Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-05
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Society

TUESDAY CALENDAR
Learners club members will meet
at the home of Mrs. III. G. II. Vein
ert. honoring the past presidents Of
the club. They will meet at the home
on the corner Of Second and Wash
lngton streets.
Women's Missionary society Of the
Christian church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Otis Singer on Levee
street at 3 p m.
COUPLE TO LIVE HERE
A wedding that will be Of interest
10 people especially Of Brownsville
took place Saturday morning at IL
o'clock at the First Southern Pres
byterian church in Austin when Miss
Olene Finger, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. 0. w. Finger Of that city, and
a. Bascom Cox, son Of Mrs. Martha
A. Cox OF San Antonio, were married.
Mr.. Cox has been made assistant
county attorney Of Cameron county
and the couple will make their home
wedding trip.
In a church decorated with palms,
white roses, and orange blossoms, the
latter from the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, the ceremony took place fol-
lowing a prelude by the violin octet Of
the Austin conservatory Of music
composed of Misses Mercy Ramsey.
Maurine Biggs, Gladys Webb, Mary
Jean Murray, Antainette nellie, Mrs.
Jessie Mae Roach. Mrs. Ellie Sparks.
and Albert Tisdale. Miss Lillian
Reese played Schubert "Screnade"
and was followed by Vernon Elledge
singing "All For You"
Miss Marion Fomby, bridesmaid,
led the wedding party and met the
groomsman, S. ID. kieffer, of La Feria
at the altar. Next came Miss Kath-
arine Cox of San Antonio. Mrs. Her
bert C. Taylor, cousin Of the bride
was the chosen matron of honor.
Rob w. Williford of WORKMAN ac-
companied the bridegroom as his best
man. DR.. w. r. Minter read the mar
riage vows while soft music was
played on the violin By Miss Mary
Jean Murray.
Out-of-town guests included Mrs.
Martha A. Cox and Miss Katharine
Cox, San Antonio; Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert G. Taylor, Houston; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Haynes, Jr., Houston; Miss
Florence Coleman, Miss Amelia Cole
man, Miss Anna Coleman, DR.. VIM.
+. Luter, San Antonio; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. Vance, Misses Grace and Jessie
Vance, Messrs. John Turner and
George Vaice Of Refugio; Vernon
Elledge, Houston; s. ID. Kieffer, La
Feria: r. w. Williford, Workman;
Leslie Bush, Galveston; Miss Caro-
line Schwab, Galveston; Judge 7. NJ.
Cox, Beeville: Judge NJ. A. Childers.
San Antonio; O. d. Erwin, San An
tonic; Miss Helen Schulley, Smith
Vile; Miss Jane Bowers, Yorktown.
Governor and Mrs. Dan Moody,
Judges o fthe court Of criminal APP
peals and other higher courts and
their wives, and other state officials
we're among those present.
U. d. c. MEETS
Members Of the T. ID. G. met at
the home CT Mrs. J. X. Wells Sat
urday afternoon to listen TO a pro-
gram based on the observance Of the
birthdays OF Robert +. Lee and
S.onewcll Jackson. Mrs. Wells re-
ported on the dedication Of the OIL
mito school in the cornerstone of
which was placed a short history Of
the Confederscy and a confederate
coin.
The group voted TO meet on the
third Thursday at 10 o'clock in the
morning instead of on Saturday as
has been the custom. Mrs q. s.
Stell was chosen registrar for the
organization and Mrs. Henrietta
Signor was in charge Of the pro-
gram for the day.
Roll call was answered By ac-
cunts Of Texas men and events
during the Civil war. Papers we're
read By Miss Alcee Morris, daughter
Of Mrs. r. c. Morris. on Lee; BY
Mrs. Stell on Stonewall Jackson; one
BIZ Mrs. Wells on Albert Sidney
Johnson; and By Mrs. Harbert Dav-
export on Matthew Fontaine Maury,
the historian
An interesting discussion was car
ried on by the group concerning the
superstitions and folklore Of the
Civil war times.
Miss Clara Carsner. formerly a
teacher in the local schools, spent
the weekend in Harlingen visiting
her sister, Mrs. Stanley Bliss. who
was also a former teacher here.
They were visiting friends in
Brownsville Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Z. Z. Dickson has arrived in
Austin from Brownsville where she
has been visiting relatives and
friends for several weeks. She will
he with her mother in Austin for a
month and the two will return to
Mrs. Dickason's home in Mexico
later.
Mrs. NJ. II. West was hostess 70
the members Of the Self Culture
club at its regular meeting last
week when a study Of Gilbert
EmeEy's THE Hero" was led by
Mrs. Emil Blanck, assisted By Mrs.
n. B. Galbraith.
AT the regular business session
Mrs. II. L. Fitch, the incoming pres
ident, appointed her yearbook COM
mittee composed of Mesdames ]. X.
Bull, chairman, G.. r. Hamilton. r.
Roy Ruff, and ". Y. Worley.
The home was decorated in roses
Tor the occasion and refreshments
we're served the group by the host