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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1922
Page
6
The Diamond Dye kit claims simple directions for dyeing or tinting old garments at home. It promises rich, fade resistant colors on wool, silk, linen, cotton, or blends and guarantees no streaking or running when used with the right material.
Miss Susie Wells presents a Christmas gift guide at 224 Clayton St featuring velvet pattern hats sport felts and children’s hats at half price. New satin metal cloth and taffeta hats trimmed with fur flowers feathers are advertised along with veils priced 1 to 3 dollars and fur by the yard 175 to 250.
University of Georgia unveils a 1923 football schedule labeled the most strenuous yet for the Red and Black. Ten opponents with seven classified as top-tier, plus an open date, promise a demanding season led by Coach Stegeman. Highlights include Yale on October 13 and a final with Centre on Thanksgiving weekend.
Paris's Le Journal reports a second Carpentier Siki bout is likely with President Rousseau of the Boxing Federation showing clemency toward Siki. Carpentier telegraphs from Brighton declaring joy at beating Siki and noting Georges seeks surgeon opinion on hand injuries from the prior bout. Rumors say Siki has vanished but friends and police are not alarmed.
Wanted several boys aged 14 to 16 to deliver papers. Apply at Banner-Herald Office, Ron Hancock-Aye.
New York report states the United States Golf Association women's committee restricts competition in the national women's championship to players with handicaps of 14 or less. Pairings group players into three classes: 1-6, 7-10, and 10-14.
Atlanta Athletic Club announces its basketball schedule with home games against Newberry Baylor Wabash Tech Birmingham Mercer and Georgia from December through February. A Mercer game is listed as in Gracon and a February Georgia game as in ashes.
Sixty seven boys attended the Sunday afternoon meeting to hear Uncle Dave discuss Building Character. In the new member-attendance race Chicago led with 27 points, Washington next with 14, while Detroit dropped 44 points from the top. Team standings through Sunday show St Louis 210 and Chicago 142 leading, with Cleveland 88, Washington 74, Philadelphia 67, New York 29, Detroit trailing. The race ends next Sunday and many boys are expected. Fifty Princeton undergraduates began boxing training. Brazley Hooker of Toledo and Bill Whitaker of Fort Worth were purchased by New Orleans in the Southern league.
The Allen R Fleming Post of the American Legion will hold its last meeting of 1922 Tuesday night at 8 in the P Hall. Adj Miller notes major topics include the 1923 State Convention plans a new member drive and use of savings funds. Attendees urged to attend and participate.
Clara Belle Bales four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Bales died at 280 First Street Monday morning at 4 oclock Funeral services will be held at Crooked Creek Church at noon Tuesday with interment in Crooked Creek cemetery Bernstein Brothers in charge
Washington to Athens stretch traced from Buffalo creek past Lumpkin and Johnson lands, with changes to a better grade shifting through Clarke county to avoid red hills. The road, once a popular tourist route from the low country to the mountains, aided public travel before railroads. Jasper Spring near Savannah marks a historic moment when Sergeant Jasper and Newton captured British troops nearby.
In Athens the Christmas seal sale to fund tuberculosis control begins with a Tuesday lecture at the Christian church by Miss Chloe Jackson and short remarks by Dr. Dan Dupree. Mrs. W. E. Broach heads the sales drive as committees organize downtown canvassing and booths run December 15 to 20 with many women volunteers and local organizations assigned to duties across Clarke County.
The Baxter Street P T A at the post office led by Mrs. Dan Dupree and the College Avenue P T A at Southern Mutual Buildings with Mrs. R K Fowler chair. Childs Street P T A at the Georgian Hotel with Mrs cock. Lumpkin Street Sewing Club at the Holman Building with Mrs P T Betts chair. Most committees have four to eight members and will operate many hours daily providing residents chances to buy stamps.
Plans to restore the small red brick house at Prince and Lafayette streets once home to President James Monroe. Sponsored by the James Monroe Memorial Association and Sulgrave Institution, the project aims to remodel the house where Monroe died on July 4, 1831 and furnish it with period items. A public subscription seeks to raise 200000 dollars.
Mrs. G. Hyde of Benzonia Michigan says she has been troubled with kidneys since childhood and now after forty suffers backache fatigue and inability to work. She credits Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets with making her feel like a new person. Kidney trouble can cause rheumatic pains dizziness and blurred vision. Foley Kidney Pills claim quick relief and are sold everywhere.
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