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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
2
Reynolds department features a poem The Country Road by Helen H Hall about a quiet rural landscape labeled by scenes of hedgerows and distant battle echoes. The page then lists numerous social updates: Mr R E Aultman on a Macon trip, Mr George Goddard hosting family, Miss Jeanette Barrow visiting Milledgeville, and many local residents visiting, staying, or ill.
The U D C will hold its meeting Friday June 8 at 8 p m at the Club Chapter House with Mrs Be H Joiner and Mrs W H Ogburn as joint hostesses. Attendees urged as this is the last meeting until September. Program includes songs Long Long Ago origin of Daughters of Confederacy origin of the word Dixie tributes to Washington and Jefferson readings and selections by chapter members.
Macon visitors W L Club and families joined Miss Ethel James weekend. Americas hosted Democratic Executive Committee meeting. visits from Atlanta and Milledgeville residents. Woman's Improvement Club held May meeting at Mrs. Hicks home and discussed painting Club House and adding books from the State Library. National Music Week program featured multiple performances. forty five guests attended.
The W M A of the Baptist church held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Ray Lucas home. The program featured devotional by Mrs R A Hinton, Christ to China by Mrs J R Lovins, Japan of Today by Mrs Jernigan, vocal solo by Miss Marion Hodges, and various readings and prayers. After the program, business was discussed and Mrs B W Hinton invited the society to meet with her in June.
A reflective rural column contrasts high school graduation night with the author’s musings on youth, parents, and society. It blends quips about Commencement, jokes, a Lindbergh crime reference, and nostalgia for May to June rituals, finishing with a farewell to readers as the piece ends.
A reprinted verse by Mrs. A W Almgren from Reynolds Georgia narrates the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and recovery saga. It recalls the nighttime theft, a note, a ransom attempt, and the eventual finding near a Bronx graveyard, ending with tribute to Miss H D H and the author’s sign-off.
A lengthy community log notes visits and weekend activities around Taylor Mill Misses Edna Underwood and Marion Rogers host gatherings. John Ray announces birth of Lara Mae on May 13 at the Taylor Mill area. A Sunday school Workers Council met with Supt. R. E. Smith presiding and planned summer class assignments and new songbooks.
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