The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

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 Capt and Mrs. w. H. Graves and Miss Virginia Graves have gone to New York and later will sail for Europe on the steamship Adratic of the White Star Line to be absent until the autumn.
 Mrs. George Cruikshank has returned l from Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. Louise Bankhead Perry is the i guest of Mrs. T. e. Thompson.
 Senator and Mrs Bankhead will arrive l this week to attend the reunion
 Representative Henry D. Clayton will attend the reunion.
 1 The wedding of Miss Colreed Vernon i Berry to Mir Corday Savage Milan will take place on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of the brides 1 parents, MT and Mrs. L. s. Berry, 1OlS 1 St Charles street Miss Mamie Sue Berry, a sister of the bride will be maid of honor and Judge Henry Milan of Texas will be his brothers best man. The wedding will be quiet
 Miss Hilda Clark and Miss Sue Clark of Crowley, La., will be among the spon- i sors and maids the guests of Miss Nell l Harris and Miss Jamie Harris during the reunion. The Misses Harris will give l tea in their honor.
 The regular meeting of the board of 1 directors of the Young Women's Christian l association, which was to have been held on Tuesday, has been postponed untll June Is.
 MT. and Mrs. " C. %errimee of New l Orleans arrived last night and are the guests of Mrs. P J. Kirtley on Alabama street
 Gen. ]. P. Norfleet of Memphis will at- 1 tend the reunion.
 l Mrs J. A. Rountree and her children, | Asa and Selene Rountree, were members of a camping party the past week. ] At the regular meeting of the Free Kin l dergarten association held Enc past week | in the palm room of the Hillman much regret was expressed over Mrs. J. P. l Phillips resignation as president of the association over the destinies of which l she has so long and so faithfully pre- i sided being not only one of the foremost Kindergarten workers in Birmingham but l in the south.
 1 Her mantle has fallen upon another l l Smith, long identified with the kinder 1 garten movement in this city. The board feels particularly fortunate that Mrs Smith would accept the presidency. The ], other officers are Mrs. D. J. McCros- sin, first vice president; Mrs. Samuel Adler second vice president, and Mrs l Harold Samson and Mrs. Bruce Brewer were reelected secretary and treasurer. | Mrs Phillips, at the urgent request of l Miss Wilson the supervisor of the kin 1 dergartens, will deliver a series I lectures this winter on primary work f3r the kin l dergarten teacher in it's relation to the | preparatory work for the kindergarten, | and in future Mrs. Phillips work will be | even more directed than in the past to- ward bringing up the training school | Of the lzindergartens to a greater eff 1 ciency, that will in time make Brmng- | ham the greatest kindergarten centre in l this section of the south.
 l beautiful custom at the annual re- l union of the Sons of Confederate Veterans l is the official presentation of all official sponsors, maids of honor, matrons of honor and chaperons, which will take l. place at o'clock on Tuesday at the | Gayety theatre, where the convention of Sons of Veterans will hold their con- vention. This feature of the programme will be in charge of Gen A. c. Sexton, commander of the Alabama division of U. l S. c. ", assisted by Mrs J. A. Rountree, the official chaperone of the Alabama sponsors. Gen. c. J. Owens of Abbeville, Ala. will deliver the presentation speech and the same will be responded to by Gen. J. P. Norfleet of Memphis, Tenn.
 MT. and Mrs. George C. Davis enter 1 tained at their home on Sloss avenue, l East Lake, Friday evening at a novelty l shower for Miss Leila F. Best who is l to be married to MT. Flournoy Puckette 1 of McKeesport, Pa. The house was taste 1 fully decorated in green and white, the colors Of the I. A. M. Sunday school 1 class, of which Miss Best Is teacher. The members of the class were dressed in l white with rosettes of green and white ribbon Tn the center of the reception hall was suspended white parasol cov- cred in white roses and ferns, into which the presents were thrown. A delightful programme was rendered, including an instrumental duet by Miss Rowena and Mrs. Drayton Bernard, piano solos by Miss Anna Davis and Miss | Mary Swindall, and Mendessohn's wed-
 ding march by Misses Davis and Swim dall during which Miss Best, accom-
 panied by Miss Mary Davis. marched
 under the parasol. The gift of the l. A.
 M. was then presented by Miss Ale.a Jones' the president of the class, and the
 presents were showered by Mrs. Bernard ] on Miss Best
 The gift of the I. A. M. was a silver
 set, consisting of sugar bowl cream
 pitcher and spoonholder, and was of es-
 pecial interest as on each piece was en-
 graved q. A. M, 19oS." The punch bowl
 was presided over by Miss Catherine
 Davis and other refreshments were served
 during the evening.
 Misses Compton and Morton will en-
 certain quite a number of friends and rel
 atves at the Birmingham seminary dur
 ing the reunion. Among them will De
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Turner and Miss
 Fannie Porter of Columbia, Tenn: Judge
 and Mrs. J Mel. Shivers of PoplarvIlle
 Miss. MT. and Mrs N. J. Davis, MT
 A. L. Davis and Mrs E. J. Brickell of
 Marion; MT. Hugh Davis of Memphis
 Mrs. Katie Shivers of Pickensvile, Misses
 Eloise. Carrie and s. J. Hemphill of 1 Tuscaloosa.
 Misses Bemey and Ellen Warnock have [ returned to Birmingham from having
 taught away from home during the last
 session. They are both at the Bir-
 mingham seminary until after the re-
 union.
 Miss Ona Cochran of Atlanta arrived
 yesterday to be the guest of her cousins
 Misses Ruby and Pearl Kiker, during
 the reunion.
 unique entertainment will be given
 to tla x,icitinO vaferanS during nevt waeIr