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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
11
An informal dance will be held at Roseland hall opposite the Masonic Temple under the direction of Henry Mar on and Mr. Spiller. They are giving dances every Wednesday for Masons and friends with no taxes or club dues. All money above expenses will be donated to the Scottish Rite hospital.
Miss Julia McCutough entertained as Spartanburg guest Miss Bessie Green of Spartanburg S C guest of Miss Martha Boykin and Mrs J J Taylor of Cochran Ga visiting Miss Mary Taylor. The rooms held summer flowers and tea followed the game. Honor guest wore pink organdie. Invited bridge club members included Miss Mary Taylor Miss Martha Boykin Miss Frances Stokes Miss France White Miss Dorothy Bates Miss Marie Carlton and Miss Hazel Lamar.
The Joseph Wabersham chapter of the D A R held an August meeting with plans for fall work. The chapter will form circles of 20 members to promote solar intercause and deeper activity. Remarks noted the August 3 observance near the 1776 declaration anniversary and remembered hero dead arriving in Atlanta en route home.
East Lake Country club hosted a farewell bridge event for Mrs A A Mershon who will move to Greenville South Carolina with Mr Mershon. Eight guests attended tea on the terrace after the game, with Mrs Hendryx among the hostesses.
Social events calendar lists informal bridge luncheons at Miss Elizabeth Kitman’s Augusta guest Miss Mirian Dunbar. Mrs Jack Swarthout hosts bridge tea for Eleanor and Ruth Maugham of New York. Garber hall dance for younger set. mid week afternoon dance at East Lake Country club. luncheon for Miss Pearl Lavell of Jacksonville. Mrs M S Robinson hosts lunch for Detroit guest. Utopian club dance at Third and Peach Tree. Travellers Aid monthly meeting at Central Congregational church August 10 10 30 am with rail station work reports. Oglethorpe chapter No 122 Order of the Eastern Star meets at Masonic Temple Buckhead Wednesday 8 pm with degrees and visitors welcome.
An outdoor program for Friday evening at East Atlanta park features talks by city leaders on playground development and taxes, plus performances by children and a stage set on the park slope. Speakers include Mayor Key Rotary’s Tom Law and park officials. Miss Margaret Olson and a group of young dancers will perform. Edison Hall will host a related recital.
Miss Louise Cooper entertained at a bridge tea on the verandas of her Inman Park home for two guests of honor Mrs. Lynn Frederick Howard of New Haven and Mrs. John Chalmers. Handkerchiefs were given as prizes. top score was a French novelty. Guests included Miss Julia Groves Campbell Annie Foote Lucy Candler Martha Boylein Elizabeth Greene of Spartanburg and others. The T. M. O. Club was also noted with Miss Dorothy Orr as president.
Miss Katherine Haverty and guest Miss Miriam join Miss Dunbar for a daytime luncheon on the veranda. Decorations featured a French flower basket with handpainted place cards, while guests wore stylish frocks and hats.
Gwinnett county resident Lannron Lankford hosted a family reunion at his Tucker Georgia country home The Oaks to celebrate his seventy six birthday. He has lived on the farm since 1845 and is the father of eight children with fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A basket dinner was served on the lawn amid oak trees. The Lankford couple recently marked their fifty first wedding anniversary. Guests included O O Lankford and families nearby plus relatives from Atlanta and several others.
Miss Frances Stirling Clarke of Atlanta will star as the leading woman in Lewis Mann's new play In the Mountains. Clara Lippman and Samuel Shipman coauthored the script set in the Adirondacks, focusing on family life. Rehearsals start in New York with Miss Clarke traveling Thursday to join Mr. Mann’s company. The production aims for a fall New York opening.
In a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce cafe, OZBURN professor W A Sutton and Robert Troutman urged the Atlanta League of Women Voters to support an August 31 tax increase to fund public schools. Sutton argued the 26 percent share of gross city income to education justifies higher taxes for 32 000 students, while Troutman opposed the increase.
At a Tuesday luncheon, leaders urged restoring a $1.50 tax rate to fund Atlanta schools. Speakers warned of 32,000 pupils delayed schooling and millions lost, urging coordinated county-city funding and better teacher pay. A speakers bureau for women voters was announced to educate on candidates and issues.
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