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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
2
Reynolds District Club members gather for a meeting at Fitzgerald on Tuesday as residents travel for visits and relatives. The column lists numerous local residents and their weekend, weeklong, or short trips to Macon, Dothan, Columbus, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham, and other nearby towns.
The item lists local families visiting relatives across Roberta Butler Americus and Butler over the weekend. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Lamar Hartman, Mr and Mrs Will Braddy, Mr and Mrs James Butler, and others visiting Clyde Wilson and W A Spinks who are on the sick list. It notes R Whatley staying with his parents and several family gatherings involving the Heath Jarrell Bazemore Adams and Halstead households.
Howard Items notes Sunday visits by Mrs. Beulah Pickard and Miss Fannie Pickard with the Culverhouses near McCants Mill. Clarence Bowden and son of Manchester stayed with Lula Guined, while Betty Watson of Butler visited Mrs. Lee Watson. Horace Martin of Albany visited relatives, and Huie Abercombie of Fast Point is guest of her mother. Leonard King and children of Augusta spent the weekend with Mrs. Nannie Martin. J. D. Martin of Macon recently visited Mrs. J. H. Brown. Visitors to Mrs. Lee Watson also included Baggerly and Huie Abercombie of Hast Point, and Horace Watson and daughters of Butler.
Public invited to preaching at Trinity Free-will Baptist Church Saturday night with gospel sermons. Also announces Second District Union meeting at Trinity Church on the Saturday before the fourth Sunday in June.
Crowell social items recount visits among local families. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byrd and daughter visit near Oglethorpe. Bernard Fuller from Columbus spends weekend with I. K. Fuller family. Macon guests stay with Byrds and Kilbys. Mrs. Fuller improves after a heart attack. Sunday school attendance urged. Rev. J D Smith preached two sermons at Crowell church.
Five Points residents and neighboring towns exchange visits as Emily Jarrell spends a week in Ft. Valley with relatives. Many relatives from Thomaston Butler Reynolds and Macon drop in for Sunday meals and weekday calls. Miss Alice Guinn of Forsyth visits family. Harper Moore hosts visitors. multiple Jarrells and friends are noted across Butler Thomaston Reynolds and Ft. Valley.
A flurry of Sunday and weekend visits ties together residents from Oglethorpe Americus and Thomaston. Mr and Mrs Jerome Fowler host, while Mr and Mrs Wiley Tarrer and the Barfields entertain. guests include Miss Freda Chapman, Mrs Archie Hill, and Doris Adams among others.
Mr James Barrow spent the weekend with Clinton Mott. Mr and Mrs Fred Bone were visitors of Henry and Lou Barrow. Juni per residents Tom Theus enjoyed the weekend with Bud Theus family. Visitors to Mrs Will Cox included Ora Barrow Fred Austin and Bud Theus. Mrs Norris Carpenter visited Otho Carpenter and others. Mrs Will Cox is improving after an illness. Lebano Baptist church invites Sunday school at 2 to 3 PM each Sunday.
Griffin Ga April 18 John C Dennis of Macon renowned school architect has been hired to draft plans for rebuilding the Fourth Ward school which burned destroying an estimated forty thousand dollars in property. The plan uses the old basement and first floor where possible with brick construction and new wings on the east and west.
Butler residents and guests share weekend and weekday visits across multiple households. Lula Wall hosts. Jean Lancaster stays with Elizabeth Humber. Monroe Chapman of Atlanta visits his mother. Laura Montgomery returns from Americus bedside duty. Wall, Pye, Bazemore, and Wall relations figure in numerous drop-ins and weekend stays.
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