This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1944
Page
2
Reynolds notes list residents and guests visiting from and staying in Macon Atlanta Columbus and Virginia. Several families visit relatives shop and attend events while others relocate or plan moves. One poultry business loss of five houses and 300 chickens occurred near Reynolds.
Crowell John Connell and Mamie Connell of Ft Valley visit Mr and Mrs L H Pierce. A B Childres Sr of Brunswick spends weekend at home. Hilda Windham of Macon stays with family. E C Pierce and Dorothy of Macon visit. J C Fuller and daughters visit J I Fuller in Macon hospital. L J Wainwright visits ill mother near Butler. Goodwin and Dock Goodwin visit Barbour in Ft Valley. Hicks Brown of Butler visits A B Childree. Homer Pierce of Macon visits Jim and Irene Pierce. Paul Montgomery visits O R Montgomery and family. O R Montgomery and Marie visit Eldridge Bryant of Roberta. Mansel Davison of Thomaston visits George Young family.
Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. A D Rogers and others from Americus and Tazewell, plus Thomaston visitors. An Easter program and egg hunt are planned after Sunday School at 11 a.m. at Charing Church, with invites extended to the public. Mrs J R Brewer left for San Diego to visit her husband serving in the Navy.
Seven thousand six hundred eighty three bales were ginned in Taylor County from the 1943 crop, up from six thousand eight hundred eighteen bales for 1942, according to the Ginners Report.
Reynolds hosted a pre nuptial shower for Miss Lorraine Clyatt bride elect of Robert Edge to be wed in Macon on April 17. Hostess Mrs Oscar Thompson led the event at the Ricks home with 70 guests enjoying music, gifts, and a Spanish cream and cake reception.
Howard area social items list visits and guests among residents. Names include Frances Sealy Mae Riley Carl Brown Edd Martin Maude Sealy and families with stops near Box Springs Macon Butler Howard Americus and East Point. The notes show weekend and weekday gatherings with relatives and friends across multiple households.
Five Points residents shared social visits over the weekend. Mrs J H Windham and children and Miss Grace Jarrell of Atlanta spent Monday with their parents, Mr and Mrs T D Jarrell. Other relatives and guests included Mrs Phillip Jarrell, Mrs W B Colquitt of Thomaston, Mrs C F Bennett, Mrs G B Jarrell, Cecil Pitts and children, Mr and Mrs Henry Jarrell, Mr and Mrs Wilson Jarrell and their Perry-born son, Calvin Jarrell and daughters, and Mr O R Montgomery, plus Sunday visits by G B Jarrell and Henry Jarrell.
A World Church Lesson Sermon titled Are Sin Disease and Death Real is to be read in Churches of Christ Scientist worldwide next Sunday. The Golden Text cites Psalms 103 2 4 praising God for forgiveness healing and redemption. A Bible citation James 1 17 notes every good gift from the Father of lights without variation. The lesson quotes Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Miss Ida Mae Craven of Newberry S C married Wilburn E Mitchell of Reynolds Ga and Charleston S C March 27 at Rev J A Hamrick s Newberry church home. The bride, daughter of John W Cravan, is a Bush River High School and Medical College nursing graduate. The groom, son of L E Mitchell Reynolds, is a 1939 Georgia Vocational Trade School graduate who worked at the Charleston Navy Yard. After the ceremony the couple traveled to Miami for a wedding trip and will reside in Charleston.
Families and friends traveled to Macon Thomaston Columbus and Montezuma for gatherings. Navy and Army personnel, Mrs W D Poole and children, and extended kin returned to Taylor Mill while Posey Windham and Underwood family members hosted and joined in weekend activities. Prayer meeting plans were announced for Friday at 8 oclock.
The Taylor Mill Woman's Club held its regular monthly meeting at the Club House Saturday night with eleven members present. President Mrs Jake Windham led the session and the group recited the Lord's Prayer. Committee assignments for the next meeting included Devotional led by Mrs D A Cofield and Refreshments by Mrs W H Roberson and Mrs Odell Smith.
A reflective note asserts that God created only what is good and real, while sin sickness and death are not real or meaningful. It cites Genesis saying God declared creation very good, implying moral and existential reality.
Upton's Mill News reports Miss Susie Eubank led a Baptist State Sunday School worker course at Lebanon church with strong attendance. Guests Rev H G Fowler Andersonville and others visited local families. Fowler to teach another Training Union course next Saturday with study periods at 10 am and 8 pm.
Roy Hill spends days with his parents Mr and Mrs J M Hill. Brown Eubanks family visited Morris Lawhorns. Barwick daughter visited Thomaston. Edward Lawhorn honored with furlough hospitality noted. Lawhorns visit Americus on business. Roy Hill with grandparents W R Lawhorn. Rogers Streetman hosts Lawhorns. W R Lawhorn preaches at Little Bethel Ideal.
For sale several good fresh in milk cows. Call or see Jack Payne Reynolds Ga.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.