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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
2
Reynolds residents flock to visits in Macon Columbus and Georgia towns with many relatives guests and travels noted. Shifts include farm prices new oats at 60 cents per bushel and wheat at 1.00 while local families attend weddings reunions and a county fair in nearby towns.
The community invites attendance for the fourth Sunday in July while noting several local residents listed as sick. Visits include Monticello families and guests from Albany Spartanburg and Dayton. Local social and religious gatherings are reported with various encounters and visits.
Miss Dorothy Ann Lee of Beaufort South Carolina marries Mr. Andrew W. King of Philadelphia Pennsylvania formerly of Reynolds at St Luke Methodist Church Philadelphia Reverend R E Mandone officiates. King son of former Mrs Mary Elizabeth Payne Reynolds now Mrs W T Waldrof of Philadelphia. He serves as Third Engineer aboard US Navy ship Annapolis and will transfer to Inland Waterways Survey Ship Escanon based at Port Royal South Carolina. They will reside in Beaufort South Carolina.
The Thames has been pronounced Temz. The form Temze and Temse survive in historic spellings. Romans used Tamesis or Tamesa. The th sound appeared around 1377 and became common after 1500. The original meaning of shatnes is unclear.
The July 3 meeting at the church was led by Mrs. F. M. Carson with Hymn In Christ There Is No East or West. Members donated used bricks for parsonage back steps and arrangements were made for brick delivery. Mrs. Hicks presented the Road to Peace and World Peace program notes from Mrs. Perry.
Mrs Margaret Watkins visits Buckners and Guined family hosts. Cazie Montgomery and children visit Hawkins family at Pine Grove. A C Patrick and daughter from Blackshear visit Mack Hill. Inez Scott returns from Columbus trip. Morris family returns from week with Lillian Brown. Montgomery children visit J S Montgomery at Panhandle. Frances Scott returns from relatives near Butler. Mack Hill and Lewis Hill families host. J A Scott and O L Scott share visits. Wesley quarterly meeting attended by locals. Robert Banks and daughter from East Point visit Nannie Martin and kin. Thelma Renfroe and baby visit Atlanta relatives. Fred Sealy from Atlanta visits cousin Brown Sealy. Brown Sealy and Felix Pierce visit near Waverly Hall.
Ernest James and family joined by Mar vin Brewer and others at Reynolds area gatherings. B C Brewer Blan Wall and families visited C J Al lbritton while his mother lay ill. A big Fourth of July barbecue drew a large crowd at Ernest James home.
Wesley community residents share visits with relatives across Columbus Thomaston and Union churches. Several families spent Sundays with friends including the Spinks Amoses Slaughter Jarrell Wilson Greathouse and Adams households. Attendees joined tent meetings and Horeb church services as part of weekly social and religious life.
On July second the Royal family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wilson. Guests arrived for a day of laughter and shared memories. A noon lunch under shade trees followed by an inspiring sermon by Rev. Floyd Howard. Dozens of relatives from Newnan Columbus Atlanta Thomaston Macon Norfolk and Griffin attended, expressing thanks for a lovely day and hoping for future reunions.
The monastery of St George where Florence Nightingale tended wounded soldiers in the Crimean War overlooks the fishing village of Balaklava by the waterside valley through which the famed Six Hundred rode with the Light Brigade.
Charing and surrounding areas report a steady stream of social visits. Frances Watson hosts Lillian Purvis in Ellaville while families from Mauk, Butler, and Macon visit relatives and attend gatherings.
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