Wedding reception honors the Lowe wedding in Atlanta
The affair at Mr and Mrs Lowe’s home featured guests of prominent locals. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J P Hoge, Judge and Mrs Crawford, Mrs J W Mepory, and Mrs Hogg, with brides wear “white ice over satin” and pink roses. About two hundred called, while other society events noted include a DAR gathering, UDC benefit, and bridge prize details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P’eoelAl
J . Gedrite R. Lowe
Janes P. Hoge
Atlanta
Floyd ‘Towe
W. T. Burt
Lowe
Mra
J. P
Mittie Hogg
A. 8. Boyett
J. W. Mepory
W. D. Crawford
Roy Nolan
J.B. Stokes
Harold Head
Myrtle Rushin
Ruth
Punch
Lynda Lowe
Kathryn Lowe
Elizabeth McCrory
Evelyn Hogg
Julia Stokes
Pauline Belk
Mary Bergen
Frances Mauk
Sara Frances
Elizabeth Wooten
W. H. Lowe
H. B.mauk
M. M. Carr
Hoge
B. M. Bort
Lanahaswee
Brantley
FE. B. Clements
J. W. Mees
Sara Lowe
Rock
Lillian
Nora Gron
Marv
Im W. C. Wooten
Harold Head and Ton
I.o- Zoxaa
Siahee
J.T. Meer
H. Re Mauk
A.C. Dancan
B.S Fom
Sheppard
Tiny
Madge Jones
Shellman
Ben Ten
J. R. Lown
Maihome
Torta
Als
Prk
Tragic death of boy struck by car on Prince Street
Albert and Year-01 Meee cay Year-01 Meee cay Uitle Livyy Thayer, two year s of Mr. and residents of Prince Street, died Monday after playing near a sand pile on the curb. He moved into the street to fetch sand when a car ran over him. The driver fled the scene in panic. Neighbors and bystanders rushed to aid. The child suffered a severe head wound but later seemed to recover, remaining unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Mr. and
Albert
Prince Street
Wabury
Score of Families Destitute Inspires Local Appeal
Americus citizen Robert D. Anglin requests aid for county families in deep need. As chairman of the local Helping Hand society he appeals for old garments shoes hats and clothing to clothe the needy, inviting donations to his home 704 Spring Street or to the Times-Recorder. He notes dozens of destitute households and compares local charity to aid given abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Anglin
Americus
The
Times-Recorder
Bob
Anglin
Christian Church
Sumter County
Mr Anglin
Bob Anglin
Spring Street
Jhem
Americas
Various Americus Socials and Local Travels Highlight Week
The Americus area hears of many social visits and travels. Mr. and Mrs. Prather Henderson return from Buena Vista and Nena Smith's illness continues at Buena Vista. Turpin attended an automobile dealers convention in Indian Springs. Miss Mamie Cassidy and Miss Pauline Parrish host gatherings and swimming at Myrtle Springs. Several residents journey to Atlanta, Baltimore, and North Georgia. Frank Wright recovers from a motorcycle injury while Miss Fay Mott accepts a teaching post in Atlanta. A Mosesey Spring Street fire damages several negro houses, all uninsured. The community also notes hospital updates, summer plans, and guests visiting from Savannah, Dublin, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prather Henderson
Americus
Mamie Cassidy
Peekeer
Mra. J
Frank Wright
Erever
Charles M. Council
Charles Council, Jr
Little Eula Fenton Council
St. Simon's
Joe Mise
Mobile
Speer
Prince Street
Mrs
Care Glover
Macon
Miss
Glover
Pauline Durr
Wilmer Durr
Dawson
Elmer Parish
Brooklyn Heights
Parrish
Myrtle Springs
Mra
A. D. Gatewood
Tra Gatewood
Ainsworth Gatewood
A. J. Poole
Atlanta
Grace Barnes
Armond Carrol
Etta Northcutt
Melledgeville
Louellen Bragg
Clayton
North Georgia
Fay Mott
Miss Mott
Furlow Grammar School
W. P. Wallis
College Street
Frank Marshall
the Americas
Sumter County Hospital
Genevieve Morgan
Emmie Morgan
White Sulphur Springs
Fla
Valdosta
Charles Smith
Elizabeth Aut
Frank Harrold
Monroe
Bunddy
D. F. McAllister
Albert Harris, Jr
Harrold Avenue
Pauline’ Westbrook
Dublin
Elizabeth Joyner
Taylor Street
Rees Park
Macon Dudley
Bank of Picher
Picher
Oklahoma
W. E. Livingston and Children
A. B. Cross
Chareh Street
Quenelle Harrold
Thomas Harrold
Ivey
Annie Ivey
Courtney Ivey
North Carolina
Rowland
George Boatright
Wallis Mott
Lee Street
John Rouke
Savannah
Louis Merritt
Roger A. Jennings
Greensboro
N.C
A. F. Hodges
Dixie Highway
Mahala Butt
Huena Vista
Orlean Ansley
Gordon Heys
Victor Gaines
C. J. Sherlock
Albany
Catholic Church
C. H. Mask
Misa Effie Cowart
Seville
M. H. Wheeler
Mis
John Ralston Cargill, Jr
Box Springs
Mintes Mary
MJ James
Clara Carter
Lumpkin
Picnic Day Near Miss at Ponder's Mill Richland
In Richland on June 20 three Sunday schools held a picnic at Ponder's mill. crowds traveled by auto truck and water wagon for tea lemonade and swimming. Twelve year old Frank Drew nearly drowned but survived. Farmers report drought with crops needing rain while Mrs Martha Bowles Grimes, age over ninety, died. Cyril Yates injured in a Columbus area crash. Local officials change in city roles and Chamber of Commerce secretary election in Dublin Laurens counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Baptist
Methodist
Ponder's Mill
Martha Bowles Grimes
Cyril Yates
Columbus
Menérs
Kenitick Alston
Yates
C. Hobbs
Ichland
BF. Edwards
Bartlett
Dublin
Dublin and Laurens Canty
Mrs Carroll Salkey West marries Dr C M West
Mrs Carroll Salkey West, a Buena Vista native, married Dr C M West on June 18 at St Joseph's in Buena Vista. The bride, educated at G N C, taught in Atlanta before joining her husband, now stationed at Fort McPherson. She leaves a three month old son and is survived by her parents Hon E H McMichael and wife, two sisters, two brothers, and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Mulkey
West
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Edward McMichael, Jr
William McMichaael
Buena Vista
Mrs Nannie Sumerford Dies in Unadilla at 9 A M
Leslie June 18 Cobb Sumerford rushed to his mother Mrs Nannie Sumerford in Unadilla where she lay seriously ill. She died Wednesday morning at 9. Mrs Sumerford was well known in Leslie and visited there frequently, leaving friends grieved by her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Sumerford
Leslie
Cobb Sumerford
Unadilla
Sumerford
DeMolay Commandery Honors Past Eminent Commander
At a Wednesday meeting in Masonie hall DeMolay Commandery presented Past Eminent Commander Fred Smith with a handsome emblematic ring. Dr Carl W Minor, recently elected to succeed Smith, praised his retiring officer for faithful service and described the lodge’s growth during his term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMolay Commandery
Masonie Hall
Fred Smith
Carl W. Minor
Smith
Dr. Minor
Libraries Show Feverish Taste For Red Brick Books
A feverish reading age is noted as readers turn to illustrated nature volumes by Burroughs and Kipling. Public Libraries highlights interest in The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and Queen Victoria biographies while local clubs and civic groups browse The Monitor and The Leader. The city library hosts weekly children's stories and a Wednesday storyteller, inviting the mayor, postmaster, preachers, and farmers to engage with periodicals and new issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burroughs
Tohn Burroughs
Barroceh
Mr. Burroughs
Wah Dike Im Fishermay
Luck
Kipling
County Negro Religious Workers Convene in Sumter County
The Sumter County Colored Religious Workers Congress plans a multi day gathering starting Thursday night at the C. M. E. church Hampton Street and continuing through Sunday at McCoy Hill colored public school. Leaders Prof. M. W. and Prof. Reddick will guide sessions on church and Sunday school organization, home church public school and community roles, inviting all colored ministers and church workers across Americus and Sumter County to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County Colored Religious Workers’ Congress
Reet Co. M. Charel
Tregh
Ion
McCoy Hill Colored Public School
M. W, Retary
Red School Association
Reddick
Americus
Sumter County
I. Hr. Holloway
Hampton Street
Baptizing at Muckabee Creek by Blind Prisoner Fed Campbell
Fed Campbell a blind prisoner who leads colored inmates at the county stockade held a Sunday baptism at Muckabee Creek. John Caldwell, a life term convict, was the sole convert. Campbell officiated from the water with two assistants immersing Caldwell. Campbell is touted as a popular local figure amidst Mesae congregation members and white acquaintances.
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Parsons
Fed" Campbell
County Stockade
Muckabee Creek
John Caldwell
Fed
Hopuy
Mes
Government boll weevil poison expert heads Georgia bureau
Americus designated one of two state headquarters for a calcium arsenate boll weevil control expert from the U S Department of Agriculture. Geo Rareeman will direct western Georgia operations free of charge, with Waynesboro hosting the eastern half, and he will speak to Sumter County farmers at the Carnegie Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Georgia
Geo
Bureau of Entomology, Artment of Agriculture
Ray Ie Oka
Coad
Waynesboro
Ray
O, Marshall
Sumter County
Sumter
Staten
Fen Windsor
Hoters Farmera Cotton Growera General Y
Tallulah Laboratory
Death of Miss Gladys Dunn in Colorado Springs
Miss Gladys Dunn dies in Colorado Springs after malaria followed influenza in Washington. Survived by six sisters and two brothers, relatives in Americus and beyond attend funeral. Dunn, longtime Americus resident and former private secretary to Congressman Crisp, was active in church and Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Dunn
Americas
Colorado Springs
Colo
Miss Dunn
Florida
Washington
West
Murray Dunn
Colorado
Americus
G. W. Walters
H. B. Allison
Montgomery
Ala
Walter Thames
Thomasville
Lucile Slade
Columbus
H. L. Layfield
Atlanta
D. R. Bostwick
Savannah
W. H. Dunn
Washing Iton
D. C
Murray A. Dunn
W. T. A. Dunn Arsa
Minn Dunn
Chas, R. Crisp
Union High to Be Equal to Best Board elects Thom as chair
June 20 Union High board met in its first post election session. G C Thomas was unanimously chosen chairman for the ensuing year, with L M Hawkins reappointed as superintendent and T G Clark as principal. Faculty appointments and plans for accreditation were outlined to elevate the school toward state recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chappell
Berta Leo Godwin
Ruby Fillingame
Clestie Barr
Mattie
Margerite Chatfield
Sarah Dun
Lettie Clark
Ola
Union High Schole
Georgia
Atata
Prool
Cutts Receives Royal Welcome in Savannah Return
Ernest A. Cutts, recent Des Moines Shriner imperial potentate for North America, was greeted home with a gala Savannah parade. The event showcased bunting decorated streets, multiple ships of Shriner groups, and numerous floats as crowds celebrated his national prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Cutts
Ut City
Americus
Everal
Gordon Sauss
Maki
Central Jr B Y P U elects new officers for six months
The Junior Bible Youth Program unit of Central Baptist Church elected new officers for July 1 to December 31. Sam Comer is president with Alton Poole as vice president, Louise Reeves recording secretary, Hawking Dykes corresponding secretary, John Ewing Kiker treasurer, Doris Collins librarian, and Ann Walker choir. Lizie Mae Gammage is pianist. Captains and lieutenants for Groups I to IV named, with installation set for next Sunday at 7 p.m. The group program will close the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Sam Comer
Alton Poole
Louise Reeves
Hawking Dykes
John Ewing Kiker
Doris Collins
Ann Ann Walker
Lizie Mae Gammage
Ar Mearthur
Avofohn Eppari
Gromp 1
James McDaniel
Caroline Mathis
Gro It
Masse Lane
Leutenant
William Dykes
Grown Ill
Fred Comer
Mildred Clark
Group TV
Alice Parker
Anticipatine
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Meee Cay
Trenedy
Fred Senitts
Commandery
Randomn
Vibe
Woodrow Wilson
Sanderson
Music Study Club
the Monitor
the Leader
Charles R. Crisp
Congress
Oloh
U.S
Ameriale Headquartere
Coad's
Cutts
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