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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1917

Page

2

The Bivouac of the Dead and Nursing News

A mixed page shows verses from The Bivouac of the Dead and notices from The Graduate Nurses Association meeting at Crawford Long Infirmary at 4 30, Y W C A barbecue plans, swimming class hours, and society notices including Emmanual church auxiliary donations and Colonial Dames meeting in Savannah.

Graduate Nurses’ Association Crawford Long Infirmary W. C. A. Calendear Mill of Athens Manufacturing Company

George Washington flatware pattern era Colonial silverware

A Silver Plate flatware pattern named George Washington combines colonial beauty with durability. Features fancy pieces including knives forks and spoons available as singles or in six place settings with bright finish.

Colonia

Georgia society hosts afternoon at Avon and Savannah Yacht Club

The afternoon gathering featured Mrs Clarence G Anderson as first vice president hosting at Avon White Bluff, followed by luncheon at the Savannah Yacht Club. Prominent Georgia society members from Atlanta Augusta mixed with hosts and delegates, including Mrs Francis Black, Mrs John W Grant, Mrs W A Coursen, and Milas Merle Minis among others, with private entertainments and exchanges noted.

Clarence G. Anderson Avon White Bluff Savannah Yacht Club Georgia Society Francis (. Black John W. Grant Atlanta Savannah W. A. Coursen Mariettz A. A. Lawrence T. W. Tedcastle Boston John Hunter Anna Caroline Benning Columbus Milas Merle Minis Augusta W. M. Jordan John F. Bransford George W Dwelle, Jr Thomas Barrett Meldrim T. D. Caswell M. X. Corbin F. G. Lumpkin William Garrard H. R. Goethius O. C. Read

Miss Nell Cornett Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party

Yesterday afternoon Miss Nell Cornett marked her fourth birthday with a neighborhood party at her parents home on Milledge Circle. Eighteen young friends attended a garden themed celebration with games, decorations of pink honeysuckle and dogwood, a prize garden tools set, and refreshments as Thelma Nichols and Fortson sisters assisted the young hostess.

Nell Cornett Walter G. Cornett Milledge Circle Nell Thelma Nichols

Jim White To Host House Party At Georgia Commencement

Jim White will host a house party at his Georgia home after returning from Culver Indiana in early June. He will bring college friends and a group of popular girls for the Georgia commencement celebrations. Mrs James White and Mrs William Bradshaw will chaperone the young guests at the spacious colonial house.

Jim White Georgia Culver Ind James White William Bradshaw

Domestic Science Exhibit At Childs Street School

Yesterday afternoon a most creditable exhibit of the splendid work of the pupils under Misses Iverson.

Childs Street School Misses Iverson

Vance and Patman in sewing and arts display

A public show featuring Vance and Patman displays sewing beadwork and basketry with painstaking care across departments. Also includes society notices on breakfast entertainments at Lucy Cobb, Red Cross drive remarks, and a long list of local visitors and events in Athens.

Vance Patman Manuel Fannie Lamar Manley Lucy Cobb Institute Athens Opera Atlanta Constitution Madame. Lustrat Red Cross College Chapel Bessie Tift College

Local social notes highlight plays and visits in Georgia towns

Miss Pittard of Monticello guests with the Pittards in Comer and Winterville. Rev Geo Stone assists in Danielsville. Comer youths perform One Girl in a Thousand at Winterville school. Winterville High grades stage A Kentucky Belle with Cindy and Henry as two witty negro characters. Music by Ralph Peterfield and others draws encores. A school grounds fund is boosted by the event. Attendees include Dr and Mrs Linton Y Pittard, Fulch Mathews, Cedartown, and families visiting Washington by auto via Elberton and Tignall.

Christine Stone Geo. Stone Atlanta Comer Winterville Ralph Peterfield Winterville High School Cindy Henry Susie Noell Sheldon Edwards South Sea Isle Honolulu Way

Women Nurserymen Demonstrate Rapid Bud Setting

In England and Europe, women workers in nurseries perform as fast as men. One nursery reports women setting 1,000 to 1,200 buds daily, matching male output in thousands of buds to be planted.

England

The Older Generation on Ankles and Fashion Rules

A quip contrasts aging critics with evolving fashion as Life magazine notes the shift from ankles to knees. The line reflects social tension over changing norms and young women’s dress in a lighthearted cultural jab.

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