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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1912
Page
2
A collection of social notes and cultural commentary from the South. It discusses women’s reading habits, publishing access in the region, and the need for Southern publishing. Included are notices of engagements, weddings, and social gatherings from Commerce, Cornelia, Athens, and surrounding communities.
In Atlanta social notes Miss Mamie Kirkpatrick hosted a small swimming party at East Lake Wednesday in honor of Miss Marian Nicholson and Miss Marion Hodgson of Athens. Guests included Elise Hansell Lawson Hines Ida Winship Marcellus Hallman Corinne Briggs Ferol Humphries Henysietta Yerger Margaret Boswell. Chaperoned by Mrs Wallace Kirkpatrick, the event ended with a watermelon cutting at the club house. An informal dance at the A T O chapter house is planned for Miss Ruth Tribble of Athens visiting Miss Callie Hoke Smith. On Wednesday evening Tribble and Smith dined at the Georgian Terrace hosted by Henry Buckingham L F Montgomery. Misses Maxwell of Lexington and Evie Mixon of Hillman were in the city. Mrs C H Roach of Watkinsville and Miss Jessie Marshall shopped in the city yesterday. Mrs E J Wakefield and Mrs B M Wakefield of Greensboro were also seen in town.
Miss Jessie Blackman of Royston hosts Miss Della Newborn while Maxine Dobbs visits Mary Frances Gilbert in Athens. Many visitors and travelers pass through, with schedules from Charleston to Liverpool and boxing tour details in nearby towns.
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