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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
6
City News in Brief lists Gus Morris clerking in J B Martins store and numerous Jackson residents and visitors stopping in the capital city across the week. It records Ed Barnett Will ie Wynn K L Shields G N Neil J A Collum and families Mrs W G Barnes and others visiting in Jackson and nearby towns with mentions of commencements church services travels and a car theft note.
Mrs. Cole Burns and Cole Jr. are in Clinton where Cole has enrolled as a pupil in the kindergarten at Mississippi College during the normal. He will join the flag drill by the D. A. R. on June 14 and attend a Tom Thumb Wedding at the College Chapel on June 12. Cole is a bright lad, weathering ties to Brandon or Clinton with credit to his family.
The piece argues that summer recreation should differ from daily work to refresh the brain and body. It suggests city outings, films, and encounters with new ideas as healthy contrasts to long farming hours, advocating vacations that mix diverse experiences and friendly debate to avoid mental stagnation.
Miss Delta Stevens attended a Patton family reception in Jackson hosted by Mrs. John W. Patton in honor of her friend Mrs. Luther Byars of Marion South Carolina. The event ended with an informal social hour and a salad course.
Miss Susie May Barnes of Brandon, Millsaps College co ed, winner of the chemistry medal in Dr J M Sullivan’s class, writes from Montreat about enjoying the Y W C A conference. She will visit Virginia before attending the Kappa Delta Convention in Bristol on June twenty eighth. Mrs W G Barnes, her mother, was in Jackson and brought back the gold medal won by her daughter as a Millsaps Junior.
Mr and Mrs James G Foulks of Amite Louisiana announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Sarah to Mr Hart Bloom of Akron Ohio formerly of Brookhaven. The wedding will take place on Wednesday July 11. Friends in the city will be glad to know of her supreme happiness.
Mr and Mrs James H Aycock announce the engagement of their daughter Lilla Taylor Aycock to Hinds Samuel Lee Jr The wedding is set for Thursday afternoon June 14 at five o clock at the bride’s parents home in McComb City The bride is known locally as Miss Taylor Aycock who has visited Miss Edd Lee Martin in the city
Sunday visits and sickness mark a string of small community items. Polite social rounds include Miss Polly Bethune's illness, Mr. Lester White planning a Louisiana trip, and multiple family visits among the Whites, Kershes, Cobbs, and Moores. Children's Day events, a B Y P program in Jackson, and a 104 year old Uncle Abe Green are noted along with Sunday rains delaying farm work.
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