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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
3
Reynolds society page lists numerous visitors and locals spending holidays away or at home. Names include Estelle Ricks, Winifred Kirksey, Walter Kirksey, Montez Wetherington, Frances Neisler, and families such as the Neislers, Whatleys, and Fountains. A funeral for Mrs. Mattie Bledsoe is reported. illness of Mrs. B. W. Hinton mentioned.
Mr and Mrs R L Bell of Reynolds entertained their Bridge club with a Christmas tree and a dinner party. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Howard Neisler Mr and Mrs R E Aultman Mr and Mrs Lester Halley Mr and Mrs R L Swearingen Mr and Mrs E H Joiner Mrs Irene Whatley Mrs Troy Whatley Mrs Clinton Woods Miss Ruby Jinks and Mr and Mrs R L Bell.
Local residents share holiday visits with family in Howard and nearby towns. Mrs Maude Sealy and Miss Frances Sealy shopped in Columbus while Ed and Beulah Pickard and others spent weekends with relatives. The annual Christmas tree at the Methodist church will be held Thursday night December 25 with public invited.
Mr and Mrs George Smith and children of Ypsauranti visited Mrs Beulah Pickard and family. Miss Louise Parks who teaches at Central will spend Christmas with her parents near Howard. Mrs Frank Fain Jr and children of Perry were guests of Mr and Mrs Rod Brown. Mr Sam Edwards and family visited Geo Culver. Mrs Rod Brown and Miss Marilou Averett were in Macon. Miss Patsy Pickard will visit Macon during the holidays. Mr and Mrs J A Buckner attended church at Horeb. Mr and Mrs Lee Taylor of Butler visited Lula Guined. Welcome to Mr and Mrs James Butler and family who will move to Howard. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to the Herald editor and readers.
Charlie T. Ingram, 63, a longtime Taylor county farmer near Reynolds, died suddenly at his home Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Ingram cemetery near Reynolds at 3 Sunday afternoon with Rev. H. Dunn of the Reynolds Baptist church officiating. He is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Goddard Funeral Home of Reynolds handled arrangements.
Miss Mattie Bledsoe aged 84 died at the Reynolds home of her niece Mrs E T Shealy at 8 p m Sunday after a ten day illness She was a Macon county native who had lived in Reynolds two years The funeral was held at Mrs Shealy s Reynolds residence Monday at 2 30 p m with Rev J D Smith and Rev B A Pafford officiating Burial was in Pleasant Grove cemetery Survived by numerous nieces and nephews Reynolds undertaker nolds had arrangements
Mrs Irene Whatley chair of the Taylor County Tuberculosis committee warns of rising TB signals nationwide amid wartime defense activity and crowded housing. She calls urgent public cooperation during the Christmas Seal Sale and stresses continued effort to check the disease through the coming year.
Atlanta officials said the first blackout will occur the week of December 21 at the earliest and not on Christmas night. The public need not install heavy shutters yet but will turn out lights on signal. Essential buildings will be shuttered while radios will broadcast instructions.
Church notices announce sermons at Turner’s Chapel Saturday at 11 a m and 7 p m and Sunday at 11 a m. The public is invited to attend and help make a real Christmas service.
Eugene Talmadge extends Christmas greetings and best wishes for the new year to the armed forces of the state and nation. The note mentions Navy free balloons and pigeons as communication methods with bases.
Thomas S. Felder, 74, former state attorney general and Bibb County legislator, died after a brief illness at his Macon residence. Funeral services were held in Macon with burial in Perry, his native city. Felder previously ran for the U S Senate and graduated from the University of Georgia.
The Butler Library will be closed from December 23 to December 31 for the Christmas holidays.
The Lesson Sermon to be read in Churches of Christ Scientist next Sunday features the Golden Text Heal the sick and raise the dead and includes Isa 26 9 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It notes a shift away from swords as naval officers face urgent needs for metals.
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