New Bridge Club Social and Local Highlights
Delightful afternoon spent yesterday by the New Bridge club at Mrs. M. C. Le Beau's home. Mrs. J. H. Reaves won first prize a hand embroidered towel. Mrs. Henry Peerson took the consolation a Haviland bonbon dish. Dr. Howard S. Walker at home on vacation and interning at St Joseph's hospital in Memphis. Miss Marguerite Wefel postponed Los Angeles trip. Mrs. S. Griffiths moved from Monroe Street to Old Shell Road cottage. Dr. Whiting Hargis of Pensacola attended graduation of nephew John H. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. M.S
the Park
Bridge Club
E. J. Schwarz
B. Feist
B. Feist Substituting For Ms. M. Rosenbaum
Mamie Goldsmith
E. E. Richard
Sadie Meyer
H. P. Hirshfield
M. Meyer
Harry Overman
Miss Meyer
New Bridge
M. C. le Beau
J. H. Reaves
Henry Peerson
Howard S. Walker
Howard Walker
Dr. Walker
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
S. Griffiths
Monroe Street
Mobile
Demopolis
Old Shell Road
Whiting Hargis
Pensacola
John H. Anderson
Welton Speaks at Plateau Institute Commencement
Prof. J A Welton of Birmingham and manager of the Ensley Union Mutual Aid Association delivered the commencement address at Plateau Normal and Industrial School. He urged a higher concept of labor and praised the negro race for its capacity for hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Welton
Birmingham
Ensley
Union Mutual Aid Association
Commencement Exercises at Barton and St Mary's School
Ninety nine graduates of Barton High School receive diplomas at the Lyric theatre with Prof. E W Wright of the State Normal School Troy Alabama delivering the address. Diplomas are presented by Harry T Hartwell as the class performs a flower drill and sings Farewell Darton. The St Marys School closing exercises honor the Sisters of Mercy and Bishop Allen commends parish cooperation in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Wright of
Troy
Barton
Lyric Theatre
E. W. Wright
State Normal School
Ala
Harry T. Hartwell
Reiber
Murphy
Wright
Hartwell
Robbie Hartman Muallete
Albert P. Bush
Woman's College of Alabama
Agnes Scott College
Vivienne Waller
Elliott Cohen
Tulane University
Holtman
Rowley
Mary Josephine Alvarez
Mina-May Lillian Baker
Helen Lee Barron
Jennie Levatty
Marie Louisa Benson
Sophia Rowling
Mary Odette Burgoyne
Fannie Cohen
Anita Amelia Conlan
Sara Glenn Donnelly
Kate Abernethy Davis
Olive May de Villiers
Willie Mai Disher
Miriam Dorgan
Amelie Sheffield Douglass
Edwin Mac Druhan
St Mary's School
Edward P. Allen
D. D
Mobile
Bishop Allen
D. A. Brady
M. Henry
W. A. Kerrigan
J. W. Dunne
T. P. Cassidy
T. J. Earley
D.L. McGowin
P. J. Kennedy
Sisters of Mercy
St. Mary's
Allen
St. Mary's Parish
Neighborhood Chairmen Advance City Beautification Effort
The city beautiful committee assigns neighborhood chairmen to organize weekly informal meetings on beautifying Mobile. Mrs Perrin Bestor and Mrs W F Tebbetts are among those accepted. aims include planting vines on telephone poles, promoting live oaks, and showcasing home gardens like the Hayes residence in Ashland. The piece praises local gardens, fences, and azalea planting to boost civic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Beautiful Committee
Perrin Bestor
W. F. Tebbetts
A. P. Bush
Virginia Thomas
W. P. Williamson
Herndon Radcliff
J. B. Thornton
Nannie_ Baker
Katie Sage
J. F. George Bates
B. Hays
P. W. Tompkins
C. S. Shawhan
J. I. Burgett
Meta Huger
van Liew
A. E. Maumenee
E. C. Hughes
Browne Dawson
Aubrey Boyles
M. K. Kirkbride
Sidney Dorgan
Syd Robbins
Harry Hargrove
Isabel Shepard
Ruffin Wright
R. H. Bolling
J. D. Cameron
Joseph McPhillips
W. Bb. Patterson
Willey Creagh
William Croom
Louis Donald
L. L. Duggar
T. Q. Goodbrad
R. F. Gould
James Hagan
E. B. Kirkbride
Maria Minge
J. H. Paterson
W. G. Austin
B. A. Wood
Birmingham
Mobile
City Beautiful
C. B. Hayes
Ashland
A. C. Danner
Conti
T. H. Morton
Dauphin Way
Dorothy Perkins
Sysons
Azalea City
Grand Council of United Commercial Travelers Meet in Selma
The Grand Council of the United Commercial Travelers of America convened in Selma Alabama for a multi day session with 100 plus delegates. A parade city welcome addresses and a Hillman building session marked opening events followed by an automobile tour and Elkdale Park dance. A luncheon barbecue and toast master are planned for the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Grand Council
Mabama
United Commercial Travers of America
Hotel Albert
J. I. Clay
United Commercial Travelers
J. R. Oglesby
Montgomery
Morgan Richards
Selma Chamber of Commerce
Hillman Building
Dallas County
Elkdale Park
Louis Benish
Wrights University Military School Alumni Banquet News
Dr Hargis attended the alumni banquet at the Battle House on Wednesday night. Mrs W J Goodman hosted Miss Annie Kate Kling of Meridian as a guest. Several residents joined the summer colony on the bay front near the Lacy home. A baby boy named Daniel Adrian Thames was born to Mr and Mrs C C Thames last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Faulks
Bay Front
Lacy
W. J. Goodman
Annie Kate Kling
Meridian
Lillian Tuite
Alabama peonage case reaches Supreme Court test
A federal case from Alabama challenges a convict labor statute as creating peonage. The test involves E. W. Fields and plantation owners Reynolds and Broughton, with the Supreme Court likely hearing the appeal next October and guiding similar southern statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Supreme Court
E. W. Fields
Monroe County
J. A. Reynolds
Fields
Reynolds
G. W. Broughton
Broughton
Federal District Court For
United States District Court
Mobile
Toulmin
Southern
Grappling Hooks Fail to Find Rowell Body
Efforts Friday to recover Louis Towell who drowned Thursday night at the mouth of Mobile River failed. The river was dragged for miles in both directions while friends doubt the body remains in the channel. Rowell, a longtime plumber, left a mother, three brothers, two sisters, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Towell
Mobile River
Rowell
Henry
Oliver
Warren Rowell
Carrie
Lottie Rowell
Memorial Day Office Closures and Services Observed
Federal offices and government branches closed for Memorial Day Saturday. The P post office open 9 to 11 a.m. Memorial services at National Cemetery Sunday afternoon with wreaths by the Grand Army of the Republic Confederate Veterans and other groups. Mobile Alabama National Guard to attend and fire a salute at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
Grand Army of the Republic
Mobile Battalion
Alabama National Guard
Best You’ve Got and Best We’ve Got Exchange
A compact exhortation urging readers to submit their best efforts to win the top rewards. The text uses promotional and rhythmic phrasing to motivate participation and contrasts old time concessions with modern choices.
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Shakespeare Club
J. Ghomas
Mobile Business Women's Club
Magnolia Beach
Fairhope Parks
Apollo
Dauphin Street
Reum
Sigma Delta Phi
Annie Taylor
Lillian Toulmin
Toulminville
Toulmin Place
Johnward Toulmin
New Bridge Club
Marguerite Wefel
Los Angeles
Cal
Plateau Institute
ST. Mary's School
Walls OF
Grace Lindsey du Pree
Rosa Gerhardt
Nor Fay Goff
Marietta
Carmen Gonzales
Lucy Green
Lora-Adele Hartley
Jessie May Hoffman
Lucille Shawhan Horn
Janet Harriet Hotchkin
Helen Lee Howie
Mae Kappner Hughes
Elvera Ivulich
Mabel Estelle Mearley
Lula Imogene Lamas
Lula Vesta Laney
Lena Lange
Zera McCartney
Helen Rose McGlynn
Florence Evelyn McLaughlin
Elinor Madison
Robphie Kortman Mallette
Thelma Malone
Marion Jane Maloney
Bessie Louise Martin
Madeleine Maury
Cora Genevieve Miller
Sara Virginia Mobley
Cecile Hunter Morrissette
Katie Mae Nielan
Florence Hanna
Marie Palmer
Margaret Louise de Golyer Perry
Pauline Johanna Phifer
Anna Moore Provost
Elma Julia Reed
Marie Louise Roberts
Gussie
Theresa Rodgers
Shannon Rowell
May Fielding Sadler
Virginia Irene Searcuiff
Florence Edna Shackleton
Minnie Amelia Sheldt
Ruth Maxwell Simpson
Alda May Spieth
Miriam Hortensé Spotswood
Norma Augusta Staples
Marie Cordelia Sullivan
Susie May Swinson
Ophelia Tew
Lena Kearn Thomas
Mary Vivienne Waller
Mabel Josephine Wilkins
Mabel Lee Windham
Margaret Elizabeth Yeend
Edwin Anson Arnold
James Sheridan Bartee
Sam Bergstein
Claude Mastin Cleveland
Miliet Ettelson Cohen
William Cohen
Joseph Edward Teichmann
Alex Perron Wetherbee
Clarence John Wienand
Edwin Albert Zelnicker
City
Beautiful
Clay
The
Stewart Williamson
Florida
Mr. Alien Hoeypnisis
Andrew Kjosse
Norway
Seeberg
Crathens
M. R. Parker
A.A. Courie
Eufaula, Ala
Bell System
Bell Telephone System
Southern Bell Telephone
Halz
DR. F. L. Tapia
Dauphin
Gritten
Shee
Southern Realty CO. General Agents
Booklovers
New York City
W. Blumenthal
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