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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
2
Reynolds residents and visitors spread across Atlanta Macon Blakely and Valdosta for Thanksgiving. Local families welcomed relatives from Butler Monticello Newnan Americus Cordele and Durham while Rev. Jelks plans move from Roberta to Reynolds with the Baptist church. Christmas plans mention a new Methodist pastor Rev T F E Tinsley and family.
The Stewart-Webster Journal notes a confidential welcome gesture known as a pounding for Rev. J. N. Shell and his family as they move from Reynolds to Lumpkin Methodist Church. Shell is described as a young pastor with three children older than those of Rev. Sampley, and the item emphasizes discretion about the secret welcome.
A union service at Reynolds Methodist Church Sunday evening welcomed Rev. T. E. Tinsley to the pastorate. Welcome remarks were given by Rev. Jelks of the Baptist church, with greetings from Mayor E. K. Hodges. Deacon and Steward leaders J. P. Hodges and R. L. Swearingen spoke, and school superintendent E. H. Joiner also offered remarks. A special musical program accompanied the event.
Gordon Carson U D C Chapter will hold its December meeting at Mrs M A Lifsey home Thursday afternoon December 7 at 2 30 with Mrs J R Lunsford and Mrs Lifsey as joint hostesses Time moved up a week due to Christmas Eve The program includes Silent Night reading Christmas selection Susan E Newsome founder of U D C and historian remarks plus songs and chapters about Sam Davis Boy Hero and Joy to the World
Recap of weekend visits and gatherings among Taylor Mill residents and nearby towns. Mentions Doris Cox Barrow Rogers and Windham families visiting relatives in Macon Phenix City Ft. Benning Columbus and Griffin. Also notes prayer meeting and Thanksgiving visits with multiple households listed.
Thursday December 8 at 3 p.m. a book review will be given at the Club House. Miss Louise Bridges of Macon will discuss The Home in the Changing Culture. Vital interest to homemakers and mothers. A social hour will follow.
Edgar F. Boyd, longtime operator of the Majesic Theatre in Adel Georgia, announces the sale of the Adel theater to Stein Amusement Company of Jacksonville. The new owners plan improvements and will assume control December first. Boyd is W L Powell’s son-in-law of Reynolds and well known locally.
A string of weekend visits and guest appearances highlights social life around Mauk and nearby communities. Families such as Jinks Loyd Renfroe Morris and Blair share time with relatives in Tifton Columbus Atlanta Butler and Juniper while a new arrival Walter Hugene is welcomed at Gervis Loyd’s home. Regulars including Mrs. Buckner Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Brown host or attend gatherings with cousins friends and children across the region.
The Fannie Wallace Circle of the Woman's Missionary Society of Howard met at Mrs. Joe Brown's home last Tuesday at 2 p m. Mrs. E H Perkins opened with prayer. Officers and committees reported then new officers were elected. The group observed Week of Prayer with a self denial offering for missions. Miss Marilou Averett led a program and Mrs James Brown invited the Circle to December meeting.
The December term of Peach Superior Court opens Monday at Ft Valley with Judge Malcolm D. Jones presiding over the civil calendar. Most damage suits from the Byron train bus wreck have been settled. one case is continued so none are scheduled for trial at this term.
Mr and Mrs A M Greathouse and family and relatives visited My and Mrs Tom Wilson during the holiday. Numerous guests from College Park Butler Columbus LaGrange and Thomaston spent Thanksgiving with local families including Heath Robbins Parker Willis Adams Baxemore Braddy Gilson Heath Downs Mitchell Reynolds and others in a flurry of Sunday and holiday gatherings.
Five Points and nearby communities share a week of guest visits. Mrs Willie Parker, Mrs Harper Moore and Miss Myrtle Walker joined Mrs Annie Jarrell and Miss Inez Jarrell. Earl Haywood stayed with Henry Adams near Reynolds. J P Walker visited J Henry Jarrell. Phillip Jarrell of Thomaston spent the weekend with his parents. I E Jarrell and Wilson Jarrell were Sunday guests of T D Jarrell. other gatherings included Mrs Earl Haywood and Mrs Henry Jarrell. Mrs Calvin Jahen and daughter stayed with W A Jarrell. Mrs Henry Jarrell and Miss Thelma Jarrell hosted Monday visitors R W Starling.
Mrs. Lewis Rigsby and daughter Mary of Albany visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Cromer earlier in the week. The Cromers and their daughter Lorrce spent the weekend with relatives at Ideal along with H. W. Woodall and children. Rita Peacock hosted a Thursday night pound party. Walter Horton and children visited his mother near Butler. Mrs. Joe Wilder returned home after Florida. Ruby Austin spent Thanksgiving with her parents Hon. and Mrs. J. L. Austin. Mrs. John Anthony visited Saturday with Mrs. R. M. Jinks. Bobby Chalkley of Americus spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Chalkley. Margery Walker and Susie Wade of Butler spent Thanksgiving with Rita Peacock. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Steed and daughter Sara Ann visited Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Waller for the weekend. Susie Brown, Mrs. J. W. Lancaster and their children of Rupert spent Saturday with Mrs. Joe Montgomery.
Georgia Power will dispatch bus drivers from Columbus on December 8 to Pontiac Michigan and bring back ten new buses for Columbus service. The action follows a months old agreement with the city to permanently abandon the North Highland street car line.
The Knights of the Golden Circle formed to extend slavery with secret chapters in Indiana and nearby states at the Civil War outbreak. They adopted the name Song of Liberty, had about 15,000 members in Indiana by 1862, and engaged in enlistment interference, draft resistance, and desertion encouragement before later being reorganized as the Order of American Knights.
The account portrays General Ulysses S. Grant as a man of iron who could sit unfazed on horseback while bullets whizzed by. He said inward fear would not show outwardly because the enemy shared the same fear, a calm under fire defining his conduct.
The excerpt explains that nearly all plant matter contains cellulose, a carbon hydrogen and oxygen compound. It notes cellulose constitutes about half the weight of wood and highlights its abundance as the ideal starting point for making artificial fibers.
The drill is native to the Gold Coast of Africa. It is smaller and less colorful than the mandrill. Despite formidable teeth, the drill is a vegetarian. It is an awkward climber and spends most of its life on the ground.
In Dalecarlia Sweden a ski race from Mora commemorates a sixteenth century Dalecarlian expedition to summon Gustavus Vasa to lead Sweden. The party aimed to reach him near the Norwegian frontier but did not overtake him.
At sea a red light is recognizable as red to three to four times farther than a green light appears green. A green light can be seen much farther than a red light, though its color may not be distinguished.
The United States Naval Academy trains young men to become Navy officers. After four years of seamanship tactics and gunnery, each graduate earns the rank of ensign, equivalent to a second lieutenant in the Army.
Soap Made From Fat Soap is a mixture of fat and lye. The fat may be from hogs, cattle, fish, sheep, petroleum, palm and coconut trees, rape, linseed, hemp seed, or other vegetables. Hard soaps are made with soda lye, soft soaps with potash lye.
The history of paper making shows China sharing the craft with the world in the eighth century when Chinese prisoners instructed their Arab captors, spreading the technique across regions.
The New York Sun reports that the first United States processional hymn sung in public occurred at the 1764 funeral of Dr. Barclay, rector of Trinity Church in New York.
A fragment notes a summerhouse on Kapuzinerberg in Salzburg, Austria, associated with The Magic Flute. The text identifies a location linked to Mozart in the historic city, referencing a residence or workshop context in a morning or travel note.
The Bosphorus, though not resembling Oxford at first glance, shares identity with the Greek term for oxford, linking the sea strait to the famed university city through language and origin.
A New magazine review claims honey produced from skunk cabbage blossom does not impair the plant odor. The article highlights NA Lue Magazine’s cautious stance on aroma and product use.
Bas relief is a sculpture where figures project from a flat background. The technique creates shallow depth as images stand out from the surface, producing a subtle three dimensional effect on the material.
The article notes the first house built in Cambridge Massachusetts, birthplace of Harvard University, erected in the spring of 1635. It references early colonial architecture and the town's founding context for readers.
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