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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
8
Local notes report illnesses and family visits, upcoming commencements at Locust Grove Institute and Jackson Institute, school entertainments, church events, and a fire loss in Milner. Mentions include Mrs. F. L. Walthall ill, Mrs. Hale and daughter visiting, Elks picnic, and the Locust Grove commencement program.
An assortment of local residents and guests are noted in the record with names and brief visits. Elna Rogers, George Thompson, Jennie Belle Jackson, B Kinard, Mrs Jim Minter, Mattie Ogden, May McCandless, Mrs B C Milton, Oscar Pettigrew, J M Ingram, SS Thompson, Magmie Harmon, Jim Hardy and Ina, Mary Kate Watkins, Eva Mae Land, Sallie Mae Ball, John Edalgo, Mary Will Brown, Judge J H Ham, Mrs A W Lane, Eunice Strickland, Annie Crawford, Mrs W H Steele, Henry Holifield, and visitors from Worthville are listed along with places such as Atlanta Macon Juliette Locust Grove and Bersheba.
The Jackson Institute announces its commencement programme for Friday May 24 through Wednesday May 29 featuring entertainment, a sermon by A J Monchrief, and graduations. The eleven girls and one boy form a standout class led by valedictorian Mignon LunQuest and historian Lucy Hendricks with notable pupils including Maggie Barber Bessie Bryan Mary Will Brown Ethel Goodman Nannie Mak Ham Clara Nolen Bessie Thaxton Ethel Walthall and Troy Wills.
The piece lists social visits and shopping trips by Mrs O B Willis A C Millen of Flovilla F A Taylor of McKibben and others in town including Misses Alice and Liza McMichael and Rev J L Ware J G Kimbell and daughter Lilla Atticus Maddox returns home from Albany and several others attend church visits with relatives and friends The note closes with a plug for Binders Twine at A G Hitchins.
The Jackson area announces the engagement of Miss Alice Barnes Sill to Mr. Robert N Etheridge of Jackson. Miss Barnes is a Georgia social figure and educator, while Etheridge is a banker and dry goods executive with Cy. Michael Company. The couple plans a June 19 ceremony in Georgia with a bridal tour afterward.
The week features a parade of visitors and locals in and around McDonough Zetella Flovilla and nearby areas. Notables include R W Mays in Atlanta on business Flow Maddox visiting from Fincher ville Mrs Myrtle Williams family noting son James improving Judge J H Ham in Atlanta and Willis F Huddleston visiting Stephens Griffith Zetella. Also mentions Claude Speer family and Dr W J Harts under treatment with rheumatism.
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