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Miss Chirstine White spent
Saturday in Atlanta.
Mrs. Calhoun Vining spent
Wednesday in Atlanta.
Mrs. Lester Lee was among
the visitors to Atlanta Saturday.
Misses Maggie and Carrie
Beck spent .Tuesday in Atlanta.
Misses Annie Perry and Lucy
Bush spent Wednesday in Atlan¬
ta.
Mrs. W. A. Muse and father,
Mr. Athon, spent Tuesday in At¬
lanta.
Mr. William E. Savage spent
Sunday in Atlanta, the guest of
friends.
Mr. R. E. Everitt and Mr.
Leveritt made a motor trip to
Atlanta Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wright
were among the Covington visi¬
tors to Atlanta Tuesday.
Miss Lillian Caldwell. oi
Greensboro, was the week-end
guest of Miss Annie Myrtice
Johnson.
Mr. Pierce King went up to
Atlanta Tuesday to see “Twin
Beds” at the Atlanta Theatre
that night.
Mrs. J. 0. Cooper, Mrs. W. C.
Clark, Mrs. Addie Echols Tur¬
ner and Mrs. Ed Fowler spent
Tuesday in Atlanta.
Mr. Carl Lunsford, of Camp
Wheeler, is spending several
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Lunsford.
Mrs. James F. Rogers, Mrs.
R. W. Milner and Mrs. J. J.
Smith motored to Conyers Sat¬
urday in the former’s car.
Mr. Powell Pendley, of Atlan¬
ta, spent the week-end in Cov¬
ington, the guest of Mrs. C. A
Franklin on Monticello street.
Miss Annie Mae Berry k
spending some time in Atlants
attending the chief operators'
conference which is being helc
there.
Miss Jim Claud Farmer, for¬
merly of Covington, now of At¬
lanta, is the charming and at¬
tractive guest of Mrs. Count D
Gibson.
Prof. W. M. Rainey, of the Li
thonia High School, was one oi
the judges at the contest Mon¬
day evening, which was held at
the auditorium.
Miss Carolyn Wooten has re¬
turned to Atlanta, after spend
ing a pleasant week-end with het
mother, Mrs. Annie P. Wooten
on College Avenue.
Miss Frances Dearing, who it
a student at Agnes Scott, spent
the week-end at home with hei
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M
Dearing, on Floyd street.
Mr. Louis Allen, formerly oi
Covington, now of the quarter¬
masters’ corps, Camp Wheeler
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs
W. Cohen Monday and Tuesday
Miss Virginia Crank and Mist
Ruth Laughn, of Virginia am
students of Agnes Scott, re
turned to Decatur Monday after
noon) after a most delightful
visit to Miss Frances Dearing.
Mrs. R. C. Guinn leaves todaj
for Atlanta and Decatur, where
she will visit Major and Mrs
Robert Guinn at the formei
place and Mrs. Louise Green at
the latter. ■*--!
Mr. and Mrs. Evans Hill an¬
nounce the birth of a son al
their home on Washington
street, Thursday, March 14th
1918, who will bear the name of
Evans Harvey Hill.
Miss Mary Farmer, formerly
of Covington, now of Atlanta,
was the guest of Mrs. Count D.
Gibson for the week-end and
attended the Delta Tau Delta
reception there Saturday even¬
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis and
lovely little daughter, Margaret
Rebecca, spent Sunday in Con¬
yers, where they attended a big
family re-union and an elegant
dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Almand.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green
Callaway, Thomas Green, Jr.,
and Sara White Callaway, Mrs.
John L. Stephenson, Misses An¬
nie Higgins and Christine White]
made a delightful motor trip to
Conyers Tuesday.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918
Miss Edith and Louise Gunnels.
Ladye and Bernice Breedlove, of
Monroe, will spend the week-end
with Miss Lester Lee, coming
over to attend the S. A. E. re¬
ception which will be given at
Mrs. Lee’s Saturday night.
Mr. Samuel Bower and Samuel
Jr., are spending this w'eek with
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bow'er before
leaving for Atlanta to join Mr.
Bower, who has recently accept¬
ed a splendid position with the
Union Seed and Fertilizer Com¬
pany.
Miss Lyda Sue Bower came up
from Cordele Friday and was the
guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Bower until Sunday,
when she left for Camp Gordon
to spend the day with her broth¬
er, Mr. John L. Bower, before
returning to Cordele Sunday
night.
DELTA TAU DELTA
RECEPTION
Quite the largest and most
brilliant social event of the sea¬
son was the reception on Satur¬
day evening given by the Delta
Tau Delta fraternity of Emory
College, of Oxford, at the hand¬
some colonial home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Thompson and Mr. and
Mrs. Count D. Gibson, in Cov¬
ington.
The entire low r er floor of the
home was thrown together and
beautifully decorated with hand¬
some ferns, potted plants and a
profusion of dogwood blossom.
Proms featured the occasion,
while a splendid orchestra fur¬
nished music for the entire even¬
ing.
The fraternity colors of pur¬
ple, white and old gold, were car¬
ried out in every pretty detail.
The cream w’as served in old gold
baskets tied with purple tul!
and the individual cakes each
had a natural pansy on them
which is the fraternity flower.
The punch and other refresh¬
ments carried out the same
pretty color scheme.
Mrs. Gibson, the hostess, re
ceived her guests in an exquisite
gown of silver cloth with over
draperies of embroidered net.
There were about one hundred
guests present, among them a
number of Atlanta alumni.
The young ladies from a dis¬
tance included Miss Nell Up
shaw, Clara Cole, Eugenia Peed.
Romula Davis, and Elizabeth
Williams, of Agnes Scott; Miss
Mary Farmer, of Washington
Seminary; Misses Helen Patter¬
son, Myrtle Harrell and Mabelle
McDorrnan, of Brenau; Misses
Annyedel Peek, Jim Claud Far¬
mer anil Gladys Holtzendorf, of
Atlanta; Miss Mary Kate Quar¬
les, of Rome; Misses Ruth Ruck¬
er and Essie Mae Floyd, of Al¬
pharetta ; Miss Mary Wirsen. of
Social (ircle; Misses Emily Mel
ton and Bert Stone, of Oxford
Misses Eugenia Guinn, Carolyn
Wooten Lucy Wooten, Ena Belle
Peek, Josephine Franklin, Laurie
Gaither. Beverline Adams. Clara
Belle Adams, Annabel Robinson
and Lu! i Proctor, of Covington.
SEWING PARTY IN
HONOR VISITORS.
Miss Eugenia Guinn enter¬
tained her sewing club and a few
friends very delightfully Satur¬
day morning at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Guinn, in compliment to Miss
Frances Dearing and her charm¬
ing house guests, Misses Vir¬
ginia Crank and Ruth Laughn.
of Virginia, and students of Ag¬
nes Scott.
Ferns and potted plants added
to the attractiveness of the re¬
ception room.
After spending a pleasant
time in sewing and fancy work,
a delicious salad course, with hot
tea. was served.
The guests included Miss
Frances Dearing and guests.
Virginia Crank and Ruth
Laughn, Misses Caroline Woot¬
Beverline Adams, Annie
Anderson, Mabel Thom¬
Clara Belle Adams, Annabel
Mary Porter, Mrs. ( j
Hess Upshaw and Miss
Guinn.
Miss Dealing Entertains
In Honor House Guests.
One of the most delightful af¬
fairs of the past week was that
at which Miss Frances Dearing
entertained a large number of
friends most delightfully Friday
evening at the home of her par¬
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Dearing, on Floyd street, in com¬
pliment to her popular house
guests, Misses Virginia Crank
and Ruth Laughn, of Agnes
Scott.
Pretty decorations of ferns,
growing plants and spring flow¬
ers were used in the rooms open
to guests.
Prom featured the evening.
Delicious cream and cake were
served at a late hour.
There were about fifty guests
present.
THEATRE PARTY IN
HONOR MRS CARR.
Miss Nelle Henry and Mrs.
Charles H. White entertained a
few friends very pleasantly or.
Monday afternoon at a theatre
party at the Lyric in compliment
to Mrs. James Carr, of
burg, Pa., the guest of Mrs.
George T. Carr and Mrs. J. A
Wright.
After enjoying the pictures
they were invited to the hom;
of Miss Nelle Henry, where
licious sandwiches, tea and
kinds of cake were served.
The party included Mrs.
Carr, Mrs. J. A. Wright, Mrs.
H. Adams, Mrs. W. C.
Mrs. James F. Rogers, Mrs. R.
Guinn, Mrs. G. D. Butler,
C. H. White and Miss Henry.
MRS. WALKER GIVES TEA
IN HONOR MISS
Mrs. Paul Walker
a few 7 friends at tea
evening at her home in
Covington in honor of Miss
Claud Farmer, the
guest of Mrs. Count Gibson,
a former Covington girl.
The guests presen; were
Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. Count
Gibson, Mr. A. J. Kelly and
and Mrs. Paul Walker.
LYRIC PROGRAM
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Friday—Wm. S. Hart in
Blazes Rawden.”
Bray Pictograph.
Saturday—“Vengeance and
the Woman.”
The Mystery Ship.”
“Sheriff Nell’s Tussle.”
Monday—Maeterlinck’s
Bluebird.”
Wednesday—Bessie
in “Madam Who.”
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CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their kind¬
ness shown us during the illness
and death of our dear husband
and father.
We pray that the richest
blessings may rest upon them
and special blessings on Dr.
Luke Robinson and Miss Lula
Scales, the nurse, for their un¬
tiring patience.
Mrs. W. H. Brisendine.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rrisen
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Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Brisen¬
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Mr, and Mrs. G. C. Garner.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. King. .
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Four years old, chestnut color.
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