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7he Butler Herald
“KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS TIIE SECRET OF S U C C E S S“
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, &EORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1953.
NUMBER 26.
Riding Nancy flanks to
To Visit Rich's in Atlanta
Is Source of Pleasure
BUTLER SCOUT GROUP IS
HOST TO DIST. MEETING
HERE FRIDAY EVENING
Fifteen Butler ladie s jolly and gay
Went to Macon ’tother day
With joy and excitement almost
insane
’Cause they were going to ride on
the Nancy train
Now, if you’ve never attended a
train party, I’d say
You’ve sure missed a lot of fun for
a very little pay
Rich’s gave one of these parties so
unique—
On the Nancy Hanks one day last
week.
3rd Dist. Convention
Of Women’s Clubs
Held At Reynolds
Reynolds Citizens Provide
Entertainment for Interesting
Session Friday.
Scout leaders from the Tantama
District met here Friday night for a
third session on leadership training.
Six weekly sessions are scheduled.
The first two sessions were at Bue
na Vista and Geneva respectively.
The largest attendance of the
series took part in the activities at “Do Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk
the recreation department of the Humbly with Thy God” was the
Butler Methodist church. Taylor j theme of the Third District conven-
county members of the District, tion of the Georgia Federation of
Scout Committee were hosts. Women’s Clubs, at the Methodist
C. D. Webb of Buena Vista is di-! Church in Reynolds Friday.
Taylor County Rally
To Be Held April 3
At Methodist Church
Dr. J. L. McGee of Atlanta,
Service.
MRS. M. L. CROMER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
SATURDAY P. M.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
! Lula Cromer were conducted Sun-
Will Preach at This Special day afternoon, 3:30 o’clock, at the
Pleasant Hill Baptist cemetery, the
service being in charge of Rev.
Ran Lawhom.
Mrs. Cromer was born May 24,
A great Methodist Rally is being 1866, in Macon County, and resided
planned for the local Methodist jin Taylor County since 1886, when
, .. f o she married Mr. Shep A. Cromer,
church on the evening of April 3,,^ preceded her in V ath by 17
at 8 p. m. This will be the inspira-1 years
tional meeting for the United Evan-1 During her active years, Mrs.
W. A. Childs Dies
At Hospital Tuesday
After Long Illness
Deceased Was Member of One
Of County’s Oldest and Most
Prominent Families.
Americanism was tressed.
To
Bright,
all around
board that fast train Atlanta, t b g group on
bound.
O Gee Whizz! There was some ela
tion
When Butler joined the party at
the Terminal Station.
Many funny incidents .happened
that day,
recting the sessions with the help
of other members whose training, „ . ,
and businesses qualify them to in- j President of the Third District pre-j and Jn
ties. Howard
Executive of Columbus, plans the
programs and assists the director in j C1 ^‘
presenting them.
Activities at the Butler meeting
included instruction in use of a
various activi-! sided - assisted by Mrs. Q. C. Eng
Field Scout! president of the Reynolds
Woman’s Club and mayor of
the
gelistic Mission to be conduced. Cromer was a devoted member of
Hundreds of women met from towns j of^ot her "members ° whose training I Mrs ; c - E.^Whatley of R eynoMSj throughout the State of Georgia | jjjurch 68 !!? "soSey county 1 BaPt ‘ St
Surviving are four daughter, Mrs.
Lula Taylor, Cordele; Mrs. Bessie
Bridges, Ft. Valley; Mrs. Pearl Guy
Ellaville; and Mrs. Essie Blair,
Butler. Also surviving are a brother
and a sister, Mr. Joe Brewer and
Mrs. Sallie Guy of Tifton as well
as a large number of grand children
great grand children,
nephews
G. P. Donaldson of Tifton, presi
dent of Abraham Baldwin Agricul
tural College, was the main lunch-
1I1H1 ,. av , eon speaker. He was introduced by
That kept folks laughing all the “»ed»f sto^Tf Smpa’S i : “T* D - W. Harp of Reynold,, die-
wav I an . a special stuciy or compass tnct c h a irman of Americanism.
Of course there isn’t time or space P°i nts - T - W. Upton of Buena Vista “Bulwarks of Americanism are
to Si you iformerly of the U S. Navy led this', he hear(hstonc , hc (lag , and a
All the funny happenings, but m I study with the help of the fie d place to pray) >> sa i d t ihe speaker,
mention a few executive. [also stating that “the hearthstone
While waiting for the train one I Selecting and installing patrol ig the strongest part of Democracy
ladv sat down j leaders was discussed by Director and d e fi nec j Democracy as freedom
And when she got up, what do you j Webb, and a film on program plan- of opportun j ty and more security.”
suppose she found? ! ? in ? T *7 r- SC< l Wt sh °™." He suggested htat Democracy
On her new spring suit, so stylish j b Y u ; Co ° k of Buana Vlsta - Tb >s means fairness to all races, broth-
iLa „„ at | wa s followed by study groups of 4 prhnod and frie ndshir,
big wad of chewing gum; men each on planning annual pro-
She had
on her seat
She turned her skirt hind side
before
And, with a wet towel scrubbed it
o’er and o’er".
Soon the chewing gum was only a
dot
But where it had been was a big j
wet spot.
When the train was called—Gosh i
what a noise i
As folks rushed down the track i
like a gang of small boys. I
As soon as they got on board the
train
They tried to turn seats, but all
in vain.
They looked in front, underneath
and behind
grams for Scout troops.
A leader from each group re
ported on the findings of each.
After a closing ceremony refresh
ments were served by the hosts.
Plans Underway Now
For Evangelisitic Mission
For Week of Apr. 17-26
At the Montgomery hospital at
8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning oc- „
curred the death of Mr. Warren
Alexander Childs, his death the re
sult of complications dating back
some three years or more when he
suffered a light heart attack,
Hi s more recent and fatal illness
subjected him to hospitalization
about three week ago when he be
gan to grow weaker until the end
came despite the best aid of physi
cians and constant care and atten
tion of his devoted wife and other
loved ones. Illness forced his re
tirement three years ago from
farming which he was considered
nieces and j one of the best in the county.
The deceased was the son of the
Active pallbearers at Sunday's , ate Hon . John T chi , ds and the
! funeral included Messrs. Arthur S.
Blair, Vaughn Blair, John Guy Mor
ris Bridges and Fred Brewer. Hon-
late Mrs. Leona Daniel Childs. The
former was for many years not on
ly prominent in the political and
In conclusion the speaker stated
that strength of Democracy lies in
a belief that our neighbor lives all
over the world, and "just build a
better you.”
Mrs. Maxwell Murray state re- „ , , .... . v.
cording secretary and third district and Reynolds Methodist churc es,
chairman of awards, annnounced A P^ 19 to 26 - Tbe ,®P eake L^, r thlS
the winners as follows: rall Y wiU f be J - L ; McGee, a . ■
Ft. Valley Senior Woman’s Club, member of the General Board of
extension for federating the Byron I Evangelism of the Methodist
Woman’s Club; Cordele, the best; church and tbe appointed director
work done in education, also for tbe Evangelistic Mission for e
the standard of excellence, the Tal-
lulaih Gavel
planning par- j tribution to
for the largest cor
the Tallulah Falls
State of Georgia.
A host of people from every
Methodist church in the county is
capacity audi-
Responsibility for .
ticipation of the Butler Methodist School, $25 defense bond for the expected to create
church in the Southeastern United j best work in Civil Defense, and $5,ence to hear this distinguished
Evangelistic Mission, April 17 to for the contest sponsored by a per- preacher bring a passionate me-
26 is in the hands of the planning sonal address firm. sage from his heart. The churches
For some gadget to press, but none [ council rep orts the pastor, Rev. C. Mrs. R. L. Buxton of Columbus, of the Reynolds, Butler charges are
could they find. I yy Hancock. as district chairman of education, I urged to organize their group in or-
Finally a Butler gal, if you please, Assisting and shouldering re- presented the Ella Melton cup former that each church will be well
Turned her sea’t around with per- j spo nsibility for specific phases of education. j represented.
feet ease. ! tb j s ambitious evangelistic under- j Other district chairmen present j Thi s initial service of the Evan-
This great discovery made ber j taking are five other committees were Mrs. Floyd Francisco, citizen- gelistic Mission should provide the
proud and their chairmen. ship; Mrs. Lambert Jones, interna-'spiritual tone and the zealous en-
So she helped turn seats for all herj xj nder the leadership of Mrs. H. tional affairs; Mrs. George Burrus j thusiasm for a great Crusade for
crowd. | E . Allen, the spiritual preparation Jr. state and chairman district ‘ Jesus Christ the week of April 19
Then, through the car she pranced j com mittee has called the member- . chairmen of publicity. j to 26. To every person there comes
up and down ship to prayer and is emphasizing 1 Mrs. English announced that the | ringing the truthful refrain “You
Showing others how to turn their bbe spiritual character and purpose fall district meeting would be in; Need Christ Now.” There is an urg-
orary pallbearers included Messrs j business affairs of the county, but
Shell Guy, Murray Blair, Jule Blair was one 0 f the county’s most ex-
Claude A. Blair, Alton Taylor and tensive and successful farmers. He
Otwell Taylor.
Edwards Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Over 5000 Persons
Take Health Tests
In County Last Week
More than 5,000 persons took ad
vantage of the Healthtest Program
in Program in this county last
week.
Mrs. Eppie Arnold, county public
health nurSe in charge of the Taylor
County Health Department, has
revealed a total of 5432 persons
were given the free tests sponsored
by the county health department in
cooperation with the Georgia De
partment of Public Health.
“The citizens of Taylor county
gave their full cooperation, and I
am happy to announce we went
well over the goal of 5,000 set for
represented the county and district
in each branch—House and Senate
of Georgia Legislature—and head
of the county avid local school
board for a number of years.
The birth of the deceased is given
as July 3, 1887 and he had spent
his entire life here. In early man
hood he was happily married to
Miss Clinton Hobbs, sister to Mrs,
W. W. Douglas, who survives him
as does also these prominent local
and out-of-the-county citizens: Two
sisters, Mrs. Chas. R. Brown of At
lanta and Mrs. Atholine Saylor,
member of the local school faculty;
three brothers, Dr. J. Robert Childs,
Atlanta; Col. Jame s D. Childs and’
Mr. P. B. Childs of Butler; an aunt
Mrs. W. R. Blassingame, of Ro
berta; a number of neices and
nephews.
As long as health would permit
Mr. Childs was an active member
of the local chapter, American Le
gion.
Funeral for the deceased was
held at the local Baptist church
seats around
I’ve heard it said that laughter’s
contagious . •
And, I guess it’s true, for ’twas
plum outrageous
of the United Evangelistic Mission. Hamilton.
our county," Mrs. Arnold said
The Healthtest Program conduct- j yesterday afternoon a7three oclock
ed from March 16 thru March 21, f o] i owed by interment of the re-
offered all citizens free tests for mains in tbe f arn j ly j ot at Bethel
TB, heart abnormalities, syphilis, j cemetery these obsequicg being
conducted by Revs. J. H. Stanford
and C. W. Hancock. Pallbearers
were nephews of the deceased:
anemia, and diabetes.
“Without the assistance of our
health - conscious citizens the
ency which compels the heart to Healthtest Program could not have Messrs. James
Charles Benns, chairman of the J Mrs. W. S. Cox of Ft. Gaines led j wait in adoration and to respond in j been a success. I want to express p reston Childs ’ Reed ' Brown and
public services committee, is re- 1 in the club collect and Mrs. E. L, Christian love and service. jmy sincere appreciation to all who ‘ EarJ Hobbs H onorary p a j lbearers
sponsible for publicizing the open- Truitt of Chipley led the pledge to j Plan now to attend April 3 the, helped ’ n * b > s valuable work. Ij W ere Messrs. J. P. Harmon Hamp
ing youth rally, the preaching serv- j tbe . flag- great rally at the Butler Methodist | know we will all be repaid with Rjie y> a. T. Jarrell, J H West H E
How those women forgot to be dig- j i ces and the climaxing victory ral-1 Welcome was given by Mrs. C.S. church
lies of the Mission. This committee, Sawye r of Reynolds and Mrs. B. W. ‘
is working to see that everyone i Williams of Hamilton gave the re
knows of the spiritual opportunities | sponse.
, provided by this religious effort. | Mrs. George Brady of Reynolds
she j Financial matters of the Evangelis- j gave the credential report of al
most a hundred percent.
During the business session re
ports were made by officers and
club presidents in which they re- j
vealed the excellent work done in 1 g p m _
be visiting tbe departments of the Federation:
ler, for I heard someone tell ! f r j en ds and neighbors, taking the: Americanism, American Home, Com
That her name was something like message of Christ and the church jmunications, Conservation; Educa-
Della or Dell. l into bomes throughout the com-[tion; Fine Arts; International Af-
Anyway, she was a stylish stout, munity while preaching services are fairs, UNESCO, National Defense
Who, that rainy morning started: being ’conducted at the church. Public Affairs and Welfare.
out I Chairman of this part of the Mis-
With face composed and body firm ■ sion known as “visitation evange-
But now, she blushed and began to; lism » is Jim A G ibson.
squirm I
No wonder she squirmed—why, it I
How be s a he a bu,ged a,1 here and th JCOmfog fom ROSSWIle,
without her foundation. j f A imfru Mow PactftT
But soon again she was laughing j " OlnCl VUUIIIj, nCYY IujIWi
And just let the bulges have their [Occupying Pastorium
nified
Why, some even laughed until they
cried.
One lady at the Nancy Party
Bursted her girdle when
laughed hearty | Mission , in this church are in
She might have been from Cochran j in the hands of w . w. Hortman and
or Macon or Fort Valley; . ! hig com mittee.
Some thought they heard her j This Mission will be a “walking
friends call her Sally. j revival. This means that teams of
Or she might have been from But-, church mem bers will
for I heard someone tell
r name was
Della or Dell.
Church Directory
Sunday
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Youth Fellowship, 7:15 p. m.
Wednesday
Prayer Service, 8 p. m.
Friday
County-wide Rally of Methodism,
Saturday
Membership Training,
Children, 10 a. m.
better health in
Arnold declared.
county,” *i«. )Ch iidres, Carroll Peacock, Homer
■ Cox, J. M. Bone, J. T. Cochran M
The public health nurse said the! A . chapman, J. W. Edwards l J.
total amount of disease and physi-j w . Edwards> n> j H Amog and ’ u
cal abnormalities found in the ^ Adams
county would not be definitely, Edwards Funeral Home in charge
known for several weeks. However, j arran gements
she said, the benefits of this pro-1
several i
gram would be
years to come.
felt for
Class for
way.
When she reached Rich’s a little The newly called and accepted
^ ater - local Baptist minister, Rev. James
I saw her head straight for the| M . Carmichael,, and his interesting
esculator. | f a miiy arrived in the city Tuesday
I was sure the corset counter and are bus ji y engaged in placing
would interest her more f be b eautiful new pastorium in or-
Than anything else on second floor. • der for comfortable and happy
Sure enough when She re-appeared [house-keeping.
All the bulges had disappeared.
’Tis really miraculous what a Rich’s
garment can do
To change a form from old to new.
While crossing the viaduct on the
way to Rich’s
One lady lost her hat an& another
burst some stitches.
’Twas sure a wonder, I heard some-
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Members of his family include
Mrs. Carmichael, the former Miss
Esther Tilly of Paris, Ala., and
their three children, Anghorad,
Jimmie and Randy.
Rev. Carmichael will preach his
initial sermon as local pastor Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock and cor
dially invites all who may be able
to do so to attend this service.
Butler and Reynolds
The federation colors of green and
white were featured in the church 1 _ .
decorations. On the luncheon ta form Part Ol Hi jCllOOl
bles were white, iris and spirea, and I
red carnations tied with red, white
and blue ribbons, stressing the
theme.
Clifford Whatley of Reynolds sang
a solo. He was accompanied on the
piano by Ernest Edwards.
Mrs. Dean Chosen
Champion Home Town
Contest Leader
Mrs. L. R. Dean has been chosen
as general chairman of the Cham-
H. F. Mathews' Passing
At Talbotton Source of
Sorrow to His Friends
District Ball League
Talbotton, March 20—Funeral for
Henry F. Mathews, 65, who died
March 19 in the house built by his
I pion Home Town contest sponsored : 'y. as
by the Georgia Power Company. I M«hod, S t
.Other committees were selected andl B h s ur ®' r ' da t’ Hev-
■will be announced next week when. H P as or of the church.
the various "' ™ ,h “T, 0 ' ’i? M i U ' e '! 3
191, and the late Mrs. Fannie
Mathews, and a grandson of the
late Frank Mathews, and Henry
have
, plans are outlined by
The Class C North League for • committees,
high schools was organized in j Every citizen will want to
Rev. C.. E. Smith of ihe Reynolds jAmericus March 18. The six teams [ a part in he i p ing Butler win this Mathew™botT'dUzen^of
Methodist church gave the invoca-' that entered will play twice around contest. 'countv ’ * CltlZens of Talbo *
tion and Mrs. MsJrshall played the to det ermine the winner who will | with pride for the past, action fori
organ as the group assembled. fake part in the district play off. the present, and faith for the fu-j '
Mrs. R. C. Collier of Montezuma' Coach Jack Thompson of Rey-|ture, together we go forward t0 ; Rlltl^T (lArrfPd Plllh
nolds was elected league secre^make Butler the Champion Home WnlTCJI vlllll
tary. I Town for 1953.
Rain has 'hampered practice this | ^
spring so it will be a case of play ReViVdl tO Begill at NeW
gave the courtesy resolutions.
Wesleyan Service Guild
Sponsors Cooking School
The Wesleyan Service Guild is
sponsoring a-G-E Cooking School at
the Community house April 9th
and 10th.
‘ The school will be 8 p. m. Thurs
day night and Friday at 3 p. m.
Door prizes will be given away.
Admission 25c and 50c.
ing into shape. Montezuma and
Oglethorpe are taking their first
venture into the baseball league.
The teams entering the league
are as follows: (1) Reynolds; (2)
Butler; (3) Oglethorpe; (4) Monte
zuma; (5) Unadilla; (6) Pinehurst.
The opening games in the league
are March 31 with Pinehurst, Mon
tezuma at Oglethorpe and Reynolds
at Butler.
Prospect on March 29
An old fashioned revival will be
gin at the New Prospect Freewill
Baptist church Sunday, March 29
at 7:30 p. m.
The evangelist for this series of
services will be Sister Bessie Moody
and she will be assisted by Rev.
E. V. Skipper.
To Sponsor Fashion
Show On April 2nd
The Easter Parade will be pre
viewed at the Community House on
April 2 at 8 o’clock when the But
ler Garden Club sponsors a chil
dren’s and young people’s Fashion
Show.
Along with the latest in Spring
fashions, a musical program will be
presented.