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The Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 71
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947.
NUMBER 42.
Prominent Local Couple
Celebrate Their Qolden
Wedding Anniversary
Hon. and Mrs. Foy Honored Much Progress Already
Demonstrated in Reyn
Development Program
Sunday by Members of Their Demonstrated in Reynolds
Family and Other Friends.
Hon. and Mrs. R. S. Foy were
honored at a lovely dinner party
Sunday celebrating their Golden
Wedding anniversary. The occasion
which took place at the Foy home
was well planned and most de
lightfully presided
The citizens of Reynolds are
getting behind the development
program and are moving forward
for a greater Reynolds. The Recre
ation Committee is to begin work
over by their right away to build another tennis
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
MADE IN TAYLOR COUNTY
SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER
Interior Paint Jobs Will Greatly
Improve Lighting Conditions for
Faculty and Students.
* daughter, Mrs. W. L. Cannon, of court at the recreation center
Sylvester, assisted by her cousins,, where there is now located one
Miss Viola Foy and Mrs E. W-' tennis court, a swimming pool and
Foy of Butler. Marigolds and oth-; a 9-hole golf course. This commit-
er lovely flowers and ferns were, tee also plans to build an outdoor.
used in profusion for the decora- grill on the grounds of the Club j
The local grammar school as
well as Rupert, Cross Roads, Mauk
and Wesley schools have recently
been painted throughout the
terior.
Although all of these school
buildings have been in service for
several years this is the first time
Tr h v ied , ,
record in state contest ^ un day When Accidently
Shot By His Cousin
One Pen Now Leading in Highest
Number of Points for Month of
July.
Cutler Jaycees Begin
Drive to Raise Funds for
Underprivileged Children
Tragedy Occurred at Home of
Grandparents While Bo^s
Were Inspecting New Rifle.
The entries of white leghorn hens
by Mrs. A. E. Guinn in the annual
Georgia National Egg Laying Con-
in- test at Athens are making an out
standing record.
With a score of 331 points, one of I At the regular meeting of the n lri
Mrs. Guinn's entries is Riding I ioea, Junior Chamber of Commerce |
James
son
first place in the contest for the held at the Coffee Shon of the! , , ,
they have been painted on the in-1 month; while in the same contest Dean Hotel last Thursday nvpniniri? . killed Sunday morning
terior. This not „„lv Imorovos the'other Guinn entries hold second, | .ppLimSelytwenty member! ”^1" Sh0 ‘,„ W “ h * 22 rl,le '
ninth and tenth places. Dresent Y members | The accident occurred about nine
o'clock at the home of the victim’s
Lester Hinton, 13-year-
of Mr. Alfred and Mrs,
was acci-
appearance of the rooms but gives
much better light which is of un
told value to the children.
The plaster walls at the Crowell
present.
Highest in points up to date, | Hon. W. E. Steed was micst nf i 0C,0< ; k at lhe home ° f the victim ’*
kite leghorn group, one of Mrs.! the Jaycees at this meeting and ! ® r f nd P arents - Mr - and Mrs. Walter
Place'gave .nimerestingSk o„ B ?^| Jol " er threc
white
Guinn’s entries holds
first
tions.
House.
Mr. Robert Sampson Foy, son of | The Industrial Committee has
Mr. Wesley W. and Mrs. Nancy made plans for an industrial sur-
Hays Foy, prominent and pros- vey of the community to begin
perous farrriers, and Miss Eva soon.
Jessie Holsey, daughter of Col. | The first industry to be started,
Julius H. and Mrs. Matt Montfort [ Under this program is the Hinton-|
Holsey, distinguished Texas citi- ; Waters Company. This is a body plinpral f AF
zens were joined in happy wedlock building, wood working, electrical ,
July 27, 1897 at Chatfield, Texas. supplies business. They will build WOOdvHIC B AlUCrSOIl
new furniture and repair old furni- 1 * *
ture. The owners and operators of
this company are Mr. Woodfin
Hinton and Mr. J. W. Waters.
The orchids this week go to the
school building are being torn out, while three of her other pens hold provements made in this city dur I Bernard Joiner < son of Mr. Ernest
and replaced with celotex. | fifth, seventh, and tenth places iniing recent years and pointed out I aad Mr ?\ Eva ’ T °i ner ’ and COU8in
New rest rooms and flush toi the same test. | many other i mprovements "which I ‘J* S + C,a ‘ n yoUth ’ , Wns sh ? wiag
lets are being installed in all rural I One of the Guinn’s entries is may and should come within the I th gun to Jamos and several oth-
i er friends when the weapon acci
dentally discharged. The bullet
schools throughout the county, holding sixth place in the highest nGar future
These restrooms are inside the pen in eggs to date. I At this meeting it was planned I'
buildings, and in each of them | Taylor county is proud of the for the Jaycees to sponsor a barbe- went completely through James'
lavatories and paper towel — ,iJ 1 — J - f ' 1 — 1 1 L “■
pensaries are being installed.
dis- splendid record made
by entries C ue dinner at the Butler High body and lodgcd ln the hcart ’ 11
from the Peach Valley Egg Farm, school building Thursday night | WaS re P° rtcd - Ho dipd instantly,
an enterprise founded by the late! August 14, for the purpose of rais- I According
!Mr. A. E. Guinn and Mrs. Guinn a 1.
to several eye wit-
number of years ago.
Prior to his marriage, Col. Foy
was admitted to the bar and prac
ticed law in Butler from September
1895 to 1906 when he and Mrs.
Foy moved to Tifton. In 1916 Col.
Foy was elected Solicitor General
a of the Tift circuit, which position
’ he filled most ably until 1932,
Fish Pond Owners
iTo Hear Lecture on
Reynolds Freezer-Locker plant for y® a ^s of age, died at his home two j Management Of FlSll
a painting and redecorating job; mR es west of Butler at ten o’clock
to Mr. W. G. Neisler and the yesterday morning. He had been
while during these years he owend Reynolds Methodist church for the i in in health for about five weeks,
and operated one of the best farms I installation of a new Hammond- I Mrs - Amerson was born in Tay-
To Be Held This Morning
Mr. Woodville B. Amerson, 71
ing funds from which Christmas n ^ ses the accident was unavoid-
gifts may be secured for the under- ab,e and no charge wa s made
privileged children of the county. agamst Bernard. Both boys were
Tickets for this barbecue are, nt>ar same age.
now on sale and the coperation of 1 Jamcs would have celebrated his
the public is earnestly solicited in fourtp cnth birthday on August 1L
this important matter. Mr. J. F. was a member of the Lebanon
Sikes siin charge of arrangements Baptist church. During the fall and
for the barbecue and sale of tick- winter months he attended the lo
in Tift county.
Removing to Butler in 19-10 he
re-established his law practice and
is regarded as one of the best at
torneys in the entire Chattahoochee
Circuit and a successful farmer,
operating one of the best farms in
Taylor county near Butler.
Mrs. Foy is active in church af-
Electric organ.
Thomaston Boy Appointed
Assistant Secty. of State
I lor county July 12, 1876, son of the
j late Mrs. Martha Smith Amerson.
I He spent his entire life in this
[county and was engaged in farm
ing activities.
Funeral services will be held for
ets.
cal grammar school and in
The Middle Western Ocmulgee
River Soil Conservation District is
sponsoring a lecture on fish pond
management and fish fry for
farmeis interested in fish ponds
and management of fish.
Mr. 'J. H. Reeves, owner and
manager of the fish hatchery at
Dalton, Ga. t will be principal
the
his
Home-Coming Day
To Be Observed Sunday
At Midway Church
We are making great plans for
summer season he assisted
father on the farm,
i Funeral services were held for
the youth at Bethlehem Primitive
Baptist church at 10:30 o’clock
, Monday morning. Rev. E. H. Dunn
officiated. Interment was at Bethle
hem cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs. G. D.
the deceased at Mt. Olive Church, speakcr Mr ' Reeves is well versed an unusual Home-Coming Day Locke, Coleman Hinton, Brown Eu-
Thomaston July 25-Horace Mar- thiS T ™° r ?j nS „ at ^ on fish life and pond management I f“ nduy at Midway Baptist church, banks, Polk Harmon and P. B.
inomaston, July Zi> Horace Mar o’clock. Rev. John M. Cox wil, d hj t ]k should be of interest * We urgf? a11 old members and Childs.
fairs, being a member of the Meth-i t,n - R . E. Lee senior and an out- conduct the funeral. Interment', ,, fishermen ‘ friends of this church to cornel Besides his parents, James is
odist church, as well as belonging be ia 0 J iVe h . Cem ?} ery M I This fish fry and meeting wlll | with us and enjoy the day. This survived by two sisters, Mrs.
t° a number of dvic organizations, assistant secremry o Survivors include his wife, Mrs- j)e he , d afe Mr w A . Jarrell’s pond day is made unusually important Odessa Wainwright and Mrs. Mo-
The couple has three children | tate a p J^ Dy &etrUary 01 Lula Pierce Amerson; four sons • Five Polnts next Wedn96da y a t 1 because we P Ia " t0 start our re ‘ zelle Winters; and two brothers.
Horn Mr MarSn will take up his jThTAmemon and’one*’TaughfoV 7 o'dock p. m. In the event of rain; ^ al at Midway Sunday. Our Carson and Preston Hinton.
Jotln Amerson and one daughter, ! . „ vvil] b „ h „, , , .. text will be Steps to Victory.” | J. W. Edwards II, of Edwards
| g ii oe nem at uen (Read the subjects for this meetlng Funer al Home was in charge of
I elsewhere in this issue of the funeral arrangements.
Herald. We urge all of our mem-1 —
bers to plan now to attend every
I service and pray daily for them
land for the pastor. The public is . ^ ii ^
! extended a most cordial invitation At CrOWCll ChUrCR Oil
j to attend these services and enjoy
them with us.
I Our services will be at 11-30 a.
m. and 8:30 p. m. dally. Good con-
and four grand children. The chil
dren are: Mr. Holsey Foy, of A1 , . .
bany; Mr. William Foy and Mrs. a y tias ln state ca P ltQ l building Mrs u ewe y p ar ks. , , . . . .. ..
W. L. Cannon of Sylvester. Brothers Monday and will spend hte entire, j^j r ^ Edwards II, of Edwards! ‘ °° g
and sisters are: Col. C. \V. Foy of week observing and aiding Hon. Brothers Funeral Home,
Butler; Mrs. Charlie Richardson, of . Fortson with his state duties. charge of arrangements.
Camilla; and Mrs. Lee L. Holsey! !t all came about several weeks,
of Chatfield, Texas. I ag0 when T the „ Pete Thurston
Those present at the delightful Amencan p f gl0n Past sponsored
occasion of Sunday were: Col. and H ° race f a " d three other R E Lee
Mrs. C. W. Foy, Butler; Miss Viola | s * udc " ts , at ^ annua! Boy s State.
'At Boys State the oustanding
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe to
Preach at the Butler
xjyjy a otatc mic uuaianuuig i i .« - Ai i p
youths from all sections of the MCTlIOulSi LnUrCh 5UV1.
Ellaville Mother, 27
Drowns Son and Self In
Bat Tub at Their Home
Foy, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Foy and daughter, Butler; Mr. Hoi- ^ .. , .
sey Foy, Albany; Mr. and Mrs. W> tate gatbere d to set up a mima
L Cannon and children, Sylvester; tur \ s ‘ at f government for one
■mi d D Tin „ week. State officials of every na-
Mrs. Mintie Pope, Butler Mrs. . . , , . . . , . J ...
... ture had to be elected to office
Eleanor Goore, Columbus Mrs- . , .. ,
™ ,, . and after election, they had
Mamie Chapman, Atlanta; Mr. and , %
Revival Services Begin
Monday Night, Aug. 11
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe sends his re-
A revival meeting will begin at
Others invited included: Miss 1
Mary Lizzie Neisler, and Miss Janie
Neisler, Butler; Mr and Mrs Har- LOCal MetllO(liSt Pa$t<)r
vey Booth and family, Reynolds.
Col. and Mrs. Foy are each en- AttCndltlQ COIlfCrCTICC
joying excellent health which is 3
most gratifying to their many
friends. They bid fair of fulfilling
a promise to other couples among
their list of friends to be present
when their 50th anniversary is cele
brated several years hence.
Americus, Ga., July 26—A coro
ner’s jury Saturday returned ^i^ d ‘ ' gregational smging^and plain go’s
, ng ° f 1 T 1U ^ der and suiade in the, ppJ preach i n g W ju feature each Crowell Methodist Church Monday
gards from Lincoln, Neb., where he tieaths of Mrs. Tom Brown, 47, and service- night, August 11, and continue
to i is attending the National Methodist ,ier young son Larry 4, whose There will bc no serv i ces a t Mid- through the following Sunday. The
Rural Life Conference. He expects bod ^ as L w , ere il _ f ? UI ? d ^. Frlday ,, n .^ e way Saturday morning. pastor, Rev. W. Park Smith, will do
We are calling off our services Lhe preaching. He will be assisted
and by Rev - w - Stipe, pastor of
Mrs. Charles E. Benns Sr., Butler; Q p rV do% y p * be ca P acp y °L governor occupy his pulpit at the Butler | bathtub in their home at Ellaville
At Lincoln, Nebraska
A note left by the dead woman
Methodist church Sunday. j “ ‘•''T “'7 V a t Horeb Sunrlav nftprnonn
Revival services at Howard asked Lhat her son be buried with; cordial) y i nv iting all members Butler Methodist church, who will
Methodist church will begin Aug. and on her ^ »ide. No reason , ftnd frlends y f ^ lead the singing and assist in per-
4th and close Aug. 10. Rev. W. R. * or th e deaths was given in the join wUh Midway Jn hef Home sonal work
Smith of Shellman, will do the i'Coming Day I Hours of worship throughout the
nreaehinp I Her husband returned home from , , y „ , . f . uiual n „
preaching. Uvork in the afternoon and not see-1 pra y for a11 our services and es- reviv al will be 11 a. m. and 8.30
Butler Methodists are looking . , . antrnoon anu noi see , rnm .,_ Kor t . £1 • p. m.
rward to the eht.reh s,inner Aue ,ng hls wife and son, began looking B p <- ia lly remember the pastor in
Rev. J. W. M. Stipe, pastor of the expected.
Butler Methodist church, left Fri-1 j be pj rst
forward to the church supper Aug. ., . -
8th at the church. All members are ^ dr them. He found their Sunday ‘ • ,
Quarterly Conference
Lunch, School Bills
Lauded by Thompson
.day for Lincoln, Nebraska where he £ or tbe Butler charge will be held
| will represent the Columbus dis- at Wesley August 15.
, clothes on the bed and then found i
the bodies-in the bathtub with the
boy clasped in the woman’s arms.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Strict at the first National Rural Life
, Conference of the Methodist I
church.
The conference will endeavor to l
i “propose a policy and develop
Atlanta, July 29—Go>(. Thompson program for the rural church of
praised Congress Tuesday for its Methodism,” Rev. Stipe stated,
last minute passage of three bills There have been eight study
“that should be very beneficial to groups doing preliminary work so
t Georgia” but, at the same time, tk at the conference will have basic
regretted that the state could not material on which to project the
comply with provisions of the Hill P Ians aad policies, he revealed.
Burton Rural Hospital act. *
The governor lauded the passage D F Rarnpu Diiyr
of measures continuing the school
lunch program, extending the Lao-
ham funds for schools in overly
Z u BnL d areas and the from J- C. Colwell
Thompson said a number of com
munities had contacted him, stat
ing that they had local funds avail
able for a hospital construction pro
gram asking his advice.
Mr. Bill Brown Loses
Large Bam by Fire
Early Monday Night
Colwell Motor Company
Hammond Electric Organ
Installed at Reynolds
Methodist Church
Harvey Kennedy Named
To Flint Superior Court
Governor to Speak Aug. 1
At Culloden Barbecue
Culloden, Ga., July 24—Gov. M.
E. Thompson has accepted an in
vitation to make an address before
A large barn and all its contents
consishing of a quantity of feed
stuffs and farm implements owned
by Mr. Bill Brown near Howard
was destroyed by fire early Monday
night.
The fire, it is learned, originated
from a bolt of lightning which at the Methodist church
struck the bam during an electric 1 at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.
Atlanta, July 29—Harvey Kenne
dy, mayor of Barnesville and lead- the large crowd expected to attend
er of one wing of the state’s anti- the barbecue at Culloden on Aug-
Talmadge forces, Monday accepted l sponsored by the Daffodil Gar-
on D 77\. ,. . . 1 appointment as superior court judge den Club and the Culloden Civic
The Reynolds Methodist church G f the Flint circuit. Club.
has just installed a new Ham- Mr. Kennedy who will be sworn The Governor will speak at 12:30
mond-Electric organ. This is a gift in in a few days, will succeed p. m . and immediately after the
from Mr. W. G. Neisler. The organ Judge Ogden Persons, whose re- conclusion of his speech, the ladies
was installed last Tuesday and tirement becomes effective Aug. 1. of the Garden Club will serve
will be used in a service for the
first time next Sunday.
Every one is invited to worship
Sunday
Mr. R. E. Barney, Tuesday pur- ] tbe contents,
chased the Colwell Motor Company
of Butler from Mr. J. C. Colwell of
Thomaston and assumed possession
The Hill-Burton act provides that’of his new business immediately,
communities raising 50 per cent of In the future Mr. Barney plans
the money needed for construction ! to operate this business under the
of rural hospitals can receive addi lfirm name of “Butler Motor Com-
tional 25 per cent grants each from pany.” He will maintain the pres-
the state and the federal govern- j ent location.
'ment. As has been the custom in the
storm.
The loss wka estimated at about
$1,500 for the bam and $1,000 for
Rev. W. B. Hosts to
Preach at the Reynolds
Baptist Church Sunday
Revival Services Begin
At Howard Monday, Aug. 4
And ConHnue Thru Week
.Thompson was established in of-
Revival services will begin at the flee by the Supreme Court, he was
Howard Methodist church Monday [ instrumental in the selection of
night, August 4, at 8 o’clock and William Morris, Augusta publisher,
will continue through Sunday, as chairman of the State Demo-
August 10. cratic committee.
Rev. W. R. Smith, pastor of , the
Phil Landrum, executive secre-lof those barbecues for which Cul
tary to Governor Ihompson, an- loden has been famous for over 100
nounced the appointment. years.
Mr. Kennedy won statewide at- Gov. Thompson ,a noted educa-
tention during the last sesion of tor, will have no dearth of material
the General Assembly by organiz- to speak about for the littU town
ing the Aroused Citizens of Geor- of Culloden, at one time wjjv the
gia in protest to the white primary seat of learning in Georgia. Cullo-
bill and to Herman Talmadge’s den Academy began at Culloden iv
selection as governor. 1768, soon followed by Cullode*
Continuing as a leader of the Female Academy with Prof. Johi
Aroused Citizens after Governor Darby and Culloden Male Collegr
Usual services will be heltf Sun
day morning and evening at the
past the Butler Motor Company Reynolds Baptist church. j Shellman Methodist charge, will former Gov. E. D. Rivers in the
will operate a service station, an Rev. W. B. Hoats, pastor of the'assist the pastor Rev. J. W. M. Thompson camp and is himself a
j automobile parts and accessory de- church ( w ho has been out of town Stipe in the preaching. member of hte Democratic execu-
Libstern Peanut Picker in good partment and a complete automo- several days conducting a revival Every one is urged to begin mak- tlve committee,
condition, on rubber for sale bile, truck, and tractor repair shop will be back in the city in ample ing plans now to attend this revival' .The Flint circuit includes Butts,
PEANUT PICKER FOR SALE
under Prof. Marvin Massey Mason.
Culloden lost the University of
Georgia and Emory College only
after hard fights with a tie vote
featuring in each case. Probably no
community of anything like equal
He has been a bitter opponent of size in the United States can sur
pass this little village in the num
ber of her sons who have been en
rolled among those who acquired
reasonable Inquire at Adams’
Service Station, Butler (7‘24’3tp)
Mr. Murry Driskell will continue time to have chrage of worship at at Howard and expect a great; Henry ( Lamar and Monroe coun-
to be in charge of the repair shop, the Reynolds church Sunday. 'time during these days. ■ I ties.
celebrity In the pulpit,' on the
bench, at the bar, on the hustings,
in statesmanship, and in other
public walks.
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