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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1929
Page
2
Local ads announce The Cash Market selling fresh meats and groceries while Hinton and Hollis promote Oliver Plows and farm supplies. Reynolds High School hosts a Halloween Carnival on Oct 31 with home made treats and prizes. residents plan visits to Macon and Americus events and many townsfolk attend church and social gatherings.
A Y W B class notes Sunday visits urged and extends sympathy for Elizabeth McDaniel. A short poem urges cordial welcome, quoting a streetcar sign about loving all. Davenport Steward reflects on church welcome versus cold exteriors and the need for kindness.
The Gordon Carson Chapter of the U D C held its first meeting on September 27 at Miss Marion Hodges home with Mrs. Eric Newsom as co host. A varied program followed including addresses on notable figures and songs. Thirty five guests attended a salad course reception after.
The Gordon Carson Chapter of the U D C G will meet Tuesday at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs. E. P. Hodges with Mr. J. A. Pendergrast as joint hostess. The program features October birth days Charles C. Jones Jr. and Gen. Wm Jos Hardee, several vocal and piano solos, readings, and a short life sketch of Gen. Wm Joseph Hardee.
The Newsom family thanks friends relatives and neighbors and Dr Hind for thoughtful kindness during their mother’s illness and death. They appreciate flowers and expressions of sympathy and offer blessings.
The Woman's Improvement Club hosted a charity card party at Mrs. J. R. Lovins home to aid the Tallulah Falls Industrial School funded by the Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs. Forty guests played eight Bridge tables and two Rook tables, with top Bridge score by Mrs. Henry Waters and top Rook by Mrs. Elam Griffith. Tulip vases won as prizes. A salad course and coffee followed.
Mrs A V Brewer entertained her Bridge Club last Friday afternoon in a prettily decorated home with red and white cosmos. Players included Mrs Willis Saunders Mrs J R Lovins Mrs J H Brewer Mrs Terrell Waters Mrs Guy Windham Mrs Leonard Cooper Mrs Cecil Clark and Mrs J C Hind. Top score went to Mrs J H Brewer who won a boudoir pillow as a prize.
A regional shop advertises savings on general merchandise including confectioneries, fruits and vegetables, family groceries, dry goods, hardware, and farming implements.
Funeral services were conducted Friday in Montezuma for Mrs Martha Meadows 78 widow of J M Meadows who died Thursday at the Columbus home of her daughter Mrs John Bradford. She had lived in Macon county most of her life and was a member of the Montezuma Baptist church and the Daughters of the Confederacy. Survivors include several Meadows relatives in Macon Gulfport Columbus and Maine. The service was led by Rev M R Heflin and others with interment at Felton Cemetery.
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