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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1917

Page

3

Castles Concert Benefits Baxter Street Playgrounds

A Castles Concert at the high school auditorium on January 1 and February 1 raises funds for Baxter Street school playgrounds. Featured are Miss Bright Idatie, Signor Sevasta the harpist, and Eileen Castles, with Sevasta’s lineage tracing to Palermo and Italy. The program promises a high order musical event with praise from the press, highlighting European soloist careers and royal encounters.

Castles Baxter Street Idatie Prima Dona Signor Sevasta Eileen Castles Conservatory of Palmero Vitrano Felix Q Godefioid Paris Italy Turin Sonsogno Verdi Milan

Social Week Events Highlight Bridge Club and Mrs Jordan

Mrs Gold will host a Thursday bridge club gathering enriching the social week. Mrs Wooster plans a Tuesday afternoon informal reception for her sister Mrs Harvey Jordan of Mon cello, a Federation of Clubs executive board member, inviting members of the woman's club.

Mrs. Gold Bridge Club T. J. Woofter Jordan T. J. Wooster Harvey Jordan Moncello Woman's Club The Federation of Clubs

Executive Board Meeting of Athens Ladies Garden Club

The executive board of the Athens Ladies Garden Club will meet at Mrs. Charles M. Snelling’s home on Pulp Street Monday at noon. Full attendance is requested.

Ladies Garden Club The Athens Ladies’ Pchile Charles M. Snelling

Garden Club Meeting Slated for Wednesday at YWCA

Athens Ladies Garden Club will hold a full meeting Wednesday at 11 o clock in the YWCA parlors at Hancock and Vulaski streets. Members are urged to attend in full.

Garden Club Athens Ladies Young Woman's Christian Association Hancock and Vulaski Street

Ladies Auxiliary and Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society Meet

The Ladies Auxiliary and Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society plan a 4 PM meeting at Harmony Club rooms Southern Mutual building on Monday. The Woman's Club also meets Monday at 4 PM with Mrs Lipscomb on MIlledge Avenue to install new officers and vote on a constitutional amendment. Mrs Harvey Jordan will deliver a message to the club.

Ladies’ Auxiliary and Hebrew Benew. Society Ladies’ Auxiliary Hebrew Ladies’ Benevolent Society Harmony Club Southern Mutual Building Woman's Club Lipscomb M. A. Lipscomb Milledge Avenue Harvey Jordan State Executive Board

Cloverhurst Country Club in Athens Expands Membership

The Cloverhurst Country Club in Athens grows appeal with new facilities and memberships. Renovations include larger men lockers and shower baths, golf course 18 holes at 5471 yards par 71 bogey 77, and a refined clubhouse atop Clarke county hill. Initiation dues expected to rise from 10 dollars, with 63 new members in nine months. Social events like dances and bridge parties boost community interest led by President E F Porter and committee members.

Country Club Athens The Clarke County Blue Ridge Mountains Milledge Avenue E. F. Porter House Porter Walter Childs Coates Benedict

A New Line of Sterling Silver

A New Line of Sterling Silver includes water pitchers bread trays salad bowls and muffinere sets. The collection features salt and pepper sets sugar and creamers candle sticks and bud vases along with French dressing boats and mayonnaise/nut sets.

Splendid Efforts by Officials Highlight Delighted Function

Praise goes to R. P. Brooks as vice president and head of governors, D. G. Anderson as chairman, and W. O. Payne C. D. Flanigen W. D. Hooper as officers and committees including grounds rules and treasurer.

R. P. Brooks D. G. Anderson W. O. Payne C. D. Flanigen W. D. Hooper W. E. Jackson T. W. Richards R. P

Civic groups and child labor advances noted in campaigns

Civic organizations can boost child welfare by supporting state codification of child labor laws, promoting local campaigns, and hosting educational exhibits. Examples include Ohio and New Hampshire codifications, Detroit Employers Association efforts in Michigan, Niagara Falls Board of Trade exhibits, and Asheville inviting the National Child Labor Committee to its conference.

Helen C. Dwight Congress United States Ohio New Frampshire City Club of Cincinnati Missouri Minnesota Montana St. Louis Civil League Kansas City Board of Public Welfare State Board of Charities and Conference For Social Welfare Jewish Educational Institute Women's Clubs Detroit Employers’ Association National Child Labor Committee Niagara Falls Asheville N.C Wilkes Barre

Athens youth programs and society notes in 1915

A 1915 survey of under sixteen wage earning girls is cited with involvement from the county factory inspector U S Bureau of Labor unions schools and several associations. Community events include Child Labor Days renamed Looking Around You Days and a busy schedule of skating gymnastics swimming and a new ladies cooking class. Engagements and social visits fill the page, highlighting Miss Ruby Margaret Harbin’s engagement to Rev Gary Smith and multiple local weddings and visitors.

U. S. Bureau of Labor Loci Trade Unions City School Board Visiting Nurses’ Association National Child Labor Committee National Consumers’ League Recreation Hall Mill District Clarence Walker Boston Adams University of Georgia Y. M. C. A James Alexander Harbin Ruby Margaret Mart Gary Smith Chicago Emmanuel Church Harbin Athens

Piano and Voice Study with John J Jackson

Interested students can explore piano or voice study with John J Jackson. For a free appointment contact via phone 864 W or write to Box 563.

John J. Jackson Box

Dress-Making Studio Reopens on Clayton Street

Miss Leng Elliott resumes dress making at 259 Clayton Street specializing in sport clothes and afternoon and evening dresses for the season.

Leng Elliott Clayton Street Elliott Stew-wedau

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