The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
SOCIAL SIDE or REUNION
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IN BIRMINGHAM. The social plans for the entertain, ment of the veterans, the sponsors anu the maids of honor are keeping sne committees very busy these days. Co- operating with the ball committees are the young Birmingham women wno will be sponsors and maids ana spS- cial hostesses to the reunion, Wni!e these young women are also ih,efess ing a number of young married Wo- men. in the special features or reu'i- ion week. .. lively at work the various cluos v. Birmingham, both the southern anS Country Clubs, are going aheao wisS M plansr for the balls to be given ln stnese handsome club houses 4. The first ball will be given py tns Southern Club to sponsors ana inaius, This will be danced on the evening oi Inne a tha ball to be opened by Gen eral Lee and Miss Evans, the sponsor The second ball will be danced on the evening of June 10 at the CounsfS Club.
 Besides the three large balls there will be musicale ana tea LvI spoH th l. at the Country Club. a reception at tne residence of Governor and Brs. Braxton Bragg Conner and innumerablc dinners and luncheon parties.
 Among the prominent visitors to Bir- mingham during the coming reunion will be Mrs. Robert M Collins' or Montgomery. Mrs. Collins Is, the danrbter of Attorney General Thomas Fl. Watts of the Jefferson Davis cab met. and was a belle of Richmond and Montgomery in the days of 6o.
 -BirminghamAgeHe CAMP HoLTzcLAw APPOINTMENTS. r.f Na held yesterday the following appoint ments for the reunion in Birmingham were made:
 Mrs. Elliott Hannon, matron Of hon- or; Mrs. Burwell Boykin. Chaperone' and Miss Florence Davidson, sponsor r. Miss Davidson Is appointed with power to select her two maids subject to the rula, that they shall be daughters or granddaughters of Confederate so4- diers. Miss Davidson, who Is one Of the most prominent and popular young wo- men of Montgomery, Is granddaugn- l. ter of the late Colonel William k: Pickett. who was at the beginning oi the war made Quartermaster General of. Alabama, and who later was made Assistant Quartermaster General oi of the Confederate States under Gen. eral Green.
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 APPOINTMENTS Clarence J. Owen, Department Com. nander of the Army of Tennessee Di' vision, of the Sons, of Confederate vet erans. has made the following appoint ments for the reunion to be held ir Birmingham Junee g.. 10 and IT.:
 Miss Emma Lee Newman, of Abbe vile, sponsor, and the young. ladies whom he has appointed maids Of hon or | are Miss Margaret, Browne. o Montgomery; Mss, Mildred Andrew. of Montgomery; Miss Frances Stakely of Montgomery; Miss Dolly Williams Owen. of Montgomery. and Miss Min nie Lee Rainer, of Union Springs.
 Miss Newman Is the daughter 9f Hon Robert Newman and granddaushter o1 Captain George Newman. c, B. A. anf Captain W. J. Lee. c. s. A .s. ss [ ea.. MRS HARRIS AND MISS DA- .-.
 WIS TO GO TO AsHEVILLE Mrs. Florence Harris and Miss Char lotte Davis will .gos to tAshsyille -NertQ Carolina to attend the Southern Con vention of the Young Women's Christ ian-Assoeiation which will be held 9th to 18th of June. They are sent by the Board of~ Directors Of, thee local, Y.- w. G. A., to represent tihs association Mrs. Harris is. President and Miss Day- wis Secretary of the Montgomery Y. w. U organization which they -represenh Both are earnest faithful and efficient wokers and are, women of rare exeec1 utive ability and intellect. " s-
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 Mrs. Harvey Jones HonOred.
 Those who attended the U. D. c. con vention in Birmingham last week were very much grattfied- at the ovation ae- corded Mrs. Harvey Jones when she was reelected Historian of the Ala bama Division By a suspension of the rules she was by exclamation re-elect' ed to the importante office she has, ai' ready filled two terms with great credft to herself and satisfaction to teh or ganization. Mrs. Jones is one of the most beloved women in the State and one of the most influential workers in the Alabama Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the moment her name was called in the convention every member of the body rose to her feet.
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