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The Butler Herald
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VOLUME 81.
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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1956.
NUMBER 13.
CHRlSiMAS EDITION 1956
OBSERVATIONS
The Daffodils
Musical Program
By Wesleyan Group
Here Sunday
(William Wadsworth)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales
and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Besides the lace, beneath the tree
Fluttering and dancing in the
breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way.
They stretched in nev&r-ending Mrs. Jeanette Wallace Oliphant,
line I a former Butler resident, now a
Along the margin of a bay; j member of Wesleyan College fac-
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, ulty.
Tossing their heads in sprightly
The public was favored Sunday
afternoon by a delightful program
of voice and organ Christmas
music at the Methodist church
rendered by Wesleyan College
| students.
Those rendering the program in
cluded Misses Cecile Glosier, Lola
Harris, Peggie Miller, Mary Louise
Rose and Becky Berryhill.
These attractive and talented
young ladies were presented by
Mrs. Bettie Parks
Dies at Reynolds
Monday Morning
Funeral Services for Elderly
Reynolds Lady at New
Hope Church Tuesday p. m.
dance.
Local Club Women
The waves beside them dance,
but the >’ Sponsor Splendid Flower
Outdid the sparkling waves in
glee;
A fact could not but be gay
In such a jocund company.
I gazed and gazed, but little
thought
What wealth to me the show had
brought.
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood.
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure
fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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Christmas music filled the air
from three local churches Sunday
morning.
Show Here Recently
Mrs. Bettie Alexandder Parks, 86
years of age, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Eula Bryan at
Reynolds, Monday at 5:40 a. m.
Mrs. Parks was born in Talbot
Mr. Sam S. Moore
Dies Sunday
Of Heart Attack
Deceased Was Well Known
Candle Light
Service Next Sun.
At Baptist Church
The beautiful sanctuary of the
. | local Baptist church will be the
raimer and Merchant of i scene of the annual Christmas
i Lighting Service in an appro-
j priate setting for the Old World
i Carols along with the traditional
carols given by the combined
choirs of the church. The tall
Fickling Mill Community.
Mrs. Laura Jordan
Dies Monday
After Long Illness
Mrs. Jordan Was Last Member
Of Once Prominent Bivins
Family of Taylor County.
Mr. S. S. Moore, successful
farmer and merchant residi„ E a j ^ s Te“wTth candeiabras whW. are
few miles north of town on Butler *<3 w whlc V ar ®
£rv kli 3 6 a M m X*;.? Su "' 1 fte JZ used'inI IS' °f
county June 2, 1870, daughter of hospital climaxing In mnelT'nf ,he re ’ en ° f K '" S
the late Mr. David and Mrs. So- only four days from heart ail- 0 i d world carols usuallv late Mr. Bivins was one of • the
ment beautifully arranged for trebble county’s largest land owners and
choirs, will be directed by the a successful farmer,
church organist, Mrs. J. W. Ed- The family resided on highway
wards I and assisted by Miss Ip a s 'hort distance south of Flint
the late Mr. David and Mrs. So
phrona Alexander. In early life she
was married to Mr. Asa I Parks of
Reynolds who preceded her in
The community was saddened
the first of the week by the pass
ing of Mrs. Laura B. Jordan, last
member of the J. H. Bivins family
for many years one of this coun
ty’s most prominent families. The
The deceased was a son of the
late Mr. B. F. Moore Sr., and the
death a number of years ago. She . late Mrs. Mamie Moore and is
PHmifiv^R^S p°h„ pl ew HOP ' S H Ur q iV ^a b R p^tvt brother ^! Messr f Angharad Carmichael, pianist. The rive r brid g e - Thi s beautiful home
Primitive Baptist church. H. S. and B. F Moore, and several choirs will be assist( ^ 1 hv thp sn _ is at presen
Mrs. Parks suffered a stroke of nieces and nephews,
paralysis about four days prior Mr. Moore was horn in this coun-
to her death. ty Nov. 1, 1902 and has resided
Funeral services were conducted here aW of his life. He was a
at New Hope Primitive Baptist I member of Turner Chapel church,
On Tuesday of last week the church at 4 o’clock Tuesday after- Master Mason and member of the
Camp Woodmen of World.
Funeral for Mr. Moore was con-
Now is the tim^ to send your or
der for a Christmas Gift subscrip-
Club Women proved their artistic noon - Eld. John Mangham offi
ability at the Flower Show. The ex- ciated and burial was in New
hibits emphasizing beauty for the H °P e cemetery.
Christmas season were a credit to Survivors include five daugh-
Proctor and Miss Elizabeth Wilson
were very complimentary of the
display.
Mrs. Herman Amos was awarded
the grand sweepstake prize while £ rea t grand children.
Mrs. L. R. Dean won first place in Goddard Funeral Home of Rey- Jack Chandler,
having the most beautifully ncdds was in charge of arrange- Honorary pallbearers were Gra-
wrapped Christmas package. j me,nts -
On Wednesday at the regular ——
meeting at the Club and T ~ # .
auction was held. Taylor and Crawford
choirs will be assisted by the so- | is at present owned and occu-
loists, Miss Jeraldine Davis, Fran Pi ed hy Mr. Wm. A. Jarrell and
Cochran and Jimmy Carmichael, family, Mr. Jarrell haying convert-
The descants to some of the carols , ed the plantation into an im-
will be sung by Misses Gloria Gil- ' m ' c ' ns ' e cattle ranch,
son and Angharad Carmichael. I . The original Bivins family con-
Climaxing the service, the pas- 1 s i sted °f Mr. and Mrs. Bivins,
tor, Rev. James M. Carmichael, ' Messrs Fred, Herbert, George, Mrs.
. , . „ t will light the Christmas Past Mar y B - Farmer, Mrs. Waif B.
Tnnnf rif 0 m - Tuesda y a * Candle and Christmas Present ! Horne and Mrs - Jordan.
Turners Chapel church and Candle The service will be closed Mrs. Jordan was approximately
our county. I ters, Mrs. Eula Bryan, Reynolds; cemetery.Officiating ministers were ith tbe liehtim? 0 f the conereea- 88 y ears of a S e , had been in de ‘
The Judges, _Mrs. Elizabeth Mrs. Fronnie Windham, Ocala, Rev L E Sheffield and Rev. W. tio n‘s cand f es a n d the recessional clining health for about two years
Fla.; Mrs. Ada Rountree of Ma- R. Lawhorn. tbe cbo j rs some of which time, a patient at
con; Mrs. Susan Schenck, Waldo, Those serving as pallbearers i Evervone is cordiallv invited to 'the Nurse’s Home, Geneva, but
Fla., and Miss Loni e Parks of were: Messrs Mack Miller, Clar- attend this service and eniov the 'transferred to the local hospital
Macon; 13 grand children and 21 ence Ranew, A. G. Windham, program Sundav evenine besm- a few da y s a S°- She succumbed
orr^t crrawiH Morris Moore, Ben Moore and program aunaay evening Degm , j *
ning at 7:30 o’clock.
Articles hand-made were sold for t
the up-keep of the Community LOUIltiGS RprpjvP NlfP
tion of Herald to go to some rela- j Building. Mrs. Lewis Beason made ; ***
tive or friend all next year. The this feature of the program very P||or|rr frAm Aa PaWAI*
cost is small, but the appreciation enjoyable as well as practical. wllCvRa IIUIII Uu. IVlvCl
dy Rogers, Charles Shine, Harvey Siflll-IID UltH* 1$ HPIP
Booth, Gordon Blackston, Walter F ^
Wainwright, James Spillers, Al- for 1957 AdriCIllhiral
fonso McCrary and J. D. Fincher. 1 Vl 1 1 ' 91
Edwards Funeral Home was in C0!lSCrVati0ll PrOgTdlTI
charge of arrangements.
will be big.
Refreshments in keeping with
the Yuletide were served by the
hostesses: Mesdames Eli Garrett,
Butler Officials
ill be Elected
District and local managers of
The Garland Byrds Christmas Hostesses: Mesaames mil uarrett, the Georgia Power Company January 19th
card so unique reminds us of the R - c - Montgomery Sr., R. C. Mont- throughout the state this week are
bobolink song- “Nice good wife, gomery.Jr., Walter and Jack Suggs; presenting to municipal and
broods in the grass, while her hus- and L.R. Adams
band sings,” and the bird’s mouths |
are open wide, giving out joyful D .. y, .
sounds. Butler nigh seniors
We asked one local businessman 1 Will Sponsor Barbecue
what he’d most appreciate from
the Jolly Old Saint cm Christmas
morning. We heard this joking
answer: “Enough cash to bring me
out of the hole from donations of
late.’’
to paralysis at 8:30 p. m. Mon
day.
Funeral for Mrs. Jordan was
conducted by Rev. Ernest Coffee,
pastor of Union Methodist church
of which Mrs. Jordan had been
a member for many years. Rev. E.
H. Dunn assisted in the church and
the graveside service .
Pallbearers were Messrs C. F.
It is now sign-up time for the R n M ,. rpav Jarrell Fred
1957 Agricultural Conservation Pro- j ar reH, ’ Joe Blasche, Gorman Jar-
gram according to H. A. Sealy,
rell, and Blanford Jarrell.
Tomorrow-Fri. Nile
Chairman of the Taylor County | E ; lwards Funeral Home was In
f C Cornrm te,c - Tbe 1957 ACP charge of arrangements,
for the county has been approved _
practices and rates of cost-sharing j
is being mailed to all farm opera-
What Southern
county government officials checks The election of a Mayor and ,
for the company’s 1956 property five aldermen for the City of But- tars m tbe coun ty. the Chairman
tax payments, according to Mr. W. ler for a two year term is an- added - Farmers who desire to re- A-j».«of||fafiAn MaAIIC
W. Brennan, District Manager at nounced for Saturday, Jan. 12th. ? eive ACP cost-sharing for carry- AttrCaildllOII HCfllli
Americus. H. L. Russell, Local Horn. E. L. Wilson who has 0U J : c 1 0 , ns f. r 1 vat .*5 >n i practice f ^ Ta Riit|ar 11! C#>HaaI
Manager at Reynolds, delivered a faithfully'served the City as May- 19 ^ 7 sbou i d Die their requests at III DUIICI III JUIUVI
check for $8,648.95 to Taylor eoun- i or during the past two years, ad- the County ASC Office, Butler,
ty and one for $2,802.89' to Craw- vises the Herald that he will not durln g the sign-up period which since release of the news a few
ford County. He also presented seek re-election. begins Dec. 15, 1956 and ends days ag0 that the Butler High
checks to officials in Butler, Rey-! Persons desiring to run for the Jan - 31 > !957. school was admitted to member-
The local Senior Class is spon- nolds and Roberta. Total property office of Mayor and aldermen , Mr - Sea ly states that the ACP ship in the Southern Association
soring a barbecue Friday—tomor- tax payments made by the com- mus t qualify and register with the win pa y up to 70 Pf rce nt of the 0 f Colleges and Secondary schools.
row—7 p. m. at the Butler Cafe- pany for this year will be $4,229,- City Clerk on or before Jan. 2nd.
torium. Following the barbecue, 026. ’
People who thought that winter Mr. and Miss B. H. S. will be Of this amount, Mr. Russell de- [ggjjjjy AddfeSSillC) Label
clared, $2,129,630 goes into general
had really arrived a few weeks chosen
ago with ioe almost every morn- since this is our first home-corn- county funds, $1,410,767 to°schooi |r Acciiranro A# Rottnr
ing decided ten days ago that coming affair, we extend a special districts, $664,511 to cities and MSStlrCillCC 0l Dcllcr,
maybe they were mistaken be- invitation to all former graduates ' towns, and $24,118 to the State of nolivorif A* Parlranoc
cause summer returned with high Q f B.H.S. ! Georgia. The company's 1955 prop- 01 rdCKdgeS
temperatures in the afternoon. Of Come and enjoy “just being to- erty taxes totaled $4,145,000.
average cost of carrying out some i have had inquiries from many
of the more important practices in friends of education over the
1957. These include establishment the county as to the real meaning
of permanent vegetative cover for 0 f such accreditation. The question
pasture or hay, planting forest has even arisen as to whether the
trees, timber stand improvement, sc hool had been dropped from
and building dams for livestock the accredited list and if the work
water. The cost-share rates for the don e over the past year was in
other approved practices such as preparation of getting the school
course there was considerable gether.” The prices are $1.00 for Earlier in the year municipal Addresses marked on gifts with plating cover, crops, improving back on the accredited list,
griping, but it didn t amount to adults and 75c for children under partnership tax payments totaling a felt-tip pen are colorful, clearly P as t ure s, terracing, and building in reality, there are two ac-
much and there was a saving in io years of age. . $1,582,365 were paid by the com- visable and quickly read and ap- dams for irrlgatic,n wil1 be about , crediting commissions in the
fuel. Much to be appreciated were , —Reporter. pany to the 345 cities towns and predated by postal employes, as- percent of the cost, as in the South. One of these is the State
communities in which the firm’s suring that your packages will P ast - The purpose in having the Accrediting Commission; the oth-
3 per cent franchise agreement is reach destination on time. sign-up period at the beginning of er j s the Southern Accrediting
in effect. Under this agreement, These pens have long been ; tbe y ear > Mr. Sealy said, is to see Commission. The State Commis-
the company pays each munid- a favorite with teachers, artists, tbat every farmer has equal op- s j 0 n is an agency which accredits
in which it operates three Der store and office clerks and busi- i Port unlt y r e q u e s t cost-sharing schools and colleges in 11 of the
while program funds are avail- Southern States. Each agency has
able. A farmer may file a request certain standards a school must
heavy showers during the week
end; just what the farmers have I
been quite anxious to see for sev- |(j|](j|y 0bS6fV6
eral weeks.
Older residents 0«’t kl . county' ™* GreeHlHJ EditiWl
who remember the family of Rev. Qf YaUI* RlltlAr HaFaIH
I. F. and Mrs. Emma Griffith will i ' /l 1WMI
regret to learn of the death of their These mnnicinai nartnprehit tav
daughter, Miss Susan Griffith The Herald’s Annual Christmas I mun .i C j? al . part , nership .i a ^
which occured at the home in Ma- Greeting Edition is being pub- e j ectr j c
can Dec 13th. Funeral services and llS ^ r d is ;^ s W ^ eti51 _ s with color . addition to property tax payments. 1 Pavlilf, T»YA«
interment was at Reynolds ceme- L'nristmas greetings witn color Th Georgia Power Co official * ajinQ laXcS
tery with Revs. Alton Davis *1 art wojk are appearing as j pointed 0^ ^7^5 20 5 peJ I —
and T. M. Bailey officiating. She y° u wd l find.
pal in which it operates three per
| cent of its gross revenue from the ne ss men.
; sale of electricity for residential
and commercial use. Today—TllUrSday
payments were based on 1955 L Final Rata fA*
revenue and were ir>i ■* filial DfllC IUf
at any time during tne year, prior measure up to in order to be ac-
to the time he starts to carry out credited by that commission. The
the practice, and may receive cost requirements of the Southern Ac-
sharing. However, since program crediting Commission are much
funds are limited, the county higher than the State accrediting
committee cannot guarantee that requirements,
funds will be available to approve
The Butler and Reynolds high
and t. m. Baney oiriciaung. nnncnrp , . _ . r I cent of the company’s total reve- Please keep in mind, all al ] late re 9 uests that ma y be re ' and elementary schools have al-
attended Wesleyan College and _ lp fy aje sponsored^ by Taylor nue £oes tQ Day taxes inr]lld i n( T property owners of this county, cei ,X ed 'c , ^ t ways been and still are accrdited
that today—Thursday—is the last ■ Mr ‘ urge f each , farn ? er , in # b y the state Accrediting Commis-
day for paying City, County and T" ty t0 l°° k ° V6 ' t . 1 J e h llst . '° f si °n- Tha Butler school has
State Taxes for 1956. 19 ^ 7 A ^ P practices and if he has me t the requirements of the
conducted a private school in At County Merchants, County and " Ua g . oes J pay taxes - including property owners of this county,
conducted a private school in At ^ an ^ Busin y essmen federal and state income taxes,
lanta for a number of years be
fore moving to Macon
The Yuletide season is approach
ing rapidly and the closer Christ
mas comes, the more frequently
we see the word “Christmas”
spelled with an “X” a prac
tice which may be time-saving,
but which takes away from the
meaning of the word to us. Al
though those' who advocate the
shorter spelling may be tech
nically correct, since X is the
the Greek symbol for “Christ,”
local Greek population is small,
and we would prefer the more
common “Christmas.” Although
Christmas is a busy season, we
feel its religious beginning is too
often slighted, and the use of
“Christ” in Christmas in the place
of “Xmas” may in a small way
restore the sacred reason for the
holiday.
that wish to extend their season’s taxe *. municipal partner-
greetings to the thousands of shlp taxes ’ and others '
Herald readers.
Herman Talmadge
Attends TesHmonial
Dinner for George
Albany, Ga.—Hundreds of lead
ing Georgians attended a testi
monial dinner at Radium Springs
Monday night in honor of retiring
Sen. Walter George.
Sen. Richard Russell was prin
cipal speaker at the dinner, which
was given by a group of George’s
friends in Southwest Georgia.
One of the guests present was
Senator-Elect Herman Talmadge,
who will take George’s place in
the Senate.
Revival at Baptist
Church Begins Jan. 13
Also remember you must show a J need for cost ' sh { aa l ng to carry Southern Accrediting Commission
affidavit proving payment of all out .°. ne , or mo < re °, f n thes l f. practlce s and has been admitted to mem-
advalorem taxes before you can °" h “ farm - , to „? iS ? , ? bership in the Southern Associa-
purchase your 1957 auto tag. wlth the county ASC office not lat- t icm of Colleges and Secondary
Mr. C. H. Adams, Taylor County er than Ja,n - 15, 1957
Tax Commissioner says advalorem
There will be a series of revival taxes lnclude „ a £ y f axas a per H
services at the local Baptist church I S(>n may ™ e : ^ h,S } S tha second
during the week of January 13th. y ® ar . that this law has been in
Rev. Rastus Salter, pastor of the enect -
Second Baptist Church, Warner
Robins, will be guest minister and
Mr. Art Gress, choir director of
Calvary Baptist Church, Columbus
will lead the singing.
This splendid evangelistic team
has been used effectively in
churches throughout Central Geor
gia.
The pastor and his congregation
urge everyone to plan now to
attend this approaching revival. fight TB.
Card of Thanks
Have You Remitted
For Christmas Seals?
Taylor County who were so kind
and considerate of me during my
recent illness and stay at the Mid
dle Georgia hospital in Macon.
Your cards, flowers, gifts, visits
One American catches TB every and prayers were appreciated
five minutes and the money you more than words can express,
spend for Christmas Seals can help May God richly bless each of you
to prevent this. Remember, 94 per is my earnest prayer,
cent of all money collected here Sincerely,
will remain in our county to help
schools, the top ranking agency of
school accreditation in the South.
Preliminary work is now under
way in the Reynolds High school
| for a submission of an application.
We tfish to thank each and by that school for Southern Ac-
every one of our many friends in creditation.
W. H. Elliston, CSS.
Cake Sale Friday
The Rupert Home Demonstration
Club will have assorted cakes on
sale at Wilson’3 folf Service Store
in Butler tomorrow—Friday. Your
Mrs. L. B. Strickland patronage will be greatly ap-
Reynolds, Ga.
preciated.