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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
7
Local society notes list visitors and guests including Miss Bessie McCants in Columbus and Miss Henrietta Thomas from Chattanooga staying with area families. Many residents hosted or visited kin in Macon Atlanta Columbus and Reynolds with multiple weekend trips and the usual array of relatives.
A Thursday afternoon bridal shower at the home of Mrs Eli Garrett honors Mrs James W Mimbs of Macon formerly Miss Mary Gill. Hostesses Mrs S T Borom and Mrs Paul McLarty preside over games prizes were awarded to Mrs H E Childres and Mrs H E Allen gifts unwrapped by sailors in a ship delivery surprise and pink white decorations and confections described.
Two circles of the Ladies Missionary Society Lottie Moon and Sarah Burney held a joint meeting at the Baptist church on Monday June 26 with thirty nine attendees. Mrs. Martin Chapman presided as the program was briefly conducted including devotional topics and a request to start work on a rest room at the church.
This Sunday school lesson surveys Solomon’s rise to Israel’s throne at twenty, his dream at Gibeon, and his humble request for an understanding heart. It emphasizes that God honors humility, offers guidance, and that true leadership requires discernment of good and evil and compassionate understanding of others.
The Board of Commissioners of Taylor County will meet on the first Thursday in July instead of Tuesday. The July meeting is moved because July 4 is a legal holiday.
A framed claim notes the United States has the highest ratio of bathtubs to people in the world, according to the Plumbers and Heating Industries bureau. The remark positions America as the land of the bathtub with widespread recognition.
Miss Margaret Theresa Embry of Macon will give a piano recital at St Josephs Hall in Macon Friday evening at 8 oclock. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Embry formerly of Butler. The Embry family has made their home here and Taylor county citizens are extended a cordial invitation to attend.
A small group of white friends attended the Tuesday ceremony of Ernestine Riley, a Negro, to Lewis Dennard, a colored delivery driver for Cash Grocery Co. The wedding occurred in Ordinary L. T. Peed’s office at the courthouse. Attendees included Walter Jarrell Aaron Dreizin J. M. Cox G. J. Hortman and Edd Lawhorn.
The Crowell W M S met at the church on Wednesday with Mrs H Neisler presiding. The program included worship led by Calilto and Mrs Neisler, a devotional, readings and a poem by Miss Mary Bosth, a leaflet on Our National Outlook, and remarks on adding new members to the society.
Public invited to Joseph Coat Tent Meeting at Neisler's Mill eight miles northeast of Butler. Services held each evening beginning Wednesday, June 21, with ongoing revival through the week.
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