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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
2
Reynolds residents and visitors fill the week with trips to Macon Hawkinsville Atlanta Americus and Columbus. The community announces Red Cross drive progress the Quarterly Conference and Woman's Club meeting with options for venue and weather contingencies.
Charing Mrs. Lessie Watson of Manchester was a guest of friends Sunday. Mrs. Amy Gill visits Mobile with her children. Miss Sarah Stewart dined with Misses Josephine and Dorothy Harbuck. Mrs. E H Morrison returned from Oglethorpe after a stay with Mrs. Carl Sherrill. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stubbs and family of Tazewell visited Mr. and Mrs. J W Culliver. C E Welch and children of Thomaston visited their mother Mrs. J W Welch. Miss Daisy Montgomery weekend guest of Miss Armanna Purvis. Mr and Mrs Jack Woodall Hubert and Helen visited Mr. and Mrs. B F Montgomery. Kathleen Watson underwent appendectomy and is recovering.
Local notes report Mrs. T. W. Upton and others attending Geneva Presbyterian Church services. Alice Barrow visits Jason Albritton family. Lucy Bell Harris visits Clanton Mott in Charing. Mabel Bone visits Will Cox. A W Buchanan and Lydia Buchanan visit Upton home from Americus. Leroy Stringfield visits Thomaston relatives. Ralph and Howard Barrow spend weekend with Thomaston kin. Harris visits Ida White and Lizzie Mott. Jack Harris visits Henry Barrow. Citizens attend singing at Rupert Sunday afternoon.
W Smith Piano Tuning and Sales advertises service at 209 E Gordon Street Thomaston Georgia with phone 497 W.
The Reynolds Methodist Church Men’s Bible Class and wives held a barbecue in the high school lunch room last Thursday night with over 100 attendees including Reynolds Boy Scouts and guests. The event was organized by Edgar Whatley E T Shealy and R L Swearingen, with meat donated by D W Payne. After dinner E H Joiner and Rev Leon Edwards led a brief service in the high school auditorium.
The Fifth Sunday Rally of evangelistic groups in Georgia will be held at the Taylor County Camp Ground six miles north of Butler from Saturday night April 29 through Sunday. Rev J W Ballard of Macon opens at 7 30 pm. Dr T M Anderson of Wilmore Ky will speak at 11 am and 3 pm Sunday. Special music and a barbecue lunch Sunday noon are planned, with tea Irish potato salad and cake. All are invited to attend.
Crowell and nearby towns see a flurry of Sunday and weekend visits. Emmett Connell of Ft Valley stays with the Pierces. Miss Wilma Montgomery visits Macon relatives. Mrs. Stewart of Birmingham and Mrs. Adams of Alexander City visit J W O Nea l. Families host and attend church events while others travel to Reynolds and Thomaston for gatherings.
Memph is resident Lawrence Willis was the weekend guest of Mrs Leila Willis and Miss Pearl McManus. Baulah Pickard and Fannnie Pickard visited near McCants Mill with the Culver family. Clarence Pierce and his wife announced the birth of a son at their home. Rupert Willis and sons visited Mrs Leila Willis and Miss Pearl McManus. Carl Brown and party visited J and Mrs Lewis Brown near Roberta. R L Brown returned home after several days in Florida with relatives.
One two horse walking cultivator one good second hand farm mule and a 1932 model B V Ford Tudor automobile offered for sale priced reasonably. See or write James Gray Reynolds Georgia.
H W Pittman visited Taylor Mill last Thursday. Edna Underwood and family stayed with U S Underwood. Rev J M Cox preached at Taylor Mill Baptist Church with two messages on the Second Coming. Arthur Childree and Elaine are in Fitzgerald under medical care. Several local residents visited or spent Sundays with friends. Prayer meeting scheduled at D A Cofield home Friday night. Sympathy extended for Jane Windham ill in Macon. Numerous Windham relatives visited Taylor Mill over the weekend.
The W. M. U. met in the Taylor Mill school building with Mrs. J. W. Windham presiding. Mrs. Minnie Cofield led a devotional on John 14 and a Prayer circle was organized for services, lost souls, and service members.
Mr and Mrs W A Payne visited Mr Harmon and Mrs S J Huey Sunday. Mr and Mrs J F Hobbs and family visited Mr and Mrs W W Taunton at Charing Sunday. Mr and Mrs A G Taunton visited their children, Mr and Mrs N H Hobbs, Friday. Mr Harvey Hobbs and family visited Mr Loyd and Mr and Mrs J O Hobbs Saturday night. Mrs Annie Hobbs spent Thursday night with Mr and Mrs N H Hobbs. Mr and Mrs Bob Taunton visited their parents, Mr and Mrs Hamp Hankinson Sunday. Mrs Annie Hobbs and Miss Annie B Hobbs visited Mrs H W Hobbs last week.
The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon for next Sunday centers on Everlasting Punishment. The Golden Text urges casting away transgressions and turning to a new heart and spirit. Citations include Lamentations 3 40 and Ezekiel 18 31, with passages from Science and Health emphasizing guilt, conscience and the harm of unatoned sin.
Governor Arnall announced an additional 1.5 million for teachers and a 1 million start for the Teachers Retirement program. The Georgia Education Association praised the move, noting a 15 percent salary rise potential and a push toward a 100 monthly pension for qualified teachers as finances stabilize after the war.
Jim Hester, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Jim Hester of Wray, was bitten by a mad fox near his home. He remains in serious condition at home receiving rabies treatment this week.
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