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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
2
The Ladies Sunday School class of Reynolds Methodist church will serve dinner at the old pool room on Friday May 21. Menu lists beef loaf fried chicken roast beef and gravy rice beans peas creamed potatoes desserts ice cream pie cake and drinks with prices ranging from 2c to 7c for items. Local visits and social notes accompany the notice.
The Sally Anthony Circle Woman’s Missionary Society of Reynolds Methodist Church held its May meeting at Mrs. F A Ricks home with thirteen members present. Mrs Gray Hicks led in the absence of Circle leader Mrs Robert Bell. The program included songs, a World Outlook article, a devotional, a bulletin by Mrs Rob Aultman, and a reminder to vote against repeal of prohibition on June 8. The next meeting is set for Mrs Smith and Miss Florence Smith’s home at 3:30 p m in June.
Mrs J A Pendergrast presents a pupil recital in her studio on Wednesday May 26 at 4 p m. Participants include Carolyn Barrow Martha Joe Byrd Helen Neisler Gray Fountain Oscar Adams Myrle Coffee Guy Windham Anne Howard Neisler Frances Neisler Ann Halley Margaret Wood Robert Waller Carolyn Waller Mollie Coolik Louise Ogburn Virginia Jones Donald Whatley Edgar Whatley and Maryona Brewer.
Local notes report weekend visits in Macon and Jacksonville with families including the Roberson and Windham households. Grandmother Mrs. Lou Cox remains seriously ill in Marshallville, prompting Doris Cox to miss Americas school. May 28 school exercises announced, prayer meeting set for Friday night, and Lottie Windham plans a Sunday School picnic with guest invites. Jim Windham seeks treatment in Atlanta. 110 attend Sunday school. several residents host or visit neighbors across Taylor Mill.
R F D News notes Miss Carry Spinks visiting Mrs A G Parker and Mr and Mrs James Brown in Howard with other guests including Mrs J W Ingram and son. Proceeds from Horeb church ice cream supper on Saturday May 29 benefit the church.
The Reynolds High School calendar lists a May 28 music recital at 8:00 p m at the auditorium with 25 cent admission for adults and 10 cents for children, a May 30 baccalaureate at Reynolds Methodist Church at 11:00 a m, and May 31 and June 1 graduation related events. Senior activities include dinners, picnics, and contests as well as honors for students James Wright Joiner and Henry Posey for the Emory University scholarship tests and a boys essay contest win.
Five Points notes a weekend of social visiting with relatives and friends in Musella Butler Reynolds Thomaston Macon and Dublin. Guests include the Jarrells Gaultneys Smiths Jarrells and Parkers among others with multiple Sunday dinners and hospital stays mentioned. A local health update notes G B Jarrell recovering from an operation.
The Mulberry Street Methodist church in Macon reports full settlement of its 1925 bond debt of 107000. Officials say bondholders agreed to liquidation of indebtedness to Macon banks after realizing the debt was too heavy for the church to carry through the year.
Sunday guests fill the Butler area as families visit relatives and friends. Numerous lists name Hammock Jinks Culverhouse Brake Fernandez Kendrick Smith Booth Parker and others sharing weekends and meals. A birth is announced for Marvin son of Prather Hammock.
The Lesson-Sermon on Soul and Body will be read in all branch churches of The Mother Church in Boston on Sunday. It cites II Corinthians 5 8 and a correlative passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing rising above mortal sense to grasp divine Life and healing in true Science.
An act approved by Governor Rivers requires all livestock dealers to register with the County Ordinary and obtain a license. Licenses are issued by the Office of Ordinary L. T. Peed. dealers in Taylor County may call at his office to obtain their license.
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