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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1932
Page
4
The Butler community reports a busy week with visits and travels of residents. Julian Anglin is listed as sick while Frances Williamson visited friends in Cuthbert and many others spent time in Atlanta Macon Rome Athens Birmingham and Savannah for school visits shopping and family gatherings.
Enrollment rises in first grade to 32 with fresh pupils. Third graders sell crackers to fund library books. Fourth grade tracks attendance and colors banner red and blue. Fifth and sixth graders return after sore eyes. fifth graders bring books for library. Seventh graders improve handwriting and compositions. Mrs. Brown absent. replacements and visitors noted. Senior Lucy Mae Cooper returns after tonsil operation. chemistry and biology books arrive. Song books ordered. seniors lead purchases. Visitors Miss Louise Turk and Mr. J W Waters from class of 1932 and others depart for G S T C Americus Normal.
Mr and Mrs J T Cochran complimented Miss Frances Owens with a party at their home Saturday evening. A number of young people enjoyed the delightful hospitality on this occasion.
Next Sunday at Butler Methodist Church marks the annual Sunday School Day for promotion and readjustment of classes and teachers. All members, students, and faculty are urged to attend. public is invited. Pastor J A Cook requests attendance.
At Wesley and Union Methodist Churches the pastor preaches in the morning and evening at Wesley and in the afternoon at Union at 3:80. J A Cook is the pastor.
Tickets on sale for 8 S City of St Louis sailing from Savannah September 30 at 8 5 p.m. and S S City of Birmingham sailing October 3 at 5 30 p.m. Return by midnight October 15 1932. Round trip includes meals and berth aboard Ocean Steamship Co. Central of Georgia Railway urges prompt reservations and asks to see the ticket agent for details.
Howard and guests share a Sunday visit with families in town while many residents attend singing conventions and weekend visits across Macon Pine Grove Crestview and nearby areas. The piece closes with a booster note urging loyal support to grow Taylor County Fair into an equal Georgia county fair over time.
Butler area records a flurry of Sunday visits as Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Walls and children host from Unadilla while other locals from Thomaston and nearby towns join gatherings. A death interrupts the community as Mrs. Matilda Games is reported dead with burial at Union.
Weekend guest visits include Mr Swain Theus with Mr Edwin Harris and Mrs D M Harris with Mrs H S Hobbs. Families and friends share Sunday meals and hospitalities. Illness lists grow as Mrs J F Hobbs and Mrs J O Saunders are reported sick. Lebanon Baptist church plans preaching services Saturday and Sunday, with a public invitation.
Otto fare round trip from Central Georgia stations for Sept 19 20 21 22 with return by Sept 26 1982. Ask Ticket Agent for additional information.
A county agent letter urges Taylor and surrounding county farmers to pay for Austrian Winter Peas by October 1 to secure 61 000 pounds for sale. The note cites current sales, unpaid orders, and the need for cash to cover drafts and freight, warning of removal of peas if payments are not received.
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