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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1949
Page
2
Reynolds residents and guests are listed visiting family, attending events, and traveling to Atlanta, Macon, Griffin, Albany, and Fort Valley. The notes mention health, hospital stays, concerts, shows, church events, and a birth announcement for Thomas Virgil.
A crowded community notes social visits across Taylor Mill, Macon, Perry, and nearby towns. Families include the Amersons of Warner Robins, the Gaultneys, the Hodges, and several Holmes and Rogers households. Visitors come from Columbus, Thomaston, Perry, and Americas sharing weekend stays and Sunday gatherings.
The Willing Workers Club of Crowell community met in February at Mrs. James Young’s home with co-hostesses Mrs. Roy Philman Mrs. Walter O Neal Mrs. John O Neal and Mrs. Rob Casey. Miss Peggy Lucas led a February program including readings and prayers. Twenty nine members attended and March plans were announced.
Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Carvis Childree and Mr and Mrs Reuben Ware and Rebuen Jr were weekend guests of Supt and Mrs Harold Gates.
Taylor Mill citizens held a Saturday night banquet in honor of employees for not having a lost time accident from Feb 3, 1948 to Feb 3, 1949. Supt Gates praised the record and urged ongoing safety. Guests from Macon and Barnesville entertained with music as pastors delivered invocations and benedictions.
A Taylor Mill minstrelsy show drew full houses with standing room and overheard excitement. Troy Turner Ferrell Driscoll Rastus Lane Dusty Gates Sylvia Underwood and Young Vandy Gates led a strong cast with a polished endmen act and lively specialties. The audience roared with delight and praised the performers.
Scouts from several cities spoke with minstrel managers after a performance noting interest in another run. The group will visit Macon on Friday night March 11 at the No. On auditorium, then Barnetville March 12 at Butler school auditorium, and Oglethorpe on a later date.
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