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Category: 1930s

History of the Daffodil Club

March 15, 2021
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| 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Clubs

1988 article: The Daffodil Garden Club of Cedartown is in its 54th year of organization. The club was organized on September 27, 1934. The club was organized during a deep depression; times were hard. Young women of Cedartown met at the home of Mrs. Gordon Brewster (Miss Molly, President of Cedar Valley Garden Club) for […]

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History of the Music Lover’s Club

March 15, 2021
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| 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Clubs

by Mrs. Louise Houseal Parks In October 1923 several women met and organized a club known as the Music Lover’s Club, the purpose to further musical interest through the cultural arts. Two meetings were held each month; one to present programs, the other a choral practice. Mrs. Frank Browne was the first president and charter […]

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Music History: Ida Cox

February 6, 2020
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| 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, People

  Ida Cox, nee Prather, was a Cedartown-raised vaudeville performer who, along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Born in 1888, Ida left home at an early age to pursue her singing career. “Wild women Don’t Have the Blues” is her most popular and covered tune, yet in the 1920’s […]

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