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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
7
In Edgar A. Guest’s verse the booster pa ild we re though Bs portrays the friendly town helper who smiles at rail stations and docks. The cheerful red cap bearer at gates and the welcoming native greet strangers, signaling safety and kinship as travelers pass through town or city.
Butler locals list long social visits including Mary Gill with Lois Harvey and Louise Turk visiting Miss Erline Lanier at Shellman. Mrs. Adams of Thomaston visits cousin Mrs. H. EyDams as Mary Persons and Ben Persons spend time at St Simons. Sequences mention various guests in local towns and extended family travel.
Miss Virginia McCants spends a week in Atlanta as the guest of Mrs. W W Wallace with a series of social events in her honor in the Capitol City. The fashionably listed attendees include Mrs W S Maxwell Messrs Sims and William Maxwell Mr and Mrs Baker Baldwin of Talbot county Mr and Mrs Joe Brown and Marjorie and more as part of the spirited social circle.
A Sunday event celebrated the Brooks Peed families at McCants mill honoring Mrs. Jennie Brooks on her birthday. About 100 guests enjoyed a lavish meal, with many local cooks praised. The afternoon included worship with songs and prayers, and out of town attendees listed from Gatesville, Blaville, Thomaston, Buena Vista, Macon, Americus, Milford Conn, West Palm Beach, Montezuma, and Palm Beach Fla.
On July 28 at the bride’s home in Ft Valley Rev. Reid officiated the marriage of Mr William Thomas Bateman and Miss Bertha Dougherty. The couple, natives of Dothan and Butler respectively, left for Chattanooga after the ceremony and will reside in Ft Valley. Attending from Butler were Mrs Lucile Bateman and Mrs J R Frierson.
The State College of Agriculture at Athens reported 1931 receipts of $1 174 881 10 and expenditures of $1 222 011 84 in a report to Governor Russell via State Auditor Wisdom. Major costs include college maintenance 425 885, agricultural extension 706 142, and instruction 197 811 with 8 816 total enrollment and 3 695 net enrollment. Salaries totaled 202 220 12, liabilities 68 435, and an unpaid balance of 167 570. The notice also includes budgeted admin 46 757 and buildings 85 121 expenses.
The third member of the Grantville bank raid has been identified as Watt Kelley, a neighbor of Red Pendergrass. Survivors R. P. Garvey and Kelley are jailed in Coweta County awaiting September grand jury action on bank robbery charges and a separate Cecile McKay customer robbery. Meriwether County officials plan assault with intent to murder charges at the next Superior Court session.
Housekeepers urged to save money on groceries and avoid cooking at home by dining out. A Sunday menu offers fried chicken, sliced tomatoes, potato salad, butter beans, cream and cake for 80 cents per plate at One Minute Sandwich Shoppe, run by H G Childres.
Mrs J T Mathews and her son have returned home after a pleasant visit in Atlanta, where they were guests of Mr and Mrs W W Wallace.
The Talbotton New Era reports friends lament Mrs. J N Newsome’s illness and travel to Atlanta for care. Social events include a luncheon for Evelyn Smith and others, a bridge party for Dot Johnson and guests, and honors for John Woodall Jr. at Camp Dixie. A zone meeting in Butler features speakers and a luncheon. Local notes mention Marion County activities, a marriage in Buena Vista, a 4 H camp at Lake Juniper, and community updates on illness and transfers.
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