Calendar Notes and Community Notices From Local Newspaper
The week features a Ladies' Aid barbecue Tuesday noon to 2 30 and Garden Club and D A R meetings midweek. Friday brings The Spanish Gipsies on Lucy Cobb lawn at 830 and Saturday hosts a Lucy Cobb Musical at Seney Stovall chapel plus alumnae gathering. Also items urge dues, orphan box donations, and a thought for the day.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Garden Club
Mrs. Taylor
Lucy Cobb
Seney-Stovall Chapel
Meeting of Garden Club Wednesday
The Garden Club meets Wednesday at 11 o clock for an election of a new president and a promised talk by Prof. Firor on What a Gardener Should Know About Vegetables. Members are urged to attend promptly.
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Garden Club
Firor
Dr. Sam Benedict In Critical Condition In Georgia
Dr. Sam Benedict of Athens, president of the Georgia state board of health, lies critically ill at Williams private sanatorium. His wife Mrs. Kate Benedict Taylor of Macon is at the bedside, with relatives summoned. Friends in Macon extend sympathy while physicians report his condition unchanged at a late hour.
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Sam Benedict
Athens
Georgia State Board of Health
Williams
Kate Taylor
Macon
Benedict
Wrosley Groover Wedding Plans Highlight Local Society
Emily Groover and Grey Worsley plan a June 2 wedding at the bride’s home on Upper Broad Street Columbus. Matrons of honor include Mrs. Guerrini of Jacksonville and Mrs. Wright of Atlanta. best man Will Worsley. ceremony by Rev. Lucien B. Davis of Atlanta. Honeymoon moves north to North Carolina.
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Emily Groover
Grey Worsley
Ugo Guerrini
Jacksonville
Florida
Florie Groover
Max Wright
Atlanta
Jennie Hutchens
Lucien B. Davis
North Carolina
Columbus
C. I Groover
Georgia
Mr. Worsley
Weil Bros
Cotton Buyers
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Declaration by Women Reading of Independence
Women suffragists across the country issued a Declaration of Independence to be read at all gatherings, signaling a formal call for equal rights and national acknowledgment of women's political status. The proclamation emphasizes liberty, equality, and suffrage as core principles guiding their movement.
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The
New York Times
United States
America
Bludwine Company to Give Elgin Watches Free Premiums
The Bludwine Company contracts with Elgin Watch Company to produce a large batch of 7 Jewel Standard Elgin watches placed in gold filled cases. Watches are not for sale and will be given away as premiums and in guessing contests.
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Bludwine Company
Elgin Watch Company
Elgin
Suffrage Day Calls and Local Social Updates
A suffrage day message urges women to pursue constitutional change and equal citizenship. The Decatur Orphans Home box packing meet is set for 10 am at Mrs. E J Crawford’s Franklin street home. Mr. and Mrs. T J Smith host friends on Childs street as they establish a home. George C Scales visits Macon. The Thomas family and Ralph Hodgson return from Atlanta after attending the Georgia Tech game.
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Orphan's Box
E. J. Crawford
Decatur
Franklin Street
T. J. Smith
Childs Street
George C. Thomas
Isabelle and
Minnie Thomas
Ralph Hodgson
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Social News Briefs from City and Region
Mrs Crawford Wheatley returns to Atlanta after a visit to the Normal School and New York for the Huntington Astor wedding. She was entertained by Mrs A E Crawford and Miss Annie Crawford, drawing a circle of admirers. Miss Neal Cochran comes home from Winston-Salem College. Mrs Walter Hodgson and son Walter Jr. expected June 1 to visit Mr. and Mrs L A Scarbrough. Allen Talmage improving and able to sit on the veranda. Mrs Charles DuBose to visit from Athens to attend the Rosalind Wood Chapman wedding June 10. Mrs J J Sheppard of Commerce visited yesterday. Mr and Mrs Munro Dearing returned from Atlanta after attending the Georgia Tech game with hosts Mr and Mrs Rutherford Lipscomb. Mr and Mrs George Sancken of Florence S C visit Milledge avenue with Mrs A H O’Farrell’s family. Ida Schaller Peacock reports Callie Sosnowski improving and soon to visit. Mrs E L Hill and daughters return from Alabama. Mrs Paul Keller recovering to leave St Mary’s Hospital and live with Mrs H B Sparks. Mrs E C Branson and Miss Edith Branson return from West Point. Mr and Mrs Oscar O’Farrell of Kings Mountain NC arrive from Atlanta to visit Mrs Hugh Rowe.
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Crawford Wheatley
Atlanta
Charles DuBose
Athens
J. S.wood
Rosalind Wood
Lieut
Chapman
Savannah Press
Ida Schaller Peacock
Chapel Hill
Callie Sosnowski
Memorial Fund Appeal and Subscriptions Drive
A committee solicits subscriptions and renewals to support the John Gerdine Memorial Fund. The notice lists recipients Mrs. R. C. Orr and Mrs. T. F. Green, with a call to cut the voting songs from the Atlanta Constitution each day.
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John Gerdine
Atlanta
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Jesus
Belove
Eliza H. Morton
Western Recorder
Elijah Clarke
Frances Long Taylor
Milledge Avenue
Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian Church
Prince and Pulaski Street
New Church Lot
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Mer Wear
E. H. Dorsey
Wrosley
Groover
Uneéda Biscuit
Graham Crackers
National Biscuit Company
Bludwine
Elgin Watches
George C. Scales
Neal Cochran
Winston-Salem College
Walter Hodgson
Walter Hodgson, Jr
Allen Talmage
J. J. Sheppard
Commerce
Munro Dearing
Rutherford Lipscomb
George Sancken
Florence, S. C
A. H. O'Farrell
E. L. Hill
Alabama
Paul Keller
St. Mary's Hospital
H. B. Sparks
E. C. Branson
Edith Branson
West Point
Oscar O'Farrell
Kings Mountain
N. C
Hugh Rowe
Allen
Ajlen S
Madison
Georgia Railroad
B. R. Bloodworth
J. C. Hellner
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
MR. Case
R. Brandt
Jeweler
Optician
Clayton ST
Athens Gas, Light & Fuel
Orr’s School
S. P. Orr
Wray Street
Athens, Coxla
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