Woodlawn Community Store incorporated by J. P. Webb, J. H. Norman and Lila Webb
1 April 1922 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Lila Walden, James Pleasant Webb, J. H. Norman (the third incorporator; not in the tree)
Transcription
Read from the image (line breaks not kept). The whole item is given; the Webbs' entry is the fourth.
NEW INCORPORATION PAPERS FILED IN COURT
New incorporation papers filed in probate court yesterday were:
Doris Millinery company, capital stock $10,000 with $2,500 paid up. Incorporators L. O. Morrow, W. H. Woolverton and V. A. McNamee.
Cash and Carry Laundry company, capital stock $4,000, all paid up. Incorporators T. M. Jones, L. R. Hanna and Winifred Caldwell.
Minor and Whaley Clothing company, capital stock $2,000, all paid up. Incorporators R. E. Whaley, E. Minor and H. W. Minor.
Woodlawn Community store, Inc., capital stock $5,00 [sic] with $1,800 paid up. Incorporators J. P. Webb, J. H. Norman and Lila Webb.
The Used Car corporation increased its capital stock from $5,000 to $10,000. The incorporators are Frank D. Bryson and James Jackson.
The Highland Park company was dissolved. All of the lands of the company have been sold out, it is stated, and there is no longer any necessity for the corporation.
Citation: "New Incorporation Papers Filed in Court," The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Saturday 1 April 1922, p. 9; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1922-04-01/ed-1/?sp=9).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lila Walden | Business, 1922 | "Lila Webb", one of three incorporators of the Woodlawn Community Store, Inc., whose papers were filed in the probate court (Jefferson County) on Friday 31 March 1922 | Residence 1920 and 1930, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; occupation "Housework", undated and unsourced | agrees (Birmingham); new (an incorporator of a store) |
| James Pleasant Webb | Business, 1922 | "J. P. Webb", an incorporator of the same company | Residence 1920 and 1930, Birmingham; bookkeeper in 1914 (city directory) | agrees (Birmingham); new (an incorporator of a store) |
| Lila Walden; James Pleasant Webb | Residence, 1922 | The company is named for Woodlawn, a Birmingham suburb; the item does not say where the incorporators lived | 308 South 54th Street, Woodlawn, in 1914 (city directory); Birmingham in 1920 and 1930 | context |