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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
4
The Butler area enjoyed a busy holiday season with numerous relatives and friends visiting from Macon Albany Atlanta and Reynolds. Residents hosted dinners and gatherings while civic life kept pace with Legion meetings and Christmas observances noting no serious illness or arrests.
Miss Evelyn Chandler of Gainesville became the bride of Sergeant Horace Jackson Pope at 3 30 p m Thursday December 25 at Fayetteville Baptist Church Rev Judson Tones officiating The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Chandler of Gainesville a Gainesville High School graduate and Brenau College senior The groom is the son of Mrs Minnie Pope and the late Herbert J Pope of Butler He attended Butler High School and Atlanta Business College He is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida.
The marriage of Mrs Verna El liston Barnes of Butler to Mr O Ray Lucas of Reynolds was solemnized Monday evening at the home of Judge J R Lunsford in Reynolds with Judge Lunsford officiating.
Miss Kathlene Ann Windham of Reynolds and Mr. James H. Harmon of Butler were married at the home of Judge J. R. Lunsford in Reynolds on December 24. Judge Lunsford officiated before a small group. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Windham. the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Polk Harmon. The couple plans to reside in Butler.
This lesson explains the synoptic gospels Matthew Mark and Luke and their purpose The texts trace Jesus life and mission across fourteen generation blocks from Abraham to Christ and from David to the Babylonian captivity The three writers share sources but present a unified account for varied audiences and purposes
Miss Maxine Elizabeth Guss of Coldwater Kansas marries Sergeant Grady B Fuller of Reynolds and Orlando at the home of Dr and Mrs H T Fenn in Mount Dora Florida. The ceremony is officiated by Rev Kenneth Rogers with Mrs E E Truskett as pianist and Ina Foster as matron of honor.
Miss Janie Edmondson and Mr. J. D. Guined were married on a Wednesday in December at the Ordinary's office in the courthouse, with Judge J. R. Lunsford officiating.
A meditation on Matthew Mark and Luke stressing their Jewish and Gentile audiences. It links the three to form a unified panorama of Jesus Christ as Messiah and urges readers to study them together for fuller understanding. The piece notes Mark as likely first written in Greek, Luke from Caesarea during Paul’s imprisonment, and emphasizes gospel harmony and Christian duty in a troubled era.
Lumpkin Ga Dec 24 Mrs Lucy Bayne Wimberly 60 wife of Col S R Wimberly of Lumpkin died at home after a long illness. She was a prominent resident of Lumpkin and is survived by two daughters Miss Lucille Wimberly Thomasville and Miss Kathleen Wimberly Lumpkin and two sons J B Wimberly Boston Ga and Sam B Wimberly Birmingham. Funeral at Lumpkin Baptist church Thursday with Rev W W Haley Rev L E Brown of Lumpkin and Rev J N Shell of Columbus officiating.
Ten people died and twenty two were injured in a Christmas morning bus crash in St Louis. The vehicle collided with a car, struck a parked car, and crashed through a fuel oil tank, shoaling into flames near St Vincents church with civilians and a Navy sailor among the dead.
A Georgia man, William Kenden, 32, of Thalmann, boarded a Pennsylvania railroad refrigerator car in Georgia. After four days inside, half-frozen and hungry, he drank six cups of coffee while awaiting an ambulance and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. He told railroad police he had ridden the car from Georgia and that the door locked after he closed it.
Washington reports plainly worded Hague 1907 clause prohibiting attack on undefended towns. The Navy says Manila is an open city under the convention and has been declared undefended. Gen. Douglas MacArthur also notes Manila’s open city status in a War Department notice.
Frank Yarbrough, son of Mrs. W. O. G. Yarbrough of Garnesville, arrived with his wife and daughter from Honolulu to visit family. A U.S. Navy chief bomb technician aboard the Honolulu ship, he was believed drowned after a transport was sunk following the December 7 attack, later reported safe and transferred to Norfolk.
A boiler explosion gutted the Tenth Street Theatre in Atlanta on Wednesday. Four firefighters were injured but all patrons escaped safely. Manager J. R. Evins, 69, died the day before as flames spread from the basement to the screen. Only a few patrons were in the theater. officers said they escaped quickly.
The Associated Press reports 237 accidental deaths nationwide during Christmas observances. Traffic crashes caused 179 deaths, with 58 from other causes including a fatal bus fire in St Louis and multiple family tragedies across Maryland, Missouri, Washington D C, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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