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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
7
Mt Vernon locals share visits and travels as Elizabeth Calhoun visits relatives in McRae and Miss Florence Howell stays with Rev. L E Brady. Visitors include Col F M Harris in Savannah and Miss Ora Lee Vaughn from Charlotte. Regulars mention Mrs F P Griffith in Athens and Rev A Smith presiding at Macon Orphanage event.
Hugh Peterson Jr announces candidacy for representative of Montgomery County in Georgia. He states submission to primary rules, set for September 13, 1922, with the declaration dated June 27.
Notice from James Fowler of Soperton states the Flour Mill has been remodeled with new motor power and can produce plain or self rising flour any time. Dated 6 29 41.
Miss Susie Gray returns from a visit to her mother at Odom. Mrs. J. J. Moses and Mrs. M. M. Martin come back from Dexter after a week with relatives. Mrs. Maggie McGaw visits near Millen. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Phillips include Mrs. Sikes and her granddaughters, the Misses Miller of Belleville, and Mrs. King with daughter from Oklahoma. Christine Langford visits Macon. Roscoe Price and his little son stay with sister H. G. McAllister in Scotland. Vivian Stubbs, Pembroke, begins as assistant cashier at Commercial Bank of Uvalda. A son born June 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Carley Johnson. A son born June 23 to Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Huele of Cocoa, Florida, at Mrs. H. B. McNatt’s home in Uvalda. he is named Halsey McNatt. Ethel Claire Sutton returns to Vidalia after visiting sister Idus Jones. Nora Lou Bland of Cedar Crossing visits cousin Edna Mae Avant. H. I. Huele of Cocoa visits family in Uvalda. Misses Bessie Mosely and Kathleen Jones return to Soperton after staying with Mrs. J. B. Brogden.
Miss Glennig Lois Kennedy of Tifton and Mr Hoke S Riddle of Riley were married at the bride’s home on June 22 with a Methodist minister officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Kennedy, taught at Brewton Parker in 1920 21 and will reside in Ailey after their northern trip. Mr Riddle heads Riddle Drug Co in Ailey and is well regarded locally.
Mr. C. L. McRae entertained with a July 4 porch party and watermelon cutting in honor of Miss Carol Hutcheson and guests. The afternoon featured Old Maid games and a social gathering with many friends and family members present.
Miss Elizabeth McRae hosted a Thursday evening gathering at her Vidalia residence in honor of Miss Cornelia Shiver Americus, Miss Mildred Vinson Atlanta, and Miss Celestine Williams Swainsboro. Flowers, punch, cake, and music accompanied games. A long list of local guests attended, including the McRae and Peterson families.
Miss Carol Hutcheson entertained a social gathering Monday evening honoring guests Miss Celestine Williams Miss Cornelia Shiver and Miss Mildred Vinson. Guests included numerous young men and women with punch served on the veranda followed by cream and cake.
A brief western Mt. Vernon residence notice offers a highly desirable location with low figure pricing and urges interested buyers to contact Witt at Mt. Vernon Georgia, 3-2-tf.
An advertisement extols Laxative Brom Quinine as superior to ordinary Quinine promising no nervousness or head ringing. The full product name is given with a cue to look for the signature of E W Grove at 3c.
The regular state examination for teachers will be held on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5. The 1922 reading course covers Primary and General Elementary, with manuals from the County Superintendent and Southern School Book Depository. Additional titles include How to Teach the Fundamental Subjects, Dressler’s School Hygiene, Rapeer’s Consolidated Rural School, Parker’s Methods of Teaching in High Schools. A six week summer course can renew certificates if three education courses are completed and a certificate from summer school authorities is shown.
A tonic claims to restore energy and vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. It asserts color returns to cheeks and appetite improves as iron and quinine purify and enrich the blood. The syrupy tonic is marketed as safe for children and fights malaria and grip germs. Price listed as 60c.
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