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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
11
A busy social week highlights the regular Saturday dinner dance at East Lake Country Club. Guests, dancing on the terrace, include Miss Billie Askin and Miss Louise Carruth with Miss Margaret McArthur as hostess. Numerous invited guests fill the guest lists, with a bridge party at Mrs. E V Bogart’s on Juniper Street and a postponed event for Mrs. Clifford Carroll due to a family emergency.
An evening meeting at Lee Street school will discuss funding asks to raise the tax rate from 1.25 to 1.50 to support the school system. Speakers include Professor W A Sutton W L McCallie and Mrs J E Andrews. All West End residents urged to attend.
Miss Venice Mayson hosted an informal bridge party yesterday afternoon at her Ponce de Leon avenue home for Miss Florence Brewster of Pine Bluff Arkansas, guest of Mrs Wiltshire Riley bound for Hendersonville North Carolina. The rooms were decorated with summer blossoms and small tables held refreshments after the game.
A calendar of social events with luncheons and gatherings in Atlanta. Katherine Haverty hosts Miss Mirian Dunbar of Augusta for lunch at Piedmont Driving Club. Informal bridge for Mrs. Lynn Frederick Howard of New Haven guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Dobbs and Mrs. Franklin Chambers. Regular Tuesday luncheon by the Atlanta League of Women Voters at Chamber of Commerce. Miss Lela Ponder hosts an informal luncheon at East Lake Country Club for Miss Florence Brewster. An informal dance at Segadio’s by Murray Dixon and Raymond Berry. Dinner dance at Capital City Club roof garden for Miss Helen Wall of Tifton, guest of Mrs. Frank Winescott. Mrs. Frank Berry hosts a matinee for Miss Dykes followed by Mrs. Davison’s tea at Prairie Hills Golf Club for its visitor. Mrs. John Cleve Symmes to entertain brides at her Piedmont Road home. A tax raise meeting at W. F. Slaton School building at 8 o’clock. Evening meeting at Lee Street School about school program. Bolton Co. B. S. at Masonic Hall. Mrs. A Regula Chapter No. 145 met at events hall. Nancy Day to inspect the chapter. Visitation for all. Regular city missions meetings at Wesley Memorial Church at 10:30. Osgood Sanders house committee meets at 10:30 with nursery on Walton Street. Atlanta Child’s Home executive board meets at Carnegie Library at 3:30. Regular monthly Atlanta Child’s Home meeting set for Tuesday at 4:30 in Carnegie Library.
The Atlanta School of Oratory and Expression held a Thursday recital with participants from 11 to 49 years old. Highlights included Miss Estell Romm narrating Ruth at Bethlehem, J H Smith presenting Shakespeare scenes, Natalee Hammond's vocal rendition, and a sermon-like Hamlet study by Rev. G G Ward. Emory unit rally followed, with a Red Cross tea and piano by Mr. Lockley. Major Clark Howell Jr hosted a Casa Selva dinner with notable guests in Virginia. Capital City Roof hosts a dinner-dance at 8 with reservations listed.
Lowell Massachusetts woman recounts long battle with anemia starting at sixteen. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regains strength, bears a healthy eight pound baby, resumes work, and attributes her recovery to the remedy, praising its impact to others.
General John J Pershing chief of staff and AEF commander, and Governor Cameron Morrison attended a reception at Biltmore House in Asheville North Carolina hosted by Mrs Edith Dresser Vanderbilt. Music by Garber Davis orchestra accompanied the event with Pershing arriving incognito and registering as Major Seuht.
Miss Mildred Bradley hosted a Friday luncheon in honor of Miss Mildred Gillis of Charlotte and Miss Erma McCord of Foswell visiting their aunt Mrs. T. T. Stevens. Garden flowers adorned the reception area and a lace table cover with silver candle sticks and handpainted cards marked three places. In the afternoon Miss Frances Harrison held a box party at the Garden. Those invited included Mildred Gill, Erma McCord, Mary Joe Barley, Mary Crenshaw, Johante A Elizabeth Matthews, Mary Matthewson, Martha Perkerson, Elsie White, Mildred Bradley and Frances Harrison.
Visitors from Macon were honor guests at a swim party yesterday afternoon at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. James Williams in compliment to Misses Pauline and Martha Spratling of Macon, hosted with eight guests on the terrace after swimming. W. Troy Billings Jr plans an informal dancing party Thursday evening at his parents’ home with 30 to 40 guests invited. Earlier, Aker Geane Magee Keeech hosted a gathering at Brookhaven Century club with a tea in honor of her mother Mrs. A W Cawthon of Selma, Alabama, and several relatives from Savannah and Selma with a decorated tea table and allocated places for many guests.
A spend the day party hosted by Mrs. Symmes for the Brides' Club members at her Piedmont Road home. Guests include Mesdames Warren Leach, LeCraw, Inman DuRose, Oliver, Chapin, Wick, James West, Lawless, Scott, Burgin, Leachmond, Redding, and Simmonds. Also noted are Mrs. A O Smith of Detroit visiting Ansley Park.
De La Woodall and W A Brim Berry motor to Indian Springs for the weekend. Miss Florence Brewster leaves for Hendersonville to visit Miss Ruth Woodward at Highland Lake Inn. Miss Ruby Walker returns from Brevard, Miss Mary Sadler hosts in Charlotte, and many others travel to Asheville, Helen, and Grove Park Inn for extended visits. plus rail and motor trips to Macon and Tallulah Falls as society circles socialize and host events at Battery Park and local clubs.
Mrs Leonard Mumford left Saturday for Fort Pierce Florida to join Mr Mumford for the rest of the summer. They plan to visit Helena Cuba before returning home.
Atlantan J C Manry urged Atlanta Baptist women to pursue mission work in India noting women missionaries are scarce and key to reaching Indian women. He spoke at Ponce de Leon Avenue church and planned further talks at Second Baptist and Druid Hills churches before leaving Atlanta August 25.
Three prominent Atlantans were named to assist Inspector Andy J. Cloud in ensuring ice weights are correct on delivery. Mayor Key withheld names to boost efficiency while the Atlanta Woman's Club pushes for penalties against short weighing. A petition seeks ice weights before delivery and a related ordinance was referred to the council committee for a Wednesday meeting.
Mayor Key calls a special meeting of the viaduct committee of the bond commission for Thursday at 11 to view plans for the Spring Street viaduct project. John Lyte Harrington of Harrington Howard Ash will present details of his proposal funded by part of an $85000 bond issue.
A performance at the Lyric theater showcased The Servant in the House and home talent vaudeville by Covington amateurs for the Parent Teacher association. Each attending child received a keepsake souvenir at the matinee. Prices for Swift & Company beef in Atlanta for the week ending August 6, 1921 ranged from 11 to 18 cents per pound, averaging around 15.5 cents.
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