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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
2
Sunday visits by Robert Spinks and Frank Powell mark a string of social calls. Many Mississippian and Georgia residents, including Lucy Cobb and Agnes Beattie College guests, travel to Macon, Blakely, Buena Vista, and Ft Valley, with numerous weekend hosts and Theatre Party plans for Miss Kate McDaniel and Miss Wynia Taylor. A few farm mules and items for sale accompany the social roundup.
On Friday night May 14 the Junior class hosted the annual Junior Senior prom at James Draughon home. The pink and green decor and Dorothy Perkins roses matched the class colors while a program of music and dancing preceded refreshments. Senior favors and pink and green dessert highlighted the plates, with many local and out of town guests attending.
A special sermon at the Baptist Church next Sunday morning under the Lord's willing. The subject is A Baptism in the Holy Spirit and in Fire. The congregation hopes many members will attend and invites others who wish to worship and hear the sermon.
Reverend T E Davenport of Reynolds Methodist will preach the commencement sermon at Buena Vista, Sunday services shift from 11 to 8 p m with a night service. The Men's Evangelistic Club leads fifth Sunday services as pastors exchange pulpits.
Miss Lettie Hobbs and Mr Charlie Peterman were wed last Wednesday at Rev Rogers home at 2 30 p m The couple was accompanied by Mr John Hobbs and Miss Martha Peterman to Butler then to Thomaston to visit relatives They now reside with groom Leon ard Peterman and his wife at their home
Reynolds High School outlines a May 20 recital May 21 Senior Banquet May 24 grammar grades May 25 graduation with Dr Barker as speaker. Miss Hicks and Miss Mitchell deliver salutatory and valedictory. Newsom Orchestra provides music. Cora Wade пись letter to seniors dated Beaufort S C May 14 1926.
A scanned 1926 program lists performances including Violin Solos and Serenades by Helen Young and Ada Turka Smith, vocal pieces, and a Larpit style suite. It details a Farce The Trysting Place, a Senior Banquet with: Alumni Roll Call, class history, prophecy, poetry, jokes, and speeches by Rev. Davenport and Dr. Barker.
Thursday afternoon performance features Amy Parks in a duet with Frances Ricks reading On Broadway and Polite. Billy Neisler performs Maytime Dance, Susan Bryan solo Waltz, Mike Neisler Good Boys Land, Elizabeth Lucas Lightly Row, Christine Hill Japanese Cherry, Louise Montgomery Crocuses and Columbine, Susan Bryan Little Orphan Annie, Martha Peterman and Grace Trapp duet Over the Waves, Ruth Caslow To Elfin Hill, Elizabeth Whatley Miss Bunnie Rabbit, Lucile Griffith Morning Prayer Stearboy, Lucile Griffith Ole Billy William Goat, Estelle Ricks GO Major On Parade, Elizabeth Whatley March of Fingals Men Reinhold, Lucile Griffith Sis, Margaret Montgomery Angel Kisses.
A Fish fry hosted by the Night Bridge Club honored the ladies group at Beechwood Farm on Friday May 14. Organizers Thurman Whatley Edmund Hurt and J H Neisler prepared a full feast with fish coffee corn bread cake pickles salads and lemonade. After supper guests gathered by a log fire to sing and tell jokes with plans for a chicken supper at Miona Springs in two weeks. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Thurman Whatley Mr and Mrs B W Hinton Dr and Mrs C E Whatley Mr and Mrs B P Hodges Mr Edmund Hurt Mr and Mrs J R Carson Mr and Mrs DT Montfort and Miss Marian Hodges.
A Boston Transcript line reflects on the humbling feeling of realizing how little we know. It notes a suspicion that others overestimate their own knowledge and expertise, tempering the sting with cautious self awareness.
In 1851 the Hoang river in China burst its banks and changed its course to flow into the Gulf of Pechi. Within two years the river had shifted about 250 miles from its original channel, altering geography and posing new hazards.
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