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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
2
Gilliland presents a poem on mindful speech for children urging careful words to shape future human brotherhood. It discusses how spoken language implants thoughts in a child’s mind and influences paths, ending with a reflection on the meaning of Amen and its fivefold use.
The primary department of Lucy Cobb plans a Halloween Recital on November 3 as a charming event. A prior play The Valley Farm was presented at the Aus land mansion in Oconee Heights by twelve senior students to raise funds for Oconee Heights school. Proceeds from tickets and refreshments totaled forty dollars.
A lovely dance last night at the Country Club hosted by the Buccaneers highlighted a week of cheerful social events at the University club, featuring dancers including Misses Marion Hodgson Josephine Wilkins Moselle Nina and Susan Scudder Lucy Fleming Lil Hodgson Marguerite Rowe Dorothy Hodgson Hazel Hodgson Florence Hooper Caroline Davis and Haden Rush Sans Phiten.
Mrs Myer Stern entertained her sewing circle Tuesday afternoon at her Pulaski home. The rooms were adorned with fall chrysanthemums and roses, and after work bags were put aside, refreshments were served. Mrs Sidney Boley will host the next gathering Tuesday afternoon.
A large Halloween party is planned at the Y W C A Friday night with an open invitation to all. Attendees are urged to wear costumes depicting historical characters or ghosts at the Association building.
A called meeting of area 4 Clarke chapter D A R will be held at Mrs. R Brandts home Friday October 27 at 4 pm to elect officers and conduct business. Boggs church ladies host an oyster supper at Oconee Heights Monday October 30 from 4 to 8 pm with tickets at local stores. Emmanuel Guild sells wool comforts and quilts with Mrs. J C Hellner as contact. The Rabun Gap School note references Dr Lyman Hall and Frances B Bartow memorials and praises Miss Southworth’s volunteer work for mountain children.
Miss Mildred Rutherford will leave October 29 for the U D C convention in Dallas beginning November 7. She will lecture in Benton Arkansas and Kansas City Missouri on the way, marking her fifth address as historian general after five years in office. The constitution was changed to allow a five year term but she cannot be re elected.
The column records social events in Athens including a bride’s blue hat with silver trimming and roses, wedding plans, and homes at 198 Boulevard. It lists alumnae notes, travels to Richmond Philadelphia and Texas, new car rides in Florence, and visits by Mrs. Florence, Mrs. J. Comer, and many locals. It notes school suspensions for Mrs. George Palmer and prepares readers for upcoming trips and visits by Col. Snelling and family.
Fashion note describes a tailored look using a striped blue and green cheek shirtwaist and plain blue serge skirt with braid trim. It lists fabric yardage 2 1/2 yards for the waist and 2 1/4 yards 54 inch serge for the skirt, plus pattern numbers Pictorial Review Waist No. 6656 and Skirt No. 6768 with sizes and 15 cent prices.
An elderly town man near death from chronic dysentery recovered after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. J. J. Baer of West Manchester Pa reports one dose halted the discharge and several more cured him, with many Baer's Station residents attesting to his prior grave condition.
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