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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
2
Reynolds residents chart a busy social week with trips to Macon Columbus and Birmingham. Many local families including the Halley Goddard Hinton and Lunsford clans hosted or visited kin and friends from Atlanta Thomaston and Jacksonville.
The Gordon Carson Chapter UDC held a September memorial service for Mrs W H Ogburn with tributes from members including Mrs E H Joiner and Mrs F A Ricks. Speakers recalled Mrs Ogburn as a devoted wife mother neighbor and active club member born October 28 1867 in Macon County. The service included poetry a vocal duet and prayers followed by a short business meeting and a frozen salad reception hosted by Mrs E H Joiner and Miss Melissa Ogburn.
Reynolds Baptist Woman's Missionary Union held a day of prayer for State Missions on Friday September 26 at the church. Mrs H Dunn led the program with devotional by Mrs F H Sams prayers song and quiz on state workers. Afternoon program featured songs and messages ending with prayer and an offering for State Missions.
Local items report illnesses and hospital care for J. T. Cochran in Montgomery hospital Butler. Attendance at family visits spans Albany Cordele Columbus Tampa Ellaville Taylor Mill and nearby towns. A birth is announced for J. C Carpenter and J. S. Baron’s son Elbert Melvin. A program by Rupert Community Club next Saturday funds the school lunch room.
Thomaston social notes list visits by Miss Mildred Montgomery and Miss Virginia Young with families in Thomaston and Macon. Several residents travel to Macon and Atlanta for treatment and work, with updates on health improvements and new job placements in Long Island City.
Sunday guests included Billie Joe son with Mr and Mrs Lee Mosley and Mr and Mrs Hubert Mosley. B M Montgomery and wife recently visited daughter Mrs Clifford Adams. P E McDaniel ill but many friends hope for quick recovery. Homer Pierce of Perry visited E Pierce and family. Carolyn Kilby spent Saturday night with Aunt Mrs Sam Bailey. Janey Neisler and Howard McCrary, EV school students in Chicago lil, are well and happy in their new school and friends wish them success.
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