Columbus Public Schools Close for Term and Graduations
All Columbus public schools except Industrial High will close next Friday afternoon. High school commencement is set for Thursday night at 3 30 at the Springer Opera House. The negro high school ceremony will also be held there. About 7 000 children were enrolled this year, noted as one of the most successful in R B Daniels twelve years as superintendent.
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Columbus
Industrial High School
Negro High School
Springer Opera House
R. B. Daniel
Myrtle Springs dances and summer picnic plans
Lyartle Springs hosts weekly dances with the Georgian orchestra drawing locals and visitors. A Sunday school picnic at the Springs on June 14 expects about 1000 attendees. June 10 cottages are reserved by Atlanta families for a stay, and July 2 Friendship Baptist association plans a large gathering with over 1000 delegates for religious studies. MISS LEILA DOSTER BRIDE OF MR JAMES C SHY. Miss Leila Doster and James C Shy wed at the Doster home near Americus. The ceremony was by Rev E T Moore. The couple will honeymoon and reside in Macon. MISS CARGILL HOSTESS AT LOVELY PARTY. Dorothy Cargill hosted a four-table bridge party on Lee Street with lavender and pink decor and a tortoise shell comb prize. MRS WARREN ENTERTAINS TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB. Tuesday bridge at Lee Street. prizes and blooms adorn the rooms. LEE ST METHODIST SEWING CIRCLE TO MEET. The Lee Street Methodist Sewing Circle will meet at Mrs Charles Culpepper’s Friday at 3 PM.
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Aptist
Une 14
Ottages
Atlanta
Myrtle Springs
Friendship Baptist A.lation
Leila Doster
James C. Shy
Jeila Beatrice Doster
James Carlton Shy
Isiay
Cooper Doster
Americus
E. T. Moore
Sumter County
Shy
Chattanooga
Macon
Miss Doster
Americas
Mr. Shy
J. M. Shy
Americas Fire Department
Macon Terminal Company
J. Ralston Cargill
B. F. Easterlin, Jr
Henry Lumpkin
Annie Ivey
Eugenia Parker
Mary Glover
Mabel Elis
Oh Tenithport
Therone Jennings
Stuart Prather
Mary
Ann Ellis
Alize
Mary Rose Brown
Evelyn Bell
Mary Walker
Lucas Thiers
Lee ST
Lee Street
Methodist Sewing Circle
Charles Culpepper
Americus Visitors Noted From Various Regions
Personal L L Ferree and Sam A Farkas from Albany are in Americus on business. Walter A Clapton of Leslie spends the day here on a mission. Rose Johnson of Huntington visits Americus. Jim Ray and Ray Fenn of Cordele visit Americus Monday. Chauncey Alcott and family leave for Orangeburg S C to visit his sister Mrs Clemons then return next week. Mrs J W Weston and granddaughter Lillian Sessons arrive from Luverne Ala for several days with Mrs T H McGillis on Lamar street Mars. Miss Ruth Comer graduates tonight at Athens State Normal, returns to Americus for summer with her parents. R H Comer, teaching in Molena, will attend graduation and escort Miss Comer home for summer. Mrs Frank Harrold state president of United Daughters of the Confederacy, with Mrs S H K McKee and Mrs McKenzie will go to Camilla on June first.
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Chauncey Alcott
Fred
Orangeburg
S. C
K. B. Clemons
Americus
J W. Weston
Lillian Sessons
Luverne
Ala
T. H. McGillis
Lamar Street
Mars
Weston
Ruth Comer
Athens State Normal School
H. F. Comer
R. H. Comer
Molena
Miss Comer
Frank Harrold
United Daughters of the Confederacy
S. HK. McKee
McKenzie
Montezuma
Camilla
Local Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter Planned
A meeting is planned to organize a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The session will be held in the Wornaf's club room at City Hall.
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The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wornaf
Clean Countryside Crusade Endorsed in Columbus Luncheon
Columbus May 30 endorsement of the national crusade to keep the countryside clean was voted by the Highway Department and the chamber of commerce after a luncheon at Joe Browns Eleventh and Broad streets tea room. Formation of a local chapter will rest with the Tourist Department of the Columbus Motor Club, referred to that body.
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Columbus
Highway Department
Chamber of Comerce
Joe Brown
Eleventh and Broad Streets
Columbus Motor Club
Work started on annex at Phenix City Waycross
May 30 report from Atlantic Coast Line shops notes 66 freight cars begun under a record order of 500. Shop Superintendent Frank P Howell says work is well under way on the first series and aims to produce about 100 cars per month.
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Waycross
Atlantic Coast Line
Columbus Lawyers Attend Georgia Bar Convention
Columbus lawyers depart tonight for Tybee to attend the Georgia Bar Association annual convention. Officials expect the largest Columbus delegation ever to attend the session.
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Columbus
Tybee
The
Georgia Bar Association
Lawyers Attend 1923 Convention Meeting List
Fifteen local lawyers are expected to attend the 1923 convention. Included are Judge George P. Munro Solicitor General Walker R Flournoy R O Perkins H H Swift A W Cozart W G Love W C Neill W H McCrory R M Arnold Willis Battle Frank A Garrard A S Bradley C Frank McLaughlin Madden Hatcher and Bentley R H Chapwell.
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George P. Munro
Walker R. Flournoy
R. O. Perkins
H. H. Swift
A. W. Cozart
W. G. Love
W. C. Neill
W. H. McCrory
R. M. Arnold
Willis Battle
Frank A. Garrard
A. S. Bradley
C. Frank McLaughlin
Madden Hatcher
Bentley RH. Chapwell
Columbus High School to Graduate 75 in 1920s Ceremony
The largest Columbus High School class, about 75 pupils, will graduate next Thursday after the annual senior play at Springer Opera House at 8 30. The play titled A Quest for Happiness will precede diplomas delivered by J D Missey, president of the board of trustees.
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Columbus
Columbus High School
Springer Opera House
J. D. Missey
Board of Trustees
Anderson Invited to Speak on Diet in Valdosta
May 30. Effort to bring Hon. W. T. Anderson editor of the Macon Telegraph to Valdosta to deliver an address on diet. Anderson has studied the subject and claims great health benefits from a recent diet change. He says his motive is to help people live longer and stay healthier.
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Valdosta
W. T. Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Anderson
Home of Cortez Veal Monday Visit Mentioned
Mrs. W A Parker spent Monday afternoon with her sister Mrs Re Py Parker in a small town social note.
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Cortez Veal
W. A. Parker
Re -Py “Parker
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