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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
7
Edgar A. Guest speaks through Father Time about human impatience and the need to wait. People chase happiness and material wants, but time requires toil and patience, teaching wisdom as growth unfolds. The poem urges restraint and trust in life's gradual revelation.
Gutter Focals and other residents attend visits and guests across Macon Americus Talbotton Reynolds Reynolds and surrounding areas. Several couples and families host relatives and friends, with births and extended visits noted. Notable names include J T Kirkley Mabel Searcy Mabel Montfort and J T Childs among others.
Mrs H G Lumpkin and sons Henry and Billie of Columbus visited with Mr and Mrs C E Bazemore. St Petersburg plans for Hollis Brewer family. J J Shealy delivered second cotton bloom from L P Anthony farm near Butler. Mrs J E Poole and Myrtle Pool of Americus returned from visit with A D Chapman. Mrs Katie Butler and Miss Louise Vurgason of Chicago left for Dahlonega. Owens family of Macon returned from visit with Martin Chapman. Miss Viola Foy to return to Athens for work after June with parents C W Foy. Margaret Bazemore home after two weeks in Columbus with Lumpkin and Harper families. Billie Wood and family plus Taylor family with daughters Lois and Laura visited Butler. Prof Hugh G McCants and family spent week with county relatives. McCants to become Williamson superintendent next week. Dennis Peterman and Nellie Peterman with Ruby Wilson arrived from Akron to visit county relatives. W J Baker accompanied wife. Community notes reflect widespread travel and schooling changes.
Edith Collier and Eugene Culliver wed June 17 at the Baptist parsonage Fort Lauderdale Florida with Rev Thomas Hansen officiating. Miss Collier is daughter of Willis and Mrs Collier long established in Fort Lauderdale formerly of Indianapolis. Groom formerly from Marion County Georgia has lived in Fort Lauderdale for three years. They plan a Western Florida and Georgia wedding trip and a visit with relatives at the groom’s Marion county home.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society held its regular monthly business meeting at the church on Monday afternoon June 25 with President Mrs. Robert Wilson in charge. A second quarterly foreign mission offering for the Ruby Anniversary Campaign accompanied an enthusiastic program listing prayers hymns devotional by Mrs. Wilson and speakers Mrs. Sara Cross Mrs. Tom Fountain Mrs. Julian Edwards and Mrs. Martin Chapman. The meeting closed with a prayer by Miss Claudia Pierce.
Material is placed on a vacant lot near R. H. Browns home for J. F. Frank Browns new residence. The Brown family will occupy the house when finished after returning to Butler from Columbus where Mr Brown was in business for over a year.
The Butler Dramatic Club offers advance tickets for The Ghost Bird to be staged in the school auditorium on Tuesday evening July 10. Club members receive seat reservations ahead of the general public with tickets at regular prices. Rehearsals are led by Miss Margaret Benns with a cast including Louise Hill J C Perkins Linwood McGee Evelyn Gillmore Emory Lynder Eloise Bolding Tom Harmon Carey Pinkar Martha Benns Mable Searcy. Benns says the production should compare favorably with a professional show and that the cast has shown notable dramatic aptitude.
Miss Addie Streetman daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Streetman celebrated her twentieth birthday on Monday night June 18. The dining room was decorated with pink and white flowers as friends played games and enjoyed cream and cake after the celebration. The honoree received many beautiful presents.
A spectacular Independence Day fireworks show is planned in Columbus with hundreds of new effects never seen in the south. The display includes Niagra Falls, Jeweled Palm Grove, Magic Carpet, and 89 other effects, with seating over 600 squares at $1 per square foot and a 4,000 seat section for colored patrons. Tickets start June 29 at Springer Opera House, with mail orders open.
Mary E Childres Lin memory obituary notes birth in 1867 and death on November 18 1927. It describes family sorrow and faith, the Lord giveth and taketh away, and honors a mother praised for patience and strength. The verse expresses grief of her daughters in law and family as they mourn the loss and remember her care.
Obituary noting Mrs St M Cleveland of Taylor county born 1845, Civil War era resident, Freewill Baptist church worker, widow of R H Cleveland, survived by five children and many grandchildren. Funeral held June 20 at Brand family cemetery with Rev Haley officiating. Remains faithfully commemorated by family and friends.
Mrs Mattie Lou Crawford died at her Forsyth home on May 20 1928 from a stroke of paralysis. She was the daughter of Frank Millicons and was twice married first to Rubin Crawford then to J T Crawford. Survived by sister Mrs Streetman and several step and half relatives, the family mourns her departure. A poetic tribute expresses sorrow and hope of meeting again on a brighter shore. An unrelated note comments on elite parties and American women.
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