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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
5
Community notes show many residents visiting relatives and traveling for business in Atlanta and other cities. Several locals host guests from Thomaston, Birmingham, Jacksonville, and Spartanburg, while others attend camp meetings at Indian Springs and events in Athens, Murphy, and Fort Knox.
Miss Frances Joynes of Ft. Meade Florida married Jack Turner of Tampa at a Methodist church ceremony last Sunday. Turner, son of the late John A. Turner, and his bride visited Butler Tuesday to greet friends before continuing to North Carolina.
Mrs. J. T. Cochran and Mrs. Fred Austin will jointly host the Garden Club meeting on August 20 at 4 30 p m at Mrs Cochran s Rupert home.
Martha McCord and J Edwin Giles wed at Bass Methodist church with Rev J D McCord performing the ceremony. Attendants included twin sister Mary McCord as maid of honor and brother Dr John McCord Jr of Fitzgerald as escort. After dinner with the bride’s parents the couple planned a Florida trip and will live with Mrs Lucy Giles in Edna Place.
The Wesleyan Service Guild met at Miss Ouida Brewer’s home with Miss Brewer presiding and giving the devotional. New counsellor Mrs. L. R. Adams was welcomed. After officer reports, plans for fall were discussed and the meeting ended with the Lord’s Prayer and refreshments. The meeting time shifts to Tuesday night after the third Sunday each month, and September meetings will be with Miss Atholine Gill.
The engagement of Miss Lucy Claire Johnson of Marshallville to Mr. Lucian L. Bowie of Springfield Tennessee and Macon is announced. The couple plan to marry this month. Miss Johnson is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A N Johnson and has taught at Butler High School. Bowie has connections with the Interstate Highway Construction Company.
The marriage of Miss Sara Marguerite Wilson of Butler and Columbus to Staff Sergeant William F. Heydrick Jr. of Brattleboro Vermont and Fort Benning was held July 14 at the home of Rev. C. B. Gullatt Jr. in Columbus. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson. she wore a navy dress. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Heydrick of Brattleboro, has served four years in the Army and is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida. The couple will reside in Florida.
Parents of first grade pupils are urged to foster reading this summer. The Georgia Library Commission does not issue certificates for completing first grade, but the Local Library Board will award certificates or provide recognition for summer reading achievements.
The lesson frames suffering as a Christian privilege and test, urging believers to bear burdens with joy. It connects Peter’s writings with Job, urges readiness to endure persecution for Christ, and emphasizes humility, trust in God, and following Jesus by taking up the cross despite hardship.
The Sara Burney Circle of the Baptist W M A met Monday afternoon August 1 at Mrs Walter Almgreens home with Circle Chairman Mrs Chapman in charge. Devotional by Mrs Mack Turner on Soul Winning. One new member Mrs McGinty added. $5.15 offering. Eleven members and two visitors attended.
We thank our friends for their presence, comforting words, sympathy cards and prayers after losing our husband and father. May God bless each and everyone. Mrs. E. A. Childres, Kathryn Childres.
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