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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
3
Local notes report Mr J M Rogers and Brand daughter visiting Albany, Mrs A N Sweltner back from illness, and friends of J W Fostay news of four weeks confinement. Visitors include Grady Watsons from Thomaston and J J Chapman’s family. A lemonade sale supported a charity. fish supper planned. A lamp exploded during a child’s injury scare, thanks to quick actions. Continuous community updates from Mauk society.
Mr W H Martin visited Macon last week. Mrs W C Watson of Shingler visits her daughter Mrs F R Purvis. Clarence Lumpkin and family of Baldwinville visited Mr and Mrs W Adams. Mrs R B Spinks and Mrs Beulah Pickard were guests of Mrs C E Willis. M M Wadkins of Daviston visits Mrs J A Buckner this week. H N Culverhouse spent Sunday with relatives in Thomaston. W C Childs hosted by Mr and Mrs C Edwards in Prattsburg. Lawrence Hill returns home from Murrayville school. J H Hildreth and Loix Hildreth dined with Mrs C J Wall. Pauline Rustin spent weekend with grandparents J L Rustin in Charing. Several attended services at Shiloh. W W Duvall moved here. Ainsticks and Purvis family guests. Mr and Mrs CO Willis called to Dublin for ill son Lawrence. Rev and Mrs C L Wall and son visited Bilaville. Ripert Willis weekend guest of aunt Mrs R B Spinks. Didex Wright of Macon filled appointment at Shiloh. Everett Butler and Mrs Butler hosted by James Brown. W B Jinks visiting Mrs J G Hamilton and family. Annie England of Daviston visiting sister Mattie England.
Mr and Mrs A C Bruner were recent guests of their daughter near Shellman. Miss Minnie Saulin of Arlington was weekend guest of her father near Oakland. Mrs Will Coleman visited Mrs A M McChargue and Mrs W J Lumpkin. Cecil Lumpkin stayed with Merritt Wall near Vineville. L Wall on sick list. Jim Sanken of Ft Gaines and family visited their parents. E J Lumpkin entertained with Sunday dinner guests including B Bryant and child and Nora Lancaster from Marion County.
The community lists visitors and kin across Butler Box Springs Panhandle and Midway with many Sunday visits and family gatherings. Families include McChargue Jarrell Rogers and Adams with shopping trips, church events, and Mother's Day program at Antioch Baptist. Residents report travel to homecoming and weekend connections among neighbors and relatives.
A school presents a Mother's Day program featuring the song Mother's Love by Ethel Jarrell, a verse We come to honor mother, a scripture lesson by Blanford Jarrell, and Six little roses performed by six girls.
A school program featured recitations about mothers by McChargie and Rogers with themes like Mothers love. Riley performed The Rose of Mother's Love and "Home Sweet Home" while Calvin Jarrell led recitations "Thoughts on Mother's Day" and "Help Somebody" with a choir and a play titled "A Worth-While Dream" performed by seven girls and boys.
A crowded Wesley community note lists weekend visits across Butler including Mr. and Mrs. J M Haywood in Macon with their daughter Mrs T J Harris and others like Mrs Levi Smith visiting Bazemore family. Many local families are noted as guests of relatives with church and Sunday School plans upcoming including a Mother’s Day program.
On Sunday at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slaughter relatives from Howad and Colum bus gathered for a large dinner. Present were W. A. Spinks and family J R A Spinks Perry Watson Ruda sill Lester Spinks C Slaughter Estelle Spinks Johnie Spinks Quentine Slaughter Lewis Spinks Walter Parker Morrison Slaughter and others. After dinner they drove to the water works for a ride. Around 4:00 PM W. A Spinks Estelle John Lewis Spinks and Walter Parker returned home near Howard.
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