Pugh Heads Alabama Town and City School Superintendents
MERV Ala November 28 B of Union Springs elected president of the department of town and city superintendents of the Alabama Educational Association at the closing session. Professor Pugh of Union Springs was formerly on the department's executive committee. Other officers elected include R E Ledbetter Cullman vice president and F T Appleby Lafayette secretary. The executive committee comprises H B Norton Florence H L Upshaw Eufaula and E J Murphey Enterprise. The session adopted resolutions urging local town and state board actions, rural school consolidation, and compulsory education. Speakers included W F Feagin N R Baker C B Gamble and H B Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merv
Ala
Union Springs
Department of Town
Alabama Educational Association
Professor Pugh
R. E. Ledbetter
Cullman
F. T. Appleby
Lafayette
H. B.norton
Florence
H. L. Upshaw
Eufaula
E. J. Murphey
Enterprise
Association
Board of Education
W. F. Feagin
N. R. Baker
Jefferson
C. B. Gamble
Greenville
H. B. Norton
Henry Fonde Dies in Knoxville Former Mobile figure passes after illness
Henry Fonde a longtime Mobile resident and former head of the Alabama Band and Development Company died in Knoxville Tennessee after an extended illness. He held posts with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Southern Railway and served as Athelstan Club president. He is survived by his wife four children two sisters and three brothers with burial planned in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry Fonde
Fonde
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Alabama Band and Development Company
The
Southern Railway Company
Athelstan Club
Charles Fonde
Order of Myths
Burgess Little
New Orleans
Corinne Fonde
G. Houstis Fonde
Ray Fonde
Hiram Fonde
Boice
October Street Work Report Details Extensive Mobile Projects
The Mobile city commission release for October highlights heavy street department activity. Key items include macadamizing Charleston from Conception to Warren, shelling Clarbome and Jackson streets, grading several thoroughfares, oiling multiple streets, and rolling Charleston from Conception to Bayou. Also noted are new bridges and bulkheads, plus repairs and ongoing paving ventures across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission of
Mobile
Department of Streets
Charleston Street
Conception
Warren Streets
Claiborne Street
Lipscombe
Beauregard
Jackson Street
Lipscombe Street
St. Louis Street
Franklin
Cedar Streets
Dearborn
Hallett Street
Dauphin Street
Spring Hill Avenue
Wilkinson Street
St. Francis
Adams Streets
Selma Street
Franklin Streets
Lafayette Street
St. Stephens Road
Center Street
Lawrence Street
Charleston
Church Street
Texas Street
Broad Street
Catherine
Ann Street
Adams Street
Kennedy
Bayou Street
Bayou
News
Augusta
Palmetto
Texas and
Marine
Old Shell Road
Street Railroad Company
Congress
State
8. L. Christie
Freight House Permit Highlights Week’s Building Approvals
The city engineer’s office lists permits issued for the week ending November 27. W. W. Reed plans a four room cottage on Semmes Avenue for 800 dollars, McNamara Brothers two four two room cottages at Canal and Bayou for 1,000 dollars, Vincent Camilleri repairs on Scott and Savannah for 300 dollars, and Southern Railway a freight house at Beauregard and Royal for 41,600 dollars. Total week improvements amount to 44,100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Reed
Semmes Avenue
Dauphin Street
McNamara Brothers
Canal and
Bayou
Vincent Camilleri
Scott and
Savannah
Southern Railway
Beauregard and
Royal Streets
Pole launch to go into Daphne trade
A new gasoline launch eighty five feet long and nineteen feet wide is planned to run daily between Mobile and Daphne, linking Bay boats with a direct service. Promoters Captain Joe Pose and E. C. Coster report citizen appeals prompted the project, stock is sold, and a shipbuilder is preparing the vessel for service as soon as ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Daphne
Joe Pose
Mobile Bay
E. C. Coster
Pose
Bowen
Bay Steamer
Excise Commission Refuses Schroeder Liquor Transfer
The Mobile excise commission declines William Schroeder’s bid to transfer his retail liquor license from 350 South Cedar Street to the corner of Congress and Ryland’s Lane. Citing improved neighborhood conditions and local protests, the panel rules against granting the transfer. Harry F. Quinn, ex-Hippodrome manager, visits Mobile to promote Al H. Wilson’s production When Old New York Was Dutch at the Lyric Theatre on December 2 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schroeder
South
Cedar Street
Congress and
Ryland’s
Excise Commission
City of
Mobile
Fie
Smvergefter
Schroeder
Harry Quinn
Harry F. Quinn
Hippodrome Theatre
al H. Wilson
New York
Lyric Theatre
Mr. Quinn
Pickens Admits Theft of Liquor in Court
In a busy session of the inferior criminal court many cases were heard. Sherwood Pickens pleaded guilty to stealing liquor from J. B. Webster on Lower Government Street and was remanded for sentence after bond set at 150 dollars. Other defendants faced charges including armed robbery, cattle theft, fighting, assault, and public drunkenness with various bonds and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inferior Criminal Court
Sherwood Pickens
J. B. Webster
Lower Government Street
Pickens
Jim Bell
James Robbins
St Charles Avenue
Toulminville
Willie Collins
Kushlan
Janes Seals
Beulah Blanks
Annie Alexander
Mattie Williams
Lulace Lucy James
Same
Frank Maples
Nora Graham
Robert Lawson
Lawson
Government Street
Ant
Ake
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. 5
Pugh
Department of Alabama Educational Association
City Commission
Gilbert
William Roscoe Thayer
Harvard Graduates
Cavour
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Cass Gilbert
Gay Fer
Santa Claus
Lisle
China
Austrian
Raphael
Www
Madeira
Gayfer’s
Rush
Everybody's
Tiger
Excise Board
Ryland
Webster
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