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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
2
Reynolds Department notes civic improvement club activities and a flurry of visits and family news. Various residents travel to Atlanta Ellaville Savannah Macon and Tampa while relatives share time in Columbus Montgomery and Bainbridge. Birth announcements include David Maurice for Mr and Mrs Marion Shearer of Atlanta.
The business meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church was led by President Mrs F M Carson. Highlights from the recent Columbus Ohio assembly were shared, with songs and a devotion based on Mathew 5 3 16. Mrs C E Whatley was welcomed back to the society.
The Reynolds Woman's Improvement Club announces a Home Nursing course starting next Monday at the Reynolds Club Chapter House. Sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. with three lessons weekly on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Miss Sara Windham, county nurse, teaches. no charges. Sign up through Mrs. E. H. Dunn.
The Gordon Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs. M A Lifsey home with 15 members and two visitors. F A Ricks led the session as patriotic summer plans were set including War Bonds purchases, a Red Cross nutrition class, and a First Aid class in Hicks District. The program honored Jefferson Davis with tributes by W E Marshall D W Harp and J G Hicks as ice cream and cake were served. The next gathering will occur in September hosted by Mrs J R Lunsford.
Reynolds Community Library announces summer hours from 9 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Story hour runs 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. New defense books include What the Civilian Should Know About Civilian Defense and Panama in Story and in Picture. Other new titles and bulletins cover home storage, canning, vegetables, jellies, and garden pest guidance. A mystery novel Blood on Her Shoe by Medera Field is also available.
Mrs Rod Brown visits relatives in Florida while Doris Culverhouse and Laurette Fickling visit in Butler. Several families host guests including Miss Lola Mae Edwards, Mrs Ella Clark, Mr James Butler, and Mr James Brown. Weekend guests include Mrs J D Adams and daughter with Mr and Mrs W B Adams at Junction City. Floyd Martin of Butler visits his aunt Mrs B B Watson as Joe Brown and children visit relatives in Butler.
The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon on God the Preserver of Man will be read in Churches of Christ Scientist worldwide next Sunday. The Golden Text proclaims The Lord is our defence and the Holy One of Israel our king. Psalms and Matthew passages highlight seeking first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. The lesson also cites Mary Baker Eddy on divine Science sustaining man and God feeding and clothing all beings.
Graham Golson former Telegraph City editor leaves Macon for Washington to receive a commission, then joins a combat unit at the front as a sergeant. He will undergo training in Washington before becoming a second lieutenant in the public relations division after Paris Island Marine training and assignment to the Atlanta regional office.
Atlanta George Stenhouse a journalism senior at Emory University scans about 80 newspapers daily as a one man clipping bureau for the Georgia Press Association. A Greenville South Carolina native he has paid his own tuition four years and last year earned enough to fall into the income tax bracket. He estimates clipping more than 200000 articles for schools politicians state agencies and private business clients keeping tabs on publicity.
The Taylor County District Boy Scouts met in Reynolds with E. G. Blackwell presiding. Reports highlighted a Reynolds Troop ready to register sponsored by City Council with L. Woolord as scoutmaster. Butler cabin near completion. Butler Troop organized for camping. M. P. Dean led fifteen scouts on an overnight hike. Camp McKenzie opens June 21 to train Tay lor scouts. physicals to be given under Dr F H Sams. Leadership training to be a district focus at next meeting. Participants included Rev F J Gilbert W G Wallace E G Blackwell Dr F H Sams E H Joiner and C L Adams.
Washington. The pre flight training center was commissioned at the University of Georgia Ath ens yesterday. Classes at the school the third established by the Navy started yesterday and officials public ceremonies mark in the op ening of the course will be held June 15 in the university stadium. The Navy said the University of Georgia school would have facilities for approximately 2 000 men and would be the Southern center of a program designed to induct 30 000 pilots annually.
A RAF trainee named John Burney writes from Montezuma Georgia to the Montezuma Georgian Citizens, thanking locals for warm hospitality. He recalls the town as a homey English village, praising its peace amid world turmoil and cherishing memories of Sunday School, church and porch chats with a sleeping kitten on his lap. He hopes Montezuma remains a model garden of kindness and peace, and vows to return with his heart forever in Montezuma.
Atlantic City June 8 The University of Georgia Medical School remains disapproved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association. The council voted Sunday to keep the Georgia school in its Saint classification after disapproval a year ago amid alleged political interference by Governor Talmadge.
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