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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1916
Page
3
The article highlights new stock aimed at Women Misses and Children with individuality and smartness at low prices. It notes Easter approaching and urges readers to focus on pretty outfits to be well dressed for the season.
Moving pictures of Flag Day scenes in Athens shown at the Colonial Theater next Tuesday and Wednesday April 18 and 19. The film captures student crowds, the University of Georgia cadets, Normal School, Lucy Cobb Institute, historic sites, and the Y M C A cornerstone laying with Hon John Temple Graves arriving at the park. The parade includes the Commerce band and a summary of the first Flag Day in the South.
The body of Mrs. Ida Brand Peeples arrived at her home and funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. L Hill and Rev. James W. Lynch officiating. Pallbearers included Robert T. DuBose, C. H. Phinizy, H. M. Fullilove, O. R. Dobbs, J. H. Dorsey, C. N. Walker, Aaron Cohen. Interment followed in Lawrenceville after a 3:45 Seaboard train departure.
A community wedding surprised hundreds as Miss Helen Lacey wed Mr. George Thurmond Mangleburg yesterday afternoon. The ceremony at Central Presbyterian was led by Rev. Samuel J. Cartledge. Lacey, longtime college favorite, and Mangleburg, a popular business man with Palmer & Sons and Armour Co., were the couple.
A large gathering of Mount Vernon Masonic lodge members and officers visited High Shoals last night to help perform degrees for the local lodge. The event followed byline notes of community notices and obituaries mentioning Mrs. Peeples, her family ties to Judge Charles H. Brand, and her years in Athens.
The Whirl of Life comes to the Colonial next Thursday featuring Mr. and Mrs Vernon Castle, America's top dance pair. First screen appearance with six parts of dancing cabaret scenes gowns and their life story from Paris to New York. Shows for ten and fifteen cents with orchestra music amid strong press praise and crowds in Macon.
The monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. A Flag Day report and summer school planning are on the agenda including funds and effort to build a tabernacle auditorium for large crowds. Local ad notes fresh produce and prices from Arnold and Abney.
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