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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
2
A compiled list shows Reynolds residents and visitors traveling to cities including Atlanta Macon Columbus Dothan Ala and Jacksonville Fla over the week. Notable names include Mrs Wittadd Mr Harry Powell Dr Whatley Lt Edwin Jones and J M Weaver among many others visiting relatives and attending events.
Classified notice seeking dress making alterations done at home. Annie L. Monk listed with Mrs. Willie Ricks Reynolds in Reynolds Georgia. Prices said to be reasonable and the ad appears as a local help wanted notice.
Mrs. F A Ricks assisted by Mrs. Oscar Thompson entertained the Gordon Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Ricks home on February 24. Guests included three out of town members from Ft Valley and Atlanta, with a business session led by Mrs. Ricks. The program featured February birthday sketches, piano solos by Mrs. Thompson and Frances, and talks on China and Madame Chiang Kai Shek and on The Generalissimo by Mrs. J G Hicks and Mrs. F M Carson. A Lions Club luncheon committee report added about six dollars to the treasury. A $5 contribution supported Camp and Hospital funds. Cakes and coffee were served during the social hour.
Don Whatley, after basic at Miami Beach and college at Jefferson College, is classified as a pilot in the Army Air Forces at the San Antonio Classification Center. He will soon begin pre flight training as an aviation cadet at the Cadet Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. Lila Montgomery of Marion County has accepted a government position as an aircraft sheet metal mechanic. She will train for 15 weeks in Nashville on detached duty with the Anderson organization before being assigned to an air base to help overhaul repair and maintain military trainer aircraft. This wartime service reflects her active participation in the war effort.
The Lesson-Sermon for Churches of Christ, Scientist centers on man as created in God’s image. It cites Genesis 1 27 Acts 17 28 and a passage from Science and Health stating man is the spiritual likeness of God and not matter, declaring man virtual and perfect by nature.
Sophomores recount a chaotic day in their ninth grade class with Mr. Flowers Mr. Joiner and teachers. They note morning routines, hallway antics, speller quiet, lunch gossip, mischief at home ec and English, and a playful chorus ending with the warning not to take them seriously.
Weekly ration updates list item expirations for processed foods blue and red stamps, sugar stamps, canning sugar, shoes and airplane stamps, fuel oil and gasoline coupons. It notes new values, expiry dates and a rule requiring car owners to write their license numbers on gasoline coupons before use.
A ninety acre farm four miles north of Butler offered for rent. For more information contact Mrs. T. C. Boswell of Butler Georgia.
Em ployes in the Americus district of Georgia Power were awarded the 1943 certificate of merit for a year without a lost-time accident. W. W. Brennan received the award from J. S. Sloan, with Butler Reynolds Roberta and other communities in the district cited. This marked the third consecutive merit for the district.
300 bushels of ear corn offered for sale at the Perkins farm run by Miss Berta Perkins. Seller Charlie Kimball of Butler reports the quantity and location.
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