Thanksgiving Verse and School Socials in 1917
A Thanksgiving feature includes Agnes Neville Davis's poem and remarks on the State Normal School seniors’ reception hosted by the Oconee Heights Improvement Club at Mrs. Strickland’s home. The piece also notes W C A calendar items, a December 12 wedding plan for Laura Shorter Cowles and Charles Berkeley Wilson, a Methodist bazaar December 5–9, and a kitchen shower for Mr and Mrs William H Collins with gifts and refreshments.
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State Normal School
Oconee Heights School Improvement Club
Strickland
Stynchcomb
Oconee Heights
Dings
Laura Shorter Cowles
John Shorter Cowles
Charles Berkeley Wilson
Richmond
Spring Street
W. R. Hendrix
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Sarah Cowles
Marion Hodgson
Athens
William Eugene Harrington
Atlanta
Emmet W. Sample
Eugene Harrington
Lyda Nash
Piedmont Club
Edward Lewis
Cowles
William H. Collins
E. L. Rast
William Collins
Grady Avenue Sewing Club Meets at Mrs Hubert
A Grady avenue sewing club gathering hosted by Mrs. Max Hubert featured yellow chrysanthemums and ferns as decorations. Members who attended were invited to enjoy light refreshments after completing work bags. Dr Stephens Sunday school class requests fancy work sale articles via Mrs J A Rhodes by Wednesday morning.
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Old Buick
Clayton Street
Max Hubert
Grady Avenue
DR. Stephens
J. A. Rhodes
Hancock Avenue
Electric Building Decorated for Electrical Observance
The exterior of the Electric Building at the Hancock avenue and College avenue corner is attractively decorated with banners announcing the annual American Electrical observance.
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Electric
Hancock Avenue
College Avenue
American Electrical
Electric Building to Host American Electric Week Festivities
Festive exterior lights garlands and silk flags adorn the Electric Building inviting Athenians to visit during American Electric Week from December 2 to 9. Interior displays across three floors outshine the facade with colorful designs and bright effects.
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Athens
Theta Beta Chi Dance Party at Capital City Club
Over 300 college students attended a dancing party hosted Thursday evening by the Theta Beta Chi sorority at the Capital City Club. The event featured performances and social dancing in a formal campus social gathering context.
Theta Beta Chi Ball Adorns Ballroom With Floral Deco
A Theta Beta Chi event featured a ballroom decorated with palms southern smilax and floor vases of white chrysanthemums. An insignia in royal purple gold and white lit by tiny electric lights hung from the balcony as an orchestra played. Hostesses listed include Dorothy Webber Catherine Dickey Mary Eleanor Evans and others with chaperons Mr and Mrs Dickey Mr and Mrs Cohen and others. Out-of-town guests attended ahead of the Thanksgiving football game in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Beta Chi
Dorothy Webber
Catherine Dickey
Mary Eleanor Evans
Mary Cohen
Dolly Hart
Annie Hart
Marie Stoddard
Mildred Sweeney
Betty Black
Elizabeth Banker
Marjorie Stringfellow
Marian Dean
Catherine Crichton
Erkine Jarnigan
Emily West
James L. Dickey
John S. Cohen
W. C. Webber
Frank Dean
Edgar Dunlap
William Hurd Hillyer
William Eckford
Atlanta
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Mrs
Alice Adams
Agnes Neville Davis
Recreation Hall
Mill District
Cowles-Wilson
Atlanta Journal
Jennie -Arnold
Jennie Arnos
Milledge Avenue
Sewing Club
Rosina Morris
Young Ladies Sewing Club
ELKS
Elks Lodge
R. A. Denny
Rome
Edgar Maslen Guild
Springfield Exchange
Edgar Hunt Guill
Eugene Albert Webster
Pagar Massenguild
Mrs. Guild
Aaron Ward
Mrs. Webbster
Guild
Shesnet Street
Killarney
Charles M. Blaisdell
Chicopee
J. Lillian Doty
Saratoga
N. Y
Mase S. Southworth
Annie C. Stebbins
Laurence L. Doggett
Ambia C. Harris
Louise Stebbins
Chas
B. Atwater
Laurence B. Chapin
Henrietta Harris
Edith Dutton
Harriet Dickinson
Ellen Egbert
Dorothy Fulton
Anna Fulton
Hart-Lester Harris
Dorothy Peirce
Marjorie Peirce
Elsa
Saldee Young
William Chapin Bemis
Walter C
Aaron Cohen
Dorothy Hodgson
Prince Avenue
Estelle Meaders
Gillsville
Clarence Jackson
E. B. Jackson
Cornelia
Martha Jackson
A. A. Bayle
Miss Bush
Miss Amison
Lexington
Roy Mathews
Carlton
Henry Atkinson
E. K. Lumpkin
Helen Sprout
Sallie Harris Carter
Lucy Griffeth
Macon
Martie Smith
City
Frank Hardeman
Tech
Auburn
Lena El-iott
Charles Emory Smith
Daisy Ga
William Smith
Col
T. W. Rucker
Dearing Street
H. C. Conway
W. T. Gentry
Georgian Terrace
J. C. Attaway
Durham, N. C
Callie Richards
Moselle Scudder
Waynesboro
R. C. Neely
Union Point
J. A. Darwin
Shelby, N. C
C. A.rider
Lumber City
John R. Northcutt
Judge Hamilton
Hamilton Jr
Sheriff Watkins
H. B. Cohen
Thaciky
J. F. Lee
Raiivill
Will Deadwyler
Tribble
Sam Dick
Mr. Tribble
Americas
Strand
Toasters
Egg Boilers
Otoves
Society For A Development
Ine
Athens Railway and Electric Company
Service Ee
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Society For Suc
New York
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