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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1921

Page

6

General Hospital in Athens Receives New Equipment

Athens General Hospital has installed extensive new equipment and fixtures across the building. The kitchen now features electric dishwashers steam tables and modern stoves while other rooms and departments were upgraded to improve efficiency and capacity. The facility aims to continually add improvements as medical science advances and remains among the best equipped hospitals in the south.

Athens General Hospital

Local Personalities Visit City Weekly

Mrs. Williams of Mu and daughter Lucile visited on Friday. Savannah’s Joseph Solomon and Commerce’s Col R L J Smith were in town. Several business figures including O W Abney, T F Davis, Roy Bowden and Michael Bros staff planned trips and openings around Augusta and Athens with attendance by Mrs. Hood in Commerce and Miss Hayes in Eastonella. Many residents from nearby towns dropped in Friday while others prepared trips to Atlanta, Detroit, New York, and Commerce for weekends and business engagements.

Mrs. Williams Lucile City Adler Mr. Reid Hentz. Reid Ad Adler Co Atlanta Michael Bros W_ .Burton Monticello J. W. Tuna L. A. Powell S. B. Seegero, Jr O. Dobbs A. B. Hatches Mr. Ang E. C. Huson Americus Marian Hotel J. G. Payne T. L. Beattie L. Smith M. M. Neel Marietta H. Stapleton Henderson N. A Washington H. B. Ford Lavonia Mildred Beck Nittany Mid Beck M. C. Arthur Jefferson

University of Georgia Faces funding crisis in Athens

Athens editorial warns that a proposed cut by the Georgia legislature could slash funds for the University of Georgia and the State College of Agriculture, jeopardizing operations during the 1921-22 session. Local leaders plan a trip to Atlanta to press for relief, hoping to avert dire consequences for the state’s flagship school. Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, historian and tax expert, is named Georgia’s representative at the National Tax Association convention.

University OF GA Georgia Legislature University of Georgia State College of Agriculture Athens Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants’ Association Atlanta Legislature of Georgia

Dr McPherson Honored At Bretonwood N H September Event

The article praises Dr. McPherson as a highly deserving honor in Bretonwood New Hampshire set for September 10 through 18, noting he is the most capable professor on the university faculty and a competent state executive. It mentions his tax commission service as invaluable to the commonwealth and highlights local efforts to develop a winter camping area by the Chamber of Commerce, with plans to establish camping centers in other cities.

Bretonwood N. H McPherson Tax Commission McPitterson Commonwealth Tour l Ghent

Tourists Pour Through Athens From North And South

Tourists continue to pass through Athens daily, with visitors arriving from Pennsylvania and the southern states. The Chamber of Commerce reports frequent inquiries about travel routes north and south and road conditions through the city. A party of tourists was observed Thursday leaving Pennsylvania bound for southern locales.

Athens Chamber of

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Jeff New York Matt New Yor JoRe General Hospital Mr. Joseph Solomon Savannah Col R. L. J. Smith Commerce O. W. Abney The Arnold- Abney & Co Andrew Love Thornton Mountain Ie T. F. Davis Southern Tire and Rubber Company Augusta Roy Bowden W. C. Collins & Co Anderson, D. C Ion Jewel Hayes Eastonella, Ga F. M. Davis Dougherty Street Cyril Pogue Florida Noel Arnold John Hood Jim Bradberry Crawford Lizzie Lou Veal Watkinsville Harris Elberton C. H. Thompson Greensboro, Ga Cora Campbell Stephens Essie Jordan Royston Delia Williams Winterville O. P. Hester Monroe Marvin Davis Lilly Davis Barnes Tuckston Estelle Bullard Bishop P. P. Evans Tuscaloosa J. C. Wilkinson First Baptist Church Zell Shaw Tr. Moore Augusta Herald Mrs. W. B. Hines Mrs. Clark Jack Walter Bishop Leila Wootten Clark Jack Walter Highor Augusta Chronicle Augustin Dorr Athens Herald Dorr Columbus Enquirer-Sun Little Tom Elder Grady Avenue C. E. James A. 9. Dunaway James Music Co Melvin Wilson Athens Battery Co J. M. Wallis American Type Founders Co Andrew Erwin Dave Paddock Prigly Wiggly Stores F. C. Winfrey G. N. Peterman Stevens, Ga Phursday Carl Opton Charles Crawford Lexington, Ga Emile Biston Maxwell, Ga Lefton Matthews Carlton, Ga R. C. Smith Crawford, Ga J. F. Lay J. H. Lowe Bishop, Ga Friay Obeat Mae Hudson Michael's Detroit J. B. Thurman Jefferson, Ga David Michael Miss Golden Brown Joe Johnson J. B. Seignous Orangeburg W. D. Goodman North Carolina H. A. Jessen Hughes Tamnell J. I. Rose Syracuse N. Y Goodan Hany Haynsworth Greenville Aubrey Minish Ora Gunnin Danielaville J. T. Taylor Stewart Colly Grantville H. W. Koellingsma Julia Johnson L. Love Winder Hedder Pittsburgh Gladys Wilburns Frank Martin Lauree Tonk Carlton Misa Annie Ree Saville Bromwood Wooda Yarbrough Rome Ella Meadows Gainesville H. C. Towns Athens Engineering Co Olive Wills A. 8. Weatbrook Ila G. W. Westbrook John E. Drewry M'Pherson J. H. T. McPherson State Tax Commission State of Georgia National Tax Association Brookfield Tetleys E. W. Carroll Piedmont Market Hancock Ave Piedmon Hancock. Ave Kuppenheimer Mohair Sui Arrancher Florsheim Morris Broad Oadd Jackass
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