Marriages Bring Local News and Moves in Americus
A wedding in Americus unites Mrs Virgina Legg and Mr R S Broadhurst with vows before Rev Carl W Minor at First Baptist. The couple, long-time residents, reside on Barlow and Hill. Also announced is the June 15 marriage of Ethel Wells to David C Burkhalter in Atlanta. Ethel returns to Americus, a 1921 Americus High School graduate, and Burkhalter, a Texas Oil Company employee, will live with his mother on Jackson Street. West Church and Jackson Street sewing circle of First Methodist to meet.
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Virgina Legg
R. S. Broadhurst
Carl W. Minor
First Baptist Church
Broadhurst
Americus
Barlow and
Hill Streets
Frank Wells
Atlanta
Ethel
David C. Burkhalter
Americas
the Americas High School
Burkhalter
D. C. N. Burkhalter
Texas Oil Company
West Church
Jackson Sewing Circle
Jackson Street
First Methodist Church
Goach Seeks Wednesday Meeting With Mrs Hubbard at Spring Street
The note requests a gathering Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ross Hubbard at her home on Spring Street at 3 30. Full attendance is urged.
Reunion of Class of 1894 Banquet in Americus
The thirtieth anniversary of Americus High School class of 1894 will be marked by a Wednesday banquet at the Tea Room at eight. Out of town alumni, including Glenn Dodson of Atlanta and others from Macon Dothan and Savannah, will attend with special guests and messages from teachers and absent members. A sewing circle meeting and a social set-back gathering at the Lovelace home follow, with high card scores and refreshments.
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Americus High School
Furlow Jackson Street
Americus
Mathis
Rebecca Cowles
Glenn Dodson
Atlanta
Harrold Davenport
University of Georgia
L. E. Morgan
Dothan
Ala
Roscoe Chalker
Nettie Lockett
Tim Killen
Georgia Lee Hawkins
Macon
Ernest Wilson
Eula Sloan
Leslie
Powers Cooper
Mattie Ansley
Perry
J. A. Thomas
Nell Morgan
Savannah
Florence Hand
Florence Hollis
Pelham
John Gannon
Ruth Brown
E. C. Miller
Laura Brown
New York
Belle Lanier Baker
West Point
Walton Callaway
Rosalyn Royal
Chattanooga
Bela Hill
Moreland
Mattie Cameron McArthur
Luther Hawkins
Ed Gyles
Edwin Bell
Tom Bell
Frank Ansley
Lizzie Worthy
Southern
Explosives Expert to Talk in Americus
A free lecture by C. W. Evarts inspector of the Bureau of Exposures will be held at Americus High School auditorium at 8 p m Thursday June 19. The topic is The Transportation of Explosives and other dangerous articles with pictures. All around and express employees and the general public are invited. admission is free.
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Americus High School
Bureau of Exposures
Local Social News: Southern Visits and House Guests
Personal notices detail Mr and Mrs W B A Smith visiting Greensboro Georgia for several days with their daughter Mrs J T Bryson. Smith's sister Mrs J A Ross of Los Angeles accompanies them. Mrs C L Brownell returns from two week visit to relatives in Macon. Miss La Verne Thomas travels to Walnut Grove to live with relatives and work in a bank. Miss J J Holliday arrives from Florida to spend weeks with Mrs J D Hooks and others. Mrs Richard Cooper and son Richard Jr of Jacksonville Florida visit her parents Mr and Mrs J C Chapman on Forrest Street. Miss Emma Chapman Miss Alice Johnson and Miss Irig Johnson were guests of Mrs Perry Clegg in Corlele.
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Richard Cooper
Richard, Jr
Jacksonville, Fla
J. C., Chapman
Forrest Street
Emma Chapman
Alice Johnson
Irig Johnson
Perry Clegg
Corlele
Negro Medicos Open Annual Session Tonight in Americas
The Georgia Medical Association of Negro Physicians Dentists Pharmacists convenes in Americas for its annual session with an opening program at Bethesda Baptist Church starting at 8 PM. A large delegation is arriving and several noted authorities are billed to speak. Public attendance is urged and seats are to be secured promptly.
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Georgia Medical Association of Negro Physicians
Americas
Bethesda Baptist Church
If Winter Comes on Film by William Fox at Rylander
The Hutchinson novel If Winter Comes is adapted by William Fox into a graphic drama now showing at Rylander theater. Percy Marmont plays Mark Sabre in a setting of old England with castles and villages, delivering a powerful, emotionally charged performance that highlights a pivotal confrontation with the hypocritical Twyning over a letter and a child’s fate.
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A. S. M. Hutchinson
William Fox
Rylander Theater
Hutchinson
Old
England
Manager Herring
Percy Marmont
Mark Sabre
Twyning
Effie Bright
Mark
Marmont
Sabre
Burkses announce birth of daughter in Americus
Mr and Mrs B P Burks of Americus Georgia route B announce the birth of a daughter on June fifteenth in a concise society note noting the family addition and location.
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B. P. Burks
Americus, Ga
There Is a Moment of Mercy in a War Film Scene
Mark learns the violator of Effie's honor is dead and, after hesitation, softens. He sheaths his revolver and comforts his arch enemy Twyning with grim empathy. The scene is praised as a great moment and among the best produced.
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Mark
Effie
Twyning
Lex
Mineral Deposits in Persia Known Yet Undeveloped
Mineral deposits in Persia are undeveloped but known to be extensive. This brief notes large untapped reserves in the region, highlighting potential for future exploitation by mining interests.
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Persia
Panama Canal Zone as War Department administered reserve
The Panama Canal Zone is described as a military reservation under administration by the War Department. The note specifies federal control and strategic status of the canal region during the period in question.
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Panama Canal Zoner
The
War Department
Men With Liquor In Car Freed By Court
Savannah June 17 The search of an automobile for whiskey without warrants was challenged again with success in United States court here recently. J N Newman and J C Cowart were arrested when three gallons of liquor were found in the car they were driving and were freed on grounds of illegal search.
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Savannah
United States
J.N. Newman
J. C. Cowart
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Wells-Burkhalter
Goach
Mile
Suzanne Wurtz
Mlle
Murtz
France
East Americus Circle
East Americas Sewing Circle
J. D. Graham
Ogethorpe Avenue
MR. and
Mrs. Eve
Mrs. Lovelace
Lee Street
Herbert Hall
Meridian
Carr Glover
L. F. Grubbs
Hall
B. R. Boyd
H. E. McMath
W. W. Dykes
J. T. Warren
J. E. Hightower
Cordele Garden
A. V. Whipple
Mary Parker
Alice Whipple
Louise Slade
Eve Harris
Jane Howell
Rose Garden
Ida Mae Tyson
Jessie Williams
Inez Morgan
Elizabeth Poole
Bugs
Jessie Iilliams
Annie Reid Morgan
Miss Chapman
India
Ceylon
Java
Rey
Lake Erie
City OF Erie
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Seeandbee
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Cave
mSey
H. O. Jones
Neon Buchanan
Crabb
C. B.burke
Fount
Lamar and
Jackson _ streets
Hightower’s
Geo. D. Wheatley
Americus Stean: Vulcanizing Co
Rogers
P. I. Cherry
B. I. Mize
McGarrah Street
Bob Anglin
W. H. Bowers
Sherrod Horne Farm
W. S. Morgan
Equitable
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
C. of Ga
H. C. White
Central of Georgia
Ocean Steamship Co. Merchants & Miners Trans. Co
C. L. Brownell
J. J. Holliday
Florida
J. D. Hooks
Negro Medicos
Bethesda Church
WM. Fox Masterpiece
Happy Feed Store
Bob Edwards
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A.s.m.hutchinson
Harry Millardes
Rylander
Americus Fish and Oyster CO
West Forsyth St
American Legion Post No
Priory Hall
Dick White
Columbus
Freddie Boorde
of Atlanta
Kid Paccioni
Fort Benning
Georgia
Spub Murphy
Clever Welterweight
Pheonix City
Alabama
Junior College
South Georgia
Norman Institute
Norman Park, GA
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