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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1913
Page
15
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Gov. and Mrs. John Marshall Slaton will host a Monday night dinner at the Bainbridge club with a large guest list including General Evans and many Georgia officials. The event features Christmas decor in red, national and state insignia, a T shaped dining table, roses, narclas, and an orchestra for after-dinner dancing with tributes to the Slatons.
G H S alumnae at Brownmetal will host a three part lecture series by Dr Scott Nearing from the University of Pennsylvania in late January. Topics cover Social Adjustment Woman and Social Progress and Hereditary Influences with readings suggested for preps. Admission details for alumnae members and guests noted.
Mr and Mrs Inman entertained seventy friends for their wedding anniversary last night. The dining room became a Dutch keller with a hollow square table, Dutch china, and red poppy decorations. Guests wore paper favors and formed a "German band" with musical instruments. dancing followed and Miss Inman wore a blue brocade gown.
The Piedmont Driving Club hosted a festive dinner dance last night with 125 attendees and elaborate decorations including miniature Christmas trees, tinsel, holly, poinsettias, and red candles. Notable hosts included Mr and Mrs Lewis Beck, Mr and Mrs Frederick Coening of New York, and several other prominent couples entertaining guests.
Miss Wane Ansley as Bunny and Mr Jesse Draper as Chanticler won prizes at the Nine O'Clock German club masquerade at Piedmont Tetjing club Friday. Ansley wore a mature rabbit skin frock, the Yikzeer was realistic, Draper interpreted Rostand’s hero well, Mrs Draper and Miss Helen Dargan were twin Madame Butterflys, Miss Laura ne Cooney a Colonial Dame, Miss Passie May Ottley a Latin rook.
The article details a street parade with many costumed participants including Miss Margaret Grant as Pierette and Mrs Milton Dargan Jr in Dutch dress. It also notes several named participants in Christmas bell and other outfits, plus a list of other attendees and costumes. It mentions an upcoming astronomy lecture by Father William F. Rigze at Marista College, with tickets and sale contacts listed. Two weddings on the north side are described, Miss Joyner and Miss Mappin to Col. Byram, with ceremony details, dresses, and receptions noted. A dance party by Miss Helen McCarty and others in honor of visitors closes the report, along with plans for a January 22 wedding at Second Baptist Church.
The Atlanta Teachers association will host a large afternoon reception at the Hotel Winecoff on January 2 from 4 to 6. There will be several hundred guests including members of the association, the board of education, the city council, Superintendent and Mrs Slaton and Professor and Mrs LM Landram.
The marriage of Mrs. Helen Sterrett Hersey of Paterson New Jersey and Mr. Edgar Poe McBurney of Atlanta took place yesterday at noon at the Sterrett home. The ceremony was by Rev David Stewart Hamilton with Willard McBurney best man. A wedding breakfast followed. the couple left for Greenbrier Virginia. The bride wore pearl gray satin with lace, carried white orchids and valley lilies, and wore diamond jewelry gifted by the groom and her parents. The house featured red and green decorations with pomacts and roses, an orchestra played, and a close cadre of relatives attended. The bride, a noted entertainer in grand opera circles, is described as cultured and popular. the groom is a prominent Georgia industrialist. Flower girls Evelyn Danson and Mary McCarty. ushers listed include F J Paxon and several others.
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