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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
2
A festive column notes Christmas preparations at home with mothers worried about knitted gifts and hints about purchases. It recalls how youth and mothers know the ways of expectations as packages and plans accumulate before the holiday. The column includes local social notes about Mrs. J A Holls improving after illness and visits among families in Macon and Buena Vista.
Gordon Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs M A Liffey home on December 17. A committee reported sending Christmas boxes to Confederate veterans and widows in Taylor County and a Thanksgiving box to the Confederate Veterans Home in Atlanta. The program featured Miss Martha Powell’s talk on Sam Davis and readings and songs by members.
Sammine Coolik and Woodfin Hinton stay at home for the holidays. Dan Mountain visits parents. J. W. Weaver visits Montezuma. Mrs. Henry Waters visits relatives in Buford. J. G. Hill spends the week in Perry. Arthur Powell in St Valley. J. P. Hodges weekend in Atlanta. Elizabeth Lucas visits Ray Lucas. Julius Lunsford visits Col. and Mrs. Lundford. Dr. S. B. Liggin from Montezuma visits. Allen Goldman of Elgin visits Sammie Coolik. Emily Whatley returns home from Shorter College. Bell and Loyce Shell spend weekend in Lumpkin. Nita Mae Windham done for holidays. Winnie Aultman and Ruby Griffith in Macon. Roys Clay of Austell visits G. L. Cooper. Susan Bryan home from Agnes Scott. Herman Wright moves to Musslewhite home. Lois Newsome arrives Thursday for holidays. Hi H. Joiner family in Florida. Thelma Barrow spends week in Macon. Genny Bates returns home to West Point. Robert Newsome from West Point visits. Grady Smith in Macon with her mother. Clarence Sexy, Martha Powell and Mrs. J. H. Brewer in Macon. James Crawford to spend Christmas with Manly Crawford family. Tinsley visits Mrs. Johnson in Oglethorpe. O. O. Cooper of Thomasville to spend Christmas with relatives in Roberta. Sidney Rich and Izzy Oxman of Atlanta to spend Christmas with Sammie Coolik. Minister Leonard Monk Jr. of Atlanta spending holidays with grandmother Mrs. Hugh Windham.
Howard News records a flurry of visits and hosting duties. Mrs. Sarah Fickling of Butler stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, while Mrs. Gervis Loyal and her young son visited near Junction City with Ray family. Others include Mrs. Rod Brown in Columbus, W Buckner and children at Parks home, Sewing Club at Mack Hill’s, Wheeler family relocating from Atlanta to Werner place, Murray Driscoll and Ferrell visiting Butler family, Miss Quentine Slaughter of Columbus, and Edward Mendinghall of La Grange visiting C. C. Brown. Readers are wished a happy Yuletide season.
A large shipment of superior young farm mules is now available for buyers to inspect before selection. The dealers C E B and T Whatley invite prospective customers to visit and choose from the stock while the pen remains unpicked.
Engagement notices from Roberta and Ogilethoupe announce Annie Margaret Bowers to J P Cosey of Reynolds with a December 20 ceremony, and Virginia Sayjor to Stewart Derrick of Newnan with a forthcoming wedding at an unspecified date.
Mr W I Powell of Reynolds announces the marriage of his daughter Mary Anne Powell to Bland Short Andrews of Waycross. The ceremony was held in Macon on Sunday, December 13.
Miss Mary Corinne Felton to wed Dr James Richard Paulk on January 30 at First Methodist church Montezuma. Felton is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jule Felton of Montezuma and sister of several siblings including Frances Felton. Paulk, of Union Springs Alabama, studied at Birmingham Southern and Emory University Medical School, now practicing in Moultrie.
County Agent G C Daniel and swine specialist Jones Purcell advise farmers to starve hogs 12 to 24 hours before slaughter, bleed by knife, scald at 150 to 155 degrees, and dress slowly for best meat. After cleaning, hang, chill overnight, and remove viscera. Bulletin 448, The Farm Pork Supply, available.
Atlanta Georgia reports that automobile bus and truck tag prices will stay at the 1985 levels for 1987 despite legislature action. Any changes by the general assembly cannot take effect until January 1 1998 and tags go on sale January 1 with no anticipated rush.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace praised Georgia’s rural resettlement and conservation work during a visit to Atlanta. He lauded the Coastal Plains Experiment Station at Tifton for its grasses program and commended Harry Brown for his role in the state Extension Service. Georgia figures Dr. M P Jutnagin and J W Duggan received leadership posts in national agricultural clubs and the southern AAA division. Bright McConnell was elected president of the National Association of Agricultural Agents, and Miss Mary E Creswell earned a national distinguished service certificate in agricultural extension.
Georgia farmers discuss buying new cotton seed for next year, urged by E C Westbrook of the agricultural extension service who notes big advances in varieties. A Georgia experiment station bulletin reports peach tree fertilization, finding six pounds per tree of 8 4 6 fertilizer plus a pound of sodium nitrate in June yields best profits while unfertilized trees ripen earliest and phosphorus potash only trees underperform. Farmers may obtain a copy of the bulletin.
A notice from the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Mass announces the weekly Lesson Sermon to be read in all branch churches. The readings include I Timothy 16 17 and a selection from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
A local Reynolds Georgia eatery Harry Powell's Sandwich Shop advertises best meals with regular or special dinners, sandwiches, hamburgers, and hot or cold drinks offered at prices suitable for all patrons.
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