Local Happenings in Butler and Surrounding Areas
Dr and Mrs Eli Garrett were in Atlanta Monday. Mrs Alma Stripling of Fort Valley spent Sunday in Butler with her sister Eli Garrett. The Butler High School basketball team opens the season at Ellaville Friday at 7 30 pm against Schley County. USS Haven hospital ship due back today with Ens Thomas J Summerour from Butler aboard as part of the Korea war relief effort.
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Alma G. Stripling
Fort Valley
Butler
Eli Garrett
Butler High School
Schley County High School
Ellaville
United States
Korea
USS
Haven
Ens
Thomas J. Summerour
Medical Corps
USN
Fidelis Sunday School Elects 1952 53 Officers
The Fidelis class of Butler Baptist Church elected officers for 1952 1953. Teachers include Mrs M R Gaddis and Mrs L P Anthony. Officers named are President Mrs T L Fountain Vice President Luther Harris Secretary Mrs J M Austin Membership Chairman Mrs J B Wilson Ministerial Chairman Mrs B H Walker Fellowship Chairman Mrs L P Anthony Social Chairman Mrs Lewis Benson Publicity Chairman Mrs Luke Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelis
Butler Baptist Church
R. Gaddis
L.P. Anthony
T. L. Fountain
Luther Harris
J. M. Austin
J. B&b. Wilson
B. H. Walker
L. P. Anthony
Lewis Benson
Luke Adams
Butler PTA to Meet October 16 8 p.m
The Butler PTA will hold a regular meeting Thursday evening October 16 at 8 o clock at the local American Legion Home. All members are urged to attend and bring a covered dish.
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Butler P. T. A
American Legion
Macon County Fair Opens Next Week in Montezuma
The Macon County Fair at Montezuma runs all next week with Butler and Reynolds high schools taking part in a beauty contest and crowning. Tickets are available in advance at the local school. C. H. Hair of the Macon County Fair Association invited Taylor County citizens to attend.
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Montezuma
Butler and Reynolds
Citta
Taylor Ee
Made County
C. H. Hair
Macon County Fair Association
Butler
Taylor County
Revival At Howard Methodist Church Begins Sunday
The Howard and Mauk churches announce a Sunday revival at the Howard Methodist Church. Services start with Mauk at 10:00 a.m. and Howard at 11:30 a.m., then daily Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All welcome as plans for Sunday School rooms are discussed. Pastor C. W. Hancock urges attendance.
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Mauk
Howard Methodist
Howard
Tte
Howard Church
Our
C. W. Hancock
Legion Auxiliary to Meet Friday Night
The American Legion Auxiliary met in a business session at the Legion Home with Mrs. Lewis Adams as hostess. First vice president Mrs Luke Adams presided. October meeting theme was Membership and Music. Members urged to obtain 1953 cards by Oct 20. Music contest by Mrs Herman Amos and piano selections by Miss Elizabeth Mathews followed. November host and program chair were announced as Mrs Eva Mauldin and Mrs Fannie Bone respectively.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Lewis Adams
Luke Adams
Elizabeth Mathews
Eva. Mauldin
Fannie Bone
Pub
Chm
Lumpkin Woman Honored As Longtime Newsboy G. W. Pugh
Lumpkin Georgia resident Mrs. G W Pugh known as Miss Clara celebrates 31 years delivering Ledger Enquirer newspapers. She treasurer of Lumpkin Methodist Missionary Society for 49 years and active in Sunday School Garden Club PTA. She walks 26 paper route daily seven days a week with help on weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin
G. W. Pugh
Butler
The
Columbus Enquirer
Clara
Ledger- Enquirer
Ledger
Missionary Society
Lumpkin Garden Club
PTA
Dawson Firm Lands Lunch Contract Again
Cinderella Foods a division of Stevens Industries receives the federal school lunch contract for nearly three million pounds of peanut butter to be produced and shipped between October 15 and November 22 for the fifth consecutive year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel i Tirli
Dawson
Cinderella Foods
Stevens Industries, Inc
Kudzu Overseeded With Rescue Grass for Temporary Grazing
M P Dean reports Taylor county farmer Phil Kibler oversowed a kudzu field with Rescue Grass for winter grazing. The practice mirrors Watkinsville Station trials with old kudzu stands grazed down in fall, then Rescue Grass seeded for winter feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Kibler
Taylor County
Watkinsville
Kibler
Watkinsville Conservation Station
Mermuda
Pensacola Bahia
Fire Commission Florida stresses safety in homes exhibit
The Georgia Safety Fire Commission, at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta, promotes home fire hazard elimination during Fire Prevention Week. Commissioner Zack Cravey urges visitors to take a pamphlet noting dangers in bedrooms, kitchens, basements, garages, and workshops and to perform self inspections.
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Fire Commission
Florida
Atlanta
Georgia Safety Fire Commission
Zack Cravey
Cravey
United States
Commission
State Fire Marshall
Peanut Cleaning Machine Installed at Americus Mill
A $12 000 peanut cleaning machine built by Georgia Tech’s Experiment Station was installed at McCleskey Mills in Americus Georgia. The system cleans 12 tons per hour, reduces foreign material to five percent, and added $35 per ton value for one farmer’s load.
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Americus
McClesky Mills
Georgia Tech
McCleskey
McClesky
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Lawrence Joiner
Charles Benns
Macon
W. G. Hill
Louise Hill
Montgomery
R. V. Turner
J. W. Hall
M. E. Everett
Loraine
Morris Pounds
Thompson
Tom Giles
Jordan Giles
Mas
W. J Hammack
T. M. Lowe
St. Petersburg, Fla
Rube Jinks
Pat
Pfc
Carlton Amos
Frank Amos Sr
Frank Amos Jr
Thomaston
Carlton
Frank Amos
North Carolina
Swell Sawyer
Perry
Sawyer
Worth County
Fidelis Sunday School
Publicity
Butler Pta
Macon County
Howard Methodist Church
Lumpkin, Ga
Dawson Firm
M. P. Dean Soil Conservation Service
WDW Pooians
Gazn Eee
Coker
Coker's
Kers
Hancock
Georgia
Dean
Butler, GA
Maureen O'Hara
Peter Lawford
Stewart Granger
Wendell Carey
Cyr
Charisse
Rod Cameron
Panhandle
Phil
Stanley Clements
David L. Benson
Optometrist
Turk Army Store
Peachtree Road
N.E
Atlanta, Ga
Ford
Payne Motor. CO
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