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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
7
A long notice compiles visiting friends and relatives across Butler. Clergy, families, and travelers from Americus Atlanta Macon Thomaston Cairo Col umbus Eatonton Columbia S C Akron Ohio Charleston W Va and Bronwood are named among weekend and weekday guests and hosts. Several local residents and families are noted as hosting and traveling.
Home Coming Day at Sand Bethel church two miles south of Rupert on highway No 3 will be held next Sunday. Morning service begins at 11 with Rev I R Kelsley of Americus delivering the home coming sermon. A basket dinner follows on the church grounds. The afternoon features singing and local choir leaders. Evening services start Sunday night and continue nightly all week. Everyone is invited.
The American Legion Auxiliary meeting is deferred until Friday afternoon July 11 at three o'clock. Mrs Ethel McMullen will be hostess and Mrs Lara Mathews, the new president, will preside. All members are urged to attend.
The Taylor County Holiness Camp Meeting begins today July 3 and runs through July 13 at the Tabernacle six miles north of Butler. Non-denominational meetings welcome all, with Rev. S F Andrews Rev John Faul Pappas Dr Annie McGee and Miss Marie Banks among speakers. Bill Parrish singer and Carliss Hammel pianist will assist in the revival.
Cemetery cleanup notices urged members of Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church to meet July 15 at the church to tend the grounds and cemetery. Bethel Primitive Baptist Church near Butler invites members to meet July 8 for cleaning and beautifying the church grounds and cemetery, with a weather postponement to Wednesday if needed.
W Smith piano tuner at 403 W Gordon St Thomaston Ga lists piano tuning and sale services and invites inquiries via phone 56. He markets new and used pianos under the business name PIANO TUNING CO. with address and contact details.
Miss Nettie Beatrice Hill and Carl L Turner were married Sunday afternoon June 29 at four o’clock in Butler in a family ceremony. Rev E H Dunn officiated in a room decorated with gladioli and dahlias. The bride wore navy triple sheer with pink collar and a pink lily corsage. The couple plans a brief wedding trip before settling in Norwich.
The fourth annual Barnes Woods reunion gathered Sunday at Ebenezer Church in Schley county to honor Lizzie Leggett Barnes Woods and Charles Stratton Woods. Dozens, including eight siblings and many relatives from Ellaville Butler Zebulon and Americus, enjoyed a noon basket dinner and an afternoon trip to Andersonville National Prison Park and cemetery.
Due to worship services in nearby communities the usual afternoon singing at Mt Pisgah Baptist Church is called off for next Sunday. Officials say the postponement affects only the forthcoming service and the regular schedule will resume after this month.
The lesson outlines Paul and Luke's travels on the second missionary journey through Macedonia and Greece, highlighting key stops Philippi Berea and Thessalonica, the conversion of Lydia and the jailer, and Pauls preaching in Athens and Corinth. It notes the push into Europe, the spread of churches, and the role of Christians supporting one another.
Sunday and Monday feature Philadelphia Story based on Philip Barry play starring Katharine Hepburn James Stewart and Cary Grant. Wednesday and Thursday present Flight From Destiny with Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffery Lynn and Thomas Mitchell. Friday and Saturday show Michael Shayne Private Detective with Lloyd Nolan and Mary Weaver Cassidy Returns with William Boyd.
The Butler Library now opens daily except Thursday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. On Thursday it opens 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Readers are urged to resume reading. Vacation Reading Club registrations await start.
The text describes Crispus leader of a synagogue converting to Christianity, with converts from lower social classes. It notes social status does not affect eternal life, as both rich and poor, Jew and Gentile share the same chance. Paul finishes in Corinth, returns via Ephesus, eager for Jerusalem, ending his journey in Antioch with many new churches across heathen cities.
Mrs Josephine Montgomery of Columbus visited her grandmother Mrs H G Thurman. Miss Jean Lancaster spent the weekend with friends at Bronwood. Rev C L Wall and son of Pinehurst visit relatives in Arabi. Mrs Thelma McElmurray of Columbus visits family in town. Master Thomas Saunders of Atlanta spends summer with aunt Mrs M B Pittman. Several families host or visit relatives in Butler, Fairmount, Abbeville, Archer, Fitzgerald, and surrounding areas.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon on God to be read in Churches of Christ, Scientist worldwide features the Golden Text from Isaiah 43 3 and I Timothy 1 17. It includes a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting that the everlasting I Am surpasses physical humanity and questioning the form of God versus infinite Mind and divine Love.
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