Banner's Christmas Commissary Ready to Meet Needs
The Banner's Christmas Commissary in Athens is set to open daily after 10 am at Clayton Street to receive donations of clothing shoes bedding and similar items. Miss Colclough notes the need for expert home economics guidance to assess real conditions and prescribe assistance. Committees of ladies will oversee donation intake with sewing workers on hand for alterations and repairs.
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Banner’s
Organize‘tion
Chamber of Commerce
Ladies of Athens
Miss Colclough
State College
Commissary
Athens
Jay Hutchens
George H. Hulme
George A. Mell
Over There musical comedy at Colonial on Christmas day
Billy Clifford headlines Over There a musical comedy presented at the Colonial on Christmas day with matinee and night shows. The company features a ladies brass band and chorus with a dozen song hits and a large chorus. Concert at noon. ticket prices range from twenty cents to one dollar for evening seats. Reserved seats go on sale Monday for the evening show. matinee is open seating with child and adult admission details.
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Billy Clifford
Colonial
How to Prevent Croup for Hoarse Children
For a child prone to croup the first sign is hoarseness. Give Cham berlain's Cough Remedy at the onset to ward off the attack and avoid danger and anxiety.
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Chamberlain
Villa Changes Name But Not His Nature
El Paso reports Francisco Villa has renamed himself Severino Gonzalez and operates under that alias while leading a guerrilla campaign in Chihuahua. Escaped federal prisoners say he looted several small towns as Gonzalese.
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Villa
el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Severino Gonzalene
Cihuahua City
Chihuahua
Gonzalese
License of Wholesaler in Newport News Revoked
The food administration revoked the license of Lester Brothers, Newport News, Virginia, food wholesalers, after an inquiry found they allowed potatoes and onions to rot rather than take losses. A separate feature quotes Grantland Rice on Sunny Tennessee, reflecting nostalgia for home.
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Newport News
Washington
the Food Administration Today
Lester Brothers
Virginia
Sunny Tennessee
Grantland Rice
Tennessee
Local boards to decide delay claims on questionnaires
Washington reports local draft boards must judge requests for delays in receiving the questionnaire. General Crowder directs boards to be reasonable and fair in all cases. Registrants distant from their registration location may obtain the questionnaire only from their local board.
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Washington
Crowder
Dozier & Co Relocate to Webb-Crawford Building
Dozier and Co move from Spring and South streets to the Webb Crawford building a block away. The new quarters feature a large warehouse rear area, side-track access, modern interiors, and room for lumber, sash, doors, brick, cement, and other builders materials. The firm invites patrons to visit the new location and notes improved capacity to handle orders.
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Dozier & Co
Spring
South Streets
Webb-Crawford
Spring and
Fulton Streets
Doster & Co
Belgian Relief Benefit Delights at Colonial Theatre
Noted as one of the most successful entertainments, the Belgian Relief Benefit by the Not-e- Chance Club opened with Garden in Belgium and America to the rescue. Highlights included The Camp, Star of Hope, and Madame Lustrat in Alsace costume. Musical numbers by Cock, Yow, Michael, Hubbard, Gideon, Hill, and the Georgian Five, plus Miss Avery’s reading, garnered praise.
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The
Colonial
Belgium
Madame Lustrat
Alsace
United States
Columbia
France
Sothern-Ames To Survey US Troop Needs In France
E H Sothern actor and Winthrop Ames playwright will survey American troops entertainment needs in France for the Y M C A national war work council. Former President Taft will tour US army cantonments under the same organization starting January 24 for four months.
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New York
E. H. Sothern
Winthrop Ames
France
National War Work Council
Young Men’s Christian Association
Taft
National Army
Questionnaires First Slow Mail Due to 9 Million Forms
Washington dispatch notes that postmaster general orders prioritize the 9,000,000 questionnaires being mailed by local boards. Delays in parcel arrival blamed on the survey drive, with timing hitting holiday shipments.
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Washington
Cariamas
Teutons Gain Some Ground as Italians Resist Toll
Allied and enemy forces clash along the Piave and Bassano fronts as German attempts to pierce Italian lines meet heavy resistance. Berlin reports 82,000 prisoners and renewed attacks near Montene, with Italians repelling crossings at the Piave water edge. In other fronts, fighting remains intense with artilery duels. British losses include 14 merchant ships sunk by mines or submarines, and German divisions on the Franco-British front rise to 154. A state of siege is proclaimed in Petrograd to curb looting amid unrest.
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Associated Press
Vin
Bassano
Montene
Berlin
Piave
Italy
Sile
Little Children of Athens Help Santa This Christmas
The Hite GAA of Athens invites children and families to donate toys to the Banner’s Christmas Commissary. Bring usable toys to Clayton street, former Fleming-Dearing store, after 10 a.m. next Saturday to ensure every child in Athens receives stockings, candy, fruit, nuts, clothing, and shoes if needed. Bring toys with your own hands to the Commissary headquarters.
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Hite Gaa
Athens
Santa Claus
Santa
He Baner
Hante
Clayton Street
Fleming-Dearing
Banner's
Christmas Commissary
YMCA Boys Plan 1917 Christmas Cheer Campaign
A young men’s YMC A campaign to aid twelve families for Christmas 1917 gathers captains and lieutenants from their committees at the Athens building. Each group will secure clothes, provisions, fuel, and small gifts, with funds already provided by a generous Athens donor. Committee rosters and leaders are listed, showing the organized effort to help less fortunate youths.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Forbes
Athens
Mr. Forbes
Athensa
Wheat Crop Report Feared Setback for Billion Bushel Target
December forecast shows winter wheat planted on record acreage but condition the lowest for December 1 in history. Agriculture department reports suggests a winter crop of about 450 million bushels, falling short of the hoped billion bushel total for next year to aid allied supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Will Continue Food Saving After the War Plan
Plans to continue food conservation after the war are being worked out by the women's committee of the Council of National Defense and the Department of Agriculture. Facts concerning food conservation and guidance for the country are being prepared for the agricultural department.
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Associated Press
Washington
Council of Ewational Defense
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural, Department
Shipping Board Row To Be Aired In Senate Probe
Washington December 19 continual reorganization of government machinery for building and merchant marine culminated in the senate ordering a thorough investigation of the whole situation It is believed the inside story of the shipping board s progress from the Denman Goethals row will be exposed The Boys department of the Young Men s Christian Association has conducted its Christmas Good Cheer Work for four years aiding families widows and children with plans for the largest service yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Lkely
Shipping Board
Denman
Goethals
Lee Griggs, Jr
John Green
Reid Dobbs
Warren J. Smith
Clyde Pendley
Charles Thornton
Leutenant
Jack Carlton
Louis Ernest
Charles Talmadge
C. ¥. Wier
M. C. Comer
Abe Goldwasser
James Hopkins
Harold Duke
Starr Smith
Fain Slaughter
Charles Newton
Lamar Sledge
Kenneth Trainer
Chase Talmage
James Ingle
Bertram Boley
Sam Wingfield
Norman Nickerson
Harold Hancock
Jack Milstead
Billy Moss
Roy Grayson
Harry Hodgson
Hugh Stanley
Lawrence Kenney
Edel Jankower
Merion A. Hubert
W. T. Bryan
Walter Butler
Arthur Weatherly
Harold Patterson
Thomas Beusneo
Carlton Jester
Oscar McWhorter
George Martin
Ernest Youngkin
Alfred Parham
Madison Nicholson
Henry Holliday
Roswell David
Henry van Straaten
George Morton
Louis Pendley
Association
Ddoys
Young Men's Christian Association
Athens Red Cross campaign begins with Barnett as head
The Athens chapter executive committee met to plan a renewal drive for 1918 memberships and recruit new ones. Capt J W Barnett named fundraising chairman to head the effort, replacing Col Thomas Mell who is ill. Campaign targets 3000 members with $1 dues. booths will serve the public and many workers canvass the city.
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Paige
Red Cross
Athens
Capt
J. W. Barnett
eMifeaign
Col. Thomas
Mell
Hiss
Capt. Barnett
Tibbetts
Lastrat
Chamber of Commerce
D. G. Bickers
Bamner
The
Locklin Brewer Wedding of Julia Esther Brewer
Mr and Mrs J F Brewer announce the marriage of their daughter Julia Esther Brewer to Mr J J Locklin on December 18 2007 in a traditional ceremony at their family home and attended by close relatives and friends.
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J. F. Brewer
Julia Esther
J. J .Locklin
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Banner
Fleming Dearing Co
the Colonial
Faine
Not-A: Chance Clubgirls
London
Paris
Ming
Germany
Petrograd
Executive Council of Workmen's and Soldiers’ Deputies
Boys of
le Dee Ee
D. D. Quillian
Walter Forbes, Jr
William Beacham
H. M. Fullllove
James Morton
Frank Dudley
Albert Mitchell
Guy Bowden
Aldine Pound
Albert Snelling
James Head
Horton Watson
Ieutenant
Hamilton Callaway
Paul Richards
Paul Weatherly
Francis Short
Bert Beussee
Emmett Williams
Tryon Huggins
Andrew Milstead
Bryan Lumpkin
E. L. Dozier
J. D. Martin
Bannon Jones
Paul Nicholson
Williford Haygood
Herbert Head
Jack Wilkins
Bush
Shipping Board’s Row
Locklin
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