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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1918
Page
2
A wartime poem by Stonewall Jackson, written while an artillery officer in Mexico, expresses deep devotion to his wife and child. The piece contrasts the grim fame of a Confederate hero with a private, prayerful tenderness and faith in God amid war.
All members of the Normal Heights Red Cross Chapter are asked to meet in the Smith building on the Normal School Campus Monday at 11 a m to organize Home Nursing and Dietetics classes. Virginia Stewart announces a movie party Thursday afternoon.
A refined social gathering unfolded yesterday afternoon at the colonial home of Mrs. J. H. Beusse on Prince avenue. Miss Tom Middlebrooks entertained in honor of Miss Martha Nicholson with fall floral arrangements, silver flower baskets, and card tables set in the drawing room.
At Lucy Cobb school the 1918-19 officers were chosen for each class with names across Senior to Preparatory ranks. Delegates to the state YWCA convention were elected Miss Mildred Roberts Mary Faith Yow and Mary D Lyndon and the gathering noted plans for November at Wesleyan.
Mrs N H Epting hosted Grady Avenue Sewing Club with about twenty members enjoying knitting, sewing, salad and tea amid pink white cosmos and ferns. A subsequent society wedding at the Stevens home near Lexington united Cynthia M Stevens and Lt Albert Goss Matthews with patriotic decor and Liberty Bonds on display.
Roses showered the bride as the couple wed and held a simple reception before leaving for Athens then Greenville. Lieut Mathews is stationed in Greenville and will soon go to France. Mrs Mathews will accompany him. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs T Carl Stevens and studied at Meson Academy and Hrenau Conservatory. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs A W Mathews of Carlton, worked at Fourth National Bank in Atlanta. About sixty guests attended. The item also reports on local events and illiteracy progress in Georgia with various town notices and visits by residents.
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