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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
2
Civic Improvement Club of Reynolds shares social notes listing Rosalyn Prager in Brooklyn and local residents visiting relatives for Christmas. The item catalogs dozens of visits by Liffeys Bryans Griffs Ricks and others in Reynolds Macon Atlanta Marietta Montezuma and LaFayette with mentions of concerts and music department heads.
A Christmas program will be held at Reynolds Methodist Church on Sunday morning December 23 at 9 30. After the program the annual Christmas tree for the church school children will be enjoyed. Bishop Ainsworth plans to speak at the eleven o clock preaching hour. Each class will make baskets for needy families. Be on time.
The Woman's Improvement Club sponsors an open Outdoor Christmas Tree Contest to boost holiday spirit. Entrants may use any tree or shrub, with no size limit, and need not be club members. Register with Mrs. Walton Hodges, Miss Blanch Marshall, or Mrs. Lester Halley. out-of-town judges will assess entries, and the contest closes tomorrow afternoon, December 21, 1934.
Miss Frances Foy spent the weekend with the Byrd family in Macon. Beulah Barrow visited home folks. Mrs. John O Neal is ill. Mrs. J W Lancaster and children from Mark stayed with friends. H E Neisler and L T Horton guest of Mrs. Byrd. Lonnie Parks visiting sister Mrs Clarence Horton. G J Young and Osgood Young in Macon Wednesday. W C Casey in Macon at daughter Henry Parker’s bedside. Mr Turner weekend at home. P A Jenkins shopped in Macon. Gray Hicks visited relatives Sunday. Mrs Osgood Young in Columbus Thursday. L T Horton and Mrs Robert Casey Jr in Macon Thursday.
Pay your taxes now and avoid the penalty as the tax books close Thursday December 20th. G A Roberts urges prompt payment to settle accounts before the cutoff.
Mrs Grace Morrison Poole president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs sends a Christmas message to club women of America. She urges publicizing the home adjustment program, stresses home life and balanced leisure, and hopes for a world where children have a right kind of life beyond a single holiday.
Local families and friends gathered for weekend and Sunday visits across Five Points. Notables include Mrs. W A Jarrell staying with her mother in Butler and Mrs. Mary Smith, with many members from Bennett, Scandrett, Walker, and Jarrell households hosting relatives from Macon, Thomaston, Reynolds, Dublin, Roberta, and Griffin. Hospital update notes George Booth’s transfer to Georgia Baptist Hospital Atlanta for treatment with wishes for a speedy recovery.
Mrs Joe Kilcrease of Butler and Mrs R C Pinkard hosted weekend and Sunday visits with relatives across Butler Panhandle and nearby towns. The Sewing Club met at Mrs Robert Halstead home with Christmas decor, about eighteen guests, and served ambrosia and fruit cake. no further meetings this year.
Miss Willa Watson returns home from Macon. Mr and Mrs Evans Brown visit Butler. Mr and Mrs Mack Hill guests of Lewis Hill family. Mrs Cecil Gunn of Columbus visits Annie Downs. Carl Brown to Columbus then home for Christmas. Clyde and Bill Loyd visit Frank Scott. Mrs Frank Fain to Birmingham for Christmas with R L Brown family. Mrs W T Morris of Centerville visits Vanlandingham. Best wishes for Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to editor and Herald readers.
The Mt Pisgah Sunday school seeks a large attendance next Sunday as classes prepare a Christmas program to begin at 2:00 p.m. The community is urged to attend. Visitors include Mrs John Locke and Mrs G L Peeples with children from Thomaston and Mr and Mrs F H Bone with family from Columbus. E F I H and J M Bone spent Thursday in Americus on business. Mrs John Locke visits Thomaston relatives this week.
R. H. S. selected women to serve as grademothers for each grade: First Grade Mrs. W. M. Hollis Third Grade Mrs. R. E. Aultman Fourth Grade Mrs. Troy Whatley Fifth Grade Mrs. E. H. Joiner Sixth Grade Mrs. Clifford Whatley Seventh Grade Mrs. W. E. Marshall Eighth Grade Mrs. E. W. Hodges Ninth Grade Mrs. J. N. Shell Eleventh Grade Mrs. H. E. Neisler.
A quirky compilation notes that American parents spend 19 million dollars weekly on college costs, Texas pupils remove multiplication tables daily, and four-fifths of U S colleges are now coeducational. It cites Havelock Ellis on education and a 92 percent kiss rate among girls in one graduation class, plus a psychologist’s warning about future insanity. The piece also mentions a successful subscription drive with prizes and a visit from state school supervisor E M Thompson to Reynolds High School, praising modern equipment and progressive curriculum changes.
First grade under Mrs E H Griffith enjoyed a November program with a bonfire on the lawn, a play and songs. Guests included Eugenia Joiner and Winifred Kirksey, assisted by Mrs M Crawford, with a postshow of wieners, buns, and toasted marshmallows.
James Shell reports cheerful third graders in a class project with festive decorations including pictures of St Nick and large plants. The day runs from Bible study to civics, with a schedule for math arithmetic reading geography lunch and art through the week.
Six graders welcome Arthur Blair who started late due to illness and Ralph Eubanis who has attended in Butler. Total enrollment reaches 25. Mrs. Clifford Whatley, mother of Edwards, elected Grade mother with Sara Neisler to assist.
The seventh grade returned with full attendance and wished to keep it up. Miss Newsome critiques Guy Windham on writing while he jokes that better spelling would still earn her fussing. Lucy Bryan is the go to for the word sachets as the grade is reminded to stop smoking during Health class. James O Neal.
Miss Mattie Musslewhite born near Reynolds on the Musslewhite Estate was the ninth of fourteen. She taught at Chatsworth Dawson Weston Reynolds and later years, after studying at G C W Mercer University and earning an AB in 1928. Her hobby is travel with favorites including Miami Bisbee Chicago Washington and Harrisburg, a detail preserved by Tom Horton.
The list records ninth grade enrollment with girls including Nora Coolik Marie Freeman Sara Goodwin Ruby Grit Ola Mae Hobbs Minnie Hartms Betty Neisler Virginia Saunder Mary Alice Shell Ruby Stringfellow Christine Wainwright Louise Water s Josephine Weaver Virsulé Young and boys Willard Brunsen Hazel Byrd Thomas Byrd Barron Fuller Jimmie Joker Edwin Jones Lonné Jones Nat Lucas Jr Charlie Buck McCrary Thomas Perkins Hud Poole Henry Posey Jesse Roger Loyce Shell James Underwood Millard Windham Hubert Young and W. R. Cosey. The roster presents both genders and a range of surnames.
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