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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
2
Indiana crowds gather at the Capitol in Indianapolis to lay in state the popular poet James Whitcomb Riley after his death. Born in Greenfield, Riley rose from painter and reporter to a nation’s beloved verse maker, celebrated for memory and childhood themes.
The Country Club hosted a formal dance last evening with guests Miss Ethel Banks Grantville Miss Grace Lee Tampa Miss Edith Gunnells Atlanta Miss Louise Gunnells Atlanta and Miss Martha Jones Elberton among the honored attendees. Haughey's orchestra provided music while Misses Elizabeth and Eugenia Arnold served punch. numerous chaperones and a long guest list accompanied the event.
A luncheon was served as Mrs Joseph Jarrell and Mrs Robb Lampkin assisted Mrs Ashford and Miss Ashford in entertaining the guests. Attendees included Misses Mary Morris Frances Bond Mae Treanor Sapalo Treanor Regena Cline Mignon Davis Miriam Haselton Callene Broome Lucile Cox Edith Gunnells Louise Gunnells Minnie Moss Judith Moss Melba Rhodes Martha Nicholson Frederica Beatty Helen Ashford Sarah Nunnally Iris Jarrell and Julia Abbott.
Mr and Mrs Ben Barrow entertained last evening at Mitchell's Bridge for a moonlight picnic. Guests included Howell Erwin, Mary Ella Yancey of Atlanta, Treanor sisters, Mary Capps, Charlie Campbell, John and Henry Carlton couples, Guy Carlton, Edward Treanor, Kathleen Park, Edward Park, and Lucy Barrow Taylor.
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