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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
2
Reynolds area residents traveled to Macon Columbus Milledgeville and Abbeville for medical conventions visits and family gatherings. Several attended church and club functions while others reported recoveries and welcoming new births.
Mr and Mrs Bowden Hires announce the engagement of their daughter Glenda to Don Frederick Seely son of Mr and Mrs Wayland Seely of Angola Indiana The bride elect is a Reynolds High School senior set to graduate in May Seely a graduate of Angola High School attended Tri State College earned a BS in administrative engineering and an AS in gas fuel technology He is serving in the US Army at Charleston SC The wedding will be held June 13 at 4 pm in Reynolds Baptist Church with Rev Robert Gardner officiating.
Reynolds Baptist Church announces a Sunday morning service at 10:00 a.m. and an evening service at 8:00 p.m. The sermon is titled Your Favorite Hymns. A Sunbeam Band gathering is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and a Wednesday prayer meeting titled Lets Wait and See is planned for 8:00 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Rufus Kirksey hosted guests including R C Kirksey and Ken of Columbus. Jinks family and others visited, families spent Sundays with kin across Cross Roads and nearby towns. Hospital and shopping mentions show community connections and weekly visits.
The county announces distribution points for rat poison and corn meal to be used in the eradication program. Locations include Charing Lewis Watson's Store Mark Pike's Grocery Butler County Agent's Office Reynolds G H Godard's Store Taylor Mill McInvale's Store Rupert Cooper's Freezer Locker Cross Roads Worthen Taunton's Store Howard Vanlandingham's Store Daviston I C Jarrell's Store Carsonville W A Jarrell's Store Crowell E F Parr's Store The poison and corn meal will be available soon and public acceptance is high. County Sanitarian George A Tindal.
Miss Joyce Fuller daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Fuller marries Cody Timmerman of Plains in a Crowell Methodist ceremony April 25 conducted by Rev Tommie Jones. The reception follows at the Crowell Community Center with family and friends in attendance.
Reynolds Georgia merchants vote to close at 6 00 p m five days a week during summer with Saturdays excluded. The plan begins Monday May 10 1954 and is published in the Butler Herald. Signatories include G H Goddard Son Goodroe Appliance Co Austman Co Taylor County Motor Co George Brady P E McDaniel The Bargain Store Windhams Dime Store and others.
Relatives learn of death of 85 year old Mrs Ellie Arnold of Crawford County who died April 24 in Miami Florida after a long illness. She was widow of W L Arnold daughter of Pickens and Susan Yarborough and survived by five sons a daughter grandchildren nieces and nephews in Bibb and Crawford counties with a brother J J Yarborough of Macon also surviving.
Rosa Gallman spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Junior Brake of Macon. Sgt. and Mrs. Warner Brake and children of Ft. Bennings visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rogers. Numerous families from Macon Butler and Columbus spent the weekend with local residents, highlighting a busy social circuit and dinners at the Parker and Windham households.
Mrs. E C Lambert Jr of Atlanta won top honors for the best bloom Show Girl at the 33rd Thomasville Rose Show. A parade of 50 000 spectators opened the gala festival and Boston Ga led city floats with Cairo and Grady County following Pavo third.
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