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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
Local notices chronicle Mr. Earl Weaver at home a few days and numerous travel and visiting plans among Reynolds residents. Many relatives and friends from Macon, Thomaston, Butler, Perry, and Jacksonville visit or return home, with the Reynolds Locker plant opening this week and medical and academic movements in nearby towns.
Miss Choyce Barrow daughter of Mr and Mrs Elza Barrow announces her engagement to Henry P Vogt of Tulare California. The couple plans a November wedding after Barrow's education at the University of Georgia and work in Atlanta and Florida. Vogt is a North Dakota native linked to Tulare city theaters.
Mrs Ida Wall is seriously ill at Montgomery hospital. Relatives visiting include Lester and Charley Wall families from Augusta and Moore S C. Many local residents and relatives from Ft Valley Butler Athens and Thomaston stop by or travel to visit, with several announcements of births and military service.
The Sawyer family held a Sunday reunion at Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sawyer’s home to honor T-Sgt. Willie R. Goree U S Army Air Force on 21 day leave before reporting to Miami. Goree recently returned from two and a half years in the China Burma India theater, with many relatives in attendance and two brothers absent.
Athens Ga Earl Weaver Rey nolds has assumed duties as secretary of the Baptist Student Union at the University of Georgia. Plans for campus religious work are set for the year. Weaver has been active with the Voluntary Religious Association and served as sports editor of the Red and Black. He belongs to Kappa Alpha fraternity.
The Gordon Carson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at Reynolds Club House at 3 p m on Thursday September 28 with Mrs F M Carson and Mrs Alice James as hostesses The program combines the yearly U D C agenda with a study of World War II allied leaders and post war plans Members should bring magazines or newspaper articles related to these topics for use in the year’s programs All members urged to attend at 3 p m at the Club House Next Thursday September 28.
Weikwish to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to friends for acts of kindness and words of sympathy during the illness and death of our mother Mrs Nell Lucas Mrs C B Hicks T H McDaniel P E McDaniel.
Washington reports the post office department will issue the Corregidor stamp. Based on a drawing by L. A. Reavis for the Associated Press and approved by the War Department in May 1942, the stamp features the artist's conception of the island. Post office officials borrowed a print from the Washington Evening Star for subject matter.
Good seed oats for sale at one dollar per bushel. Mrs. E H Joiner located in Reynolds Georgia offers these oats to buyers seeking affordable grain seeds for planting season.
The Reynolds Woman's Improvement Club will meet next Wednesday October 4 at 3 p m. Mrs C E Whatley leads the program and introduces guest speaker Mrs Violet Moore of Montezuma. Hostesses are Mrs W E Marshall Mrs Lamar Russell and Mrs R A Hinton.
Local families share a weekend of guest visits and celebrations across Thomaston Columbus West Point and Savannah. Highlights include O L Smith birthday reunion with multiple relatives and friends from Thomaston Jacksonville and Butler.
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