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each week will be used to cover
the local news items of interest
throughout the county. if
possible, each community will
be separated. Therefore when
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° erred. « at any time an error
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staff will be happy to ran a
note of correction the following
week.
From Butler we find that
Mrs, Clifford Montgomery,
Mrs. Earl Neisler, Mrs. Cla
rence Montgomery, Mrs. Roy
Bohler and Mrs. Leonard Wind
ham left Thursday for a trip
to the mountains of north Geor
gia and North Carolina and re
turned Sunday Rev. and
Mrs. Walter S. McCleskey and
family accompanied their niece,
Scott, to Eastman for the re
turn trip home to Waycross
after a visit here. Catherine
and Margaret McCleskey will
visit with Scott in Waycross for
the remainder of the week. . . .
We are happy to report that Mrs.
Bert Wheeler has been released
from the Sams-Whatley Hos
pital and is recuperating at her
home Did you know that
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fountain
had the happy privilege of en
tertaining their three grand
children, Dellen, Toy and Juby,
and a friend, Chipper Kaiser of
Concord, N. C., at their cot
tage on the lake last week?
Dr. and Mrs. Gray Fountain
came through on Wednesday
and carried the children ex
cept Juby to N. C. for a week’s
play. Juby remained‘with the
grandparents Yes, we
will be missing Sonny Miller
around town for a while. Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Hobbs of
Oglethorpe, Mr. and Mrs.
James Williamson and Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Miller accompanied
him to Atlanta on Sunday night
for a flight to Athens, Greece,
where he will be stationed for
the next 2 1/2 years. Hope
we’ll hear from him often. . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fountain,
Mrs. Luther Fountain ofMonti-
cello, Fla., Mr. and Mrs.L. C.
Goodman of Tallahassee, Fla.,
Mrs. Doyel Woods and Patsy
Woods of Perry, Fla. were the
week-end guests of Mir. and
Mrs. Tom Fountain. . . . Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Hartley of
Huntsville, Alabama spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Zack R. McCorkle Re
member Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Burns and Bobbie Burns Sulli
van? Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Dean
and Marshall enjoyed a visit
with them at their home in
Camesville recently Mr.
and Mrs. Oatis Rowe and
children spent the last week
in Florida vacationing .... A
number of our local people at
tended the State American Le
gion Convention on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. They in
cluded: Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Mathews, Miss ' Elizabeth
Mathews, Mrs. Joseph Harmon,
Swain Walls and Durvard Bry-
ant Mr. and Mrs.
Dudley Harris, Mr. and Mrs.
D. M. Harris, Mrs. James Bar
Bryan last week Mrs.
Henry Payne and boys spent
Friday in Meansville with re
latives Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Draughon of Montgomery,
Alabama, visited Mrs. James
Gray on Tuesday. . . . Mrs.
Billy Hardwick and Bert are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. James
Hollis. . . .Mrs. C. R. Glasses
of Greenville spent Monday and
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jacie Payne Mr. and
Mrs. Jackie Payne and Miss
Doris Gasses of Greenville
spent the weekend in Monti-
cello Mrs. H. K. Sealy
of Durham, N. C., is spending
several days at her home here..
. . . Thomas Poole of Memphis,
Tenn. is visiting relatives. . .
. . Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jacobs
of Atlanta spent last week with
their mother, Mrs. Verna Lucas
field, and Mrs. R. C. Barfield Mlss Margaret Whaley
spent a lovely Sunday afternoon of Griffin visited Rev. and Mrs.
at Ida Cason Gardens Walker Whaley last week. . .
lanta last week. . . Mrs. Diane
Powell, Mrs. Gleen Almond and
son visited Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Powell. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Martin visited Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cosey. • • • Mr. and
John Howard Aultman have re
turned to their home in Colum
bia, S. C. after visiting rela
tives. . . .Mrs. C. A. Gasses
and Mrs. Jackie Payne spent
several days last week in
No.tasulga, Alabama
Mrs. Helen Kinsman of Louis
ville, Ky. is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Lavelle Stevens and family
.... Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Nelson of Macon spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Ruth Nel
son. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Shelley
Tucker of Jacksonville, Fla.
spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Windham and family
.... Mrs. Addle Hammack
is spending the week in Thom as-
ton with her daughter, Mrs.
Eula Cosey. . . .Mr. and Mrs.
Van Livingston spent Sunday
in Plains with relatives , . .
Farm Safety
Is Stressed
Mr. David Hinote and grand
father of Macon visited Rev. and
Mrs. Whaley Saturday
Mrs. Cleo Fulton of Henderson
is ill at the home of Mrs.
Frances Stevens Miss
Sara Walton and Mr. Reid Wal
ton of Chicago arrived Monday
from Chicago. Reid had been
at Moody Bible Institute for
six weeks. . . . Gene Brunson
who is attending Shorter Col
lege this summer spent the
weekend at home. . . Mr. and
Henry Hobbs and Angie spent
Thursday in Macon. . . Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hinton spent the week
end at Jekyl Island. . .. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hodges of Lake
Wales, Fla., are visiting re-
R. C. Blanks latives. . . . Mr. and Mrs.
Guess you knew Judy Clark
was back in Howard. She is
now Mrs. Bill Enlow and is
spending three weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Clark.
It was reported from Reyn
olds that Mrs. Mattie Hires left
for Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday, to
enter the Cleveland Clinic for
consultation Ind observation.
Friends inthe county will miss
Mrs. Hires at the Sams-Whatley
Hospital Among the
younger set, Little Miss Debra
Sanders of Thomaston is spend
ing this week Misses Gloria and
Paula Lee Miss Margaret
Phillips is spending some time
in Concord, the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs
Misses Mary and Lucy Bryan
from Lynchburg, Virginia, are
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. S.
H. Bryan. .... Mr. and Mrs.
James Gray, Mr. Gene Gray
and Mrs. Ernest Childree spent
Thursday in Valdosta. . . . .
Miss Nita Cochran who had been
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Welsh returned with the Grays.
.... Mr. Rudolph Childree of
Albany visited his parents Wed
nesday Col. Philpott
arrived Thursday to visit with
his family who are the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Bryan.
The Philpotts will return to
Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday
morning Mr. Sam Dykey
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sydney
This column will be used each to read this column every week
week for a little contest spon- and see who is the VIP of the
sored by the stores of the county, week. Who knows? Youmightbe
In fact you might have your pic- the winner of a nice surprise,
ture featured next week so be sure
YOUR KIND
OF A BANK!
Where service to the community
and you comes first.
Here the small depositor receives
the same service as the larger
depositor, and his account is just
as welcome.
If you like this kind of a bank,
come in. You'll enjoy your asso
ciation with us.
THE CITIZENS STATE BANK
BUTLER, GEORGIA
(Member Federal Depoelt Iniurance Corporation)
Luther Willis and Annie Laura
spent a few days last week in
North Carolina Mrs.
Helen Jacobs and family of
Philadelphia, Pa. visited Mrs.
R. L. Bell, Sr. Monday en-
route home from Miami. . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forsling
and family are visiting in Vero
Beach, Fla. . . . Mrs. Neil
Hinton returned Sunday from
the Macon Hospital. . . Mrs.
Irene Whatley left Friday night
for trip to Mexico. . . Dr.
and Mrs. Edwards Whatley and
children are visiting relatives
in Winston Salem, N. C
Harold Hartley is a patient at
the Macon Hospital. . . . Miss
Aurelia Sawyer of Atlanta spent
the weekend with relatives. . .
. . . Mr. and Mrs. James
Ricks and children traveled in
Texas last week. . . . Misses
Caroline Brady, Sandy Hinton,
Diane Hill, Bonnie Harrell, Pat
ricia Hodges, and Jeri Wind
ham spent the weekend at Jekl
ham spent the weekend at Jekyl
Island. They were accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin Hin
ton. . . . Miss Leslie Halley
entertained with a party Fri
day night in honor of Sheila
and Sharon Johnson of Sumter,
S. C. Mr. J. L. Brunson of
Albany spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Wiliard Brunson.
. . . Mrs. Irene Malon and
Miss Mary Murrelle of Monti-
cello spent Sunday with Mrs.
Susie Woods Mrs. F.
M. Carson and Mrs. H. K. Sealy
shoppedin Ft. Valley Friday
morning. . . . Mrs. Edgar
Whatley and Mrs. W. M. Hol
lis are visiting their sister,
Mrs. Shuler Antley and Mr.
Antiey before returning home,
they will visit Mrs. Fred Mont
gomery in Rome and Mrs.
Bessie Humphries in Chatta
nooga. . . . Mrs. H. K. Sealy
spent Monday night with Mrs.
G. D. Locke of Butler. . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Don Mims and
Ruth Anne of Daytona Beach
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. D.
T. Montfort. . . . Mr. R. L.
Swearingen Sr. attended a busi
ness meeting of the National
Hereford Association in Kansas
City, Missouri, last week. . . .
Mrs. Jimmy Childree, Little
Ernest Childres and Mrs.
Cleveland Hays visited Mrs.
Prentiss Findlay in Albany Fri
day . . . Mrs. W. D. Sanders
is visiting her daughter in Ari
zona. . . Mrs. Irene Harp, Jay
Harp, Patty Harp, Mrs. Willa
Harp, Temmy and Dixon Slm-
Cox spent several days in Al-
THE TAYLOR COUNTY (Ga.) NEWS, Friday, August J, 196J
Tf PS
FROM THE
EXTENSION DEPT.
MEMBERS of the Taylor Mill Baptist Church work at the
Butler Canning Plant preparing food for the Baptist Chil
dren’s Home. Left to right, front row: Gary and Harold
Roberson; second row: W. T. Roberson, Mrs. Jake Wind
ham, Mrs. Coleman Hinton and Mrs. Dennon Roberson;
standing at rear, Herman Parks, Jake Anderson and Mrs.
Herman Parks.
Farmers with ponds and other
water-conservation structures
on their land need particularly
to be “safety” conscious, ac
cording to H. A. Sealy, Chair
man, Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation CountyCom-
mlttee. Farm safety he de
clared, should be practiced the
year round and not just during
"Farm Safety Week,” which
this year was from July 22
through July 28.
Open bodies of water have a
fascination for people general
ly—especially children, the
Chairman explained, which
means that the farm operator
has an obligation to be alert
to the danger as well as the
benefits of water-storage prac
tices and structures around the
farm or ranch.
Water conservation is being
practiced more and more on
the farms of the Nation, as
indicated by the various prac
tices carried out under the
Government’s Agricultural
Conservation Program. In re
cent years, farmers have been
completing from 50,000 to
60,000 water-storage struc
tures a year under the pro
gram, for which they receive
ACP costsharing assistance.
From 1936 through 1961, a-
round 1.7 million such struc
tures have been built under
ACP.
These include primarily live
stock water ponds, storage-
type erosion-control dams, and
irrigation water reservoirs.
Besides meeting the primary
purpose for which they were
built, such structures help pre
vent floods, alleviate drought
problems, supply aid in con
trolling forest fires, and pro
vide water storage for fish and
wildlife. Their recreational
benefits also are extensive.
The great value of these
water - storage reservoirs,
Chairman Sealy emphasized,
must not blind us to the haz
ards they may present or to
the safety precautions that
should be taken to prevent
drownings or other water ac
cidents.
“Make every week ‘Farm
Safety Week’ is a pretty good
motto to adopt- - especially
around farm ponds,” the Chair
man said.
Bibb Employees
Barbecue
The Macon division of Bibb
Manufacturing Company atPot-
terville held the annual Bar-B-
Q for its employees at T aylor
Mill Beach last Saturday.
Harold S. Gates, manager of the
mill, reported approximately
250 plates of Bar-B-Q were
served.
The guests included the 100
employees and their families.
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Garland T. Byrd, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Guined, Mr. Herman Ellis—
ton, Mr. Will Turner, Mr. Mur
ray Jarrell and Mr. Ralph Un
derwood, Taylor County offici
als: Mr. Allen Dennis, general
superviser of the Macon divi
sion andMr.WildersonofPayne
Mill, both of Macon,
So many times we think of someone who has done a great
deal for us and yet we neglect to say a simple thinak you for a
job well done. By the same token, simple Improvements In our
county or city government, our street conditions, etc. might be
made if people became aware that they existed. That is the pur
pose of this column.
As I have often thought of the reason why 1 love working with
newspapers and writing I have often thought of different school
teachers and the effect they have had on my life. Even after
teaching me in the eighth grade and then being away so long, one
great Butler lday never forgot me.
After I began writing for the Herald, this lady took her valuable
time to write me a letter suggesting that I write a story. Busy
with my family, I neglected to investigate the story or even to
answer the letter and to my sorrow, I read her obituary in the
Herald a few weeks later.
So the first bouquet to a good teacher and a great lady, Mrs.
Atholine Saylor. Though names will not usually be mentioned, I’m
sure she would not care.
I’m so happy that this paper really came out on time that the only
brickbat I can pitch is to those people who gripe without letting
the staff hear from them.
We welcome your suggestions for this column or any other part
of the paper at anytime. VG.
WHY TAYLORCOUNTYLEADS
STATE WITH AN AVERAGE OF
555 LBS. OF LINT COTTON
PER ACRE
The farmers ofTaylorCounty
produced 608 lbs. lint cotton per
acre for the crop year of 1958.
This outstanding yield per acre
accomplishment is due to
several reason.
First, most farmers start out
by selecting their best land for
cotton and more of them are
taking soil samples to learn
their fertilizer and lime needs.
Most of them apply a larger
amount of seed per acre than
the other farmers in the state.
One of the big reasons our
yield is so high is due to the
fact the cotton growers use
more insecticides to control
cotton insects, although we
might not use more per acre,
we apply a larger number of
FARM ELECTRICITY USE
Farmers in the United States
use 27 billion kilowatt hours
of electricity each year, more
than Washington, D. C„ Bal
timore, Chicago, Boston, De
troit and Houston combined, ac
cording to Extension Farm
Management Specialist Edward
Brown.
Out of a total of 142 fatal
tractor accidents studied in
Ohio, only eight indicated me
chanical failure. The rest were
caused bv human failure, re
ports the National Safety Coun-
“>
applications.
This particular time of year,
most fields of cotton are show
ing up with considerable amount
of two spot spider mite. Many
farmers are usingTrithion, and
Systox.
Vernon R. Reddish
CountjM\gent
Peach Theatre
FORT VALLEY, GA.
FRIDAY A SATURDAY
Aug. 3 and 4
SANDRA DEE In
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RICKY NELSON In
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Ship in thte Army*
JAMES DARREN In
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Hawaiian'
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
August 5, 6 and 7
Gregory Puck, Robert Mlt-
chum and Polly Bergen In
'CAPE PEAR'
Wed.-Thurs.-Frl.
Aug. I, 9 A 10
Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh,
Olivia da Havlland, Leslie
Howard In
'GO NE WITH
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BUTLER, GEORGIA
BY Mrs. S J. Tankersley
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy is not a sectional
organization as you might think,
for there are chapters in all
but twelve of the United States
and one in Paris, France. It
came into being when the
Confederate soldier, broken in
health and fortune, needed the
ministering hands of women;
and the Cause for which he
gave all, needed its history and
tradition spoken boldly in the
halls of the federation of man
kind. Surely , in the firmament
of women’s endeavor there is
no brighter star than the one
for which this organization
stands - Live, Love, Think,
Pray, Dare.
Live - to educate our child
ren and thereby fasten more
securely the rights and privi
leges of citizenship upon a pure
Anglo-Saxon race; live to hand
down to generations to come a
truthful history of these men
and the times in which they
lived. Love - the land made
holy by their blood and sacri
fice. Think - upon the problems
that confront the world today and
be a factor in solving these
problems. Pray - for strength
to accomplish the things needful
to make the U, D. C. the great
est organized force for good
the world has ever know. Dare-
for strength to accomplish the
to stand for the traditions of
our Southland and fearlessly
present them to a wondering
world.
The UDC is accused of keep
ing the War alive, but who could
know better than they that wars
never settle arguments. States
Rights, for which our ancestors
fought, is just as much alive
today as it was in 1862.
The objects of the organi
zation are Historical, Me
morial, Benevolent, Educa
tional, and Social. The print
ing of standard histories and
biographies, the placing of Con
federate collections of books in
libraries, the marking of places
of Confederate Interest, shchol-
arships, school programs, real
joy in the friendships through
the years with other members
of the Society are the aims of
the UC. In all the world there
is not another such organiza
tion as the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. It typifies
the loyalty of the southern heart
that has treasured its uncon
quered flag and its unsullied
/traditions for almost a century
^vith a steadfastness that has
no equal among the peoples
of the earth.
, The Gordon-Carson Chapter,
UDC, was organized in the
spring of 1919 with forty-seven
members, the largest charter
enrolment in the State at that
time. Through the years the
Chapter has been very active
and has won many honors.
Rededication to a cause
In which we play a part,
Demands the work of mind anu
hand,
Aprayer within the heart;
And with the power of these
three
We can arise and sing
Of wonders of accomplishments
A future day may bring.
Slopes on the lawn aredanger
spots for the lawn mower qpra-
tor. Mowing across the slope
is safer than up and down, and
spiked shoes will help give
the operator a sure footing on
slopes, suggests Extension En
gineer W. E. Huston.
cheer a friend * ; f
or relative
on the
sick list
with bright
"get well"
Extend your
personal good wishes to sick friends
and relatives with flowers or plants.
We specialize in “cheer up” flowers
and plants.
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