Local News Roundup From Atlanta To Carrollton
A wide list of social notes shows residents visiting Atlanta Newnan Rome Bremen Tallapoosa and Griffin. Several families move or visit relatives with long weekend trips and college connections noted.
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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1921
Page
4
A wide list of social notes shows residents visiting Atlanta Newnan Rome Bremen Tallapoosa and Griffin. Several families move or visit relatives with long weekend trips and college connections noted.
Just received a large shipment of onion sets at Jackson's Tea Cent Store. Food and garden supplies now in stock for planting season.
Miss Susie Tanner entertained a large group at a Friday evening buffet in the music and dining rooms with roses in crystal vases and baskets. Attendants included Mrs J L Shafner and Miss Mary Tan Iyer, with a list of guests from Columbus and local residents.
Nova Benford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. T. Benford of Rowdon, sets wedding date in June with Nyatle Arton Clegg. Nova hails from a prominent Georgia family and is a State Normal School graduate who studied at the University of Georgia. Clegg, also a UGA graduate and instructor, served overseas after training at Harvard during the war.
Mr and Mrs J M Bryce of Villa Rica announce the engagement of their daughter Lillian to Mr Ernest Willie Newman of Atlanta The marriage is to be solemnized in the fall No cards.
Miss Floryce Robertson entertained the senior class, thirty students, at a lawn party Saturday evening. The house and grounds were decorated with Dorothy Perkins roses and nasturtiums, pink shaded electric lights, and progressions conversation followed by cream and cake after a late hour. Mrs J G Robertson helped host.
A pink and white themed reception Thursday afternoon hosted by Mrs C K Henderson Jr honored Mrs Donald Jackson. Dorothy Perkins roses decorated the screened porch and punch was served by Misses Nelle Meadows and Nelle Aycock. Guests included Mrs Camilla Newell and Mrs R D Jackson. About 150 attended between four and six.
Judge and Mrs G P Munro of Columbus announce the engagement of their daughter Martha to Irvine Sullivan Ingram of Carrollton. The couple plan a June wedding. Miss Munro taught at the A&M College and Mr Ingram served as principal there last year.
A wedding of Missy Syble McGuire to Neuborn Moore occurred at D B Langston’s home on Sunday morning May Vth 1921 with Rev J W Veuteh officiating. Guests included families and friends named in the notice and the bride described as an orphan with many acquaintances. The groom is praised for sterling character and manly ways with a hopeful wish for a happy life together.
Miss Agnes Borders and Virgil Carmichael were married Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Borders home on Mandeville Avenue with Rev. W. H. Hambrick officiating. Only relatives attended. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Borders, and the groom, a Johnson Drug Co. employee, receive congratulations from many friends.
On Thursday May 19 at noon, Orlon Thayer and Rosie Ardelin Roach wed at the bride’s parents home in Claxton Ga. Rev B A Hearn officiated. Only close relatives attended. The reception followed and the couple will reside with the bride’s parents near Daisy Ga before moving to Albion Michigan. Mrs Thayer is granddaughter of Dr and Mrs J A Martin of Mount Zion.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Banks spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daniel. Miss Hattie Jackson visits grandparents the McClendons. Bartow Smith and family stayed with David Smith and family last Saturday. Various exchanges include Dukes, Kent, Armstrong, McIntosh, Pierce, Meadows, Duke and others attending visits and a Burwell singing.
Graymont Georgia Mr and Mrs Joseph A Durden announce the engagement of their daughter Rita to J C Stevens of Carrollton The wedding is planned for June 13 in the announcement style of a local society column
Cotton shopping remains common as residents share visits and gatherings. Relatives near Bobbytown hosted Henry and Mrs Brock last Friday, and Miss Rosa Robison and Miss Carrie Robins led a Sunday singing. People attended services at Ramah, Poplar Springs, and Bowdon activities, with several families visiting kin and enjoying meals together.
Classified listings offer rooms for housekeeping at 55 Dixie Street and several houses for sale or rent on Longview and South Park Streets. Also requests for salesmen for tires from Cowan Tire and Rubber Co. and a small cheap farm sought by A Turner. Potato slips offered for delivery in spring from W B Adams Seville Georgia.
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