Senior Class Day Observed at Methodist Church
A large audience attended the Senior Class Day program at the Methodist church at 11 a.m. Speaker Mr. P. Y. Luthre of Griffin addressed seniors and teachers after lunch in the church annex. Principal Hartwell Weaver Jr and others led the color ribbon ceremony. The Senior Class roster listed 40 students incl Bobby Akin Margie Jarrell Ernestine Davis and more. The group will visit the local Baptist church Sunday morning.
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Our City
Methodist Church
Church
P. Y. Luthre
Griffin
Hartwell Weaver, Jr
Stanford Fitzsimmons
Annie Spillers
Bobby Akin
Margie Jarrell
Ernestine Davis
Gene Kirksey
Emogene Spillers
Maxlyn Miller
Mary Ann Moore
Helen Austin
Cathryn Wilson
Louise Childree
Ruth Kendrock
Betty Jo Jarrell
Annie Windham
Betty Jean Woodall
Lester Bone
Lewis Bone
Jesse Bone
Gene Whitley
Evans Willis
Fred Adams
Cecil Griggs
Charles Lancaster
Ralph Brown
Marshall Scott
Lucius Eubanks
Dean Stewart
Taylor County H D Clubs Join in National Celebration This Week
Home Demonstration Week runs May 17 with activities by Taylor County 4H D Clubs Crowell Central Rupert and Mauk. Crowell displays club accomplishments in Reynolds store window. Central tours neighbors farm and home progress Tuesday afternoon. Rupert hosts all women Thursday honoring oldest and youngest members. Mauk hosts community covered dish supper Saturday night followed by a program featuring the winning essay Why I Am a Home Demonstration Club Member.
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Taylor County
H. D
Reynolds
Crowell Club
Central Club
Rupert Club
Mauk Club
Annual Cancer Drive Under Way in Taylor County
The Taylor County fund raising drive to fight cancer is active with chairmen Mrs. Jack Suggs and Mrs. Lewis Adams of Butler. Reynolds District has raised 238.84 against a 180.00 quota, with Rosemary Whatley and Mrs. Louise Hinton recognized for leadership. Butler District has not yet met its quota. Last year Taylor County earned the Sword of Honor among 28 counties. The county chairman encourages another strong showing.
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Taylor County
Jack Suggs
Lewis Adams
Butler
Reynolds
Rosemary Whatley
Louise Hinton
Irrigation Demonstration at Calvin Jarrell Dairy Farm
An irrigation demonstration is announced for Friday at 2 p.m. at Calvin Jarrell Dairy Farm on Highway 19 nine miles north of town. The event will showcase the Volume 1 Gun Irrigation method not yet demonstrated in the county with details available from Vernon Reddish, County Agent, or M P Dean of the Soil Conservation Service.
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Calvin Jarrell
Highway 19
Vernon R. Reddish
M. P. Dean
Soil Conservation Service
Peed Brothers Buy Cochran Estate Property in Butler
In Butler, Robert Cochran administrator of J. T. Cochran estate sold farm tracts totaling 17,300 and a one half undivided interest in business buildings including a service station and a large store on highway 19. Peed Brothers purchased all property for 24,600 at administrator’s sale. Col Dan S Beeland led the proceedings.
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Robert Cochran
J. T. Cochran
Butler
Highway 19
Peed Brothers
Dan S. Beeland
Installation Ceremony Here Recently for Stella Butler Chapter
Stella Butler Chapter No. 322 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its 1955 56 officers installation Sunday afternoon April 24 at the local Masonic Hall with about 150 guests from Albany Atlanta Americus Camilla Ellaville Ft Valley Griffin Thomaston Buena Vista and Marcon. Distinguished guests included R. M. Vandergriff and Mrs Susibel Collins Mrs Vera Hall and C. Collins. Installing officers were R. M. Vandergriff and several Grand Officers. Officers installed included Worthy Matron Cornelia Peed Worthy Patron Jack Peed Secretary Gene Benson Treasurer Bertha Bazemore Conductress Vivian Peed Associate Conductor Willa Deen Tante Chaplain Lonie Austin Marshal Marilyn Walker Organist and others. Chapter Father Walter Butler Chapter Mother Eva Mauldin. A picnic lunch followed the ceremony with thanks for the fellowship and food.
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Stella Butler Chapter No
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Albany
Atlanta
Americus
Camilla
Ellaville
Ft. Valley
Griffin
June Thomaston
Buena Vista
Marcon
R. M. Vandergriff
Susibel Collins
Vera Hall
Cornelia Peed
Jack Peed
Doris Callahan
Edwin Allen
Gene Benson
Bertha Bazemore
Minnie Giles
Vivian Peed
Willa Deen Tante
Lonie Austin
Marilyn Walker
Crosley Cooking School at Community House May 5
The Crosley Corporation rep Hammack Electric Co will host a cooking school at the Community House on Thursday afternoon and evening May 5 at 2 30 and 8 00. Sponsored by the Eastern Star and Garden Club, the event features Crosley appliance demonstrations and dish preparation. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Everyone invited and prizes offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosley Corporation
Hammack Electric Co
Eastern Star
Garden Club
Crosley
Ministers Conference on Soil Conservation at Mercer
Taylor County ministers joined by local soil conservationists attended Mercer University’s Ministers Conference on Soil Conservation. Dr. Louie Newton and Dr. Cecil Thompson spoke on Man's Responsibility for God's Earth. Attendees represented 35 counties across Piedmont Ocmulgee Towalgia and Central Georgia districts with Mercer hosting and a luncheon provided by district supervisors.
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Hoke Hatcher
J. L. Whiteley
J. C. Whitener
W. M. Flanders
M. P. Dean
Jack Peed
Taylor County
Mercer University
Louie Newton
Druid Hills Baptist Church
Atlanta
Cecil Thompson
Columbia Seminary
Decatur
Arthur Moore
Georgia
Methodist Churches
Atttendance
Piedmont
Ocmulgee Towalgia
Central Georgia
Modeled Spring Showing of Ladies Wear May 12th
Butler Garden Club sponsors a spring fashion show at the Community House on May 12 at 8 p m. Kirven's dresses 26 local models in two ensembles ranging from swimsuits to formals. Tickets are on sale and at the door.
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Butler
Kirven’s
Butler Garden Club
Charlotte Garrett
Charlotte McCants
Charlotte Edwards
Ann Griggs
Nancy Childs
Betsy Theus
Madge Dean
Mary McCorvey
Benson
Tom Fountain
Margaret Hatcher
Ruth Turk
Sarah Riley
Wilma Gibson
Lucille Reddish
Minnie Giles
Atheline Gill
Louise Suggs
Thelma Parks
Claudia Brown
Juanita Benns
Dell Dunn
Janey Montgomery
Ann Smith
Wilma Deen Tante
Nell Wainwright
Presentation of Operetta Here Tomorrow Evening
Butler elementary school presents If I Were Queen an operetta tomorrow evening at 8 30 in the local gym. First through sixth graders perform while seventh graders dance The Virginia Reel. Admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children with all proceeds for school benefits.
Roberta to Get New Eastern Sportswear Plant
A New Bedford Massachusetts firm Eastern Sportswear Mfg. Co. Inc. will set up a 27 000 square foot air conditioned plant on a ten acre Roberta site. Construction starts soon with 150 workers needed at opening and 300 when fully running in about two years. The Crawford County Development Corp. backs a 100 000 plant and a Roberta Mtg Co. will be formed with local participation.
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Atlanta Journal
Roberta
Eastern Sportswear Mfg. Co., Inc
New Bedford
Mass
Scott Candler
Georgia Department of Commerce
Samuel Segall
Georgia
Commerce Department
Candler
Crawford County Development Corp
Segall
Way of the Cross Pageant at Butler Baptist Church
The Mae Ingram Girls Auxiliary will present The Way of the Cross pageant during the 8 p.m. evening service Sunday in Butler Baptist Church. The program honors Mrs. Mae Ingram, and participants include Jeraldine Davis Nancy Childs Patricia Sorrell Gloria Gilson Janice Davis Anna Jarrell Marie Moulton Annette Taunton Sara Moulton Charlotte Garrett Louella Maddox Rilene Gray Mrs Margery Fitzsimmons Mrs Lennell Hart and Mr Hoyt Clark. The public is invited.
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Mae Ingram
The
Butler Baptist Church
Jeraldine Davis
Nancy Childs
Patricia Sorrell
Gloria Gilson
Janice Davis
Anna Jarrell
Marie Moulton
Annette Taunton
Sara Moulton
Charlotte Garrett
Louella Maddox
Butler PTA Changes Date of Meeting
The Butler PTA announces a date change for its regular monthly meeting to Thursday May 19. New officers will be installed at the meeting and the third grade will present a program. All members are urged to attend and make it the best meeting of the year.
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Butler Pta
Fish Fry May 5th at Browns Lake
Brown's Lake hosts a fish fry Thursday May 5 at 7:30 pm. Adults pay 1.00 and children 50 cents. Proceeds benefit the community fund.
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Brown's Lake
Carl Brown
Mary
Mrs Annie Hobbs Dies After Short Illness at Sams Hospital
Annie G McDaniel Hobbs died at Sams hospital Reynolds on April 30 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Pine Level Baptist church with Rev S M York officiating. She was born August 18 1884 in Harris County, survived by her husband and three sons plus three sisters and one brother. Goddard Funeral Home of Reynolds handled arrangements.
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Annie G. McDaniel Hobbs
Sams Hospital
Reynolds
Pine Level Baptist Church
S. M. York
Oglethorpe
Hobbs
Harris County
E. L. McDaniel
Mr. Hobbs
Carl Stafford
Bill Hobbs
Jack Hobbs
James Hobbs
L. A. Hobbs
H. N. Snell
Birmingham
Ala
Maggie Parks
Palatka
Fla
Clifford McDaniel
Goddard Funeral Home
Morgan County Band to Perform at Butler High Monday
The 60-piece Morgan County High School Band from Madison under Prof Williamson will give a concert at Butler High School gym Monday May 16 at 8 p m. Proceeds go to the Butler High School Band Fund. The group, rated among the best in the state, recently earned a superior at the State Musical Festival and participated in Atlanta's inaugural parade. The program lasts about an hour and includes classical top martial and comic selections. Butler High School Band will perform several numbers as well.
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Morgan County
Madison
Williamson
Butler High School
Atlanta
Butler High School Bad
Butler High School Band Fund
Taylor County Teachers Elect Officers At Reynolds Club
The Taylor County Teachers Association met at Reynolds Golf Club for a barbecue and business. The gathering featured a Reynolds High School band program and elected officers for the 1955 56 scholastic year, including President M H Mitchem V Pres E H Dunn and Secretary Mrs Willis Garrett.
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Taylor County Teachers’ Association
Reynolds Golf Club
Taylor County Teachers Association
Glee Club
Reynolds High and Indstrial
Allman
M. H. Mitchem
Reynolds High School
V. Pres
E. H. Dunn
Butler School
Butler School Faculty. Secretary: Mrs. Willis Garrett
P. S
Georgians Urged Not to Use Saw or Axe on Pecan Trees
Albany April 27 Keep your saws out of your trees warns John Cole pathologist at the Pecan Lab He has advised farmers not to prune pecan trees noting trees recovering rapidly from a late spring freeze branches that seem dead may still sprout I expect yields to be far below normal this year but prospects look good for 1956
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Albany
John Cole
Pecan
Cole
Crawford Co Man Burned Dead In Dudley Car
Rosberta man Jim Frank Mann aged 40 was found fatally burned in a car outside Jim Combs' home in Dudley. Coroner's inquest ruled death by smothering. 80 percent of his body covered by burns. Mann, an Robins Air Force Base employee, was survived by parents, two sisters, and a brother. funeral held at Providence Primitive Baptist church with burial in City Cemetery Roberta.
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Dudley
Macon Telegraph
Laurens County
Mann
S L. Shannon
Fred Coleman
Powell
Mamn
Robins Air Force Base
J. W. Mann
Roberta
Walter Hartley
J. C. McElmurray
Reynolds
Paschal Mann
Warner Robins
Providence Primitive Baptist Church
Cecil Darity
Macon
Eld, Mangham
Rev. J . Winn
City Cemetery
Rural Electrification Anniversary to honor Rayburn in Georgia
Speaker Sam Rayburn will address the 20th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Program in Atlanta on May 11. The event, at the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia, draws 1200 attendees from across Georgia and includes “Voices from the Past” featuring Roosevelt’s signature on the 1935 act. Governor Griffin proclaims May 14 as Rural Electrification Week.
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Sam Rayburn
U. S. House of Representatives
Atlanta
Floyd Tabor
Flint Electric
Georgia
University of Georgia
Marvin Griffin
S. J. Tankersley
Flint
Rayburn
Butler High School Band Delights Local Audience
Mr. Alex White, Butler High School band instructor from Macon, presented over 60 students Monday at 8 oclock. The school group, formed six weeks ago, drew strong local interest and will continue Monday and Thursday classes through July with fall sessions planned for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex White
Butler High School
Butler
White
Macon
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P. Y. Luther of
H D
Cochran
Stella Butler
Mercer
Annie Hobbs
Morgan County School Band
J. Frank Mann
Rural Electricification Adm
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