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The Butler Herald
" KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET O F SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1954.
NUMBER 7.
Murray Walker says an old man
told him the first million dollars
was the hardest so Murray started
on his second million first.
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Local Methodists are looking for
ward with interest to the “Wesley
Story” film to be shown at the
church Wednesday evening, Dec. 1.
All are cordially invited to attend
and enjoy the benefit of this won
derful picture.
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The local unit American Legion
Auxiliary observed Poppy Day in
Butler first of this week. Sale of the
traditional red poppy is sponsored
here each year by the Auxiliary to
raise money for the rehabiilitation
anu welfare fund.
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A real estate deal of unusual
importance, as well as that of an
interesting business transfer; also
plans for construction of attractive
buildings and other added improve
ments to each and on opposite street
corners in our city are scheduled
for an early date and more fully
explained later.
HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBAL TEAMS
ANTICIPATE GOOD SEASON
The teams of Butler High school
both seemingly looking to a success
ful year, divided the games with
Pinehurst and the girls from Mon
tezuma.
Tuesday night, a sharp forward
from Pinehurst led her team to vic
tory over Butler. She hit from all
angles of the floor, totaling 37
points. Margie Jarrell led the Butler
team with 16 marners, followed by
Emogene Spillers with 8.
Butler boys gave the home fans
University Looms
As Target in Georgia
School Race Test
We are indeed interested to learn
as well as our readers, that the
Board of County Commissioners has
reestablished the office of Home
Demonstration Agent. And too they
have been quite fortunate in se
curing the proper person for this
position in Miss Ann
member of one of Crawford coun
ty’s most prominent families. She
‘Red” Williams, of Douglas,
Expected to be appointed as
Revenue Commissioer.
'Atlanta, Nov. 9—Gov.-Elect Grif
fin reportedly has decided on T. V.
Williams of Douglas for the im
portant post of revenue commission
er. It may be announced shortly.
Segregation: The pending federal
suit against Atlanta Public Schools
notwithstanding,Georgia’s first real
trouble spot on the segregation
something they had not seen ini problem likely will come in the
many years. With Cecil Griggs, j University System. The law school
Bobby Akin and Lum Purvis lead- of the University of Georgia, for
ing the Butler attack respectively, J example has been the target of one
the local boys romped to victory by j Negro student, applicant for the last
a score of 614-32. This was one of I four years.
the highest scores ever registered i That particular case is moot right
by a Butler team. jnow—applicant Horace Ward was
The overflow crowd saw the drafted into the Army in Septem-
teams again divide a twin bill on I ber—but state officials are stand -
Friday night, the girls winning and | ing by for other attempts which
the boys losing. they feel are sure to come.
In a close game all the way, the I With them may be courts tests of
Butler girls led Emogene Spillers | the agents’ new administraiton
defeated the Montezuma team 22-20requiring applicants to
as Montezuma put on a late scor- j fnrmsh certification of his good
‘character by two alumni of the
school. The state of Mississippi is
considering a similar admisson re
quirement; only, Mississippi would
require five such certifications.
So far, accordng to University
ing spree.
In the boys’ game, foul shots
proved beneficial to Montezuma hs
they defeated the docal boys 64-40.
Cecil Griggs was high man for the
,Beors droppng in 11 points, Bobby
brmtn, Akin adding 10.
Howard Community
Visited By Judges In
ImprovementContesi
COUNTY DISTRICTS ELECT
OFFICERS TO SERVE ON '55
t COMMUNITY COMMITTEES
Number of Local as Well as
Out of County Visitors Joined
Community Inspection Tour.
System Secretary L. E. Siebert, the
measure has worked very well—ex
cepting scattered complaints from
The local boys have a record of
was induced to accept this position I Tour wins and two defeats, and the students who gripe about the
that she might be nearer home, three wins and three defeats, j red tape on it. Actually, when the
having served in similar capacity; boys have defeated Byron, I regents made the "certification” re-
Unadilla, Reynolds and Pinehurst jquirement in April, 1953, they made
the girls have taken one from Rey- j no mention of segregation,
nolds and two from Montezuma. I i n addition to the two recom-
The Butler teams appreciate the Imendations from alumni, new stu-
fine support you have given them!dents must get an attestation of
thus far and hope you will con-1 bona fide residence and good moral
very satisfactorily for a number of
years in one of South Georgia’s
larger counties. She is a sister of
Hon. T. P. Smith. Clerk of Craw
ford County Superior Court. Miss
Smith will be delighted to greet
callers in her office ni the court
house in Butler beginning Dec. 1.
Our genial friend Mr. R. L.
Swearingen head of the Taylor
County Motor Co. Reynolds, is
county dealer for Chevrolet cars.
Friend Bob was pleased with the
number of recent visitors to see the
new 1955 models and gives the
Herald credit for letting many peo
ple know about the event. The new
model has all the conveniences to
be expected and in appearance
there is nothing to surpass them.
Drop by and see these new cars if
you have not already done so. A
warm welcome awaits you. It is of
further interest to learn that Mr.
Alfonso McCrary of Butler has
joined the staff of the Taylor Coun
ty Motor Co. as salesman in the
Butler area. See him if interested
in such purchase.
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Notable interest is being manifest
ed by the Sunday School and
preaching service attendance at the
Methodist church. The object of at
tention is a lovely arrangement of
hand-made autumn flowers for the
altar produced by the artistic hand
of Mr. Edwin Alien, local florist and
dealer in attractive gifts for all oc
casions. The flowers are said to
have been made of sea oats, okra,
corn shucks, dry straw, flowers, cat
tails, common duck wheat and are
beautifully arranged in a brass
bowl. Everyone should inspect this
splendid display of hand art by
one of our local young men.
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Outstanding and delightful
events are scheduled for two promi
nent married couples, esteemed by
hosts of Taylor county friends. The
individuals and occasions are list
ed: Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Allmon who
will celebrate their Golden Wed
ding Anniversary Sunday from 3
to 6 p. m. at the local Community
House. They invite their friends to
call during these hours. The second
similar observance will be that of
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Nottingham at
their residence in Macon next Tues
day, 4 to 6 p. m.
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Among our most interesting week
end callers were Mr. and Mrs. N. G.
Dyer of Onalaska, Wash., who vis
ited this office Monday. They are
traveling in their house car and
plan to spend sometime with rela
tives and friends here, also in
South Georgia and in Florida. Mrs.
Dyer will be remembered here as
the former Mrs. Nettie Jenkins
Byrd, sister of Hon. Philip Jenkins
with whom she was employed as
Tax Commissioner of this county
tinue to boost them thru the
mainder of the year.
character from the ordinary or clerk
of superior court in his county. If
Tomorrow night the Butler teams;* 16 * lves ' n a sma ** community
play host to the Reynolds Tigers. which . has n ° alumni > the Judge of
Again we hope there will be a • su P er i° r court can vouch for him.
I Out-of-state applicants must fur-
jnish similar recommendations and
(information.
J Each school of the University Sys-
jtem alho reseres the right to give
i applicants aptitude and intelligence
i tests to determine his suitability.
Ward’s attorneys have already
contended this latter requirement
larger crowd for this game.
Mauk Methodist Church
(Hoke Hatcher, Pastor)
Morning worship 10 a. m. Ser
mon by the pastor. Subject, “The
Tragedy of Spiritual Death.”
Church School will follow wor
ship service.
All the people of the community are
was slipped in as a stumbling blocb
to keep their client out of the law
school.
But the program which has real
ly kept down appplications is the
“grants” system whereby Georgia
Negro students may attend out-of-
Antioch Baptist Church
invited and urged to attend our s t a t e colleges, the state footing
services Sunday and worship with j much of the bilL The state nas no
us - ilaw, engineering or medical schools
We are living in a time when the!for Negroes,
church needs to exert itself so thatj So the University System gives
the people who are outside the them the differential in fees such
church will be led into a faith in'course would cost in Georgia and
God that can save from sin and into the out-of-stale institution, plus
a new life in Christ. [rail transportation dnd a living
SEE YOU IN CHURCH SUNDAY. I cost supplement, and away they go.
,. .. ■■ — J Many Negroes thus are able to
attend such fine national institu
tions as Columbia and Harvard. The
program functions so smoothly that
the University System offices have
become a sort of “branch” registrar
Sunday School 30:30 a. m. How- office for Columbia, popular with
ard Kendrick, Supt. Good classes teachers seeking summer school
for all ages. work.
Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by the! TT^e University System this school
pastor. Please read II Samuel, 18th year will spend about $200,000 on
chapter. Our text will be the 29th grants — incidentally considering
verse. We have an interesting sub- considering that sum quite a sav-
ject for this worship: “If I Had My.ings. Otherwise, under the “equal”
Life to Live Over Again.” What facilities doctrine, costly graduate
changes would you make? Bring schools would have to be set up
some friend with you to hear this for Negroes.
message. j Some 2,700 grants will go this
Preaching and praise service Sun-;y ear to a bout 2,000 individuals. Not
day evening at 7 o’clock. jail recipients use them to attend
™. . , . ,. ,, . .. out-of-state colleges. Under the
The church cordially invites you 1 .
t .. , , grant program, some 800 to 1,000
to worship there in all Sundays . , ., ,, , .
„ L (Students currently are enrolled at
services. You will find a warm wel
come and Christian fellowship.
J. H. STANFORD, Pastor.
Atlanta University.
Siebert is proud of the program,
and says Negro students like it.
“We get a number of letters from
students highly praising it,” he
said
prior to her marriage to Mr. Dyer in
December, 1949 and established her
residence in the state of Washing
ton. Many delightful occasions ,, . >> a ■ ■ ,
have occurred during Mrs. Dyer’s MIAMI'S. All 111911 1*616017116
residence in Washington. One of j _ .
these we were interested to iearn Golden Wedding SimdaV
was that of last June when she vis-1 *
ited Alaska, which event made head j
lines in the Alaska News, outstand-1 Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Allmon will
ink Alaska publication. In celebrate their Golden Wedding
this experience she was credited anniversary' Sunday afternoon,
with bagging during a week’s Their friends are invited to call
hunt of a 1400-pound bear; also a at the local Community House be-
1600-pound bull moose. tween the hours of 3 and 5 p.m.
The day that the Howard Im
provement Club had worked,
planned for and anticipated as be
ing h successful day, has come and
gone.
The delegation from Columbus
accompanied the judges to Howard.
Mr. O. M. Martin registered the
guests and the program began at
the church at 10 a. m.
Rev. Hoke Hatcher, pastor, gave
the invocation. Mrs. E. H. Perkins,
general chairman of the Club, gave
the welcome. Others making reports
were Mrs. G. C. Creal, religious ac
tivities; Miss Mary Lou Averett,
Community Activities; Steve Brown
Youth Activities; and H. A. Sealy
Farming Activities. Mr. Vernon
Reddish, County Agent, introduced
the guests. Mrs. Clem Adams,
president, gave a short talk and as
signed the judges to cars for the
tour. Mrs. Carl Brown was in
charge.
The judges were: Miss Lavada
Curtis, Alabama Food Preservation
Specialist; Miss Lucille Higgin
botham, Ga. Health Education Spe
cialist; W. T. Cox, Alabama Farm
Building Specialist; and Tom Wil
liams, Georgia Landscape Special
ist.
Stops during the tour included
the remodeled home of Morris Guy;
Gee farm ana home, (residence re
built with help from community
after the tornado) lakes, sand pit
and remodeled Flowers store and
market.
At the Church, handicraft projects
were inspected by the judges under
the supervision of Mrs. A. H. Sealy
A delicious plate lunch, prepared
and served by Mrs. D. W. Culver-
house, Mrs. James Brown an^f Mrs.
Joe Brown to 52 visitors.
The judges and visitors left im
mediately for inspection of a Club
in Schley County.
Other visitors were Mrs. Vernon
Reddish, Mrs. Hoke Hatcher, Mrs. J.
W. Edwards II and Mrs. Hartwell
Weaver. The court house was rep
resented by Messrs Thclmon Jarrell
and Clifford Adams, and Mr. Lewis
Watson Sr. represented the County
Commissioners.
Visitors from Columbus: Mrs.
Thelma Scott, Stanley' Home Prod
ucts; Cecil Flowers, Flowers Bros.
Store; Salvador Spano, Spano’s
Restaurant and President of the Co-
llumbus Merchants Association; Ce
cil Garrett, Secty., Columbus Mer
chants Assn.; Mrs. Carolyn Paretta,
(Columbus Chamber of Commerce;
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Herring, B. & H.
Oil Co.; J. C. Richardson, District
Agent for the Ga. Extension Serv
ice, and Arthur Springer, Asst. Mgr
Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
Some of the accomplishments
shown by the leaders during the
year included:
1. Farm and home exhibit spon
sored at the Chattahoochee Valley
Exposition (Won 4th place),
i 2. Annex to church completed.
3. Homes in community re
modeled.
4. Post office painted and re
floored with new concrete porch.
5. Store building underwent com
plete renovation, with first fresh
meat counter in town installed.
6. Honors won by 4-H, FFA and
FHA members from the communi
ty- \
7. Farming methods improved.
Sound fertilization programs and
proper land preparations are mak
ing the sub-marginal land produc
tive.
8. Float in the B-Day Celebration
(won 3rd place).
9. Roads in town and public
square claked (Thanks to our Coun
ty Commissioners.
10. Church grounds and ceme
tery cleaned.
Whether our Club wins a prize or
not, we feel we have accomplished
much during the 8 months we have
accomplished much during the 8
months we have been organized.
—Pub. Chmn.
Results of the ASC Committee
election recently reveal the follow-
nig farmers were elected to serve as
the community commitee in the va
rious districts of the county:
Butler District: W. W. Greene, Ed
Davis and Hugh Bone.
Carsonville-Daviston District: A.
C. Adams Jr., Franklin McCants
and Moody Peed.
Cedar Creek: Clyde Cooper, Har
vey Callahan and Jesse Bell.
Howard: C. E. Abbott, Billy
Averett and James Brown.
Panhandle: James Young, Clar
ence Barfield and Russell Mont
gomery.
Potterville: George Youngblood,G.
D. Childree and Frank Mclnvale.
Reynolds: R. iHI. James, J. E.
Childree, and Dan Payne.
Rustin District: E. A. Welch, Wm.
■ Woodall and L. R. Pike.
| Delegates elected in the Oct. 13
(election met Oct. 20 and elected
the following persons to serve as
County Committee for 1955: H. A.
Sealy, Chairman; Homer Chapman,
Vice Chairman; A. J. Fountain,
member; Moody Peed, first alter
nate; and William Woodall, second
alternate.
The duties of the ASC Committee
men include the administration of
federal agricultural programs on a
county and community level.
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Senator Walter George
Slated for Honorary
Post in Washington
Washington, Nov. 6—Come Jan
uary, Georgia’s veteran Sen. Walter
George is slated to be elected by
his colleagues as president pro
tern of the U. S. Senate, some
times called the nation’s most ex
clusive club.
What does it mean? What will
his duties be? Will be able ot hold
his committee assignments and the
new post?
The post of president pro tern is
an honorary job. The party which
controls the senate elects one of its
members—generally one with long
service—to the position.
Congressman Forrester
Pays County Visit on
Farm Inspection Tour
It was indeed a pleasure to have
Congressman E. L. Forrester, repre
sentative of the Third Congression
al District, spend Tuesday in the
county on an inspection tour and
investigation as to the agricultural
interest of the county.
The Congressman is an active
supporter of the community de
velopment program in Southwest
Georgia, it is well known.
One-Act Play Contest
Announced for Monday.
Night at Reynolds Hi
Preliminatries will be held in Cir
cle C in the One-Act Play Contest
Monday night at the Reynolds
High School auditorium. Unadilla,
Reynolds, Butler and Pinehurst will
each present a One-Act Play. The
two best plays will be selected
from each Circle for a final con
test on the night of Nov. 18.
Admission to plays is 25c and 50c.
Expenses of judges and 10 percent
to school ’staging play is paid from
(his admission money. The re
mainder is pro-rated among the
sch<x>ls on 10c a mile basis with
balance divided equally.
CpI. James E. Gray
Returns from Korea
' The many friends of Cpl. James
E. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Gray of Reynolds, will be glad to
learn that he arrived in California
via plane Tuesday.
Cpl. Gray has spent the past 16
months in Japan and Korea. He will
be stationed at Brooks Army Hos
pital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., for
two or three weeks before receiving
a discharge from service. After his
discharge is granted Cpl. Gray will
return to his home in Reynolds.
Ft. Benning Soldier
Killed In Car Wreck
South of Butler
Another Soldier Is Critically
Injured in Same Unfortunate
Accident.
When the five-passenger Pontiac
which he was driving overturned
several times on Highway 19, nine
miles south of Butler at an early
hour Saturday night, Cpl. Law
rence A. Anderson enlisted Ft. Ben
ning soldier was instantly killed.
Pvt. Mack D. Green, Co. E, Inf.
School Detachment, also from Fort
Benningand companion of Cpl. An
derson was believed to have prob
ably been fatally injured in the
same mishap. He was transferred
to the Ft. Benning hospital in the
quickest time possible as was the
body of Cpl. Anderson.
The driver of the car evidently
lost control of the vehicle at a
curve on the highway.
It was stated that the two soldiers
both residents of North Carolina,
were on a three-day pass when the
accident occurred, and \yere re
turning to Fort Benning after a
visit to Florida.
Mrs. Smith Succumbed
Saturday Afternoon to
Illnes of Several Months
Death of Mrs. Effie Melton Smith
occurred Saturday afternoon at the
home of Woodrow Melton, near
Butler, after na illness of approxi
mately 12 months. She was the
widow of the late Harry Smith, re
tired U. S. Army surgeon.
The deceased was born in
Marion County Oct. 5, 1881, daugh
ter of the late Mr. D. K. and Mrs.
Ella Melton. She had made her
home in. Taylor County for more
than a year. She was a member of
the Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Smith
and interment of the remains of
the deceased took place Sunday af
ternoon at Linwood cemetery, Co
lumbus with Rev. E. H. Dunn of
ficiating.
A number of near relatives be
sides hosts of devoted friends sur
vive the deceased.
Funeral arangements in charge
of Edwards Funrela Home.
Mrs. Walter Wamwright
Is Named President of
County Health Council
A group of Taylor county citizens
met on the evening of Nov. 4th at
the local school gym to organize
a county-wide Health Council.
The purpose of this Council was.
to develop plans for a general
fund to be used to aid indigent
pre-school children in correction of
physical defects that can not be ob
tained from the Welfare Depart
ment or other sources.
The needs for this organization
were presented to the group by
County Public Health Nurse, Mrs.
Eppie Mae Arnold. After a general
discussion of problems and needs it
was decided by the group that such
an organization in the county was
needed.
Officers were elected as follows:
Pres., Mrs. Walter Wainwright.
V.-Pres., Mrs. Jack Suggs.
Secretary, Mrs. Annie L. Powell.
Treasurer, Mr. Clifford Adams.
Ninety-Three Persons
Will Be Naturalized
Today at Macon
Macon, Nov. 8—In one of the
largest ceremonies of its kind ever
witnessed in the U. S. District court
at Macon, 93 natives of 23 foreign
lands will be naturalized as
American citizens on VA Day,Thurs
day.
Taking part in the ceremonies
will be a number of vets, civic and
social organizations including the
American Legion and color guards
from the Army,Navy and Air Force.
In accordance with a special re
quest from the Justice Department
in Washington, the ceremonies are
on Veteran’s Day in Macon and in
other cities throughout the United
States.