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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
7
A long list of local social visits and travels fills the week in Butler and nearby towns. Residents and relatives including Mrs. Jarrell, Mrs. Sutton, Lumpkin, Emory, and the Brooks family hosted and visited in Reynolds, Decatur, Americus, and Columbus. Attendees at May Day events, Legion Auxiliary plans, and college activities highlight a busy community calendar with guests from Atlanta, Macon, Vienna, Montezuma, and other locales.
Circle No 1 met in the new home of Mrs. Allen Payne with Mrs. McCants, Mrs. Garrett and Miss Ethel Chapman as joint hostesses. President Mrs. Eli Garrett led a brief program, a bell poster was presented, and members earned bell or gold bell honors by paying quotas. Refreshments and a tour of the lovely new home followed. May hostesses will be Mrs. Eugene Bazemore and Mrs. Bertha Bazemore.
The Lottie Moon Circle met Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. S. Green and Mrs. Jarrell as co-hostesses. Two visitors attended, Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Wallace. Fifteen members answered roll call. Prayer by Mrs. Anthony. Minutes approved. Committees reported twelve visits to shut-ins. Sunshine Box planned for Mrs. Jinnion. Ed Wilson elected chair man of the ways and means committee. Bazemore named co chair of oe Devotional. Offering 8.15 dollars. Almgreen presented last chapter of Year Book. Next study is On Prayer. Lord's Prayer recited in unison. Meeting adjourned for refreshments.
Rev and Mrs Hugh Dozier of Ellaville announce the birth of a son on Tuesday April 26 He will be named Jimmie Rev Dozier serves as pastor of the Butler and Ellaville Baptist churches
Ex per t tuner offers piano tuning services and sells new and used pianos. Representative of Lester Piano Manufacturers, C. W. Smith, Thomaston Georgia, 403 West Gordon Street.
Music Calendar lists Public Recital dates for Clyde Afay Green and upcoming concerts through May. National Music Week events are noted at St Cecilia and Mac Dowell Clubs with prayers, talks, and ensemble recitals. The April St Cecilia meeting covered Rachmaninoff themes, prize awards, and a spring musical sketch led by Mary Frances Jones and others.
President Roosevelt endorses the 17th annual National Music Week to be observed May 5 to 12. He notes music’s role in national culture and praises the growth of music education in schools, citing high school orchestras and choral clubs as monuments to cultural advancement.
Property listing for sale in Butler Georgia describing a 12 room residence with two baths sun parlor garage and out-buildings plus a vacant building lot suitable for residence or business. Contact Mrs Mamie Adams Butler Ga for details and viewing.
Woodland hosts the Talbot Taylor Zone meeting at the Woodland Methodist church on April 24. The program featured quiet music, prayers by Rev J H Allen and Rev Frank Gilmore, greetings by Mrs King, reports from auxiliaries, a vocal duet, social program notes, and a noon devotional with Presiding Elder Rainey. The session included a China experience by Rev Geo Workman, a district secretary talk, and a resolutions committee report concluding with benediction by Rev Geo Worman Sr.
Good used three foot hog wire fence priced at five dollars per roll. Also one thousand feet four inch galvanized pipe in near new condition at five dollars per foot. See or write J A Payne Butler Ga.
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