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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
7
Miss Dixie Cawthon and Mr D Fred Rogers wed on a Paradise Hall porch in Ansley Park at 7 o clock with palms and white roses. The ceremony featured attendants, an orchestra, and a reception. The couple left for a honeymoon to Lake Toxaway and Asheville before returning to Paradise Hall.
Livermore Johnsons host pink and green cake motif with twelve pink candles as guests toast Miss Helen Englar who wins first prize amid many gifts. Vesper Club plans two summer dances, plus a Friday event, with chaperones arranged. Players' Club at St Philip's Cathedral hosts a church shower to benefit building work, with guests bringing pantry items. Eastern Star invites Atlanta Chapter No 57 to a Friday August 13 meeting, with degrees to be conferred. Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y M C A holds a social meeting on Friday the 13th at 3:30, refreshments served. Miss Williams honored by dinner at Capital City Club hosted by Mr and Mrs Frederick, with Miss Nannie May Williams of Jacksonville as guest. Mrs Milton Carlin hosts tea-dance at Driving Club next Wednesday. Mrs W S Mason entertains Ansley Park Embroidery Club for Miss Williams. Miss Margaret White hosts a Mount Laurel house party with friends from Nacoochee valley and Macon. Martha Smith's Dancing Party in Inman Park features Miss Mildred Dobbs and Miss Helen Candler among guests. pink crepe and feathery décor, with an orchestra.
A Grantville Ga house party hosted by Miss Margaret Zellars features her schoolmates and guests from Macon Columbus Atlanta Brailes Gainesville Talladega Toccoa and Gray. Events include receptions swimming picnics and a fish fry on the Flint river with visits to Warm Springs. The story notes further gatherings at Clarkesville and a St Philips cathedral boys camp with Clemson Alumni set for a Dutch supper at the University Club.
Miss Celeste Jones entertained three bridge players in honor of Miss Lucile Cain a bride elect. Six guests joined Day Dobba for tea at the Winecoft in compliment to Miss Helen Candler of California. Mr and Mrs Edgar Poe McBurney returned from the West and received a cordial welcome. Mrs John D Little and Mr and Mrs John Eyins hosted a party of ten at the Informal dance at the 100s Garden. Several guests visited Lake Toxaway and Atlantic City. Births many visitors and returns from trips to Asheville Hendersonville and Virginia highlighted plates.
McCarley have returned from Buffalo. Mrs Ernest Hyde and little son Ernest of Valdasts, guests of Mrs and Mrs George Forrester, return home today. Mr and Mrs Harry L Schlesinger with Mrs Martha C Adams of Washington D C motored to White Sulphur Springs for its week end.
Friday and Saturday the Strand hosts Shriner days featuring three reels by Al Bartlett from the Atlanta Shriners cross continental trip. Potentate Forrest Yasrab of the Yasrab temple leads the party. Highlights include Pikes Peak Salt Lake City Garden of the Gods Grand Canyon and San Francisco. Seven thousand miles of travel are depicted with Seattle grand conclave prize drill honors noted. Strand Orchestra provides music for the event.
Olga Petrova stars as Jeanne Lafarge in The Vampire at Strand Theatre. The crowd praised her unusual ability to portray the doomed vamp and the tale unfolds with a furnace of romance and peril as the heroine entangles and shields her chosen victim. Today is the last day of the show.
Vaudette shows The Toast of Death today with Laurie Glium in a vampire role. The plot features Poppea, a rough girl who marries an Indian prince while reuniting with a former lover as her husband plans a murder over wine. Mia Glaume’s performance is praised as exceptional for the era.
George R Sparks of Piedmont lodge led the Fifth District Masonic convention at Decatur as three degrees were exemplified. Grand Master N H Salard and Past Grand Masters Thomas H Jeffries and George M Napier addressed attendees. Officers elected for the ensuing year include Sparks as worshipful master and Vivian G. Kimsey and John F Bradley as senior and junior wardens. The next meeting is pledged to Atlanta with Gate City Lodge No 2 leading the degree work and Henry C Heinz presiding.
Liberty and Wayne counties collaborate to survey and locate a bridge across the Altamaha River to connect Sacanah Jesup and points south with eastern Georgia. The full Liberty County board attended a Wayne County meeting as business leaders and local officials discussed funding and routing.
Thomasville Ga August 14 Spe 1 1 FP Smith a well known traveling man of one section died suddenly this afternoon on an Atlantic Coast Line train between Bainbridge and Thomasville He complained of feeling ill on leaving Bainbridge and wired a doctor to meet the train at Climax but died before reaching here.
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