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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1910
Page
8
Unsigned notices request publication with sender anonymity. Health hints advise checking well water with the Board of Health. The social calendar lists events this week including club meetings, lectures, receptions, and a forthcoming wedding with multiple hostesses and parties across Athens and West Point.
Tuesday afternoon the Ladies' Auxiliary of the YMCA hosts a lawn party at the Villa. All city children are invited for ice cream and cakes. Admission is ten cents. Children are assured a delightful time.
A World Book Company issue titled Primer of Sanitation is praised as essential for every American child. The review highlights clear, simple explanations on disease germs, bacteria, diphtheria, tuberculosis, dust, waterborne germs, mosquitoes, flies, and overall hygiene to reduce illness and death.
The Gamma chapter of Kappa Alpha hosted a Friday evening ball in the Georgian ballroom. Decorations of Southern smilax pennants and crimson gold lighting highlighted gowns of white yellow pink and blue with guests including Miss Isabel Thomas Miss Daisy McDonald Miss Elvira Westmoreland and Miss Emma Kate Amorous. The setting featured bamboo arches and punch alcoves as the fraternity banners framed the scene.
The Gainesville community greets the University of Georgia cadets encampment at Chattahoochee Park starting May 234 with a celebration for boyhood growth and health. Cadets join Memorial Day exercises under Longstreet chapter UCC and Sanders chapter Children of the Confederacy. The Herald extends a hearty welcome to Red and Black. A.M. Mission Study Circle notes a well attended WCA gathering led by Mrs. E C McEvoy highlighting enthusiasm and expectation.
The Thalians stage David Garrick Friday evening at the Colonial with Mr Howell Peacock as Garrick and Miss Julia Brand as the leading lady. The cast includes Lydia Hutchins Lucy Fleming Blackshear Dargan Hodgson Le Crave Anderson Fleetwood Bocock Lowry Miller and others with university quartette and cadet band between acts.
Mrs. Van Straaten hosts a bridge party with prizes for Mrs. Kaufman, Mrs. Myers, and Mrs. Bear, plus Miss Ronalyn Gumper of New York as guest of honor. Jeanne DArc readings, Talullah Falls School gift, and numerous dances and receptions stir Athens society with notable visitors from New York and Georgia.
Miss Ford's department earns praise for earnest sewing and cooking classes. Members in the group found the classes most helpful. Miss Lucy Stanton plans an illustrated lecture with Dr. Millard Jenkins’ kind consent. Southern General Conference president notes the YWCA conference in Asheville, June 17 27, urging attendance.
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