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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
2
Local items note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Hodges in Macon and Mr. Whatley in Andersonville. Gora Wade travels to North Carolina for several months. Reynolds High School Auditorium to host The Flapper Grandmother on Tuesday March 17 at 8:00 p m with reserved seating at 85c 50c and 75c.
The Woman's Improvement Club of Reynolds held its regular monthly meeting in Mrs. Pendergrast’s studio with Misses Melissa Ogburn and Clara Musslewhite as hostesses. The program included piano and violin solos, poems, vocal numbers, and a discussion on a fund drive to raise ten dollars monthly from four members for the Club House fund.
U D C notes a March 17 school auditorium program titled The Flapper Grandmother with readings on Confederate history. A March meeting of Gordon-Carson Chapter U D C hosts Mrs C L Pyron and Miss Sara Parks with a display of spring coats dresses and millinery.
Public notice seeks return of LOS automobile tag number 72105 traveling via Reynolds to Potterville. Reward offered by Ray Henderson for its recovery handed to undersigned.
Debutante Flappers and matrons fill a social page lineup with names such as Andrew Spriggins C C Saunders and Belinda Spriggins, along with others including Ethel Marshall Lydia Goddard Edith Newsom and Clara Mae Parks in a community event cast listing.
For sale notice from Mrs C B Marshall offering two white Leghorn hens and two Rhode Island rooster birds for two dollars.
Mrs. W. R. Camp and Mrs. Homer Beeland offer hemstitching pecoting and plaiting services. Orders left with either woman or at Caslow's Store will receive prompt attention and satisfaction is guaranteed.
Miss Winnie Aultman hosted a Saturday afternoon Bock Party at her home to honor Miss Evaline Cunard of Monticello and Winnie Griffith of Columbus. The room featured wild pear blossoms with red and white refreshments. Miss Ousley won top score and received a powder compact while the honorees got a handkerchief. Guests included Magnusie Ousley Catherine Burnside Emily Nelson Virginia Critendon Lucy Cox Wilma Barrow Sara Parks Sara McAuley Ethel James Maury Ingram Eva B Griffith Martha Powell Winnie Griffith Barline Cunard.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Reynolds Methodist Church met on Tuesday afternoon March 3 with Mrs. Ricks presiding. The group welcomed four new members and discussed Mission Study and the Ming Kwong book. A love offering was requested for Mrs. George Mathews.
The Wade family thanks Reynolds and Taylor counties and the community for kindness shown during the illness and death of their sister Katy. Cor a Wade Jessie Wade Mercer Wade Graham Wade express gratitude for support and condolences.
Mrs Mary Rainey Barrow of Reynolds died at 49 after treatment in Columbus. She leaves a husband W. E. Barrow and nine children including Mrs Clyde Johnson in Americus and Mrs Louie Benson in Buena Vista. Funeral at Hopewell church with Rev Charles Carter officiating. many friends and floral tributes noted.
A brown shell cameo was lost on Reynolds streets and may be returned to Hinton Hollis and Hicks for a reward.
California obituary notes Mrs. Henry Wiggins of Americus and Mrs. Bob Owen of Blaville survive alongside five Rainey brothers including Dr. C. O. Rainey Camilla Col. W M. Rainey of Decatur and Col T. B. Rainey Buena Vista. Pallbearers listed: D. C. Hogg W. R. Zachry J H Greene J. C. Butt W. L. Guy Rufus Benson.
Readiness builds for the County Meet to be held in Butler on March 14. Optimism surrounds the R H S contestants with selections possible from Date, Spelling, Music Memory, Athletic, and Literary contests. The basketball team lost narrowly to Ellaville, and Miss Grace Porter joins the R H S faculty to head the Science Department and Ninth Grade English. A baseball meeting is set for Tuesday p m to elect a manager and captain.
The R H S team is expected to have one of the fastest squads this season. An unintentional error by the last correspondent omitted the January Honor Roll for the Fifth and Sixth Grades. those listed on the roll are to be acknowledged.
The Fifth Grade honors Luther Rogers and Chesley Marshall. Sixth Grade recognitions go to Martha Hicks Lois Newsom Grady Mitchell and Harold Graves. The issue notes a Music Memory Contest appears elsewhere in this issue.
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