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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
2
The week lists a D A R meeting at 11 with Mrs. Teylor on Thursday, Spanish Gipsies on Lucy Cobb lawn Friday at 8 30, and the Annual Concert by L C I Saturday at 8 30 plus Lucy Cobb Alumnae meeting. Other items include Miss Julia Carlton entertaining at Spring Crest, a garden club meeting, and Aesculapian news from Atlanta Medical College. Carrie Jacobs Bond and Foud Leaf Clover verses are also featured.
The Home Economic Section of Wo man s club will meet with chairman Mrs A B Parker Friday afternoon at 5 o clock. All not yet joined are urged to attend and all members should be present. ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT CONCERT May 23 advanced music pupils from Lucy Cobb. Program includes Chopin Liszt Mendelssohn and four voice numbers. Public invited.
The Philathea Class of the First Baptist Church holds a rummage sale next Saturday to raise funds for sending a delegate to the Columbus convention. Donations of salable items are invited for Miss Madge Mewbourne, former president at Toomer Music House, to collect contributions.
The piece notes the 1st annual Lucy Cobb alumnae reunion set for May 27 28 29 with readings and talks, urges bringing photographs and memories, and mentions guest speeches. It also discusses religious newspapers' role in congregations and quotes Christian Observer on their benefits and responsibilities. The Narcissus-Poeticus tale explains the flower’s myth and origins.
Mrs M A Lipscomb plans a Saturday 6 pm lawn party at her Milledge Avenue home for Lucy Cobb boarders and college guests as part of Lucy Cobb commencement social festivities. Earlier today Mr Bob McWhorter hosts a midday barbecue at Cloverhurst Grove for Georgia baseball and football squads. Lipscomb also travels to Tallulah Falls next Wednesday to open her summer home for a house party with Tallulah Falls school trustees.
A vintage contest notice invites responses to win a Bludwine-Elgin watch free for twenty years. Participants must state they drank three or more glasses or bottles and indicate the advertising that influenced the buy. Mail the coupon before midnight June 30, 1914.
Birth announced for John Rainey Brandt on May 19 1914. Local residents Mrs Sherwood Coile and Miss Margaret Waggoner from Winterville visited yesterday. Other notes report illness of Mrs Virginia Harrison and travel plans of Mrs P S Marks and Mrs Charles Morris to Europe.
Carlton Richards reports on a Daily Mail editorial linking American strike violence to legal unions and contrasts it with British history. The piece then surveys the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum highlighting primitive medical tools, exorcism rites, and the role of medicine men across cultures.
An excerpt from June Woman's Home Companion argues America offers the greatest singing opportunities. It cites mixed heritage, climate, and Yankee practicality as factors and notes New York hosts many artists. The piece endorses study here and welcomes visitors such as Miss Hattie Brumby and Miss Marion Nicholson.
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