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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
2
Reynolds area residents and guests are mentioned visiting, traveling or staying with friends in Reynolds, Butler, Vienna, Montgomery, Jacksonville Beach, St Simons, Ashburn, Wiltsore and Macon, with several accompanying relatives. Local movers include Col C. C. Stone and Col J. R. Lunsford, and many names appear in social notes.
The Missionary Union met in the church on August 6 with 21 members and two visitors. Mrs. Sams presided. devotional led by Mrs. Earl Marshall. program included songs How Firm a Foundation God Will Take Care of You and Give of Your Best to the Master. topics Foundation Stones Enlargement A New House Beautiful The Margaret Fund. closed with Lord's Prayer and dismissal.
Crowell News records visits by Messismory and Arthur Parr to their brother W W Parr in Middleboro Kentucky. Notices report Mrs C B Byrd ill with friends hoping for recovery. Miss Janie Neisler attends Indian Springs camp meeting. Mrs Gholston Saunders and children and Miss Troy Saunders visit Mr and Mrs Lee Mosley. Mosley family to Macon for visit. Miss Florence O Neal in Covington with Frances Foy. Tommie O Neal guest of Roy Philmon. Walter Wainwright daughters Mary Connie and Mrs J B Byrd attend Indian Springs camp. Herman O Neal to undergo tonsil operation at Montgomery hospital. Sidney and Elton Beeland of Thomaston visited uncle Kilby. Mrs Jeff Young improving from illness.
Those visiting Mrs. Lucy Mae Fretwell and Miss Frances McGinty last week included Misses Mary Frances and Willette Fowler Bobby Phillips of Cuthbert Wilma McGinty of Junction City Christine Griffin of Arlington Mary and Eleanor Booth of Reynolds. A Thursday hay ride drew many locals: Misses Mary Frances and Willette Fowler Bobby Phillips Mary Frances Jones Frances Watson Doris Callahan Wilma McGinty Doris Watson Frances McGinty Christine Griffin Lucy Mae Fretwell and Messrs Jule Cooper J O Phillips Jr Dan Callahan Jim Nat Cooper Sporty Tanner Carl Hobbs and Leon Gill.
Mark News reports a series of social visits across nearby towns. Families from Rupert, Brantley, Columbus, Thomaston, and Charing spent weekends or Sundays with hosts in Butler and surrounding areas, including Camp Meeting attendance, church visits, and family gatherings.
About sixty relatives and friends gathered Sunday at the Waller home for a surprise birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Waller. Guests from nearby communities joined in a large spread of barbecue pork Brunswick stew salads sandwiches fried chicken pies cakes and iced tea. Afterward photos were taken and conversations continued as attendees wished Mr Waller and son Robert many happy returns.
Jersey cows fresh in offered for sale or exchange for fat dry cattle by Jack Payne of Reynolds Georgia. Contact Reynolds for arrangements and pricing.
Wesley News lists residents visiting relatives and traveling includes Thomaston visitors Mr. and Mrs. A T Spinks, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Adams, and families. Columbus trips for Miss Sara Wilson and Mrs. J H Adams. visits involving Mr. and Mrs. W J Willis, Mrs. J A Heath, Mrs. T A Robbins, and others. S and S Cafeteria staff hires in Columbus. church visits at Midway. weekend visits among local families and extended stays noted.
Miss Jean Lancaster stayed with aunt Mrs C L Wall at Pinehurst last week. Josephine Montgomery visits grandmother Mrs Winnie Montgomery in ill health at Junction City. Thelma McElmurray and son visited relatives in Tazewell. W D Gill visits sister Mrs A S Waller. Ida Wall recovering from severe cold. Thelma Thurman and Grace Thurman returned from Macon to visit Col and Mrs J P Cowart. Grace Montgomery of Americus visits grandmother Mrs Laura Montgomery. Montgomery family attendance at funeral of E H Morrison in Ellaville. H Montgomery and child visit mother Mrs Morrison through Sunday. D B Ohlinger and children Ruth and Eugene visit Mr and Mrs Joe Wilder. Mrs Hattie Walker accompanies them home. Eugene remains in the area and in Atlanta this week. Sara Pittman returns from Columbus visit with sister Mrs Walter Aldritton. Frances Posey of Atlanta visits grandparents Mr and Mrs J L Anthony. B J Pike hosts J R Lumpkin and children from Thomaston. Harold Waller recovers from appendix operation and returns home.
Howard Items Mrs Carson and her young son were Thursday guests of Mrs Ellis Pike. Frances Seary visits grandparents Beve Harris at Juniper. C M Martin and children stayed with Mrs Lawrence Hill and Miss Annie Clyde Hill in Baldwinville. Beulah Pickard and Fannie Pickard spent a day with H N Culverhouse near Union. Arlene Cannon of Dawson visits aunts Margie Brown Marilu Averett and Lee Watson. Mattie Adams returns from Macon hospital. Mildred Sealy visits Lillian Brown and Frances Sealy. C M Martin in Macon on Friday. Several attend revival at Horeb church near here this week.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon titled Soul will be read in Christian Science churches worldwide. It includes Scripture from Psalms 34:22 and a correlative passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. The excerpt links guidance from the spiritual idea to the journey from sense to Soul and the glory prepared for those who love God.
A collection of maxims on honesty and deceit from quotes attributed to Bovee Dickens Eddy Johnson Rochefoucauld. The notes contrast falsehood with integrity and warn that dishonesty leads to social and moral decline.
Pleasant Hill reports a busy week with visits from Miss Grace Peacock and Miss Dorothy Brewer, Mrs. E Wall and family, and the Browey, Wisham, and Brewer households. A revival at Pleasant Hill is praised as a splendid success by locals, with many members spending Sunday at nearby points of interest in Tennessee.
The earliest farming tools were improvised from crooked tree branches and operated by people, marking a crude but functional stage in agricultural practice.
Thomaston firm C W Smith located at 403 West Gordon Street offers piano tuning services and repairs. contact number listed as 56 for appointments and inquiries.
Atlas Tires and batteries advertised at Childs Service Station by Butler. Consumers urged to visit the service spot for tire and battery deals and installation services.
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