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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
2
A mixed reading page quotes Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton on immortality and life beyond death, with poems about eternal life and consolation. It also includes short moral reflections on selfishness and carrying troubles, and notices for a guild meeting and a ladies garden club event on upcoming dates.
A busy schedule of Y W C A and Garden Club activities is listed including Sunday school classes, daily swimming sessions for ladies and girls, lectures on Grecian art, and a Garden Club meeting on Wednesday October 4th at 11 o'clock in the Y W C A parlors. Also noted are an orphan box packing at Mrs A H Davison's on Thursday October 5, and a Not-a-Chance Club gathering at Miss Jennie Arnold's on Milledge avenue.
Social notices describe hospitality around Miss Mamie Ansley and Miss Virginia Jenkins with breakfast plans by Mrs. Hardin L. Dobbs. Wedding of Louise Berrien Hamilton and Luther Bynum Lockhart at St Luke's with family attendance. Georgia Federation convention opens with speeches by city officials and leaders, Corra Harris talk, and Nellie Peters Black address. Mrs. Robert Wilson to entertain her club.
Miss Rosa Woodberry chairs the program committee of the Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs. She has organized an interesting program for the Twentieth annual convention to be held October 24 and 25.
Miss Annie Mae Broome became Mrs. George R. Fellows at Emmanuel church in a quiet ceremony. Afterward the couple left for Cutting, Georgia, and will be at home on Barrow street. Numerous society relatives and visitors are noted, including arrivals from Atlanta, Newnan, West Point, and Lexington, with mentions of local residences and upcoming events.
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