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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1913

Page

11

Thoughtful reflections and flood relief notes in calendar

A period piece blends poem fragments by Ella Wheeler Wilcox with quotes from Thomas Hughes and James Zaaay Cross. It covers Red Cross relief efforts after the great Middle West flood and reports on typhoid fever outbreaks in Ohio and West Virginia along the Ohio River. Chapter A B Emmanuel Guild meeting and Philathea class at Baptist Tabernacle are scheduled, plus Woman's Auxiliary missions branch gathering.

Red Cross

Miss Bacon's Class Explores Maerterlinck and Emerson

Miss Bacon's class meets Thursday afternoon amid rain and cordial welcome from Mrs. Preston Brooks. The discussion centers on Maerterlinck and Emerson with plans to study Dante, the Life of the Bee, and later plays The Intruder and Les Avengies. The group dubs itself Miss Mary Bacon's Class, honoring the Georgia teacher's scholarly influence.

Maerterlinck Misal Bacon Preston Brooks Tre Miss Bacon Maerterlink Measuger of Emerson Miss Carter Browning Teansson Shakespeare Maerter

Mountain Work at Prince Ave Church

Mrs John Coit of Nacoochee Institute will speak on her school work at Prince Avenue Presbyterian Church Monday at 4 30 PM. All Ladies Society members of Prince and First Presbyterian churches and others interested in mountain education are invited. Mrs Coit is a gifted speaker and expected with pleasure by those who have heard her.

Prince Ave John Coit Nacoochee Institute Prince Avenue Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Society First Presbyterian Church Coit

Miss Jennie Arnold Entertains Guests at Sewing Party

Miss Arnold hosted a morning sewing party at her attractive home with palm and fall flowers. Guests included Misses Kate Aiken, Louise Aiken, Lois Fening and many others. Evening at East Athens school notes Mrs Mary Hunnicutt and Mrs Cutcherson leading a cleaning drive by students.

Miss Arnold Arnold Kate and Louise Aiken Lois Fening Sarah Cobb Nell Hunnicurt Callie Lumpkin Margaret Campbell Marion Nicholson Meta Schley Augusta Rebecca Stewart Adaline Dobbs Fannie Neil Anderson Louise Dorsey Maria Price Farmington Laura Cobb Hutchins Alice Keene Briges Edith Branson Josephine Wilkins Marion Ruth Podeson Kathryne Morton Florence Hooper Minnie Thomas East Athens Mary Hunnicutt 8. C. Ciutcheson

Social gathering plans and UDC convention notes unfold

Meeting opened with housekeeping then Hallowe en party plans were formed with three committees. Mrs Lamar re elected head of Georgia Division UDC at Moultrie with Evans speaking on The South Before the War and Rutherford on Georgia's Part in the Upbuilding of the South. Officers elected include Lamar Franklin Walker Vereen Hayes Brown Cobb McCall Rutherford. UDC convention to meet New Orleans Nov 12 16 with plans for a Beauregard monument cornerstone and multiple social events.

Lamar Georgia U. D. C. Moultrie Daughters of the Confederacy Lawton B. Evans Augusta South Miss Rutherford Athens W. B .Lamar Walter H. Page Mildred Rutherford Reeves Barnesville Grady Savannah Sheibley Rome Zebulon Walker Canton W. C. Vereen Moultrie J. E. Hayes Montezuma Duncan Brown Macon Jessie Cobb Carteraville Howard McCall Atlanta Eastman Tyler New Orleans United Daughters of the Confederacy O. WV U. D.C J. Pinckney Smith Old Cabilde Ly Lo Beauregard Melvumenty Association General Beauregard Bean Int Ci Uasou

Convention notes at Grunewald Hotel and nearby visits

The program centers on a convention with preliminary ceremonies at Grunewald Hotel Tuesday evening 8 30. President general Mrs A B White will speak. Other days include sessions, a Beauregard monument cornerstone, teas and outings. Local residents and visitors from Atlanta Macon Montgomery and Philomath are listed among attendees and guests.

Grunewald Hotel A. B. White New Orleans Beauregard Monument

Some Day a Star and the Good Looking Girl

A promotional piece for R. Brandt's Optical Department touts their know how and urges Athens readers to buy glasses from them. It highlights that a good looking girl wearing stylish eyewear implies fitting at R. Brandt's and claims long inexperience with competitor bias.

Athens R. Brandt

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Ella Wheeler Wilco Thomas Hughes James Zatty A. B Emmanuel Guild Hugh Rowe The Baptist Tabernacle Emmanuel Church Woman's Auxiliary Board of Missions Bacon Middle West Red J. P. Stevens Engraving Co Whitehall St Miss Jennie Arnold W. T. Nash Emily Philomath David Nash University Mrs W. T. Nash Julian Erwin Julius Talmadge James Wilcox Montgomery, Ala George Dudley Thomas Hamilton McWhorter Professor Sanford Miriam Pope James Stetson Marion Allen Milledgeville City John R. Northcutt Coke Talmadge Walter Jones Mrs. C. M. Strahan New York Mrs Troy Beatty Messrs. James and T. H. Dozier, Jr Joe Lumpkin Charles Griffith Lydia Gwendolyn Griffith Frank Ordway Tennessee M. M. Morris Milledge Avenue Ruth Hodgson H. C. Perkins S. J. Cullum Son Styles Dunbar Master Styles Dunbar Albert Davison J. H. Hunnicutt Stiles Hopkins George Lucas John Hargrove Stephens James Crawford Bairdstown E. B. Cohen David McNeil Thomas Shackelford West Point Ruby Whitehead Miss Ashford J. H. McKinnon Grace McKinnon W. H. Davis Mignon Nina Davis George Collins Clem Stone Beulah Dunlap Winterville Leila A. Dillard State Woman's Christian Temperance Union H. E. Martin Prince Avenue R. A. Wright Monroe M. E. Tucker Crawford Laura Speer Mt. Airy Emory Speer A. D. Cheney Julian Paul Jacksonville, Florida A. G. Elder Zena Frances Talmage Mrs. Harris Alma Crawford Bayle Fannie Lee Kinnebrew Paris Vienna French Market Mills New Orleans Coffee Company, Ltd the Jeweler and Optician Insurance Building Athens, Ga Bondurant Hardware Co Bondurant Hardware Clayton Street Athens, Georgia John L. Arnold Japan Jackson Street
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