Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-26

HARLlNGEN, Tex, May 26.-J. A.
Adams and family left Tuesday on an
overland trip to Snyder, their former home,
where they viii spend thirty days with
relatives.
Mrs. A. ii. Bailey, wife of Captain Bail
|ey, Of the officers training camp, spent
Thursday here as the guest of Mrs. NJ. V.
Pendleton.
b. +. Johnson, cashier of the Planters
State Bank, is in San Antonio on business
and during his absence Sam Bolts has
charge of the bank.
Harrington is going to be treated by a
home talent minstrel which is going to be
given next week at the auditorium by the
young people of the city.
Miss March Norvell Of San Benito is
going to spend the summer here with her
sister, Mrs. W. G. Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. z. Weems have return
ed from their visit 10 Houston and Re-
trieve plantation.
Miss Lucille Shipp left Saturday for
Armstrong, NO., her former home, on an
extended visit. She went via San An
tonic and spent Sunday with her brother,
John, whc is attending the training camp
at Camp Funston.
Mrs. Seebree, Of Kingsville, has Joined
her husband here. Mr.. Seebree is a rural
mail carrier.
L. Z. Saunders, Harlingen's fire chief,
has just returned from a trip to San An
gelo, where he attended the firemen's con-
~vention.
c. ID. Hanson, of Mackinaw, Ill.,, was
here several days, leaving Wednesday for
his home. He intends to bring his family
here in June and they except to again make
Harrington their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Patterson, Of Kansas
City, spent several days here, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Pendleton. Mr..
Patterson was formerly sales manager of
the Unit Marketing system here.
Mrs. X. ". AnglinH received the sad news
Tuesday that her husband was seriously
I'LL in kerrville, where he had gone for his
and she left the same day for his
bedside, accompanied BY his mother, Mrs.
Nj. @. Anglin and brother, u. W. Anglin.
h1eaa -. iatt Aid Sou ~ IldT~udi, NO.,
are here looking after their land inter
ests, which they are having put into cult
walton. They expect to build a home here
soon and remain.
A very pretty party was given last week
at the home of DIR. and Mrs. c. w. Let
berieh, when their daughter, Vera, cele-
DRAFTED her tenth birthday anniversary. Lit
tie Miss Velda Goldammer, a cousin, hav-
ing a birthday on the same day and being
the same age, the two little misses cele-
brated their tenth anniversary together
and for this occasion thirty little friends
gathered and a lawn fete was enjoyed. The
little ladies were the recipients of many
Ipretty gifts from their many little friends.
Tom Sutherland returned Wednesday
from Fort Worth, where he had gone with
a ear Of cattle.
DIR. II. III. Harrington, agricultural direc-
tor of the Frisco, with his headquarters in
kingsville, was a visitor here Thursday.
j. W. C~herryholmes Of Corpus Christi,
Is in the city on business this week.
Work on the Harrington sidewalks il pro-
crossing very rapidly and il will not be
long before they are completed at this rate.
IL Is certainly an improvement for the
town.
The Lee Land Company was here last
Friday and Saturday with about one hun
|dred homeseekers, who were shown over
the beautiful new Iceland tract. This
tract j. one of the prettiest improvements
now in the entire Valley.
Company A, Twenty-sixth United States
infantry, has been moved from here to
points along the river. Company b re-
mains in charge of Captain French.