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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
1
Local notices list residents visiting relatives in Columbus Perry and Monticello Florida. It notes several trips to Macon Atlanta and Gainesville, hospital stays returns from furlough and transfers, with names including Eli Garrett Horace Watson Ida Pye T. B. Joiner Ruby Morgan and others.
Help wanted at Towell Construction Company in Greenville Georgia. White men sought to work in nail ing in the prefabricating plant. Employee recruitment ad urges qualified applicants to apply at the firm location.
The Men's Bible Class of a local Methodist Church will hold a business meeting Friday night at 8:30. All members are urged to be present. E. D. McCorvey, President.
Circle One of the Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs A J Payne’s home on Tuesday May 22 with 14 members present. Circle leader Eli Garrett presided. program on The Christian Home featured talks by C L Glenn Herman Amos and Sam Borum. salad plate and punch served by T B Joiner.
The Butler Garden Club will hold its annual picnic on Wednesday June 6 at the country home of Mrs. Frank Gray. Each member should bring a covered dish or preferred item.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Friday June 1 at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs Mack Mathews. All members are urged to attend.
In the past month thirteen farmers joined the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District with full plans for pasture improvements terraces water disposal systems crop rotation mulches and wildlife borders. Named participants include Mrs O J Oliver Mr L T Peed Mr Clinton Clarke and others. technicians will assist more via the County Agent AAA office or J V Dupree.
Mr and Mrs J B Clark entertained friends and neighbors with a weiner roast at their home Saturday honoring their brother Corporal Herman Clark on furlough from Fort Knox Kentucky. A large turnout enjoyed hot weiners cake and ice cream in the Clark backyard with guests from Macon Wellston Mercer University and Butler.
Dr Wilbur Neisler named Rabies Inspector for Taylor County to implement the new state law requiring all dogs three months old or older be inoculated by July 1 each year. A $1 fee is charged to dog owners. Inoculations will be offered at several county points this month.
A community singing will be held at the Taylor Mill school auditorium next Sunday afternoon starting at 2 30 p m. All interested in good music are invited. Several quartets are expected to perform.
Funeral services were held in Arcadia Florida on May 6 for Mrs Emma Chapman DeLoach wife of Frank H DeLoach following her death May 5 in a St Petersburg hospital after an April 13 operation She was the daughter of Mrs Annie Lipsey and step daughter of the late Mr Jerry Lipsey long prominent in Butler society Friends here express deep regret.
Mr and Mrs W M Spinks announce the birth of a 12 pound son on Friday May 11 named Wesley Monroe Spinks Jr.
Memorial space honors Pvt Henry Edward Johnson of Taylor county on his 24th birthday May 27. He served ten months overseas in a Tank Division and died in France on September 25, 1944. His body rests in eastern France. Dorothy Taunton Atlanta Georgia signs the tribute.
A card of thanks style piece quotes Tryon Edwards C Simmons B W Proctor Mary Baker Eddy Gail Hamilton and R Collyer on patience, contemplation, and purposeful waiting. The message blends wisdom about acting wisely, trusting in God, and the virtue of purposeful stillness.
Helen Perkins, president, thanks St. Cecilia Junior Music Club members for cooperation and recalls missed meetings. She urges members to live larger lives and make music help others, ending with poems about parting and well wishes to Mrs. Edwards and all.
Mr and Mrs John S Barrow visited relatives in Columbus and friends locally. Several guests from Americus, Butler, Thomaston, Macon and other towns were hosted by local families. Mr and Mrs T W Upton moved to a new home in Sumter County near Americus. Community members express regret but extend best wishes. Mrs Myrtis Free and her son Ronnie visit A O Albritton's family in Thomaston.
Porto Rico sweet potato plants for sale inspected by R. E. McCants Butler Ga R 2 price reasonable available from McCants delivery to area by request.
An oversight in awarding Helen Perkins a High School Piano Certificate was corrected on Graduation night. St Cecilia Club featured retiring president Perkins and welcomed guests Miss Luile Allen and Miss Frances Lumpkin. Ruth Cox and Barbara Allen tied for the music appreciation prize. MacDowell Juniors, led by Evans Locke and Mary Jo Harvey, hosted 22 members with one mother in attendance. Daisy Pearl Cooper won the musical game. MacDowell Juveniles, led by Ann Guinn with Robert Borom presiding, included Emily Allen and others. A musical vacation was proposed and thanks given for recital flowers and stage help.
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