Montgom ery Society Luncheon and Dance Roundup
Readers savor a holiday week of Montgomery society events. Rebecca Boykin hosts a bridge luncheon with Miss Vir la Davis and guests, trophies awarded to Frances Thompson and Laura Jackson, plus a social mix of debutantes and college-set parties at McPhillips home and the Athelstan Club. A December wedding at Trinity Episcopal, a Garden Tea Room bridge party, and a Garrity Mall watch party for New Year’s Eve highlight festive social calendar notes.
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Rebecca Boykin
Jean Pollard
Montgomery
Virla Davis
Jean
Frances Fhompson
Laura Jackson
Miss Davis
Ophia Dunlap
Frances Thompson
Frances Walker
Laura Jersey
Voris Ruth Farrar
Ethel Beck
Virginia Sears
Salinda Taylor
Mary Johanna Hatcher
Williams
Garden Tea Room
Margaret Hempstead
Washington University
St. Louis
Margaret W4hington
Dorothy Turner
Marian Taylor
Vivian Cooper
Lelia Burgett
Marion Douglas
Marion Taylor
Mary Louise Bartee
Zilpah Glennon
Mary Polk Wilson
Barbara Broadwood
Anita Croom Smith
Florida
Helen Hunter
Margaret Coleman
Frances Davie
Marvelle’ Crutcher
Tuscaloosa
Alice Bancroft
Is¢abel Moragues
Helena Turner
Brian Acker
Rose McPhillips
Laura Vaughan
Evan Izard
Caroline fAcree
Gelene Stallworth
Winifred Zieman
Maida Carroll
Ruth West
Barbara Feore
Robert Spotswood
Joe Baker
T. 5
Cowan
J. F. Maury, Jr
Stratford White
Garrity Mall
St. Matthew's Social Club
Garrity Hall
Piles Relief For Active Women Highlighted In Note
A fragmented ad style snippet praises a strong American girl and a plucky swimmer while promoting a simple remedy for piles. The garbled text hints at at home relief products and comfort promises for distress.
Local Society Notes Show Visitors and Relatives in Meridian
Mrs. J. S. Armour and her son Jack visit relatives in Meridian. Miss Maude Baker of Montgomery stays two weeks with Mrs. E. R. Rencher. The Harper family of Hattiesburg plan to move to Mobile. Katherine Yonge visits Pensacola for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Prince arrive from St. Louis for Christmas with Mrs. Bondurant. Will Norvell Jr. returns to Nashville after a Christmas visit. Mrs. Parslow visits her father Prof. Staub in Louisville. Jack C. Forbes family head to New Orleans for New Year and a nephew’s wedding. Dr. A. D. Dannheisser and daughter return to Mobile, guests at the Mahle apartments.
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John, Jr
Eulalie McPhillips
Government Street
John McPhillips
Spring Hill College
Visitation Academy
Memphis
Lillian Taliferro Higley
Crazy Young
Annieepee Young
H. Young
James O. Crary
J. C.crary
B. Crary
Trinity Episcopal Church
Schroeter
Miss Young
Douglas Harper
Mary, Katherine and
Douglas, Jr
Hattiesburg
Miss
Mobile
Katherine Yonge
Pensacola
P. K. Yonge
Mrs. Carroll Prince
St. Louis
Will Norvell, Jr
Nashville
Fowl River
Frederick D. Parslow
Prof
A.*j. Staub
Jack C. Forbes
Sunda
New Orleans
R. T. Jordan
Harry McGinnis
Cluna. Bundy
A. D. Dannheisser
Walter T. Williams
Mahle Apartments
Significance Seen In Rome Meeting Between Mussolini and Chamberlain
La Tribuna calls today’s Rapallo meeting between Premier Mussolini and Sir Austen Chamberlain a political event of great significance. It says Europe’s grave international problems draw Italy’s opinion, sought and listened to with attention.
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Rome
la Tribuna
Rapallo
Mussolini
Austen Chamberlain
Europe
Italy
Atlanta Ice Skaters Ski on Frozen City Lakes
Atlanta observes an ice skating craze as Piedmont Park Lake hosts skaters during an unusually early cold snap. Locals dig out skates, some newcomers search for gear, and residents marvel at lakes frozen enough to support weight for the first time in years.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Park Lake
General Hsu Shu-Cheng Assassinated in Bomb Attack
Langfang, Dec 30 General Hsu Shu-Cheng known as Little Hsu and several staff members were killed when a bomb exploded on his railway carriage. The assassin Lu Cheng-Wu, son of General Lu Chien-Chang, claimed revenge for his father and cited ties to the Kuominchun forces and Marshal Feng Yu-Hsian. Hsu’s career spanned Europe and the United States tours and high posts in Peking and Tientsin amid factional warfare and earlier revolts.
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Peking
Hsu Shu-Cheng
Little Hsu
Langfang
Lu Cheng- Wu
Kuominchun National People’s Army
Lu Chien-Chang
Isu
Tientsin
Sun Chuanfang
Chekiang
Hsu
Tuan Chi-Kui
Chihui
Angu Club
Anfu Northwest Frontier Army
Anfu
Tuchun
Fukien
Northwest Defense Forces
Churchman and girl refuse appeal in hotel case
Winston-Salem reports M. W. Brabham a Methodist Sunday school worker from Nashville admitted being in a Salisbury hotel room with Miss Virginia Jenkins during a night visit. Brabham fined $25 for violating the hotel law and Miss Jenkins was found not guilty.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
M. W. Brabham
Nashville
Brabham
Miss Jenkins
Iss Jenkins
Jazz Opera in New York Stages a Huge Carnegie Hall Premiere
Gershwin's one act jazz opera 136th Street had its premiere at Carnegie Hall with Paul Whiteman and orchestra. The Harlem tragedy follows Tom and Vi with Joe, jealousy, and a fatal shooting ending in a telegram reveal. Cast includes Blossom Meeley and Charles Seeley. reception warm.
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New York
Harlem
Carnegie Hall
George Gershwin
136Th Street
Paul Whiteman
Tom
Joé
B. G. Destiva
Joe
Mammy Mine
Blossom Meeley
Charles Seeley
Chicago Opera Company
Mr. Whiteman
Mr. Gershwin
Coal consolidation announced in Ohio by Taplin
Cleveland and Western Coal Company announces merger with Powhattan River et al to market 12 million tons annually. Units joining include The Cleveland and Western, the Powhattan, Eiveret Terminal Coal, and Standard Island Creek coal and dock properties of Inland Coal and Dock, Duluth, Ltd with docks at Sault Ste. Marie Little Current and Michipocoten Ontario. A Malayian bat note retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank F. Taplin
Cleveland and Western Coal Company
Cleveland and Western
Powhattan, Eiveret Terminal Coal Corporation
Standard Island Creek
Inland Coal and Dock
Duluth, Ltd
Sault Ste. Marie
Little Current
Michipecoten
Ontario
Suburban visits and social calls in Mobile area
Mr and Mrs Bill Beckman of Mobile formerly Chickasaw visited yesterday. Emily Malone of Columbus Ga Elizabeth Malone Fred Malone and Geraldine Forsythe of Mobile visited Mrs W P Harris Sunday. Mrs Harrington and sons of Mobile spend the day with Mrs J Jensen and family. Mrs Diffee and son Karl of New York City stay with Mr and Mrs E Richardson in Mobile Karl ill.
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Bill Beckman
Mobile
Chickasaw
Emily Malone
Columbus, Ga
Elizabeth
Fred Malone
Geraldine Forsythe
W. P. Harris
Mrs
Local Holiday Guests Reach Out With Visits
Mir and Mrs Willie Woodyard of Jackson Tenn are guests of his mother on St Stephen s road. Miss Bessie Young of Jacksonville Fla spends Christmas at home. Harry Alvarez of Jackson Tenn spent Christmas here with family. A Cheeseman of Monroe La spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs R W Cheeseman of Eight Mile. Mrs F L Striger hosts Jessie Mallet of Lucedale Miss as guest.
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Mir
Willie Woodyard
Jackson, Tenn
St. Stephen's Road
Bessie Young
Jacksonville, Fla
Harry Alvarez
A. Cheeseman
Monroe
Mrs
R. W. Cheeseman
Eight Mile
F. L. Striger
Jessie Mallet
Lucedale
Mo Kwong club to meet for charity at Prichard church
The Mo-Kwong club organized by Prichard Baptist ladies will meet with Mrs. R W Jordon Thursday at 10 am to aid the Blind Girls Home in Canton China. Regular prayer services are set for tonight at the Prichard Baptist and Prichard Methodist churches. Mrs Hattie Gould is improving after a serious illness. Mr and Mrs A Hearn host Mr and Mrs C Carpenter from New Mexico.
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Prichard Baptist Church
Prichard Methodist Church
Bill to aid Mexico's poor amid cold wave
A bill in congress proposes 500000 pesos to buy clothing and provide warm quarters for the poor as deadly cold sweeps the country. A London instrument blending harp and guitar has emerged for jazz bands.
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Mexico City
Congress
London
Pershing Dental Trip Adds Uncertainty to Tacna Arica Plebiscite
General Pershing chairing the Tacna Arica plebiscite commission contemplates an early U S visit for dental work, a move seen as injecting new doubt into the pending arbitration influenced by Chilean policy and Coolidge's rulings. The boundary commission is stalled by water conditions as Chile and Peru delegations drift apart.
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Arica
Chile
Gen. Pershing
Tacna-Arica
United States
Pershing
Jay Morrow
South America
Alsace- Lorraine
Santiago
Coolidge
Commission
Boundary Commission
Peru
Golf club suit names Chick Evans and ex-officials
Chicago December 30 Trial opened in Superior Court on a golf club dispute seeking 178000 dollars claimed to belong to the club. Plaintiffs allege defendants bought land for 78000 dollars and resold to the club for 178000 dollars with further 59000 dollars in other dealings. An accounting and return of 178000 dollars are sought.
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Chicago
One Golf Club
Charies “Chick” Evans, Jr
Superior Court
Distress Signals From Steamer Coronado In Gale Off Lands End
Distress signals were heard today from the steamer Coronado caught in a violent gale off Lands End. The vessel carrying 60 passengers and 102 crew was en route to Jamaica. Attempts to reach her have failed. last contact with the ship was Tuesday afternoon with no hint of trouble.
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London
Coronado
Lands End
Jamaica
Schooner Reports Distress Off Florida Coast
The three masted schooner William Bisbee bound for Jacksonville from Miami is in distress off New Smyrna ten miles east of Mosquito Inlet. Distress signals were hoisted after a forced anchorage in high winds. The captain requests a coast guard cutter to tow the vessel to Jacksonville.
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Miami
Fla
William Bisbee
Jacksonville
New Smyrna
Mosquito Inlet
Coast Guard
Coen Remains In National Junior Tennis Tourney
Warren F. Coen Jr aged 24 from Kansas City survived to the fourth round of the National Junior Tennis championship at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Also advancing were Edward Jacobs of Baltimore City College John Millen of the University of Pennsylvania and Caesar Cone of the University of North Carolina.
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New York
Warren F. Coen, Jr
Kansas City
Seventh Regiment Armory
Coen
Edward Jacobs
Baltimore City College
John Millen
University of Pennsylvania
Caesar Cone
University of North Carolina
Body of William Chandler Recovered From Pier 4
The drowned longshoreman William Chandler was found at Pier 4 of the Mobile and Ohio near Bloodgood street after ten days. Coroner Dr F Hale reported the recovery and noted Chandler's Whistler residence. The article also notes that Chinese introduced paper money around 800 AD.
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William Chandler
Mobile and Ohio
Bloodgood Street
F. Hale
Chandler
Whistler
Mobilians Attend Church Conference
Several Mobilians will leave today to attend the encoding Church South conference in Tolnsenania from December 31 to January 3. The event aims to draw young people closer to church programs and affiliation.
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Ans
Encoding Church
South
Tolnsenania
Local church attendees named in minutes
Misses Clyde Kennelly Lott and Antoinette, along with Mr and Mrs McMillan of St Francis Methodist Church, attended the Government Pa Church gathering.
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Bile
Clyde Kennelly
Lott
Antoinette
Government Pa
Mrs. McMillan
St. Francis Methodist Church
Channel Crossing Proposed as Twin Jetty Bridge
A Swiss engineer suggests replacing the tunnel with a bridge across the channel built as two parallel jetties forming a ship canal between them. The design envisions a navigable waterway allowing vessels to pass while connecting the opposing shores.
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English Channel
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Berney Sheridan
Schumann Club
Reyds’ Music House
Eileen Cowles
Eileen School of Dancing
Douglas
Bartee
Esther Parker
Redcon
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Red Roses
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Mary Lee Turner
Isabel Cowan
Marian Acker
Caroline Acree
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Marie Murphee
Ruth Roach
Ethel
Flapper
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China
Jazz Opera
Lexington
William Wallace Estill
Kentucky
Elmwood Farm
Estill
James Estill
Daniel Boone
Istem
Prichard
Hattie Gould
A. ¥. Hearn
C. C. Carpenter
New Mexico
Mexico
Shriners
Chick Evans
Bringham
Estes
Galveston Setee
Havreeka
Phoenix Sweensee
Pittburgh
Savannah Sey
Ageae
Catherine and
Brewster Sts
California
H. D. Shannon
T.P.A. Sou
Pac
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
de Luxe
Southern Pacific Lines
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