Mrs. Walden Webb entertains at a bridge party, assisted by Miss Hilda Webb
13 April 1924 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Mary Katherine Cranford, Lila Walden, Reuben Walden Webb, Hilda Webb, Miss Louise Cranford, who assisted the hostess
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MRS. WEBB ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE PARTY
Mrs. Walden Webb was hostess recently, when she entertained with a bridge party at her home. Spring flowers were used in decorations. Mrs. Mary Elkin Dunlap won the prize and Miss Bruce Jones the consolation. The following were present:
Misses Elizabeth Smith, Margaret McCall, Marjorie Craig, Theoline Woodruff, Myrtis McClendon, Nell Henry, Emma Smith of Newport News, Va., Ruth Williams, Elizabeth Crow, Mollie Beck Jenkins, Marianne Lyles, Josephine Hawkins, Mildred Mims, Mary Bunn Gay, Mildred Adams, Helen Allgood, Dorothy Davis, Mary Elking [sic] Dunlap, Elizabeth Stone, Catherine Wood, Corinne Travis and the Misses Willoughby of Wilmington, N. C., Mesdames Thurston Sherman, Paul Atkinson, Bruce Jones and Virgil Hawkins.
Hostess was assisted by M[rs?]. [J?]. P. Webb and Misses Louise Cranford and Hilda Webb.
Citation: "Mrs. Webb Entertains at Bridge Party," The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), 13 April 1924, p. 25; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1924-04-13/ed-1/?sp=25).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Katherine Cranford | Name and marriage, April 1924 | "Mrs. Walden Webb", hostess "at her home" | married Reuben Walden Webb, 13 July 1923, Jefferson County | agrees (very probably her) |
| Mary Katherine Cranford | Residence, April 1924 | a home of her own in Birmingham (the paper's society columns; no street given) | residence 1920 and 1930, Birmingham | new |
| Hilda Webb | Activity, April 1924 | "Miss Hilda Webb" assisted the hostess | born 29 Oct 1908 (aged 15) | new |
| Reuben Walden Webb | Married by April 1924 | his wife "Mrs. Walden Webb" | married 13 July 1923 | agrees |
| Lila Walden | Presence | "M[rs?]. [J?]. P. Webb" assisted the hostess | wife of James Pleasant Webb | new (probable) |