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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
2
Reynolds residents share a busy spell of visits and travel with friends and relatives. G A Goddard of Atlanta visited town. Miss Frances Neisler and others spent time in Macon and Montgomery while several couples hosted gatherings and attended weddings and college events in nearby cities.
The Woman's Missionary Union held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon September 8 at the church with 19 members present. Mrs H C Whatley led the program on to the Jews first The Jews of Palestine The Jews in America and the Jews Next Door and Our Jewish Missionaries. Prayers were offered by several members and the meeting closed with a prayer by Mrs R A Hinton.
The weekly Christian Science lesson sermon centers on substance, urging trust in the living God rather than uncertain riches. It cites biblical passages from Timothy and emphasizes that true substance is Spirit not matter, aligning with Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Edgar C Mayo of Columbus Georgia seeks to buy antique furniture glass and china. Contact 605 for prompt cash offers and convenient pickup.
Crowell community and Panhandle District celebrate a generation of graduates from Reynolds High School class of 1938. Helen McDaniel Sara Del Lucas Reba Windham Helen Neisler C B Byrd Jr and Charlie Frank McCrary pursued higher education and professional work in Macon Americus and Columbus while teaching and nursing locally. The article highlights many young men and women advancing in business education and public service, underscoring pride in local youth.
The Gordon Carson Chapter of the UDC will meet at Mrs. Swearingen's home with Mrs. Ogburn on Thursday September 26. All members are urged to attend as the first meeting of 1940 41 will cover important business.
Revival services start September 10 at the Taylor Mill Baptist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend each service led by Pastor P. P. Mosley.
Lester Pianos Co Representative W Smith advertises piano tuning services at 408 West Gordon Street Thomaston Georgia with telephone number 56 offering professional maintenance for pianos.
Local society notes list Mrs Viola Saunders visiting, Sara Dell Lucas from Macon, W W Parr returning to Kentucky after visiting Crowell, Atlanta guests with Parr and family, Howard McCrary with Mack Lucas, E C Pierce Jr visiting, J W O Nea l and Florence with dna Underwood, H L Mosley and Lee Mosley visiting, B F Gaultney and son with Lee Blodworth and Anna Wainwright, Hilda Windham at Waycross, Dixon Casey visiting Byromville, Jim Montgomery visiting South Georgia, CG Byrd sick, Tommie O Neal with Minnie Busby near ideal, E H Kilby family in Thomaston, J B Godowin in Columbus, F Parr in Atlanta, Eleanor Young bound for G S C W Milledgeville, Clifford Adams guest of Montgomerys, Clarence Montgomery and son weekend with Earl Neisler, P E McDaniel at Hawkinsville.
Wesley News notes a sequence of social visits and teaching moves. Elsie Heath departs for Monroe to teach, Nettie Hill visits Butler, Allie Amos returns from the County Agent's office, Anna Heath visits Mark, and various combinations attend gatherings with the Jarrell, Suggs, Maxwell, Gilson, and Adams families in Thomaston, Montezuma, Columbus, Talbotton, and Butler.
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The article notes St Augustine in Florida marking its 375th year as the nation’s oldest city, tracing back to the founding in 1565 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and the arrival of the first Catholic Church. A historic pageant at the Castillo de San Marcos reenacts Menéndez and his party, with plans for a church celebration led by Rev Amleto Giovanni Cleo Washington.
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