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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
5
Local shoppers and visitors fill Reynolds scene with travel to Macon Americus and Jacksonville. Seeds offered include Georgia Runner Spanish and Carolina varieties from C B Hicks with note of upcoming N Y A conference and flower show attendance.
In the 1940 1941 Who's Who poll at Georgia Military College Milledgeville C E Marshall was elected the best allround cadet He previously received the Horne Medal honoring the most outstanding cadet in the barracks His classmates congratulate him on his excellent rating at G M C
Walton Hodges Jr of Reynolds is among 86 Mercer University degree candidates at the 108th commencement on June 2. He will earn a bachelor of laws as ceremonies run June 1 2 with sermons by Dr Harold W Tribble and addresses by Dr J Curtis Dixon and Dr Wm H Kilpatrick.
Seed notices describe peanut varieties including Spanish and Georgia Runner. C B Hicks of Reynolds Georgia is listed among seed suppliers or interested growers.
Upright piano in vicinity offered at bargain price rather than ship to Atlanta. Located at Piano Factory Warehouse, 1007 Columbia Avenue NE, Atlanta, Georgia. (2 6'8)
Marian Blinn Sanford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh R. Stanford of Washington, married Dr. Will Camp Sealy of Reynolds Ga and Durham N C. The ceremony was May 17 at Mt. Vernon Methodist Church Washington with Rev J W Austin officiating. The couple plans a home at Duke University Faculty Apartments after a motor trip. Dr Sealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh K Sealy, is a Duke Hospital resident surgeon with Emory Medical School and held Alpha Kappa Kappa Omicron Delta Kappa and Kappa Alpha memberships. The bride, George Washington University attendee and Duke nursing graduate, wore pastel green with white accessories.
Announcement by Mr and Mrs James Benjamin Griffith of Reynolds states their daughter Lucile will marry Edwin B Rodgers of Fort Valley. The couple plans a late June wedding. Lucile is a Reynolds High School and Georgia State College for Women alumna and Pow earned Bachelor of Arts. she teaches at Robert Lee Institute in Thomaston. Rodgers is the son of Mrs Hi L Rodgers of Oglethorpe and the late Mr Rodgers, with siblings in Mon tezuma Geneva and Oglethorpe. He has held banking posts in Georgia and Florida and works with an insurance company in Ft Valley.
Mare residents and visitors share weekend and weekday hospitality. Families from Griffin, Macon, Columbus, Thomaston, Reynolds, Butler, Pinehurst, Covington, Atlanta, and Reynolds attend visits, Mother's Day gatherings, and flower show events. Several couples and children are listed among guests and hosts.
W Smith operates a piano tuning service at 103 W Gordon Sr in Thomaston Georgia and advertises piano sales with a contact phone number 66. The ad promotes piano tuning and piano sales by the local business.
Wesley Miss Allie Amos returns to Macon after visiting her mother Mrs. T J Amos. Families from Butler Thomaston Columbus Sylvester Camp Jackson and Atlanta visit friends and relatives in Butler area. Mrs Luke Adams improves in Atlanta hospital awaiting homecoming. Hugh Gilson Jr visits Atlanta. many local visits over weekend.
Mrs. J. H W. Windham and her son from Panhandle spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Jarrell. Phillip Jarrell and Mrs. Henry Jarrell joined relatives in Thomaston visiting Mrs. W.B. Colquitt and Mrs. C. F. Colquitt. James Jarrell of Pensacola visits his parents. Effie Smith of Butler visited the Jarrells. The Jarrells hosted Henry Jarrell and Phillip Jarrell on Monday.
Mrs Lillian Brown returns home after visiting Felix Pierce family near Waverly Hall. Guests include Mrs Will Adams with Mrs J D Adams and family, and Rev F J Gilbert with Emory Gilbert of Butler. Visitors from Albany Macon Philadelphia and East Point attend gatherings and funerals.
Advice on growing tomato plants at home or purchasing the best seed. Transplanting timing set at five to six inches tall with root system re establishment by removing some lower and higher leaves. A nitrate solution fed during transplant helps growth. shading options include brush or shingles.
Pleasant Hill readers note a list of Sunday visitors from Atlanta Thomaston and Macon with extended family gatherings. The piece notes a singing at Rupert Sun and a visiting Ill Mr Wiley Tarrer of Ideal and invites all to preaching next Saturday night and Sunday.
Rural community guests fill weekend schedule with family visits and church events. Mrs Lila Parks and relatives from Montezuma join L B Shirah household for dinner. Preaching planned at Pleasant Hill church on third Sunday and preceding Saturday night. Rev B T Gill of Thomaston to lead services with Sunday school at 10 am. Public invited.
For sale baby chicks at 2.85 per hundred. heavy mixed 5.85 per hundred. Reds and Rocks 36.25 per hundred. Prices C. O. D. Sweet potato plants advertised. Write Nichols & Co. Kingston Georgia box 3208 for details.
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