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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
6
Numerous residents visit relatives in Macon and Columbus while others travel to Griffin Bainbridge and Texas City. Attendees include Emory Gilbert at Dooley Camp Ground and Prof G W Harper leaving Taylor County post to join B F Goodrich in Atlanta.
Miss Grace Evelyn Keller niece of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Estes Devant of Houston and Walter Webster Van Allen Jr of Houston married at Riverside Memorial Methodist church Houston. The couple hosted a reception at the Devants’ home and will reside in Houston after a stay in Alabama through early fall.
The marriage took place at the bride’s parents’ home on July 27 with Rev. B. R. Birdsong officiating. Miss Frances Foy of Jackson Lake and Butler became Mrs. Fred Bearden. The bride, a Berry College graduate, wore navy shoes and a white orchid cluster. Bearden is a Jackson Lake faculty member and Abraham Baldwin graduate.
Descendants of the late Winfield W. Cox and invited friends held their annual Cox reunion at McCants Mill last Sunday. Host couple Mr. and Mrs. Or Cox led the event with a noon barbecue and basket dinner for about seventy five guests. Local attendees included many Cox relatives from Butler and out-of-town guests from several states. Everyone enjoyed the gathering and looked forward to next year.
The regular afternoon singing will be held at Rupert school auditorium next Sunday. The public is invited to attend and all singers should bring their books. New books are expected to be used and all who enjoy singing are urged to be present and help with the service.
Sunday school lesson explains James the Just as author, stressing that true religion shows in visiting the afflicted and remaining unspotted. It argues faith requires works, warns against dead faith, and notes God grants wisdom to those who ask in faith amidst wealth and poverty in the church.
Dr. Guy C. Lunsford of Atlanta spent Tuesday as guest of his brother Judge J. R. Lunsford. Lunsford, head of County Health Work for Georgia, is Past Grand Master of Georgia Masonic Lodges and has long encouraged local Masons and lodges in the Third Congressional district.
The speaker delves into James to define true religion as more than ritual. Faith must translate the knowledge of God into life, exposing and putting away sin so the word becomes operative, culminating in eternal rest through Christ.
Local families announce the engagement of Mildred Vining to Roy W. Fain of Butler. The couple plans to wed in September and will reside in Butler after marriage. Fain is connected with the Central of Georgia railroad. Vining is from Thomaston with notable family ties.
Two or three unfurnished rooms sought in Butler by R. B. Kirksey of the Herald Office.
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