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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
1
OLD TIMER recalls many community figures who shaped Reynolds for decades. He lists E. E. Hodges and others, notes new civic buildings, and reflects on Confederate veterans’ reunions and local families linked to generations of Taylor county progress.
The 1949 Butler High School senior class with 35 members selects two separate trips next week. One group leaves Sunday at 2 PM from the local station for Washington, D C with a list of students and four chaperones. A second group heads to Jacksonville Beach Flat on Wednesday June 1 with its own students and a single chaperone, Superintendent E H Dunn.
The church will receive new members during the Sunday morning worship after a revival. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. with Jas A Gibson as superintendent. Mary Luna Cheek leads Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. The fifth Sunday evening service moves to the Baptist church. Pastor J W M Stipe urges attendance.
The Reynolds Baptist church marks its 117th anniversary with a history prepared by Mrs. Martha Dunn read during the May 15 observance. The account recounts the church’s origin in Crawford County on May 12, 1832 with ten members, the move to Union in Macon County, pew building plans and early missions, and a 1855 note excluding a couple for dancing.
Steeple jacks paint the court house clock and dome while bees honey from years stored in the tower are harvested. W E Streetman led the honey recovery of about 140 pounds. Improvements include a new ceiling in the superior court room. A new gasoline station is being built south of the public square by Elzie Swain. The F A Peed electrical stock moved to a new quarters with Joe Willis grocery and fresh meat market occupying the old building. W E Sullins moved the billiard parlor to the Willis building space. Sims Garrett, present owner, plans to renovate the old bank building. Ordinary J R Lunsford keeps a steady flow of public information to callers. Taylor County Tax Equalizers, H A Sealy, G L Cooper and P B Childs, work on county property values. Logue Thrift Store plans a Buena Vista branch opening June 3.
Julius R. Lunsford Jr. argues in the 1949 Virginia Law Review that the Supreme Court should act on trademark infringement and source confusion. He notes the court’s historic stance on distinctive marks yet warns protection now affects interstate commerce and business goodwill. The article urges the high court to review and interpret trademark rules promptly.
Sunday exercises at Butler High School featured a music program under Mrs J W Edwards and a sermon by Rev Leon Edwards of Ingleside Methodist Macon. He urged living with purpose, contrasted modern confusion with biblical miracles, and spoke of a cathedral within each life guiding toward redemptive fellowship with Jesus Christ.
Funeral services were held in Jacksonville Florida for Mrs Daisy Wilson Britt who died after a fall at her home ten days earlier. A native of Taylor county she was the daughter of J and Elizabeth Wilson of Davis ton community and a graduate nurse of an Atlanta hospital. She is survived by her husband W P Britt four sisters Mrs Eula Sealy Mrs C F Smith Mrs Leila Southwell and Mrs Cora Morgan and one brother Herbert Wilson.
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Jack Gill observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their Ellaville residence. Family members from Taylor county and nearby towns attended, with two daughters coordinating entry and receptions, piano music, a wedding cake, refreshments, and many gifts from friends and relatives.
Oscar S Adams son of L R Adams Butler was named associate member of Sigma Xi at Emory University Honors Day ceremonies on May 19 He studies psychology at Emory and belongs to Delta Tau Delta social fraternity Dr D A Lockmiller president University of Chattanooga delivered the Honors Day address with Dr G C White presiding
Richard Parks Jr son of Mr and Mrs R H Parks Reynolds is a candidate for graduation from the Emory at Oxford Junior College Division. Dean V Y C Eady announces Parks has active campus involvement. Commencement week features a May 29 baccalaureate sermon by Rev J W Segars and a June 3 baccalaureate address by Dr E E Loemker.
Mrs. Minnie Glover Seay nee Glover of Reynolds died Friday May 20 at Macon hospital after six weeks illness including a major operation. She was widow of Hon. T. D. Seay former Taylor County commissioner. Funeral held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Reynolds Methodist Church with Rev. David Lastinzgerx officiating. Burial in Hill Crest Cemetery. Survived by sons E. T. Seay C. P Seay T. D. Seay Chas L Seay and William Seay and daughters Mrs. E. W. Erickson and Miss Mearle Seay. Grandchildren and other relatives also survive.
Mt Pisgah Horeb Midway and Antioch Baptist churches join Midway for a full day of worship Sunday. Sunday School at 10 38 a m Preaching 11 30 a m from the pastor Read the 23rd Psalm, dinner at noon, round table discussions at two, topic Revivals Public invited prayer for the pastor.
All boys of Scout age are invited to meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the annex of the local Methodist church for the regular weekly meeting. Scout Masters.
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