Saturday, February 8
Mrs. W.A. Campbell announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Wilhelmina Campbell, to John R. Woodard of Tulsa, Okla. The wedding will take place in April.
Sunday, February 9
In the report of the new City Directory, Chattanooga has taken a big jump in population. The figures now show 100,296. This includes the suburbs. This is a gain of 3,948, or 4 percent, over 1912.
The new YWCA building at 8th and Lindsay Streets will be formally dedicated this afternoon. Dr. J.W. Bachman is in charge of the ceremonies. Chattanooga pastors Drs. Keese, Boswell, Meyers, Clark and Elmore will assist. Mrs. William F. Pryor is in charge of the music. Dr. Loaring-Clark gave the dedicatory address. The new “Y” will open for service as soon as all of the equipment has been moved from the Ferger Building.
Monday, February 10
Mrs. Blucher Blair has returned to her home in North Chattanooga from Newell Infirmary.
Miss Hazel Kent has returned home from a visit in New Orleans.
W. Scott Raulston, postmaster for Chattanooga for the past eight years, was unanimously elected Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce to succeed Dr. H.M. Evans, who resigned, as he is leaving Chattanooga to reside in the North. Mr. Raulston will send his resignation as postmaster at once to President Woodrow Wilson.
Tuesday, February 11
Tragic news has been received of the death of Capt. Robert F. Scott and his party of four while returning from the South Pole. They were caught in a blizzard. A searching party found their bodies and records. Lt. C.R. Evans of the Royal Navy sent the message to New Zealand. Mrs. Scott, on her way to New Zealand to meet Capt. Scott, has not received the news of her husband’s death.
Mrs. Frank Quackenboss is recovering from a recent illness.
Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Massee and family will leave soon for their new home in Dayton, Ohio, where Dr. Massee has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church.
Wednesday, February 12
Miss Maude Rathmell will entertain informally at her home on West Sixth Street in honor of Mrs. T.T. Crawford of Bernardsville, N.J., who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Fletcher on Fort Wood.
Miss Elmore Howell of St. Louis is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Bryan, on Georgia Avenue.
Miss Eleanor Somerville of Greenville, Miss., accompanied Mrs. Robert Somerville here for a visit with Sen. and Mrs. J.B. Frazier.
Thursday, February 13
Miss Pauline Roberta Stauffer of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Frank Magill Bogart were married Wednesday in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church by Dr. JW. Bachman. They left for a southern wedding trip, and on their return will reside with the groom’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. W.G. Bogart, on Georgia Avenue.
Wilder Stratton of New York City is the guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Stratton, on Poplar Street.
Miss Dorothy Tarwater of Rockwood, Tenn., will come Friday to visit Miss Augusta Gardenhire. Miss Tarwater will accompany Prof. and Mrs. August Schmidt to Europe for a stay.
Friday, February 14
Mrs. R.J. Kirkwood announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Hazel Ruth, to H. Ross Kaufmann of Brooklyn, New York. The wedding is to take place in March.
Today is Valentine’s Day. Many parties have been planned to celebrate the “Love Saint’s” birthday. Kosmos Club will entertain at Patten Hotel, Jefferson Davis Auxiliary will have a Valentine tea at Read House, and the First Presbyterian Ladies Aid will entertain with a tea at the home of Mrs. Frank Dowler on High Street, where Mrs. Theodore King and Mrs. Hogshead will present a musical program.