Summer School at Athens Hosts Red Cross Program
The 1918 Summer School offers Red Cross training and meetings with national and southern division leaders, plus a state convention. Highlights include chapel assemblies, open air concerts, twilight games, children’s story hour, and daily conferences with Bureau heads. Notable speakers include Stockton Axson and Dr. Guy Snavely as the event runs July 2 to August 3.
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Red Cross
Red
Edith Prats
Louise Dorough
Athens
Southern Division
The
American Red Cross
Guy
Net Phelps
Willig J. Milner
W. R. Buzh
R. B. Dale
Lieut. le Conte
R. M. Kennedy
France
University
Stockton Axson
Princeton University
Pound Auditorium
State Normal School
Feder
Food Administration For
Georgia
Andrew M. Soule
9. C. Mitchell
Delaware State College
Pound
Devereux Players
Devereux Players and Recreation
University Octagon
Germany
Clifford Walker
Julia la ‘Throp
Children’s Bureau
Washington, D. C
University Chapel
M. L. Brittain
J. Y. Joyner
North Carolina
Florence M. Cunningham
Willis J Cunningham
8. R. Belk
Normal School
Orpheus Four
Mildred Rutherford
Senator Tillman Not Improved in Medical Condition
Washington July 1 Associated Press reports no improvement in Senator Tillman's condition. Efforts to restore consciousness have failed, keeping his status unchanged as doctors monitor him.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tillman
Mrs Nora Harris Buried At Bethany Church
The body of Mrs Nora Harris, who died in Stateboro, was brought to this city Sunday for funeral and burial at Bethany church in Jackson county. She was sister to D L Benton of Athens and to Mrs G M Hubbard of this place and Mrs W T Maddox of Nicholeon.
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Nora Harris
Two Athens Boys In Action In War Letter
A letter from Artie Dunaway reports William Waldrop of Athens wounded in action around June 1. Dunaway was grazed three times in the right hand by German fire but not seriously hurt. The Banner will print tomorrow Dunaway's account of going over the top with his comrades.
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Artie Dunaway
Wiliam Waldrop
Young Dunaway
Dunaway
Senate Rejects 2.50 Wheat Guarantee Move
Washington July 1 The Senate refused to yield to the House on raising the government minimum wheat guarantee to 2.60 a bushel. Majority Leader Martin's motion to instruct Senate to drop the price increase failed 46 to 19. The vote keeps the 28 million Agriculture Department appropriation deadlocked as Senator Reed of Missouri again attacked Hoover over packer profits.
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Washington
Senate
House
Martin
Department of Agriculture
Reed
Missouri
Hoover
Death of veteran citizen Hardy Seagraves on Peters Street
Mr. Hardy Seagraves died early yesterday after a long illness at his Peters Street home. He would have been sixty seven next Saturday. Survived by wife Pink and daughters M. Hansford and Clela, and seven sons including police captains C. E., Yet, B. P., Leonard, and Harvey Lee Seagraves. Funeral 8 oclock this afternoon at Second Baptist Church. Pallbearers named. Survived by one brother in critical condition. Known as a quiet, diligent man who upheld his convictions and duty.
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Hardy Seagraves
Peters Street
Pink Seagraves
Hansford
Ss Clela Seagraves
Messrs
C. EB
Seagraves
B. P
Leonard
Harvey Lee Seagraves
Second Baptist Church
TA. Burrell
A. 8. Hutchinson
R. T. Dottery
C. F. Grimes
A. G Dudley
J. H. Mealor
Householders Must Apply for Sugar Under New Rule
Special to the Banner from Ainsnia July 1. Federal food administrator Dr Andrew M Boyle rules that all sugar buyers must present a certificate showing they do not exceed three pounds per person per month. The form requires purchaser name street city family size including servants and a sworn promise not to buy beyond the limit for home use.
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Ausnia
Andrew M. Boyle
Georgia
Useful Occupation Cards for Street Loafers Authorized by City
City council passed an ordinance at the urging of the State Council of Defense requiring all persons frequenting streets pool rooms hotels and similar places and for the time unemployed to carry signed employer cards. Cards show when and where employed and last worked. Idlers face arrest. suspects must show cards or risk stockade under the new law.
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State Council of Defense
Police Department
Message from President Wilson Read to Georgia Teachers
Dr Axson delivered a Wilson message to about fifteen hundred teachers at the University Summer School in Gainesville. The note urged deep study of constitutional principles, patriotism, and the role of teachers in interpreting democracy to children, tying the war to democratic ideals and global humanity. Also noted are Gainesville debate results and Miss Katherine Morton returning from New York.
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Odum
University Summer School
Axson
Wilson
Georgia
United States
America
Washington
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Katherine Morton
New York
Hendersonville
Stockton Axson
Anseield Red Cross
Pr & Weessage
Georgia Teaid
James D Hart Died at Home in Hull at 3 A M
James D Hart aged 69 died at his Hull home at 3 AM yesterday. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and children D F P Morris Mollie Hart A L Rice J W Spratlin B M Gordon J G Yarbrough and Hoyte Hart. One sister and brother also survive A F Hart and Mildred Thompson. Funeral at Moore's Grove church today at 2 PM conducted by Rev W M Colle with pallbearers O D Brown C J Martin A J Williams J A Patton C D Totbert Lon Halcom.
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James D. Hart
Hull
Elizabeth Hart
D. FP. B. Morris
Mollit Hart
A. L. Rice
J.W. Spratlin
B. M. Gordon
J. G. Yarbrough
Hoyte. Hart
A. F. Hart
Mildred Thompson
Moore’s Grove
Terment
Hart Family
W. M. Colle
O. D. Brown
C. J. Martin
A. J. Williams
J. A. Patton
C.D. Totbert
Lon Halcomb
Naval Academy Instructor Mr B Epps Accompanied
Naval Academy instructor Mr B Epps was accompanied by a delegation or fellow officials in a formal capacity. The fragmentur text provides limited context about the occasion or participants beyond the identified name and title.
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NAVAL
B. Epps
Naval Academy
Summer Work or Fight Rules Begin Amid High Attendance
Washington reports the government’s work or fight regulations go into effect with 4,500 boards acting as truancy officers. About a million men are affected as summer sessions open with attendance well above last year.
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Associated Press
Washington
10 Cal
Instructions On Mailing To Soldiers In The Field
Post office guidance covers mailing to soldiers in camp or abroad. Items must be specifically addressed to units. Do not use wooden boxes for overseas parcels, pack in cardboard or heavy paper, and keep weight under seven pounds to avoid delays and losses. Mail to certain Italian provinces west of the Piave is not accepted and will be returned with postage refunded on request. Postmasters should publicize these rules.
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Post Office
National Army
National Guard
United States
Italy
Udine
Belluno
Treviso
Venesula
Venice
Piave
Eliminate Eight Hour Rider From This Bill
Washington July 1 Congress removed the eight hour rider from the legislative appropriation bill while leaving clerks annual salary increases of $120 unchanged. An effort to override the veto failed in the house and similar action followed in the senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Saw No U Boats From Wrightsville Beach Visit
Dr. Sylvanus Morris and Mr. H Hi Linton returned from Wrightsville Beach reporting they saw no U boats or signs of enemy activity during their coastal excursion.
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Sylvanus Morris
H. Hi. Linton
Wrightsville Beach
Opening Exercises Begin Summer School at University of Georgia
The fourteenth session of the University of Georgia Summer School opened with hundreds of teachers arriving and registering at Peabody Hall and the State Normal School dormitories. The Octagon housed a large opening program with speeches by Odum and Axson, music by Cunningham and Morris, and a theme of Winning for Education and Democracy.
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Reading
Miss
Carolyn Cobb
Peabody Hall
Department of Physical Education
Detachment of Music
Uniersity of Georgia Summer School
Heregan
Georgia
State Normal School
Red Cross
H. de Meyer
United States
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Mr. Hardy Seagraves
Gainesville
A. M
Summer School OF Georgia
Cunningham
Morris
Féeautre
Joan of Arc
Supt
Caroline Cook
A. G. Richards
Board of Trustees
Cobb
Barrow
Aled
Wootter
Seibe Aaners
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