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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
2
Local column lists Mrs. Robert Cochran in Newnan, Mr. Guy Clyatt in Daytona Beach, and many others visiting Atlanta, Jacksonville Beach, and camps. Highlights include hospital stays, county line visits, and cannery news as residents shuttle between Georgia towns and Florida resorts.
Announcement by Mr and Mrs Dan B Ruskin of Miami Beach Fla states their daughter Charlyne Ruskin engaged to Lt Sam Coolik USNR son of Mr and Mrs David Coolik Reynolds Miss The marriage plans depend on Cooliks return from duty in the South Pacific The couple’s families and educational backgrounds are noted with ties to Emory Vanderbilt Miami Northwestern University and the University of Miami.
Bateman Mill News notes Miss Mildred James spent last week as guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Grady James. Numerous Sunday visits include Mrs. June Roberts and baby of Thomaston, Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mrs. W. A. Davis, and many relatives from Americus Byron and Thomaston. A birthday dinner honors Miss Mildred James with attendees from G. A. Allman and C. B. Barfield families.
Gerald MelInvale age one was feted at a party by his mother Helen MelInvale at grandmother Theus home. Attending were family and friends including Ralph McInvale Catherine Duncan Patricia Duncan and the Theus grandchildren among others.
A stream of short notices records visits and travels among Mauk area families. Columbus visitors Mr and Mrs Chester Moore call on W M McFarland. Barbara Wail stays with Aunt in Butler. extended visits link the Lancasters and McFarland family. Upriver and out-of-town trips include Jacksonville and Pensacola assignments, while family health includes W M McFarland recovering from a fall. A fire loss mourns Marvin Peed's home. Benny Jr. returns from overseas with U S Marine Corps plans.
Seaman Second Class Gilbert Wainwright of Thomaston formerly Butler leaves for Brooklyn to sail for overseas duty. Messages reach the Wainwright family as Pvt. J C Wainwright is wounded in action in France. Community members and relatives visit Turners Chapel and share news of illness and recovery.
C. B. Hicks in Reynolds Georgia advertises for sale two horse wagon rims and spokes mowing machine repairs wagonbody irons and rods and cotton sheets. See before buying any of the listed articles.
Local notes list visits and weekend travels of residents including Underwoods Oliver Crook Windham Parks and Barrow families. Hospital stays and recoveries are noted along with family visits to Macon Atlanta Thomaston and Butler. A funeral at Bethel church near Butler is mentioned and Camp Meeting attendance is noted.
A letter from Donald Windham expresses gratitude for the service at Taylor Mill Missionary Baptist church. He notes prayers like Jesus Savior Pilot Donald Safely Through and thanks friends for support amid his travels and the sense the Way of the Cross Leads Home. He recalls India as distant yet feels the church's care.
Local social notes list guests visiting Upton families including Mrs Till Jackson and Mrs Alice Hill of Montezuma, Mrs C W Hurst of Americus, and many others. Notable items note Carson Harris and Howard Barrow leaving for Atlanta to enter military service. Lebanon Baptist Church Sunday School time moved to 10 30 am and a picnic honor for the two soon to depart. The community mourns the death of Mr M J Bodiford.
M A Lifley of Reynolds Georgia advertises cash for several hundred White Leghorn or Rhode Island Red pullets. Call or see him at once.
Mr and Mrs E E Jarrell and child of Thomaston spent Sunday with G B Jarrells. Ethel and Helen Jarrell of Macon stayed with parents W B Jarrell. Rev J H Stanford visited G B Jarrells. Atlanta guests of Henry Jarrell. Alfred Gaultney and family and Annie Laura Booth of Columbus with Edgar Gaultney. Cecil Pitts and Phillip Jarrells with Henry Jarrells. Mize of Macon visited Ethel Jarrell. Atlanta guests of J B Goodwin in Panhandle. Effie Smith of Macon spent weekend with W A Jarrell. J D Jarrell visited LaGrange.
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