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The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
VOLUME 64
a. Postmasters
o Hold Meeting
t Toccoa Falls
Two-Day Program
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940
NUMBER 31.
nleresting
Announced by
Organization.
Officials
Boy’s Scout Troop
Is Sponsored Here
By New Lions Club
Twelve Members Are Necessary
Before Troop Can Be Officially
Organized.
At the last meeting of the local
Lions Club it was decided that the
Club would sponsor a Boy Scout
President Pleads
For Unity to Meet
Present Crisis
Asks Red Cross Aid and Urges
Industry to Co-operate in
Speeding Defense Program.
Washington, May 26 — President
Troop for boys between the ages of Roosevelt warned the nation Sunday
night to be on guard against the
Mrs.! At the present time Col. Stone
President states that seven boys have applied
I for membership. Twelve members
necessary before the troop can be or
ganized it is learned .
Each boy becoming a member of
cut. " 1 *" I
f 1
Kent
fitts,
Postmasters of Georgia of all
fsificntions, but more particularly
„f the Third and Fourth, will
Lnverge on Toccoa Falls in vast, ]2 and lg yearfj
|ual sessi"" " . i Doyle and Rev. P. J. Gilbert were
appointed on a committee to sponsor
k ,e„. landed,,, he tree,,. Col. C. C.
nd Tuesday,'June 4th, according to; Stone was chosen “ stout master -
statement yesterday 'by
hertie Rushing, State
L popular Postmaster.
An advanced copy of the program
Lidi has been well arranged by the
[resident with the association's effi-
cretary-treasurer, Miss Mellie; the organization is required to pay
Newborn Postmaster, shows a i an entrance fee of fifty cents,
lumber of entertainments that bid i Any local boy between 12 and 18
to he highly interesting, inter- 1 years of age desiring to become a
foersinv the business sessions, in- member of the Scouts is requested
Ending a sacred concert Sunday af-1 to see Col. Stone within the next
fernoon, June 2, when members be-1 few days.
arriving followed by a brief |
Memorial Service at the Presbyterian |
Lurch for postmasters who during Judge (iCOTgG I Ulmer
(. year have passed away; this ser- 1
to be conducted by Rev. R. A.
orrest, the pastor; also Toccoa
alls postmaster; a trip of inspec-
on thiough the local steel plant j _____
id a trip to the top of Currabee |
contains Monday afternoon and I Judge Geo. C. Palmer and Solici-
annual banquet in the dining tor General Hubert Calhoun will be
ial| of the Toccoa Falls Institute in Butler tomorrow—Friday—af-
ondav evening. Music for the latter j ternoon for the purpose of hearing
id other occasions during the con- several matters in Taylor county
ntion will be furnished by the Toe- superior court.
high school band. Hon. J. Austin One of the cases involves an ap-
latimer, Executive Assistant to plication for bail by Clinton Gray,
ustmaster General Hon. Jas. A. | 24, charged with criminal assault on
arley, Washington, D. C., will be a 14-year-old girl.
Irincipal speaker on the banquet oc- 1 Toung Gray was last wee>k given
| a preliminary hearing in a justice
Most of those attending the con- of the peace coart was °r-
dered held on the criminal assault
“undiluted poison” of foreign forces
which he said, seek to disunite the
people and to disrupt the prepared
ness program by creating disension.
Reporting on the state of the na
tion's defense in his 14th radio “fire
side chat,” Mr. Rosevelt called upon
private industry for “the best, speed
iest and most efficient mass produc
tion of which it is capable" and of
fered governmental financial aid if
is needed.
On top of the billions now- receiv
ing' the approval of congress, he said
he would not hesitate to ask for more
defense funds if they prove neces
sary, renewed his pledge not to sur
render “the great social gains” made
in recent years, and urged protec
tion for the consumer against any
rise in the cost of living.
With these things, he combined an
appeal for contributions to the Red
Cross so that it may aid millions of
homeless women, children and old
men who have fled the battle zones
of Belgium and northern France.
This he asked, he said, “in the name
of our common humanity.”
As for te nation's present de
fense, he disputed all contentions
that billions spent for that purpose
had “gone down the rathole.” As a
matter of fact, he said, the navy is
stronger now than at any other
peace-time in history, the army had
been vastly strengthened and the air
corps has grown and developed.
To help the administration direct
the big industrial program involved
htion, the president states, will be j ™ re “ nelu 0,1 J arming the nation against any
gartered in the new steel and costly, char * e a,ld onl >' the Presiding: judge , eventuality, Mr. Roosevelt said pa-
To Hear Two Cases
In Butler Tomorrow
Reynolds Seniors
To Hear Address
By Miss Woodward
Rev. Dunn, Pastor of Reynolds
Baptist Church, to Preach the
Commencement Sermon.
Methodist Thelogical
Student To Work In
Butler This Summer
Rev. Bob Chapman of
versity, to Assist
Gilbert.
Emory Uni-
Rev. F. J.
On Friday evening Reynolds High
school will present an operetta, “Lit
tle Red Riding Hood.” This is an
operetta in ’our acts presenting fa
vorite Mother Guose characters. An
admission price of ten and fifteen 1
cents will be charged to cover the
expenses of commencement.
On Sunday morning at 11
Rev. “Bob” Chapman, of Alabama
a senior Thelogical student at Em
ory University, will arrive in Butler
Wednesday, June 12th, to work in co
operation with Rev. F. J. 'Gilbert,
pastor of the Butler
Exercises At Local
School Graduation
Are Well Attended
Thirty-five Butler High School
Seniors Are Awarded Diplomas
Tuesday Night.
the Baccalaureate sermor. will
church during the summer.
Rev. Chapman will conduct his j
first service at prayer meeting at 1
the local Methodist church Wednes
day nighty June 12th. He will also
preach at the Methodist church on
o'clock (] ie 3 r( j Sunday in June at both the!
The commencement exercises at
Butler High school held during the
i past two weeks proved to be a splen-
Methodist j d j d success and were attended by
large audiences.
Mrs. J. W. Edwards, instructor In
music at the local school, presented
her students in two recitals. Each
of these were extremely interesting
to local music lovers as well as to
parents and friends of the students.
On Tuesday evening, May 14, Mrs.
Chapman will begin a training I G “ „ m™ „~ d 'm™"£
course “Adnnmsterntg the Young s . GrePn , in a Piuno Recital . Miss
' •; People s Work , for young people n ,
* ,, . . .. 'Green, a member of the junior class,
1 and all others who are interested in . . , - . ,
has studied music under Mrs. Ed-
morning and evening hour. On Mon-
preached by Rev. E. H. Dunn p,s-! day night following third Sunday!""
tor of the ReynoMs Baptist church. | Rev . chapman will beffin a training I “' B8 ^^7
The public is cordially invited to be
present at this time to hear Rev
Dunn.
,,,,n.t- ,r,n . : , nas stuaieu music unaer Mrs. ita-
On Monday evening the pup.Is will .working with the young people. , , . , .. . ,
. „. ,, - n H „„ ... . „ . , .wards' instructions for the past ten
present An Evening of Song “’’d There will be two 45-minute class! . r ,,, . , ,
„ „ , . . ho . , , . , - ... and one-half years. She is one of the
Tun. No admission pnee is to ne periods each night from Monday
charged. The program ,s an inter-, through Thursday night. A great
esting one and should be well a, 'jmany young people of Butler are
tended. 1 planning to take the course for
On Tuesday evening the Graduation rredR There will also be young peo-
exercises will he held in the Re> nclds ! p j e f r0 m Reynolds and Crowell
will be awarded to the following
pupils: Jule 3l'i!r, Howard McCrary
Harold Posey, Edwards Whatley,
Dorothy Brunson, Mollie Coolik, Mo-
zelle Cox, Winifred Kirksey, Louise
Cgbum, Doris Saunders, Frances
Seay, Kathleen Windham and Fiea-
lior Young.
The program as arranged for Tues-
oay evening 's as follows:
Processional.
Invocation, Rev. J. D. Slmith.
Senior Facts and Fancies, Mollie
Coolik.
Salutatory, Edwards Whatley.
Class Song, Seniors.
Valedictory, Louise Ogburn.
God Bless America, Senior Class.
course. I
Beginning July first, Rev. Chap
man will give his full time to the
work of the church at Rupert. This
I outstanding music students in the
state and has won a number of
i prizes for excellent musical per-
i formances.
j At her recent recital Miss Green
I gave a large number of different
selections, redering each with the
I greatest of ease.
I Friday evening, May 17, the senior
! class play, “Safety First”, was pre-
! sented at the school auditorium. The
Intel LeTourneau erested by the R. | of the circuit would be authoriz< ; d
LeTourneau Company of Georgia I to permit his release on bad should
the shores of beautiful Lake the evidence justify. ^
otive, the gigantic dam of which is Guy Binion, white, is expected to
bw in the course of construction.! enter a plea of guilty in a misde-
flie business session of the conven-j meanor case. This wi a so e ear
Ion, which opens at 10 o'clock Mon- ■ a t the Friday afternoon session of
lay morning, will be held in the au- j the court.
Ftorium of the Toccoa Fhlls Insti- 1 Judffe Palmer stated m Columbus
pte, of which Rev. R. A. Forrest is I Tuesday that it would be his policy
■resident; E. Kelley Barnes, Supt.; ! ‘he courts of the six counties of
Id Dr. George Shaw, Dean. j this circuit to keep the jails as clear
If.,,,, ... , ,, , as possible by hearing pleas of de-
rrom the program it is noted that r . .
1 , „ , , ... I fendants desiring to dispose of their
unusually large and carefully se-' ,
, , . „ , , , , cases and relieving the counties of
(ted number of speakers, both lo- . __j
tu,. j , , . . the expense of keeping them and
P a > and out of the state, persons: . ...
. ... . , .facilitating dispatch of the business
girticularly noted for their interest
and knowledge of postal laws and! 0 1 e tou ..
Lsulations, whose addresses will be I
pv°ted largely along educational Mr. 0. J. Oliver Dies
Ke s in the postal service. These in- ...
(uded, among others, the following: PotterVllle HOHie
j Hon. J. Austin Latimer, Executive . .
Assistant to Postmaster General Jas FoIlOWlllg LOllg llllieSS
Farley, Washington, D. C. j
J Hin,. Lewis D. Capen, Member Na-
loiial Kxecutive Committee, Mill- Mr. 0. J. Oliver, about 63 year ol
fook, Mich. j age and a life-long citizen of Tay-
1 Hon. M, H. Ackerman, Inspector lor county, died at his home near
Charge. Atlanta. S Potterville Tuesday morning.
Civil
Hon. O. K. Myers, Fifth
‘'ice District, Atlanta.
Hon. Harry A. Miller, Central Ac-
Office, Atlanta.
Representative B. Frank Whelchel
! of Congress from to Ninth
1(1,1 ji" District, Gainesville,
h'presentative Robert Ramspeck,
ni 'l' ar of Congress from Fifth
!ar?ia District, Atlanta.
Bessie F. Gray, Delegate to
‘ Orleans National Conven-
f" 1 ’ Graymont, Ga.
'• Bins. G. Walters,
fl " "'Hteenian, National
"iaticn, Toccoa, Ga.
11 H. H. Huwson Post Office
M’ei'tor, Macon Ga.
Hr. R. A. I
Executive
R. L" C.
Mr. Oliver, a well known farmer
in this section, died of paralysis
following an illness of several
years. He was a member of the Pot
terville Baptist church.
Funeral services for him were
held at Mt. Olive church Wednesday
afternoon at four o'clock. Interment
was in the Mt. Olive cemetery.
Mr. Oliver is survived by his wife
the former Miss Jessie Puliins of
this county; six sons, Messrs Clif
ford, Clarence, Leonard, Clay, R. C.
and Sid Oliver; and four daughters
Mrs. Annie Mathews, Mrs. Lena
Peterman, Mrs. Lillian Poole and
Miss Ruth Oliver. Edwards Funeral
triotic Americans of proven merit
and unquestioned ability in their
special fields are coming to Washing
ton to held the government with
their training, experience and capa
bility.”
Much will be heard of that in the
next few days, he added.
The president spoke of the “diplo
matic cloak room,” on the basement
floor of the White House, beneath
the south portico. He was surround
ed by radio men, photographers and
a few friends specially invited to
hear him in person.
“Today's threat to our national
security is not a matter of military
weapons alone,” he said. "We know
of new methods of attack. The Tro
jan horse. The fifth column that be
trays a nation unprepared for
treachery. Spies, saboteurs and trai-
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work will be continued until Sept. 1. pi a y f under the supervision of Miss
The fine people of that community. p or j g West, tenth gTade home-room
are going to co-operate with Rev. t eacber| was a great success. Pro-
Chapman in organizing a Sunday ceeds of this play wnt to defray
school young people s work and t graduation expenses,
church work generally. Rupert com-1 Last Friday evening Senior Class
munitv is indeed fortunate in having | Night, also under the direction of
the full-time services of this fine jviiss West, was presented. Millard
young Christian gentleman and they ' Stevens, president of the senior class
are planning great things for theil ■ was master of ceremonies. The class
community. j mascots, Helen Runtin, little daugh-
Every summer a great number of t er of Prof, and Mrs. W. T. Rustin
young ministers are going out from and David Newton, young son of
Tm'ilv Em ° ry sch001 int0 var ’* j Mr. and Mrs., C. S. Newton, took
Literary Address by Ms ^ ^ j ous communities and giving their: par t on nrogram
Woodward, Atlanta, Director and M1 time to the promo tion of the. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
Kingdom work, and all they are R ev . Hugh Dozier, pastor of the
asking in return for their services I Butler Baptist church, delivered the
is the cooperation of the people j Baccalaureate sermon at the school
and their living expenses. j auditorium.
Taylor county will have two of j Rev. Dozier's message was most
these fine young Theological stu- appropriate to the occasion. His ser-
dents during the approaching sum-1 mon, although directed mainly to
mer months. Let's everyone encour- ] members o.f the senior class, was
age and co-operate with them ii
every way possible.
Rev. F. J. Gilbert, Pastor,
Butler Methodist Church.
Counselor of Georgia Public Forums.
Presentation of Diplomas by Supt.
E. H. Joiner.
Awards.
Farewell Song, Senior Ciass
Recessional.
Howell To Be Given
25 Bales of Cotton
At Ellaville Rally
Hllaville—Piaul Wallace of Rut
ledge, Morgan, Morgan county far
mer, will bring 25 bales of cotton
here to present Hugh Howell as a
campaign contribution when the At- |
lanta lawyer opens his drive for the ;
Population of Butler
Has Increased Thirty
Per Cent Since 1930
interesting and inspiring to everyone
in the vast audience.
The graduation exercises were
held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Hon. John I. Allman, President of
the Georgia Education Association,
delivered the commencement address.
IJke that of Rev., Dozier's Sunday
message, Mr. Allman's address was
most fitting and impressive. Mr. All-
man is one of the leading educators
in the state. The senior class was in
deed fortunate in securing him to
governorship at Ellaville the after-1 The Population of Butler has ... , commencement address
1 creased approximately thirty percent, ,naKe lne commencement address.
I noon of July
said.
4, the Ellaville Sun
'orrest,
! Home of Butler, funeral directors
. . resident Toccoa
"riitutc and Pastor Presbyte- pygLIC CORDIALLY INVITED
■uJich, Toccoa, Ga.
sea °f welcome will be de-
re,| | )v
Ad,
TO ATTEND SINGING
Hon, Trogdon, Mayor;
; George Bus ha , postmaster. Hon. The Herald is requested to
• oT <.urneau, President of the Inounce that all interested >n good
LeTourneau Company of Geor-1 singing are urged to meet at Alt.
lnd Postmaster T J Jones, 1 Pisgah church Sunday afternoon at
lent Ninth District Postmasters two o'clock. The service begins
( Tu rn to Page 8; No. 1) promptly on the hour announced.
REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR
19 4 0
Thursday Evening, May 23, 8 o'Clock
Reynolds High School Auditorium
RECITAL IN MUSIC Class of MRS. E. P. HODGES
Thursday Evening, May 30, 8 o'Clock
Woman's Club House
SENIOR BANQUET
Friday Evening, May 31, 8 o'Clock
Reynolds High School Auditorium
OPERETTA
‘LITTLE REI) RIDING HOOD”
Sunday Morning, June 2, Eleven o'Clock
BACCALAUREATE SERMON REV. E. H. DUNN
Monday Evening, June 3, Eight o'Clock
Reynolds High School Auditorium
EVENING OE MUSIC AND FUN
Tuesday Evening, June 4, Eight o'Clock
Reynolds High School Auditorium
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Litreary Address by Miss Emily Woodward
during the last ten years according
tc the figueres released by Mr. Har
ry C. Vinsno, supervisor of Cordele
census office.
The population of Butler, county
seat of Taylor county, as shown by a
I preliminary count of the returns of
i the sixteenth census taken as of
' April 1, is- 1,116 as compared with
857 on April 1, 1930. The 1940 fig
ures are preliminary and are there
fore subject to corrections.
Hon. W. A. Leonard
Visits Butler Wednesday
In Behalf of Campaign
Hon. Wm. A. Leonard, prominent.
Columbus attorney and candidate for
Judie Superior Courts of tin Chatta
hoochee Circuit, visited Butler yes
terday in the inteerest of Ins cam-
paiyn.
Mr. Leonard is a brilliant young
lawyers and has served a number of
terms in the =-tate legislature from
Muscogee county. He has many
friends throughout this section.
Mr. Leonard's many local friends
extended him a warm welcome on
his recent visit here and were grati
fied to learn that he will pay Butler
another visit within the next few
days.
Mr. Wilbur Neisler, son of Mr. anfl
, Mrs. W. E. Neisler, whose average
! for four years in high school was
j 96.50 per cent was valedictorian
j of the class and spoke during the
graduation exercises.
Mr. F. C. Jarrell, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. C Jarrell, had an ave-
' rage of 96.17 per cent for the
four high sohol years. He was salu-
tatorian of the class and also ap
peared on Tuesday night's program.
Mr. Frank England, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Efigland had the
third high average of 95.51 per
cent for his four years’ high school
work.
At the conclusion of the program
Tuesday evening Supt. V. P. Fold*
delivered diplomas to the thirty-five
members of the senior class. Those
composing the class were: Joe
Baries, James Bazemore, Jack Bootb
Corliss Brown, Dan Callahan, Lucy
Carroll, Milton Childres, Frances
Cook, Ethel Dunlap, Frank England
Helen Eubanks Eubanks, Cecil Gault-
ney, Doris Goodwin, Jack Hollis, F.
C. Jarrell, O. C. Keen, Merilou
Locke, Horace McCants, Janey Neis
ler, Wilbur Neisler, Donald Parks,
Willie George Parks, Leona Peter
man, Margaret Peterman, Margie
Feterman, Johnnie Pittman, F. B.
Posey, Winifred Purvis,Hazel Stand-
ridge, Millard Stevens, Dorothy
Taunton, J. E. Trussell, I’ansy Vann
Mary Whitley, Charlie Wilson.