TROUP COUNTY  GA  Marriage  Georgia Harriett
Head to Sidney Bathurst Williams

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ATLANTA JOURNAL
LaGrange Belle Will Wed
Sidney B. Williams August 6

LAGRANGE, Ga., July 17- (1943)  The cordial interest of
friends in this section and in the east centers in the
announcement of the engagement of Miss Georgia Harriett
Head, of LaGrange, to Sidney Bathurst Williams, of West
Caldwell, N. J., the marriage to be an outstnading social
event of August 6, solemnized at the First Presbyterian
Church.

The bride-elect is the daugher of Mr. and Mrs. George
Head, of LaGrange.  Her maternal grandparents are the
late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aycock, of Carrollton, Mr.
Aycock being one of the founders of Mandeville Mills and
the Agricultural and Merchanical School, now West Georgia
College.  Her paternal grandparents are the late Rev. T.
J. Head and Mrs. Head of Atlanta, formerly of Griffin.
Mrs. Head, the bride-elect's paternal grandmother, was
the former Sally Rebecca Merritt, member of a family of
outstanding southern educators.

Following graduation from LaGrange High School, Miss Head
graduated from LaGrange College, where she received a
bachelor of arts degree with majors in English and piano,
in the class of 1943.  At college, she was a member of
the glee club, the college sextet, chapel choir,
president of Tau Kappa Tau sorority, president of the
Town Girls' Club, business manage of the Scroll, school
publication, and was selected for "Whos' Who Among
Students in American Universities and Colleges."  She was
also elected a member of the May court for four years.

The bride-elect posses unusual brunett beauty, is both
stately and charming.  She has enjoyed wide popularity
here and in the east, where she has visited.  Mrs. Clyde
Dudley, of LaGrange, is her only sister. Mr. Williams is
the son of the late Rowland Bathurst Aikman Williams and
Mrs. Williams, of West Caldwell, N. J.,  Mrs. Williams
having been born in Calcutta, India, where he father was
with the British East India Company.  The bridegroom-
elect's father was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and was
descended from Lord and Lady Bathurst.

Mr. Williams, graduated, cum laude, in 1937, from the
University of Florida, in the school of electrical
engineering, and was a member of the Florida Blue Key.
He now holds a position with Curtiss Propellor in
Caldwell, N. J., and is member of the American Institute
of Elecritcal Engineers and the Florida Engineering
Society.  He has traveled extensively in making tests of
new designs in airplanes.


(Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)


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