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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1916

Page

3

Lucy Cobb Primary Department Commencement Impresses

The Lucy Cobb primary department marked a successful start with gym work and a yearlong handwork display. Promoting students up several grades, the event showcased Horace Mann inspired teaching under Miss Caroline Walden and a bright outlook for the North’s early education scene. An upcoming State Normal School concert Tuesday at 8:30 will feature Miss Goranson's senior chorus and the Glee Club.

Lucy Cobb Puck Caroline Walden Horace Mann New York Julia Stovall Miriam Warner Virginia Stewart Helen May Goodall Flora Cox Katherine Beatty Sue Fan Barrow Agnes Proctor Margaret Fortson Janet Fortson Mary Young Mary Morris Mary Hart Kathleen Betts Marjorie Hodgson Maude Weatherly Nora Fortson Myra Belle Brown Isabelle Brumby Elizabeth Hall Freda Nichols Elizabeth Head Mary Stephenson Margaret Sizer Elsie Jester Ss. N. S&s State Normal School Goranson Glee Club

Letter of thanks from French hospital soldier to Athens benefactors

A 1916 letter from ALICE LEBEL in Saint Pourcain thanks Madame Lustrat and Athens ladies for a care box sent to Allied wounded in France. She notes warm socks mittens knee caps gauze and other items comforted brave soldiers and asks continued help for future Gray Knitters boxes in June.

Madame Lustrat France Saint Athens Alice Lebel Gray Knitters Club

Lucy Cobb Reception Lights Up Fairyland Night

Tomorrow Miss Bramby and Miss Gerdine host a reception for the graduating class members at Lucy Cobb. Grounds will glow with hundreds of incandescent lamps among trees and vines, creating a fairyland setting. The event is the year’s largest social affair for the graduates.

Lucy Cobb Bramby Gerdine

Invitations issued for Hunter Dobbins wedding in Athens

Invitations in Wilmington announce the marriage of Nona Alpheus Dobbins to Edward Eugene Hunter on Tuesday at 2:30 PM at 156 Grady Ave Athens Georgia. The couple will reside in Wilmington after July 1 as indicated on enclosure cards. Mr Hunter is division freight and passenger agent for Seaboard Air Line in Wilmington.

Hunter-Dobbins Wilmington James William Dobbins Nona Alpheus Edward Eugene Hunter Grady Ave Athens Georgia North Carolina Hunter Seaboard Air Line Wilmington Star

Dangers of Draft and Sloan's Liniment Relief

An old notice promotes Sloan's Liniment for drafts causing neuralgia stiff neck sore muscles and rheumatism. It claims relief after one or two applications with improved circulation easing pain and enabling sleep. Price 25 cents at druggists.

Veteran Picture Man E P Stone Takes Elite Theater Manager Post

E P Stone, longtime Athens moving picture man, assumes active charge of the Elite theater. He plans a strong weekly lineup including Holbrook Blin Unpardonable Sin Monday and Camille Wednesday with Clara Kimball Young, Lydia Gilmore Thursday, A Man of Sorrows Friday, and Chaplin's Pego the Ring Saturday. A new motor generator is to be installed to improve the picture quality.

E. P. Stone Athens

Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey and King’s New Life Pills Ad

An old ad touts Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey to soothe coughs in children and Dr King’s New Life Pills as a spring laxative. It promises easier sleep, less fretfulness, and quicker recovery from colds, claiming the pills cleanse the system of impurities. 25c for the syrup and 26c for the pills at the druggist.

Dr. Bell King Dr. King Adv

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