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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
7
Local society notes list visitors and guests from Macon Columbus and Atlanta. Residents travel to see kin in Thomaston Millen Hazlehurst and Franklin while others host relatives from Orlando Orlando and Charlotte. Community members attend summer school in South Carolina and Georgia with several returning after extended visits.
A Sunday gathering at the old Steed homestead near Mauk brought together brothers and sisters from Butler Macon Barnesville and Sanston Virginia. Notables included Walter I Steed Joseph N Steed Aliie Steed Vandendervender Gorcon Steed and the Steed twins Ian Steed Mitchell and Adam Steed Allison.
The Butler Garden Club gathered at Mrs. R. C. Montgomery’s home with Mrs. Walter Sugws as joint hostess. Mrs. L. R. Dean led the meeting and Mrs. L. R. Adams gave an article on annuals. Members voted on attractive flower hats with Mrs. Benns, Cochran, and Adams placing first to third.
Mr and Mrs T W Collier of Charing announce the marriage of their daughter Verna to Will Ernest Standridge son of Mr and Mrs W F E Standridge of Butler. The ceremony took place May 12 in Alabama. The groom works with his father in the Butler lumber business. they reside at the groom's parents home in this city.
Circle No 2 met Tuesday afternoon with hostesses Mrs H L Wilbar Mrs T E Tante and Mrs Lawrence Joiner at Mrs Tante's home. Mrs W F Bembry presided and Mrs G T Jarrard gave a devotional before a brief business program followed by punch and crackers.
A Sunday school lesson argues for holding life sacred through temperance and divine guidance. It cites Isaiah, Romans, and Zechariah to show that intemperance leads to ruin while clean living through Christ offers joy, peace, and eternal life, urging sympathy for the addicted and belief in moral accountability.
The Lesson-Sermon for Sunday in Churches of Christ, Scientist centers on Truth. Scriptural verses from Psalms praise the Lord and declare His word just, while the correlative text from Science and Health asserts Truth’s omnipotence and that error is unreal.
Keep your worn tires by bringing them to Childs Service Station in Butler for vulcanizing services. This prompt contains no further details on hours or pricing.
Senator J. T. Cochran’s son Robert Cochran, visiting the New York World’s Fair, drew a free long distance call prize during a telephone exhibit. The party, including Mrs. Cochran and Mr. Henry Payne, plans a ten day tour of Washington DC New York City World’s Fair Coney Island and the Shenandoah Valley.
An advertising notice promotes FLIT SPRAY available at Childs Service Station in Butler to kill flies and mosquitoes.
The third quarterly conference of the Butler Howard charge will be held at Butler Methodist church tomorrow Friday. Rev G N Rainey district superintendent will preach at 11 am. Dinner will be served and the conference will elect officers for the new Church School year. One delegate will be elected to the annual conference in Savannah on Nov 7. All members urged to attend.
County agent W F Bembry reports 192 cotton parity payments for 1940 totaling 4581 87 were received this week. Checks issued faster than 1939 parity and farmers urged to apply promptly after compliance is checked and notice received.
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