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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1936
Page
5
A sermon from Lavonia speaker Brother W. H. Sewell extols friendship as a spiritual duty. The piece reflects on charity as love in action, urging service to the sick, orphans, widows, and the homeless, while praising true friends who offer confidence, guidance, and joy.
The June 18 total membership reaches 873 after 106 new enrollments across districts with notable gains in the Seventh and Eighth districts. A June 25 secretary’s list aims to include late entrants, urging timely dues to avoid missing issues. The Georgia branch convention in Albany June 24-25 features speakers Louis Brehm and B A Meeks. Engagement announced for Marjorie Elizabeth White and Earl G Ford, with marriage planned for August in Sylvester.
The district convention did not reveal the principal delegate. Bro Temples, secretary-treasurer, confirms Ben L. Collins will represent the district at state and national gatherings. Also notes the birth of twins to Mr. and Mrs. Van W. Fretwell of Jackson, Butts county on June 26 with wishes for health.
The Georgia State Association of Letter Carriers will hold its annual convention in Cordele on July 3 4 with a welcome for nearby members. July 1 holiday urges attendees to meet city carriers, barbecue dinner and dance planned. The Fourth District reports 123 members and 114 carriers, with several counties achieving one hundred percent status including Bryan Tamal First District Wilcox Third District Spalding Fourth District Glynn Eighth District and White Ninth District.
W H Sewell of Lavonia GA writes to Mr Wall about paying dues and assessment No 103 including National Letter Carrier, praising the association’s memorial acts for deceased colleagues. He recalls meeting Mrs J D Watson in Thom son, endorses buying Hickory Hill Estate in memory of advocates for rural delivery, and praises the R F D column in the Atlanta Journal with a love of poetry.
The regular appropriation bill for Postal Service maintenance, including Ocean Mail differences, was moved along to final passage and signed by the President. Rural delivery funding is approved, assuring rural carriers’ pay for another year beginning July 1.
State conventions dates are listed for Alabama North Carolina Tennessee Florida and South Carolina with venues in Birmingham Hickory Nashville Tallahassee and Columbia. The obituary notes Mrs Julia Lehman Glass of Sharpsburg Ga born March 28 1878 died May 7 1936 after a life in LaGrange and Sharpsburg Baptist church remembered for southern womanhood kindness and purity.
Mrs G C Barnhill thanks the carriers and their wives of the First District for flowers sent while she was in session at Sylvania last Saturday May 30. She expresses the flowers’ comfort during hospital confinement since April at Piedmont Hospital Atlanta Ga.
A guide on arranging flowers emphasizing harmony in texture color and shape. It covers choosing containers from vases to baskets, balancing arrangements for various plant forms, environment placement, and keeping cut flowers fresh with steps on timing water changes and handling.
Georgia’s Nightingale Edythe Miller leads School of the Air auditions with district winners from Columbus visiting WSB Friday afternoon to compete in state finals. Front row includes Dot Giles Richland James Edwin Stretch Johnnie Lowe Madlyn Garrett Justine Tune Jack Murrah Mary McGee. Back row features Johanna Saunders Bertha Lee Elsie Palmer Josephine Wells Edyth Miller and teachers from multiple cities.
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