Local Happenings Highlight Community Visits
Miss Theresa Wallace of Chamblee hosted friends here while Elizabeth Cannon of Atlanta plans a visit to her father Col. R. S. Foy. Carolyn Riley of Winter Haven Florida stays with grandmother Alice Riley as Paul McLarty and family visit from New York. Numerous relatives and friends from Macon Atlanta Charlotte Tampa and Chicago gathered for weddings, anniversaries and weekends with the area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cannon
Atlanta
Col. R. S. Foy
Carolyn Riley
Winter Haven, Fla
Mrs
Alice Riley
H. M. Riley
Macon
Butler High School Class of 1949 Holds First Reunion
The Butler High School seniors of 1949 gathered Saturday night June 26 at the Community House for their first class reunion. President Benjamin Guined led a roll call of attendees including Marie Adams Bone Susan Almgren Mary Luna Cheek Shirley Dunn Jimmy Edwards Rita Hogg Law Christine Ingram Poole Carolyn Jinks Guined Ruby Johnson Hubbard Maidana Knott Nunn Evans Locke Mary Nunn Mott Spillers Peggy Peterman Locke Kathryn Spivey Dora Summerour Bobby Gean Swain Clarice Taunton Wall. More than 30 guests attended with husbands wives and sweethearts. Special guests included Mrs Julian Locke Neva Nell Blair and Walter Mathews. The program featured the class song and prophecy followed by five-year retrospectives. A covered dish supper concluded the event with pink and white decor and a class motto poster “Today is the Tomorrow We Worried About Yesterday.” The group planned another reunion in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Guined
Marie Adams Bone
Susan Almgren
Mary Luna Cheek
Shirley Dunn
Jimmy Edwards
Rita Hogg Law
Christine Ingram Poole
Carolyn Jinks Guined
Ruby Johnson Hubbard
Maidana Knott Nunn
Evans Locke
Mary Nunn Mott Spillers
Peggy Peterman Locke
Kathryn Spivey
Dora Summerour
Bobby Gean Swain
Clarice Taunton Wall
Julian Locke
Neva Nell Blair
Walter Mathews
Cemetery Work Day at Mauk Cemetery
Thursday July 15 set for cleaning the Mauk cemetery. Those who loved and remember the buried are asked to meet and help beautify the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauk
Dnes
Two Taylor County Youth Attend Boys State
Fred Adams recounts attending Boys State at Georgia Tech June 20 26 sponsored by the American Legion. He traveled from Butler to Atlanta with donors and peers, joined Nationalist and Federalist groups, and took part in city county and state government activities, elections, courts, and a Governor's banquet at the Georgian Hotel before a trip to Stone Mountain and Grant Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Tech
American Legion
Legion of Butler
Donny ‘Lane
Reynolds
Butler
Atlanta
Herman Elliston
Carlton Hartman
Henry Hall
Savannah
Superior Courts
Recorders Court
Capitol
House
Senate
Georgian Hotel
Bobby Dodd
Stone Mountain
Grant Park
Tech
American Legion Post 124
Fred Adams
Perfect Attendance Pin Awarded Martha Melton at Butler High
Martha Melton received a 12 year perfect attendance pin from the County Board of Education at Butler High School. She is the first county girl to achieve this record and also earned a 91.5 average while holding roles in Beta Club FHA 4 H Music and Tri-Hi-Y. She contributed to the school paper served as class secretary and placed fourth in district shorthand. The senior class named her wittiest girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler High School
Martha Melton
County Board of Education
Herman Elliston
Martha
Peterman Childs Engage for August Church Wedding
Sylvia Peterman and Preston Bussy Childs Jr. announce engagements from Butler and Washington. Peterman is Crawford County High School and Piedmont trained with nursing and business training. Childs is Butler High School graduate and FBI attaché, student at American University. Wedding planned August 11 at Roberta Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
Sylvia Peterman
Preston Bussy Childs Jr
Butler
Washington, D. C
Crawford County High School
Piedmont School of Nursing
Atlanta
Business Training Institute
Macon
Childs
Bussey Childs
Butler High School
American University
Washington
FBI
Roberta Baptist Church
Harris Family Reunion Brings Wide Butler County Attendance
The sixth annual Harris Family Reunion was held July 4 at the Harris homestead, drawing relatives from Thomasville Cairo Panama City Americus Moultrie Bainbridge and other nearby towns. Attendees included numerous Harris and Hurst families and grandchildren from Butler and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
D. M. Harris
J. R. Harris
Carl
Thomas
Steve
Thomasville
W. D. Hurst
Fronne
J. H. Withlis Jr
Patsy
Clover
S. Sc
Gorden Bryant
Cairo
Archie Gorden
Panama City
Fla
Floyd Cranchy
Annette Marie
Floyd
Brenda
Americus
Richard Burgess
Moultrie
Walter Bedwell
Peggie Hurst
Cleveland
Tenn
Tom Green
Bobbie
Douglas
Morris Sanders
Benning
Hugh Hart Bainbridge
Mattie Pilkinton Douglas
L. B. Taylor
Bill Byrd
Soperton
Bob Bauer Tampa
Will Harris
E. L. Harris
G . W. Harris
Silas Harris
Grace and
LaRoy Stringfield
Dudley Harris
Bobby
Jeanette
Dwight
Emory Harris
Sandy
John Mark
C. W. Hurst
Butler
Card of Thanks for Thad Moody Peed kin
Many thanks to our friends for the kindness shown us during the illness and death of little Thad. God bless you all is our prayer. Mr. and Mrs. Moody Peed Dondra, Janice, Kathy and Karon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad
Mrs. Moody
Dondra
Janice
Kathy
Karon
Malathion Suggests New Housefly Control Methods
The county agent promotes malathion as an effective housefly control since DDT resistance emerged. It can be applied as a spray or bait and in bait formulations. Details include mixing ratios for spray and bait, placement on burlap for hanging, and the new Fly Flakes product containing one percent malathion for easy dissemination.
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Lyda C Wood of Talbot County
Funeral services for Mrs Lyda C Wood of Talbot County will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Talbotton cemetery with Rev Grover Bell officiating. She died Friday at Mocking Bird Rest Home in Geneva after a five week illness at age 78 or 79, a daughter of F C Callier and Kate S Callier. Edwards Funeral Home in charge. pallbearers named. She leaves five nephews and six nieces and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyda C Wood
Talbot County
Geneva
Wood
F. C. Callier
Kate S. Callier
Junction City
Thankful note for support after stepmother's death
The Woodall family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards flowers and visits during the illness and death of Mrs W A Woodall at their home in Mauk. They pray God bless each reader and sign H W Woodall and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Woodall
Mauk
H. W. Woodall
Library Notice for Tuesday and Wednesday Lending Hours
Taylor County Library announces visiting hours 9 to 12 on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Books are also with Mrs Dugger Casey at Fickling Mill and Mrs R D Waller at Mauk. Mrs Waller will check out books 1 to 5 on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugger Casey
Fickling Mill
R.D. Waller
Mauk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theresa Wallace of
Chamblee
E. H. Dunn
Kay
Paul McLarty
New York City
Eli Garrett
O. G. McCants
Billy Franklin
Phenix City
Ala
G. C. Stokes
J. F. Sikes
A. L. Willingham
Forsyth
Ida Cason Gardens
Pine Mountain Valley
W. G. Hill
Montgomery Hospital
John Turk
Americas
Sgt
Billy and
Claire Brannon
Charlotte, N. C
A. C. Adams Sr
J. E. Fountain
Edith
Milledgeville
Annie Fountain Smith
Bertha Bazemore
J. J. Salzer
Jacksonville, Fla
William Salter Sr
William Jr
Tampa
R. T. Byers
P. C. Askew
Myra
Robert Lynn Watkins
D. S. Byers
Bettie
Pamela
Columbus
W. E. Sullins
Logue Thrift
Logue
Thomaston
Barnesville
Montezuma
Buena Vista
Dothan
A. Cc. Adams Sr
Bob Brannon
James Adams
Rosemary
Clem Adams
Taylor Bone and
Luke Adams
Carl Smith
Milner
Harold Odum
John Davis
Donna
Norris Sikes
Ginga
Jimmy
Miami
L. R. Adams
J. C. Adams
Franklin, Ga
J. T. O. Baird
Milwaukee
Wisc
Joe Taylor
Columbia, S. C
Jack Hilton
Raleigh
N. C
Kenneth Jones
W. P. Folds
Albert Folds
Taylor County
Chiropractic
Elmo W. Davis
S. Jackson ST
Taylor
Lyda C. Wood
Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. O. Box
Jackson 7
Mississippi
Butler, GA
Alan Ladd
Ann Baxter
MacDonald Carey
MY Wife
Randolph Scott
Claire Trevor
Bil Eliott
Tex Ritter
Lone Star Vigilantes
Africa
Tire Headquarters
Roadyear
Kelly Springfield
Steak House
Ft. Valley
the Steak House
Ft. Valley, Ga
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