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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1950
Page
7
Oss City residents Joseph and Carolette Pye visit relatives here. J A Payne and Amanda Wilbar spend Tuesday in Macon. Numerous visitors from Macon, Albany, Columbus and Philadelphia stay with area families, attend events, and travel to sites in Talbotton, Hawkinsville, and Rome. The Veterans Service Office will close next week except Thursday.
Mr and Mrs James Bazemore announce the birth of a daughter at Montgomery hospital on August 7 to be named Pamellia Ann. Mr and Mrs Harold S Hill of Lakeland Florida announce the birth of a daughter on August 9. Mrs Hill is formerly Miss Pansy Brewer of this city.
Community event hosted by the local Order of Eastern Star at Butler Legion Home on Thursday night August 10 from 8 30 to 11 30 featuring a tacky party program cake walk sand wiches and drinks admission one penny per inch waist measure farmers note pasture as a poor relation to crop land in readable fragment.
Dorothy Vivian Thaxton and Hubert Alton Scott were married in Knoxville on July 13 with Ordinary Alton Moncrief officiating in a small ceremony attended by relatives. Dorothy is the daughter of P E Thaxton of Roberta and Crawford County High School alum. Hubert is the son of O L Scott of Butler and Butler High School graduate. The couple will reside in Butler.
Announcement states Miss Martha Givens will wed Mr. Millard B. Stephens on August 26 at the bride's home in Oneida New York. Stephens is son of Mr and Mrs J A Stephens of Butler and has run a business in Oneida for two years. Martha engages in mercantile work there.
Cross Roads reports a series of Sunday and weekday visits among local families including D R Dent Kirksey Mott Taunton Hankinson Theus and Flournoy. An afternoon singing at Cross Roads begins at 2 30 with a cordial invitation to attend and bring song books.
Wesley News notes multiple movements as families from Dawson Macon Thomaston Newton Ala. Columbus Sonoia Prattsburg and Atlanta visit relatives. Ralph Heath Grady Wilson Mary Ann Wilson James Smith and others are listed visiting or hosting family gatherings during the weekend and midweek.
Ellaville advances on the Atlanta highway with a new tourist camp project under way. Ground has been broken and materials placed on a tract just outside the city to support an up-to-date facility financed by Paul Gill and Mrs Willie King.
Annie Laura Mason Turner, a trusted cook and housemaid born in Talbotton in 1908, died of a heart attack in Butler. She leaves her husband Roberta Turner, parents Will and Lizzie Mason, five brothers, two sisters, and six stepchildren. Funeral services were held at Hopewell Baptist Church with Rev. C. E. Hudson and Rev. David L. Rusting officiating.
The weekly drawing at Underwood's Store in Taylor Mill awarded Johnny Windham $5 in groceries, B. R. Dent $3 in groceries, and Hubert Arnold $2 in groceries.
Howard News lists visitors to area residents including Mae Riley in Butler, J. K. Searcy family from Rouen Missouri, Charles Fickling from Washington DC, P. F. Stewart and sons from Atlanta, Quin ton Clarke family from Macon, and others. Several families hosted relatives from Florida Milledgeville Columbus Dawson and Louisville, plus a Youth Caravan in Butler drew many local youths.
Classified note lists about 150 red pallets for sale at Feed Bros. Feed Store Butler GA. No phone calls. Price described as reasonable. Contact option appears as 5101p.
One Westinghouse refrigerator in good condition for sale. Contact W C Lane or call 66 Reynolds for details.
Heavy variety fryers for sale at 75 cents each. Located at Sherman Spivey home one mile west of Butler. Listings identify contact as Sherman Spivey with postal code 8102p.
Immediate full time opening for a salesman or saleslady to call on cultivated leads in Taylor county and vicinity. Requires high school education, an automobile, and be bandible. Write to H. A. McDonald Supervisor P O Box 975 Americus Ga 713
James H. Childres S N Co V son of Mr and Mrs J Tom Childres served aboard the 27000 ton seagoing airbase Boxer sailing from San Francisco to Tokyo Bay with a full load of planes including 150 F 51 Mustang fighters. The ship delivered planes and set a swift 23 knot average over more than 5000 nautical miles before beginning to take on supplies for new duty.
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