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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
2
A week of meetings across Baptist Missionary Society sections D A R chapters and Humane Society. The Y W C A calendar lists gymnastic sessions basketball Bible study and recitals. A greeting from Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy president urges renewed cooperation to advance memorial historical benevolent and educational aims.
A Confederate memorial charity report highlights Mrs. Walter D. Lamar as state editor and urges support for her leadership and the chapter. A wedding invitation announces the marriage of Meta Holt Bryan to Richard Augustus Graves on December 15 at Saint John's Church in Jacksonville with a home in Sparta Georgia after January. Graves is a Georgia alumnus and Phi Delta Theta member.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y M C A in Athens held a busy meeting with about thirty new members and elected officers. Calls for membership extend to all local women to support a sane social center for the boys and a note on Good Housekeeping subscriptions as a potential Christmas gift.
A society page recap describes a Lucy Cobb luncheon with Misses Stanbton Nawl Beads Tease Carter Rowe Davis and Heggie, and a Peachtree Circle luncheon with Miss Walker Miss Arkwright Isabel Robison, Remsen King, Higdon, and Dr. Asa DeLoach. A Christmas bazaar run by the Christian church on Jackson Street features red and green decor and a menu of oysters and Brunswick stew with coffee. Nearby social notes list visitors from Jefferson, Danielsville, Augusta, and mentions of Christmas plans, travel, and weddings.
Miss Alline Arnold returns home from Weatherford Texas after visiting her brothers. Ed J Arnold and family move from Clarkesville Georgia to a farm near Toccoa after a prolonged stay since last spring.
A magazine advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid cure for indigestion gas sour stomach and dyspepsia in five minutes. It claims dramatic relief from undigested food belching and abdominal discomfort and offers a money back guarantee with a fifty cent case.
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