What has twelve months wrought in us in Athens
A year of wartime reflection opens with a poem by Amelia Burr praising sacrifice and resilience. Community notices follow: Red Cross directors for today, Missionary meeting at Mr John D Mell's home, and a Crawford Long tribute by the Elijah Clarke Chapter. The card party funds half the expenses for wounded soldiers, inviting Athens ladies to participate by bridge or knitting.
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Calvary
Hell
Amelia Josephine Burr
The
Vigilantes
Crawford Long
Elijah Clarke
Athens
Ella D Leverett Missionary Society Meet
The Ella D Leverett Missionary Society will meet at the residence of Mrs John D Mell this afternoon at 4 o clock. Every member is expected to be present and to answer to her name with a passage of Scripture on Faith.
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Ella D. Leverett Missionary Society
Ella D. Leverett
Fanny Lee Quillian circle meets at Jarrell home
The Fanny Lee Quillian circle of the First Methodist church juvenile missionary society met yesterday at Mrs. J. W. Jarrells home. Officers were elected and refreshments served. The item notes a social gathering and leadership changes.
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Fanny Lee Quillian
First Methodist Church Juvenile Missionary Society
J. W. Jarrell
Mrs Wilson Hosts Bridge Party for Miss DuBose
Mrs Robert C Wilson entertained yesterday afternoon at a bridge party in honor of Miss Mattie Wilson DuBose whose wedding is tomorrow The home was decorated with spring flowers The top score prize went to Mrs Edgeworth Lamkin a pair of silk stockings A hand embroidered towel was given to the guest Only club members attended May Day card party slated for May second by Elijah Clarke Chapter D A R to aid a France bed hospital funded with support from across the state
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Wilson
Elijah Clarke
D. A. BR
France
Aeom
Smith Howard Wedding in Athens Promises Formal nuptials
In Athens Miss Martha Joan Smith will wed William King Howard tomorrow at the bride’s parents home with sister Miss Virginia Smith as maid of honor and Mrs. Hamilton McWhorter Jr. as matron of honor. The ceremony, by Dr Seviere of Augusta, features pink and silver decor and a duchess satin gown for the bride, attended by Morton Hodgson Jr as ring bearer and ribbons carried by young caps. Athens guests include Morton Hodgson and family, Ross Creekmore, Frank Edwards family, and Arnold clan.
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Morton Hodgson, Jr
Athens
Adelaide McWhorter
Helen Barron
David Reid
Hamilton McWhorter
Seviere
Augusta
Lucy Cobb
University of Georgia
Morton Hodgson
Ross Creekmore
Frank Edwards
O. H. Arnold
Jennie Arnold
Elizabeth Arnold
Eugenia Arnold
Important meeting of work room directors in five o'clock session
Madame Lustrat, director of the work room, calls an important meeting for all room directors this afternoon at five o'clock in the knitting room. All ladies in charge of morning or afternoon sessions urged to attend. Tomorrow high school students stage an attractive vaudeville program in the auditorium featuring chorus, farce, musical numbers, and a blackface comedy act.
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Madame Lustrat
Athens
Sweetie
The
Philharmonic Club
Neil
O'Brien
Kathryn Ashford
Katherine Park
Olief Wingfield
Anna Rhodes
Nannie Lee Cauthen
Marita Bullock
Rosamond Eppes
Grace Lynch
Anita Costa
Dot Rowland
Jeannette Ashe
Helen Capps
Gertrude Parham
Joan Morris
Bertha Coffee
Hermione Dunlap
Llewellyn Fleming
Hugh Harris
Joseph Costa
Drewry Stynchcomb
Harold Hancock
Wiliam Ashford
Andrew Milstead
Fred Stewart
Horton Watson
John Burton
Norman Nickerson
Joseph Jarrell
James Head
Louis Betts
Francia Short
Athena Woman's Club Holds Monthly Meeting in Athens
The Athena Woman's Club met Monday at 4 PM at president Mrs. A. J. Parker's home. Officers reported funds and notes of appreciation. Members discussed Patriotic Day, Red Cross involvement, shop early hours, and a curb market, with new members welcomed and a silver tea planned to raise club funds.
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Athens Woman's Club
Athena Woman's Club
A. 3. Parker
Cobb Lampkin
Willet
Tallulah Falls
Elijah Clarke
W. A. Skelton
Clarke County
James Morton
Clarke County Federation
C. D. Cox
Rodney Wilson
Red Cross Rooms
Red Cross
Skelton
TF. Green
Athens
Mra. Ritchie
Mesdames
Henry Comer
Austin Bell
J. W. Barnett
Riley
B. Betts
J. C. McClain
C. M. McWhorter
Bloodworth
Paul Hadaway
George Crane
Filmer Crawford
J. T. Wheeler
J. W. Bailey
Rufus Turner
Crooks
E. A. Crawford
Athens Club
Green
Miss Rutherford
J. D. Mell
Lucy Cobb ' Institute
Gallagher
Inside Bath Regimen Promises Daily Fresh Feeling
A health ad urges starting mornings with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, improve appetite and overall wellness. The rest of the page notes local social visits and travel between Athens and nearby towns, including moves to Atlanta and Camp Gordon.
Athens Social Notes Add Lively Local Happenings
A stream of visitors and departures marks Athens life with Mrs. James White and Miss Moselle Scudder heading to Culver Indiana for weeks. Edna Hilsman recovers from illness as Mrs Kate Wier Wynne visits her brother John B. Wier in Athens. Notable moves include O M Roberts journey to Orangeburg and return with family, Rufus Crane’s improving health, and Marie Peek traveling from New York to Athens amid her father Felix G Peek’s illness. Tryouts of daily life continue with Lamar Rucker’s return, Mrs. Nellie P. Black and Mrs. John Mac Dougald hosting, and visits by Mrs. George Williams and George Williams Jr. to Atlanta. Other items note Clara Pariah in Athens, Mack Cooper’s illness, Mrs. John Hood’s Athens visit from Commerce, Van Nor Wier’s transfer to Fortress Monroe, Stella Pitman from Atlanta, Lt Howard Abney on leave from Camp Jackson, and Lt Charles B K Martin recuperating from pneumonia, plus Carl Zerby’s return from Washington.
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Marie Peek
New York
Athens
Felix G.peek
Miss Peek
Will Peek
College Avenue
Big Bogart Red Cross Meet Draws Local Guests
A Monday Red Cross planning gathering in Bogart brought guests including Claud Langford and family, Mrs. J M Miller, Mrs. Alvin Merck, Mrs. J R Garrett, Miss Blossom Thompson, and Miss Irene Thompson, invited by W C Weatherford in his new car. Also notes an anecdotal remedy for indigestion and constipation praising Chamberlain's Tablets by Mrs. Robert Allison of Mattoon, Illinois.
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Red Cross
Bogart
W. C. Weatherford
Claud Langford
J.M. Miller
Alvin Merck
J. R. Garrett
Blossom Thompson
Irene Thompson
Robert Allison
Mattoon
Ill
Chamberlain's Tablets
Oakland Red Cross Unit Formed in Clarke and Madison
Oakland, Hull, Ga April 23. The Oakland community heard Madame Lustrat of Athens discuss Red Cross work on April 17. The audience, though smaller than hoped, found the lecture forceful and informative. A local unit was organized with Mrs. W. Crawford elected chair, and several residents signed on to join the Clarke and Madison county division tasks for the soldier relief effort.
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Oakland
Hull
Madame Lustrat
Athens
Red Cross
8. W. Crawford
Clarke and
Madison County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Hedenbure
Louise Dorsey
Harrison Heidler
Capps
John D. Mell
Methodist Missionary Society
Missionary Circle
John B. Vaughan
J. P. Jackson, JR
J. P Jackson
W. J. Flanigan
Atlanta
J. T. Allen
Brandt
Jewelers Insurance
Measra
John Peek
F. G. C. Peek
T. C. Davison
Eloise Davison
Comer
City
William Bradshaw
Tuli Ashton Bradshaw
Paducah
Ellen Mell
A. B. Smith
Birmingham
T. 8. Mell
B. Phillipe
J. F. Mathis
Monroe
Georgiana Evans
Lucy Cobb Institute
Baltimore
Lee Morris
Annie Hall
Elberton
W. H. Kytle
Louise
Kathleen Kytle
Sergt
Curtine Kytle
Mrs
Howard Abney
Camp Jackson
Jacksonville
Sergeant Abney
Camp Johnson
Lonnie Green
Danielsville
T. J. Martin
Gainesville
Frances West
Forrest Mfize
Camp Gordon
R. J. Arnold, Jr
Philomath
St. Mary's Hospital
W. G. Handsford
Lucy Handsford
Minerva Croley
Emmett Handsford
Arnoldsville
Charles Hedenberg
Willis Cook
A. R. Nicholson
Madison
Parker-Baldwin
Cari Zerbea
Wallington
Colonial
James White
Moselle Scudder
Culver
Ind
Edna Hilsman
Kate Wier Wynne
Greenville, D. C
John B. Wier
Hill Street
Rufus Crane
Lamar Rucker
W. H. Maxwell
Virginia Smith
Lexington
George Williams
George Williams, Jr
Clara Pariah
Farmington
Mr. Mack Cooper
Peabody Street
John Hood
Commerce
van Nor ‘Wier
Fort Screven
Coast Artillery Training Corps
Fortress Monroe
Mary Hart
Joe Hodgeon
Ralph Goss
Sparta
W. T. Coleman
Carl Saye
Mrs. Saye
John Wilbanks
Tate Wright
Misa Stella Pitman
Tom Barnett
Columbia
U S. C
Charles BK. “Martin
Fort Oglethorpe
Culloden
Carl Zerby
This City
Washington
Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello, Ill
Athens Cycle Company
Lumpkin Street
Pia
Castoria
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