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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1918
Page
2
Elizabeth Fleming Society Editor reports on a Red Cross hosted home science lecture series led by Miss Oliver. Topics included Hygien of Foods and Nutrients with planning substitutes for wheat and meat. Next class meets at Athens High School Thursday at 3 30 with new members welcome. Copyright 1918.
Last night at Mr Joe Hodgsons home friends of Miss Katie Belle Miller enjoyed a musical evening. The program featured Troika en Traineaux Tos Waterlily If I Were a Bird Etude F minor Waltz G flat Major Serenade Romance En Courant Godard Concerto G minor Mendelssohn Molto allegro con fuoco. Mrs Talmadge to entertain DAR on Prince Avenue Friday. Towel shower by Woman's Club at Red Cross rooms with about 300 towels. Miss Bocock hosts Not a Chance Club on bridge. Red Cross Dietetics class met in Holman Building.
A December Ladies' Home Journal request invites readers to contribute page thirty eight for Miss Oliver’s rural work, with a bridge party benefitting the Junior Auxiliary at the homes of Mrs. Willie Gold, Mrs. Moe Levy, and Mrs. Gold. Lucyb Cobb hosts Miss Hettie Jane Dunaway in Just Plain Judy on Thursday February 21 at Seney Stovall chapel with student admission twenty five cents and public admission fifty. The Macon Telegraph praise notes Dunaway’s engaging performance of The Lady, contrasting Soldier Girl portrayal with humor and pathos, drawing the third largest lyceum audience behind Senator La Follette and Kneisel Quartette.
The regular monthly meeting of the First Baptist church Missionary Society will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o clock at the church.
The Lucy Cobb Institute primary children will present a late afternoon program on February 21 at Seney Stovall chapel. A small admission fee will benefit a needy French baby, with the French class featuring prominently in the show.
Relatives and friends received photos showing a regiment in training at Camp Jackson in Charlotte North Carolina. The photos feature Fritz Heller, a tall Athens boy and son of Mr and Mrs J C Heller, who recently left for camp. The entire regiment is described as tall sturdy men, all at least six feet tall and weighing under 180 pounds.
Reports to Director General McAdoo show gradual congestion relief with traffic expected to normalize by mid March. Loaded cars moved eastward and empties westward in large numbers during the past week.
An advertisement extols Danderine as a quick method to cleanse hair, remove dandruff, and boost growth. It claims the product moisturizes, strengthens roots, and yields wavy, glossy hair with lasting softness for a few cents per bottle.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Georgia February 19 1918 forecasts indicate Wednesday rain and colder conditions for Athens and surrounding areas with a likely warm front over Atlanta tonight and early Wednesday. The cotton belt expects continued rain moderating in intensity as a northern Missouri Iowa and Wisconsin disturbance passes. Temperatures rise above 60 degrees in Atlanta with light rain and small totals anticipated.
Atlanta reports that the J. B. White estate in Augusta may be appraised at about 2 million dollars for inheritance tax purposes. The comptroller general's office notes the estate would pay roughly 60 thousand dollars to the state, potentially becoming the next largest inheritance tax payment after the Jim Smith estate.
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