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VOLUME 17—NUMBER I
and The Butler Herald
BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1962
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
"Miss Patsy," "Rozell,"
John Campbell and the News
staff are looking forward to see
ing you Friday night at 7:30
for one of the evenings you
will long remember.
Taylor County has the
prettiest and sweetest babies
in the world. (Just ask any of
us who are mothers) And 27
of those little ones will be
appearing in whatever way they
desire to show off.
Some of them will perhaps
crawl, some will ride in a
stroller, some will cry, some
will talk and some will laugh
and coo but one thing we can
guarantee - they will every
one be cute.
Mothers will worry them
selves gray about what that
little one will do but they
are completely unpredictable
and will be henceforth. So
bring your little one backstage
about 7:20 and please don’t
worry.
Left to right: Mrs. Maesel Childres of
The Citizens State Bank, Butler, pre
sents the first place prize to Ellen Guinn,
Mitzi Towson, and Ann Benns
award from C. F. Carson.
receives
State 'Patrol
Attempt ToCut
Accident Toll
"Can we be thankful after
Thanksgiving?" asks Col. H.
Lowell Conner, director of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety.
In an effort to give an af
firmative answer to as many
Georgians as possible, the safe-
tey director has ordered the
State Highway Patrol to carry
out an intensified traffic en
forcement campaign throughout
the current Thanksgiving holi
day period.
The massive safety drive be
gins Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 6
p. m., and continues through
midnight Sunday, Nov. 25, a total
of 102 hours.
While the patrol will be work
ing around the clock all over
Georgia throughout the period,
with every available man on duty
and every piece of equipment
pressed into service, indica
tions are there still will be
needless loss of life on Geor
gia’s roads.
Based on past records and
present trends, the grim pre
diction is that 17 persons will
die as the result of traffic acci
dents, Col. Conner said.
“We prayerfully hope our
prediction won’t come true,”
he declared. "However, every
year in Georgia the traffic pic
ture darkens as we draw near
the end of the year. Many
factors combine to make No
vember and December our
worst traffic months.
"Hazards are multiplied by
such things as less daylight,
hazardous road and weather
conditions, and increased
travel. Also, at a time when
drivers should be even more
alert for hazards, they may
be distracted by such things
as thoughts of plans for Thanks
giving and Christmas activities.
“Georgia's traffic picture to
date this year is not a pretty
one. The national trend of
traffic accidents in upward. In
Georgia the fatality rate is up
about five per cent over last
year. This yearGeorgia has had
another increase in the number
of drivers and in the number of
registered vehicles. Traffic
continues to become more con
gested and more complicated.’’
In view of the alarming situa
tion, Col. Conner personally
will direct his department’s all-
out enforcement drive in an ef
fort to reverse the traffic acci
dent trend in Georgia.
In mobilizing his forces, the
director calls on all drivers
and pedestrians, law enforce
ment officials at the local and
county levels, all news media
of the state and various safety
organizations for full coopera
tion in making this safety cam
paign a success.
Last year 12 persons lost
their lives in Georgia traffic
mishaps over the Thanksgiving
holiday period.
Miss Guinn Wins
Essay Contest
Taylor County winners of Soil
and Water conservation essay
contest sponsored on state basis
by Georgia Association of Soil
Conservation District Super
visors and the Georgia Bankers
Association, have been an
nounced by C. F. Carson, County
District Supervisor.
Winners of the essay contest,
Subject: “Soil and Water Con
servation Districts - A Story
of Service - Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow, ’’ were Ellen
Guinn, first place; Mitzi
Towson, second; Ann Benns,
third.
The Citizens State Bank of
Butler and The Citizens State
Bank of Reynolds awarded local
prize money for the winners.
Miss Guinn’s essay will be plac
ed in competition for the area
prize; if it is the winner there,
it will be placed in competition
for the state winner.
Butler High School and Rey
nolds High School participated
in contest.
WR AM A Seeking
Overseas Teachers
Air Force recruiters are
seeking teachers interested in
teaching positions in the
Azores, England, France, Mo
rocco, Libya, Spain, Turkey,
Newfoundland, Labrador, Ja
pan, the Philippines, and sev
eral other overseas locations.
The age requirement is 23 to
60 for all applicants. Mini
mum scholastic requirements
are a Bachelor’s Degree with
18 semester hours in the field
of education.
Secondary teachers will be
assigned to teach only those
subjects in which they have at
least 18 hours of preparation.
A valid state teacher's certifi
cate and two years or four
semesters of teaching experi
ence since 1 September 1958
at the time of appointment are
required. Applicants without
dependents are preferred.
PTA 'Memo ‘For
Butler 'Parents
Am I excited? Yes, indeed,
and so are the Committee
Chairmen of the Butler PTA.
It was a real treat to see
so many mothers and fathers
attend the PTA meeting on Mon
day night.
We are very grateful to our
Civil Defense Director, Mrs.
Louise Suggs, and members
of the Civil Defense Unit for
helpful information on our pre
paredness in case of a dis
aster in our area.
Each month we have an in
teresting program. Let’s each
of use attend these meetings and
find out what it really means
to be a PTA mother and PTA
father. Let the interest you
have in your child show by at
tending your PTA meeting.
Next meeting Dec. 10 at 8
o’clock, MARK YOUR
CALENDAR NOW I
Ralph Underwood, President.
Kiwanis Observes Farm-City Week
At Cross Roads On Friday
In observing Farm-City
Week, the Kiwanis Club of
Reynolds met with the Cross
Roads Home Demonstration
Club at the Community House
Friday. Roy Jones presided at
the meeting and asked Chair
man H. A. Sealy of the ASC
committee to give a report on
Farm-City Week.
Buddy Harp introduced Wil
liam L. Lanier, Executive Di
rector of the Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Ser
vice, who spoke on the need of
Farm and City people to work
together to make America
strong.
Beginning with the' Kiwanis
motto ’We Build’ he enlarged or
what Kiwsnians build - Charac
ter, Communities, Men of in
spiration and Men of vision. He
stated that man’s ability to
earn is less in the southeast
than in any other area of the
United States. Through ourna-
The Reynolds Camp #452, Woodmen of the World, presented
the Reynolds Boy Sco ts, Troup #231, an American flag and a
compass on Thursday at the Scout Hut. District Manager T.
E. Tante presented the flag to Senior Patrol Leader Reid Walton
and the compass to Scoutmaster Billy Hill. Harry E. Thornton
represented Camp #452 at the presentation. The front row, left
to right, are Bill Walton, Billy Patterson, Billy Lee, Gene Hodges,
Jimmy Whatley, Johnny McCree, Danny Perkins. Second row,
Ronny Nelson, Edward Swearingen, Edward Arnold, WymannHart
ley, Randy Low, Butch Thornton, Buster Byrd. Third row,
Harry E. Thornton, representing Camp #452, Scoutmaster Billy
Hill, District Manager T. E. ‘Doc’ Tante, Senior Patrol Leader
Reid Walton.
tural resources, education,
recreational facilities, ports
and the money spent on young
people, we can increase the
ability in our own area.
Agriculture is the greatest
industry Georgia has ever
known and 55% of the people of
Georgia get their living from
the soil. The $800 million
income from agriculture last
year can be increased $200 mil
lion more. 40% of the people
are employed in agriculture and
no single industry can equal or
almost equal this.
In discussing the tour of the
USSR he made recently, he said
that he found the difference in
our country and the USSR was
to be found in two things -
religion and agriculture. Point
ing out the city of Moscow with
6 million people he said they
have only 3 churches. Most of
those who attend these are older
people. He said 'America is
greater because we recognize
and honor God.’
Second, we recognize and
honor agriculture. With 9%
of the American people engaged
in agriculture, we can feed
and clothe our population ade
quately and have some to share
while the USSR has 45% of its
population in agriculture and
they are unable to adequate
ly feed and clothe their popula
tion.
His final point was that we
need to 'be more studious so
we may tell others of the great
miracle of American agricul
ture.’
Special guests for the meet
ing Include: Tom Giles, H. A.
Locke, Wilson Jarrell, B. F.
Kirksey, T. E. Tante, Austin
Guinn, Clifford Adams, John
Montgomery, Herman Elliston,
Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Childres,
Mrs. Bussey Childs, Mrs.
George Brady, R. C . Pea
cock, M. P. Dean, Murray Jar
rell, Sam Rumph,, Marshall-
ville and Harvey Roberts, Mon
tezuma.
Baby Contest Set For
Friday, 7:30, Butler
FBLA Planning
Conference Held
An FBLA planning conference
was held November 17 at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran.
The theme of the conference was
"The Leader and the Mechanics
of Leadership." Gail Norris,
State Phi Beta Lambda
President, presided. Mr. De-
Wayne Cuthbertson, Assistant
Director of the Future Business
Leaders of America, gave an
excellent talk on "The Leader
and the Utilization of Leader
ship Abilities.” Mr. Cuth
bertson told of the facets of
leadership: preparation, pro
cedure, and progression. The
Butler FBLA Chapter was
honored to be mentioned by Mr.
Cuthbertson for its outstanding
program of activities. Those at
tending the conference from the
local chapter included Ann
Benns, Ellen Guinn, MitziTow-
son, Eloise Maxwell, and Mrs.
Edyth Guy, sponsor.
The twenty-seven pretty
babies whose pictures have been
in the paper will vie for Little
Miss and Little Master Taylor
Rites Held For
Mrs. McDaniel
Funeral services for Mrs.
Evel e Hicks McDaniel, wife
of John McDaniel of Reynolds,
were held at the Crowell
Methodist Church on Wednes
day at 3 p. m. with the Rev.
James Greer officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. Carl Gil
bert. Interment was in the
Crowell Cemetery.
Born in Dawsonville, Geor
gia, June 7, 1905, Mrs. Mc
Daniel had made her home in
Reynolds where she died at
7 p. m. on Monday of a heart
condition. She was the daugh
ter of the late Lisha and
Ada Hicks. She was a member
of the Church of God and a
house wife.
Survivors include: her hus
band; 3 sons, Andrew, Luther
and Hugh McDaniel of Reynolds;
one daughter, Mrs. Earl Han
cock, Reynolds.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements with
the following serving as pall
bearers: Henry Hinton, Donald
McDaniel, Keith Trapp and
Franklin Wainwright.
County on Friday night, 7:30,
at the Butler Gymnatorium.
Special g est for the evening
will be Miss Patsy Avery of
Miss Patsy’s Playhouse on
WTVM who will introduce the
little ones. Judges will be
Mrs. Rozell Fabiani of WRBL-
TV, Columbus and John Camp
bell also of Columbus.
Trophies will be awarded to
three top boys and three top
girls. Door prizes will be a-
warded at this time.
Admission for the event will
be 25 cents for adults and 15
cents for children with all pro
ceeds to be equally divided be
tween the Reynolds PTA and
Butler PTA.
Rupert HD Club
Holds Meeting
Mrs. Elizabeth Coopergavea
demonstration on Christmas
decorations at the meeting of the
Rupert Home Demonstration
Club held on Thursday at 8
p. m. at the Club House.
Mrs. Frank Callahan pre
sided at the business session
and Mrs. Hazel Patrick gave an
interesting devotional on
Thanksgiving. Hostesses for
the evening were Mrs. Fred
Harvey, Mrs. Solon Wisham
and Mrs. Hazel Patrick.
J. M. Whatley Elected Chairman
3rd District Commissioners
Marvis Chapman, Ogle
thorpe, presided at the meeting
of the Third District County
Commissioners Conference at
the Flint Building in Reynolds
on Wednesday. Commissioner
Julian M. Whatley of Taylor
County and Manager S. J.
Tankersley of Flint welcomed
the guests to the area.
One of the interesting dis
cussions of the day was the
county budget. Jim Burgess,
University of Georgia Spe
cialist, spoke on the use of the
budget and how the budget could
function in all counties whether
large or small.
Mr. Burgess stated that with
good sound planning of the use
of our money, we may find that
Reynolds Kiwanion
To 'Sponsor STAR
Student Program
The Reynolds Kiwanis Club
will be the official sponsor
of all Student Teacher Achieve
ment Recognition (STAR) acti
vities in the Taylor County
school system, Andrew B.
Speed, Columbus 3rd W. district
chairman for the STAR pro
gram, announced this week.
"Fine local support bycivic-
minded organizations like one
has been a major factor in the
success of the project since its
launching in 1958,” he said.
He pointed out that the STAR
program is unique among edu
cational activities in that it
seeks to raise the levels of aca
demic achievement among high
school seniors while at the same
time "giving long-overdue pub
lic recognition" to outstand
ing students and their mentors
in the teaching profession.
"No other state can boast of
such a program", he declared
in praising the local group for
its "contributions to Georgia's
progress in the field of edu
cation".
Scores made by seniors on
the December 1st. College
Board scholastic aptitude test,
together with classroom av
erages, will determine the
STAR Student in each school.
Winners in the school system,
school district and statewide
categories will be selected on
the basis of test scores, he
said.
Each school STAR Student
will select the st. ’-active
Georgia teacher who, in his
opinion, has contributed most to
his academic achievement.
This teacher, named as a STAR
Teacher, will share state-wide
recognition with the student,
he explained.
we have more than we thought.
The county is running a large
business with obligations to its
citizens so why can't it have a
budget.
In the discussion, he pre
sented steps toward the planning
and putting into practice of a
budget. These steps were de
signed to be used as a gradual
planning for and bringing all
county officers under the budget
period of time. He stated that
the budget preparation should be
tied in with the period for
which the revenue is received
and a good accounting system
will be needed to keep the county
officials knowing where they are
in relation to the expenditures
for the year.
Vinson Shingler then report
ed on the property reevaluation
in Georgia. He stated that in
every county where the tax
reevaluation has been done,
property has been found all
over the county that was not
taxed at all.
One of the most interesting
parts of this discussion was the
comparison of the millage in
the counties where property
has been reevaluated. In Ap
pling County, the millage de
creased from 49 to 28 while the
tax digest increased from $4.5
million to $9.5 million. In Dade
County, the millage decreased
from 65 to 23 while the tax
digest rose from $1 million
to $5 million. In our neighbor
ing Sumter County, the millage
decreased from 42 to 18.
Mr. Shingler emphasized that
this was not new property in
the areas but in most cases was
a simple tax equalization.
Three other projects that the
County Commissioners of
Georgia are working toward
accomplishing are 1) making
surveys in other states to find
new sources of income for the
county government, 2) seek
ing to find if a business license
tax for counties could be used
and 3) trying to keep our water
clean.
More will be seen in the near
future about the Georgie
Quacker who is the duck that
is being used to make people
of our state more consiclous of
the need to keep our rivers and
streams clean and clear of
pollution that is being dumped
into them from industry and
towns.
The program was completed
with the election of the new
officers for the next year.
Taylor County Commissioner
Julllan M. Whatley was elect
ed as the chairman for the next
year.
Reynolds Pupils
Get Awards
In an assembly program at
Reynolds High School in obser
vance of American Education
Week and Book Week the fol
lowing students were awarded
Reading Certificates that were
earned during their summer va
cation.
Second Grade: JamesEmory
Poole, Joan Hodges, George
Brooks, Mark Forsling, Donny
Gaultney, Pat Payne.
Third Grade: Mike Crawley,
Bunny Fuller, Maryo Goodroe,
Jean Jones, Beverly Sue Mc
Daniel, Stan Montgomery,
Douglas Williams, Herman
Youngblood.
Fourth Grade: Karen Fors
ling, Richard Parks, Lynn
Young.
Fifth Grade: CharlesCraw-
ley, Beth Jones, David
McCrary, Julie Posey, Scott
Posey, Danny Youngblood.
Sixth Grade: Priscilla Jones
Lucy Jon Mangham, Judy Mont
gomery, Marilyn Windham.
Seventh Grade: Judy Gault
ney, Joye McCrary, Jerry
Posey, Harold Young, Merle
Youngblood.
Eighth Grade: Jackie Foun
tain.
Ninth Grade: Gene Hodges.
J E MULLINS
GETS AWARD
AT WRAMA
A total of 27 civilian em
ployees of the Warner Robins
Air Material Area have re
ceived outstanding performance
ratings in recent ceremonies
at Robins AFB. Cash awards
ranging from $100 to $250 were
presented to the employees.
Residents of area cities were
Johnnie E. Mullins, Reynolds;
Harold Adams, Kathleen; Wil
liam D. Barrs Jr., Cochran;
Walker M. Wynne, Hawkins-
ville; Orman L. Mitchell and
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Harris,
Perry; Mrs. Nell P. McCrary,
Kiwanis Forestry
Demonstration
Site Marked
A sign calling attention to the
forestry demonstration" test
south of the Reynolds City
limits was installed last Friday
by the Reynolds Kiwanis Club.
Present at the installation of
the sign were H. A. Sealy and
John Montgomery, ASC County
Committeemen; Austin Guinn,
County Ranger for the Georgia
Forestry Commission; William
L. Lanier, Executive Director
for ASCS; and Roy F. Jones,
ASCS Office Manager and pre
sident of the Reynolds Kiwanis
Club in cooperation with the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
Mr. Lawrence Cook, owner of
the land, made the project pos
sible by furnishing the land and
instructing his employees to
plant the areas in accordance
with the planting recommen
dations. Mr, A. J. Fountain
supervised the planting op
erations.
The demonstration area con
sists of four one acre plots
of slash pine planted injanuary
1959 with spacings of 4’ x 4’,
6’ x 6’, 10’ x 10’, 12’ x 12’.
Another two acre plot was plant
ed 12’ x 12’ in January of
1959 with a row of loblolly pines
planted in 1960 between the
rows planted a year earlier
to determine if replanting is
feasible. A wild fire damaged
a section of the planted area
in January of 1962 and this
area will be marked to show the
effect of fire. One section of the
area will be fertilized.
The purpose of the demon
stration is to visibly show the
growth of pines planted at dif
ferent spacings, the effect of
fertilizer, and the effect of fire.
Pinehurst; and Joseph P. Cole
man, Rochelle.
Warner Robins’ residents in
clude Mrs. Gwendolyn A. Wil
son, Owen M. Ulmer, John H.
Sorrow, Elliott F. Rozier,
Bruce B, Revis, Seabron A.
Land, Mrs. Della W. Ingram,
Robert G. Finch and Roger H.
Davis.
Jack Minter, Director of the
Georgia Department of Com
merce, and W. A McKee, Chev
rolet Atlanta Zone Manager,
are shown wishing Jimmy
Childre, left, Taylor County
Motor Co., Reynolds, Ga. a safe
and successful trip home.
Childre was attending the
largest Truck Drive-A-Way
ever held in the South. More
than 158 Chevrolet Dealers from
Georgia, Tennessee and South
Carolina participated in this
giant ChevroletTruck Drive-A-
Way.
The dealers visited the Chev
rolet Assembly Plant and
actually saw their trucks being
built. This unique delivery is a
dramatic demonstration of the
unprecedent reception by truck
buyers to the new line of 1963
Chevrolet Trucks. It also re
flects the dynamic growth going
on in this area