Heaven thoughts and community center progress in Butler
A reader shares a meditation on Heaven rooted in Genesis and faith, urging a devout life and obedience. The article also notes a three year effort by Butler area women to create a community center serving 15 members and social groups, with plans advancing toward furnishing spaces for hosting church and social events.
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Fannie Miller
Barnesville
Butler Herald
Heaven
God
Butler
T Hanks
Fashion Show At Community House Friday Evening
Women’s style event sponsored by the Eastern Star Chapter at the Community House. Models will present morning afternoon and evening attire with admission open to all ages. Twenty five percent of proceeds benefit the community house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocal
Alure
Eastern Star Chapter
Helen Perkins Named Terrell Home Agent
Miss Helen Perkins of Howard selected as assistant home demonstration agent for Trent County. She comes this year from the University of Georgia and succeeds Miss Dorothy Weston who resigned to become a home agent in Randolph County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Perkins
Howard
Trent County
Perkins
Uni“ity
Georgia
Dorothy ‘Ston
Randolph County
Town Notes on Quiet Mornings and Local Happenings
Early morning breeze and clock tower chimes mark town business openings. Sunday notices include a thermometer display for the Methodist Sunday School annex and updates on local illnesses and community events from Bethel cemetery improvements to horse racing at G N Young’s track. lists of students leaving to enroll in colleges are published with named individuals.
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Court House
G. N. Young
Lockett Place
Reynolds
the Herald
Evans Locke
ABAC
Tifton
Aileen
Lorenzo Doyel
Billy Sullins
Elton Wright
Bernice Walker
Americus
Mary Luna Cheek
Gloria Bazemore
Nana Bone
Milledgeville
Phyllis
Shirley Dunn
Dora Summerour
Bessie Tift
Forsyth
Barbara Allen Coy Williams, Jr
Mar- Jorie Brown
University of Georgia
Athens
John Pennington
Southern School of Pharmacy
Atlanta
Oscar Adams
University of Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Turk
Medical College
Augusta
Announcements For Next Sunday At Mt Pisgah Church
Mt Pisgah Church schedules Sunday School at 10 36 with Carl Peacock as superintendent. Preaching at 11 30 by the pastor on Matthew 18 21 22. Evening service at 7 30 features song prayer and praise. J H Stanford pastor invites members friends and bus route riders to attend.
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Carl Peacock
Churrc
J. H. Stanford
Meeks Former Upson Sheriff Dies at 58 in Thomaston
Clifford Grady Meeks 58 a retired Upson County sheriff died Sept 13 after a cerebral hemorrhage. A longtime public servant he served as deputy to Shep Lee for ten years and was elected in 1932 serving until 1948. He leaves a wife six children and siblings. Funeral at Shiloh Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Thomaston
Clifford Grady Meeks
Upson County
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
Shiloh Baptist Church
George Williams
Church
Maurice Meeks
Jack Wade
Maude Hoyle
Panama City
Fla
Dempsey Wise
Luis
J. W. Miller
D. B. Dickens
Arthur
George
Robert Meeks
George Cox
Griffin
W. L. Wilson
Sheriff's
Shep Lee
Banks County
Columbus Nurse Drowns in Lake Juniper Accident
Mrs. Margaret Draughon a Columbus nurse drowned when a motor boat capsized at Lake Juniper 17 miles east of Columbus Saturday night. She could not swim and sank while others reached shore. Survived by husband Allen Draughon of Fayetteville N C and a three year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Draughon
Columbus Hospital
Lake Juniper
Columbus
Draughon
Taylor County Receives Health Aid Award of 19870
The State Health Department announced a $19,870 award for Taylor county to support better health in the coming year. Dr. T F Sellers said the hospital program's $3,000,000 state allocation enables matching federal funds for these projects. Sixteen other Georgia counties also received health aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Taylor County
T. F. Sellers
Georgia
Death of J. S. Wilkes in Adel shocks family and community
The Adel death of 52 year old J. S. Wilkes occurred while he transacted business in his cousin Wilson B. Wilkes’s Adel office. Survived by his mother Mrs. Steed, wife Nellie Mae Sineath, son J. S. Wilkes Jr., daughter Mrs. A. B. Dennis Jr., two grandchildren, four brothers Emanuel Adel J T Roy D Harmon of Chicago and sister Mrs Ruth Compton of Orlando. Funeral services were held in Adel with Col and Mrs Steed in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Wilkes
Adel
W. E. Steed
Butler
Wilkes
Wilson B. Wilkes
Cook County
Federal Loan Association
Adel Methodist Church
Steed
Chattahoochee Free Will Association Meets at Turners Chapel
The Chattahoochee United Free Will Baptist Association holds its 114th annual session at Turners Chapel Church on Friday morning September 30. Rev. Coy Watson will preach the introductory sermon with Rev. A C McKinnon as alternate. All sixteen churches are expected to be represented.
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Chattahoochee United Free- Will Baptist Association
Turners Chapel
Coy Watson
A. C. McKinnon
Third District Meeting Legion and Auxiliary at Dawson
The Third District American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting at the American Legion Home in Dawson, Georgia, next Sunday at 10 o clock. All Legionnaires and Auxiliary families are invited. officers and committee chairs are expected to attend. Please notify local commanders and auxiliary presidents so they can inform Dawson members.
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American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Third District
American Legion
Dawson
Legionnaires
Bobby Locke Elected Vice President of University Agronomy Club
Congratulations flow to Bobby Locke of Butler a University of Georgia student from Taylor county as he is elected vice president of the university Agronomy Club for the fall quarter Other officers named include Russell L Miller Cairo president Logan Lewis Thomasville secretary Bond McCarlton Hartwell treasurer Jas M Aiken Madison reporter Thomas D Quarles Canton parliamentarian and Wayne Tennille Arlington critic
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Taylor County
Bobby Locke
Butler
University of Georgia
University
Agronomy Club
Russell L. Miller
Cairo
Logan Lewis
Thomasville
Bond McCarlton
Hartwell
Jas. M. Aiken
Madison
Thomas D. Quarles
Canton
Wayne Tennille
Arlington
Contract awarded for Buena Vista new high school
The Marion County Board of Education awarded the contract for the new Buena Vista County High School building to Colle Somers Construction Co. of Vidalia. Construction will start within 30 days, with completion planned to allow the current senior class to graduate in the new auditorium. The brick building will have 13 classrooms, a science lab, and an auditorium behind the present structure.
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Buena Vista
Marion County Board of Education
Colle Somers Construction Co
Vidalia
Will McFarland, Esteemed Mauk Citizen, Dies at 77
Mr Will M McFarland age 77 died at his Mauk home on Wednesday September 14 funeral held Thursday afternoon at the Mauk Methodist church with Rev J W M Stipe and the Fickling Lodge Masons assisting He is survived by his wife Lorena and a daughter Mrs James M Harbuck.
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Taylor County
Will M. McFarland
Mauk
Mauk Methodist Church
J. W. M. Stipe
Masons of
Emmett Underwood Joins Goddard & Son Staff
Emmett Underwood joins G H Goddard & Son of Reynolds after completing studies at Gupton Jones School of Embalming. He brings an apprenticeship in LaGrange and strong professional recommendations. He will work in the funeral home and participate in the general mercantile business, and is a Methodist church member.
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G. H. Goddard
Thomaston Road Church Organized in Sunday Service
Thomaston Road Baptist church became a self standing congregation in a special service marking the mission's second anniversary. Rev. Ernest Saloom of Tabernacle Baptist church spoke at the organizing service, with Rev. H. E. Holland of Calhoun delivering the morning address. A lunch followed between services.
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Thomaston Road Baptist Church
Ernest Saloom
Tabernacle Baptist Church
H. E Holland
Calhoun
John Wallace Moved To Fulton County Jail
Meriwether County dairyman John Wallace, sentenced to die for murdering tenant farmer William Turner, is moved to Fulton County Jail after the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the death sentence. Sheriff A L Potts said Wallace was brought to Atlanta for safety, though rumors of a jail break were dismissed.
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Atlanta
John Wallace
Meriwether County
Fulton County
Coweta
A. L. Potts
Wallace
State Supreme Court
Potts
William Turner
120th Annual Session Baptist Association Opens Today
The Columbus Baptist Association meets for two days with 41 churches across Taylor Muscogee Harris Marion and Talbot counties. Officers include Carey C Willis moderator Lee Knowles vice moderator Irby Cook secretary and R H Hendrix treasurer. Notable speakers include Rev E M Altman Dr Spright Dowell Dr Fred Gunn and others from Mercer University Bessie Tift College and Truett McConnell College. The program includes sermons by Rev Wm S Barkley and Dr Gaynor Bryan with training union leadership by Mrs Bessie Branberry.
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Columbus Baptist Association
E. M. Altman
Eastern Heights
Carey C. Willis
Lee Knowles
Irby Cook
R. H. Hendrix
Bessie Branberry
Association Training Union
Gaynor Bryan
Atlanta
Wm. S. Barkley
Associational Missions
Association
Spright Dowell
Mercer University
Macon
Fred Gunn
Bessie Tift College
Forsyth
J. L. Fortney
Children’s Home
Hapeville
Carey Vinzant
Fitzgerald
Bessie Tift
Norman M. Lovein
Georgia Temperance League
Columbus Roberts
H. C. Whitner
Arthur Jackson
Georgias Baptist Foundation
L. C. Cutts
Truett- McConnell College
Cleveland
T. W. Tippett
World Communion Sunday Observed at Local Churches
World Communion Sunday will be observed at Wesley and Union churches with services in regular hours. October 2 set aside for offerings to overseas relief and Christian service to armed forces. Forty Protestant churches join in evangelistic campaign See You IN CHURCH Sunday running to Christmas. Attendance score kept, Reverend J. W. M. Stipe urges participation.
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Union
Wesley
J. W. M. Stipe
General Insurance Offices Opened in This City
Mr J F Sikes resigned after eight years as local manager of the kaolin mines near town to start a general insurance agency in Butler. Perry A Johnson of Spruce Pine NC secretary treasurer of Interstate Mining Refining Corp arrives to oversee interests and is warmly welcomed.
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J. F. Sikes
Butler
Sikes
Perry A Johnson
Spruce Pine
N. C
Interstate Mining & Refining Corporation of
North Carolina
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Terrell Home
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J. H. West
A. L. Waters
Hubert Calhoun
Bethel Cemetery
Masel Childres
Bank
Mt. Pisgah Church
Upson CO
MR. Meeks
Mr. Wilkes
Citizens
Chattahoochee
Free-Will Association
Turners Chapel Church
Legion and Auxiliary
Will McFarland
Emmett Underwood
Goddard
Thomaston Road
Fulton Co
Baptist Association
Wesley and
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