First School Day Reflections and Local Society Notes
A child anticipates starting school at seven while a sister rushes off in a raincoat to begin her first day. Georgia politics and social news follow, highlighting Hugh Dorsey’s governorship and Mrs Adair Wilkinson’s Savannah connections. Local events include dances, guild meetings, a Young Matrons Bridge Club gathering, sewing club hosting, and an illustrated lecture by Dr. Jenkins at the YWCA auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Hugh Dorsey
Atlanta
Savannah
Adair Wilkinson
Valdosta
J. M. Wilkinson
Lucy Cobb
Anne Maclean
Savannah Press
Lamar Rucker
Bridge Club
Milledge
Dr Jenkins to Speak on Some Unsolved Mysteries of America
Dr Jenkins, director of Piedmont College, Demorest, invites the public to a Friday evening lecture titled Some Unsolved Mysteries of America. The educator has a record of pastorates in five states and leadership in two missionary associations, with aims to uplift the Southeast and Scotch-Irish rural communities.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Dr. Jenkins
America
Athens Y. W. C. A
Jenkins
Piedmont College
Demorest
Southeast
Baby Violet Stroud Hosts Reception At Colonial
Baby Violet Stroud of the Stroud Trio will host a reception for children after tomorrow’s matinee at the Colonial. She wowed the audience last night with singing and dancing and every child at the matinee will receive a souvenir. Mrs Mell honors and a birthday party for Mrs Kay are described alongside YWCA Gas Shop events and weekly calendar notes.
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Baby Violet Stroud
Stroud
Colonial
The
Baby Violet
A. R. Kay
Kay
F. Allgood
C. J. Goodall
B. Engel
F. Quiram
M. G. Nicholson
Ed Jackson
F. Norwood
Atlanta
Willie Brown
Ina Perry
Irene Gregory
Belle Peeler
Fairy Elliott
Ruth Cole
Clara Cook
Alice Comer
Commerce
la Miz Smotherman
Winnie Wages
Dorothy Jackson
Emily Kay
Leonard Pennock
Leslie Elder
Frank Baugh
Herman Jackson
Jack McGuire
Milton Hadaway
Roscoe Sage
Earnest Jackson
S. R. Martin
W. B. Hill
Charles , Dowdle
Charles Kay
Richard Kay
W. D. Cox
Athens Young Women's ChristianAssociation
Athens Gas Co
Gas Co
Athens Hosts Wide Circle of Returning Travelers
A long list of residents return to Athens after summer travels from Nimrod Hall Virginia to Cincinnati Birmingham Joplin and Mountain City. Many relocate to homes on Cobb Reese and Hill streets while others depart for Milledgeville Dublin Dal las Tallulah and Franklin North Carolina with concerts and conventions on the season schedule.
Amusements This Week At Local Theaters
Friday offerings include Colonial Vaudeville and Strand presenting Blanche Sweet in Public Opinion Grip of Evil No 9 Elite shows Alice Brady in Tangled Fates Saturday features Mabel Taliaferro in Gods Half Acre and Chaplin in The Floor Walker Helen Gibson Railroad Drama Elite presents Marie Walcamp in Liberty plus Lonesome Luke comedies and more
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Colonial
Strand
Blanche Sweet
Elite
Alice Brady
Mabel Taliaferro
Fifty-Fifty Occasion for Athens Banker
Yesterday marked the fiftieth birthday of J. J. Wilkins president of the Georgia National and American State banks in Athens. Fifty friends sent fifty letters with good wishes and he plans to bind them into a souvenir book for the occasion.
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J. J. Wilkins
Georgia National and American State Banks
Eatonton Elects Mayor in Unanimous Support
Eatonton Georgia on September 14 elected J. R. Tweedy mayor to fill the vacancy from the death of Henry Leonard. Tweedy was nominated by friends who praised his devotion to the town and desire to keep Eatonton in the lead in all endeavors.
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Eatonton
J. R. Tweedy
Henry Leonard
Tweedy
Strand and Elite Attractions Highlight Star Power
Alice Brady stars in Tangled Fates at Elite as William A Brady showcases BradyMade cinema. Blanche Sweet leads Public Opinion at Strand, with Grip of Evil and The Floor Walker on deck for Saturday plus Molly Makes Believe next week. Marguerite Clark tops Strand’s lineup as the biggest drawing feature.
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Alice Brady
ELITE
William A.brady
Mr. Brady
Strand
Strand Theater
Molly
Eileen
Marguerite Clark
State Committee Seeks Primary Data and Delegates
Atlanta Ga Sept 14 St Elmo Massengale secretary of the state democratic executive committee urged county chairmen to promptly furnish after county vote consolidation the official candidate figures and to provide names of all delegates and alternates to the state convention to ensure complete records before the election.
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Atlanta
St. Elmo
Massengale
Death of a Good Woman Mother of Athens Man
Mrs. Eliza Vaughan aged nearly 91 died last Saturday at her Bowman area home. Survived by three sons and one daughter John B. Vaughan Athens Dave Vaughan Bowman Lindsey Vaughan Florida and Mrs Bob Dickerson. Buried at Rehoboth church Sunday at 11 with services at her home conducted by Rev B R Goss. Remembered as a good old time county woman.
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Elberton Star
Eliza Vaughan
Bowman
John B. Vaughan
Athens
Dave Vaughan
Lindsey Vaughan
Florida
Bob Dickerson
Vaughan
Rehoboth Church
B. R. Goss
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Marzhree
the Elks’ Home
Louise Stanard
Frances West
Ruth Beymer
C.D
Emmanuel Guild
C. D
Sewing Club
George Collins
Lumpkin Street
E. H. Dorsey
Mrs. Kay
Central Studio
J. P. Proctor
Agnes, Harriet
Jack Proctor
Nimrod Hall
Virginia
Milledgeville
Thelma Walker
Cornelia
Vivian McConnell
Nellie Sprout
Mrs. C. N. Walker
Miss Lucy Stanton
Cobb Street
W. P. Strothar
Cincinnati
Birmingham
Joplin
A. O. Harper
Elberton
Hammond Johnson
Nellie Phinizy
Norfolk
Prof
Mrs
Horatio Hughes
Charleston
Elizabeth Cottage
Reese Street
Stewart
Lucy Barrow Taylor
Americus
James Barrow
A. D. Smith
Ellen Mell
Hill Street
Mrs. Sexton
Mrs. Branch
Atlantic City
Miss Winifred Davis
Macon
Pate Stetson
Lucy Howard
Thos. F. Comer
C. B. Griffith
Franklin, N. C
Ed Upson
Stephen Upson
Mrs. J. M. Reade
Mountain City
T. W. Harris
Richard Harris
Rome
W. R. Booth
Iull Street
Dr. Campbell
Ned Hodgson
Hendersonville
John R. Northcutt
Tallulah
Hank Dunn
M. P. O'Callaghan
Robert D. O'Callaghan
Louise O'Callaghan
Manassas
Robert McWhorter
Univesity of
F. K. Hirsch
Toledo, Ohio
John B. Gamble
D. F. Paddock
Harry Hodgson
Frederick Lamb
Paul E. Christian
Washington, D. C
Federal Departments
Louise McKinney
Mary F. Sweet
Decatur
Gertrude King
Gossard Studios
Chicago
Pansy Moore
William Mallory
South Carolina
John M. Green
D. P. Haselton
Vassar Patrick
Miss Pearl Shackelford
Lexington
City
Mrs. T. Thompson
Monroe, N. C
Miss Rutherford
Tennessee
Dublin
Dallas
Texas
Richmond
Rome, Ga
Benj. C. Yancey
Eleanor C. Wilcox
Hamilton Yancey
A. F. Sandford
Knoxville, Tenn
Walter Hodgson
Walter, Jr
L. A. Scarborough
Columbus
Enquirer-Sun
Herbert F. Pearson
Emmanual Church
Temple B’nai Israel
Studio Emmanuel Parish House
Phore
Margaret Turnbull
Jesse L. Lasky
Paramount
New York City
Lasky Company
Lasky
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Mutual Film Corporation
Metra
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