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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
3
A Reynolds civic note opens with a poem praising the lighthouse as a steadfast beacon. The column then lists local social visits and guests including Rosalyn Prager, Melissa Coburn, Maggie Beall, Hicks brothers, the Fountains, Laurice Aultman, and the J. W. Musslewhite party. Updates mention R. E. Aultman’s gradual recovery from recent injuries and several families visiting in Garden Valley and Americus.
A January meeting of the Jennie Barrow Circle of the Methodist Missionary Society was hosted by Mrs. C H Neisler. Officers elected for 1935 include J G Hicks as Chair and J D Beall as Vice Chair. The group pledged 25 dollars to the building fund and discussed a benefit play with Mrs W M Hollis and A D Kirksey.
Mr Simms Ruff of Natasulga Ala visited the Moores last week. The Me Chargue farm at Norwich was rented by J B Hanner and wife and by J W Lumpkin and family from Concord. Hanter opened the Me Chargue store stocking groceries and invites trading. A box supper Saturday Jan 26 at six PM at Norwich M P church with a quilt to be given away and candy and flowers for sale to pay church debt. Services Sunday Jan 27 include Sunday school at 10 AM and preaching at 11 by Rev C A Abbott. Young people's day program on building a Christian world. first quarterly conference after service. Your presence is urged.
Crowell residents shared visits and weekend stays as L. T. Horton Karl Neisler and George Daniel journeyed to Thomas ton on business. J C Fuller stayed with Paul Byrd in Macon while Miriam Mitchell from Wesley spent time with Bess Neigler. Poultry meet attendees included George McCrary Horton family and others in Butler and Reynolds.
A flurry of visits and hosting across Col lege Park Butler Macon and Jacksonville with families including Heath Allen Pinkard Spinks Adams Willis and Braddy. Notable mentions include Mr William Heath Allen Mrs J R Pound Mrs Haywood Allen recent hosts and guests from Jacksonville Florida and Macon Georgia alongside local residents like Miss Marguerite Wilson and Miss Leila Willis.
Mr and Mrs Fred Jarrell entertained a group of young people from Wesley and Five Points communities with a party at their home Saturday night. The evening featured games and contests with simple prizes for winners and later candy and fruit for about forty guests.
A bridal shower for Mrs. Fred Jarrell was held at the home of Mrs. J. A. Heath on January 8. Miss Frances Willis led readings, guests entered names and recipes in the bride’s book, and contests awarded simple gifts. A “fishing pond” provided gifts from a craft fishing pole prize, and about thirty guests enjoyed a sweet course.
Mr and Mrs Harris Sealy and Franns were guests of Mr and Mrs H A Leary and family. Ernest Davis of Butler visited Mr and Mrs O Brown. Marvin Keller of Baldwinville was weekend guest of his aunt Mrs J A Buckner. J M Brown visited Lige Parker in Daviston. Lizzie Gilbert and John Gilbert were visitors of Mr and Mrs J A Packner. M Martin and son spent Sunday with Lewis Hill near Geneva. Roscoe Jinks visited Marion Jinks near here for the weekend. McLendon Hill and P W Martin with Garvis Loyd were guests of L Hill near Geneva. Cecil Gunn of Columbus visited her mother Annie L Downs. Mrs J W [dward] I and son of Richland are spending days with Rod Brown.
The snippet records visitors and guests at homes around Five Points including J E Pate of Butler, Mr and Mrs Willie Surges of Reynolds, Frances Booth, Juliette Jarrell, O R Montgomery, Marie Montgomery, Billy Montgomery, Margaret Adams of Reynolds, Eula Walker of Thomaston, Kathel Gaultney, Virginia Peterman, Deliabel Gaultney, Jacky Jarrell, Phillip Jarrell, Weeks Adams family, Sara Gee, Namnlou Gaultney of Thomaston, Abner Youngblood, Vera and Virginia Peterman, Namnlou Gaultney, and many Jarrells. It also notes sick-list mentions and hospital visit for a child.
The dove season closes next Thursday while quail season ends March 1. The section notes scarce game but local hunters have pursued the season seriously and the ongoing quail hunt remains popular.
The R. H. S. News editorial notes Professor E. Hy Joiner as the senior English teacher. It explains the course split into Grammar and American Literature, with six week terms each. The issue features student themes to showcase imagination and invites reader feedback.
Crowell cemetery is about 105 years old with inscriptions dating 99 years on the oldest stone for Sterling Horton and 87 for Mary Horton. A lane of six Northerners killed when a Columbus to Macon stagecoach overturned in 1849 lies opposite, their graves marked only by the gate inscription. Many other graves range from fifty to seventy five years, with several soldiers listed by name and regiment but no dates.
Eleanor McDaniel reflects on family albums from 1880 showing children parents and early Kodak era snaps. She notes changing fashions from high necks and long sleeves to more lifelike pictures as photography spreads, ending with a light mention of ancestors provoking laughter and posterity.
A personal reminiscence recounted by Sam Goolik about his father and a voyage aboard an ocean liner as it drew nearer shore. The short piece centers on family memory and maritime imagery within a nostalgic framing.
The narrator recalls stepping ashore in 1900 and sensing freedom and happiness as the Statue of Liberty and New York City skyline greeted them. The dream of America sparked a resolve to make New York home before later moving to Georgia, leaving a lingering memory of that first encounter.
A family legend from the Civil War era recounts a captain who took a baby from the home of Mrs. Tom Windham's family and later returned the child with a small drinking cup as a keepsake. The cup was kept through years of the grandmother’s life until a house fire and loss.
The firm Hinton & Hollis dissolves by mutual consent. E A Hinton takes over the mercantile business and liabilities. E A Hollis takes three of four farms and their liabilities. All notes and accounts due to the firm payable to R A Hinton. Dated January 15, 1935. R A Hinton E A Hollis.
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