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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
7
Local society notes list visits and weekend trips by residents including Mrs H G Cheek in Macon Miss Mary McCorvey in Gainesville Fla and many others to Atlanta Macon and Pendleton S C Stores advertise Christmas toys with Lay Away plans New hospital admission for Theo Chapman and updates on several ill or improving individuals from local families.
Engagement announced for Sara Locke daughter of Mrs. J R Locke to Johnny J Posey Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jake Posey. Both graduates of Butler High school now work at Robins Air Force Base and in Thomaston. The ceremony is planned for December 23 after worship.
The wedding will be solemnized Sunday at 2 30 p m at Turners Chapel church with Rev C A Huckaby of Chipley Florida officiating. No invitations are being sent and all relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Members of the Butler Methodist Church Women's Society of Christian Service gathered Monday at 3 p m. Mrs Arnold Griggs led the program Joy to the World and scripture was from Psalm 146. Mrs Suggs reported finances and Rev Marx sent a card of thanks for WSCS fruit. Fifteen members answered roll call. A joint Circles meeting is planned at the parsonage next Monday.
Home Demonstration Club at Cross Roads Community Center led by acting V-Pres. Mrs. Joe Eubanks. Devotional from Psalm 100, minutes approved, treasurer’s report shared. Members planned Christmas party for December 19 and voted to send cookies and nuts to Camp Benning.
The FHA held its formal initiation on Club Day and an informal event the next day with a Mother Goose theme. Fifty girls were initiated, listing names from Sandy Allgood to Deborah Lancaster. They plan a Pink Tea on December 12 to honor mothers and the Chapter Mother and Father Rev and Mrs J M Carmichael, with Sonny Edwards as Chapter Beau.
A son named Lennis Eugene Kirksey was born November 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Kirksey, now residents of Bay City Georgia. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hornsby of Butler welcomed a son David Rogers on November 16 in Columbia South Carolina. Both mothers and babies are reported to be doing well.
The family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and the community for flowers deeds and food during the illness and death of Mrs Rommie N Rob inson They thank Dr Benson and Dr Montgomery and pray for God's richest blessings on all.
A poem about financial despair and looming eviction as creditors close in. The piece notes hunger for food, shelter, and clothing, the house possibly to let, and threatens jail for arrears. It also contemplates marriage as a risky proposition in hard times.
Georgia may introduce the Coturnix Quail an exotic from Japan after successful field tests. Trials in California Missouri and Nebraska show rapid growth low disease risk and no interbreeding with Bobwhites. The open habitat preference and high reproductive rate promise a longer hunting season once central-area studies finish.
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