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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
5
Happenings include Col. R. S. Foy visiting Columbus on Monday. Numerous guests visit area families from Macon Birmingham Augusta Thomaston Vidalia and Miami. A big Fourth of July celebration is planned for Reynolds Golf Course with page six announcement. Mrs. H. E. Childres returns to duty after a two week illness.
Miss Phyllis Earlynne Dunn and Lt James Talmadge Smith become engaged. The wedding is planned for July 29 at Butler Baptist Church. Dunn graduated magna cum laude with a B S in Home Economics from Bessie Tift College last May and held multiple campus offices. Smith earned a B S in Pharmacy from Southern College of Pharmacy and served in the Air Force. he will depart July 10 for a new assignment in Oklahoma City Enid Oklahoma.
The Butler Garden Club will not meet next Wednesday July 4th and will instead hold a session on the following Wednesday July 11th. The group will resume its regular schedule then.
We thank all for kindness during illness and death of our husband and father Mage Watson. Gratitude for the beautiful flowers. May heaven bless each of you. The Family of Mage Watson.
Sunday social notes report Mr and Mrs J W Woodall hosting Cleatons Hill and Jimmy Hill plus Howard McInvale family from Atlanta with Dorothy McInvale staying a week. Barbara Wall returns from Dacula visit. Korona Waller and Betty Jean Lewis visit. Bob Sanders improving after major operation. multiple families travel to Atlanta Savannah and other points. revival at Mark Baptist Church begins July 1 with Rev W R Lumpkin as visiting minister through the week.
The Butler Methodist Church lists Circle One members for 1951 1952 including H L Wilbur J H Amos Mintie Pope W H Suggs Irene Peed C T Wright H R McLean J W Edwards II Sims Garrett A J Gill C W Foy W M Mathews Eva Mauldin G J Hartman J W Hall J J Louvorn J H West L R Adams Kate Jarrett W G Wallace Arnold Griggs J A Payne Amanda Wilbar Circle Two lists O L Scott J T Mathews W F Gray O S Cox E H Bazemore C E Benns Horace Watson W E Hightower E D McCorvey H E Allen Hamp Riley T C Boswell Alice Riley R C Montgomery W J Standridge H J Porter Mac Riley T B Joiner O C Keen Sr J C Giles Eli Garrett Perry Johnson Ethel Chapman.
WANT ADV COLUMN MAN WANTED for 1500 family Rawleigh business. Permanent if you are a hustle. Write Rawleigh's Dept. GAF-820-123 Memphis Tenn. (6281p) WANT TO BUY McGuffey Reader any edition any condition. (6211p) Mrs Atholine Saylor Butler Ga.
For sale 80 pounds Dixie Queen Purple Hull Peas No 1 98 percent purity 85 percent germination. Lost one large light red male fox hound about 14 months old wearing collar bearing J P Kilcrease Homeland Fla. Also for sale 19 rolls heavy gauge hog wire 32 in 20 rods per roll $300 Sears Coldspot Refrigerator Scufft good condition $50. G A Hutcherson Rte 1 Junction City Ga 5 miles east of Talbotton on US Highway 80.
Notice to fishermen sets July Fourth lake fishing charge at 50 cents for men and 25 cents for women. Also three pianos for sale with down payment and small monthly balance. Refrigerator repairs offered by Wyatt's Refrigerator Service and Durden Piano Co. ads from Atlanta area with contact info included.
Twenty seven Taylor County 4-H Club members and advisers spent June 18 to 22 at Camp Chatham near Savannah. They toured Ft Pulaski the Sugar Refinery and Union Bag and Paper Corp and swam at Tybee Beach. Attendees included Nancy Childs Bussey Hammock Heath Beeland Barbara Beeland Gracie Harris Tempie Hill Dan Fountain Jr Jacqueline Cummings Ronney Posey Wylodine Hartley Bobby Harris Jeanette Harris Joe Bone Susan Pope Terry Montgomery Marvin Montgomery Susan Young Geraldine Fuller Lynn Nelson Rolin Stevens Ann Griggs and Vandy Gates. Advisers were Joyce Fuller Mary McCorvey Reba Lou Turner and Arnold Griggs with County Agent John Pipkin.
Severe fire year in Taylor county with high winds and drought. A total of 3597 acres burned causing timber and land damage estimated at 10273 dollars. Most fires occurred December to March. Citizens and Forest Protection Unit cooperation limited potential losses.
Coal notice from Mrs H. E. Childres offering best grade Mayflower Lump Coal for summer delivery. Warns that 70od coal will be scarce next winter, urging immediate orders.
Creditors of the estate of W. A. Payne in Taylor County Georgia are notified to present their demands. Debtors must pay amounts owed to the administrating heirs. Dated June 5, 1951. Administrators H. H. Payne and W. S. Payne, Butler, Georgia.
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