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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
2
Reynolds neighbors host and visit relatives across Georgia and beyond. Numerous residents travel to Macon Atlanta Perry and Tampa while others welcome guests from Savannah Columbus and New York for weeks of family and social visits.
Mr and Mrs Charles R Hartsfield announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Lucile Alma Hartsfield to Paul Griffith Saunders of Atlanta and Reynolds. The wedding will take place at St Mark Methodist Church at 8 p m June 29. The couple plan to live in Georgia and Reynolds.
Friends in the community announce that Mrs. D E Byrd has returned home following several weeks in Montgomery hospital at Butler. The article expresses best wishes for her continued improvement and full recovery to good health.
A Sunday picnic at Ragan Park drew a crowd including Mr and Mrs James Gray Mr and Mrs Ernest Childree and children Mr and Mrs R E Aultman Mrs Clinton Woods Mrs Ruth Payne Mrs Emma Ogburn Miss Sue Livingston Miss Iva Pool Messrs Thomas and Dan Pool Julian Whateley and Miss Betty Worthen all listed among attendees.
Sunday visitors included Alfred Satterwhite and family, Pearl Gaultney from Atlanta, and Willie Pierce from Talbotton. Health notes report Jim Pierce, Walter Wainwright, and others improving after Montgomery hospital stays. Felix Pierce in Columbus hospital also improving. Mrs. D. E. Byrd and Miss Sara Dell Lucas share weekend visits with family in Butler and Marietta.
Taylor Mill residents shared visits with Thomaston and Macon people over the weekend. Mrs. L. D. King announced pressure cookers secured for canning at the school house and urged assistance from those preparing from fruits or vegetables. The Woman's Club meeting is set for Saturday night at the club room.
Supt Harold Gates newly elected Reynolds Lions Club president started his year with a combined hot dog and hamburger supper at Pittman Park near his home. Members and spouses arrived early as games of horseshoes and shuffleboard followed a well hosted meal by Gates and Mrs Gates assisted by Mrs L D King.
A lively Saturday night party drew a large young crowd at Taylor Mill Auditorium for the Sunday School class gathering. Guests included Nellie, Betty Anne, Amie Jeanne Underwood, Loquitta Gates, Marsdell Crook, Barbara Fay Windham, and many others with Supt Harold Gates and Mrs Harold Gates assisting. Delights were provided by Mrs L D King, Mrs Harold Gates, and Mrs J W Windham.
Columbus reports tentative plans for a multi million dollar river project featuring the highest single lift lock in the United States near Columbia Alabama. The lock will raise or lower a full barge tow 88 feet in one cycle. Col Mark Boatner head of the Third U S Engineers District says funds exist though dams details are not final. Project estimated at 73361000 dollars and may name the upper dam after J W Woodruff president of the Chattahoochee Valley Chamber of Commerce. Other dams planned near Buford and Columbus Georgia.
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