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VOLUME 17-NUMBER 25 BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2*, 1*M PRICE: 10c PER COPY
Dublin is leading the state
with putting into operation the
first tourist welcome center
financed and operated by a com
munity. The Dublin-Laurens
County Chamber of Commerce
are preparing a cottage on U.
S. Hwy. 441 for opening in May.
They are interested in tourist
dollars. Is Taylor County? Can
we utilize the highways criss
crossing our own county for
bringing more funds into the
coffer? Vacationing people like
comfort and many would appre
ciate an opportunity to see our
agricultural products and how
they grow. Can you imagine
not knowing what growing cotton
is like? Many people from the
northern states would welcome
an opportunity to see some of
our own sights. Are we losing
a golden opportunity?
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An important change has been
made in the procedure of re
newing Georgia 5-year driver’s
licenses which expire in 1963,
it was announced by Col. H.
Lowell Conner, director of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety.
Under a new regulation adopt
ed by the department, all 5-
year licenses showing an ex
piration date of March 31, 1963,
may now be renewed by the hold
er at any thime he sees fit,
the safety director said.
But that has been changed by
the public safety director who
has broad powers under the
law to regulate such matters.
Under his new ruling, holders of
5-year licenses issued in 1958
and expiring this year can now
renew their licenses at will.
In other words, the 90-day-
prior-to-birthday stipulation no
longer applies to them.
The Medical College of Geor
gia has received 309^ormal ap
plications, including 2 from stu
dents living Taylor County, for
admission to the 1963 fresh
man class of the School of
Medicine. A current tally shows
that Georgia students from 86
counties have submitted appli
cations fro the 100 available
places, all of which are being
reviewed and evaluated by the
medical school’s Committee on
Admissions. The committee
is expected to complete its
work and have advised all ap
plicants of its decisions with
in the next five weeks.
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Today Congressmen E. L.
Forrester annojnced that the
competitive examination for en
trance to the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy will be held nation
wide on December 7, 1963.
These examinations will be
given in over 1000 cities.
A high school piploma is the
minimum educational require
ment, although high school
seniors assured of being gradu
ated by June 30, 1964 are eli
gible to take the examination
if they will have least 15 credits
by that time. All applicants
must have three units of
English, two in Algebra and
one in Plane Geometry by
graduation.
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DID YOU KNOW? Last year
some 500,000 children poisoned
themselves accidentally.
Poison is the No. 1 killer of
pre-school children and aspirin
accounts of most poisoning
deaths of children under five.
Medicine is not the onlv danger
ous poison but the list includes
many household products from
cleaning agents to turpentine.
This spring when you spring
clean, be sure you spring clean
all of those common household
poisons out of the reach of
your pre-schooler or toddler.
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Winners of seven $385
scholarships awarded by the
Georgia Power Company were
announced Thursday, March 28,
at the Georgia Federation of
Music Clubs’ annual convention
at the Americus Country Club.
PTA SPRING CONFERENCE IS SET
FOR APRIL 4 AT BUTLER
The Fifth District Parent-Teacher Association Spring Con
ference will be held at the Butler High School gymnatorium on
April 4 at 10 a. m. with registration to begin at 9;30.
Mrs. Lovelace Hair, Jr., district director, Buena Vista, will
be in charge of the program.
Lunch will be served at the School Cafeteria at 1 p. m. with
the price set at $1 per person.
Bishop Smith,
Rev. Borom Are
To Speak Here
BISHOP JOHN O. SMITH
REV. ROBERT BOROM
The Rev. Robert Borom, now
a student at the Candler School
of Theology of Emory Univer
sity, Atlanta, Ga., will preach
at Butler Methodist Church on
next Sunday morning, March 31,
at 11 a. m. The topic of his
sermon is: SEE-POWER. The
Rev. Borom is known best to
us, perhaps, as the oldest
grandson of Dr. Eli Garrett and
the late Mrs. Garrett. All are
invited to worship with the But
ler Methodist congregation on
this occasion.
Wednesday evening, April 3,
will witness the coming to But
ler Methodist Church of Bishop
John Owen Smith, resident
Bishop of the Atlanta Area of
the Methodist Church. The oc
casion is the second in a series
of Family Night gatherings at
Butler Methodist Church. It
will be Bishop Smith’s first of
ficial visit to Butler. It is
desired that all Taylor County
Methodists come for the cover
ed dish supper to begin at 7:30
p. m., and stay for the wor
ship that will follow. Should
anyone not be able to come for
the supper, feel free to come for
the Bishop’s sermon at 8:30.
FINAL RITES
HELD FOR
J.N. COCHRAN
Youth Revival
Planned At
Bethel Church
The Young People of Bethel
Congregational Methodist
Church announce plans for a
Youth Revival beginning Sunday
evening, March 31 at 8 o’
clock and continuing through
the week. Rev. Tom Stanley,
missionary to Haiti, will be
the guest speaker. Rev. Stan
ley comes to us highly re
commended as a youth worker.
His entire family is en
gaged in missionary work and
those who have met them are
much impresseed with their
wonderful experiences in this
great work.
We, the young people of
the church, invite all to at
tend but especailly do we
urge the youth of our com
ing communities to be with us.
You are welcome at all times
are welcome at all times
but we want to make this a
truly great revival in our
love and service to Christ.
Sue Peed, secretary
M/Sgt. (E8) Morris M.
Sanders, son of Mrs. Nettie
Sanders and the late C. M.
Sanders, Butler, was present
ed a plaque of appreciation by
battalion commander Lt. Col.
Wilson N. Boyles Jr. and given
a letter of appreciation for the
work he had done while sta
tioned in Hawaii. The presenta
tion was made recently at a
special battalion review held
in the honor of M/Sgt. Sanders
before he left Hawaii for his new
post at Ft. Benning.
This is an unusual occurence
for an enlisted man to be so
honored by a battalion when de
parting a command. Sanders
was the second man to receive
this plaque, battalion officials
said.
Sanders entered service in
March 1942, when he joined
the Navy. While serving in
World War II, the ship on which
he was serving was sunk and he
spent 20 days on a life raft
in the Atlantic Ocean off South
America near the Equator.
He served in the Pacific a-
board the USS John D. Henley
which after surviving the fight
ing on Iwo Jimo, several other
isalnds and the Phillipines was
called ‘The Lucky Henley'. He
was at Okinawa when Word War
II ended.
Leaving the Navy in Novem
ber, 1945, he remained a civi-
Taylor Mill Club
Holds Meeting
BY Rubye Poole, reporter
The Taylor Mill Woman’s Club
held their monthly meeting on
March 11. The meeting was
opened with a song and Mary
Roberson led in prayer. Mollie
Childree brought the devotional
after which the Treasury Report
was given. This made us fell
good. We omitted the reading
of the minuties and roll call
because we had plans to make
and work to do for our banquet.
We held a short business ses-
tion for the main purpose of
voting on where we would go on
our annual trip. Nashville, here
we come! Nashville, Tennessee,
received a majority of the votes
and we plan to leave Friday
morning, June 21. Mrs. Gates
is to write and see if we can
get tickets for the “GRAND OLE
OPRY’’.
The discussion of the banquet
was the topic of old business
and we adjourned early to begin
working on the decorations. The
refreshment committee served
refreshments and we ate while
we worked. After working late,
we decided to go home and con
tinue the job another night.
lian for a year before entering
the Army in 1947. He has
served all over the globe dur
ing these years in the Army
and Navy and was eligible for
retirement after 20 years ser
vice last year but chose to re
main in the Army for an in
definite period.
A graduate of Butler High
School, Sanders is married to
the former Barbara Glanton
of Manchester. They have two
children, Kim and Cindy. They
are now stationed at Ft. Ben
ning. Mrs. Sanders lived in
Butler while her husband was in
Hawaii.
M/Sgt. Sanders has received
a number of other awards while
in service. His father, C. M.
Sanders, who was a member
of the CBs or the Construc
tion Battalion during World War
II, is buried in the National
Cemetery at Honolulu. Chief
Petty Officer C. M. Sanders
died in Hawaii during World
War II.
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Or Printing
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Federal tax return is re
corded properly on Uncle Sam's
books. Best way to do this is
to type or print your name
and address on your return
so it can be identified easily.
Funeral Rites
For Mrs. Cox
Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Sallie Mae Bone Cox, 88 years
of age, were held in the Faith
Baptist Church at 2 p. m.,
Thursday, March 21. The Rev.
T, H. Brown, pastor of the
church, officiated and burial
was in the Butler BethelCeme-
tery.
She was born inTaylorCoun-
ty, May 1, 1874, and was marri
ed to the late Will C. D. Cox
who died in 1945. Mrs. Cox
was a member of the Faith
Baptist Church.
She died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Barrow,
at 5:30 p. m., Wednesday.
Survivors include in addition
to her daughter, six grandchild
ren, Bobby Barrow and Mrs.
Merlin Kirksey of Butler; Foy
Cox and Miss Ruth Fox of
Macon, Otis Cox and Miss Raye
Cox of Columbus, 11 great
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Watson-Mathews Funeral
Home of Montezuma was in
charge of arrangements with the
following serving as pall
bearers: Bobby Barrow, Merlin
Kirksey, Foy Cox, Otis Cox,
Carlton Jordan and James Bar-
row.
ButlerFHA
Attends Meet
The Future Homemakers of
America from the ButlerChap-
ter will attend the annual spring
district meeting in Albany on
March 30. The homemaking
students will be accompanied
by the teacher, Mrs. Mar
gery Fitzsimmons, and chapter
mothers, Mrs. John Tucker
and Mrs. Hugh Cheek. Mr.
^oe Eubanks will drive the
school bus.
The district meeting chair
man, Dianne Kirksey,, assisted
by Sandra Blackston and Ellen
Eubanks, has made identi
fication badges for each mem
ber. They are in the shape of
the State of Georgia with a
red star showing the location
of Butler. Dianne has also made
a banner which will identify the
chapter membership in the
auditorium.
Clothes for all occasions
will be shown by represen
tatives from each chapter.
As Miriam Tucker, local pre
sident, answers the roll for
Butler, she will model a sport’s
outfit which she made.
The theme for the day’s
program will be “Future
Homem'akers Map The Way
For Citizenship.” Mrs. Pri
scilla Jones Collins of Blake
ly, a former State President
of the Future Homemakers and
a national Betty Crocker award
winner, will be the guest
speaker. She will point out the
contributions that her work with
FHA has made to her suc
cess as a Homemaking teacher,
a homemaker and a mother.
The Future Homemaker pro
gram is a part of the Vo
cational Home Economics Divi
sion of the State Department of
Education.
M Sgt. M.M.Sanders Gets
Plaque Of Appreciation
Funeral services for James
Northop Cochran, 79 years old,
were held at the Mount Carmel
Primitive Baptist Church, Rob
erta, on March 23 at 3 p. m.
with Elder Riley Hunt, pastor
of the church, officiating. In
terment was in the Macedonia
Cemetery, Roberta.
Mr. Cochran was born in Craw
ford County, the son of the late
James Thomas and Jessie Har
vey Visage Cochran. He was a
retired farmer and landowner
and had spent his entire life in
the county. He died at Milledge-
ville, Georgia, at 1:15 a. m. on
March 21 after an illness of about
five years.
Survivors include two brothers
Grover C. Cochran of Roberta
and Burney Cochran of Thomas-
ton.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements with the
following serving as pallbearers:
F. E. Bentley, W. R. Bentley,
O. C. Cochran, Morris Moncrief,
J. T. Moncrief and Clinton Mon
crief.
LT. BOYLES PRESENTS PLAQUE TO M/SGT. SANDERS
Taylor Mill Has Annual Banquet
TAYLOR MILL EMPLOYEES ENJOY ANNUAL
BANQUET—Seated left to right, facing the
camera are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Adams, Mur
ray Jarrell, Mrs. P. B. Childs, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Elliston and Allen Dennis, general
superintendent of the Macon Division of Bibb
Manufacturing Co. Facing away from the
camera are Mrs. Garland Byrd, Harold Gates,
superintendent ofTaylorMill and Lamar Rogers,
president of the Taylor Mill Men's Club.
Irish Theme Is
Used At Taylor
Mill Banquet
The annual banquet of the Tay
lor Mill Woman’s Club and Men’s
Club was held on Friday night,
March 15, at the auditorium with
a green and white motif showing
that it was St. Patrick’s Day.
A wishing well was placed at
the entrance. The tables, over
laid with white cloths held trios
of green and white candles placed
at vantage points. Irish hats
of green and lovely arrangements
of white spring flowers completed
the table decorations. The
windows were draped with green
and white streamers, a valance
of white with green shamrocks
across the top.
Different sizes of shamrocks
decorated the walls and on either
side of the auditorium a strip of
white paper was hung from the
ceiling and was covered with
magnolia leaves and white
fl owers. The stage was centered
with a philodendron plant flank
ed by lattice frames covered with
magnolia leaves and flowers. A
breath of spring seemed to greet
you at the door.
The Rev. John Mangham gave
the invocation before the meal
began. The congealed salad in
the menu carried out the color
scheme of green and white as did
the ice cream and cake with its
shamrock on top. Thanks a mil
lion to the Teen Age Club for
the beautiful job of serving.
Harold Gates, superintendent
of the Taylor Mill, introduced
the visitors from the Bibb in
Macon, the officers of the out-
of-town clubs and our county
officials as well as other friends
from Butler and Reynolds. Mrs.
Charnie P. Swafford, president
of the Woman’s Club and Lamar
Rogers, president of the Men’s
Club, gave a short welcome ad
dress in behalf of the clubs.
The program carried out the
R. A. Wilson
Buried Friday
Near Reynolds
Funeral services for Richard
A. Wilson, 55 years of age,
were held in the Mount Olive
Freewill Baptist Church on
Friday, March 22 at 3 p. m.
with the Rev. W. R. Childree
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Born in Taylor County, he
had spent most of his life here
and died at his home near
Taylor Mill on March 20
after a long illness.
Survivors include his wife
Mrs. Evelyn Pitts Wilson; one
son, James A. Wilson, Ogle
thorpe; six daughters, Mrs.
Alton Childree, Reynolds, Mrs.
L. W. Cromer and Mrs.
Frank Harris, Oglethorpe,
Mrs. Hilton Shirah, Americus,
Mrs. Robert Hill and Mrs. Joe
Howell, Fort Valley; one sister
Mrs. Leon Felker, Ideal and 12
grandchildren.
Watson-Mathews Funeral
Home of Montezuma was in
charge of arrangements.
GAIL BUCHERT
Irish teme. Gail Buchert gave
an Irish Welcome. A recitation,
“St. Patrick Day,” was given by
Stephanie Gosnell, Sheryl Rober
son, Skeeter Poole, Robin Swaf
ford and Ronda Cox, followed by a
song “Hurray For The Irish".
Lucy Jon Mangham did a tap
,dance and song routine. The
Reynolds High School Trio, Kik-
ki Goddard, Gayle Aultman and
Sue O’Neal accompanied by Melo-
dye Hill, sang a medley of Irish
songs. Mrs. Gloria Byrd, wife
of our State Senator, gave a read
ing “The Mischievous Lepre
chaun” and the trio closed the
program with “God Bless Ameri
ca ’\
Thanks go out to a number of
people who made this a truly
memorable occasion, the most
beautiful ever, and especially
to Melodye Hill, who played the
piano during the meal.
MISS HINTON HAS 16th
BIRTHDAY PARTY WEDNESDAY
Miss Sandy Hinton was honor
ed on her 16th birthday with a
Local Men Win
Race At Albany
Mimmy Melton driving a Ford
powered English Ford won first
place in the A-gas division of the
Drag Race on Sunday, March 17,
at the U. S. 19 Drag Strip in
Albany. He was clocked at 11.78
ET.
Jamie Cox driving a 63 Ford
for the first time out made a
good showing in the Optional
Super Stock Class. He said the
car was running good.
These local men are two of
the racing fans who drive cars
on the drag strips.
Kiwanis Club
Members See
Rim Friday
Julian M. Whatley presided at
the noon meeting of the Kiwanis
Club last Friday. ’'H. C. Bond
showed a film “The Far Sound”
telling the story of the growth
of telephone communication.
Lt. Gov. Ed Goddard an
nounced that the 5th Divi son will
meet in Americus at 7;30p. m.,
April 12.
Holmes Harrison was the only
guest attending the meeting.
party at the home of her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin
Hinton, in Reynolds. The 30
guests enjoyed supper, a trea
sure hunt and dancing during the
evening, last Wednesday.
Spring flowers and balloons
in pastel shades were used
throughout the home for de
corating. The group gathered
at 7:30 for a buffet supper
before leaving on the treasure
hunt which took them around to
interesting places in search
of clues. The clues when
found led back to the Hinton
home where they found waiting
a two tiered cake decorated
with flowers repeating the pinks
and yellows of spring.
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 2
9:15 - 10:00 Mauk at Post
Office
10:15 - 11:00 Charing at Wal
ler’s Store
11:30 - 12:00 Taylor Mill at
Mclnvale’s Store
1:00 - 1:30 Reynolds Com
munity Library
1:45 - 2:15 Crowell Community
at Peacock’s Store
2:45 - 3;15Central Community
at Partain Home
Mrs. Phillip Mann
Extension Librarian