Soldier's inner battle and Red Cross farewell at Athens
A literary excerpt reflects the soldier's internal struggle before departure in Robert Nichols's poem Ardours and Endurances. The Athens Red Cross page reproduces a heartfelt Camp Merrett letter praising the Athens unit for its support and urging local women to join the Red Cross canteen and dressings effort, stressing duty over social club image and the need for volunteers amid wartime strain.
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Rrobert Nichols
Red Cross Workers Change Leaders at Work Rooms
Unavoidable summer changes bring leadership shifts among Red Cross workers. Current roster lists Mrs Beacham leading the Monday morning group, with other groups awaiting updates as schedules adjust for the season.
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RED Cross
Beacham
Cauthen Westbrook Wedding A Quiet Sunday Ceremony
A simple wedding joined Miss Salle Man Cauthen and Mr George Hall Westbrook Sunday at the bride’s Milledge Avenue home. The ceremony was quiet with only family and close friends present. Doctors L Hill and J W Lynch led the service and T M Philpot of Augusta served as best man.
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T. M. Philpot
Augusta
Brandt’s Bride In Navy Attire Heads Blue Ridge Trip
The Brandt wedding featured a navy blue traveling suit with a Georgette blouse, white kid shoes and gloves, and a black picture hat with turquoise feathers. An informal reception followed. Misses Kathleen and Bertha Cauthen helped serve ice. Afterward the couple went to Blue Ridge, North Carolina, where he will study to fit for work in the army Y M C A. A schedule change for Y M C A swimming pools introduces designated instructional half hours each class. Major Tom Boggs is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the American Army, noted as a move long sought by medical men and the AMA. Dr Boggs, formerly of Athens, heads of Johns Hopkins hospital in France. A Business Girls Sunday School class meeting featured typed papers for study in lessons. War Savings notes appear.
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Kathleen
Bertha Cauthen
Westbrook
Blue Ridge
N. C
Army
Tom Boggs
United States
American Medical Association
New York Times
Thomas R. Boggs
Boggs
Athens
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital
France
Ritchie
Dillard
Wiley and Laird
On the Market Half a Century Blood Purifier Ad
In perfect health a strong vitality hides impurities in blood. A sluggish circulation shows lassitude and weakness. Take eight bottles of 8. 8. S., the great blood purifier and strengthener sold by druggists. Free information on blood supply from Swift Specific Co. 24 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.
Class subscribes to stamps and schedules meeting
Stamps were taken up with six bought by the class. Mise Ella Meadows will oversee subscriptions. The group decides the afternoon meeting should be at 2:50 PM rather than 8:30. The next meeting will be at 6:30 PM on Thursday, June 27, at Olive Bell and Susie DuBose’s home on Waddell Street.
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Mise Ella Meadows
Olive Bell
Susie DuBose
Waddell Street
Clio Wiley
Athens Woman's Club Meeting This Afternoon
The Athens Woman's Club will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the president Mrs. A S Parker home. New members urged to join during the campaign and those who joined are expected at the meeting tomorrow. Chapter F will not meet due to the War Savings Stamp Drive.
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Athens Woman's Club
A. S. Parker
The Melting Pot Keeps the War Canteen Alive
A letter urges women to donate silver and gold items to fund Red Cross canteens for soldiers. It describes the Silver Thimble Fund and its impact, listing motor ambulances and hospital boats funded by donations, and calls for sending items to Scudder's window in Athens.
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Red Cross
Maude H.ievy 8
Rome
Athens
Scudder
Fragmentary note on sale of old goods and funds
An old broken line mentions that valuable items beyond mere metal will be sold to enlarge the fund. The fragment implies a disposal of assets to increase overall resources, without detailing the items or the beneficiary.
Children of Confederacy to Hold State Conference
The sixth annual conference of the Children of the Confederacy will be in Atlanta on June 27 and 28 with Margaret A. Wilson chapter as hostess. Delegates arrive June 25. events include a Liliputian wedding and fancy dress ball. Athens delegate Elizabeth Davin and historian Cornelia Mitchell will attend. out-of-town guests include Mrs. Nix of Savannah and others.
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Children OF Confederacy
Atlanta
Children of the Confederacy
Margaret A. Wilson
Lee Street School
Atlanta Constitution
Elizabeth Davin
Athens
Cornelia Mitchell
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Athens Red Cross
Merrett
N. J
Anny
Richmond
Washington
Goldier
O. K
Manny
William Hooten
Burnette
Walter Bishop
John Rhodes
M. V. Rhodes
Sexton
Richards
Heden
The
Athens Cycle Company
Lumpkin Street
Brandt
Nowon
Business Girls
Cleckler—Arnold
R. C. Cleckler
Poplar Circle
Katherine
William Herman Arnold
Elberton Ga
Arnold
University of Georgia
Bell-Ans
Brad Id Regulator
Lamar Bldg
People AT
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Marian Otis
Sarah Hogg
Cedartown
Bertha Latham
Paducah
T. W. Rucker
Mary Ann Rucker
Richard Baxter
Bankston
Barnesville
Grace
Marion Godfrey
Europe
New York City
San Francisco
Denver
Norma Talmadge
Ghosts OF Yesterday
Tom MIX
Aces High
Dorothy Dalton
Chaplin
Mary Warren
Enid Markey
Wm. Erwin
Pathe
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