History Club Entertained and DAR Luncheon Details
Mrs Anderson hosted the Twentieth Century Coterie with a tea service and yellow color scheme. Mrs Bula Griffin entertained the state press committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution with a luncheon and Japanese scene table decor. The gathering included Mrs Foster and many others. Also noted is a postponed All Saints church meeting and Mrs Meador's luncheon honoring Miss Ruth Stallings and Mr Preston Witherspoon with a yellow theme and Lady Hillington roses centerpiece.
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History Club
Wsp. Anderson
W. A. Crowe
Lee Street
Griffin
Daughters of
Th American Revolution
Esteroa
Bula Griffin
Sheppard W. Foster
Japan
Foster
Francis H. Orme
John M. Graham
Marietta
Spencer ‘Atkinson
Josephine Earnest Purse
Howard McCall
Roswell H. Drake
Mabel Cortelyou
Herbert Franklin
Tennille
T. C. Parker
Macon
W. H. Devoe
Brunswick
Meador
J. Frank Menders
Ruth Stallings
Preston Witherspoon
New York
Imdy Hillington
Miss Stallings
Mr. Witherspoon
Joseph Rhodes
Marion Goldsmith
Hal Hentz
Memorable Events Described In Mrs Mims Diary Sunday
Sixth installment of Mrs Livingston Mims diary published in The Sunday Constitution recalls 1883 visits to New Orleans for Aida with Langtry, Atlanta Shakespearean club formation with Grady and Bleckley, and notable figures including David Davis, Alexander Stephens funeral, Barnett, Emerson Brown, Beckwith, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mims
Livingston Mims
Sunday Constitution
New South
New Orleans
Langtry
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Judge Bleckley
Otters
Shakespearean Club
Grady
Constitution
David Davis
Alexander Stephens
Samuel Barnett
Joseph Emerson Brown
Beckwith
Drama League Lecture on Henrik Ibsen by Dr. Jenkins Jones
Dr. Jenkins Jones presented a deep lecture on Henrik Ibsen as prophet, philosopher and poet of truth. He traced Ibsen’s growth from Oslo student to Norway’s pensioned genius, explored his plays as vivid social dramas, and read poems echoing themes of death and conviction.
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Dr. Jenkins
Loyd Jones
Te Drama League
Henrik Ibsen
Dr. Jones
Thsen
Struggaling
Christiania
Norway
Strug
Gle
Ibsen
Hig Pen
Shamas
Abraham Linegan
America
Walt Whitman
Trisento
Work of Free Kindergarten By Mrs Hodson
The Atlanta Free Kindergarten association conducts monthly meetings to review reports from five kindergartens and handle related business. Mothers meetings inspire teachers and parents as projects study historical interests and home training, with pledges to avoid early schooling and to support child development, improving neighborhoods.
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Mra. F. G. Hodson
Atlanta Free Kindergarten Association
DeKalb to Subscribe Over Half of Granite Highway Cost
DeKalb county through Commissioner William J. Freeman agrees to subscribe 51 percent of the Granite Highway cost to Stone Mountain, with owners to cover the remaining 49 percent. The county will hire an expert to survey the route and prepare estimates. action taken at Granite Highway association meeting at the Decatur Board of Trade. A Welblin of Stone Mountain Granite Corp. pledges to furnish granite for paying purposes free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb County
William J. Freeman
Stase Mountain
Gwnrsx
Granite Highway Association
Decatur Broad of Trade
A. Welblin
Stone Mountain Granite Corporation
Musicians to Stage Big Ball at Taft Hall
The relief association of local 14 Musicians' union plans a March 18 ball in Taft Hall. A 25 piece military band directed by C. B. Barber will alternate with a 25 piece orchestra led by Ent Kay. Dancing starts at 9. Tickets on sale at 4414 Peachtree Street.
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Relief Association of
Musicians’ Union
$600 Added to Fund for Wesley Hospital Campaign
At a meeting of the Wesley Memorial hospital campaign fund raisers central committee held Tuesday noon at the Winecots it was reported that over 3600 had been raised toward rebuilding the hospital despite the campaign not starting until next Monday. Added to the $2,030.50 reported on Monday the fund already has assumed formidable size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Committee of the
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Decatur Urges Druid Hills Line Extension
The Decatur board of trade and city officials urge Georgia Railway and Power to extend the Druid Hills streetcar line to Decatur. The current line ends about half a mile east of Druid Hills Golf Club near the courthouse. The push reflects municipal efforts to improve regional transit and connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Board of Trade
O Kelly and Wright Wed in Quick Courtyard Ceremony
In Rotledge Ga on March 3, Aileen O Kelly age 18 and Isogene Wright age 21 were hurriedly married in a yard by W J Nunn chorister and justice of the peace during Sunday school hour after driving into the yard aboard a car.
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Rotledge
Aileen O'Kelly
Isogene Wright
Caured Yard
W. J. Nunn
Steward Returns from New Orleans After Federal Court Visit
John Dean Steward deputy clerk of the local federal court returned from New Orleans where he aided Judge Newman in the Georgia railroad commission injunction case. He traveled with Pardee of Atlanta and Grubb of Birmingham and enjoyed the Mardi Gras during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dean Steward
Federal Court
New Orleans
Newman
Curt Dase Pardee
Atlanta
Fidge Grubb
Birmingham
Georgia Railroad Commission
Mr. Steward
Floyd Court Convenes in Rome March Term Opens
The March term of Floyd County Court convened yesterday morning with Judge John Reeve presiding. The court will continue throughout the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome. Ga
Flord County
John Reeve
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All Saints’ Church
Faust Spaghetti
Maull Bros
St. Louis, Me
Warner
Drama League
DeKalb
Taft Hall
Wesley
Druid Hills
Decatur
O’kelly-Wright
Floyd Court
Cable Hall
Haverty Furniture Company
Nunnally
Angel
North Broad Street
W. W. Stout
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Ivy
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