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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
3
A long list of Reynolds residents and friends are noted traveling to Macon Cordele Thomaston LaFayette Americus Jeffersonville and other locales for visits and events. Notable mentions include births weddings illnesses and hospital stays among families such as the Pyron Hodges Tarver and Brewer clans with several guests and hosts across Georgia communities.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary Union held its regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon at the Reynolds Baptist Church. With Mrs Bereal Marshall absent, Mrs Troy Whatley led the program on South America's question How Long Must We Wait and the urgent gospel. Mrs R A Hinton gave the devotional and prayer. Mrs E H Dunn spoke on publishing and carrying the Word in South America, and led business as president absent. The group ended with prayer.
Gordon Carson U D C chapter plans its October meeting at 3 30 p m Oct 23 at Mrs J D Beall's home with Mrs Earl Wright co host. Program includes History of Albert Pike by Mrs F M Carson a brief talk on Augustus Gar land by Mrs D W Harp and Lanier Ballad renderings by Mrs Earl Wright. expectations of scholarly discussion noted.
The item lists staff positions in Vol 2 with roles for Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Society Editor and sports related posts. It presents a snapshot of student newspaper structure and the people responsible for sections such as news, society notes and sports.
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Gloria Whatley Hugh Sealy Margaret Woods Anne Halley David Montfort Billy Whatley Patricia Fuller and others with unclear roles or details.
A group of girls including Marion Newsome Margaret Woods Ann Neisler Gloria Whatley Sue Kirksey Edith Coolik and Miss Cook gathered at Elizabeth Hinton’s Friday evening for a full night. They shared cold supper discussed gossip and jokes then attended a horse opera Cesco Kid in Butler before returning to Reynolds to dance in the street. A radio jam session followed before turning in at midnight.
A ninth grade chalk-throwing incident prompts Mr. Joiner to threaten alerting Mr. Downer to keep a yardstick ready. He adds he will use it himself if discipline is not enforced. Patricia Fuller notes the warning to the boys to behave during Agriculture period.
Geography basics covered with key terms geyser latitude island mountains geography ocean hemisphere continent equator continental divide and more. The exercise asks naming continents oceans hemispheres poles latitudes and related facts plus matchings and short questions about cities rivers and landmarks.
A list of names pairs and phrases appears as a fragmented catalog of tunes and cues. Entries include David-Sierra Sue and Booty-Leaping Lena along with Annie Tonight and Your Feet's Too Big referenced by different names.
The Ninth Grade class includes twenty pupils seven girls and thirteen boys with Miss Francis Cook as teacher. Officers elected are John Weldon president Grady Neisler vice president Walter Pierce treasurer and Earl Hightower Jr treasurer. The class notes occasional uproars and a dispute between Julian and the teacher regarding remarks.
A series of questions and rumors fill the senior and junior social scene. Names like Wilma Dorothy Smith Sue Jim Frank Jack Thomas Dorothy Saunders David Donald Ann Howard Gloria Hugh Elie appear as classmates discuss crushes, visits, and outings at Potterville and Reynolds locales.
On Monday October 6 Skippy Og burn entertained the tenth grade by telling Uncle Remus stories. The tales, including B re r Rabbit and B re r Fox, recalled memories of the first grade as Mrs Ogburn shared them. David Montfort notes Skippy kept the audience engaged throughout the period.
The write up praises R H S students as the cutest smartest and prettiest group. It highlights first grader Lou Jean Shines who seeks a cool drink on a hot day and small-town neighborly aid. John Carson is noted for wide geographical knowledge defining island as dirt water surrounds it.
Mrs. Carson discusses early US history with Thomas Joiner who whispers about Columbus landing on San Salvador on October 12, 1492. He then asks if the rabbit hunting season opens tomorrow. Gloria Whatley.
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