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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1917

Page

2

Poem and social notices from Athens club page

A wartime Kipling poem is praised for patriotic sentiment and memorization by American readers. The Athens Woman's Club Educational Committee appeals for Tag Day support to fund a mountain school and Red Cross First Aid, urging voluntary contributions and smooth distribution of welcome tags. A busy schedule marks Child Welfare Week with lectures, demonstrations, and classes from Monday through Saturday, ending with a senior class dinner hosted by Athens High School students.

Athens Woman's Club Red Cross Athens Atlanta Lizzie Hale C. N. Walker Firat Aid Recreation Hall The Athens Manufacturing Co

Dainty Sterling Gifts Feature Nursery Rhyme Spoons

Store offers Bunny spoons birth month spoons and bent handles in nursery rhyme designs. Sets include knife fork and spoon with short chubby handles. Cups in sterling and Sheffield plate and many other dainty little gifts.

Lipscomb hosts luncheon guests in Athens social pages

Mrs M A Lipscomb entertained with hospitality at a luncheon honoring Mrs Harriet Goild Jeffreys and other guests including Mrs Ferdinand Phinizy Mrs Emily McDougald and Mrs Little. The event featured Killarney roses and Dorothy Perkins sprays with attendees listed among Athens society. Also notes Strand film news and a Wheat Cup golf tournament at Cloverhurst Country Club beginning today followed by a report on Georgia girls joining the national service school in Washington D C with Anne Winship Bates and peers from Marietta Savannah and Blackshear.

Imrs M. A. Lipscomb Harriet Goild Jeffreys Ferdinand Phinizy Emily McDougald Little Frank Hardeman Gaines-Smith Natalie Fontaine John B. Gordon Hugh Gordon Killarney Dorothy Perkins Lipscomb Barrett Phinizy Fontaine Cloverhurst Country Club Elizabeth Winship Bates Anne Winship Bates Fairmount Seminary Washington, D. C National Service School National League For Women's Service Comburt Road Bates Georgia Cora McCord Brown Marietta McLain Savannah Constance Brantley Blackshear Atlanta Journal

Chairmen and Committees on Tag Day and Stations of Work

A fragmented notice lists chairmen for tag day efforts at the Post Office and City Hall office of Mayor Arnold. Names include D L Barnest, J W Barnett, H B Ritchie, Mc Bride Howell, Graves Stevenson, A H Davenport, Will Hancock, C D Cox, and M A Lipscomb, Lizzie Mure, J Hutchins, plus others. Costa's Cafe lists Coke Talmadge as chairman with John White Morton among others.

Post Office D. L. Barnest J. W. Barnett H. B. Ritchie McBride Howell Graves Stephenson A. H. Davenport Will Hancock C. D. Cox Arnold M.A. Lipscomb Lizzie Mure J. ©. Hutchins Costa’s Cafe Coke Talmadge John White Morton

Local Housewares Ad Promises Low Prices and Wide Selection

Readable ad lists refrigerators and ice boxes with prices from four dollars fifty cents, garden hoses by the foot, flower pots, frost king freezers, steel frame models, water coolers, glassware, fruit jars, glass pitchers, watering pots, and Perfection Oil Stoves all offered at reasonable prices.

Society notes on committee roles and local visits

Mrs Barrett Phinizy and others organize tag distribution with chairmen at Costa, Davisor Nicholson, University Gate, Thornton's Cafe, Michael Bros and more. Treasurers, committees, and meet times set for Thursday 9 am. Social news covers guests, travel, illness, and local officials visiting Athens.

Barrett Phinizy Walter Jones Ruth Wells Eleanor Lustrat A. L J. Z. Hoke Marion DuBose Monroe Dearing Howell Erwin Lamar Rucker Harold Hinton W. B. Steadman Costa’s Chas M. Snelling W. D. Beacham E. W. Carroll Elizabeth Arnold Marjorie Carroll Henrietta Beusse Marion Talmage Michael Bros M. W. Welch Joel Wier Robt. White Katherine Morton Isabelle Thomas Morris Yow Palmer's Drug Store van Straaten Louis Funkenstein

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