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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
3
Crystal anniversary celebration at Hancock avenue home honors Mr and Mrs Sidney Boley with flowers a silver vase and a grand supper. Guests include Peter Funkenstein Van Straaten families and many friends as Emmanuel Guild and YWCA calendars note upcoming meetings and activities.
Friday events include 8 to 0:380 recreation games for all and free. Saturday offers 10:30 to 12 swimming or gymnastics for ladies and girls in a heated pool and 3:30 p m class work at Athens Mfg Co Extension club art class. Saturday 8:30 p m swimming for ladies. Woman's Auxiliary of Emmanuel church meets Wednesday at 4 at the Parish House.
The Georgia State Missionary Union gathers in Athens in November with 450 to 500 representative Baptist women. The executive board in Atlanta reports outreach, scholarships, library plans, and proposed texts for the convention, including Mary P Willingham school, Beauchamp Bible study, and regional mission efforts.
The bride entered on the arm of her father Mr. Charles Brumby Sr wearing a white tulle and old lace gown over satin. She carried roses with valley lilies while the maid of honor and bridesmaids carried pink roses and chrysanthemums. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bunn, left for Washington and Baltimore then Erie to begin their home.
Mrs. T. H. McHatton entertained her bridge club in honor of her sister Mrs. Fleming Winecoff of Atlanta. The home was decorated with fall flowers including chrysanthemums and heliotrope. Refreshments followed the game and silk stockings were given for the high score. Mrs. Winecoff, formerly Miss Rene Lustrat, was a popular Athens beauty.
Miss Louise Dorsey hosted the Not a Chance club at the Dorsey home on Milledge avenue with Halloween decorations. A bridge game was played, Miss Florence Hooper won top prize, a pair of silk stockings, and luncheon followed. Miss Josephine Wilkins will host a sewing morning next Monday at 11.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. D. D. Quillian on Prince Avenue. All interested ladies are invited. The piece discusses the role of artists in public discourse and the balance between art and rhetoric in society.
The Field of Art notes that the idea of self expression as sacred in art teaching is a half truth. Slogans and slogans drive thought, and populares monsters of language emerge. Critics urge caution before unleashing such monikers on learners.
The Senior Baraca Class of East Athens Baptist Sunday school elected officers for six months: President George Feilda, Vice President Edgar Eberhart, Secretary Eugene Carter, Treasurer Dewey Carter, and Teacher G. C. Cooper. All young men are invited to join and assist.
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