Person

Mamie Spates

Vice president of the Old Chapel School Community League when it was organized in November 1923.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that the Community League of the Old Chapel School, organized on the evening of November 28, elected Miss Mamie Spates vice president.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that the Community League of the Old Chapel School, organized on the evening of November 28, elected Miss Mamie Spates vice president.

What the source supports

That Mamie Spates was vice president of the Old Chapel School Community League when it was organized in November 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints "vice pefsident". The item does not say where she lived, and she is not linked to anyone else named Spates.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The December 13, 1923 report of the league's organizing.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 13, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-12-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the organizing of the Old Chapel School Community League

Relevant passage

OLD CHAPEL LEAGUE JUSF [JUST] ORGANIZED The Community League of the Old Chapel School was organized on the evening of November 28, following a Thanksgiving program rendered by the Junior League. The following officers were elected: ... Miss Mamie Spates, vice pefsident [president],

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Miss Mamie Spates. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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