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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
9
Local society items report Miss Pansy Riley visiting Miss Frances Neisler for the weekend. Several families travel to Florida and Georgia for vacations and events. Attenders include the Neislers, Marshalls, Bee-l ands, Beelands, Camp family, and many others visiting relatives in Reynolds, Montezuma, Panacea Springs, Atlanta, and New York World’s Fair events.
The Womens Missionary Society met Monday afternoon with Mrs Gray Hicks presiding in absence of president Mrs F M Carson Long. Bulletin News read by Mrs I A Ricks followed by a devotional and hymns as members prayed and closed with prayers.
The island lies midway between Corsica and Italy south of Elba and was the setting for a celebrated treasure hunt in which Edmund Josntes, a figure among Alexander Du snas heroes, participated.
Mark News and families visit relatives near Ideal and in nearby towns. Wylene Carpenter from Rupert stays with Aunt R D Weiler. Mrs J P Cowar and her little son from Macon visit Thurman family. Numerous relatives travel to Jacksonville Griffin McDonough Atlanta and Macon before returning home. Rev Reeves from Columbus closes Baptist revival. E L Wall ill but hopeful. M B Pittman resumes railroad duties. Jr. Pittman recovering. James Lawhorn visiting Alton Lawhorn before returning to Ideal.
Ideal News summarizes family and friend gatherings across Albany Macon and nearby areas. Mentions Herbert Kelley family Laggets Virginia, Leon Barfield relatives, Fannie Cromer Louise Payne from Macon, J D Tarver J W Tarver visits, Jim Hall Paul Cromer hosts, Yancey Garrett from Jacksonville, Grady Payne and Ethridge family, Dorothy Robinson Verna Taylor guest, Joe Arnold family, Archie Hill Tarver relation, Myrtle Payne visit.
Mrs. Aubrey Stewart and children hosted and hosted visits from Buford Watson and Frank Oliver guests. Baltimore siblings Olive Perry and Alan Garrett’s family visited. Other visitors included Huel Bloodworth Albany and 0. G. Bloodworth, Bill Montgomery family, J T Garrett in Toomsboro, Amy Gill in Butler, and numerous local relatives in Richland Preston Hamilton Junction City Thomas ton Ellaville Garden Valley and Tazewell.
The Lesson-Sermon on Sunday centers on soul with citations from Psalm 63:1 in the Bible and from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. It asserts soul’s immortality and that Spirit is not finite, urging removal of the false sense of soul to reveal eternal life.
Local residents report a steady flow of guests and visits. Howard Items note Howard and Flem Hamilton in Atlanta hosted by C. M. Renfroe family while Miss Amanda Wilchar visits sister Mrs. C. L. Scott near Butler.
N L Halley Frigidaire dealer promotes the Meat-Tender as a new Cold-Wall master Frigidaire compartment. It surrounds meats with controlled air to prevent drying and sweating and keeps meat juicier longer. Also usable for ice cubes and other items needing extra cold. Display rooms in Butler and Reynolds showcase the 1989 Frigidaire line.
Five Points resident Royce Whatley and McChargue with Thomaston guests visited J P Walker and the Jarrell household. Many relatives gathered across Thomaston Macon and Fort Valley with multiple Sunday visits and a Homecoming Day at Midway noted.
A compact selection of quotes on women from Lamartine Alcott Beecher and others. The excerpts touch on women as leaders moral guides and partners in faith and history. The voices reflect changing roles from the dawn of Christianity to modern social thought.
A century ago the Greek village of Mesolonghi stood firm against Ottoman forces. European powers, initially sympathetic to Turkey, shifted to aid the Greeks after witnessing the siege and heroism.
Wesley News lists visits across Columbus Butler Thomaston and Macon including the Spinks Allen Downs Robins Slaughter Bazemore Wilson Adams and Bickley families. A Horeb church Homecoming Day is announced with the Adams reunion at Liberty Springs and multiple families attending.
The document cites Article Seven stating that nine state ratifications are sufficient to establish the Constitution between the ratifying states. It emphasizes the precise legal threshold used to finalize the framework of the United States government.
Zebrawood is a rare reddish brown wood with light striped markings, found in British Guiana and named for its striped appearance.
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