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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1916

Page

2

Weekly Calendar and Mother's Day Poem

The calendar notes Sewing Club and card games on Wednesday and Thursday meetings of Women’s Missionary Societies at 4 oclock and 3 45 respectively. Friday features Young Ladies Sewing with Miss Ruth Levy. A poem to tired mothers laments the blessing of children and recalls a mother’s omitted affection. The Baptist Tabernacle Missionary Society and Emmanuel church Auxiliary meet Thursday. Miss Middlebrooks honored with bridge by Miss Pritchard in Athens at Dr Harris residence.

Abe Joel Harmony Club Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church The Missionary Society of the Baptist Tabernacle Woman's Auxiliary Emmanuel Church Young Ladies’ Sewing Club Ruth Levy Woman's Missionary Society OF Emmanuel ‘Church Miss Middlebrooks Mary Josephine Pritchard Bridge Tom Middlebrooks Athens Raymond V. Harris

Beaut y roses and yellow jessa honor corsage presented

The event featured a corsage bouquet of pink sweet peas for the guest of honor. Prizes included two crepe de chine camisoles and a flowering plant. Participants and assistants listed among many society names from Savannah.

Lily Lynah A. H. Cary Eloise Lynah J. R. Marshall A. J. Ritch Ralston Lattimore W. R. Dancy Lawrence Maxwell C. F. Moses Malcolm Bell C. C. Drew W. H. Wade Lawrence Manning C. E. Yonge Savannah Press

Mrs. E. S. Sell Hosts Sewing Party for Miss Jameson

Mrs. E. S. Sell welcomed Miss Alva Jameson of Maretta as guest of honor at a sewing party at the home of Mrs. W. C. Ash on Prince Avenue. The setting featured golden daffodils and hyacinths with an elaborate luncheon to follow. The event served as a graceful compliment to Jameson, who has received social attentions from Mrs. R. L. Winburn and others.

E. S. Sell Jameson Alva Jameson Maretta W. C. Ash Prince Avenue R. L. Winburn Miss Jameson Winburn D. L. Earnest George Deadwyler Ash Jerre M. Pound Ritchie Roy ‘Tibbetts Ralph Tibbetts Ruth Tibbe Earnest Michael ST. Patrick's Simon Michael Milledge , Avenue St. Patrick

Miss Nellie Phinizy Hosts Not-a-Chance Club Meeting

The Not-a-Chance club gathered with Miss Nellie Phinizy for a morning of bridge and luncheon. Miriam Haselton won top score receiving a box of handkerchiefs.

Nellie Phinizy Miriam Haselton

Wesley House in Atlanta Aids Children through Infirmary Beds

More than five hundred patients are served monthly by a small infirmary offering minor surgery. The facility provides baby beds to loan to homes and supports Wesley House in Atlanta as a valuable effort. Mrs J M Rogers calls for donations to the Orphans Home Box to be packed by April first. The March 20 meeting will study Acts chapter one.

Missionary Society OF First Methodist Church Missionary Society of the Joseph Jarrell Waters Missionary Voice Paine Athens Davison Miss Leveritt Sher North Georgia Chang Chow China Europe W. T. Bryan Odum Wesley House Atlanta J. M. Rogers The Orphan’s Home Box

Garden Club Meets at Y W C A parlors

Mrs E K Lumpkin president calls a special morning meeting for 11 oclock at the Y W C A parlors. Topics include planting and pruning raspberries vegetables and timing. Also pot plant care for March pruning hydrangeas and a general discussion with dues.

Garden Club E. K. Lumpkin

Immigrant Women Change US Demographics and Roles

The piece notes a shift in immigrant gender balance with women making up close to half of arrivals and outlines challenges they face in adapting to city life. It highlights Edith Terry Bremer’s early work in Chicago with immigrant families, juvenile protections, and later federal immigration research to understand foreign communities and aid their assimilation.

America New World Greenhorn Chicago University Edith Terry Harry M. Bremer Ime National Board of the Young Women’s Christian Associations Chicago University Settlement Chicago Immigration Commission

International Institute for Young Women Emerges in Immigrant Aid

The National Board of the YWCA formed the International Institute for Young Women to study immigrant needs, using a science-based, ground-up approach. It aims to create mutual assimilation through outreach to foreign women, station trained workers at ports, and provide post-arrival protection, linking Old World homes to New World opportunities.

New England The Young Women’s Christian Association Bremer Nations Board International Institute

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