Spring Millinery Seen In Butler As Residents Gather
Butler residents flock to Oscar Dreizin’s first showing of spring millinery with new hats from Mrs. C. L. Pyron’s Improvement Club visit to Atlanta noted among local social events. Multiple names including Berry Hill Americus Chester Steele Eufaula and Mary Ingram appear with weekend visits and family gatherings. Local goods listings advertise fancy Washington Rust Resistant Asparagus Crowns and cabbage plants while trucks delayed by high water impact daily life.
Death of E Fred Hicks Shocks Columbus Friends
On January 3rd in Columbus, E Fred Hicks died after months of illness at age 44. He worked as claim agent and inspector for Columbus Electric & Power and is survived by his wife, son William, and brothers R A Hicks of Birmingham and J M Hicks of Reynolds. The body was moved to Reynolds and buried in the family lot eight miles south.
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Columbus
William Hicks
R. A. Hicks
Birmingham
Ala
J. M. Hicks
Reynolds
Here
For Sale Cabbage Plants in Leading Varieties
For sale cabbage plants of Charleston Succession Early Jersey Wakefield Flat Dutch Percy Island Wakefield at 25c per hundred. Mail orders filled promptly. P A Jenkins Reynolds Ga R 1.
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Charleston
Early Jersey
Wakefield
Percy Island
P. A
Jenkins
Reynolds
Young Peoples Missionary Society Elects Officers
The Young Peoples Missionary Society met at Miss Carol Smiths home for a monthly business session electing officers for the year. Choyce Barrow as President Blanche Marshall Vice President Camilla Hill as Secretary and Treasurer Minnie Lee Saunders Recording Secretary Louise Lewis Social Service Superintendent Winnie Mitchell Missions Superintendent Carol Smith Supplies Superintendent Sara Cooper Public Secretary Louise Barrow Pianist. After the business, a program included song prayer devotional David and His Mighty Men Wynna Taylor poem Lift High the Torch a talk by Mrs A J Barrow and closing prayer. Eight members attended: Winnie Mitchell Minnie L Saunders Lucile Saunders Wilma Pool Louise Barrow Mary Carter Wynna Taylor Beatrice Caslov.
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Young Peoples Missionary Society
Carol Smith
Pres
Choyce Barrow
Blanche Marshall
Treas
Camilla Hill
Mattie Musslewhite
Minnie Lee Saunders
Louise Lewis
Winnie Mitchell
Sara Cooper
Louise Barrow
A. J. Barrow
David and His Mighty Men
Wynna Taylor
Minnie L. Saunders
Lucile Saunders
Wilma Pool
Mary Carter
Wynia Taylor
Beatrice Caslov
Crowell P T A Holds January Meeting and Plans
Crowell P T A held its regular meeting January 14 with vice president Gardner presiding in President Casey’s absence. The program featured a thrift presentation, devotional by Mrs. Shurley, and a seat purchase by the supply committee. Members will host husbands and children February 12 at the school and meet again February 11.
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Cowell
W. C. Casey
Childen
Just Give It Time A Woman Buys An Antique Escritoire
A woman buys an escritoire at a high price and invites an expert for appraisal. The expert, after inspection, concludes it is fine furniture but not antique. She remains unfazed, joking that it will be antique once she finishes paying for it.
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Collier's
Thrifty Hen Incident Narrated in Boston Transcript
A motorist speeding through a country neighborhood killed a hen and pressed a $2 bill into Edna's hand as she passed toward neighbor Reed's. Edna told her mother, who suggested banking the money and then preserving the hen for the Reeds to eat, noting the hen belonged to the Reeds.
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Edna
Reed
Mamma
Boston Transcript
Examinations and Honor Roll Highlight Local Notes
This week reports semi annual pest final examinations and urges liberal grading and easy questions. A former student Katy Wade recalls a midterm poem about cramming before exams. Following this, the paper lists the December Honor Roll by grade, naming many students such as Maggie Liffey, Frances Jones, Lois Newsome, Jeanette Barrow and Alice Hicks among others.
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Mercerian
Katy
Wade
Maggie Liffey
Woodfin Hinton
Sammie Coolik
Walter Kirksey
Louise Leonard
Frances Jones
Mildred Seay
Susan Bryan
Frances Ricks
Emlie Pardee
Zack Weaver
Leon Casley
Dorsey Whittington
Lewis Freeman
John H. Windham
Elizebeth Lucas
Susan Parks
Estelle Theus
Estelle Ricks
Easter Hobbs
Margaret Eubanks
Winnie Mitchell
Ethel Marshall
Golden Ideas on Happiness From Giving to Others
A quotation attributed to Na than Straus extols giving as the best medicine and happiness. He notes years of gifts over thirty years, intends to leave little for his children, and cannot estimate what remains to give away.
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Nathan Straus
Hindustani Playing Cards Belonging to Royal Asiatic Society
A Hindustani card pack in the Royal Asiatic Society of England collection is claimed to be about a thousand years old. It contains eight suits of varied colors. Kings ride elephants while viziers rank behind on horses tigers and bulls. Some cards show a pineapple in a shallow cup and an object like a parasol without a handle and with two broken ribs protruding.
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Royal Asiatic Society of England
Give Georgia a Chance Prompts Local Civic Call to Action
The DeKalb New Era argues Decatur and De Kalb County must rally for Georgia's progress. It stresses that state greatness hinges on people’s effort and cooperation, urging citizens to support development, push for improvement, and give Georgia a fair chance to rise among American states.
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New Era
State of
Georgia
Grand Old State
Empire State
South
Congo
Andes
DeKalb County
Decatur
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C. L. Pyron
Atlanta
Mr. Berry Hill
Americus
New Spring
Oscar Dreizin
Butler, Ga
Chester Steele
Eufauia, Ala
William Fickling
Macon
Neisler & Payne
Sam Kilby
Mary Ingram
Sewing Club
John Mangham
Mercer
Mary E. Monk
Butler
Washington
E. P. Hodges
Walter Draughon
R. H. James
Henry Saylor
Mrs. Hicks
Florence Smith
Chas. Smith
Syd James
Mrs. Caldwell
Ruby Windham
Hattie Windham
W. R. Whatley
Galie
T. L. Fountain
T J Fountain
L. H. Carnes
Wm. Bankston
Ray Lucas
T J. Ray
Butler, Gar
Mrs
George Goddard
A. D. Byrd
Clifford Whatley
Jas. H. Windham
Hazel
Mrs. Hoke McDaniel
Ethel Marshell
Frances Hodges
Clara M. Parks
Edith Newsome
Lydia Goddard
W. I. Powell
The
Baptist Missionary Society
T. G. Turk
H.H. Newsome
W. ©. Marshall
E. Fred Hicks
Y.P
M.S
Crowell's
H. J. Clark
Reynolds, Ga
Goddard
Golden Ideas
DeKalb
Oliver
F. F. Paris
Tam
Roy Brewer
Clay Bryan Reynolds
First National Bank
F A. Ricks
J.N. Bryan
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