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HARTWELL’S ANNUAL CHAUTAUQUA MAY 30, 31, JUNE 1,2, 3, 4
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Welcome! Eighth District Federated Clubs!
Distinguished Visitors Are In
Hartwell For Two~Day Visit
PUBLIC INVITED TO SESSIONS
AT METHODST CHURCH
STATE OFFICERS HERE
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Prominent club women represent
ing- practically every town and coun
ty in the entire Eighth Congressional
district are in Hartwell this Thurs
day and Friday attending the annual
session of the Eighth District Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs.
Official hosts of the convention
are the Hartwell Woman’s Club and
the Hartwell Brenau Club, the two
local federated bodies, assisted by
all the other organizations of the
community.
Meeting* In M; E. Church.
Sessions will be held in the Hart
well Methodist church, the public be
ing cordially invited to attend the
program on Thursday night and dur
ing Friday, the convention coming to
a close late Friday afternoon.
Many distinguished visitors from |
a distance are expected in addition |
to those residing in the bounds of
the District.
Special Program Arranged.
A program that fairly sparkles
with interesting numbers and enter
tainments for the fair visitors has
been arranged, including receptions,
luncheons, etc. On the splendid pro
gram are several women speakers of
note.
The occasion promises to be one
of the most enjoyable and profitable
the body has had in many years.
Hartwell and community have opened
wide the doors to the visitors for
these two days, and it is, indeed, a
great pleasure to have the convention
in this city.
One of the outstanding features of
the session will be the President’s
Breakfast at the Hotel Hartwell on
Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Phil W. Davis, of Crawford and Lex
ington, will be toastmaster. In
charge of the arrangements for this
event are Mrs. H. I. Alford and Mrs.
A. C. Skelton, which assures the suc
cess of this part of the two days’
program.
Begin* Thursday Afternoon.
The Executive Board will meet at
3:30, May 21st, Hartwell Methodist
church. The Credential Committee
will be at the Hotel Hartwell at 3
o’clock to register guests. All dele
gates will be entertained during their
stay in Hartwell as guests of the
Hartwell Woman’s Club and Brenau
Club.
From 7 to 8 o’clock the John Ben
son Chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, and the Hartwell
Chapter, Daughters of the Confed
eracy, will entertain at a reception
at the home of Mrs. Steve Skelton.
Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock the
President’s Breakfast will be held at
Hotel Hartwell, Brenau Club and
Hartwell Woman’s Club hostesses.
The Kiwanis Club, assisted by
Hostess Clubs will entertain all guests
at luncheon Friday at the auditorium.
Many distinguished visitors are ex
pected.
The Eighth District officers are as
follows:
Mrs. W. L. Hodges, President.
Mrs. Joseph Vason, Ist Vice Pres
ident.
Mrs. J. W. Gholston, 2nd Vice
President.
Mrs. K. S. Anderson, Treasurer.
Mrs. Geo. A. Barron, Recording
Secretary.
Mrs. A. C. Skelton, Corresponding
Secretary.
Parliamentarian—Mrs. Z. I. Fitz
patrick.
Thursday Evening Session.
Called to order at 8:15 at the
Hartwell Methodist church.
Music—Hartwell Orchestra.
Processional!
Enter:
Pages.
Presidents of Hostess Clubs.
State and District Presidents.
Officers of the District.
Past District Presidents.
Distinguished guests and speakers.
Club
Presiding:
Mrs. A. C. Skelton, President,
Hartwell Wolman’s Club.
Mrs. H. I. Alford, President, Bre
nau Club;
Invocation—Rev. W T . A. Duncan.
Song—“ America the Beautiful.”
Greeting—Rev. J. H. Barton.
Pageant of Welcome.
Presentation of District President.
Response to Welcome—Mrs. H. B.
Ritchie.
Presentation of:
State Officers;
District Officers;
Distinguished Guests;
Past District Presidents.
Address —Mrs. A. P. Brantley.
Quartette, “Georgia Land”—Mrs.
J. H. Skelton, Jr., Mrs. R. C. Lin
der, Mr. H. H. Mattox, Mr. R. E.
Matheson.
Address —Mrs. Clifford Walker.
Piano Solo —Miss Mildred Johnson.
Address —Mrs. Alonzo Richardson.
Award of Gavel.
Announcements.
Benediction —Rev. James Bradley.
Friday Morning Se*»ion.
9:30 O’clock.
Hartwell Methodist Church, 9:30
A. M.
Call to order. District President
presiding.
Reading of Collect—Led by Mrs.
Joseph Vason.
Assembly Singing—let by Mrs.
THE HARTWELL SUN.
HARTWELL SCHOOLS CLOSE BEST YEAR IN HISTORY CITY
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Committees In Charge of Entertaining
Bth District Federation Women’s Clubs
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The various committees from the
Hartwell Woman’s Club and the Bre
nau Club in charge of the entertain
ment and arrangements for the
Eighth District Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs in session here Thursday
and Friday are as follows:
Program Committee —Mrs. T. L.
Matheson, Mrs. W. B. McCurry, Co-
Chmn.; Mrs. H. I. Alford, Mrs. A. C.
Skelton.
Hospitality Committee—Mrs. J. E.
Cobb, Mrs. B. B. Zellars, Co-Chmn.;
Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. A. S. Skel
ton, Mrs. J. G. Craft, Mrs. J. B. Mc-
Curry, Mrs. Parke Skelton.
Music Committee —Mrs. L. N.
Adams, Chmn.; Mrs. Nimqui Smith,
Mrs. L. L. McMullan.
Luncheon Cinrmittee—Mrs. Aman
da McMullan, Mrs. R. E. Matheson,
Co-Chmn.; Mrs. S. W. Thornton, Mrs.
Nimqui Smith, Mrs. P. P. Harrison,
Mrs. Parke Skelton, Mrs. J. W. Mor
ris, Mrs. S. R. Patton, Mrs. W. A.
Duncan, Mrs. Henry Hailey, Mrs. L.
L. McMullan, Mrs. C. W. Rice, Mrs.
J. H. Skelton, Sr.
Registration Committee—Mrs. B.
C. Teasley, Miss Annie Norman, Co-
Chmn.; Mrs. T. L. Matheson, Mrs.
A. S. Richardson.
Committee to Decorate Church-
Mrs. George S. CJark, Mrs. B. C. Al
ford, Co-Chmn.; Mrs. A. M. Teasley,
Mrs. I. J. Phillips, Jr., Mrs. H. W.
Bingham, Mrs. J. L. Teasley, Mrs.
J. G. Craft, Mrs. I. L. McCurry.
Committee to Decorate Auditorium
—Mrs. B. B. Zellars, Mrs. Judson B.
Shaw, Co-Chmn.; Mrs. W. E. Mc-
Curry, Mrs. R. B. Teasley, Mrs. Fos
ter C. Brown, Mrs. F. T. Kidd, Mrs.
J. B. McCurry.
Automobile Committee—Mrs. F. T.
Kidd, Chmn.; Mrs. Foster C. Brown,
j Mrs. Judson B. Shaw, Mrs. Chas. E.
Matheson.
Pages and Ushers —Mrs. McCade
Alford, Miss Annie Grace Skelton,
Co-Chmn.; Mary Harrison, Dorothy
Don Barnes and Mrs. J. H. Skelton,
Jr., Mrs. L. N. Adams, accompanist.
Minutes of the evening session.
Roll Call.
Report of Resolutions Committee.
Report of District Officers.
Presentation of District Officers.
Presentation of Distinguished
Guests by Mrs. J. W. Gholston.
Appointment of committees.
Business Session.
Address —Mrs. R. K. Rambo.
Reports of Club Presidents and
District Chairmen (limit 3 minutes.)
Vocal Solo —Miss Mary Linder.
From 11:39 to 12:30 —Tallulah
Falls Program-—Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpat
rick and Mrs. Kirby Anderson.
Mrs. Joseph Vason presiding.
Report of Resolutions Committee.
Report of Credentials Committee.
Report of Time and Place Com
mittee.
Appointment of committees.
Luncheon: Guests of Hartwell
Kiwanis Club, Hartwell Woman’s
Club and Brenau Club.
Friday Afternoon Session.
Assembly Singing (limited to 5
minutes.)
Memorial Service —Mrs. S. V.
Sanford.
Business Session.
Reports of Club Presidents (con
tinued, limited to 3 minutes.)
Reports of District Chairmen
(continued.)
Piano Solo —Mrs. L. N. Adams.
Report of Resolutions Committee.
Report of Committee on Resolu
tions of Thanks —Mrs. R. E. Oglesby,
Chairman.
Song—“Blest Be the Tie That
Binds.”
Adjournment 4 o’clock.
Our Honored Guests
Hartwell and community are indeed honored these two days by
the presence of many of Georgia’s leading women.
Their coming has been looked forward to for many months, —
in fact, preparations have been made for this gathering since it
was announced last year that the 1925 Convention of the Eighth
District Federated Clubs would be held in Hartwell.
Your visit to Hartwell is the outstanding feature on the year’s
program locally; may it be the most happy and most profitable
Convention you have ever experienced.
To this end, all Hartwell and Hart County are yours, repre
sentatives of the District and State Federated Clubs.
. We welcme you!
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925
Linder, Frances Linder, Alice Teas
ley, Frances Hodges, Madora Skel
ton, Sara Claire Thornton, Myra Mc
’ Curry, Mary Linder, Dorothy Dut
tera, Grace Teasley.
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List of Officers And
Members Hostess
Clubs
Officers and members of the Hart
well Woman’s Club and the Brenau
Club, the two local organizations be
longing to the Eighth District Feder
ation, and upon whose invitation the
body meets here Thursday and Fri
day, are as follows:
Hartwell Woman’s Club.
President—Mrs. A. C. Skelton.
Ist Vice President—Mrs. R. E.
Matheson.
2nd Vice President—Mrs. B. C.
Alford.
Recording Secretary—Mrs. G. C.
Hayes.
Treasurer—Mrs. S. R. Patton.
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. S.
W. Thornton.
Press Reporter—Mrs. J. W. Morris.
Member*.
Mrs. A. C. Skelton, Mrs. W. L.
Hodges, Mrs. B. C. Teasley, Mrs. B.
C. Alford, Mrs. A. S. Skelton, Mrs. J.
H. Skelton, Mrs. T. L. Matheson,
Mrs. C. E. Matheson, Mrs. J. E. Cobb,
Mrs. W. E. McCurry, Mrs Nannie
McCurry, Mrs. S. R. Patton, Mrs. J.
L. Teasley, Mrs. A. M. Teasley, Mrs.
F. T. Kidd, Mrs. McCade Alford,
Mrs. G. C. Hayes, Mrs. L. L. McMul
' lan, Mrs. C. W. Rice, Mrs. J. G.
Craft, Mrs. J. W. Morris, Mrs. R. E.
Matheson, Mrs. L. N. Adams, Mrs.
P. P. Harrison, Mrs. S. W. Thornton,
; Mrs. Leon Morris, Mrs. I. J. Phillips,
Jr., Mrs. A. S. Richardson, Mrs H.
W. Bingham, Mrs. R. B. Teasley,
Mrs Judson B. Shaw, Mrs. F. C.
Brown, Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. J.
Henry Hailey, Mrs. Isham B. Hailey.
Honorary Member*.
Mrs. J. H. Barton, Mrs. W. A.
Duncan, Mrs. James Bradley, Mrs.
McAlpin Thornton, Mrs. W. C. Page,
Miss Frances A. McLanahan.
Hartwell Brenau Club.
President—Mrs. Inman Alford.
Vice President—Miss Quillie Nor-
I man.
Secretary—Mrs. Nimqui Smith.
Treasurer—Mrs. Montine Skelton,
i Press Reporter—Mrs. Amanda Mc-
• Mullan.
Member*.
Mrs. Inman Alford, Mrs. L. N.
Adams, Mrs. J. A. W. Brown, Mrs.
A. N. P. Brown, Mrs. Geo. S. Clark,
■ Mrs Joe E. Cobb, Mrs. Amanda Mc-
Mullan, Mrs. Wm. B. McCurry, Mrs.
Thos. L. Matheson, Mrs. Montine
I Skelton, Mrs. A. M. Teasley, Mrs.
> Nimqui Smith, Mrs. Ed H. Vickery,
Mrs. Breadus Zellars, Miss Naomi
Herndon, Miss Mildred Johnson, Miss
i Louise Jones, Miss Dorothy Linder,
Miss Mary Linder, Miss Quillie Nor
, man, Miss Annie Norman, Miss Grace
Skelton, Miss Josephine Thornton,
Miss Elizabeth Teasley, Miss Mary
• Whitmire.
Honorary Member*.
i Mrs. J. Leland Anderson, Green
ville, S. C.
Mrs. Mary Craft Creighton, Bak
ersfield, Calif.
Mrs. Myrtice Vickery Campbell,
, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. J. L. Stapleton, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Tommie Walters West, Louis
ville, Ky.
I Miss Louise Yates, Atlanta, Ga.
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MRS. P. BRANTLEY
of Blackshear, Ga. Mrs. Brantley is President Georgia Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, who is not only a leader in the Georgia Federation, but of
the General Federation as well.
—Photo Courtesy Atlanta Georgian-American.
Alumni Meeting of Hartwell
High To Be Interesting Event
The Hartwell Hi Alumni Associa
tion will hold its annual meeting in
the High School auditorium Friday,
May 29, 4:00 P. M.
This meeting is open to every
Hartwell Hi graduate. If you are
not a member of the association now
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MRS. WALTE R L. HODGES
of Hartwell, Ga. Mrs. Hodges is President of the Bth District Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs, who before her election to present office serv
ed as State Chairman of Legislation Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs.
—Photo Courtesy Atlanta Georgian-American.
is the time to become one.
I The program will be very short
and refreshments will be served. All
business of any importance will be
| cared for at this time.
Make your plans to attend this
meeting and boost your Alma Mater.
This is to be a greater Hartwell Hi
movement. You and you alone,
Hartwel Hi graduate, can make this
meeting, what it ought to be. a suc
cess.
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IN THIS
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Sixty Bright Boys and Girls
Compose the Largest Class
History of Hartwell H i 'i
DR. W. P. KING TO PREACH OW
SUNDAY MORNNG—SENATOR
MUNDAY WILL MAKE
ADDRESS
Commencement exercises of the
Hartwell Schools will begin Friday
.‘vening of this week, May 22, at
8:30 o’clock, when the Grammar
School will render a program of un
usual interest.
Elaborate plans have been worked
out for the event from the start
Friday night until the grand finale
on Friday evening, May 29th, when
the largest graduating class in the
history of Hartwell High will receive
their diplomas.
The scholastic year 1924-25 has;
been the largest and most effective in
the experience of our school system.
The enrollment has been very large,
interest on the part of pupils and
parents has been exceptional, and
much splendid work has been accom
plished in every department.
Commencement Program.
The entire program for Com
mencement week i,s as follows:
Friday Evening, May 22.
8:30- Grammar School entertain
ment.
Sunday Morning, May 24,
11:00 -Baccalaureate Sermon, by
Rev. W. P. King, First Methodist
church, Gainesville, Ga.
Monday Evening, May 25.
B:3o—Musical Recital.
Tuesday Evening, May 26.
8:30 Literary Society Contest.
Wednesday Evening, May 27.
8:30 Senior Class play.
Thursday Morning, May 28.
10:00—P.-T. A. exercises and ex
hibit of school work.
Thursday Evening, May 28.
8:30 Senior Class night exer
cises.
Friday Afternoon, May 29.
4:00 Alumni meeting.
Friday Evening, May 29
8:30 Graduation.
Literary Address Senator W. W.
Mundy, District Governor Kiwania
Internationa), Cedartown, Ga.
Largest Graduating Class.
The Class of ’25 is the largest in
the history of Hartwell High. The
names of the boys and girls and
their class organization are aa fol
lows:
Class Officers.
President- Robert Lee Ayers.
Vice President Susan Thornton.
Secretary—Ethel Meredith.
Treasurer—Carey Skelton.
Class Roll.
Arthur Blant Adams, Robert Ix»ft
Ayers, Earl Pelham Ayers, James
Boyce Bradley, Asa Early Brown, Jr.,
Sara Frances Buffington, Julian
Burns, Leila Maude Cason, George
Sewell Clark, Jr., Ida Pauline Cle
land, James Denver Cordell, Vwa
Mouring Cordell, Laura Amanda
Crawford, Robert Louis Gaines, Jr.,
Luannah Gaines, Sallie Frank Hai
ley, Emory Armand Haley, Mary
Evelyn Harrison, George Parker
Heaton, Charles Rufus Heaton, Max
ine Elliott Herring, Hoke Smith Hill,
Everett Edward Hilliard, Clarence
Teasley Holland, Mary Evelyn John
son, Frances Craft Linder, Myra Ben
son McCurry, Alice Sue McGukih,
Fretwell Madden, George Chandler
Mann, Drucylla Martin, John Eppie
Mayes, Ethel Roberta Meredith, An
na Mae Milford, Frank Edgar Moor
head, Hugh R. Moorhead, Lizzie Kate
Morris, Pauline Gladys Nelms, Hoke
Smith Nixon, Idelle Dorothy Phillips,
Sarah Caroline Pierce, Jesse M.
Pierce, Eddie Marie Pursley, Dennis
Charles Reynolds, William Henry
Richardson, Houston Sanders, Will
Annie Shiflet, William Carey Skelton,
Roy Teasley, Alice Benson Teasley,
Eloise Temples, Mary Frances Thorn
ton, Frances Priscilla Thornton, Mary
Susan Thornton, Evelyn Vassar, Sa
ra Theresa Vickery, Margaret Elisa
beth Viekery, Flora Lucile Warren,
John Frank Wilson, Anna Elton Wil
liams.
Member* of the Faculty.
Superintendent—J. I. Allman.
High School.
Principal—Miss Ida McGukin—-
Mathematics.
Vocational Agriculture L. E_
Hemrick.
Penmanship and History— Miss
Maude Carter.
History and Athletics —» M. I).
Field.
Science and Household Arts— Miss
Olivia Bolton.
English—Miss Winnie M. Adams.
Science and Latin—Miss Sallie F.
Daniel. • <
Mathematics and French—Mias
Mary Matheson.
Piano—Miss Mildred Johnson.
Grammar School.
Sixth Grade—Miss Berta Brows.
Fifth Grade—Miss Lou Reeta
Barton.
Fourth Grade—Miss Y.«»ry Whit
mire.
Third Grade—Miss Lil Johnson.
Second Grade—Miss Floy Massey.
First Grade —Mrs. Bessie Saine.
Mill School.
Mrs. James W. Magill.
City Colored School.
Geo. E. Archibald, Principal.
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