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smXtJo-sAk "jto eis^roeD to ^ffsrrevtfiU sla*ro9t5 *8f!©rftA Department of AArehives General Library Unlveralty of Georgia Athens, Georgia 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