Happy May Day!

  This May Day celebration took place in Sumter, SC in 1938.
 The picture includes my Maternal Grandmother's sister, Lila Lorine (Daughrity)Robinson (1918-1951).

May Day Celebration
Sumter,SC 1938
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Fortunately, names of the woman are written on the back from left to right. The little girls aren't named.

Back of May Day Picture
Sumter,SC 1938
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Gennese Montgomery
Erline Pack
Edith Evans
Becka Cherry (Mrs. Hugh Kolb)
Mary Wells
Martha McCoy
Lorine Daughrity
Fredrika Stoudenmire
Ethel Morrisy
Nella Commander
Delle Ducorn
Glenn Brown
Billie Spencer
                                              May Day 1938


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Celebrating Women's History Month- Grandmom's Friends

Blog Prompt for Day 28:

Do you remember your grandmother's best friend? How and where did they meet? How long were they friends? What activities did they share?

 My Grandmother, Azile Daughrity Roberts Sullivan (1921-2009) grew up on Church St. in Sumter, SC.  She lived there from the time she was born until she got married in 1940.
  Roller skating, hide and seek, blind man's bluff and jacks were some of the games she told me that she used to play with her neighborhood friends. In High School she was on the Women's Hockey Team, in the Sewing Club,Cooking Club and Photo Club.
    
   I have several pictures of Grandmom with some of her friends. I wish she had written who they were on the back of the photons. By the time I found them, Grandmom had been suffering from the effects of Alzheimer's for several years and it was too late to ask her. 
Hopefully someone will recognize her friends and be able to identify them for me.
  I do know that two of her closest friends were sisters named Be Be and Marguerite  I am not sure of their maiden names and I have tried to label them correctly in the pictures.
 Marguerite and Grandmom remained friends throughout their lives. They both married and lived in Camden, SC where they got together frequently. I remember going to Marguerite's house as a child.                                                                                

Azile Daughrity on the left laughing with friend Marguarite
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Azile Daughrity in the middle with friends Be Be.(left) and Marguerite (r)
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Azile Daughrity in the middle of two friends
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Azile Daughrity on the front left, friend Marguerite next to her, sister Loretta Daughrity third from left.
Others not known.
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Azile Daughrity Roberts Sullivan on the Right with childhood friend Marguerite
Beach Trip 1968
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Seeing these pictures and the fun Grandmom is having with her friends brings back memories of her smile and laugh.  How I miss those! 

Women' History Blog Prompts can be found at The Accidental Genealogist


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Celebrating Women's History-Shining Star: School Performance

From Lisa Alzo at the The Accidental Genealogist
Day 18 of Celebrating Women's History Month Blog Post Prompt:

 Shining star: Did you have a female ancestor who had a special talent? Artist, singer, actress, athlete, seamstress, or other? Describe.
   
  Although not a Catholic, my Great Grandmother Loretta "Etta" McManus attended
 St. Joseph's Academy in Sumter, SC  during the early 1900's.
  These articles were found in the Sumter Watchman and Southeron  for the years 1910 and 1911 in a search of the newspaper website Chronicling .America. 
    
   

The Watchman and Southron
22 June 1910, image 2

The Watchman and Southron
24 June 1911, image 2

The news reports were on the school's graduation program. It lists all those who graduated and what awards were received. It also tells who performed in a "programme".
Etta McManus was listed in both years as having being part of either an "instrumental duo" or "instrumental trio". 
 What instrument did she play? The newspaper did not report on that but my Grandmother once told me that her mother played the piano. Perhaps she did just that.
   

Loretta "Etta McManus"
Graduation Picture
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