Wade & Webb Family History

Alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute elect officers: R. D. Webb, Auburn, secretary and treasurer

2 June 1909 · The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)

Named here: Reuben David Webb

The page of The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.) that carries the item
The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 2 June 1909, page 10 · the whole page

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[… Superin]tendent of Education, and trustee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, was elected President of the Alumni, to succeed E. B. Joseph, of Montgomery, who withdrew.

The nomination was made by a Nominating Committee, L. N. Duncan, C. L. Harold, and Thomas Bragg.

The report of the Nominating Committee was adopted, as follows: President, W. F. Feagin, Montgomery; 1910 orator, Hon. Sam L. Canty, Texas; Secretary and Treasurer, R. D. Webb, Auburn; Vice-presidents; Dr. J. O. Ruch, Mobile; W. M. Williams, Montgomery; John V. Denson, Opelika; A. C. Jones, Selma; F. L. Tait, Wetumpka; D. J. Parker, Carbon Hill, W. L. Whartem, Gadsden; C. W. Ashcraft, Florence; W. K. Terry, Birmingham; B. B. Ross, Thomas Bragg, Auburn; R. C. Smith, Opelika; Champe S. Andrews, New York; H. B. Park, LaGrange; Levi Winkinson, New Orleans; J. E. D. Young, Pensacola; C. W. Ousley, Fort Worth, Texas.

In regard to the matter of athletic relations with the University, a committee was appointed to draft a suitable answer to the alumni of that institution, to the request, sent by them, to get together again. …

Citation: Report of the meeting of the alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (headline above the clipped region), The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 2 June 1909, p. 10; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1909-06-02/ed-1/?sp=10).

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Reuben David Webb Office "Secretary and Treasurer, R. D. Webb, Auburn" of the alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1909 — new
Reuben David Webb Residence Auburn, 1909 1910, Auburn, Lee County agrees