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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
Reynolds department lists residents and guests visiting at homes around town. Names include Mrs. Hicks, Miss Hutcheson, Mrs. Graham, Mr. Coolik in Florida, and many Georgia connections visiting relatives or attending commencements and trips to Atlanta, Dublin, and Bainbridge.
Fifteen members of the Edison High School senior girls, led by Superintendent J. A. Pickard and faculty members Miss Marguerite Gilbert and Miss Louise Manley, left early Thursday for Washington D C on the annual class trip.
Mrs F M Carson presided at the Reynolds Methodist W M S regular business meeting held June 6 at the church. The program included hymn Just As I Am Thine Own To Be, prayer by Mrs Carson, and business remarks. A letter from the Weyman Huckabees praised cherry blossoms in Japan and work ahead. Mrs J D Smith welcomed and thanked by the group. Mrs Sawyer received $2 for two girls from Paine College in Augusta. Reporter.
R. F. D. News reports Pensacola visitors Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rutherford and family, along with numerous local callings. Nearby, Mrs. Webb recovers from an appendectomy while Mr. Webb's condition improves. Several households hosted relatives and friends this Sunday and Sunday visitors included the Culverhouse and Beeland families. Betty Rutherford plans a Florida vacation as others welcome new residents Patricia Beeland.
Sunday visitors and weekend guests fill the Wesley scene as families from Talbotton Swainsboro Thomaston and nearby areas share time with local residents. Notables include C C Royal and the Spinks household with multiple households hosting relatives and friends.
The Mission Study Club at the Club House featured Mrs. Dice R. Anderson and Mrs. Birch, both returning missionaries, along with Mrs. Daly, a Cuba missionary, on the program. Officers urged prompt reports for July and the group voted $2 to aid a Sunday school teacher's camp at Yellow Bluff. The Vacation Bible School runs June 12 to Friday including a picnic. turnout of local children invited.
The column records Sunday visits by Willie Ruth Stephens, Dorothy and Geraldine Brewer, and many area families to the Brewers and Walls households. It notes Rev. W. J. Childree conducting services to a large crowd and lists multiple families visiting Leila Odom and others, inviting readers to Sunday School at 9:30.
The column lists multiple Thomaston residents visiting relatives in Macon Butler Americus and Atlanta. It notes Mrs Britt McChargue and children with J P Walker and J Jarrells, visits by Pennington and Bennetts, and a medical trip for G B Jarrell. Also mentions graduates attending Butler exercises and local shopping trips.
The Reynolds Golf Club has opened its swimming pool for the season. Tickets are $3.00 for the season and available from C. Fe, Marshall, or the golf course office. The pool, golf course, tennis court, and grounds are in fine condition and visitors are welcome.
Howard Items Mrs Endy Hawkins stayed with Mr and Mrs C Montgomery family over the weekend. Mrs G D Locke of Butler visited her mother Mrs Lillian Brown. Virginia Perkins of La Grange College returned home for summer vacation. Patsy Pickard of Macon visited grandmother Mrs Beulah Pickard. Recitals in Butler Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Rod Brown and family visited relatives in Florida with Mrs Brown staying longer. Mr and Mrs M E Driskell and children Mr Floyd Martin of Butley and Miss Haverlyn Regan of Last Toint visited relatives. Mr and Mrs H A Sealy recent guests of Mrs Lillian Brown and Mrs Maude Sealy.
Miss Myrtle Payne and Helen Banfield spent Sunday with Miss Virginia Kelley. Archie Milloff Ogletthorpe and his wife visited their parents J D Torrey. Lannis Cromer and Louise Payne of Macon frequented weekend homes. Herbert Kelley Virginia Laggers Kelley shopped in Montezuma Saturday. J W Tarrer visited J D Tarrer Thursday. Grady Payne hosted Sunday dinner with OC Barfield W G James Lewis Barfield Archie Barfield and families.
Mrs Martha Taunton and Mr J Mathis have disclosed their secret marriage after a weeks long union. The couple plans a honeymoon to Tennessee and North Carolina and will settle in Americus after about two weeks. Mr Mathis is in business in Americus and is the son in law of F M Weeks.
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