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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1952
Page
2
A roundup of visits and travel across Reynolds includes Fred Carter in Atlanta and Mrs. Bill Smith at home. Residents from Macon, Roberta, Camilla, and other areas appear at homes and events, with notable mentions of medical recoveries, birthdays, and a cake sale.
Reynolds WSCS held a 3 pm Monday meeting at the Methodist church with 15 members and nine officers present. Officers led devotions and discussed a late October Week of Prayer and a Sunday night program. circles, hostesses, and meeting locations were announced and the session closed in prayer.
The article recounts Reynolds early fortunes with large bequests to churches and schools, notes settlers Bryant Ingram and Gideon Newsom, and traces the evolution of the town’s school house from a small building to a 1917 fine school. It describes three churches Baptist Methodist and Primitive Baptist, their movements, and notable members like Capt. Joe Carson and Marion Bryan. Time marches on.
Reynolds Baptist Church releases the week of October 19 schedule. Sunday offers 10 am Sunday School and 11 am Public Worship with the sermon Where Sin and Grace Abound. Evening services at 7 pm Baptist Training Union and 8 pm Public Worship with The One Who Needs Our Help. Meetings follow Monday and Tuesday with women’s groups and Sunbeam Band. Wednesday features 8 pm Prayer Meeting and a lecture on Modern Translation of the Bible.
Mark News reports a series of family and friends visits across Macon Columbus Reynolds Albany Americus and nearby areas. Gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Woodall and relatives with multiple Pittman and Pike families attending singing visits and dinners across Sunday and Monday with local households in the region.
Howard News reports Miss Annie England staying with Miss Mary L and Miss Janie Neisler in Butler. Several residents, including Mrs. Carl Brown and Mrs. Clinton Clark, shopped in Columbus. Mrs. W D Martin recuperating post surgery at Parkview in Macon with friends sending best wishes.
The Reynolds WSCS will lead Sunday evening services at the Methodist church at 7 30. A program outlining methods to promote the Society work emphasizes The Things That Belong to Peace through the United Nations. All members are urged to attend and the public is invited.
Mrs J E Brown and Miss Doris Martin attended an FHA meeting in Vienna Saturday. Sunday visitors at Mr and Mrs R L Brown included Mr and Mrs A F Fain Jr and extended family, with Jean Fain of Eufaula Alabama and others from Cottonton Butler and surrounding towns. The group vacationing this week explores the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains. Robert Martin of the U S Navy visited Mr and Mrs Q O Martin this week.
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