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Carrie Stringer Circle is named in honor of Carrie Stringer who spent her
life in service to her church and her community. She was born November 18, 1876, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Shadburn.
As a devout Christian and active member of the Methodist church, she taught in several Sunday School departments, sang in
the choir, and counseled youth and young adults. In 1922, she was a charter member and vice-president of the Beautiful
America Club, which later became the Buford Women's Club. She served as its president from 1929 to 1931.
Carrie Stringer was working in the city library when she became ill and passed away on May 29, 1934 at the age of
57.
The Carrie Stringer Circle actually began before 1918 as the Junior Missionary Society. From
1930 to 1932, Carrie Stringer guided the group, known then as the Young People's Missionary Society. When this group
was disbanded, the Carrie Stringer Circle continued through the 1930s and 1940s as a women's circle of the Women's Society
of Christian Service (WSCS). In 1951, the Wesleyan Service Guild (WSG) was organized as an auxiliary of WSCS to accommodate
business women, who could not attend a daytime circle. Since the guild embodied most of the membership of the Carrie
Stringer Circle of WSCS, the new group took the name of Carrie Stringer Circle of WSG. Today the Carrie Stringer Circle
of UMW has a substantial membership, having monthly meetings of sixteen to eighteen women in attendance.
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