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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
7
West travels to Atlanta to conduct business while Adams visits relatives in Thomaston. Several residents attend events in Butler and Garden Valley. neighbors host guests from Macon and Atlanta. ONeal faces serious illness with double pneumonia. Mrs. Harmon marks a 63rd wedding anniversary.
Butler M E charge to hold first quarterly conference at Mank on Tuesday January 16 with preaching by Rev G N Rainey district superintendent. Plans for the year will be made and all church officials urged to attend.
Butler's basketball team has been invited to participate in a tournament to be held at the Macon Gymnasium on January 27. Acceptance of the invitation and date are expected this week. The event is sponsored by Mercer University and the News under the direction of hastfield, sports promoter for the Macon newspaper.
The Taylor County League Union will convene at the Reynolds Methodist church Friday January 19 at 7 30 p m. All League members from Butler Wesley Crowells and Reynolds are urged to attend. Eugenia Joiner Pub Supt Americus Ga. Also notes the marriage of Miss Gladys Arrington to John C Walker Jr of Marshallville at the Arrington home Ellaville on December 1. The Rev Hugh Dozier officiated. The bride’s sister Frances Arrington lit the tapers. The couple will reside in Marshallville where he serves as president of the Georgia Banking Co.
Americus Georgia residents Mary Bazemore and Arthur F Davis were married December 21 at Rev John M Cutlers home in Cordelo. Bazemore is daughter of T N Bazemore of Monticello and Davis is son of Allison Davis of Americus. Davis is affiliated with Americus Auto Co.
Mr and Mrs J Sh Cosper of Ellaville announce the December 17 marriage of their daughter Hilda to BE Heath son of Mr and Mrs Robert Heath also of Ellaville. Rev Hill Baptist pastor officiated in Phenix City Alabama. The gown was wine velvet with black accessories and a fur jacket. Heath manages a Milaville service station.
The Butler Methodist Church Woman's Missionary Society splits into Circle No One and Circle No Two for the year. Lists of members appointed to each circle include numerous named ladies and several Misses, with Mrs. W. M. Mathews and Elmer Gay appearing among the names.
The Rupert community invites Taylor and nearby counties to the Rupert school auditorium next Sunday afternoon for a regular singing event. Residents aim to make Rupert a regional singing center and may organize a lesson series to teach basic music skills to interested residents.
The Taylor County Tuberculosis Committee will hold a business meeting Saturday January 13 at 2 p.m. in the court house. All committee members are urged to attend. Mrs FE B Wilson chair.
Resolutions by the Woman's Missionary Society honor Hortense Jarrell on the anniversary of her untimely death. The document recalls her faithful church service as secretary and treasurer, her kindness, and her ready, faithful work. It expresses sympathy to her family and pledges to publish the resolutions in memoriam.
Sunday Monday feature The Women praised as a top 1939 attraction with Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Mary Boland and Norma Shearer in a clash of reputations. Wednesday Thursday presents The Jones Family in Quick Millions. Friday Saturday offers Gracie Allen and Nancy Drew in Gracie Allen Murder Case plus Ken Maynard in Flaming Lead.
We acknowledge with gratitude the kindness shown by relatives and friends during the illness and death of our sister. May God's blessings abide with you. Miss Minnie Caldwell Z. L. Moore and Family.
The Ladies Auxiliary to American Legion Post 124 will meet Friday at 2:30 PM in the PTA lunch room at Butler school. Mars. Walker and Mrs. Harmon will head the program with the topic Rehabilitation. Public notice by Chin.
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