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Department of jfcrchjLvefe General Library University of Georgia Athens, Georgia The Taylor County News * M TU/I Di.l>l /« M 1—1 I J " VuNIVERSITY OF GtOItGIA and The Butler Herald VOLUME 86—NUMBER 48 Taylor County has reallly been a busy place for the last few weeks. Fair time has come to' Georgia - to Middle Georgia in fact. We can take our hats off to the Cross Roads Home Demon stration Club - after winning first place in the Macon County Fair at Montezuma, they truck ed their exhibit off to the State Fair at Macon and won 12th place over there - sounds like a long way below first but when you consider the competition, that is certainly nothing to be sneezed at! POLICY STATEMENT It is the policy of this newspaper to print all the news and pic tures about Taylor County people and organizations that we can get —FREE! What is news? Surprisingly, the comparatively new editor has learned that many of our friends do not really know the difference between news and advertising. We have adopted a very simple yardstick, where there may be any doubt. If what you are doing or promoting is free, it is news. If you are charging the public for what you are doing, we believe what we print about it is advertising. We print news FREE. We CHARGE for advertising. We must pay to have this newspaper printed each week. We have other expenses in producing the newspaper and mailing it. We sell advertising in order to offset these expenses and—we hope—someday show a profit for our efforts. We feel it is our duty to print all the news and pictures about the area we serve without charge. We encourage you to send yours in. But when you ask us to print information about services or events for which the public must pay, we do not believe it is right for us to be expected to give it to you free. Space—just space—in this newspaper costs money. When we give it away, we are giving away money. Please cooperate with us and understand the necessity for this policy. If we give away the only thing we have to sell— space—soon we will be unable to produce a newspaper at all. - V. G. Then we have story in the pa per on the Swearingen Hereford Farms and what they won at the Chattahoochee Fair in Colum bus with their cattle. They will also be entered in several fairs in other places. And of course we must not forget the boys and girls of our county - both 4-H and FFA - and the hard work they have done for the prizes they won. I picked up the Columbus pa per one day last week and some breed of hogs was completely dominated by Taylor County entries - every ribbon and prize mind you came home toTaylor. R. E. Willis and Son were in there pitching too with their swine at the Fairs. It seems that their hogs are carried from fair to fair in the fall and they always seem to pop up in the paper with a picture of their ribbons. * * * * The fair is coming to Taylor County too almost. It has been several years since we have had a real fair but the News is hoping to really give our county a carnival atmos phere during the pre-Thanks- giving sale. We may not have a Ferris Wheel and Loop the Loop but with the cooperation of the mer chants in Butler and Reynolds, we will remember the good ole days with carnival barkers pre sent, clowns and other odd look ing characters walking around. We hope our county wide News sponsored Stay At Home And Shop sale will bring so many bargains to the people that will continue to shop at home. * * * * The voters ( a few of them) went to the polls on Tuesday and elected Garland T. Byrd the senator from the 17th Dis trict. In Taylor County a total of 478 citizens turned out to even make the effort to cast a ballot. Well - we aren’t un der Castro or Khrushchev - we don’t have to vote. And we seem to be so busy that when only one is running it really seems unnecessary. Let’s do make the effort. * * * * Flint’s annual meeting was a tremendous success. The News would especially like to extend our congratulations to W. C. (Crum) Shehee for win ning one of the big prizes and to Miss Linda Thaxton for win ning the Miss Flint title. Of course to Diana Thornton and all of the girls who parti cipated deserve a big round of applause. You were all so pretty. Those poor judges who had to pick only one. And of course we are all proud of our Taylor County girl, Sue O’Neal who has had such a big two weeks crowing successors to the beauty titles she has held for the past year. * * * The deadline for the baby contest entries has been moved up to Nov. 1 so that all the mothers may get their pictures from the photographer for pub lication. Get your entries in and let us show everyone how pretty your little one really is. L.D. Cannon Talks To Kiwanians L. D. Cannon, staff member of the Warm Springs Founda tion, was introduced by Mrs. Carol Goddard, and spoke to the Reynolds Kiwanis Club on Fri day at their noon luncheon meet ing. Mr. Cannon presented a film on the Foundation called “The Road Back.” He told of what can be done at the foundation and invited the group to visit Warm Springs. Charles Denning announced that the Club made a profit of $146.40 at the Flint EMC An- unal Meeting concession. Guests for the day were Mrs. L. D. Cannon and Miss Cathe rine Phillips of Warm Springs and Key Club members Jimmy Payne and Butch Thornton. The Student Council have completed plans for the big talent show, Saturday night, October 20. Jan Hobbs shows off her new costume to pre view the different talents on parade. Entrants will range from pre-school to high school seniors. Woodmen Sponsor Fair Booth Girls of Woodcraft Court G 1631 and B. O. W. Camp J 1428 will assist with the Wood men Booth to be held at the State Fair in Macon. The girls will operate the booth onThurs- day night and the boys will operate the booth on Friday night. If you are in Macon either night please come by to see us at this booth. Pfc. Hill Completes Training Mission BERLIN, GERMANY—Army PFC Jimmy E. Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleatous Hill, Mauk, Ga., is a member of Company B of the 6th Infantry’s 3d Battle Group which recently return ed to its home station in Ber lin after two weeks of field training in West Germany. The training, which involved a trip through 110 miles of Soviet-controlled East German territory, enabled Hill’s unit to participate in range firing and maneuvers not possible in the divided city due to the limited amount of space available. Training of this nature is de signed to maintain a constant state of combat readiness es sential to a modern Army de ployed to maintain the defense of the free world. The 6th Infantry is a major element of the U. S. Army’s Berlin Com mand. Hill, an assistant machine- gunner in the company, entered the Army in November 1961, completed basic training at Fort Chaffee, Ark., and arrived overseas last May. The 23-year-old soldier is a graduate of Butler High School and was employed byFlintridge Farm Incorporated, Thomas- ton, before entering the Army. Mrs. Fay McKenzie of Butler was the winner of a Youngstown built in surface unit and oven, sponsored byBuiltwell Homes Inc., Americus, Ga. The drawing was held Saturday, Oct. 13. Mrs. McKenzie and he*' ..usband Milford, are building a new home near Butler and will use the new appliances. BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 19j2 tTCT 19 *62 PRICE: 10c PER COPY Flint EMC Holds Annual Meeting Reynolds-Butler Play Basketball Butler’s Ladies broke open a tight basketball game in the third quarter last Friday night and went on to a 43-31 victory over the Reynolds Ladies, The game was played at the Reynolds High gym and sponsored by the Future Homemakers of Ameri ca of both schools. Mrs. Jane Carter, wife of Butler coach Norman Carter, paced Butler to an early 14- 8 advantage in the first period by scoring eight points in the initial seven minutes. Mrs. Barbara Payne and Mrs. La- Wanna Hill each collected four points to lead Reynolds. Reynolds roared back in the second stanza, closing the gap to 24-22 at halftime, as Mrs. Hill, hitting on long one-hand ers, ripped the nets for 10 points. Both teams started slowly after intermission, but Butler found the range midway through the third period and pulled away to a 34-26 lead by the end of the period. Marie Brown and Leslie Taunton scored six and four points, respectively, to lead Butler. Reynolds made a final bid early in the fourth frame, but Butler's snarpshooters quick ly offset the push and Butler pulled away to the final score. Jane Carter and Leslie Taun ton shared scoring honors for Butler, eacli getting 12. Marie Brown followed closely with 11. LaWanna Hill paced Reynolds with 15, followed by Barbara Payne with 10. To be eligible to play in the annual game, aplayer must have been out of high school at least four years or have been mar ried at least two years. The scoring: REYNOLDS 8 22 26—31 BUTLER 14 24 34—43 REYNOLDS—Barbara Payne 10, LaWanna Hill 15 Hazel A- vera 2, Mildred Payne 4, Inez Sasser, Vetra Brown, Sue What ley, Jeanette Whatley, Mary Ayres, Anna Willis, Wootzie Newsome, Otzie Jenkins. BUTLER—Jane Carter 12, Leslie Taunton 12, Marie Brown 11, Joan Linvingston 6, Nancy Green 2, Mary Ann Locke, Nel lie Taunton, Sylvia Locke, Jua nita Benns, Hazel Stalnaker, Lavada Saunders, Marie Bone, Fay Taylor, Marth Avera, Nomi Posey, Thelma Parks, Charlotte Hammock, Sara Pen nington. SWEARINGEN FARMS SHOW GRAND CHAMP The Swearingen Hereford Farms of Reynolds owned by R. L. Swearingen Sr. and Robert L. Swearingen Jr. exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion hereford female at the re cent Chattahoochee Valley Ex position at Columbus, Ga. The heifer is SHF Miss Ex emplar II. She was fitted for the show by Glenn Carrington. The Swearingen show string also won two first places, six second places, and five third places. These cattle will com pete in Macon, Cordele, Colum bia, S. C. , and Tallahassee, Fla. during the next three weeks. Taylor County Animals Take Fair Prizes Richard Allen showed the Grand Champion Poland China male and female as well as hav ing the 1st Senior sow pig, 1st place age boar, 2nd place Senior Spring boar, 1st place Junior Spring Boar, Junior CHmpion andJuniorSpringGilt. The Taylor County 4-H Pig Chain male which was kept by Harold Young was 1st place Sen ior Spring and Reserve Junior Champion. Taylor County 4-H Club Junior Yearling boar which was kept by Jerry Turner, Frank Riley, and Grady Trusseli, Jr. placed 2nd. John Jarrell was 1st place in Senior yearling and also Grand Champion Hampshire Boar. John also exhibited the 3rd place Senior Boar pig, 3rd place Sen ior sow pig, 4th place in young herd, 3rd place in produce of dam and get of sire in the Duroc Class. Roger Clark placed 3rd with Junior Yearling Sow, Ronnie Clark placed 2nd in Junior Yearling Duroc Boar Class. Grady Trusseli, Jr. was 1st place winner in Junior Spring Spotted Poland China Boar. The Judging Team placed 3rd in the Livestock Judging Contest with Grover Shehee placing 3rd individual high score. The team was only 1 point away from 2nd place and five points from 1st place. R. E. Willis and Son ex hibited many champions and 1st place animals and this year Swearingen Hereford Farm ex hibited their fine hereford cattle at the Columbus Fair for the first time. Attends District Meeting Twenty-seven girls, the adviser and the school bus driver, Mr. Welch, repre sented the Butler Chapter, Fu ture Homemakers of America, at the Fall District Meeting in Albany, Saturday, Oct. 13. The total number in attendance- 1972- including members, ad visers, chapter parents, chapter beaux and bus drivers far surpassed the attendance at any district meeting previously held in this state. The theme for the day, “FHA’s Prescription for Fu ture Living’’ was developed through speeches, skits and even the roll call of chapters to which the Butler Chapter an swered with the magic ingredi ent “Aim. High Powder’’ to be taken when the spirit lags. Stay In School is to receive major emphasis throughout this year. The main speaker, Mr. Walter Flint, of radio station, WGPC, chose to ap proach the subject by a pro vocative speech entitled “The Educated Fool”, Some of the major points he made were: the mind works all the time, grabbing ideas, so we must ex pose it only to the best ideas; over emphasis is placed on the tongue instead of the brain; the purpose of education is to lead out the latent, God-given talents which must be activated, and finally, Future Home makers need an education for two jobs—homemaking for good family living and for earning a living if they must. Singing To Be Held At New Life litre will be a singing at New Life Freewill Baptist Church near Mauk on Saturday night, Oct. 27. Supper will be served from 5 until 6 o’clock: barbecue and hamburgers. The Ben Jackson Trio from Eastman, Ga. will be the fea tured singers. The public is cordially in vited. Rev. J. B. Lumpkin, pastor Jerry Jarrell To Receive Award The Georgia Baptist Student Convention convenes Oct. 26- 28 at the First BaptistChurch, Griffin, for a three-day inspi rational session. More than 800 Baptist students from the 35 colleges and universities inGeorgia hav ing Baptist Student Unions, are expected to attend the sessions. Having the theme “God’s Re demptive Love,” the convention is planned "to help students see themselves as the channel through which God’s redemptive love is made known to man kind,” according to Rev. Au brey L. Hawkins, Atlanta. Haw kins, secretary of the Depart ment of Student Work for the Georgia Baptist Convention, is program coordiantor. John Baxley, a student at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and Georgia BSU president, will preside over the sessions. Certificates of appreciation to seven summer missionaries will be presented. Students who served, their place of service, and school, during 1962 include: Brenda Whitlow, Nigeria, Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, Atlanta; Phillip C. Smith, The Philippines, Univer sity of Georgia, Athens; Clay ton Teague, Australia, Georgia Tech, Atlanta; Jerry Jarrell, Alaska, Georgia Teen, Atlanta; John E. McCord, Hawaii, Geor gia State College, Atlanta; Henry Etta Brown, Alaska, North Georgia college, Dah- lonega; and Cherry Braswell, Oregon, Georgia Baptist Hospi tal school of nursing. Miss Isolee Jarrell called in as the courthouse clock struck nine last week and identi fied E. H. Dunn Sr. Keep the calls coming, we like them but please remember good sport- manship pays off - when you don’t win, call again - When you have won give someone else a chance and above all please don’t get mad at us. Honest we’re doing the best we can and it is fair. Read the following clues, if you can identify the person call 862-5835 at 9 a. m. Satur day and if you are first you may go by WILLIS RED AND WHITE and pick up your gift. I was born in Taylor County. My companion also was born here. We have been active Methodists and brought our 10 children up in the church. We were married for 53 years. Among my children you will find one to care for you from the beginning of life almost to the end. In between there will be a lot of eating too. Figure me out and get gift from Mr. Willis at the RED AND WHITE SUPER MARKET. W.C. Shehee Wins One Of Prizes An enthusiastic crowd es timated at 3,000 persons, mem bers and visitors, attended the Annual Meeting of Flint Electric Membership Corporation in Reynolds, on the night of Octo ber 11th, and heard former U. S. Congressman Steve Pace re veal census bureau statistics indicating that an even greater period of growth lies before the state of Georgia. As main speaker of the even ing, tlie long-time friend and champion of the coopera tive electrification program in dicated that tlie nine southeas tern states are one of three areas in the nation destined for tlie greatest growtli and expan sion. Projected census figures place the nation’s population at 200 million bv 1970. President Floyd H. Tabor presided at the meeting, and tlie treasurer, Thurman Whatley, of Reynolds, gave a financial report which shows Flint EMC to be a 7 million dollar busi ness, in sound financial con dition, and having returned to Members over $500,000 in capital credit payments during the past five years. System General Manager S. J. Tankersley gave praise to the employees of Flint Electric and the courage and forsight of its boards of directors down through the years as factors important in building sound growtli. This year marked the twenty-filh anniversary for the local cooperative, which now serves almost 18,000 member consumers. Mr. Tabor, Mr. Whatley, and Mr. L. R. Newberry, and Mr. W. D. Whiting were re-elected to terms on the board of di rectors. Excitement was provided in the acts presented by units from the Florida State University Circus, which appeared in two thrity minute segments. A large tent was set up in the area just in front of Flint's Utility Building, and the Kiwanis Club of Reynolds and the Crossroads Home Demonstration Club served food and refreshments. The “Country Store”, with Bobby Trusseli and John Wal ton as proprietors, sold dozens of small electric appliances at bargain proces, in an atmos phere of of nostalgia as the area was decorated with many antiques, and typical “country store” merchandise. Charles T. Foley from the Kentucky Association of E- lectric Cooperatices, Del Ward, Macon Television personality, and Henry Corsini,Macon ar chitect, were judges in the beauty contest which saw Linda Thaxton, 17 year old daughter of Mrs. N. E. Thaxton, Sr., of Roberta emerge as the new “Miss Flint EMC” for 1963. She will represent Flint Electric at the statewide com petition in Atlanta in December, where the winner will get atrip to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the national competition. As Miss Flint EMC, she was awarded a siler trophy and $100 incash. Second, was Diana Thornton, daughter of Harry E. Thornton o f Reynolds, and third was Sheryl Stewart, daughter of Mrs. Mildred Stewart of Warner Robins. The runners-up receiv ed cash awards and silver trays, the parents of all three winners received gifts, as did the spon soring organizations, which were, in order of winning, the Roberta Home Demonstration Club, the Reynolds High School P. T. A. and the Warner Robins Jaycees. Numerous small applicances were awarded by drawings dur ing the evening. The grand prize, a free electric bill for one year up to $250, was won by Mrs. L. Andel, of Perry. $200 gift certificates were won by Mrs. Ray Giles, of Ft. Valley and Mr. W. C. Shehee, of But ler.