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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
3
The Women's Literary Club will meet Saturday at 3 30 PM at Mrs G Eshton Buchanan’s home on Rees Park. This will be the last meeting of the club year and all members are urged to attend.
The Plains public school closes with a recital by the music department taught by Miss Berta Will Clark tonight at 8. An entertainment by the primary department led by Marguerite Hudson Willie Powell and Lythia Langford features a Japanese Frolic Fairy Sunshine Operetta and a Maypole dance. On Monday June 4 grades four to seven present Hians and Gretchen along with readings songs and drills. Senator William J. Harris visited Tuesday and spoke to students.
William S. Hart argues that his reckless horsemanship is not stagecraft or camera trickery. In The Last of the Stage Coachmen a gambler held in a log jail escapes as Hart’s horse arrives from a height of twenty feet. A dramatic chase ends with a perilous roll down a steep incline. The camera never lies.
Gloria Swanson stars in a breezy love drama set in a tropical land with Antonio Moreno as her passionate Spanish lover. The program at Rylander also features Pathe News and Assop's Fables short reels along with the feature.
With her parents guests on College street Mrs W D Ivey hosts family ties. John Bahnsen returns from Riverside Military Academy Gainesville after a year away. Mrs W J Payne travels from Americus after a week with sister Mrs J J Murray in Valdosta. Miss Louise Livingston Miss Adgie Benson of Wadley and Miss Carrie Davis of Summertown visit Mrs W F Livingston on Smithville road.
Rome May 51 After the resignations of A A Simonton district engineer and E J Floyd district maintenance superintendent several changes were made in the highway department. E M Arnold transferred to Rome as maintenance engineer and W S Dennis named construction engineer with the district split between them. Arnold came from Thomasville and W E Binford, from Thomasville, succeeds Sam Bell as cashier while Bell moves to Thomasville.
Four Georgians among 108 students to graduate from Georgia Peabody College for Teachers at exercises June 8. Georgia graduates earning bachelor of science degrees include Mary Thomas Berry Barnesville, Eull Belle Bolton Parrott, Carolina Clements Macon, Clara Howard Kathleen.
Mothers can buy Pitts Carminative at local drug stores for a few cents to ease teething pain. The ad claims it relieves teething pains, vomiting, indigestion, and colic, improves appetite and strength, and is gentle on the bowels without causing griping. It portrays the product as safe, pleasant tasting, and highly effective for distressed infants.
Mrs Herschel Smith entertained Wednesday morning at her Lee street apartment with the Wednesday Morning Bridge Club. Sweet peas Dorothy Perkins roses and pink and blue larkspur decorated the living room as two tables of players including Mrs Cliff Williams Mrs Waller Rylander Mrs Barlow Council Mrs J D Hooks Mrs George Duncan Mrs Carr Glover and Mrs Emmett Anderson enjoyed a hot luncheon with dessert after the game.
Mrs. Charles Hudson hosted a Wednesday afternoon Forty-Two Club gathering with extra guests in a decorously furnished home. Early summer blooms filled French wicker baskets as guests enjoyed a salad course and ice, assisted by Mrs. F F Bahnsen, Mrs. R P Moore, and Mrs. Carl Hawkins.
Personal notice explains Miss Eunice McDaniel of the Singer Sewing Machine company has left for Macon then to Detroit to join her sister and visit parents. It notes she made many friends here who regret her departure. Vi Speer of Jackson avenue is ill with measles at home. Mr. and Mrs. J B Guerry relocate from Keister home to Stackhouse home at Barlow and Farlow. Mrs. Clarence Crutchfield and baby arrived from Durham NC.
Mrs Crutchfield visits her parents on Jackson street formerly Miss Estelle Parker. Miss Minnie Palmer joins Singer Sewing Machine clerical staff replacing Eunice McDaniel. Mrs Gartner relocates from Ellaville to Americus to live with son James P Gartner. Fannie Belle Outler arrives from Wesleyan to summer with Rev J M Cutler. Johnny Wright returns to Atlanta after stay with Mr and Mrs Will Wright on Church street. Clifton Cosby and Clinton Cosby visiting their aunt, Mrs.
J H Quarterman spends summer at Church street home while J E Bishop departs Americus to manage Rogers interests in Macon. Puaiske Holt returns from Columbus visit as Miss Dallas Ertzberger returns to teach in Americus schools next year. Mrs Lawrence McPhaul and daughter Mary Virginia travel to Doerun after visiting Mrs Linnie H Brown. G W Barrow of Lee county and Agnes Bealfi of Greenville visit Americus. Tim Allen funeral attendance noted. Roy Gwinn Russell Beal John D Allen and others listed among local movers and shakers.
G Parks and Warren Parks of Dawson along with Mrs. W D Phillips and children of Fort Worth Texas attended Tim Allen’s funeral in Americus on Wednesday. Pauline and Marie Bell who studied at Brenau return to Americus to spend summer with their parents on Lee Street. Amos Johnson and wife return to Hartsboro Alabama after visiting Americus and attending Z B Fussell’s funeral. Martha Ivey returns from Agnes Scott College Atlanta for summer vacation.
A local advertisement promotes a dress sale at Churchwell's located at 31 11 inviting shoppers to browse new season styles. The event promises discounted apparel and special in store offers for a limited time.
May 31 Savannah reports a large group of young business men organizing a unit of the American Basin club with a charter applied for. Officers will be elected at the next meeting of the organization.
A tiny fish known as coup ami in India creates a distinctive audible splash when surfacing. Researchers study its behavior as part of local aquatic life observations, noting sound emissions and potential ecological roles.
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