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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
5
Franklin L. Stanton poem narrates a dream visitation by a friend closer than a brother who dies on the cross. The dream brings comfort, and the poem affirms undying love that lights the stars of Heaven and heals earthly sorrow.
Butler locals and guests are listed with visits to Americus Columbus Macon and Reynolds. Society items include welcomes, hosts, a theater invitation, a fish fry at a Payne pond, a birthday gathering for Mrs A J Fountain and a baseball win by Butler over Woodland with a McCants home run.
Butler High School will hold commencement events from Sunday, May 17, starting with Baccalaureate at 11 a.m. Rev. B. A. Pafford of Ft. Gamnes will deliver the service. The week continues with a music program, senior-class play Lost A Chaperon, a two-part recital by Miss Mable Searcy and companions, an operetta Miss Cherry-Blossom, and graduating exercises Friday with Col. Hicks Fort of Columbus delivering the address. Details will appear in the Herald.
Mrs Grady Walden hosted a May 2 party for her son L C Walden turning six. Guests from Fort Valley joined games and stories then gathered for cake decorated with pink candles. The dime winner was Margaret Embry. Notables present included Sara Verne Chambers Myra Byrd Bessie Dreizin Lynda Saddler Lillie Locke Martha Mary McCord Margaret Embry Gladys Peteramn Bertha Bazemore Laurette Fickling Sara Goodwin Helen Walden Mary Locke Horace Joiner Charles Fickling Clifford Montgomery William Gray J C Peterman Thomas Giles Mistle Braddy L B Locke James Goodwin John McCord and LC Walden. Mrs J F Posey and Miss Thelma Locke assisted.
For sale at a sacrifice an upholstered Koehler Davenport in genuine brown Spanish leather and a walnut Chifferobe. For particulars call or see Mrs J H Embry.
A county wedding joined Miss Lillian Jarrell and Mr Charlie Horton on Saturday night at 8 at the Jarrell home. Rev M T Gaultney officiated as family and Macon visitors looked on. The couple will reside in Macon where Mr Horton has a good position.
Mr H W McCrary is spending this week with relatives near Reynolds as he recovers from illness and attends family routines.
An advertisement promises to triple shoe life by repair services. It urges residents to resole worn soles instead of discarding footwear and offers to service shoes at low prices in Fort Valley Georgia.
A religious journal discusses why church pews stay empty. It cites low attendance amid half of a 500-member church and blames unconverted memberships, quarrels, domineering lay leaders, resistance to renewal, and complacent ministers. The piece urges revival of the old gospel with broader pastoral vision.
Mr John Ranow and Mrs Laura King were married on April 25 with Rev A L Lane officiating.
A May meeting will be held at Bethel Congregational Methodist church on Saturday May 9. Attend and join the gathering. Signed, A Member. The note ends with a Dean Stanley quote on the value of selection and discrimination in study materials.
An item notes the element labeled Mec with multiple spellings found in the record. The fragment hints at a chemistry or materials context where the term appears in varying forms. No further context provided.
Two locals debate culinary discoveries in a playful note, praising the first who found raw oyster edible and generous, and another who paired cram dates with cran meat, highlighting quirky regional tastes in the Soo Eee States.
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