Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07
WOMAN'S CLUB HONORED
BY ASHBURN VISITORS

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feeling of anticipation by the club
members on Wednesday afternoon
was amply rewarded in the excep-
tionally fine program presented. Mrs.
Lon Dickey was the speaker and Mes
DANES ]. J. Storey, Herbert Shingler,
and Annelle Murphy representatives
of the Ashburn Woman's Club gra-
ciously contributed beautiful must
ical numbers. The program was:
Contralto solo, 'My Desire"-Mrs.
]. j. Storey.
Piano solo, " March Hongroise"-
Mrs. Annelle Murphy.
Address, Wild Flowers of Our
COMMUNICATIVE. Lon Dickey.
Soprano solo, "Springtime''-
Herbert Shingler.
Vocal duet, Sunshine in Rainbow
Valley" Mesdames Shingler and
Storey.
The address of the afternoon was
given by Mrs. Lon Dickey on the sub
ject of the "Wild Flowers of Our
Community. The first requisite of
an interesting speech, that the speak
er shall be keenly interested in her
subject, was exemplified in this in
stance. Of native birds and flowers,
Mrs. Dickey has long been lover and
close observer. She brings this
knowledge in a delightful, conversa-
tional manner to her hearers, and en-
tertains them while she instructs, for
surely no one failed to learn some
thing of interest from this valuable
address.
Some of the points brought out by
Mrs. Dckey were that profusion of
wild flowers, such as Georgia once
had, is in inverse ratio to population
and traffic Probably the only mac
cessible spots for flowers to grow now
unmolested are in the swamps and
since in the determination Of the boil
weevil even these places are burned.
the last refuge Of the timid wild flow
er is all but gone, and the beauty of
them may soon be but a memory to
us and unknown to future genera
tions.
The shrubs and trees that are most
admired are ruthlcssly cut for deco
rations, and it has been necessary, in
some states, to pass laws to protect
their growth Georgia has law pro-
tecting dogwood and holly, but it is
not we'll enforced. Club women can
assist by agitation and desisting from
harmful practices themselves, one of
which is to tear branch instead of
smoothly cutting it from its place,
and never should one pick a whole
clump of ANIMALS but always leave
some for the seed.
The whole spirit of it is, if the
flowers are giving you pleasure then
leave some for others to enjoy. Mrs.
Dickey named and described many of
the wild flowers to be found in this
section. She spoke of the economic
value of flowers to a community, cit
ing the attractions of the Magnolia
Gardens, azalea exhibits, fruit-blos-
som festivals and flower shows. She
spoke also of the spiritual significance
of flowers and the lure of the beauti-
full as universal appeal.
Even the street car company in
Atlanta finds profits in the announce
ment that the "dogwood is blooming
/ in Druid Hills" Mrs Dickey humor-
i ously suggested that the monetary
revenue seems so large for any flower
! exhibit that attracts motorists, that
it might be profitable to pillow up some
of our cotton fields and plant them to
i shrubs and flowers and in year or
/ so charge motorists to ride through
them. In all, the talk was as highly
entertaining as instructive and was
another in the series Of the years
, program that are named as Encir-
cling the Home.
Announcement was made by the
president, Mrs. Kicker, of the pro-
ceeds of the benefit picture which
netted the club nearly $145, $40 of
this being a personal donation OF the
manager, and also a benefit fund
from the rock tournament of $27.
Mrs. Kicker and Mrs. r. E. Lee
brought bright and newsy dots from
the Biennial Council in Albany last
week
In keeping with the subject OF the
afternoon, the decorations of the club
rooms were beautiful wild flowers,
and the hostess committee presented
each lady IS she entered the door
dainty corsage of dainty blossoms
from Natures own greenhouse.
During the social hour the host
esses served refreshing punch and
dainty sandwiches from an attractive
" appointed table in the tea room'
where the wild flowers were again
seen in decoration. Visitors present
were Mesdames J. ]. Storey, Herb
ert Shingler, Annelle Murphy. Gin
ton Shingler George Belts and MIN
ME Greer Monroe, all from Ashburn,
and Mrs. Daugherty, of Commerce;
Mrs. C. A. Holtzendorf, of Atlanta,
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