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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
2
Mrs Howard Neisler visits Cordele. Many residents, including Mr and Mrs H C Whatley and Rev J D Smith, travel to Macon Albany Atlanta Columbus and Athens for visits games and services. The Baptist Missionary Society met at the church. Several families shop in Macon and attend funerals and sporting events.
At the Reynolds Methodist Church, preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. invites all to God’s wedding invitation while warning of a funeral for those who refuse. Pastor Smith announces progress as R. L. Swearingen is reelected chairman of the board of stewards, with R. E. Aultman secretary and E. H. Griffith treasurer.
The Lesson Sermon titled God the Only Cause and Creator will be read in Churches of Christ, Scientist worldwide. It cites Psalms 111 7 8 affirming God s statutes as sure and true and from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy notes three great verities omnipotence omnipresence omniscience prove matter unreal and God s creation good.
Howard Items Mr. and Mrs. Leonard King and children of Augusta were weekend guests of Mrs. Nannie Martin and other relatives here. Mrs. Herman Vanlandingham has returned home from Cottontown Alabama. Misses Frances and Patsy Pickard of Macon spent the weekend with Mrs. Beulah Pickard. Mrs. Joe Brown was the recent guest of her mother Mrs. Sarah Fick ling at Butler. Mr. O. M. Martin visited homefolks here Sunday. Mrs. Beulah Pickard and Miss Fannie Pickard spent Monday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Culver house and family. Mr. Sam Edwards and children visited Mr. and Mrs. George Culver. We are glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harris of Juniper as citizens of our town.
A Macon County drive aims to replace the narrow S shaped Flint River bridge between Montezuma and Oglethorpe with a straight crossing. Officials note the current span impedes large trucks and pedestrians and hindering traffic between Fort Benning and Savannah.
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. J. Wall and Emma Davis of Sylvester with the Brewers. Marvin Brewer of Thomaston visited his wife. The Stephens family of Stone Mountain spent Thanksgiving with the Brewers. Geraldine Brewer is ill. Several named locals and visitors attended services and visited families across Pleasant Hill and nearby towns.
J. T. Mathews of Butler Georgia urges planting fruit and nut trees and offers nursery stock at savings by taking orders, promising good prices and ready assistance.
Miss Sara Windham, Taylor County Nurse, offers free diphtheria toxoid for children six months to five years every Saturday in the courthouse office from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A 10 cent fee applies for children aged five to eight years.
A collection of short inspirational quotes from Wordsworth Landor Mary Baker Eddy Bailey and F W Robertson praising acts of kindness and forgiving love. The passages emphasize selflessness, charitable deeds, and mutual uplift through small considerate actions.
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