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BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1961
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Last week I did not write
a column on observation in the
county but devoted the space to
the write-up on the meeting of
the Board of Education. I feel
that any group representing the
people is important and the act
ion they take on any matter is
equally impprtant. As you know,
we are always open to your
comments on these matters and
any other issues affecting the
people of our county through
letters to the editor.
* * *
I seem to keep ‘harping bn
the same theme' but would you
please always sign your letters
or any other articles. We will
withhold names if requested but
we must have your signature
(not typed) on things we print.
We have received letters
signed ‘a friend to all’,
‘a sincere friend' and others
but we must throw them in the
trash even when they con
tain good material. We will
be happy to withhold your name
but we must insist that you
include it.
We aiso need your name
on articles. If you send in some
thing and do not see it printed,
we needed to check some of the
information and could not find
who wrote the article. This
happened only last week.
So please, give us your name,
it will be confidential, if de
sired.
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You will note this week an
other group requesting tax re-
evaluation. This is the second
group in two weeks to unan
imously back the vital issue.
The Taylor County G. E. A.
took the same step last week.
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An article two weeks ago
about the newest project of the
Butler High F. H. A. girls
was mentioned on Sunday by
Celestine Sibley. This unique
project is the collecting of
quilt scraps for patients at
Milledgeville. The girls con
tinue to collect scraps for
their project and will be glad
to pick up your scraps if you
will notify the school.
Richard Russell, senior Sen
ator from Georgia, was presen
ted a plaque last week by the
Georgia Ginners Association in
recognition of his many years
of service to the ginning in
dustry and Georgia’s cotton in
dustry.
Mr. Frederick
Dies Monday
Mrs. Martin A. Chapman re
ceived a message on Monday
that her nephew, Col. Floyd
Frederick, had died at the De-
Witt Army Hospital in Ft. Bel-
voir, Virginia, on Monday.
Col Frederick had only recent
ly returned from Viet Nam
after a tour of duty and died
of a malignant condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman at
tended funeral rites in Sand-
ersville on Wednesday at 3 p.
m. where Col. Frederick was
buried with full military honors.
Miss Lancaster
Tours Plant With
WCG Students
Deborah Anne Lancaster of
Butler ana student of The Wo
man’s College of Georgia, Mil
ledgeville, was among the group
of business administration stu
dents that made a tour of sev
eral business firms in Mariet
ta and Atlanta Wednesday.
The group toured the Lock-
heed-Georgia Company in
Marietta an then visited the
Cotton Producers Association
in Atlanta. The Cotton Produc-
cers Association showed the
group a film about the his
tory and development of
the Association.
Funeral Rites
Held Sunday For
D.T. Montfort
Funeral services for David
Theodrick Montfort , life
time resident of Taylor County
who died suddenly at his home
at 7:45 p. m., Friday, were
held at the Lucy Chapel of the
Goddard Funeral Home at 3 p.
m., Sunday. Interment followed
in the City Cemetery in But
ler. Officiating ministers were
the Rev. Walker Whaley, pas
tor of the Reynolds Metho
dist Church, and Elder John
Mangham.
Born in Butler, December 26,
1895, the son of the late Dave
and Helen Moore Montfort, he
was married to the former Miss
Ruth Taylor of Fort Valley,
who survives him. He
was a member of the Rey
nolds Methodist Church.
Pallbearers were Guy Wind
ham Jr., Bob Brunson, Dick
Windham Sydney Bryan, Jim
Gibson and Dr. Edwards What
ley. Honorary pallbearers were
Thurmon Whatley, Billy Neis-
ler, Howard Neisler and Ray
Lucas.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are two sons, Charlie
T. and David T. Montfort Jr.,
Reynolds; one daughter, Mrs.
Dawson Mims, Daytona Beach,
Florida and one grand-daugh
ter, Ruth Ann Mims, Daytona
Beach.
Goddard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Taylor Natives
Complete 20
Years Service
EVA COVINGTON
CLETIS WAINWRIGHT
Two more employees of the
Martha Mill from TaylorCounty
have completed 20 years of
service and been awarded cer
tificates. They are Mrs. Eva
Covington and Cletis Wain-
wright.
The Silvertown Chord, a
newspaper published by and for
the employees of the Mill, said
that “it has been said that to
remove all employees who came
from Taylor County would
paralyze our whole operation.’’
Mrs. Covington is an em
ployee of the spinning depart
ment and has two daughters,
Mrs. J. R. Hankinson and
Mrs. E. M. McChargue.
Mr. Wainwright is a card
grinder and was in the sawmill
business before leaving Taylor
County. He has 3 children.Sam,
Emily Faye and Charles
Mangram.
Reynolds Kiwanis
Plan Wedding
Without Women
The Reynolds Kiwanis Club
will sponsor a “Womanless
Wedding” at the Reynolds High
School Auditorium, Friday,
March 15th at 8 p. m. Don’t
miss this social event of the
season and reception following
the ceremony. The cast to be
announced next week.
(pk. adv.)
REYNOLDS HIGH
HONOR ROLL
The following students at
Reynolds Grammar School are
on the honor roll:
Grade four:
First Semester: Sharon Bar-
field, Richard Parks, Alan
Whatley, Tommy Wood, Lynda
Whiddon, Debbie Whatley, Lynn
Young.
Third Six Weeks: Sharon
Barfield, Susan Byrd, Tommy
Childree, Karen Forsling,
Richard Parks, Alan Whatley,
Tommy Wood, Lynda Whiddon,
Debbie Whatley, Lynn Young.
Correction: Alan Whatley's
name was ommitted on the last
Six weeks honor roll through
error.
Grade Five:
First Semester: Gina Roger,
Diane Butler, Julie Posey,
Diane Butler, Julie Posey, Scott
Posey, Clark Walton, Nancy
Whatley.
Third Six Weeks: GinaBoger,
Charles Crawley, George God
dard, David McCrary, Julie
Posey, Scott Posey, Clark Wal
ton, Nancy Whatley.
Grade Six:
First Semester: Johnny
Crook, Ginger Goodroe, Lucy
Jon Mangham.
Third Six Weeks
Third Six Weeks: . /Ginger
Goodroe, Lucy Jon Mangham.
The following students at
Reynolds High School are listed
on the honor roll:
Grade Seven:
First Semester: Denise A-
vera, Jennie James, Buddy
Marshall, Joye McCrary,
Jimmy Whatley.
Third Six Weeks: Denise A-
vera, Jennie James Buddy Mar
shall, Billy Patterson, Joye Mc
Crary, Jimmy Whatley.
Grade Eight:
First Semester: Jackie
Fountain.
Third Six Weeks: Jackie
Fountain.
Grade Nine:
First Semester: Jimmy
Ricks, Gene Hodges, Edward
Swearingen.
Third Six Weeks: Jimmy
Ricks.
Grade Ten:
First Semester: Angie
Hobbs, Martha Lynn Parker.
Third Six Weeks: Diane Hill.
Mr. Windham
Buried Monday
Gurvis Lester Windham, 77
years of age, died at his home
at 5:45 p. m., Sunday, after
a short illness although he had
been in declining health
for some time. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Lucy
Chapel, Goddard Funeral Home
on Monday at 4 p. m. with the
Rev. Walker Whaley and Elder
John Mangham officiating. In
terment was in the Hillcrest
Cemetery.
Born on January 14, 1886,
in Taylor County, he was the
son of the late Charles D. and
Lula Newsome Windham. He
was married to the late Lila
Davis Windham. He was a re
tired bookkeeper and peach
inspector and lifetime resi
dent of Reynolds.
Survivors include two sons,
Capt. Gurvis L. Windham Jr.,
U. S. Army, Ft. Sill, Okla
homa; William D. Windham,
Hollywood, Florida; Four
sisters, Mrs. Herman Saunders
and Mrs. Jim Brewer, Rey
nolds, Mrs. Hoke McDaniel,
Fort Valley and Mrs. Maude
W. Smith, Macon; two brothers
Guy Windham, Reynolds andC.
B. Windham, Warner Robins.
Serving as pallbearers v/ere
Doug McDaniel, C. P. Mc
Daniel, Clifton McDaniel,
Frank McDaniel, Cecil Oault-
ney and Jimmy Bradshaw,
nephews of the deceased. God
dard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Sanders Honored On
Her 82nd. Birthday Sunday
A very enjoyable day was
held in honor of Mrs. W. D.
Sanders’ 82nd birthday on Sun
day, February 10, at the Com
munity House, Rupert. Mrs.
A. B. Floyd was assisted by
her sisters with this gala oc
casion.
Those attending included her
two sons and three daughters
and their families: Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Tarrer and Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Sanders of
Thomaston; Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Sanders, Warner Robins;
Mrs. J. P. Harvey, Ellaville;
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Floyd,
Rupert.
Grand children included: A.
R. Peterman and family, War
ner Robins; Jimmy Harvey,
Ellaville; Mrs. Mary Jo Veal
and children, Milledgeville;
Mrs. Gale Tolbert and family,
Thomaston; Miss AngelineSan
ders, Thomaston; Miss Linda
Sanders and Miss Janice San
ders, Warner Robins and Mr.
Richard Tarrer, Thomaston.
W. VA. FAMILY
VISIT WITH
DICK TURKS
(Ed. Note - The following is
copied from the Sunset News-
Observer of Princeton - Blue-
field, W. Va. - Va. It was
written by Kyle McCormick
about his recent travels to
Monrovia, Liberia, where the
Turks are stationed with the
foreign service. Although we
were unable to use the entire
lengthy article, it tells some of
the life of the section of the
world where the Dick Turks
reside.)
MONROVIA, Liberia - A
former Princetonian, Mrs. R.
P. Turk, is directing amateur
plays for the foreign community
of Monrovia. She is the wife
of Lieutenant-Conel Turk, with
the military mission in Li
beria. When she lived in Prin
ceton she was Miss Mar
gery Skelton, class of 1946,
Princeton High, valedictorian
and winner of more honors
than any student who has attend
ed the high school. She is quite
successful as a producer.
She took a master’s degree
at West Virginia University,
taught at Marshall University,
taught in Washington where she
met her husband. He is a
Georgian. The McCormicks
were dinner guests at their
lovely home where they fell in
love with the bright two year
old daughter, Ann. But they
miss the many conveniences of
America: no telephone, no
adequate newspaper, high
prices, shortage of water
and electricity. These are pro
blems of the foreign service;
The country was formed by
American free Negroes in
1822. The natives tried to
drive them out but failed. The
Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co. is the big industry here.
Labor is cheap but cannot be
depended on. A man may
work for several weeks or
months and then take off into
the bush. Each tree tapperwho
works with the rubber makes
5(}£ per day plus his
schools, hospitals, houses and
food. 10<f per hour is the
minimum for industrial work
ers, while in agriculture it is
6 <f.
Monrovia has a long way to
go to be up to the standards
of other African countries.
Also, eleven great grand
children; one half-sister, Mrs.
Pearl Layfield, Ideal one sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Walter San
ders, Tazwell; one niece, Mrs.
Jesse Barfield and family of
Thomaston; one nephew, C. W.
Sanders and family of Thomas
ton. Several friends also at
tended.
MARY E. JARRELL
MISS JARRELL
ATTENDS MEET
By MARY EDITH JARRELL,
Southwest Girls’
Vice President
On February 8, all members
of the District and State Coun
cils met at Rock Eagle for the
annual 4-H Planning Meeting.
The meeting started offwitha
very inspiring vespers program
given by Northwest District.
Mr. Tommy Walton, State
4-H Club Leader, gave the high
lights of the 1962 meeting to
give us some idea of what
would be in store for us.
Mr. J. E. Wells, chairman,
State Local Leader, gave a
very interesting talk on the
planning for 1963. After Mr.
Wells' talk, we adjourned and
the members of each District
met to set up the goals for
1963.
We all were invited to a
Valentine party by Northeast
District at 9:30 o’clock.
Saturday morning started off
with an assembly program
where we gave a report on
the goals that we had set up
for 1963. After this, Mr.
Harold Darden, 4-HClub Lead
er, gave a talk on The Role
Of Leadership.
Saturday night following ves
pers everyone was invited to a
Hawaiian Luau given by the
Southwest District.
On Sunday morning we had
assembly to report on the
plans for District Project A-
chievement Meeting. After the
adjourning of the meeting we
all went back to our original
groups to give speeches that
we had written.
At 11:00 o’clock everyone
was to attend a worship ser
vice given by South central
District. Then lunch was
served and everybody depart
ed for home.
LIONS CLUB
TO MEET
The Butler Lions Club will
meet Monday night, 7:30, at the
City Tourist CourtCafe.This is
an important meeting, all mem
bers are urged to attend.
Miss Tante
Competes For
Peach Queen
Elizabeth Cooper, Vernon
Reddish, and Margaret Tante
were among participants of
National Peach Council of
38 states held in Atlanta Feb
ruary 17-20.
The tour began Sunday morn
ing with 140 persons leaving
Atlanta going to Ft. Valley and
to Ida Casons Callaway for
tours of peach growing and
processing areas of Central
Georgia.
Monday afternoon Margaret
Tate and the Home Demon
stration Agent left for Atlanta
and Dinkier Hotel where 14
Peach Queen contestants were
interviewed, rehearsed, and
appeared-Thesday night in Pa
geant. The winner was Miss
Emma Jo Jones of Macon.
Father Of Local
Residents Dies
Funeral services for Noah
M. Giles, father of Mrs. Ho
ward Hinton and Raymond Giles
of this county, were held at the
FIRST Baptist Church, Fort
Valley, on Sunday, February
10, at 5 p. m. The Rev. Jimmy
Waters, pastor of Mable White
Baptist Church, Macon, was as
sisted by the Rev. Harold
Withers in officiating. Burial
was in the Oaklawn Cemetery,
Fort Valley.
He died at his home in Macon
on Friday of a heart attack
after a brief illness.
Mr. Giles, a native of Fort
Valley who had resided in Macon
for the past five years, was
born October 24, 1900. He was
a retired civil service
employee, formerly employed
at WRAMA, Warner Robins.
He was a member of the Mable
White Baptist Church.
Survivors include in addition
to Mrs. Hinton and Mr. Giles,
his wife, Mrs. Emma Lee Giles,
Macon; mother, Mrs. Ephraim
Giles, Fort Valley; 2 sons,
Azilee Giles, Fort Valley and
Anthony Makes
Merit List
At Emory
Lovick Pierce Anthony, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Anthony
of Butler lias been named to
the Merit List at Emory at
Oxford. This scholastic honor
is granted to students for
outstanding academic work dur
ing the preceding mid-quarter.
Lovick is in the first year
of a liberal arts course after
transferring there from Butler
High School where he would
have been a junior this year.
Endorses Tax
Re-evaluation
Mr. Will Turner, Mauk, Georgia
Mr. Murray Jarrell, Butler,
Mr. Julian Whatley, Reynolds.
Gentlemen:
The Reynolds P. T. A. un
animously endorses the reeval
uation and equilization of the
property of Taylor County so
that revenues may be realized
to, among other things, improve
the educational facilities of the
county.
While we feel that our
school systems are doing a fair
job under the present con
ditions, we believe that addi
tional funds derived from said
sources would definitely
strengthen and enhance the a-
cademic programs offered.
Therefore, we urge the
County Commissioners to pro
ceed with the above mentioned
program at an early date.
Yours truly,
H. W. Sasser, President
Reynolds P. T. A.
Friends Visit
Pope Booth
Mr. Pope Booth, patient at
the Lenwood Hospital, Augusta
informs The Taylor County
News of his pleasant visitors
on Sunday, February 10th, which
included Mr. and Mrs. Wanza l
J. Peterman and son, Kenneth
Peterman of Thomaston.
Mr. Peterman is the former
Lena Rivers Oliver, who with
Mr. Booth, was a member of
Marvin Giles, Warner Robins, the Reynolds High School Class
and 4 grandchildren. °f 1931.
NOTICE
The circulation department of the News has made a com
plete check of all names, addresses and date lines of sub
scribers. This list is correct as of Feb. 20, according to
the newspaper’s records. Subscribers finding errors should
report them within 10 days.
On Maxell 1, all subscriptions in arrears more than four
weeks will be pulled from our files in compliance with Post
Office regulations.
RONNIE PARKER AND HIS PRIZE BOAR
FFA Members Attend
Fourth Annual Swine Show
BY: DAVID JOINER
Improving the breeding of
our local swine was the main
interest of the four FFA mem
bers Ronnie Parker, Don Mott,
John Purvis, David Joiner and
Mr. W. J. Davis, their advisor.
The group attended the Fourth
Annual All Breeds Swine Show
and sale on February 12th
at the Coastal Plain Ex
periment Station, Tifton, Ga.
The sale was sponsored by
the Georgia Swine Breeders
Association representing the
eight promlnant breed of
swine. The main event of the day
was the sale of 47 boars,
which were teasted for rate
of gain, feed efficiency and
backfat thickness. These boars
must have weighed two hundred
pounds by the time they were
one hundred and fifty days
of age, a back-fat probe of
less than 1.4 inches at
two hundred pounds and have a
feed conversion of three pounds
or less of feed per pound of
gain.
Ronnie Parker, president of
the local FFA cnapter, had two
boars tested at this station.
One of his boars passed the
test with the weight of two
hundred pounds at 137 days
with back-fat probe of 1.25
inches and with feed conversion
of 2.82 pounds of feed per
pound of gain. This boar sold
for $150.00. Ronnie’s other boar
failed to make the test because
he had 1.47 inches of back-
fat. He weighed 202 pounds
at 137 days of age and had
a feed efficiency of 2.82 pounds
of feed per pound of gain. These
pigs came from a Production
Registry litter of ten pigs.
Heart Fund
Helped By
Tri-Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Y Girls will be ring
ing your door bell, Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, Feb
ruary 25, 26, and 27, to col
lect money for the Heart Fund.
The Heart Fund Campaign is
conducted each February by the
American Heart Association,
Inc. to gain financial support for
its program.
The American Heart As-
ssociation is a national volun
tary health agency organized to
fight diseases of the heart and
blood vessels. It sponsors and
encourages research, com
munity services, and profes
sional and public education on
heart disease. It works with
55 slate and regional groups
in the United States and Puerto
Rico. About 300 local city and
county groups are associat
ed with it through the state
associations.
One or two of these girls
will probablycometoyourdoor;
Elizabeth Albritton, Daphne
Barnes, Ann Benns, Katrina
Cheek, Gloria Cooper, Kay
Davis, Sara Jane Garrett, Jean
Giggs, Betty Jo Hammack,
Judy Locke, Dondra Peed,
Doris Peed, Jeddie Penning
ton, Linda Faye Rustin, Mari
lyn Spillers, Olivia Suggs, Lynn
Taylor, Ann Waller, Korona
Waller, Linda Williamson, and
Joan Wisham. Please coni ribute
and help the girl who comes
to your door to help the Tri-
Hl-Y to help the American
Heart Association to help YOU!
Final Rites
Held Here For
Mr. Gholson
Jeff D. Gholson died at his
home near Butier at 4 p. rn.
last Friday after an illness of
several weeks. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Union
Methodist Church, Saturday, at
3 p. m. with the Rev. Jerry
Partain, pastor of the Bethel
•Congregational Methodist
Church, officiating, assisted by
the Rev. Bill Adams. Burial
was in the Union Methodist
Cemetery.
Born in Taylor County, the
son of the late J. W. and
Hester Perkins Gholson, he
had been a resident of the
county for his entire lifetime.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Miss Mary Gholson, But
ler and Mrs. Edna Gholson
Booth, Macon; niece, Mrs.
Bernard Fuller, Reynolds and
nephews, James Booth,Thom
aston and W. E. Booth, Macon.
Edwards Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Reynolds Pupils
To Take Test
Ten students at Reynolds
High School plan to take the 1963
National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test, H. W. Sasser,
principal, announced today.
The test will be administered
at the school at 9 a. m.
Saturday, March 9. All students
who wish to be considered for
Merit Scholarships to be award
ed in 1964 should take the
test at that time.
The qualifying test isathree-
hour examination of eduational
development. The test is the
first step in the ninth annual
competition for four-year Merit
Scholarships provided by the
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation and by sponsoring
corporations, foundations, as
sociations, unions, and indi
viduals,
The number of sholarships a-
ward in any year depends upon
the extent of sponsor par
ticipation. In 1962, 1041 Merit
Scholarships were awarded;
632 were provided by 151
sponsors and 409 by the Merit
Corporation. There are 3400
Merit Scholars attending 403
colleges in the current acade
mic year.
The test scores of students
who are examined in March will
be reported to their schools
before May 15.