Watermelon Cutting Stirs Social Interest
Social event draws neighborhood attendance as residents gather for a watermelon cutting ceremony. Local hosts coordinate games and refreshments, with families and friends enjoying the summer gathering.
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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
3
Social event draws neighborhood attendance as residents gather for a watermelon cutting ceremony. Local hosts coordinate games and refreshments, with families and friends enjoying the summer gathering.
Miss Elizabeth Currie entertained about forty guests with a watermelon cutting Monday evening in Eatonton. Miss Sara Lester won high in bridge at a party hosted by Mrs. C. A. Pound for Mrs. Howard Holden of Augusta and others, with ice tea and an elaborate salad course.
Mrs. George Head entertained thirty guests on Thursday afternoon at her Second street home in Augusta. The event featured pretty flowers, sunflowers around the punch bowl, and elaborate tables for ten progressive games won by Leila Sams. Prizes included handkerchiefs and an embroidered towel.
The week's social highlight was a Wednesday afternoon tea hosted by Mrs. W. W. Jamerson and Mrs. P. M. Coleman at Mrs. Jamerson's Covington street home. Guests were served punch by Miss Kate Ham and Miss Marion Bailey, with a sunflower laden porch punch table and warmly decorated reception rooms.
In a warm reception line Mrs. Jamerson and others greeted guests from Monticello Thomaston and local households. The hall displayed brown eyed Susans and brown yellow decor with a large central basket. About seventy five attendees enjoyed music and refreshments as the committee thanked all participants and Boy Scouts for poster help.
A large afternoon rock party hosted by Mrs. O. A. Pound featured compliments to Mrs. E. J. Williams of Washington, D. C. and Mrs. Howard Holden among other attendees.
Miss Marianne Dozier of Flovil la impressed Kiwanis Club audience at Indian Springs with a richly sung program and two encores, marking a high point in local cultural life.
Marianne Dozier, a former Flovilla child and Brenan graduate, stars as mezzo contralto in Atlanta recital. She recently appeared with Flonzaley Quartet and Montreal Grand Opera Company, earning praise for Azucena and Ortrud. Reports highlight her voice, stage presence, and glamour as a budding prima donna.
A college social Saturday night featured a dance at the new Foy ballroom with guests from Griffin Jackson Covington Forsyth Atlanta Barnesville Monticello and nearby towns. Conn's Rainbow orchestra provided music and was booked for next Saturday night.
Attendance at the No More War meeting last Saturday at the court house was hindered by threatening weather and limited publicity, yet interest was high. Cols. Moore Redman and Fletcher delivered splendid speeches, with moving prayers and sermons from local pastors. The talks stressed the horrors and awful consequences of war.
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