Local Society Notes and Social Events Highlight Season
Debuts and receptions noted at the Battle House on May night. Lavretta plans a Friday afternoon compliment at a bridge party. St Marys School Sale runs to the 12th with gifts all under a dollar. Schumann Club held December meeting with plans for January. Needham Chapter D A R, meets at Battle House December 11. Mrs Tucker wed in Camden with Mobile visit prior. Helena Turner and John OConnell Jackson to wed January 46 at First Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giennan
James Hope
Battle House
John Lawrence Lavretta
St. Mary's
St. Mary's School
Init Association
St. Mary’s Schoo
Bryan
H. L. Moseley
Needham
Par- C
Jackson-Turner
Horace Sanderford
Helena
John O’connell Jackson
Montgomery
First Baptist
Helena Turner
Parties Honor Departing Women and Debutantes in Local Social Scene
A sequence of social events marks farewells and celebrations. Miss Nellie Sweeney heads to Florida with a rainbow themed bridge and bunco party hosted by Miss Sarah McCafferty featuring prizes and a floral, candlelit setting. Dr. and Mrs. EB Robert Nisbet plan to move to Houston, honored by Bijou Theatre party hosted by Miss Beatrice Agee and assisted by Mrs. George Hallock and Miss Johnnie Agee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nisbet
Texas
Robert Nisbet
Houston
Bijou Theatre
Beatrice Agee
George Hallock
Johnnie Agee
Kellie Sweeney
Nellie Sweeney
Florida
Sarah McCafferty
Monterey Street
Bridge
Bunco
Miss Sweeney
Orleans liquor suspects tried in New Orleans federal court
The trial of Fred D. Young part owner of the speed boat The Waif and Buddie Rocca on charges of conspiring to bring 1 000 cases of whiskey into New Orleans continued before Judge Grubb. Witness Gertrude Lythgoe described liquor shipments and big business entities handling contraband to the gulf coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fred D. Young
Rocca
Grubb
Gulf Const Rum Row
Gertrude Lythgoe
Bahamas
Savannah
Miss Lythgoe
Paris
England
Health hints at college exhibit on body image
In New York an off display health exhibit shows fashion tips like cheek makeup from inside out. It also features athletic gear and a section labeling Miss Too Fat and Miss Just Rite with suggested foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ant College
Collins Death Shown in Pictures At Dauphin Street
Lee Collins father of Floyd Collins presents a daily lecture at 221 Dauphin Street detailing his son’s Kentucky cave tragedy. A screen display adds scenes from the cave as Collins speaks, with Gunner Pete aiding with additional views and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Collins
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
Dauphin Street
Mr. Collins
Collins
Gunner Pete
Mobile Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Mr and Mrs Charles FE Williams return from an extended visit to Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan in Springfield Florida. Mrs Lena Dahlgren leaves to visit daughter Mrs B B Knowles in Galveston with grandson Bettie Ruth. stops to visit Miles McLeod of Port Arthur Texas. Mrs Andrew Coleman and daughters Ruth Frances and Dolores visit Fannie Coleman in Meridian. Edwina L Jones of Mobile visits Marion Demore in Montgomery. Mrs J S Heidelberg of Mobile travels to Pensacola to be with her ill mother Mrs A V Clubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE. Williams
Charles Morgan
Springfield
Fla
H. R. Roberts
Jackosigeane
G. W. Myers
Jacksonville, Fla
Elizabeth Morrow
Mobile
Jacksonville
Lena Dahlgren
Galveston
Knowles
Bettie Ruth
Miles McLeod
Port Arthur
Texas
Carrie Forseman
Andrew Coleman
Ruth
Frances
Dolores
Fannie Coleman
Meridian
Edwina L. Jones
Marion Demore
Montgomery
Heidelberg
Pensacola
A. V. Clubbs
Pinchot Tries to End Mine Trouble in Pa
Governor Pinchot resumes efforts to end the fifteenth week of suspension in the Pennsylvania anthracite field. He arranged a conference with business leaders invited to Harrisburg to discuss a plan to settle the strike without raising coal costs to the public. An executive session was planned for noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Two Dead in Locomotive Explosion at Chesapeake Site
In Chilts Maryland a locomotive exploded killing two men, engineer Joseph Ryan of Wilmington Delaware and Harvey Churchman of Havre de Grace Maryland. The blast wrecked both main tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, halting traffic for hours, with Ryan killed instantly and Churchman fatally scalded while pinned under the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childs
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Joseph Ryan
Wilmington
Del
Harvey Churchman
Havre de Grace
Ryan
Churchman
Fire destroys two vacant stores on Carr Street
The fire early Sunday morning destroyed two vacant store buildings on Carr street. The cause was unknown. Whistler firemen saved adjacent structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr Street
Whistler Fire
Prayer Services At Prichard And Methodist Churches
Wednesday evening services scheduled at Prichard Baptist Church at 7 30 and at the Methodist church at the usual hour led by Rev C B Carleton. Residents Eugenia Hutchinson and W B Hutchison with daughter Carrie Booth return from visits to Mississippi and Alabama. Mr H C Beshel and family relocate back to Edison street in Leakesville after a Mobile stay. Workers Council of the Methodist church to meet there tonight for a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Street
M. EB
Source
Church Methodist Church
Rev
C. B. Carleton
W. B. Hutchison
Carrie Booth
Leakesville
Miss
J. 8. Johnson
H. C. Beshel
Mobile
Edison Street
Workers’ Council of the Methodist Church
American destroyers leave Syrian waters to Beirut
The American destroyers Coghlan and Samson departed from Syrian waters at noon to be stationed in Beirut. They were sent to protect American interests amid the Druse uprising, according to a Le Temps Berlin correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Temps
Beirut
Coghlan
Samson
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Clinton Macartney
Ernest Ladd
L. Lyons
D. P. Bestor
T. C. Booth
James Hips
CC. Hughes
Pramer
M. Luce
Coral Gables
Naeason
L. Hammel de Goods'Co
Weinacker Bros
Macon & Powell
C.J Gayfer & Co
Oakdale Pharmacy
Eleanor Blanche McCormick
Senatobia
Herbert Hunt Covington
Dorothy Turner
H. H. Wefel, Jr
Wadies
Ancoint Order of Hibernians
Norner Conti
Conception Streets
Orleans
Whistler
M. J. Barnes
Zion Church, Mert
Miss Odell Stowe
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Prichard
Eugenia Hutchinson
Tle
Chatom
Ala
Safe Aspiri
Bayer
Goldstein
Julius Coldstein
Royal
Ayser
Alv Ase
Alluminum Roasters
Genuine Union Hardware
Dauphin
Dor ™ Dep
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