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Department of ,^rchivi& General Library University of Georgia Georgia m nery;, Georgia The Taylor County News / TL/» D..4.|_ M IJ / and The Butler Herald VOLUME 14-NUMBER 49 BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1962 PRICE: 10c PER COPY With the black clouds of war gathering on the horizon, many of the worries that have oc cupied our minds for the last few weeks seem to be pushed into the background. Located only a few hundred miles from Cuba, the center of the tension, we really have waked up in the midst of nations struggling for power. Let us hope and pray that Khrushchev will have the sense that we credit him with to realize that President Kennedy has taken a stand and will not back down. It is only with God’s guidance that our nation or the USSR can survive. * * * * On the state scene, you will note that the proposed amend ments to the Georgia State Con stitution are running in the pa pers now. Three of them are in this paper. It should be well worth your time to examine them and find out what you are voting for or against in the General Election. * * * * A University of Georgia re search team has come up with some interesting answers to what is wrong with business in small Georgia towns. Among the reasons given for a drop in business was the poor relation with farmers in the area, an attitude of defeatism and lack of aggressiveness on the part of the merchants. We see every day in news papers, on radio and on TV, the ways that big business are aggressively going after the customers. They ire'K'HWgThe consumers in our area as well as elsewhere what they have to offer. We have only to look at some of the promotional weekends in our own county to realize that it can be donel The custo mers can be brought ini Taylor County also has the potential of growth. Our two towns are in the midst of sev eral smaller towns. Ourcounty is almost surrounded by four smaller counties. We have competition from larger towns but in most in stances these towns are farther away than Butler or Reynolds. With aggressive promotional merchants in our communities, an atmosphere of a moving ag gressive, dynamic business area can be achieved. The research group added "retailing is much like court ing. The man who has the most to offer, gets his mess age across and asks most often for the maiden’s hand is the man who comes away with the bride.” The same is true of the cus tomers in our trade area. * * * * You will note that we have now completed the transfer over to the new method of address ing the papers. If any of the dates are incorrect and you have paid recently, your date will be set up a few days. The changeover was completed this week and no dates have been set up since the stencils were completed. * * * * TV STARS WILL BE IN THE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 231 We have now received an ac ceptance from a member of the staff of WRBL-TV, Columbus and from the merchandising representative of Wells Dairies, Columbus to serve as a judge for the Baby Contest on November 23. We are hoping to be able to announce definite plans next week and give the names of all of the judges. We are hoping that this will be the biggest pre-Thanksgiving sale in our county in history. With good prices on the mer chandise and people irf the county interested in buying, there is no reason why it should not be. Watch these columns for fur ther plans and news on the clowns, free gifts, and things of interest to the children during these days. Funeral Held For Mrs. Mattie Pyron Mrs. Mattie Raines Hicks Pyron, 82 years of age, died at her home in Reynolds early Monday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Tuesday at the Reynolds Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. J. R. Whiddon, offi ciating. Burial was in the Hill- crest Cemetery. Born in Taylor County, De cember 23, 1878, Mrs. Pyron was a lifelong resident of Reynolds. She was the daugh ter of the late Aretus William and Mary Carson Hicks. A member of the Reynolds Baptist Church, she served as an officer and faithful member of the Woman's Missionary Union. Active in community and civic affairs she was a former officer of the Gordon Carson Chapter of the UDC and of the Reynolds Woman’s Club. The widow of Charles Lewis Pryon, Mrs. Pyron is survi ved by one son, Joseph Hicks Pyron of Tifton and one sis ter, Miss Kate Eloise Hicks of Reynolds. Goddard Funeral Home was in charge of arragements with the following serving as pallbear ers: David Montfort Jr., Charlie Montfort, GuyWindham Jr., Harry Hicks, Ed Swearing en, William Parker, Willie Suggs and Desmond Harp. Former Resident Dies In Michigan News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Geneva A. Horton on October 2, 1962, at the Marengo Twp., Michigan. Funeral services were held at the Hebble Chapel on October 5 at 3:30 p. m. with inter ment at the Mt. Ever Rest Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich igan. Mrs. Horton whs bom Feb. 19, 1883, in Genessee Co., Michigan, and came here tore- side with Mrs. B. Groves near Butler for a short time. The Butler Cafeteria staff prepare to serve one of their meals. They are left to right: Mrs. Cassie Moore, Mrs. Ophelia Bryant, Miss Louise King, Mrs. Odessa Harris, Mrs. Nellie Windham, and Mrs. Elsie Barnes. Taylor County School Lunch Program Week Johnny Bradshaw Receives Fatal Injuries Friday Johnny Bradshaw, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bradshaw Sr. of Ft. Valley was killed almost instantly in an automobile accident on last Fri day evening, October 19. The accident occured on U. S. 41 between Atlanta and Marietta following young Bradshaw’s initiation into Sigma Chi Tau fraternity. Mr. Bradshaw was a student at Southern Tech where he was studying Civil Engineering. He was a 1962 graduate of Ft. Val ley High School where he had been a member of the Green Wave football team, winner of the state Class ”B’’ crown in 1961-62. He attended the Ft. Valley Methodist church. Johnny was a frequent visi tor to Butler and to the home Of Miss Fran Cochran. He and Miss Cochran had unannounced plans to be married sometime next year. The funeral was conducted at the Ft. Valley Methodist church Sunday evening at 5 p. m. Rev. Roy McTier and the Rev. V. E. Robertson officiated. Rooks Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements with burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Survivers include other than his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Young Davis, Ft. Valley, and Mrs. W. E. Beckam, Jr., Perry, and a grandmother, Mrs. R. E. Anthoine, Ft. Valley. We have just celebrated School Lunch Program Week in Georgia and the News is happy to present some of the people of our county who get very little recognition and praise. These ladies prepare food for our children 180 days of the year yet they are seldom seen or thanked for their ef forts. In Reynolds, Mrs. Verna Lu cas is manager of the cafeteria and uses a colored staff. She feeds an average of about 275 per day. She makes all of the menus and never goes back to the same one. She plans her meals especially to use the government commodities and to have a completely balanced diet. One of the unusual things Mrs. Lucas told of doing that few mothers have thought of is to use chopped ripe olives in ground meat. Because the stu dents did not like the olives in any other form, she used them in this way and thus the nutri tional value was saved and the children enjoyed them. In Butler, Mrs. Cassie Moore is manager of the School Cafeteria. She is assisted by Mrs. Ophelia Bryant, Miss Louise King, Mrs. Odessa Har ris, Mrs. Nellie Windham and Mrs. Elsie Barnes. They too do things that are unusual. After Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Harris attended the forum on the use of peanut butter in food, they tried one of the recipes, using it in meat loaf. The children thoroughly enjoyed the loaf and never were aware of the peanut butter. Many ways of getting children to eat food they perhaps are not accustomed to eating at home practiced in the cafeterias. Much emphasis is placed on color, texture and attractive ness as well as serving a nutri tional balanced diet. During the month of Octo ber, 525 children were served a hot lunch with milk each day. During this time 14,401 half pints of milk were served with food and 3,686 half pints were sold at 4 cents each to other students. The ball players especially take advantage of the extra half pint of milk that they may buy for four cents to add extra energy to their diets. The money spent on food dur ing the time was $3,946.53. Some of the comodities provid ed by the government are chickens, green beans, English peas, flour, rice, butter, lard, canned pears and peanut butter. These same products are re ceived by the Reynolds school. In summing up the lunch pro gram in the county, we find that it is certainly big busi ness and we have a group of dedicated hard working ladies doing a big job toward making our boys and girls the best fed group in the state. Localite's Father Buried In Brooklyn Thomas Baxley Riddick, father 4 Mrs. Hazel Patrick, died at a Brooklyn, N. Y. Hospital on Sunday, October 14. Funeral services were held in Brooklyn on Monday after noon. Survivors besides Mrs. Pat rick include 5 sons, 2 daughters and 12 grandchildren. Glenn Riddick, former Taylor County resident, is a son and Lt. Sonya Riddick, also of this county, is one of the granddaughters. FRANK RILEYS CHOSEN FAMILY OF THE YEAR Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley will attend the fourth quadren nial National Methodist Con ference on Family Life October 19 - 20 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, representing Butler Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Riley and their child ren, Bill 4; Judy, 10; Eliz abeth, 11; and Frank Jr., 13, were selected the Methodist Family of The Year of the Columbus District. At least 3,000 delegates are expected, most of them parents and church workers. The program will include worship, addresses, work groups, dramatic productions, and other features. General theme of the con ference is "Jesus Chrust, Lord of the Family.” Addresses will be given by Bishop Hazen G. Werner, Co lumbus, Ohio, chairman of the General Committee on Family Life of The Methodist Church; Dr. Dan W. Dodson, head of the Department of Sociology of New York University; the Rev. Dr. Nels F. S. Ferre, a pro fessor at Andover Newton The ological School, Newton Center, Mass,; Bob (the Rev. Robert E. ) Richard, two-time O- lympic pole vault champion and now director of the Wheaties Sports Foundation; and Meth odist Bishop Gerald H. Dennedy, Los Angeles. Television personality Ralph Edwards of Hollywood will be the narrator for one of the dra matic productions. The "Methodist Family of tHfe Year” to be chosen by To gether, Methodist familymaga- zine, will be honored at a re ception. Commissioners To Meet In Reynolds The Association of County Commissioners of Georgia will hold the Third District meeting in Reynolds, Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Flint EMC building. The meeting will begin at 9:30 A. M. Each year the association sponsors one meeting in each of the lOcongressionaldistricts for the purpose of discussing matters of common interest to all county governments in Geor gia. In this way the ACCG board of managers can learn through direct contact with the members in each of the districts what Childs Chosen Magnolia Senator John Childs, son of Mrs. Bus sey Childs of Butler, has re cently been elected to serve as a division senator during the Fall quarter in Magnolia Dor mitories at Auburn University. Childs, a 1962 graduate of But ler High Schoool, is a freshman in Chemistry. He is one of 30 residents elected to serve as senators in the Magnolia Dormitories Stu dent Government. This group will work with the dormitory staff in planning academic, re ligious, social, and athletic activities for the 1,112 residents. Each senator is elected by the men on his division, where he is responsible for representing from thirty-four to fifty-four residents. This will be Child’s first quarter to serve as a senator. The Cross Roads Home Demonstration Club really did a bang up job in a short time. With a week to prepare, they made an exhibit for the Macon County Fair and took first place. On Thursday of the week of the air, Macon invited them to enter the Georgia State Fair. It was therefore necessary to move all of the * exhibit from Montezuma to Macon and set it up again between 6:30 on Saturday night and Monday at judging time. In Macon they came through with a 12th place which is good considering the competi tion. Using the theme "Yesterday and To day” the group walked with approximately $300 in two weeks time. "In grateful recognition of dedicated service in advancing the fight against diseases of the heart and circulation,’’ Clifford Adams, local Tax Commissioner, was presented a plaque for his work as 1962 chairman of the Heart Fund Drive. Mr. Adams received tiie plaque from Charles Brame Jr., Heart Fund program consultant, on Tuesday morning at his office. their wishes are concerning program development. Also what the legislative efforts should be at the state capitol. The program is as follows: Registration, 9:30, Flint EMC building. Opening remarks, 10 a. m. Budgeting for county op erations. Status report on tax equalization for Georgia coun ties. Clean water for all Geor gians, ACCG program work. What should be our legislative effort for the coming session of the General Assembly? Recom mendations. Taylor County commissioners will be hosts at lunch. Counties in the Third District are Ben Hill, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Har ris, Houston, Lee, Macon, Mar ion, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Taylor, Terrell, Tur ner, Webster, and Wilcox. Cook Appointed To FHA Body Gaston B. Cook of Geneva has been appointed to the Area Farmers Home Administration Committee the agency’sCounty Supervisor Carl W. Grant, Jr. announced this week. The other two members serving with Mr. Cook are E. Norton French of Buena Vista and Irvin O. Jones of Charing. The Area served by this committee in cludes Marion, Talbot andTay- lor Counties. The Farmers Home Ad ministration Area Committee reviews applications by farm ers and other rural families for six different types of agri cultural, housing and water loans made in the above three counties. Mr. Cook operates a live stock and peach farm in Tal bot county with approximately 523 acres cultivatable land, 300 acres permanent pasture and 100 acres in orchards. Mr. Cook was one of the group of Geor gia farmers who toured Russia earlier this year. County SupervisorGrant says that Mr. Cook's practical farm ing experience will enable him to make a real contribution to the Area Committee’s actions when they review loan appli cations. BUTLER BEARS MOVE INTO 1962-63 SEASON Butler Bears kick off the 1962-63 basketball campaign in Byron Tuesday night as they play the Flashes a twin bill. Game time is at 7:00. The Girls have been impres sive at times in practice, and should be ready, but Byron has its entire girls team back from last year and led Butler at the quarter in Byron last year. Bolstered by the return of Dondra Peed, the Guard Corps should be ready for its finest year. Returnees include Doris Peed, Linda Taylor, Marilyn Spillers, Mary Lee Oliver, Brenda Gassett, and Sue Peed. Newcomers are Joan Wisham, Janet Turk, and Gwethalyn Smith. The forwards should be ready for another fine season, Ann Benns and Elaine Bryant, both with 3 years of experience, should have their finest year, while up and comingGailMoore has the potential to become the finest ball-handler the Bears have ever possessed. Moore should also give Bryant inval uable assistance on the offen sive boards. Newcomers at for ward are Olivia Suggs and San dra Blackston. The boys will have their hands full also as Byron hasadecided height advantage. Control of the backboards will perhaps be the deciding factor, and the Bears are depending on Roger Clark, Howard Locke, Hillery Bone, and Leslie Kendrick to get more than our share. Locke was one of the leading rebound ers a year ago and is expected to be among the leaders this year. The Bear offense is quarter- backed by team Captain, Richie McCants, who, along with Locke is considered to be among the better defensive in the region. Expected to lead the Bear offense this year will be Bone, who hit for 40% of his shots last year. This was the most accurate of the returnees. Bol stering the guard and forward corps will be Mike Almgren, Thomas Gassett and Gary Hobbs, ail of whom will be counted on. Hobbs and Alm gren are juniors, while Gassett is a Senior. The first home game will be November 2 against Unadilla. Game time is 7:00. The team will appreciate your support. Mrs. Sealy's Sister Dies In Atlanta Mrs. John W. Forrester, 70, of 2800 Springdale Rd., SW, died Sunday in a private hos pital. The former Eva Brown, she was a native of Doyle. Mrs. Forrester was awidow.Shewas a member of the Druid Hills Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Blanchard’s Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Louie D. Newton officiating. Burial was in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Bob Watson, Atlanta; a stepson, H. A. Forrester, At lanta; two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Sealy, Butler, and Mrs. G. H. Richardson, Atlanta, and two brothers, Joseph E. Brown, At lanta, and Alva L. Brown, Jack sonville. Swearingen Farms Win More Prizes Swearingen Hereford Farms, of Reynolds owned by R. L. Swearingen, Sr. and R. L. Swearingen, Jr. exhibited the grand champion Female at the Georgia State fair in Macon last week. This female is their Senior Yearling CHF Silverette 76th. Swearingen also won three first place prizes in the strong est hereford show held at the state fair in a number of years. Also at the Central Georgia Fair held inCordele, Swearing en had all four hereford cham pions. Grand Champion bull was SHF advanced Larry 12, reserve grandchampion bull was SHF Aristocrat, grand champion female was SHF Dul- cie advance and reserve grand champion female was SHF Lady Anna. In the all breed show SHF Dulcie advance was grand champion and SHF Advanced Larry 12 was reserve grand champion. Swearingen placed first in all six classes and also second in four of these. The Swearingen cattle have been fitted by Glenn Carring ton and shown by him and R. L. Swearingen, Jr. These cat tle are at the state Fair of South Carolina this week and go to the North Florida Fair in Tallahassee next week. Mr. Emmett Wilson, manager of Wilson’s Super Market, is pictured flanked by two of his ’friends’ on Saturday afternoon during the big weekend promotion sale in commemorating his 19th anniversary. This sale was one of the biggest promotions that Butler and the county has witnessed in some time. Prizes were won during the three days with the grand prize of 10 silver dollars going to Mrs. Eleanor Peed. Prizes of 5 silver dollars were awarded to Mr. Luther Spillers, Mr. J. H. McCartv and Mrs. Verna Griggs. M. O. Knowlton won the ham. A pair of hose was won by each of the following: Mr. R. E. Barnett, Mrs. Susie Wright, Mr. Dave Ilarbuck, Mrs. Irma Barfield, Mrs. Carl Hobbs, Mrs. Mary Bryan, Mrs. Fay McKenzie, Mr. J. B. Locke, Mrs. Buren Joiner, Mrs. Elizabeth Mott, Mrs. Mary Sos- bee and Miss Ann Griggs. In addition to the above prizes, 33 baskets of groceries were given away during the three days sale. A full page ad in last week’sTaylorCounty News carried the ad vertising message about Wilson’s promotion to the people of this area. Mrs. Harry Lovvorncorrect ly identified Mrs. F. C. Jar rell as last week's VIP and re ceived her gift from the RED AND WHITE SUPER MARKET. Once again the WILLIS RED AND WHITE are offering a nice surprise to someone who will call in to the New Office 862- 5835 on Saturday morning at 9 and identify the following mystery person. Though I have called Taylor County home for a number of years because of being married to a native of this area, I was born far away across the United States, I have traveled over the world while serving with the U. S. Army. Even after receiving a discharge, I stay in the habit of taking and giving orders with fellow enlisted men each sum mer. My companion and I have four children.