Mr. Horn. Stags included John Randolph Bolling, Joe Bibb, Edward Clark, Lawrence Grallapp and Mr. Stevens.
The Selma Times notes selections for the Alabama Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond include Miss Ella Holt of Montgomery, frequently visiting her sister Mrs. Earl Hall of Selma, plus Miss Lottie May Rose of Mobile, and Miss Ray Norville of Mobile, the younger sister of Mrs. Allan Grayson.
Members are asked to attend a meeting Tuesday at 5 30 PM at the Babies Home. Proceeds from ticket sales should be turned in at the meeting. Under Mrs Charles Dunster the club plans to repeat the excellent concert soon.
Mrs. T. W. White of Galveston visited her mother Mrs. W. B. Pope for an afternoon bridge gathering on the porch. Nine tables on the cool south porch featured Dorothy Perkins roses, fruit punch, and prizes including a silk parasol won by Bradford Lusk and a fan won by Miss Hilda Broadwood.
The article names numerous attendees including Mrs Rollin Broughton Miss Margaret Horn Miss Mazie McKeon Miss Mamie Tompkins Mrs Walter Higgins Miss Emma Creary Miss Gladys Boone Mrs Sh Swift of Mississippi Mrs Bradford Lusk Mrs Robert McConnell Misses Rebecca Herndon Bessie Havers Laura Pillans Marie Layette Mrs B H Clingerman Mrs E H Bixler Jr Mrs E G Maxon Mrs Russell Hollinger Mrs E D Flynn Mrs T K Jackson Mrs B R Wilson Mrs Will Thomas Mrs W J Atkinson Miss May Canfield Mrs T L Moore Mrs Clinton Macartney Miss Louise Goldsby Miss Genevieve Hermann Mrs Charles Morian of New York Miss Fennley Glass Mrs Marshall Turner Mrs F E Cantrell Mrs E A Bailey Mrs Francis Brady Miss Hilda Broadwood and Mrs Paul Danner.
Miss Lois Wilson of 506 St Charles avenue West End won the Alabama beauty ball held at Tutwiler. Gov Henderson crowned her queen of beauty after midnight as governors and dignitaries looked on. Proceeds benefit Associated Charities Neighborhood House with a film company backing the event.
Personal note says Mrs R J Simpson will return Friday from Mobile after two weeks visiting friends. A Selma exchange recounts a party hosted by Mrs Hugh Hopper with Mrs Allan Grayson in attendance. Iced tea fruit salad and sandwiches concluded the games. Miss Mabel Hartwell’s photo appears in the Birmingham News as one of Miss Madge Blair’s maids at the christening of Lock 17 on the Warrior river.
The Leinkauf School Improvement Association holds a 3 p m meeting at the school and the Older Girls Council District 5 gathers at the First Christian Church at 5 p m. Numerous clubs host 3 to 8 p m sessions, lawn parties and fundraisers across city churches and organizations.
At a Mobile meeting the Mobile County Game and Fish Protective Association endorsed a bill to hire a game warden for Mobile and Baldwin counties. Representative C. L. Grayson will push the measure in the July recess session, aiming to curb gill netting in fresher streams with heavy penalties.
The Alabama State Tax Commission wrapped up its sessions in Mobile County on Thursday afternoon regarding solvent credits taxes due to the state. With few cases outstanding, the board concluded its work and left the city for Montgomery.
The Birmingham News notes Mobile’s young ladies at the ball. Martha Bradshaw wore pink taffeta with lace, Olivia O’Neill in cherry taffeta, Marion Bankhead in white with American Beauties, Ella Vatugh Patterson in lavender, Belle Roberts in nile green, Helen McCary in blue, Mabel Marler in pink with crystal, Augusta Clark in pink taffeta with tulle sleeves, and all are praised by the judges committee for style.
At 5 oclock Thursday evening at 208 South Ninth street Pottsville Pa a wedding linked Marion Louise Sterner daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Sterner to D H Gerber of Mobile Alabama The ceremony was by Rev A O Reites of Trinity Reformed Church in front of immediate family and close friends Miss Sterner known as a popular accomplished Pottsville young lady
Mrs Gerber graduate of Pottsville High and Keystone Normal School active in Trinity Reformed Church Sunday school choir. Mr Gerber former Pottsville resident now Mobile manager for S H Kress stores. They depart for Philadelphia to visit New York Washington Bristol and Birmingham and will host friends after June 1 at 200 South Broad Street Mobile Alabama.
The Young Women's Auxiliary of the Baptist Tabernacle Church held its monthly social on Thursday night with a large turnout and a varied program. Readings by Miss Pearl Vance Miss May Bolling Miss Mamie Mobely and Miss Alice Ewton, recitations, songs by the choir, and a dessert course for members and visitors including Mr Harvey French Mrs Nathan Mr Will Carpenter and Miss Jennie Bolsen.
An entertainment to raise funds for the Ladies Aid Society of Central Presbyterian church is planned at Shepards' school house 20 South Catherine street next Friday from 8 to 9 pm. The program includes piano solo by Mrs W R Bachelor readings by Miss Josephine McAndrew and Miss Hilda Kern a quartette with Miss Eloise Winter Miss Sue Planck Mr Mayers Aldridge Mr Thorne S Winter another reading by Miss Kern a soprano solo by Miss Louise Goldsby with Miss Mary Easley Goldsby at the piano a plantation sketch Who do Possum Brer Remus and Sis Abbie with intermission for refreshments.
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