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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
1
A poem-like meditation on avoiding criticism by staying unseen. It warns that the multitude will attack any bold stance, labeling actions as faults. It urges meekness and silence to escape gossip, urging conformity to avoid being noticed or judged.
Daily social notes list visits and guests across Butler including Mrs Susan Cross and Mrs Sara Cross hosting events, Miss Lucile Lunsford and Miss Mildred Garrett visiting, pension payments distributed by Judge L. T. Peed, and local mentions of hospital stays, weddings, and school staff updates. Also notes Profs Means and Means visiting the Herald office and local club entertainments and sewing gatherings.
Mrs Walter Suggs hosted a bridge party for Miss Alice Stewart known as Mrs W A Wood at six to eleven on February 22. Three tables played bridge and a four course dinner was served. Decorations featured red and white carnations and card tables had cherry tree place cards with crystalized fruit cherries. The honoree wore black velvet and received gifts. Guests included Mr and Mrs W A Wood, Mr and Mrs L R Adams, Mr and Mrs J H West, Dr and Mrs R C Montgomery, Mr and Mrs T L Fountain and Miss Sallie Wilson.
Mrs Sara Cross hosted a B Y P U candy pulling Tuesday evening at her home. Union members and invited friends enjoyed games and laughter lasting past eight with chocolate and crackers served at the end and plans for another B Y P U social presumably soon.
The Woman's Home Demonstration Club met in the school auditorium Tuesday evening February 21 at 8 with Mrs W G Hill presiding. The nutrition committee chaired by Mae Riley with G M Daniel and Eli Garrett planned clothing renovations tie dyeing and dry cleaning. Sewing included faced button holes and set in pockets. Lenora Anderson announced Mathews the nutrition specialist will attend the March meeting. Absent members missed worthwhile ideas and profitable instructions.
Butler High School reports a varied week with new pupil Mildred Mann arriving from Ocala and many students returning from illness. Grades cover Dutch studies, Longfellow poetry, and a sand table. FFA basketball beat Barnesville 38 to 31 as Fred Jarrell scored 23. Nitrogen biology lessons explain air composition and soil enrichment via legumes.
Spillers Hortons wedding unites Walter T. Horton and Estelle Spillers before a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Horton, daughter of J. F. Spillers, is a Butler high school graduate. Horton, a Reynolds high school alumnus, attended Mercer University and now serves as Turners Chapel school principal.
A brief sale notice lists an electric refrigerator a storage type water heater and a 1982 Atwater-Kent 10-tube radio. The ad is from Locke Georgia and targets local buyers with low prices.
A pledge or informal request notes taking four rolls of toilet tissue from Porter's Drug Store with the instruction to leave 25 cents in payment. The item reflects a minor theft impulse captured as a casual note.
Miss Rosalie Mitchell, daughter of the late J N Mitchell and Mrs Rosa Mitchell of Tifton, married W A Lassiter on February 16 in a sunken living room ceremony described with ferns, gladioli, snapdragons, and yellow tapers. Rev N H Williams officiated as family musicians provided the music.
The wedding united the bride with a groom amid a formal reception with guests led by Mrs. Touchstone and Miss Hollingsworth. Attendants wore hyacinth blue and blue chiffoni, and a pink rose corsage graced the bride’s bouquet. An Eta Tau Epsilon ice course followed as guests served. After a Florida trip the couple will reside with the bride’s mother in Tifton.
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