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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
7
Butler society notes list visits and guests from Monroe Atlanta Thomaston and Forsyth. Bertha Bazemore hosts shoppers and toys while family and friends of Bazemore Jordan and Waters gather for weekends and holidays. Notable visitors include Miss Claudia Pierce Miss Viola Foy and Miss Helen Montfort from Birmingham.
Children of the primary department attended a Christmas party in the Methodist church Sunday school room. Misses Ruth Dunnody and Verna Jarrell led games with Mr. Herman Amos at the piano as children sang carols. Miss Janie Neisler distributed gifts from the tree and refreshments were served by Mrs. Herman Amos Miss Neisler and Mrs. C E Benns.
Mrs Ouida Turk hosted a Saturday night dinner for her daughter Louise Turk with Christmas decorations in living and dining rooms A four course meal was served to guests including John Tucker Charlie Green Julian Edwards W S Payne Louise Turk Martha Benns and other Butler residents. the note ends with a store recommendation and a Jarrell's Store sale.
Junior Music Clubs present a Thursday afternoon program in honor of Edward MacDowell birthday. The concert features chorus pieces soloists duets piano and violin ensembles and orchestral selections including To a Wild Rose Thy Beaming Eyes Nutcracker excerpts and a Christmas group of carols with playlets and a lighthearted array of vocal and instrumental numbers performed by local students and groups.
A guidance note urges mothers to let children outdoors daily when weather allows to gain fresh oxygen and stimulation, while stressing discretion and safety. It lists five rules such as daily outdoor play, avoiding after baths, caps on windy days, and proper coats and shoes, concluding with a South Carolina dean quote about warming Mother Earth.
Mr and Mrs L B Jones of Columbus announce the engagement of their daughter Hazel Jones to Filmore Bone with marriage planned for December 18.
A Sunday School lesson explores first John’s message that God is love and that true faith requires living out love. It covers Christ’s incarnation, Calvary as the propitiation for sin, and how love binds believers to God and one another, urging a reverent, gracious celebration of Christmas.
Alvin Dewey Childree of Reynolds along with Edward M. Childree and Woodrow B. Cofield of Reynolds have been accepted for United States Army service. The three are in the 66th Infantry Tanks unit at Fort Benning Georgia, while Cofield serves in the Panama Canal Zone.
Butler Georgia coal notice from Jarrells Dept Store offering Mayflower coal delivery at 50 cents a ton with delivery charges waived if customers haul their own coal. Calls to 82 or 72 urged to place orders before arrival.
On Friday night December 18 at the Rupert Junior High school auditorium a Christmas pageant by the pupils of different grades will depict the Wonderful Story. Santa Claus will greet attendees as carols readings and toys entertain the children.
Selima Hobbs of Route 1 Butler Georgia near J. W. Bennett farm advertises treatments for rheumatism piles headache body trouble high blood pressure asthma pyorrhea of the mouth neuralgia and tonsil trouble claiming relief from her remedies.
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