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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1916

Page

3

Social Week Calendar and Poems Featuring Local Events

A week’s schedule lists bridge parties hosted by Mrs. R. W. Lamkin and others, a silver tea for Chapter F, Cycle Tea hosted by Mrs. C. M. Snelling, and a Chocolate Soldier showing at the Colonial Theater. The calendar notes a Friday Theda Bara film, a Buccaneers dance, and a Lucy Cobb Decatur basketball game. Also included is an old verse poem, a note on the City Mission Board meeting, a Saturday informally hosted bridge for Mrs. Fleming Winecoff, and further Cycle Tea entertainments by Mrs. Snelling or Hull street gatherings featuring society activity in the city.

R. W. Lamkin Edgeworth Lamkin Bridge A. R. Nicholson T. F. Green David McNeill E. B. Cohen Trammell Branson Irvin Cobb C. M. Snelling Colonial Theater Theda Bara Colonial Costa’s Lucy Cobb Decatur RS. Fleming Winecoff John R. Northcutt Fleming Winecoff Atlanta Prof Madame Lustrat

Cycle Teas Honor Mrs Watson Guests in City

Mrs. T F Green hosts seven friends this morning for a Cycle Tea honoring Mrs. Watson, a popular visitor, guest of Miss Mary Wilkins. Others include neighbors. Free basketball game for Y W C A members Friday night. Y W C A Juniors plan Monday practices under Miss Lida Fain.

T. F. Green Watson Mary Wilkins W.C. A McDuffie Lida Fain C. A. Whittle W. D. Beacham D. L. Earnest Geissler Howard Odum M. P. O'Callaghan W. C. Davis A. L. Hirleman

Arnold Hardin engagement announced in Athens

The engagement of Miss Arnold and Mr. Hardin is announced with Macon friends noting the couple’s popularity. The wedding is planned for February at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Edwards in Athens, Ga, with a future Forsyth-Macon home expected.

Arnold-Hardin Miss Arnold Mr. Hardin Macon Lexington B. Nat Lewis L. F. Edwards Athens

Dress Reform Backed By Delegates For Modest Gowns

Mrs Brown urges ten thousand delegates to carry a concrete plan for dress reform nationwide. She favors the decollette gown as art but insists on modesty and forbids sensational styles, condemning extreme splits and gowns that mimic youth, and calls for four rules: individuality modesty good taste and appropriateness with targeted ballroom standards.

D A R Conference Meet in Columbus in 1916

The 1916 annual Daughters of the American Revolution conference will be held in Columbus from February 22 to 25.". The program, credentials, and amendments to the constitution are outlined, with host chapters Oglethorpe Button Gwinnett and George Walton coordinating a large gathering of delegates and officers from across the state and nation.

Columbus Daughters of the American Revolution Howard McCall Georgia Oglethorpe Button Gwinnett George Walton William Cumming Story The National Society T. C. Parker Macon W. C. Vereen Moultrie Richard P. Spencer State Conference Clem P. Steed Anna Caroline Benning

Twin Sons Featured in Banner Courtesy of Atlanta Constitution

The pictures show Floyd on the left and Paul on the right, twin sons of Mr and Mrs Paul Jackson of this city. The Atlanta paper used the portraits in its Banner feature.

The Atlanta Constitution Floyd Paul Paul Jackson Atlanta Jackson Nellie Floyd W. W. Floyd Fairburn

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs Alice Adams Valentine Margaret E. Sangster, Jr Christian Herald City Mission Board A. S. Parker Prince Avenue c. _M. SNELLING Woman’s Club Hull Street Begonias M. A. Lipscomb E. R. Hodgson Annie Hodgson Hugh Gordon Annie Crawford Lamar Rucker Frank Lipscomb J. C. Hutchens New York General Federation of Women’s Clubs of America William Grant Brown Federation E. C. Branson Chapel Hill Mr. Lloyd Palmer Augusta Robert Cornwall Savannah A. W. Meaders Watkinsville City Minnie Cohen Elberton Florida Eleanor Hill Miriam Haselton Sarah Mell Annie Smith Stone Mountain Mrs. Hinton High Shhoals M. G. Michael J. B. Joel John T. Robinson Harry Ray Monroe James Ray George Felker George Williams Lagrippe Welborn DuBose Marie Reviere Prof. Downing South Georgia State College of Agriculture Virginia ‘Kelley A. E. Kelley C. H. Brand J. H. Dorsey Walton Griffith A. B. Griffith Prof. Bigford W. C. Merritt Greensboro J. H. McCommons, Jr C. A. Scudder, Jeweler
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