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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1931
Page
7
A fragmented meditation urges seizing tomorrow and helping others. It blends visions of tomorrow and yesterday, urging action over excuses, and suggests generosity and artistic striving as paths to light amid hardship.
Miss Callie Stringfield is mentioned among local notes while Mothers Day observances occur in both churches. Attendees and visitors include Mrs. Sarah Neisler with her sister Mrs. Caddie Neisler, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dreizin in Atlanta, Mrs. Mary E. Jinks and others visiting relatives. Pages note trips to Atlanta and Columbus for church events and college visits, with several local families hosting kin and friends over the weekend.
Marances Downs is the Butler visitor guest of Miss Mary Jane Collins of Savannah, and a Butler visitor this week to Miss Jewel Bartlett, Miss Katie Nell Bartlett, and Miss Ditto Cooper. Ditmoe Miss Ditic Walker visits Miss Effie Smith, while Miss Bessie McGuffin returns from Eliville. Eugene Peed, 18, is hospitalized in Macon and improving. Mrs. F. A. Peed returns from Birmingham after news of her brother-in-law G. W. Hanson’s death. Columbus district conference at Buena Vista drew record attendance and praised Buena Vista hospitality. the event was among the best ever held.
The Butler High School music department outlines two commencement programs by Junior Music Clubs. Penhner Annual Recital is set for Friday evening May 22 with all students performing. A second program on May 27 features operettas All Aboard for Sleepy In and Rosita, presented by Gram Ec pays and local high school girls with St Cecilia Music Club sponsoring the Spanish piece.
A birthday party was held in honor of Little Miss Nell Perkins of Butler visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jesse T Newington on Saturday May 2 from 5 oclock in the afternoon. The fifth birthday celebration featured games and a nice course meal. Gifts were given to Nell Perkins and a list of attendees includes Jewel Williams Doris Rivers Louise Rivers Anna Lee Lois Morgan Reba Rountree Hilda Evans and others.
Mrs Ey H Dunn wife of the Butler Baptist church pastor presented Rev Dunn with a fine baby girl Friday morning. The child will be named Phyllis Harlynne. Mr and Mrs Wm Hadley Pye of Monticello announce the engagement of their daughter Nellye Elizabeth to Robert Holsey Foy of Sylvester. The wedding is planned for late June. Foy, once of Butler, is expected to have many friends interested.
A message from Birmingham reports the death of Mr G W Hanson at his home about midnight after a seven year illness. He was aged about 71 and the husband of Mrs Bertie McGee Hanson. Survived by his wife three sons and one daughter. Funeral services and interment will be in Birmingham.
A.F. Darden of Tifton visited the area to promote the Georgia State College for Men, South Georgia’s lone senior college offering four year degrees in A B, and B. 8 in Agriculture. The college highlights low costs, a tutor system, strong athletic teams, and active student life including a Glee Club nicknamed the South Georgia Song Birds.
A 1931 call for essays on why books please children invites boys and girls to write on favorite books and why. Prizes include memberships in the Junior Guild, school book awards, and library selections. entries due by August 15, 1931 with lists of approved titles such as Little Pilgrim to Penn Woods and The Adventures of Mario.
Last Friday evening May 6 at Mrs. W. W. Douglas home, Winston Taunton celebrated his sixteenth birthday with about twenty friends. The group played games and enjoyed ice cream and cake around a dining table decorated with a sixteen-candle birthday cake.
A Columbus Ohio proposition invites a well educated man with business ability in outdoor advertising to write for details. No selling expected. Contact Advertising Manager at 515 West Goodale Street.
The county mourns Mr Bud Ham once of Taylor County who died Friday in Columbia Mississippi at about 600 years old He was born in Taylor County and moved to Columbia twenty five years ago Survived by wife Mrs Ida Hogg Ham and several children three sisters Mrs J R Harmon Mrs J L Austin and Lola Ham He was a nephew of Mr J B Brewer of this city.
Directory lists Baptist churches with pastors and meeting days in Taylor County. Antoch J H Stanford 8th Sunday Cusseta Butler B H Dunn 2nd and 4th Sundays Butler Lebanon Pate Hunt 4th Sunday Butler Midway M T Gaultney 1st Sunday Butler Mauk Gordon F Bazemore 4th Sunday Butlers Pisgah C D Carter 3rd Sunday Ellaville Reynolds Jamies Trey 2nd and 4th Sundays Marshallville. Methodist listings: Butler J A Cook every Sunday Butler Reynolds M O Wallin every Sunday Reynolds Howard J F Jackson 2nd Sunday Howard, Melley F Jackson 1st Sunday Crowell J F Jackson 3rd Sunday Union J F Jackson 4th Sunday Mauk R L Harris 2nd Sunday Buena Vista Charing R L Harris 1st Sunday Buena Vista
A funeral notice for 10 year old Lewis Johnson portrays a family bereaved by his passing on a Friday night in April. The piece, written by his aunt Mrs Hallie Gray, laments the loss and reflects on faith, saying the child rests in heaven while urging parents and kin to endure until reunion.
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