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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
2
Mrs Lucy Hill returns home after a Perry visit. Ed and Ben Swearingen visit Americas and Montezuma guests travel. Thelma Barrow stays in Fort Valley. Ann King returns to Taylor Mill. Numerous locals travel to Macon, Athens, Atlanta. Birth announced for Marl Childres. Illnesses include Dr S H Bryan with flu. Various visits by Whatleys Neislers and other local families.
The Reynolds Methodist W M S regular business meeting, presided by president Mrs F M Carson, reported $113.88 sent to the Conference treasurer and $229.69 spent locally. The session noted six removals and two deaths, with history of the society from 1878 and emphasis on dues and attendance.
The U D C club announces hostess duties for the next five months. January hosts are Mrs. B. W. Hinton and Mrs. Earl Marshall. February hosts are Mrs. C. H. Neisler and Mrs. J. H. Neisler. March hosts are Mrs. Clay Whatley and Mrs. Frank Musslewhite. April hosts are Mrs. R. L. Swearingen and Mrs. Will Ogburn. May hosts are Mrs. F. A. Ricks and Mrs. J. G. Hicks.
Mr. W. Windham and Mr. John H. Windham hosted a turkey dinner Sunday in Panhandle. Guests included Miss Beatrice Kilby, Millard Windham, Emmett Rachels of Macon, B. H. Jarrell and Jean Jarrell of Ft. Valley, S. J. Jarrell of Macon, and multiple Jarrell and Suggs families from Reynolds Butler and Butler, were among those enjoying the gathering.
Thomaston relatives host visits and family gatherings as Mrs. J A Heath and Mrs T A Nobbins attend Mrs Nessler's funeral in Butler. William Grady Wilson travels to Homerville. the Amos family sees T B Amos moved from home to Thomaston hospital after a leg injury.
Local notes report improving residents Mr. W C Cosey and Miss Mildred Montgomery resuming activities. Visitors attend Sam Harp funeral in Reynolds. New neighbors Mr. and Mrs Bernard Adams move in. Burns illness of KE KK Fuller described. Birth of Murray Fulcher’s daughter Jan 5. Obituary for Mrs. Susan O Neal and funeral of Mrs Sally Neisler in Crowell with distant attendees.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon in Christian Science Churches will discuss the Sacrament with Biblical citations from II Corinthians and correlative passages from Science and Health. It asks whether partaking of bread and cup signifies true communion with Christ by embracing his life and principle.
Kyle T. Alfriend, former Georgia Educational Association secretary and ex GMC president, has taken duties as NYA coordinator at Georgia State College for Women and Georgia Military College. He will serve as Milledgeville representative for the Atlanta NYA office, announced by State NYA Director D. B. Lassiter.
Mrs G D Locke and Evans of Butler visited Mrs J J Brown on Friday. Miss Louise Loyd and Mr James Loyd visited relatives in Alabama. Mrs Hugh Culverhouse and children spent a day with Mrs Beulah and Miss Fannie Pickard. Mrs Maude Sealy and Miss Frances Sealy stayed with Mr and Mrs Beve Harris at Juniper. Mrs Frank Fain Jr and daughter of Perry visited Mr and Mrs Rod Brown. Miss Cathryn Culverhouse visited Miss Carolyn. Miss Minnie Buckner and Mr Clicard Whittle were quietly married. Miss Laurette Fickling of Athens was a guest of Mr and Mrs Joe Brown.
Ideal News reports weekend visits and social calls across Oglethorpe Americus and Montezuma. Families including Hill Chapman Payne Tarrer Kelley and Barfield are noted with numerous courteously described visits and a recent accident involving Lewis Barfield.
The will of T. P. McBurney probated today provides for a McBurney Art Memorial in Atlanta with most of the $750,000 to $1,000,000 estate going to a trust for its operation. The widow receives a life interest and multiple cash bequests between $100 and $15,000. Upon her death the estate reverts to the memorial trust at the family home in Atlanta.
A collection of quotes highlighting the relationship between law and spiritual principles. James Otis, Froude, Mary Baker Eddy, Henry Ward Beecher, and Lydis Maria Child offer reflections on divine law, human law, and obedience. The excerpts contrast the supremacy of eternal justice with man made statutes.
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