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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1916

Page

2

Vive la France poem and other society items in September Scribner page

A poem titled Vive la France details Franceline’s prayers for Michel fighting for France and embraces themes of war and motherhood. The piece runs with several social notes from the Columbus Dispatch including a section on The First Step to Success, advising cheerful helpfulness and workplace advancement. Also listed are meetings of the Children of the Confederacy, a Woman’s Bible Class at First Methodist, a Hunnicutt family reunion, and a surprise party for Mrs. Max Jacobs, reflecting local wartime spirit and social life.

Columbus Dispatch First Methodist Church First Corinthians

Sewing club events spotlight Mrs. Michael and Miss Abrams

York guests depart for New York after a pleasant evening with music and a lavish service. Mrs. M. G. Michael plans the first fall sewing club meeting next Tuesday at her Prince avenue home. The Young Ladies Sewing Club will gather Wednesday afternoon at Miss Sarah Abrams’ Hanover avenue home for a charming social get together.

M. G. Michael Prince Avenue Young Ladies Sewing Club Sarah Abrams Hancock Avenue Buccaneers Louis Morrison James Ray Roland Ellis Max Jacobs New York Louis Morris

Lovely Sewing Party for Mrs. Jennie Collom

Mrs. D. L. Earnest hosted a morning sewing party in honor of her sister Mrs. Jennie Collom of Texas. Beautiful fall flowers decorated the room and refreshments followed the sewing. Attendees included Mrs. W. D. Beacham, Mrs. Walter B. Hill, Mrs. J. Z. Hoke, and many others.

Jennie Collom D. L. Earnest Collom Texas W. D. Beacham Walter B. Hill J. Z. Hoke Charlie Drew Cox

Vale of Shenandoah inspires praise for Harrisonburg sights

Mrs. Wells extols Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley as a thriving Virginia town. She highlights its courthouse, churches, sidewalks, streets, and schools while recalling Civil War era Sheridan and Stonewall Jackson. The Valley Pike tour reveals rolling orchards and fruitful fields in a scenic, prosperous landscape.

Harrisonburg Grand Old County Rocking Him Shenandoah Valley Blue Ridge Massanetta Alleghanies Virginia Valley Stonewall Jackson

Virginia Tour Notes Highlight Turners Ashby and Lanier

A Virginia travel sketch recalls Turner Ashby’s infantry charge near Harrisonburg and Sidney Lanier’s six weeks at Rockingham Springs in 1839. It magifies Charlottesville's University of Virginia and Monticello, praising its Jeffersonian heritage and the ninety third opening day plus a $250,000 anonymous gift.

Turner Ashby Harrisonburg Rockingham Springs Sidney Lanier John Wayland Rockingham State Normal Robert E. Lee Lanier Stafford Harrisburg Charlottesville University of Virginia Alderman University Oxford Cambridge Yale Princeton Thomas Jefferson Monticello Jefferson Blue Ridge Macon Gypsy Smith

Autumn reception at Hodgson home on Milledge Avenue

Social notes describe Mrs. Harry Hodgson and family hosting a fall event at their Milledge Avenue residence. Guests in the receiving line included Mrs. B. R. Hodgson Jr. and Mrs. Lee Ashcraft, with attire ranging from white chiffon to silver cloth. Numerous Hodgs ons family members are listed among attendees and visitors travel from Atlanta, Ellijay, Chattanooga, and Washington for the tea and festivities.

Hugh Hodgson Jack Stewart Lee Ashcraft E.R. Hodgson, Jr Harry Hodgson Atlanta Harry _ Hodgson Milledge Avenue Hugh Gordon B. R. Hodgson, Jr Hugh Mrs.Ashcraft Killarney Frank Lipscomb B. R. Hodgson, Sr Morton Hodgson Walter Hodgson Milton Jarnigan Laura Cobb Hutchins Dorothy Hodgson Hazel Hodgson Ora Hart Avery Marjory Virginia Hodgson Frances Stewart

Visitors and travelers make a busy Tuesday circuit

A flood of names fills the Barrow County page as Crawford and Athens residents, visitors from Watkinsville, Gainesville, and Atlanta, trip through town. Local movers and shakers like editors, professors, and merchants, plus boomerang trips to Chicago and Commerce, headline a day of social visits and travel.

Athens Rail Schedule Effective September 3 1916

Georgia railroad timetable lists daily Train 60 from Athens at 8 35 a m and Train 52 daily except Sunday at 4 p m. Sunday only Train 54 at 4 30 p m. Arrivals include Train 51 daily except Sunday at 12 59 p m and Train 53 daily at 9 30 p m. Sunday Train 55 arrives Athens at 12 30 p m.

Athens Belmont Winder Monroe The Georgia Railroad Gainesville Gainesville & Northwestern Southern Railway

Seaboard Air Line Train Departures Listed

North and south bound Seaboard Air Line schedules show trains No. 11 No. 17 No. 5 No. 29 No. 30 No. 6 No. 16 and No. 12 with departure times ranging from 6:27 a m to 10:49 a m and 1:45 p m to 6:17 p m.

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France Franceline Michel Christ Mary Papa Michel Charlotte Holmes Crawford Children OF Confederacy Children of the Confederacy J. A. Hunnicutt Cyprian Wilcox DuPree Hunnicutt Emmett Bailey Newnan Stiles Hopkins John Hunnicutt Sarah Hunnicutt Sarah Lucy Bailey John Bailey Eckford Little Daughter Greenville Mamie Bacon New Senate University of Georgia Osmond White Vernon Wooten Ed Perry Rube” Tate John Taylor Ernest Hollingsworth Julian Carpenter Linton West Charlie Tanner Blue Spurlock Bill McKenzie Jim McLean John Law Stevens Fitz Knox Dick Coutts Trot Foreman Abner Calhoun Dutch” Schuessler Ed Ancers Pink” Whelchel Hugh Burgess Marian L. Wells Richmond Marion Nicholson Ellijay Mrs Sam Tribble E. R. Hodgson, Jr Julia McNeil Chattanooga Mrs. Stickney John Nicholson Washington, D. C Harriet Benedict Germantown Penn Miss Maud Jones Walter Jones L. L. Peek Charles Talmadge Mrs. Asbury Hodgson Mrs. McNeil Miss Lil Hodgson Mrs. Aull Grace Talmadge Dorothy Aull Mattie Jacobs. Langford Abe Joel R. W. Branch J. L. Branch Greensboro Hart Griffeth Bogart Ana J. H. Griffeth George Little Crawford Martha Sue Helen McRee Lula Ashford Watkinsville Mae Ola Bishop Ned Cohen Carlton Johnson O. L. Johnson Miss Cherry W. G. Elder Barrow Times Tom Rutland Walter Cooper Messrs Vaughan Sims Homer Trapswell Calvin Parson Marvin Perry Jacksonville Fla J. W. Wier Chicago W. J. Parr Howard Abney Lumpkin, Ga Annie Mae Arnold Laura McWhorter Stephens Oscar O'Farrell Louise O'Farrell Salisbury M. C Hugh Rowe W. D. Payne University of Florida E. H. Jewell Retha Purcell Carnesville Advance Mrs. Calhoun Washington, Ga Charles Loudsans H. Lemani Miss Lemani Providence R. I B. H. Williams City Robert White Morristow S. H. Willis J. H. Gheesling Samuella Gheesling R. M. McCommons Mr. and J. S. Malcolm H. B. Bowers J. C. Terrell R. J. Moss Canon, Ga Thomas Crawford Lexington J. H. Adams B. B. Adams Rebecca Adams Bostwick Arthur Palmer Commerce W. F. Dorsey Abit Nix Mr. Tibbetts Joel Bacon Tallulah Falls OT ChaeAtar Phore nyClass ColGaRy Madison Appalachee Greene County Railroad Monrose B. R. Bloodworth Gainesville Midland Sun H. E. Williams Commercial Agt E. Shelton Ticket Agt Georgia Railroad Seaboard Air Line
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