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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
2
A long Reynolds social page lists residents visiting relatives in Macon Atlanta and Culloden, trips to Radium Springs and Columbus, hospital stays and illnesses, and upcoming moves to Meansville Clearwater Fla. plus numerous family and friend gatherings and departures.
Reynolds woman announces the engagement of Frances Sammons Hodges to Samuel Yarborough Pruitt Jr of Thomaston. The wedding is slated for November 14.
Miss Edith Newsom entertained a large group of friends Saturday morning with sewing and conversation followed by a salad course served by Misses Doris and Lois Newsom. Invited were Misses Martha Sammons Macon Adrian Ellison Hodges Choyce Barrow Clara Mae Parks Blanche Marshall Eloise Weaver Sue Margaret Payne Anne Emily Alice Hicks Miriam Carter Mattie Musslewhite Eva Draughon and several married guests from Macon and local families.
Our teacher returns from Indiana and was with us Sunday. Miss Winnie Aultman leaves soon to be a nurse at the Macon hospital. Miss Alice Carter has been absent due to illness in her family. Mrs Waters reminds the birthday box and Christmas boxes of remembrance. Walter Claude Windham, a 100 pound boy, is born to Mrs Gray Windham. Next Sunday is business and dime Sunday. attendance urged.
A reporter visits W. S. Powell & Son and finds a large, loyal patronage due to courteous treatment. The store offers a wide Georgia vegetable selection, tropical fruits, groceries, confections, and bottled goods, with an immaculate meat department and other well staffed sections. The location and varied assortment mark Powell's as a regional food headquarters.
The Woman's Improvement Club will meet at the home of Mrs. J. G. Hicks with Mrs. J. A. Pendergrast and Mrs. Robert Suggs as joint hostesses on September 3. The program includes a paper on Inventions and Discoveries of the Year by Mrs. R. A. Hinton and a reading by Miss Lois Newsom. A second paper on Outstanding Political Events will be given by Miss Melissa Ogburn.
Rooms and meals furnished with connecting rooms for light housekeeping. Bath and lights included at the Magnolia Hotel in Reynolds Georgia.
Thomas Haynes Dwight 76 prominent Garden Valley resident died Sunday. Primitive Baptist. Survived by daughter W. R. Long brother G. L Dwight and many nephews and nieces in Atlanta and Tampa. Funeral and interment at Pine Level Church eight miles north of Oglethorpe Ga Monday at 3:30 pm with Elder Jno W Woodard officiating.
Reynolds High School will begin on Monday September 2 with the opening day for students. Registration and book distribution will follow on August 29 for grades 1 to 6 and August 30 for grades 7 to 11. An examination on Saturday August 31 will address conditions noted on last year’s report cards.
The Bible Girl's Reserve from Macon Columbus Porterdale and Taylor Mill left Aug 11 for St Augustine Fla for a ten day sight seeing trip. The 143 girls with advisors stayed at the Alhambra Hotel and toured Ft Marion and St Augustine Beach with group members linking up in Americus and Macon. They traveled by late Thursday and arrived around 10 30 pm and settled into rooms after a brief rooms fix up.
Elizabeth Rogers writes of a group voyage by car and boat from an Alhambra hotel. The itinerary includes Sun day school and church services in Jacksonville and St Augustine, a boat trip to Fort Marion and North Beach, a Catholic cathedral tour, a swim at the Catholic Gym, visits to the oldest house, and a St Johns River ride with an orange grove appearance. The note concludes with reflections on St Augustine as the oldest U.S. city and its Spanish architectural heritage.
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