Local Happenings Spotted Around Columbus and Nearby
Local social notes list visitors and guests in Butler Macon Reynolds and Perry including Dr. Eli Garrett and his family Mrs W Z Goodwin of Columbus Father Mr Driskell and many others. Attending events include Woodmen of the World convention in Talladega Ala and church gatherings with various family visits across Georgia. Felton Jerry Jones born May 17 at Sams hospital Reynolds with Joyce Watson as mother. ill health noted for Mamie McGee and Lovick Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felton Jones
Thomaston
Felton Jerry
the Sams Hospital
Reynolds
Students of Mrs Edwards To Give Recital May 27
Members of the Mrs J W Edwards music class will present a recital Thursday evening May 27 at 8 p m in the Methodist church The listed students include Herschel Walker Elizabeth Mathews Merrill Harbuck Emogene Spillers Isabella Gordy Patsy Posey Anne Ann Barrow Sandra Melinvale Carloetta Pye Carolyn Joiner Lynn Mitchell Patricia Montgomery Elaine Posey Ellen Jimmy Locke Margaret Herbert Tante Tom Cochran Robert Peacock Ellen Dudley Eubanks Katrina Cheek Mitzie Towser Olivia Suggs Judy Edwina Davis Gloria Gilson Angharad Jimmy Carmichael Shirley Jimmy Barrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Edwards
Methodist Church
Herischel Walker
Elizabeth Mathews
Merrill Harbuck
Emogene Spillers
Isabella Gordy
Patsy Posey
Anne Ann Barrow
Sandra Melinvale
Carloetta Pye
Carolyn Joiner
Lynn Mitchell
Patricia Montgomery
Elaine Posey
Ellen
Jimmy Locke
Margaret
Herbert Tan
Vacation Bible School Starts May 31 At Methodist Church
Vacation Bible School will begin at the Methodist church Monday May 31 from 3 to 6 pm with registration time before classes. There will be classes daily that week from 4 to 6 pm for children from Nursery through Intermediate ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
Methodist Church
Crowell Music Club Met on May 15
The Crowell Music Club met Saturday May 15 at the home of Johnnie Lou Adams. Eloise Byrd chaired the meeting and set the next gathering at Mary Ann Wainwright's residence. After music, members enjoyed cookies and Coca-Cola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell Music Club
Johnnie Lou Adams
Eloise Byrd
Mary Ann Wainwright
Foster Rustin Marriage Announced in Columbus
Miss Elizabeth Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodie Foster wed Mr Johnnie B Rustin son of Mrs Ethel Rustin and the late Nathan M Rustin on May 11 at Chase Memorial Baptist Church Columbus Rev Thad Persons officiated in a small relatives gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Foster
Woodie Foster
Johnnie B. Rustin
Ethel Rustin
Nathan M. Rustin
Chase Memorial Baptist Church of Columbus
Thad
Wesley Methodist Church Fourth Sunday Services Regular
Wesley Methodist Church led by Pastor Hoke Hatcher holds regular fourth Sunday services with preaching at 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Communion of the Lord's Supper observed at the evening service. Sunday School and Youth Fellowship meet at the usual hour. Everyone invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke Hatcher
Wesley Church
Union Methodist Church Announces Final Regular Service Before Conference
Regular fourth Sunday worship at Union Methodist Church will feature a sermon by the pastor followed by Communion of the Lord s Supper. The Annual Conference meets June 7, making this the last regular service for the present conference year. Everyone is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke Hatcher
Union Methodist Church
Unon
Prayer Meeting Sunday at Aden Wainwright Residence
Prayer meeting will be held at the Aden Wainwright residence near Butler on Sunday May 23 at 3 p m The event is sponsored by the East Thomaston Prayer Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden Wainwright
Butler
East Thomaston Prayer Band
Mother's Day Birthday Celebration at Mrs Cochran Home
Mrs W T Cochran marked Mother's Day and her belated 88th birthday with a joyous gathering. Children and grandchildren joined a outdoor barbecue under pecan trees, hosting the 1954 Senior Class with Barbara McCorkle and sponsors Sanford Fitzsimons. Attendees included Dr R C Montgomery Rev James Carmichael and many friends from Butler Cordele Athens Huntsville Pine Level Rupert Clayton Columbus and Eufaula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Cochran
J. T. Cochran
Frank Callahan
Mack Mathews
Jim Smith
Z. R. McCorkle
Ernest Coker
Mary Jane
Peggy Coker
Manchester
Solon Wisham
Joan Wishar
Dorris Callahan
Rupert
Robert Cochran
Tom
Bob
Fran
Nita Cochran
Thomas
Elizabeth Mathews
Walter Mathews
Mike
Butler
Lenora Austin
Macon
Betty
Barbara McCorkle
Billy Smith
Patricia Dawson
James Williamson Gilbert Sawyer
Ferrell Bone
Eugene Streetman
Clifford Swain
Frederick Bone
Tom Edwards
Emily Allen
Betty Maddox
Mary J. Montgomery
Nellie Hart
Sylvia Casey
Janet Neisler
Mary Anne Wainwright
Sanford Fitzsimmons
R. C. Montgomery
James Carmichael
FE. L. Wilson
Walter Wilson
Athens
E. B. Sheehee
M. A. Hall
Cordele
Foster Taylor
Eufaula
Ala
Bill Black
Huntsville
Roger Daniel
Pine Level
Edgar Daniel
Clayton, Ala
David Purvis
Columbus
Sims Garrett
Rupert Boy Receives High School Diploma at Mt Berry
Rupert Lie Nielsen of Rupert will receive his high school diploma with 102 seniors at Berry Schools and College on May 24 in Mt Berry Chapel. Commencement speaker Tom Girdler of Republic Steel will address graduates. Bishop Arthur Moore will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon. Nielsen, valedictorian, has led in FFA and student government and served as editor of the yearbook The Torch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Berry
John Lie‘Neilsen
Rupert
Berry
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Arthur Moore
Atlanta
Lie Neilsen
Ruperts
A. B. Floyd
Loree Harvey
FFA
Frost Chapel
Navy storesman earns combat air crew wings in carrier squadron
Bryant E Blair AKI of Airship Development Sqdn 11 native of Taylor county youngest son of Mrs Essie Blair now living in Macon. He became the only Navy store keeper to win combat air crew wings while serving in VS 24 aboard the USS Palau during Caribbean exercises and later as instructor at NAS San Diego and NAS Jacksonville. He qualified in the AF 1 aircraft and earned the wings after three years nine months of service. He is married to Doris Darnty of Macon and they reside with children Ronald Edward and Janice Gail at the Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant E. Blair
AKI
Airship Development Sqdn
Young Blair
Taylor County
Essie Blair
Macon
Blair
Naval Supply Office
Navy
General Storekeepers School
Great Lakes
Ill
North Island
Calif
Jacksonville
San Diego
Naval Air Stations Supply Department
Nas
Norfolk
Palau
Caribbean
Doris Darnty
Ronald Edward
Janice Gail
Naval Air Station
Senior Play to the Repeated Thursday Afternoon May 20
A ready made family is a three act comedy and will be presented again on Thursday May 20 at 1 45 pm in the local gym. Admission is 15c for children and 25c for students and adults. The five step children and the colored helpers promise many laughs as before.
Card of Thanks from the J B Clark family
The family of J B Clark thanks friends for generous contributions gifts flowers and cards. May God bless each one.
Spring cleaning urged at Howard Cemetery
A notice asks local residents to join an annual spring cleaning at Howard Cemetery with donations sent to O. M. Martin of Howard Georgia. County Sheriff Payton W. Dunford and H J Renfroe were jailed after an assault on three men including a police captain. A federal jury ruled Seaboard Air Line Railroad not at fault for 20 cows dying from arsenic poisoning on a Tucker farm in 1952 in a case by Dr. D. T. Nabors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cemetery
O. M. Martin
Howard, Ga
Muscogee County
Payton W. Dunford
H. JF. Renfroe
Columbus
W. F. Tuggle
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co
L Tucker
U. S. District
Atlanta
D. T. Nabors
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Mrs
Eli Garrett Spen
Hubert Payne
Nina
Warner Wells
Ft. Valley
Butler Friends
W. B. Roberts
Perry
Eli Garrett
C. F. Richards
Mr. Wallace
Camilla
T. E. Tante
Talladega, Ala
T. B. Joiner
Horace Joiner
Douglas
Carl Hobbs
C. C. Hobbs
Panama City, Fla
Mamie McGeee
Edgar McGee
J. H. Stanford
Hollis Stanford and
Charles W. Hawley
Louisville, Ky
Americus, Ga
Robert Butter
Florida
Wawley
Foster
Rustin
Wesley Methodist Church
Easterlin Seed Company
Andersonville, Ga
A. S&s
Sid
James Reynolds
Mt Berry School
Chiropractic
Elmo W. Davis
S. Jackson ST
Americus
Taylor
Bryant
J. B. Clark
Dean
Butler, GA
Kathryn Grayson
Howard Keel
Kate
Joseph Cotten
Jean Peters
Gary Merrill
Preston Foster
Guy Madison
Tire Headquarters
Coodyear and
Kelly Springfield
SHELL
Colar
Reycat
Willis L. Webb
Optometrist
Fort Valley
Butler Lumber Company
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