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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
2
A community letter details the Ladies Aid Society raising funds for a church project. It highlights an organ costing three thousand dollars with a pledge to cover part of it, plus plans for cantatas and teas, and notes the devotion of the women who labor seven years or more to complete the church.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Van Nooy Wier entertained informally at her Springdale home with a bright decor of pink and white cosmos and dahlias. Attending were Mrs Hidatsa Aware, Mrs Lithgoo Wier, Mrs Harvey Maupin, Miss Marla Price, and Miss Sarah Perrin of Abbeville SC, with assistants Mrs James Floomfield, Mrs E L Hill, Mrs W A O Carlton, Mrs Rufus Moss, and Mrs Jool.
The Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets in Macon with Athens experts represented by Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Lampkin. Resolutions urge funding for Winnie Davis Hall and feature speeches on the children of the Confederacy. A telegram honors Miss Rutherford, and the Butler Nicholson marriage is announced as a statewide interest.
Short of Patagould Ark arrived last night to visit his mother Mrs Martha D Short. He will be hosted by friends including Richard Jones of Riverside and Mr and Mrs Hugh Rows. Mrs George Stevens and Miss Stevens of Crawford were visitors yesterday. Mrs A G McCurry of Hartwell is guest of Mr and Mrs Julian B McCurry.
Verdun Fort Vaux is closed to visitors indefinitely after a tourist reportedly took an electric lamp bulb as a souvenir and displayed it in a Verdun cafe. Military authorities confiscated the bulb and barred access to the fort to prevent further souvenir taking.
Hart County hosts its seventh annual fair at the fair grounds in Hartwell. Attendance is high, and exhibits including Liberty property of J H Harley Mow of McCurrys district attract praise. Cattle entries and the Murphey shows draw crowds while President J H Warrens receives guests. A Modern Bulah Gin Co plant in McCurrys District burned recently in an accident with substantial losses. Mrs Walter L Hodges and Mrs Arthur Paton Hanse chosen for Daughters of Confederacy Asheville meeting. Miss Pruitt and Mr Homer McCurry wed after honeymoon plans in Hartwell. A court decision assigns $17,500 for personal injuries. appeal pending. Farmers push cotton harvest as market conditions stir concern amid election tensions.
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