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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
14
Local society items note visits and trips across Butler, Macon, Athens, Columbus, and Atlanta. Residents such as Mrs. Fila Richardson, Mrs. L. P. Anthony Sr., Miss Myra Byrd, and Rev. John M. Cox are mentioned with guests and conference attendance. Families including the Wichars, Bunsons, and Grieves are listed among weekend visitors and health updates.
Miss Susie Carter Maxwell marries Lt Virgil Paul Koart of San Gabriel California at the Post Chapel Camp Campbell Kentucky. The ceremony was led by Capt John A Shepherd with music by Miss Dorcus Carruthers. The couple plans to live in Italy with the army for two years.
A list of college students spending vacations at home includes Edwin Allen of the University of Georgia, Armon Baze ore of Mercer University, Missey Van Bone Betty Fehring Ruth Ox of GSCW, Mildred Ay, Andrew Ollege and James Jarmon of Mercer.
Miss Mary Lessie Wells daughter of County Commissioner J O Wells wed J Austin Easton at her sister Mrs R C Dillard's Buena Vista home. Rev W W Taylor officiated in a decor-filled living room altar. The couple to a Lake Juniper honeymoon after a brief mountain trip was postponed due to the bride’s father’s illness.
Miss Scotta Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs A O Hill of Talbotton married Charles R Brady Jr of Jackson Mississippi on June 12 at Talbotton Baptist church with Rev M J Fussell officiating.
A screen removed from the Butler Baptist Church annex is requested to be returned. The note from W.MSS. states it is badly needed and must be returned to the location.
Geo B Culpepper recalls childhood tales in Ft Valley. He remembers Old Peter the bridle horse and Uncle Wyatt Brooks, a former Methodist preacher, who gifted a rubber tobacco pouch and inspired the making of Culpepper’s first rubber ball. A ball loss near the ceiling ends the memory.
Since Pearl Harbor 204 youths from the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home in Hapeville were examined for military service. Only two were rejected for health reasons. one with a shin injury earned a B S degree at Mercer University and is healthy, the other with a punctured eardrum is a Birmingham Howitt College sophomore in excellent health. This health record may be the best among Christian orphanages in the southeast.
Rev W E Hightower will preach at the local Methodist Church Sunday evening June 16. He fills in for Rev C L Glenn who will begin revival services at Union Church that evening and cannot keep his regular appointment.
The Mt Olive Cemetery committee calls volunteers to clean the cemetery and church grounds on June 27 the last Thursday in the month. All who have buried relatives or friends there are urged to attend and assist in the work.
Notice that Persons' Lake is private property reserved for the exclusive use of the event and invited guests and is not open to the public. Mary P. Sims.
Dorothy Powell of Columbus wed Army Captain Laurence R. Skelton by proxy in Kansas City to join him in Hamburg Germany where a formal ceremony will occur. The couple met at Ft. Benning in 1943 and plan to relocate with overseas personnel families once ships depart.
A preacher argues the doctrine of the new birth is essential for understanding God, obedience to His law, and pleasing Him. He cites Jesus and Nicodemus, notes the limits of unregenerated minds, and asserts only born again people possess divine life and can please God.
Sheriff and Mrs J M Bone announce the birth of a nine pound son at Montgomery Hospital on Wednesday morning June 12.
Ruth Peed announces a 30 day out of town period with her Butler Georgia beauty shop under Mrs Chas Benns Jr management during her absence.
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