Miss Brewster Honors Seniors at Tea: the senior class of the Misses Howard School for Girls, Miss Hilda Webb among them
25 May 1924 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Hilda Webb
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MISS BREWSTER HONORS SENIORS AT TEA
Miss Cornelia Brewster, a senior of the Misses Howard School for Girls, entertained with a tea Thursday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brewster, in Forest Park, honoring her classmates.
Quantities of Dorothy Perkins roses adorned the house, carrying out a color scheme of pink and white.
The following juniors, freshmen and sophomores assisted in receiving: Miss Muriam Colburn, Miss Helen Hardin, Miss Ellis Watts, Miss Doris Hatton.
The members of the senior class are: Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss Mary Wilkerson, Miss Mae Travis Fenn, Miss Maude Hunter Knighton, Miss Dorothy Dawson, Miss Dorothy Hickman, Miss Reba Palmer, Miss Hilda Webb, Miss Margaret Johns, Miss Mary Sue Collier and Miss Cornelia Brewster.
Citation: "Miss Brewster Honors Seniors at Tea," The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Sunday 25 May 1924, society, club and fashion section, p. 34, col. 4; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1924-05-25/ed-1/?sp=34).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda Webb | Schooling | A member of the senior class of the Misses Howard School for Girls, Birmingham, in May 1924 (aged 15) | Nothing; "a graduate of the Misses Howard's School for Girls in Birmingham" (1933) | new (the year of her graduating class) |