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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
5
The column notes a new year with hopeful verses, mentions Mrs. Price finishing a bungalow on Durden Street, and public mention that Supervisor Mr. Alexander plans to move his family to Vidalia at the start of the coming year. The piece wraps with reflections on time and life’s passing.
Mr and Mrs W L Darby were the honor guests at a Christmas Day dinner hosted by their children at their Jackson street home. The custom spans several years with festive decorations throughout the house and a central table tree. Fifty four guests attended.
Miss Lois Coleman will return to Athens the latter part of the week to resume her studies at S. N. S. after spending the holidays as the guest of her mother Mrs. Viola Coleman.
Mr and Mrs W B Bragg and children Jane and William Allie Bragg expect to leave Monday for Brunswick where they will reside in the future. Mr and Mrs Doster Reddick and little daughter Jewell have returned home after spending the holidays with relatives in Statesboro. Mr and Mrs Wallace Moses hosted sister Mrs J H Benson of Elkin NC this week. Mr and Mrs C H Kittrell and daughter Leah Kittrell of Dublin were guests of Mr and Mrs J C Meadows. Mr and Mrs Watson Peacock spent Christmas in Atlanta with Mr and Mrs E H Bailey.
Mr and Mrs E C Meadows plan to depart Friday for Jacksonville after visiting their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs S B Meadows. Arthur Cromartie returns to Blythe from a stay with his parents. Sara McArthur leaves Monday for Roanoke to resume studies at Virginia College after holidays with the McArthur family. Various other guests and brief stays are noted with friends and relatives in nearby towns and states.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brundage returned Monday from Macon where they stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs R H Millicons. Mr Chess Abernathy came back last week from Shelby North Carolina after attending the funeral of his sister Mrs G C Kimbell. Mr and Mrs Laurin S Ziegler of Tarpon Springs Florida were holiday guests of the latter’s parents Mr and Mrs J T Douglas.
Mr. Donald Bravards of Waycross was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Douglas over the holiday period.
Mr. George Reddy Jr. departed Monday for his home in Atlanta following a holiday visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Walker.
Mr and Mrs C M McSwain plan to depart this week for their Delray Florida home after a short visit with Mrs Inez Wiggs. Mrs McSwain is fondly known as Ida Wiggs in earlier days.
Misses Maude Mimbs Johnnie Gay Reta Todd Mabel Bobbitt and Evelyn Meadows leave this week to resume studies at the State Normal College after a pleasant Yuletide season with their parents.
Miss Lutie Neese will arrive Saturday from Atlanta where she spent the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Viola Coleman welcomed her guest this week, her son Oreh Coleman, visiting from Waycross.
Mr. Jack Meadows plans to depart late this week for Athens to resume university studies after spending the holidays at home.
Mr and Mrs E C Hodges and their little son Gene Jr are at home after a two week stay in Atlanta as guests of Mr and Mrs J G Foote.
Miss Anna Brazzell leaves Sun day to resume school duties in an Atlanta school setting.
Mr E C Hodges welcomes Dr E M Wilder and Mr LaZelar of Augusta as guests this week. Dr Wilder serves as secretary and treasurer of the Georgia Field Trial Association.
Mr and Mrs T W Timmerman and children Martha and T W Timmerman Jr spent the weekend in Plains visiting their parents. Mr and Mrs H G Cochran have returned from Buford South Carolina where they were holiday guests of relatives.
Mr. Franklin Rabun of Jacksonville Florida was a holiday guest of his parents Mr. and Mrs. F M Rabun.
Mrs George Stubbs of Ashburn arrived Monday to be the guest of her sister Miss Annie Wicker.
Treutlen County plans to expand tobacco farming from a few acres to about six hundred acres for the coming season and sell on the Vidalia market. Conductor C H Hudson is building a new home on the Jefferson Davis Highway to be completed soon. Vidalia business district paving will finish shortly with several new homes already completed and about a dozen more under construction.
The article urges clubs to adopt a formal budget like a family budget, detailing income sources and expenses to fund goals such as a club house or library. It explains steps to inventory property, estimate dues, and allocate funds for local work, with a worked example for a fifty-member club and emphasizes prompt member response to a clear financial plan.
The Atlanta Journal notes WSB transmitter details including wavelength 428.3 meters and 1,000 watt power. Studios and offices are on the tenth floor of the Atlanta Biltmore hotel with central standard time as the standard apparatus. Visitors are welcome.
The timetable lists a 9 30 a m yoga Sunday school at Baptist Tabernacle taught by Morgan Blake, a 10 45 a m First Presbyterian service led by Dr J Sprole Lyons with Charles A Sheldon Jr on organ, 3 30 p m Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert at Loew s Grand Theatre directed by Enrico Leide, 5 p m Cascade Avenue Baptist choir, and 8 p m Wesley Memorial Methodist service led by Rev Marvin Williams with A C Boatman directing music.
A daily program guide lists 10:00 a m homemakers half hour and market reports, 10:30 a m public school program, noon Dinnerbell R F C club, 1:00 p m radio farm service from Georgia State College of Agriculture, 2:30 p m market reports, 5:00 p m twilight concert, 6:00 p m public school of the air, 8:00 p m The Story of Dixie Agriculture with Foundation Four and trio, and 10:45 p m Charlie Troutt's melody artists orchestra.
A detailed listing of civic, educational, and entertainment broadcasts from Athens Georgia. It covers public school programs at 10:30 a.m., a Neighborhood Gospel singers noon, a Great Georgians talk by Dr. C. B. Wilmer at 1:30, Joseph Le Conte topic, market updates at 2:30, a matinee from Loew's Grand at 3:30, twilight concert at 5, School of the Air at 6, radio auction bridge at 7:30, performances by Clifford Fuller and Carlyle Brooks at 8, and Carl La Felle's orchestra at 10:45.
A Wednesday schedule lists events from Sears Roebuck tower at 10 30 a m public school program to a twilight concert at 6 p m and a public school of the air at 8 p m. The Noon Dinner Bell program by the R F C club from the Athens Georgia agriculture college is at 2 30 p m with market reports on cotton and live stock and a silent 1045 p m concert.
The schedule lists events from 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. including Homemakers' program, noon organ recital by Charles A Sheldon Jr, 1 p.m. radio farm service from Georgia State College of Agriculture Athens, Ga, 2:30 p.m. market reports, 5 p.m. twilight concert, 6 p.m. public school of the air, 8 p.m. A W Browning tenor, and another organ recital by Sheldon at 10:45 p.m. in Athens.
Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens presents a Friday schedule with a 2 30 p m farm service market reports covering cotton livestock and produce. The Sears Roebuck relay tower airs at 5 p m followed by twilight concert at 6 p m a public school of the air at 8 p m and two concerts ending about 10 45 p m.
A January 8 schedule lists noon entertainment at Sears Roebuck tower and a 1 pm radio farm service from Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens. Evening events include a twilight concert 6 pm and Dr Marion McH Hull's weekly Sunday school lesson at 8 pm. The Atlanta Atwater Kent hour follows at 10 45 pm, with sponsorship by Hopkins Equipment and Mrs Kurt Mueller sponsoring the final program.
Ayoga Sunday school led by Sprole Lyons with Dr. Charles A. Shelton Jr. on organ at 9 30 a m. Jenkins family performs gospel songs at 8 p m. Baptist Tabernacle holds 8 p m service led by Rev Will H Houghton with Mrs D L Wood as organist.
Goffs Mercantile Co announces 6 pounds Good Raw Goobers shelled for 1 and 48 pounds farmers stock runner seed peanuts unshelled for 3 with 96 pounds for 6 Fob here. Cashiers check or money order with order. Enterprise Alabama ad copy shows a dated catalog style.
Radio farm short course will air from station WSB Atlanta January 3 to 14 to teach safe Southeast farming for 1927. Topics include soil improvement, fertilizers, crop diversification, livestock programs, and tobacco in the Southeast with daily 5 30 p m CST broadcasts and mid day repeats.
Andrew Snouder, first Oyster Bay telephone subscriber and Corner Drugstore proprietor, died last summer. His store housed Oyster Bay’s first telephone in 1884. During Roosevelts 1893 gubernatorial campaign the line was used to relay messages from the drugstore to Sagamore Hill via Arthur Snouder.
The telephone, among nineteenth century inventions, transformed communication and daily life. In the United States its widespread use shows how essential instant, long distance contact has become, and its complete abolition would feel like a return to the Dark Ages.
Ten female switchboard operators refused to evacuate as a fire engulfed the Keystone Telephone Company exchange in Camden New Jersey. Police and firefighters ordered them outside but they remained until danger escalated and they finally exited with reluctance. The blaze crippled the system and caused temporary service interruption.
James C. Lawrence, president of a major rubber firm, attended a Richmond sales conference by long distance telephone after railroad wrecks prevented travel. Chicago officials set a circuit from the Blackstone Hotel enabling all attendees to hear and question him as if present, despite the 1500 mile gap. The article also notes sassafras uses in medicine and as a tea for colds and stomach support.
Rental notice for an apartment with two three or four rooms to apply at 405 Church Street. One time listing.
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