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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1910
Page
3
The page presents unsigned personal notices and a calendar of weekly events. It warns about publishing names unless provided, and includes guidance on flies and food safety. The calendar lists concerts at Colonial, chapel and association meetings, and a banquet with two poems interspersed.
A feature promoting play as foundational to physical, mental, and moral development cites Froebel and educators. It argues play teaches self discipline, justice, cooperation, and citizenship through games like marbles, knucks, and team sports, linking play to a well rounded education. It also describes a wedding reception narrative and a university commencement scene with noted local figures and events.
A Georgia wedding narrative recalls a former journey from the west and a rain washed landscape transforming into a green park like scene. The piece focuses on Miss Martha Hunnicutt and Mr Cyprian Willcox and the mood of the May day.
The May Festival on Friday at West Athens school featured Dottery's march and a long procession of white dressed children with color garlands. A May Pole ceremony included a chosen queen, songs, drills, and ribboned pole decorations. Rain drove visitors inside for refreshments as music played, with thanks to generous contributors. next Friday the Luci Cobb commencement of 1910 will be held with Monseur Beaucaire.
The May Civic Club met at Mrs. Frances Long Taylor’s home with a small earnest attendance. Muscogee Training School children proposed beautification ideas, and members endorsed a health driven agenda to curb flies by enforcing trash and waste removal. The group urged ordinances against discarding refuse in public and called for food supplies to be screened to prevent disease.
Todiana enacts sanitary rules requiring bakers to protect breads pastries and other goods from dust and germs. The ordinance mandates protective wrappers on bread rolls buns biscuits cakes crackers dough and related items starting July 1 1920 to ensure compliance with state health laws.
Health officers and inspectors are warned to enforce the pure and sanitary food laws in bake shops while bakers may sell directly to consumers at the bakehouse. The notice emphasizes regulatory duties for county city town officials and state and federal inspectors.
Mrs Annie O Farrell will conduct a series of Bible studies on Women of the Bible at the Young Women's Christian Association. Sessions are on Sunday afternoons at 5 o'clock starting today with the first topic The Virgin. All young women are invited to attend, promising delight and instruction.
Mr. H C Ostrom will speak to the Epworth League this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Members of the Lacy Cobb Almanse Association sending in dues will receive tickets to commencements. On June tenth, Panhellenic night, the Thalians will present David Garrick.
Mary Gerdine was elected an honorary member at a recent event. She will perform the role Miss Lydia Hutchins originally played when first presented. Monday at 5 20 oclock the music pupils of Miss Sallie Hull will give a recital at Seney Stovall chapel Loep Cobb Institute. The program is arranged and all are invited.
The State Normal School faculty hosted a reception yesterday afternoon from six to eight o clock to honor the senior class of the year. The event took place on the lawn of Mrs B R Hodgson Jr on Mill Edge Avenue with pleasant socializing and refreshments.
The Normal School faculty hosted a decorative graduation event for the class with fruit punch and sandwiches. Various local residents and visitors are noted in social items, with church, party, and travel mentions across Lavonia and nearby towns.
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