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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
2
A grand and wonderful motion picture depicting the life of Christ is being shown at Fades cension. The production covers from birth to death in one hour of screen time. It is designed for adult audiences with tickets priced at 10 cents, children at 5 cents.
Calendar items list Thursday Mothers Club reception by Mrs. Camiak. Friday Philathea class Ladies of Yo M GA. Mr Bob at Seney Stovall Chapel. Saturday The Barrister at the Colonial and YWCA board meeting.
A humorous note ponders Santa’s weight and wealth changes this year as a social column hints at moral contrasts. Separately a high profile wedding is announced for Miss Emma Muddleton Huger and Mr David Cren Barrow at Christchurch with limited attendants and Rev Francis Alan Brown officiating.
Miss Claribel Peavy and Mr Robert Holtzclaw of Atlanta wed at the Peavy home in Vinville in a formal ceremony attended by families and select friends. The house was decorated with white and green, and bridesmaids wore white. music by Guttenbearg's orchestra accompanied the ceremony. The bride wore a dark blue suit with blue hat, carrying American beauty roses. groom and best man Ben Holtzclaw stood with them as Rev. J C Turner officiated. A reception followed on the lower floor with ornate greenery and white flowers. The couple will reside in Savannah after a wedding trip.
An informal reception followed a ceremony with guests in green and white decor. Miss Nickerson of Athens and Miss Munford served punch, with Mrs Peavy, the bride’s mother, in black silk with lace. The piece lists several local personalities, theater plans at the Colonial, and society goings-on including faculty and guests visiting from Madison and Winder.
A brief notices readers to book Christmas photographs at Clifton's Studio with contact by phone 445-2. The fragment mentions cloudy dates and sunlit sittings as a humorous note about weather.
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