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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1917
Page
22
A collection of heartfelt verse honoring mothers and their labor, highlighting tired hands and steadfast hearts. It also recounts Lucy Cobb Alumnae’s 1884 class planning a 1917 reunion, with a note on Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley’s illness and absence.
The secretary urges women to aid the nation during the emergency without leaving home. Housewives can feed and clothe troops, supply food abroad, and practice thrift by saving food, growing, canning, and repairing garments at home.
A Long Beach marriage notice details the wedding of Amabel Hardin Stewart to Prof. J. J. Jackson at 924 Atlantic Avenue. The story notes Jackson’s background in education and his recent move to Long Beach, with guests from nearby cities in attendance. The article also includes a wartime food conservation message urging mindful meal planning and waste reduction to support scarce supplies.
Miss Marguerite DeuPree Moore will wed Dr Harold Lin Amoss at Emmanuel Church on Thursday at 9 pm. The ceremony will be by Dr Troy Beatty with a green and white decor. Attendants include the bride’s brother Dr D H DeuPree and matron of honor Mrs D H DeuPree, groom’s best man Dr William Lloyd Aycock, flower girl Mary Stair Davison, ring-bearer Richard DeuPree, and ushers Coryell Greer Dennard Hughes Edward Carswell and Whitney Colburn. An informal reception will follow at the DeuPree residence.
Students present The Mission of Birds by Master Hampton Jarrell and a twilight recital in Athens. The program lists numerous pieces by pupils and small ensembles, honoring the S C I class of 17 with a girls’ dinner party hosted by Miss Nina Scudder at Lucy Cobb.
Garden Hose priced at 10¢ and 18¢ per foot. Full line of water coolers, ice tea glasses and spoons, fruit jars, glass pitchers, watering pots, and Perfection oil stoves. Complete stock of O'Cedar mops and polish. Also Liquid Vereer carried.
The article lists Y W C A calendar items with swimming classes and Friday events, a D A R benefit for Elijah Clarke Chapter at New Elite, and a missionary meeting of the First Presbyterian church. It also notes men may attend the Lucy Cobb banquet.
The Lucy Cobb Institute presents Miss Hunter Barnett, graduate 1917, under Miss Elizabeth Leake, in a piano recital assisted by Mr. Sellars Rogers tenor at Seney-Stovall chapel on Wednesday May 16 1917 at 8 30 p m. Program includes Beethoven Rondo in G and works by Whiting Linden Berger and more. Also a notice that Miss Sara Cobb hosts a reception for bride elect Miss Marguerite Moore on Tuesday morning.
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