Local Happenings Highlight Butler Weekends
Local notes report multiple weekend visits and holiday gatherings across Butler and nearby towns. Residents such as Mrs. Otis B. Cox and Miss Betty Lou Foreman hosted or visited relatives in Columbus Macon Swainsboro and Atlanta. The Butler Methodist church observed its first communion of the year led by Rev. J W M Stipe.
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Butler Methodist Church
J. W. M. Stipe
William Childres
W. E. Hightower
South Georgia
Butler Garden Club Meeting at Legion Home January 12
The Butler Garden Club will meet Wednesday January 12 at the American Legion Home. All members are urged to attend as Georgia Power Company will present a plaque at the meeting.
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Butler Garden Club
Legion Home
American Legion
Georgia Power Company
Legion Auxiliary to Meet January Seventh at Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting Friday January 7 at 3 o'clock at The Legion Home. Hostesses will be Mrs. John Turk and Mrs. Walter Wainright. All members are urged to attend.
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Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
John Turk
Walter Wainright
Mrs. Garrett Hosts New Year’s Eve Watch Party
Mrs. Garrett and Mrs. Sims Garrett entertained guests on New Year’s Eve with a watch party and breakfast. The evening featured music and games, with refreshments served and a late breakfast at 12:30.
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Mrs. Garrett
Sims Garrett
Eastern Stars to Meet Friday Night
The regular meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star will be held Friday January 7 at 7 30. All members are urged to attend.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Boy Scouts to Meet Monday Evening at Local Church
The Boy Scouts of America will hold a regular meeting Monday at 6 30 p m in the annex of the local Methodist church. All boys of scout age are welcome. Scoutmasters.
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Boy Scouts of America
Birth of Emily Elain Clark Brings Joy to Clinton Family
Mr and Mrs Clinton Clark announce the birth of a daughter on December 23, 1948. The child is named Emily Elain Clark and joins the family with happiness.
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Clinton Clark
Emily Elain
Service With A Smile At Porter Drug Store
Miss Alice Swain has taken on sales duties at Porter Drug Store, a longtime Butler business, serving its steady stream of customers with noted friendly service.
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Alice Swain
Porter Drug Store
Butler
Miss Helen Williams Weds Ambrose J. Gill in Church
Miss Helen Elizabeth Williams and Ambrose Julian Gill wed at 3:30 p.m. December 28 in the First Baptist Church Cordele with Rev. C. E. Fite officiating. Attendants included Wendell Williams and J. K. Bynum. reception followed at the Community Club House. couple to reside in Shellman Florida trip planned. Helen Williams, daughter of Mrs. Mary Herbert Williams and the late John T. Williams Sr., taught in Shellman. Gill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Jack Gill of Butler and served as a medical corps lieutenant in World War II.
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Cordele
Helen Elizabeth Williams
Ambrose Julian Gill
Shellman
First Baptist Church
C. E. Fite
Essie B. Cobb
Curtis Jackson
Greig
Cobh Travis Hartley
Kelley Mote
Wendell Williams
Charles Ward
John Ward
Bob Puckett
Travis Hartley
Freeman Warren
Douglasville
John T. William, Jr
J. K. Bynum
J. T. Williams Sr
A. J. Gill
Community Club
N. E. Ware
Sidney Wells Sr
Need Goode
Joyce Ellis
Bebe Kent
Tifton
Marvin Wells
Clyde Stripling
John Herbert Wells
Mesdames
J. W. Haslam
W. M. Sloan
S. O. Hill
John T. Williams, Jr
Reuel Hamilton
A. H. Harris
Sam Culpepper
Essie
Rab AD
Bill Webb
Brig Gal
Florida
Ifl
Mary Herbert Williams
John Thomas Williams Sr
Cordele High School
GSCW
Milledgeville
Gill
Ambrose Jack Gill
Butler
Best Siew Parks
Georgia Southwestern College
Americus
Southern College of Pharmacy
Atlanta
Man Struck and Killed While Walking in Bunnell Florida
Robert Ethridge 22 of Columbus was killed instantly early Saturday when struck by a car while crossing 1st Street in Bunnell Florida. He had been visiting to catch a bus for the return trip to Columbus.
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Robert Ethridge
Columbus
Bunnell
Fla
Miss Dunaway and Joel Cox Wed in Talbotton
Miss Mary Elizabeth Dunaway of Talbotton married Joel Eugene Cox of Griffin at the Dunaway home on Christmas Eve. The ceremony featured Rev. Thad Persons, a silvered magnolia setting, and a white orchid centerpiece. The couple will reside in Augusta where Cox attends medical school.
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Mary Elizabeth Dunaway
Talbotton
Joel E. Cox
Griffin
J. T. Cox
Will H. Theus
Butler
Joe ,H. Cox
G. M. Dunaway
Joel Eugene Cox
Joe H. Cox
Thad
Dunaway
Georgia
A. P. Persons Jr
Claire de Lune
Jeanette Blanton
Columbus
McDowell
J. H. Cox
Roy Fryer, Jr
J. W. Smith Jr
Manchester
Katherine Perryman
Dorothy Martin
Bertha
A. J. Perryman
Claire Jean Wise
Marilyn Stone
Atlanta
Betty Fort
Lumpkin
Ann McClusky
Joan Dunaway
Thomaston
Jane Dunaway
Jane Perryman
H. B. Hobbs
Athens
Worship Services at Mauk and Howard Next Sunday
Mauk Methodist church schedules worship at 10 a m with Sunday School led by Mrs B S Parker. Howard Methodist Church sets Sunday School at 10 30 a m with worship at 11 30 a m and 7 30 p m. The note urges steady effort and New Year resolutions.
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Mauk-Howard
Mauk Methodist Church
B. S. Parker
Howard Methodist Church
H. A. Sealy
Neel Dies in Montezuma at 59 Following Heart Attack
Judge B. F. Neel, a prominent Montezuma attorney aged 59, died in a local hospital this afternoon after suffering a heart attack at his home. His death comes in Montezuma on January 5.
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Montezuma
B. F. Neel
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B. H. Bazemore
Gene Allen
A. E. Heath
Swainsboro
T. A. Robbins
Beverly
C. J. Peacock
Orlando, Fla
Julian Cooper
W. R. Poole
Warner, Robins
Lula Poole
Armon Bazemore
Louisville, Ken
the Baptist Seminary
Mrs. J. S. Green
Lenox
Mrs
Tom Fountain
Jesse George
W. G. Hill
Richard Turk
Augusta
Ouida Turk
H. E. Allen
W. T. Bateman
Fort Valley
J. W. Hall
Edwin
Barbara Allen
The
University of Georgia
T. G. Turk
Suman
Waynesboro
A. L. Sheppard
H. H. Riley
Orrie Dixon
Bebe Dixon
Sarah Roberson
Birmingham
Ala
Ruth Cox
G. A. B. School of Commerce
Julian Edwards
Felton Owens
T. F. Bargeron
Ralph Cox
Chicago
American Conservatory of Music
John M. Cox
Gordon Wallace
Theresa
Iris Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Don Wallace
Chamblee
Wallace
S. E. Moore
Stockbridge, Ga
Frank Riley
Riley
Mrs. Brown
Billie Brown
T. L. Fountain
A. J. Fountain
R. E. Aultman
Dan Fountain
Thildren
Bobbie Aultman
Susie Wards
Ian Poole
James Fountain
Matin
L. M. Doyer
Ben. Giles
Carolyn Waller
Matk
Annette Harvey
Killian McGinty
Rupert
Tampa
Billy
Messrs
John Saunders
Leon James
Boy Scouts
Piano Tuning
C. W. Smith
Thurston Ave
Willis L. Webb
Optometrist
Masonic Building
Butler, Ga
Helen Williams
A. Julian Gill
Miss Dunaway
B. F
Neel
Dean Theatre
Barbara Stanwyck
Burt Lancaster
Judy Garland
Gene Kelly
the Pirate
Buster Crabb
Jean Millis
Johnny Longden
A. $ Gibson
Ian
David'l. Reason
S. Hightower
Thomaston, Georgia
M. A. Chapman
Masonic
Butler, Georgia
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