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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1909
Page
5
Notices call for signed messages for Sunday publication with deadlines and phone contacts. The page includes a light verse about walking a mile with a friend, and an Exchange critique contrasting the value of thoughtful nature study with dismissive talk from a so called he woman.
A correspondent from Tlowna or Tuscaloosa writes a glowing letter praising Mildred Rutherford's The South in History and Literature. The writer lauds the work as exceptional, noting the two year reception of reviews and congratulatory letters from Southerners and readers. The praise emphasizes Rutherford's resolve amid challenges and the book’s impact on Southern literary identity.
A dancing party in the Moor was hosted for Miss Clifford West and honored by Misses Rai O Farrell and M Brand. The elegant setup featured palms and pink decor with fruit punch and late refreshments. Attire included pale blue silk, shell-pink chiffon, white messaline, cream lace, and light messaline gowns. General and Mrs West assisted with hosting alongside Mr and Mrs Morgan and Mr and Mrs Frank West.
A marginal essay on thinking about things versus people. It praises discussing ideas as superior and mocks gossip as shallow talk. The piece urges focusing on great world problems and ends with a directive about giving a boy a book and telling a daughter to do likewise.
Miss Parrish of the State Normal School and organizer for Georgia Mothers Clubs will speak to Watkinsville ladies and the surrounding community at the school auditorium Wednesday April 28 at 4 PM. A second lecture at the Christian church that night invites the general public. The Oconee Enterprise praises her statewide reputation as an educator and opportunity for Georgians to hear one of the state’s brilliant women.
Miss Margaret Ashford hosts a theatre party at the Ovel Pheum on Saturday evening for Miss Clifford West and guests Miss Kathleen and Aurelia O Farrell plus Miss Luelle and Julia Brand of Athens. Guests include Mr Leon Hancock Mr L F Montgomery Mr Frank Simms Mr Capers Simmons Mr Francis LEngle and Mr Joe Kendall. Supper follows at Miss Ashfords on Fifth Street.
Mrs. J Surtexia will host a Century Club gathering tomorrow afternoon. Members and out-of-town guests are invited to enjoy new cards recently bought. The event begins at four thirty.
Vacant lots on principal streets lie unsightly with torn paper cans and weeds. If foreclosed and sold, buyers would be drawn to well kept lots, while unattractive ones reduce market value and confidence in owners.
A meeting of the Woman's Home Mission Society at First Methodist Church was held last Wednesday at five o'clock. The fiscal year report shows 553.05 raised in the Connectional Department.
The Athens District women plan to send boxes to Decatur Orphans Home and a needy preacher while aiming to double society membership. They recount Arlington Confederate memorial plans, urge local chapters to solicit funds, and describe a national effort to raise $30,000 for a monument. Mrs Nicholls enrolled. committee named to gather clothing and funds. The piece notes prominent figures and past advances in Confederate memorial efforts.
A fragment describes contributions to fund an Arlington memorial through the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Donations sent to treasurer Wallace Streater at 3160 Eighteenth Street Washington DC will be acknowledged and publicized in Confederate Veteran Nashville. Mrs Cornelia Branch Store leads efforts with Hillary A Herbert and Mrs Arthur E Johnson as officials.
Mr and Mrs Talfourd Saith announce the engagement of their daughter Cavila to Mr Walter L Doolittle. The marriage is planned for Wednesday evening May twelfth.
The Athens Civic Beauty Club met April 22 with Frances Long Taylor presiding. Junior League reports praised tree and flower planting around Prince Avenue and park cleanup efforts aided by city wagons. Members petitioned the University of Georgia to move and deed the marble yard at Oconee cemetery to aid beautification while committees outlined sanitation oversight and future citizen involvement.
Memorial Day schedule shifts the Athens Woman's Club meeting to May 3. Garden Club plans plant distribution for May 5 after a delay in obtaining Boston swort ferns. Members listed and urged to notify to ensure order.
Mr and Mrs James A Fulcher announce the engagement of their daughter Nina Rabin to Dr C A Blassingame of Monroe Georgia. The wedding is planned for June second.
The wedding is set for the First Presbyterian church next Wednesday evening. A large number of out-of-town guests will attend the ceremony and the reception hosted by Mrs. W. Burnett after the ceremony.
Dr Stephens will speak to the North Epworth League of the First Methodist Church this afternoon at five. The police have invited guests from a week's visit to friends. Various locals and visitors are noted including Mrs H C Conway in Atlanta and several others visiting relatives here.
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