Not-a-Chance Club to Host Benefit Bridge Party
Athens society notes public welfare via a benefit bridge and knitting party on the lawn of Mrs. O. H. Arnold at 11 am led by the Not-a-Chance Club. Twenty five tables have been reserved. admission fifty cents per bridge player and knitter, plus a time bonus for punctuality. Proceeds support the canteen work and related charities.
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O. H. Arnold
Post Office
Jennie Arnold
Miriam Haselton
Louise Dorsey
Harriett Benedict
Natalie Bocock
Florence Hooper
Josephine Wilkins
Malcolm Fortson
Athens
Canteen Committee Appeals for Fruit Donations in Athens
The Canteen Committee asks residents in or near Athens to donate fruit for soldiers passing through the city. Contact Mrs. E. L. Griggs, chairman, at prone 1097-1, with details of available fruit.
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Athens
E. L. Griggs
Young Harris Sunday School Picnic at Mitchells Bridge
The Young Harris Memorial Sunday school plans a picnic tomorrow afternoon at Mitchells bridge. Those without conveyance should meet at the church at 3 PM where machines will be waiting to take them out. The Business Girls Class of the First Methodist Sunday school meets Friday at 8 PM in the Baraca room. note the day change from Thursday to Friday.
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Young Harris
Young Harris Memorial Sunday School
Mitchell's Bridge
First Methodist Sunday School
Baraca
Important meeting of Sunday school boys volunteers
A very important meeting is announced for the boys of the Sunday school classes conducted by Mrs. C. M. Snelling Mrs. J. Audley Morton and Miss May. The gathering aims to organize activities and discuss plans for upcoming programs.
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C. M. Snelling
J. Audley Morton
May
Hudsons Meet at First Presbyterian Sunday School Room
Hudson and accompanying boys are invited to gather this afternoon at 5 o clock in the Sunday school room of First Presbyterian church. Parents are urged to remind the boys to attend as something important will be taken up.
Missionary Society and Circle Meet at First Baptist Church
The Woman's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church holds its regular monthly gathering at 5:30 pm at the church. Mrs Audley Morton's circle meets at 10 am at her home for Red Cross work with prayer for Our Country and Our Boys led by Rev E J Hill. Mrs Penny described as an attractive graduate of State Normal and daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert S Rowland. her groom recently finished University law studies and joined the Marine hospital service awaiting active service. A metal melting pot event to aid soldiers is staged at Mr A Scudder's jewelry store window with large items dropped off next door to the Strand on Clayton Street. pickups arranged via phone 400.
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Audley Morton
E. J. Hill
Penny
Albert S. Rowland
State Normal School
Law Department
University
Demosthenian Literary Society
Gridiron Club
Marine Hospital Service
A. Scudder
Strand Theater
Clayton Street
Jake Joel
Scudder
Red Cross Executive Committee to Meet at Chamber Rooms
The executive committee of the Red Cross will meet this morning at 11 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms. All members of the committee are urged to be present.
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RED Cross
the Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Margaret Rowland Weds Leonard Penny in Prince Avenue Home
Yesterday afternoon at 4 15 Miss Margaret Rowland married Leonard Penny of Vienna at the bride’s parents home on Prince avenue. The ceremony, in a floral setting with fern altar and Queen Anne baskets, was conducted by Dr S R Belk of the First Methodist church. The couple planned a brief reception with University friends and relatives before leaving for Vienna to visit Penny’s mother.
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Maraget Rowland
Dennis Penny
Albert S. Rowland
Prince Avenue
Margaret Rowland
Leonard Penny
Vienna
Marie Antoinette
Queen Anne
Rosamond Eppes
Mendelssohn
S. R. Belk
First Methodist Church
Swansonia
Dorothy Rowland
Gertrude Parham
Penny
Mary Dennis Penny
Red Cross Calls for More Help as War Effort Grows
An appeal urges women to join Red Cross work, noting a drop in available volunteers despite soldiers overseas. Canteen duties and other tasks need skilled hands, and the call is framed as a national duty. The Octagon speaker prompts readers to consider what they did to aid troops.
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Red Cross
Women Clerks Volunteer For Evening Work Rooms
The article praises busy women who after full workdays join two evenings weekly for two hours in work rooms led by Mrs John Rhodes. Some clerks request lunchtime hours, saying they live far away and cannot attend nights, highlighting dedicated service and a brother’s presence. Also notes Elijah Clarke Chapter D A R meeting at 11 o'clock at Regent Mrs Julius Talmadge's home and asks members to submit Red Cross work.
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John Rhodes
Elijah Clarke
Julius Talmadge
Red Cross
H. J. Rowe
Gor. Secty
Sigma Chi Banquet at Camp Hancock Draws 33 Members
Sigma Chi members at Camp Hancock gathered for a banquet in the Hotel Geneste private dining room. Thirty three fraters from the Provisional Ordnance Depots Supply School and Machine Gun companies attended with two civilians present. First Lieutenant Jack Walters acted as toastmaster as songs speeches and camaraderie filled the evening.
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Sigma Chi Fraternity
Camp Hancock
Hotel Geneste
Sigme Chi
Jack Walters
University of Indiana
G. P. Talbott
Augusta
Sigma Chi
Randolph-Mazon College
Virginia
J. L. Barksdale
North Augusta
University of Georgia
University of Oregon
Dartmouth College
University of Montana
Boston Institute of Technology
Arthur C. Harygood
Augusta Herald
Freezone promises instant corn relief for feet
A salesman touts Freezone as a painless remedy to remove hard and soft corns and calluses. The product, said to be a Cincinnati invention, requires only a tiny bottle bought from a druggist for a few cents and is claimed to stop pain instantly.
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Cincinnati
Caligula Reference Surfaces in Wartime Message
A historical wartime letter displays extreme rhetoric urging drastic punishment and mass transplantation of women. The author invokes Caligula and compares to atrocities against civilians, ending with a call to Wilhelm for rapid action and a vow of relentless culture.
Letter from Lt Morrison on Great Adventure in France
Lieutenant Louis Morrison of the 325th Infantry describes an eventful trip in France dated May 17, mentioning the sinking of two submarines and a vivid account of what he calls the great adventure. The piece notes multiple social visits and graduations in Georgia, including Savannah residents at Athens for graduation and various locals visiting relatives, with several mentions of families and travel plans around Elberton Gainesville and Camp Gordon.
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LT. Morrison
Louis Morrison
325Th Infantry
France
W. J. Morrison
Atlanta Constitution
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