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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
6
The Athens General hospital has been upgraded with a large delivery of new equipment and fixtures. The kitchen is fully equipped with electric dishwashers and modern stoves, and improvements extend throughout the building to enhance appearance and efficiency. The hospital is now touted as the most up to date and best equipped of its kind in the south.
A string of brief society notes records Mrs. Williams of Ila and her daughter Lucile in town, several visitors from Savannah, Commerce, Atlanta, Bogart, Watkinsville and other nearby towns, trips to Athens and Augusta, and multiple locals departing for business or leisure, including Miss Jewel Hayes, Miss Estelle Bullard, and Mr. Dorr heading to Athens.
A long list of guests stays at the Georgian, Marian, Hotel Clayton, and New Washington Hotel on Thursday, including J B Seignous of Orangeburg and visitors from Atlanta, Greensboro, Syracuse, Miami, Cincinnati, and beyond, with many named individuals and cities noted in a typical hotel society notice of the period.
Mrs Aubrey Minish of Commerce. Mrs Ora Gunnin of Danielsville. Mrs J T Taylor of Americus. Mrs Stewart Colly of Grantville. Mr and Mrs H W Koellingsma and children of Elberton. Miss Julia Johnson of Elberton. Mrs L Love and children of Winder. Mrs H Hodder and daughter of Pittsburgh Pa.
Athens readers learn that the Georgia legislature’s appropriation committee proposes cuts to the University of Georgia and the State College of Agriculture for the next year. Leaders fear a loss of over half a million dollars, threatening operations during 1921 22. Local business groups plan to travel to Atlanta to press for funds. Dr J H T McPherson, UGA history professor and tax commissioner, was named Georgia’s representative at the National Tax Association convention.
Bretnwood New Hampshire hosts events September 10 to 18 honoring Dr. McPherson, the state’s top professor and capable university executive. His tax commission work is praised as invaluable to the commonwealth. Also reports of two serious Athens automobile accidents at street intersections. Speeding at intersections is warned as dangerous and subject to criminal branding.
Numbers of tourists pass through Athens daily from the north and south. The Chamber of Commerce reports many inquiries from travelers and letters from southern cities about road conditions through this area. A party from Pennsylvania recently traveled through en route.
E W Carroll of the Chamber of Commerce said a suitable camping place for winter tourists will be established this fall on the lot behind the city hall, which last winter hosted tourists who used the space for several days. The plan follows steps taken by the chamber to provide a safe convenient site as tourism grows in the state.
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