Afternoon Society Activities Highlight Local Events
The society page lists theatre at Lyric for Immaculate Conception graduates at 3 pm hosted by Natalie Wilkins, Finesse Bridge Club at 3 30 hosted by Mrs Shawhan, Wilmer Sewing Circle 11 am with Mrs Wilson, Progressive Bridge at 2 30 with Mrs Wetherbee, a Monroe Park moving picture party for L U B A Club with Miss Owen, D D entertainment at 8 pm hosted by the Pryors, Mobile chapter of Southern Association of College Women meets at 4 pm with Mrs Hanson, and dinner for Baker school graduates at 7 30 in the Vineyard of the Cawthon hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception School
Natalie Wilkins
Monroe Park
Owen
Claudia Friedenthal
Hazel Cashman
Baker School
Vineyard
Cawthon Hotel
Monday Bridge Club Hosts Social Round of Debutantes
Miss Elizabeth hosted the Monday Bridge Club returning to town after a Texas progress. An extra table hosted Mrs. Thomas M. Pankey, Mrs. Harold Reed, Misses Mary Harris Mary Emma Virginia Creary Tremlet Holz born. Mrs. J. Ernest Thompson won the bar pin for high score, Miss Sadie Taylor took the consolation. A salad course followed in Hobart hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Bridge Club
Elizabeth
Royal Progress
Texas
Monday Club
Thomas M. Pankey
Birmingham
Harold Reed
Mary Harris
Mary Emma
Virginia Creary
Tremlet Holzborn
Annual Out-in-the-Country Party by Hamilton Whist Club
Nine Hamilton club members plus three guests enjoyed a full day of auction bridge on a Mobile grounds tour with luncheon at the club. The riders left at 10 30 a m and returned at 6 p m signaling the season’s last meeting, while summer socializing continues among city clubs.
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Hamilton Club
Hamilton Whist Club
South End
Dog River
Yacht Club
Mobile Country Club
Mobile
John Quill
Bringhurst Family Brightens Fearn Way Home
Jr. and Mrs. Bringhurst reside in a comfortable bungalow on Fearn Way. Mrs. Bringhurst, formerly Annie Laurie Price, is described as an accomplished hausfrau who finds housekeeping a fascinating program. Their son William Bringhurst the Third is a sturdy youngster contributing to family happiness.
Frohsinn Rehearsal Set For Wednesday Evening
The Frohsinn choir hosts a public rehearsal at German Relief Hall tomorrow at 8 30 p m. The event features the Mobile Gesang Verein Frohsinn and opens promptly with rehearsed numbers.
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Frohsinn
Gesang Virein
Bridge Party Cards Reach Favored Friends
Mrs. Gregory M. Luce and Frederick R. Luce receive invitations to meet Mrs. Battle at the Battle House Friday at 4 p.m. A note indicates R.S.V.P. for an auction bridge event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory M. Luce
Frederick R.luce
Departure of a Much Feted Guest
Mrs. Thomas Pankey of Birmingham left for Sumterville Alabama to visit her mother Mrs A G Boyd after a week in Mobile as the guest of Miss Varina Gould. Activities included card parties auto spins theatre outings and petits soupers with Mrs T K Jackson hosting Sunday Supper at the Vineyard and Miss Varina and Miss Gladys Gould as guests. Monday Miss Hobart added her to the Monday Bridge Club guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pankey
Birmingham
Sumterville
Ala
A. G. Boyd
Mobile
Varina Gould
the Vineyard
Rs. T. K. Jackson
Varina
Gladys Gould
Elizabeth Hobart
Monday Bridge Club
Card Party Hosted by Mrs. Thomas Kaver
Mrs. Thomas Kaver will entertain the Newman Circle Thursday evening at 8 o'clock with a card party at her home 107 North Hamilton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Kaver
Newman Circle
N. Hamilton Street
Junior Informal Reception For Seniors At Barton
The Junior class hosted an informal farewell reception for the seniors on Friday afternoon at old Barton. The music room was festively decorated with pennants ferns and flowers. The Junior Rowley Orchestra provided lively music while a grand march led by Grace Du Pree and senior Tom Goodbrad opened the festivities. Refreshments of ice cream cake and punch followed as seniors and faculty received miniature Barton pennants from the reception committee Marie Sullivan Cecile Morissette Ned Tate and Flower Dolive. The program included Grace Du Pree of welcome duets by Marie Benson and Cora Miller recitations by Lillian Doyle Willie Mae Craery and Lena Thomas, violin solo by Ethel Kenopke and vocal solos by Lena Thomas and Lucy Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Barton
Rowley
Grace du Pree
Tom Goodbrad
Academy Yard
Marie Sullivan
Cecile Morissette
Ned Tate
Flower Dolive
Marie Benson
Cora Miller
Lillian Doyle
Ethel Kenopke
Lena Thomas
Willie Mae Craery
Lucy Green
Gossett and Ther rell Tie The Knot In Mobile
Friends report the marriage of Mr. Robert D. Gossett to Miss Winnie Davis Ther rell last Saturday night. The ceremony occurred at 8 30 p m at St Francis Street Methodist Church with Rev McGehee and visiting Rev Shofner officiating. The groom, from Meridian Mississippi, has lived in Mobile the past year, and the bride is the youngest daughter of W H Therrell, Baldwin County stock dealer. The couple reside at 405 St Anthony Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Gossett
Winnie Davis Therrell
McGehee
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Shofner
Meridian
W. H. Therrell
Baldwin County
Social of the Girls Club at Maud Rosson Home
The Mobile Chapter of the Southern Association of College Women held a Saturday social at Miss Maud Rosson's home. Officers elected included Grace Dupree as president and Mazie Sullivan as vice president and program chair. Contests awarded Mazie Sullivan a framed map prize and Rosa Del Buono the Barton pennant, with Margie Gill receiving the consolation. Hortense Reiss served punch and graduates Aline Rosin Olive Brooks and Inga Olsen waited on ice cream and cake. This was the season finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Southern Association of College Women
Maud Rosson
Grace Dupree
Mazie Sullivan
Miss Corbett Weds Mr Edwards In Quiet Home Ceremony
Sunday evening at 6 30 Miss Effie May Corbett married Mr W D Edwards at the bride’s home in a solemn ceremony conducted by Rev E A Donnelly. Easter lilies and daisies decorated the parlor as a younger sister played wedding music. The groom received many congratulations and best wishes for a happy married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Corbett
Mr. Edwards
Effie May Corbett
W. D. Edwards
E. A. Donnelly
Mrs Turrentine to Sing in All Star Entertainment
Mrs J C Turrentine sails in June for a ten week Chautauqua engagement in West Virginia and Indiana and will be a featured star in the all star entertainment at Harte Auditorium on Thursday May 29 at 830 pm. She is backed by the Rowley Orchestra for the benefit of Government street Methodist Sunday school junior department.
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Turrentine
J.C. Turrentine
West Virginia
Indiana
Harte Auditorium
Government-street Methodist Sunday School
Rowley
Governor Hunts Guard While Convicts Enjoy Concert
Governor George W. P. Hunt stood on Florence penitentiary walls for two hours with rifles and revolver as required while convicts and guards attended a vaudeville concert in the prison mess hall. He reportedly lost two pounds during the heat atop the wall.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Florence
Married Life The Third Year In The Harmsworth Realty Co
A couple debates paying 1400 for a mid September apartment. They tour the Palisadium on Central Park West, admiring parquet floors, large rooms, and a ventilated garbage box, while lamenting small closets and a hospitallike corridor. They plan to call the agent next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmsworth Realty Company
Helen
Warren
Central Park West
Stevens
Palisadium
Cory explains the Camden UDC meeting controversy
Mrs. Chappell Cory of Birmingham clarifies alleged strife at the Alabama Division UDC convention in Camden. She describes minutes removal, reading of a Florence Chapter letter, and a dispute over a seals committee, concluding the matter was a mere difference of opinion and urging better press coverage.
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W. L. Durr
South
B. B. Ross
Auburn
Florence
Tigers Trophy Medal For Best Revolver Shot
Captain Jack Mahon of the Mobile Rifles and Albert E. Reynolds of the Windsor have ordered a medal named the Tigers Trophy. It will be worn each month by the top revolver shot in the National Guard of this city, with monthly competition by battalion officers. Reynolds is an associate member of the Rifles and has earned high scores on the range. The medal will be exhibited once received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Mahon
Mobile Rifles
Albert E. Reynolds
Widsor
Tigers
National Guard
Reynolds
Rifles
Captain Mahon
Credit Men to Dine at Annual Meeting
The Mobile Credit Men's Association holds its fifth annual meeting and dinner Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Battle House auditorium. An officers election and other business will be conducted. The menu includes celery, stuffed mangoes, crab gumbo, turkey, chicken, roast beef, tongue, Swiss and Camembert cheese, salting crackers, tea coffee and milk.
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Mobile Credit Men's Association
Battle House
Judges Selected for U M S Drill Competition
Professor J T Wright of the U M S has named National Guard officers as judges for battalion and individual drill. Colonel F M Maddox, Captains E J Grove Jack Mahon V J Thompson, Lieutenants Roy Albright Harford Kindred Kindred and Kright Harford Kindred and McMeans will judge. Lieutenant Albright will drill them at the Mobile battalion ground.
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U. M
Notable Traits for Those Born Today in a Tough Start
Daily forecast notes romance influence and pleasant social events among friends but warns of changes risks and quarrels. It highlights hardships for newborns, yet praises generosity and strong will to rise through personal effort toward high achievement.
No Moving Again Soon The Lease Decision
Warren and Helen tour a building deciding on a two year lease at sixteen hundred dollars. They discuss service elevators laundry basements and mail chutes as they weigh affordability and whether to look further before signing. Helen insists on the two year term if the price holds.
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Warren
Helen
Pennsylvania Mob Cheated of Their Prey
John Chevitska was arrested in Hudson after an armed lynching mob tried to seize him in Plains. Six year old Angelina Succinta was found near death from starvation after being abducted and assaulted. Her eight year old brother identified Chevitska as the man who lured her away with candy.
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Wilkesbarre
Angelina Succinta
John Chevitska
Hudson
Lodge
Plains
Bank Robbery in Toledo Tied to Umbrella Rib Heist
A man identified as James Evans of Chicago robbed the Northern National Bank in Toledo at noon, taking two bundles of $500 each from the teller's window with a bent umbrella rib. Bank staff pursued him, and he collided with a police officer as officers closed in.
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Toledo
Ohio
James Evans
Chicago
Northern National Bank
Evans
Knott High School Holds Nineteenth Commencement
About 300 patrons witnessed Knott High School's nineteenth annual commencement at German Relief Hall Monday night. Five graduates were Mary Louise Leatherbury, Vivian Margaret McMeans, Anna Lee Sargeant, Henrietta Tacon, and Helen Roe Young. Rev. A. G. Richards of Trinity Episcopal Church gave the address. The faculty includes Misses Knott, Heckert, Garnett, Parker, and Tilden.
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Knott High School
German Relief Hall
Mary Louise Leatherbury
Vivian Margaret McMeans
Anna Lee Sargeant
Henrietta Tacon
Helen Roe Young
A. G. Richards
Trinity Episcopal Church
Knott
Heckert
Garnett
Parker
Tilden
St Vincent's School Commencement Plans
Eight graduates at St Vincent's Select School for Girls will graduate with exercises on June 5. Graduates include Mabel Marquis, Eloise Adams, H Marquis, Aline O'Connor, A Quigley, Louella Trachy, Almetta Wilson and Ethel Dyas. Addresses by Rt Rev Edward P bishop of Mobile and Rev Daniel Brady. Prizes awarded for Christian doctrine mathematics typewriting stenography spelling deportment and the Newman prize for literature.
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St. Vincent’s Select School
Mabel Marquis
Eloise Adams
H. Marquis
Aline O'Connor
A. Quigley
Louella Trachy
Almetta Wilson
Ethel Dyas
Edward P
Tre
Mobile
Danie Brady
Newman
Joint committee plans campaign to raise funds for rate fight
At a 4 pm executive session of the Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange joint committee, preliminary steps were taken to canvass for funds between 10000 and 15000 to support the proposed rate fight. Chairman M D Kahn said subcommittees to canvass were not yet appointed but solicitation methods and available canvassers were discussed.
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Chamber of Commerce
The
Cotton Exchange
M. D. Kahn
Maddox Ghosen Seeks Re election In National Guard
The First Regiment held a noon Tuesday election for lieutenant colonel at the headquarters of twelve companies. Colonel Maddox ran without opposition and faces the official returns in a few days. Maddox is praised as a hard working National Guard officer with extensive military experience.
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Leutenant
Rgiment
Maddox
Frank Maddox
National Guard
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Aimee Wilson
Lyric
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Rosine Baumhauer
Cybele Dowty
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Willmarth Gillette
Howard Hudson
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Claiborne Schley
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Gossett- Therrell
Mabel Herbert Urner
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Lyon Mfg. Coo
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