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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary note mentions someone visiting Atlanta to spend weeks with relatives while Mr. Willoughby vacations in Florida. The text references travel plans but lacks clear dates or full names to specify a definite event.
The item lists residents and guests including Martha Turner formerly of Americus, Alva Bankston and family from Roberta, and Homer Bankston hosts. It mentions Margaret Wheatley arriving from Seabring Florida to visit G. D. Wheatley, plus Flora Duncan and Alice Cooper from Prattville Alabama visiting Buena Vista relatives. Mrs. W. W. Willoughby is noted as preparing to leave.
Mrs F M Creighton hosted a fifth birthday celebration for son Frank Creighton with lawn games and a Windsor Pharmacy cake table party. Mrs H C White hosted a musical evening by violinist William McNeill at her Lee street home with readings by Sue Hightower. Mrs A D Gatewood honored nephew Charles Ernest of Portsmouth Va with a birthday tea on Lee street featuring a lace tablecloth cake with six pink and blue candles.
Decorations and refreshments featured pink and blue crepe paper dolls as favors for little girls and marble bags for boys. Candlesticks with pink tapers marked the tables while pink and blue candy bags indicated each guest’s place. Charles was helped by Miss Ira Gatewood and Miss Sue Hightower as about a dozen young playmates attended.
Mr and Mrs R L McMath Jr completed a motor trip visiting several points in Florida returning home with no report of incidents or delays.
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