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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
7
The Capital City club announces a New Year’s Eve dance to celebrate the old year and welcome 2018. The event begins at eight o’clock this evening with informal dancing and festive atmosphere for club members.
The Nine O'Clock German club hosts a fancy masquerade ball at the Piedmont Driving Club starting at 9 PM with plans for brilliant costumes and prizes for uniqueness. Miss Mooney and Mr. Gaynor will perform spectacular dancing, followed by supper at 11 and a grand finale to the social season.
The Atlanta tea-dance hosted by the Driving Club drew about four hundred guests. Debutantes and visiting young women from New Jersey and New York attended with numerous parties hosting groups. Notable figures included Miss Isoline Campbell and Miss Anita Rivers, among others, with dancing demonstrations by Miss Mooney and a wide array of club members hosting throughout the afternoon.
Miss Ellis hosts luncheon with Savannah and New Orleans guests in a festive Druid Hills setting. Numerous teas, dances, and theatre events mark weekend social calendar, including the Vesper Club mask ball and Druid Hills events featuring Harless tea dance and the Nine O’Clock German club ballet.
The column lists a large group of ladies and young women visiting over the holidays, including Miss Constance O Keefe who plans to return to Greeneville, Tennessee. It notes her popularity and upcoming appearances at parties hosted by Miss Helen Mearty and Miss Harriett Calhoun, along with teas, dances, and an oyster supper hosted by Park Street Methodist church at the Masonic Temple on December 31 with tickets at 35 cents.
Mr and Mrs R A Gordon hosted a 4 cover luncheon at their Jackson Street home. Crystal vase centerpieces with red carnations, red and green decor, and guests from Griffin Tampa and Senoia attended in a refined Christmas setting.
Social items detail entertaining at Mrs. Haden on Peachtree road and bridge clubs hosted by Mrs. Palmour and Miss Frazer. Mr. and Mrs. Slicer arrive from their wedding trip and take a Seventh Street apartment. Anecdotes cover Sunday school classes on Juniper street and a May-December mix of guests including Miss Bates and Miss Shadburn. An appendicitis operation for the Livingston child is noted, with several locals visiting relatives in Richmond and travels to Arkansas and Birmingham for holidays. A Georgia wedding in Athens features Miss Mary Madeline Quillian to Mr. W. Rountree with a simple reception.
The weather forecaster says the recent dreary spell was a remnant of a midwest storm system moving toward the gulf coast. He explains cloud progression from high to rain clouds and predicts calmer, cooler conditions tonight with southerly winds where the system departs.
Governor John M Slaton will join a notable Atlanta party for a New Year open house at the Young Men's Christian Association. The 2:30 to 10:30 pm program includes gymnastic and swimming displays by boys, a formal 5 pm reception, and a long list of local hosts ensuring guests enjoy the festivities.
Atlantans from all classes unite with church folk and the ministers association to appoint January 3 as the largest church day in Atlanta's history. An annual observance will mark the occasion with special services in every church and a broad call for attendance.
Madrid report states Captain Castellas, a Spanish army aviator, died when his biplane plunged from 800 feet during a flight near the aerodrome today. The tragedy is confirmed via Paris dispatch.
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