Social Round of Christmas Week Visits and Guests
Community members in Thomaston and nearby towns hosted relatives and friends for Christmas gatherings. Notable visitors included Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Jassell, Mrs. W. W. E. and family, Miss Marion West, Eli Garrett, and Mrs. C. B. Bankston. Several families travelled to Macon and Thomaston for holiday events and cantatas. The list also mentions U.S. Navy Ensign Jim Beason visiting with his parents, and large extended gatherings at the homes of the Benns, Payne, and related households with numerous local relatives and guests arriving for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Beason
U.S. Navy
Mrs. L. R. Benon
Butler Garden Club Holds Christmas Party at Miss West Home
Butler Garden Club enjoyed a festive afternoon hosted by Miss Marion West with Mrs. W. W. Edwards Mrs. Sarah Fickling and Mrs. L. L. Minor in attendance. Col C. B. Marshall pledged to deed a club house lot and was thanked. Hale of Reynolds spoke on flowers as Laurette Fickling returned home from the University of Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion West
W. W. Edwards
Sarah Fickling
L. L. Minor
Butler Garden Club
Col. C. B. Marshall
Col. Marshall
Sunccl
Hale
Reynolds
Laurette Fickling
University of Georgia
Oscar Dreizin
Anita Whatley to Wed Montie Screws on Christmas Eve
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Whatley of Oglethorpe announce the engagement of their daughter Anita Irene Whatley of Americus to Montie C. Screws of Columbus. The wedding is set for Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Seay
Betty
Columbia
S. G
C. E. Benns
Taylor County
T. D. Whatley
Oglethorpe
Anita Irene Whatley
Americus
Montie C. Screws
Columbus
Lost hound Lula spotted near Huey Bridge in Butler Ga
Small red female hound with a scar on the left side and front feet set out, answers to Lula. Last seen running a fox on White Water Creek near Huey Bridge on Saturday November 18. If found, notify W. T. Austin, Butler, Georgia. Also available books by A. S. McQueen on the Okefenokee swamp with prices and ordering details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula
White Water Creek
Huey Bridge
W. T. Austin
Butler, Ga
Music Club Plans Annual MacDowell Program Featuring Students
The Music Club meets Thursday afternoon for its annual program honoring Edward MacDowell born December 18 1861 and died January 1908. The program includes solo and ensemble numbers a Christmas feature and a discussion of MacDowell life with readings by Elise Peed Harold Jarrell Dorothy Posey and Mary Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward MacDowell
America
St. Cecilians
Helen Jarrell
Francis Watson
Princes’ Door
Marie Parks
Cathryn Culverhouse
Thy
Leetimae Folds
Playlet
Helen Perkins
Kathryn Amos
Carolynn Brown
J. S. Green, Jr
Earl Heath
Marjorie Brown
Carol Jane Waller
Bluette
Carolyn Brown
Peterboro
Oscar Adams
Dan Callahan
Jude
Clyde Afay Green
MacDowell Crusade
W M A Entertains At Yuletide Party
The Womans Missionary Society held its annual Christmas party on Monday December 18 with Sara Burney and Lottie Moon Circles meeting jointly. Mrs Lewis Dean chaired the program and Mrs B J Byrd led the devotional from Luke II. A social hour followed with Christmas tree and gifts for all members, as plans for 1940 were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ Missionary Society
Sara Burney
Lottie Moon
Lewis Dean
Ruth Baze- More
B. J. Byrd
County Couple Quietly Celebrate 63rd Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Harmon quietly celebrated their 68rd wedding anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 16. They married Nov. 16, 1876, by Rev. Absolom Rhodes. They have six children, twenty grandchildren, and eighteen great grandchildren. Both turned 82 last May and live in a house over a century old. Mrs. Harmon tends chickens and the home. Mr. Harmon jokes about a long life with the same wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Harmon
Butler
James ‘T’ Harmon
County
Harmon
Rupert News Social Roundup in Leesburg Funeral Visit
Rupert residents attend the funeral of Mrs. P. Z. Fretwell in Leesburg Florida with J. R. Cooper and Mrs. Lucy May Fretwell. Mrs. W. T. Cochran visits her children in Dawson while Miss Nina Bone visits the Hammock home. Thelma White of Tifton stays with her parents in Rupert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Cooper
Lucy May Fretwell
P. Z. Fretwell
Leesburg
Fla
Nina Bone
Mrs
George Hammock
Thelma White
Tifton
Mr. and
Oscar White and Mr Lester Turner Survive Typhus Attack
Mra Oscar White and Mr Lester Turner are reported to have recovered after a serious typhus fever attack. Friends express relief at their rapid improvement and eventual return to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lester Turner
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. E. Jassell
L. R. Benson
Claudia Pierce
Crowell Wi
Marion West Trdday
Eli Garrett
C. B. Bankston
Macon
Bessie Dreizin Hae
B. H. Bazemore
el Garratt
Mrs. Paularty
Thomaston
Oscar Dréijzin
Pansy Riley
Savannah
Id Wilson
Jad Fountain
J. R. Wilson
H. B.walker
Misses Salaam
Ouida Brawer
Ruby Jinks Yrtis Sorrells
Atlanta
Oon
Swat. Gill
Misa
Atheline
Gill
Sal Fickling
W.a.fayne
Cathryn Payne
Chistine Payne
Mc.Corvey
Charles Benus
J. ’ ‘Edwards
G. D. Locke
CH Montgomery
Walters
Forest Brown
W. A. Payne
Julian McChargue
A. E. Dickens
Harvey
J .Dickens
Rebecca Mayson
John Bridges
J. R. Brides
B. Barwick
Ellaville
J. A. Payne
Whatley
Screws
The
Okefenokee
the Okefenokee
A. S. McQueen
Folkston,Ga
Martha Perkins
Louise Johnson
Ralph Cox
Jingle Bells
Xylophone Band
Cradle Song
Bernice Waller
iSong
Barrara Allen
H. G. Pye, Jr
Evans ‘Locke
Santa Claus
Singing Tower
Mrs. Edwards
Ward Edwards
Wilgon Jarrell
Barbara Allen
Mr. Benson
Dorothy Jones
Clyde Gfay Green
Ann Gray
Helen Bazemore
Frances Harris
Mary Frances Jones
Dan Calahan
Norris Sikes
Elsie Swain
Marie ‘Parks
Georgia
South Georgia Ice Co
Gochran
Eastman
Montezuma
Ila
the Herald
Mrs. Harmon
Rupert News
Mra
Oscar White
Weismuller
M. O’sullivan
Tarzan
Movietone News
MGM
Mr. H. H. Riley
Bobby Breen
Allen Mawbrey
Edward Allen
Paul Muni
Jane Bryan
the Gleasons
Marie Wilson
Gene Autrey
Rupert
R. Geo. Hurria
BABY
Barred Rocks
New Hampshire
Thompson Hatchery
Columbus Road
Candies
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