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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
1
Jambus September 16 report lists lay delegates elected by quarterly councils for the South Georgia Methodist annual conference to be held in Savannah on November 6. Rev. G. N. y, district superintendent, names delegates from numerous charges including Ena Vista, Fishnton, Richland, Waverly Hall, and Port Talbot Circuit, with pairs of names for each charge.
County Agent W F Bembry and Forester W G Wallace announce a demonstration on treating fence posts next Saturday at 10 p m in Butler. The new material is cheaper than creosote and easier, with 8 inch posts treated and placed beside untreated ones to compare life. The public is invited to attend.
A clipped notice shows 245 bales of cotton needed in Taylor county from 1940 prior to Sept 1 and 376 bales for the crop of a four room apartment in eight best residential sections ready Oct 1. For further information contact Allen Payne Butler Ga.
Oscar Dreizin announces his Annual Harvest Sale beginning Friday morning in Taylor with two large stores stocked from wholesale sourcing in St Louis Chicago and New York. The event offers hundreds of articles at low prices and encourages early shopping after reviewing its two page advertisement.
The Rupert Junior High School Improvement Club met Thursday morning September 12 to organize and elect officers for the new school year. Mrs. C C Cooper led the devotional and a program by Mrs. Arthur Carpenter and Miss Elsie William BON featured speakers, with singers Maxine Turner and Sonja Riddick performing Playmates. The club aims to run a lunch room to support the WPA lunch project, adjourned after business, with plans for a future student program.
Elmer L. Gay of Butler enlisted as apprentice seaman at Macon Navy Recruiting Station and joined 25 others on a Norfork Virginia training leave. The group includes Curtis Wade of Macon Joe G. Nelson of Indian Springs and K R New of Harrison among Central Georgians who had been on leave since August or September.
Edgar C. Maye advertises to buy antique furniture and china in Columbus Georgia. Call 606 for prompt cash offers.
Rev E H Dunn has accepted the pastorate at Mt Pisgah Baptist Church four miles southeast of town. The preaching date moves to the fourth Sunday each month starting next Sunday with services at 11 am and 7 pm. Dunn will begin his duties Sunday and invites all to attend both services and the Sunday school at 10 am. Local community members are urged to hear him.
Mrs. L. H. Hobbs of Reynolds is named a prize winner in WSB Atlanta contest to name its early morning farm program. The top title Dixie’s Farm Hour was proposed by Mrs. Hope Bishop of Farmington, Ga. Dozens of letters from Georgia Alabama and South Carolina were received as judges picked 22 winners. The program airs weekdays at 5 30 a m with Bill Prance as farm director delivering music news weather reports and farm interviews.
Washington reports that all married men will be deferred from the first draft call regardless of their wives or children's independence. The army presumes wives and children to be dependents whether or not they are self supporting or wealthy.
The Butler Methodist Church celebrates 100 years since its 1840 founding with a full day centennial on Sunday October 20. A basket lunch will be served at noon on church grounds and invitations go to former pastors and living former members who moved their memberships. The event recalls that before 1840 no Methodist church existed near Butler and the Red Level Church stood on nearby grounds.
Taylor County Forest Protection Unit adds a new fire truck with J W Ray coordinating setup and a new public phone line 37 for farmers to report fires. Ray urges preventive steps during the ahead of fire season and cautions on leaving fires unattended to protect timber and roadside scrub.
Rev. G N Rainey will lecture at Charing church at 11 o clock Sunday morning and at Pine Level church at 3 o clock in the afternoon. The public is invited to attend both services.
Hon Eugene Talmadge was nominated for a third term as Georgia governor after a four year gap and won a large majority in the Taylor County primary held September 11. The Taylor County Democratic Executive Committee named delegates and alternates for his Macon convention on October 2. Delegates listed include J W Edwards J T Cochran Sims Garrett W M Brown Sr W J Willis E Gaultney Jess Byrd A M Halley M N Poole J H Harris J R Cooper Lewis Watson Clyde Wilson G C Horton H B Walker and W F Marshall.
Reverend Hugh Dozier announces a roll call of all Butler Baptist Church members during Sunday morning worship next Sunday. The service will also elect Sunday School officers teachers and church clerk and treasurer for the coming year.
Miss Evelyn Hortman musical director will organize the Young People's choir at the Methodist church tonight at 7 50. All are invited to assist as the choir will handle the first fifteen minutes of Sunday School each Sunday morning with solos duets and quartets featured. Cooperation is urged to ensure success.
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a county wide baby contest with 34 entrants sponsored by Butler businesses. Votes are cast in boxes at each sponsor location and motion pictures of contestants will be shown at Dean Theatre on Monday night. Current leaders this week are Ann Jamerson first Patricia Sorrells second Larry Conner third.
Readable ad copy notes patterns priced at 16c with sewing tips from Maxwell’s Sto a in Butler Georgia. Mentions smart sewing to save money and use Hollywood patterns.
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