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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1910

Page

2

Miss Wells Hosts Bridge Club and Society Notes

In Athens social items note Miss Ruth Wells entertaining the bridge club and a May wedding announcement for Miss Ruth Parker to Mr Henry Knox Burns. The column lists a city dinner party at Ingleaide with many guests, lectures, and a rural schools book drive with a long list of preferred state textbooks for grades one to three.

Ruth Mar Henry “Burns Ingleaide Thaddeus C. Parker Miss Ruth Parker Mary Knox Burns Cupid Jack Horner Ruth Parker Henry Knox Burns Will Burns Lillian Burns Herbert Burns Thomas Malone Wireless Athens Woman's Club Cyr Kennard Hyde Smith Hunt

The Care of the Eyes by Fred J Williams Optician

A New York optician Mr. Fred J Williams appears in the issue promoting eye testing and proper lens prescriptions. He claims years of city experience and membership in the National Society of Opticians of America. He notes skill with children and rapid lens repair, offering to duplicate broken lenses from old pieces or prescriptions with extensive grinding equipment in the city.

Fred J. Williams New York Williams National Society of Opticians of America Cohen Athens J. H. Strohmeyer

Wedding Trends and Local Society News Mix

A mixed column covers wedding presents advice urging omission of gifts, fashion notes on waistlines, glimpses of social visits in Clarkesville and Gainesville, and local notices. It notes travel, guests, and gatherings involving families like the Burns, Moon, and Linton, plus service listings and a dental ad.

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Mary D. Lyndon Miss Wells Bridge Club Colonial Vanderbilt Glee Club Cotillion Harawa Hall Misses Phinizy Ruth Wells E. H. Dorsey R. Brandt Insurance D. Lee Peacock Southern Mutual Paulding Lee Frye Want White U. S. Hyde Rutherford J. Z. Hoke Hancock Avenue John Banks W. B. Burnett J. J. Wiilebead Mars Hill Obey Mary and Carlie Scandrett Macon Lucile Linton Europe Miss Linton Clarkesville Miss Adelaide Peebles Mrs. B. A. Crawford Ida Murray H. L. Stewart Barnett Shoals Boner Moon Mrs. van Deusen Miss Margaret van Deusen Lucy Cobb C. A. Ryder Gainesville H. C. Pool Farmington W. T. Haygood Miss Merritt Marianne, Florida Miss Maude Bishop Atlanta H.W. Strickland Statham Lamar Lipscomb Tallulah Falls Roger Hill Belle Nowell Sadie Breedlove Monroe Elizabeth Camthers Meigs [Street Earnest Vaughn Rutledge J. W. McWhorter Watkinsville City Olive Hester Rosa D. Hull Savannah Gordon Careon Claude Tock A. W.dozier P. Harrell Brunswick E.deaton Chattanooga Tonn Blue Ribbon Mason Lydia Pinkham Deadwyler Chas. Stern CO Portrait A. V. Glifton College Ave Foley Stowe Colonial Theatre Orchestra Percy Lynn Haselton Mr. Lynn
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