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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
3
Local notes list visitors and guests across Georgia and Florida. Families from Macon Atlanta Worth and owners of homes near Butler Fort Valley Thornton Austell host relatives and friends during holidays and weekends.
Miss Elizabeth McCants will marry Everett Gostin Drinnon of Macon on October 9 in Mulberry Street Methodist Church parlors. The bride to be is a Butler High School honor graduate and Macon business graduate, a feature writer for the Macon Telegraph, and employed in Bell and Bell offices. The groom elect is a U S Army veteran with European theater service, Lanier High School and Mercer University alum, and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, connected with Drinnon Inc. in Macon.
Miss Clarice Taunton of Butler wed Mr Billy Wall of Ellaville in Reynolds on Friday September 2 in a small ceremony. Col J R Lunsford officiated before close family and friends. The bride is the Taunton daughter and Ellaville native Billy Wall, both graduates, now living in Ellaville where he farms.
A steak supper at Miss Helen Perkins home in Howard honored bride elect Miss Frances Sealy. Attendees included Miss Lathryn Childres, Mr. Larry McKinney of Macon, Mr. Edwin Allen of Butler, and Mr. Frank Means of Louisville.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bone announce the birth of a son at Welfare hospital in Savannah on August 9 to Mrs. Bone formerly Miss Marie Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Cox announce a daughter born August 20 at Sams hospital in Reynolds, weight seven pounds, named Shelia Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Bigbie announce a son born August 6 at West Palm Beach, weight six pounds two ounces, named Daniel Harry.
Cordial interest centered here last week upon receipt of the announcement of the marriage of Miss Julia Anne Sheldon to Capt. Leonard Henderson Sims Jr. The couple was married on Saturday, August 27, at San Antonio Texas, the home of the bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Sheldon. Capt. Sims is the son of Col. Leonard Sims Sr. of the U S Army and Mrs. Mary Scandrett Persons Sims of Butler.
The Columbus Agriculture Committee hosted more than 150 4 H and FFA youths from sixteen Georgia Alabama counties. They toured Tom Houston peanut plant Fort Benning viewed gliders para troopers and air ships and enjoyed steak dinner and a Columbus ballpark double header. Attendees from Taylor County included Jean Peed Mary Wainwright Helen Hawkins and Evans Locke.
Mr and Mrs Frank Riley receive congratulations on the arrival of a fine eight pound son at a Columbus hospital Friday September 2 to be named Frank Jr.
The Rustin family gathers at W. T. Austin’s lake for a reunion with 46 members present. A rain delay shifted the meal indoors where fish cake and treats were enjoyed. Jokes, a secret recorded, group singing, dancing contests, and new talents kept the night lively.
Social visits fill weekend schedules across Taylor Mill with relatives visiting from Atlanta Butler Macon Reynolds Columbus Cairo and Porterdale and a Gates family reunion at Salem Camp Ground. Mt Olive Church hosts Chattahoochee Sunday School Association program includes The Bread of Life with a Home Coming Day planned for Sept 18 at Taylor Mill Baptist Church.
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