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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
2
A flurry of social activity fills the weekend with visits to Americus Albany Perry Macon and Atlanta. Many couples and individuals from Butler, Lumpkin, Macon, Thomaston, and surrounding areas are noted visiting friends, shopping, or staying with relatives in Plains, Cordele, Sylvester, and other communities.
Howard Items notes weekend guests including Mrs. Clay Morris and daughters of Tifton staying with Mrs. Morris’s mother Mrs. Lillian Brown. Frances and Patsy Pickard of Macon visited their grandmother Mrs. Beulah Pickard, while Mrs. J. S. Martin of Macon visited relatives here. Rev. IE. A. Martin of Butler dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown. Mrs. J. W. Edwards II and her boys from Butler were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Brown. Mrs. W. H. Martin and Mrs. Dana Hiscock with children spent days at East Point with Mr. and Mrs. Banks family. Virginia Perkins returned to LaGrange College after time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. BE Perkins. Mrs. Murray Driskell and children of Butler visited Mrs. W. H. Martin recently. Mrs. C. F. Fickling of Butler visited her daughter Mrs. Joe Brown. L. H. Vanlandingham was in Atlanta one day last week.
The Reynolds Methodist W M S met at the church on March 6 with Mrs F M Carson presiding. Delegates to the South Georgia Missionary Conference were elected. Plans for the coming year were discussed as the Sally Anthony Circle reported a fundraiser of about ten dollars for church kitchen dishes.
Crowell hosts two hours of black-face entertainment Friday night March 17 at 7 30 with acts by Catfish Cann Mike and Ike Julius Napoleon and others. A supper prepared by the Woman's Club and Crowell pupils will follow the show, serving between six and 7 30 for school benefit.
Snow crystals look white because light reflects off their many flat facets.
Crowell readers are invited to the Darktown Minstrel at Crowell school on Friday night March 17 with supper served beforehand by the Woman's Club. Various residents visit, host, and recover from illness, including Mrs. Molly Spillers, Miss Doris Hobbs, and Mr. C. G. Byrd Jr. Friends plan church services and social visits as the town gears up for spring holidays.
Ideal News reports numerous weekend visits across Oglethorpe with families hosting relatives including Archies Hills Tarvers and multiple Kelley Barfield and Payne households. It notes Mrs Grady Payne’s sister Lewis Barfield seriously ill in Riverside hospital Montezuma and extends condolences to friends.
A compact meditation on prayer tracing the link between desire and divine aid. Quotes from Phillips Brooks St Augustine Mary Baker Eddy and Bunyan emphasize that desire shapes prayer and that trusting God with those desires transforms them before they become words and deeds.
Spillers were Mr and Mrs J L Wainwright. Bessie Mae and Loriie Womble visited Opal McDaniel. Sylvia McCarty stayed with her parents in Ideal. T J Hartman visited Joe Childres. Peggy Lucas visited Martha Byrd. Billy Ranow stayed with Carl Ranow. Sunday guests were L T Mirick and family. Doris Mason of Macon spent the weekend with Kathryn Jenkins. Don t wait for supper at home tonight. The ladies club will serve supper at Crowell before the play for the school fundraiser.
Five Points residents share visits across Butler Thomaston and Panhandle extends sympathy after the death of Mrs Nannie Jarrell Aunt Nannie mourned by church and community. Funeral by Antioch Cemetery with Rev Gaultney R Howard and I A Martin officiating.
A historical description notes red blood cells as tiny biscuit shaped bodies floating in the blood, using a simple analogy to illustrate microscopic form. The account reflects early attempts to visualize blood components through everyday imagery.
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