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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
3
A meditation on Mother’s Day laments parental love and vows, praising a mother’s enduring care and teaching while recalling childhood, faith, and gratitude. The second item reports William E. Drane, longtime Columbus educator, dying suddenly at his Hamilton Road home, leaving a widow and four children amid a university and local civic backdrop.
GA R L C COLUMN led by . C. Wall announces a convention at the Atlanta Hotel Ansley on May 19 at 8 30 PM. The district covers DeKalb Fulton and Rockdale and will join the Seventh District for a meeting at Austell on May 30.
A string of weekend and Sunday visits includes Mr and Mrs Polk Jarrell of Cusseta with relatives, Thomaston guests with the Kendricks and Adams families, Macon and Atlanta travelers stopping by, and multiple attendees at Mt Berry graduation exercises. Several ill health updates and ongoing family gatherings are noted, with well wishes for John Scandrett.
Pine trees planted ten years ago in Soperton have grown enough to yield pulpwood as part of Georgia’s developing industry. Fort Benning construction progresses with 1,666 workers on a project costing 6 852 000. Albany hosts a water cress farm grown from English stock seven decades ago with New York market prices doubling those of standard varieties. Fort Benning vendor Roberts has served four million hot dogs including one to President Roosevelt. A spelling bee at Augusta auditorium was halted after crowds yelled outside. 20 contestants remained as 1 509 spectators listened. Coolidge area farmers ship several carloads of cabbage daily, aiming for 50 000 from the 1984 crop. Hancock county farmers foresee cotton unaffected by the Bankhead bill due to steady rains.
Washington May 6 Senator Walter F George notified Wm C Vereen of Moultrie Ga that he would support any bill seeking a reasonable reduction in the high federal tax on tobacco products. He noted the Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees will study tobacco taxes separately and that all tax bills originate in the House. He warned the government’s needs must be recognized and that cuts would not be easy.
An annual Sacred Harp singing gathered last Sunday at Shiloh Primitive Baptist church with many singers from Macon Tomaston Arabs and nearby areas. Local leaders included F L Purvi Lillian Caldwell and Lois Parker. A basket dinner was served at noon. Several guests from Baldwenville and other locals visited friends through the weekend.
A devotional verse celebrates a mother’s lifelong influence. It recalls a mother’s love touch prayers and faith guiding a son from birth, through sin and redemption, to a promised eternal reunion in heaven, emphasizing gratitude and enduring affection.
Mrs Ethel Welchardson visits Mr and Mrs J F Taunton and relatives in Thomaston. Mr and Mrs Myrick of Ft Va stay with Mr and Mrs Leonard Li. Mr and Mrs Richard Wilson visit Mrs Bessie Pitt. Polk Harmon and Miss Mytle Harmon visit Mrs J T Cox. Cecil Caraway and children visit Mr Allen Rogers Jr. Crowd attends Mrs Bessie Pitts entertainment. Neal Hinton and children visit Mrs U Underwood. A R Rogers spends weekend with son Allen Rogers.
The Woman's Home Demonstration Club of Mauk will entertain the public at the Old Maid's Convention to be held at Mauk school house on Friday May 11 at 8 00 p m Proceeds will go for equipping a community kitchen and the school Admission is 10c and 2c
A portrait unveiling will occur next Sunday Mother's Day in the Ina Dillard Russell Library on the Georgia State College for Women campus Milledgeville. Mrs. Russell is wife of Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Judge Richard B. Russell and mother of U.S. Senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell Jr.
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