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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
3
A reflective piece urging drivers to slow down in residential streets where children play. It argues motorists have a duty to watch for kids and to curb speed, noting children’s unpredictability and the danger of careless driving on small streets.
Butler residents attend Rupert school Saturday night events and a special sale at Dreizin's Dry Goods Store. Local visitors include Miss Laura Scott in Reynolds and Miss Nell England visiting Atlanta. Community notices mention Bridge evenings, a baby named Times Mercer, and a Century of Progress trip for Miss Emily Baldwin with Rev. La Harrell preaching at the Methodist Church.
Taylor county commissioners plan to ask the federal government for a loan of 60 000 to 75 000 dollars to fund a new courthouse. The proposal will be voted by taxpayers at a mass meeting in Butler Friday at 2 oclock. The plan would offer a 20 year repayment with two thirds borrowed and 4 percent interest canceling one third as a donation to spur local industry.
The play Lighthouse Nan will be staged at the Rupert school auditorium Saturday night. The home talent cast includes Hon. John Enlow Herman Elliston Mr Blake Mitchell Turner Rehoboth Buzzer Allie Callahan Arthur Choke Jason Elliston Jim Edward Lawhern Lena Bone Moll Buzzer Lillian McGinty Sarah Crumley Choke Evelyn Barnes Hortense Enlow Lenora Elliston.
Mesdames O B Bankston and T B Joiner hosted a bridge party at the hosts home Thursday afternoon. Six tables for contract and auction bridge featured top scores won by Mrs J E Rohrer and Mrs C S Cox, with prizes for low score and cut prize. An elaborate salad course concluded the progressions.
Lebanon Baptist church holds preaching at 11 00 each Saturday and Sunday with topics Judgment Passed Upon the Judge and A Little Further On Rev H G Hobbs of Butler to preach at both services The Cross Roads Woman s Home Demonstration Club hosts a party and ice cream supper at the school house Friday night Sept 22 at 7 80 Ice cream sale proceeds go to cannery funds Public invited Party free Attendees urged to join for worship and community fun.
The Herald publishes a complete list of books to be used in Taylor County schools for another year. The inventory covers grades from first to eighth with Elson readers, Palmer Method writings, health and geography texts, and various standard works. Several authorship changes are noted and titles span arithmetic, English grammar, history, science, citizenship, and vocational agriculture.
An agreement between President Little of the Georgia Education Association and Dr. J S Stewart with Supt. Mark Smith of the State High School Association merges regional and district meetings. Morning session debates school laws taxation and school improvement. afternoon sessions cover district and elementary agendas with listed district supts and chairmen across the state.
A catalog of grade level reading and math materials appears with titles such as Ninth Grade Lewis and Hosic First Course in English and World History in the Making. It notes required Spelling and Modern Word Study, Plane Geometry, and General Biology among selections for secondary education.
A list of elective readings and reference books for eleventh grade includes Lewis and Hosic on literature and lie, Chardenal French Latine history of the United States by McPherson and Henderson’s chemist. The note mentions taking four subjects and spelling.
Windham Butler of Georgia offers marble and granite monuments and standard goods at low prices. He has accepted agency for a large Manatacku area project and invites inquiries for any marble or granite needs.
County 4-H announces two children of the Parks family entering Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton and the State College of Agriculture Athens as part of a wave of first-time college entrants. Cecil Parks, a noted 4-H member and Dawson Fund loan recipient, and other local youths from Mayior and Howard districts follow. A September poultry sale weathered concerns with truck sales at Reynolds and Butler detailing prices for fryers and hens.
Miss Evelyn Daniel of Waycross wins the Miss Waycross title after a popularity contest by the Waycross post of the American Legion. She earns a trip to Chicago for the World's Fair and the American Legion convention with all expenses paid, while staying as a guest of J. and Mrs. F. A. Peed.
An article notes a lost spotted female hound with dented nails last seen Saturday night north of Lem Harmon while fox hunting. It also touts a sensational two week sale by Mr. Dreizin, beginning Friday morning at 7 pm, urging the public to be punctual for bargains.
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