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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
2
A column extols the Thinker as the master mind behind iron and steel work, contrasts laborers with the idea of a schemer guiding industry, and cites Berton Braley. Community notices include a guild meeting, a barbecue fundraiser, and Women’s Missionary Society gathering. Also lists weekly YMCA swimming and social activities.
The Lucy Cobb girls visited the Strand to see Ethel Clayton in Money and the Woman and a chapter of the Secret of the Submarine. They were accompanied by Miss Gerdine as the fifty ninth Lucy Cobb opening session.
The yesterday opening showed higher enrollment than last year with most old pupils returning and many new entrants. Fifth grade adds art French and expression in the Intermediate Department, extending these studies from the primary. The primary enrollment doubled from day one of last year, and all the girls from Lucy Cobb last year returned with a 25 percent higher total than when the school closed. Read list includes Nella Avery Charlotte Milstead Elizabeth Hall Myra Belle Brown and others.
The Not-a-Chance Club chaperoned by Mrs. Sanford and others will supervise Y W C A racial hours at the Gas Shop today with free tea available between eleven and twelve-thirty in the morning and five-thirty to six-thirty in the afternoon. A steamer dinner demonstration will run from four to five thirty with a gas range lowering fuel cost to under two cents. Fifteen percent of this week's sales benefit the Athens Y W C A and purchases support Y W G A as well as cash sales.
The Savannah Club at the University of Georgia campus will meet monthly with small dues used for refreshments. Plans include a future meeting with Savannah boys at the University to recognize Savannah students while in Athens, following praise from Miss Michael of the S N S faculty.
Amusements Thursday through Saturday present highclass vaudeville at the Colonial with matinee and night performances. Friday includes Strand-Marguerite Clark in Molly Make-Believe and Elite-Sessue Hayakawa in Honorable Friend with Grip of Evil No 10. Saturday showcases Edmund Breese in The Weakness of Strength and Liberty Liberal dramas with Lonesome Luke comedies.
Eastern Time shows daily Train 60 leaves Athens 8 35 a m. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday at 4 p m. Train 54 runs Sunday only at 4 30 p m. Train 61 arrives Athens 12 59 noon daily except Sunday. Train 53 arrives 9 30 p m. Train 55 arrives Athens 12 30 noon on Sundays.
The January 23 1916 timetable lists Athens departures and arrivals for trains 2 4 and 1 with connections to Belmont Winder Monroe Gainesville and points via Georgia Railroad and Southern Railway.
Trains depart and arrive at Athens Branch of Southern Railway with daily and Sunday times. Departures include 8 20 p m daily to All Points and 1 00 p m daily. Arrivals list 12 40 p m and 6 50 p m daily with etc daily and Sunday variations. For information contact Commercial Agent Z B Williams at phone 81.
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