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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
8
The note lists several local residents and guests visiting different towns. Mentions include Mrs J J Green and Prof P in Atlanta, Mrs Tarrer Lockwood in Macon, and Miss Gussie Wilson visiting nearby kin. Also cited are Hon and Mrs Ben A Neal of Montezuma visiting Cordele, and A M Clark with son Ray visiting Moultrie relatives.
Pfc Edward Brooks of Thomaston spends time with sister Mrs Terror Lockwood. Letters from sons Sgt James Goodwin and Pfc Willie Dock Goodwin report they are well overseas. Numerous Butler residents host guests and visit relatives in Georgia and beyond. Mr W P Booth shows rapid improvement at Augusta VA Hospital after wartime injuries and medical discharge.
Miss Martha Elizabeth Cook of Coral Gables Florida will marry Cpl Leonard Edward Magle of Coral Gables in October in Miami Florida. Cooke is daughter of Mrs Charlie R Cooke and the late Mr Cooke and niece of J D Cooke of Butler. Magle is son of Mrs John K Magle and the late Mr Magle formerly of Pennsylvania. He trained at Ponce de Leon High School and Plumville High School and now serves at Camp Wheeler Georgia after three and one half years overseas.
Mrs. John F. Taunton announces the marriage of her daughter Helen Taunton of Butler and Atlanta to Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class J. C. Hankinson of Butler and Miami Fla. The ceremony took place August 7 in Miami with attendants Laverne Bush and Troy G. Churchill. Mrs. Hankinson is a 1943 Butler High School graduate and has been employed in Atlanta. Hankinson is the son of Mr and Mrs John Hankinson of this city and is stationed in Miami after enlisting in 1941. The couple will reside in Miami.
The Butler Garden Club met Wednesday August 9 at Mrs Bailey Joiner home with Mrs Clarence Babb as co host. A report on cemetery cleanup work by the club was presented and Mrs C L Glenn spoke on flowers home and family life in China. Social hour featured a salad plate.
Mrs D M Harris chaired a Lebanon W M U meeting last Friday. The program opened with The Ways of the Grass Leads Home, prayers by Mrs J R Carpenter, a devotional by Mrs Harris, and a brief business session. The Royal Service segment covered the religion of Indians. Work for the Night Is Coming was sung before closing prayer.
The lesson contrasts priestly mediation with prophetic revelation through Samuel. It traces his growth in faith, leadership, and unity of church and state, and how repentance, prayer, and reliance on God won both spiritual and military deliverance from the Philistines. Ebenezer marks God’s sustaining help through trials.
Joseph M. Barnes son of Mr and Mrs E Barnes of Rupert is on a 30 day furlough with his parents. He has served in the Army three and a half years much of it around Australia. While there he was stationed near Joel Peed and other Taylor county men. Barnes is in good health and reports his fellow servicemen are well and may be returning home soon.
Revival services will start at Bethel C. M. church a few miles north of town next Sunday. All county citizens are invited to attend these services.
Mr J T Crook and son D R Crook departed for the Moultrie tobacco market with a truck load of rich tobacco grown in Taylor county. Several acres were planted this year and this is the first truck load to be marketed. Crook has two acres under cultivation and hopes for a fair price.
J. T. Mathews of Butler Georgia advertises galvanized steel roofing in stock with prompt shipment and order filling by receipt. can supply up to 25 squares for roof replacements.
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