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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1905
Page
29
Southern Society columns from Brunswick and Camila Georgia record a flurry of visitors and hosting. Many locals and guests from Waycross Bainbridge Savannah and Atlanta attended gatherings at homes on Union Street and St Simon Island.
Mrs B H Weaver and daughters of Maton arrive to visit sister Mrs H M Holden. Mrs Eugene Clifton Gunn due home tonight from Atlanta. Miss Francis Rhodes returns from Wrightsville. Miss Irma Jackson visits Augusta relatives. Misses Turnbull of Tugaloo stay with sister Mrs D E Cloud then return home. Mrs D L Cloud and D L Cloud depart for Atlanta. Miss Uoola Smith returns from Wilkes. Hawes Cloud and Mrs W Andrews visit friends in Thomas?
Ben F Perry of Marietta and Miss Andre Bleneheepshaw of Coosa County Alabama united in marriage on June 24 1880 at Upshaws residence Cobb County Georgia. They celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at Univeter three and a half miles south of Canton Georgia. They spent nineteen years in Canton and have ten children five boys and five girls. Seven children remain at home with both parents three live elsewhere. Perry is a prominent local publisher banker and civic leader with long service as Canton mayor and Cherokee newspaper founder. The article notes his education at Moore’s Business College and his role in The Cherokee Advance and The Georgia Advocate. Many relatives and community roles are listed along with brief notes on others visiting the family.
Newnan residents hosted a series of informal gatherings and visits. Miss Julia Mae Hackner entertained friends. Miss Grace Barrow of Philadelphia honored with a linen shower for May Russell, recently married to Raymond J. Lee. Others traveled or visited relatives in Opelika Greenville Rome New Orleans and Virginia.
Cherryvale plans a double Fourth of July celebration to mark the opening of Uncle Sam refinery No. 7. Officials expect a large parade with speakers from Topeka and Wichita, military bands, a glee club, and a fireworks display. The event will showcase local merchants and the oil company’s newly linked refineries and pipelines.
Miss Luta Fichoy attended university commencement at Athens this week. Mrs Leila Swith has returned to her home in Atlanta. Miss Flor Shannon teaching at Collin spends the summer with her parents there. Miss Lou Towns Athens guest of Mrs P Cooley. Leila Stone of Chattanooga visiting her brother at the place. Mrs 23 D Whitehead wishes friends in Calhoun. Mr and Mrs Hawks v 20 all been traveling in south Georgia. Mrs John B Herriman visiting friends and relatives at Franklin NC. Miss Bertha Smith visiting home in Florida. Miss Brewerly writing friends in Athens.
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