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The Butler Herald
VOLUME 81.
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ING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SEC RET OF SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 29. 1957.
OBSERVATIONS |
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Schley County’s Centennial cele
bration date is planed for Nov. 20
at Ellaville.
Well, well, another column. Bet
ter sit down for a spell while you
read this as there’s a lot of scuttle
butt this week.
We note that church member
ship in the United States set a new
mark last year. In other words,
the quantity of membership is
growing. We hope the same is true
about the quality of the mem
bers.
Physical Checkup ]13 Persons Killed
NUMBER 48.
Is Urged Before
School Bell Rings
That refreshing breeze that has
been coming our way during re
cent nights and early mornings
tell of autumn, and is a welcome
relief to the sutry tlays that pre
cedes it, hug?
We were advised that those
beautiful flowers that graced the
Methodist church auditorium Sun
Parents, are your children really
ready for school?
Dr. Virginia McNamara, director,
School Health Division of the Ga.
Department of Public Health, and
Mrs. Eppie Mae Arnold, Public
Health Nurse would like to re
mind parents that all children
should enter school ivi the best
possible physical condition. A
complete physical checkup by the
family physician and dentist is
recommended at regular intervals
throughout the child:s school ca
reer.
At present there is a great deal
of emphasis on the vision of the
preschool child, and in some com
munities in Georgia, preschool vis
ion testing is being done by the
National Society for the Prevention
of Blindness and community vol
unteer service groups. Not all pre
On Georgia Hwys.
During Week-end
Five Are Killed in One
Accident Early Sunday Near
Dariey.
Schools in County
Will Open Monday
For 1957-58 Term
Opening Exercises at Each
School in County Beginning
At 9 A. M. Monday.
Atlanta, Ga.—Thirteen persons
were killed in week end accidents P or 5 ec * for work Monday morning
in Georgia including five who
Mayor Season
Gills Meeting of
Gty Tax Pay ers
French Exchange
Student Visiting J
Farms in County "
day Aug 18 were placed there i school children need a complete
by Mr W W ’Hortman and family eye examination, but parents of
in memory of Wanda, daughter, of,a child who may show evidence
Mr. and Mrs. Hortman. The little
girl would have been 10 years of
age Aug. 13th.
The fascinating Mrs. Gray,
formerly Margaret Burton, who
lived high, wide and handsome in
Atlanta Society for a time on
funds allegedly misappropriated
from a group of physicians has at
last been apprehended in Tulsa,
Okla., in the act of further pursu
ing her special abilities.
The Herald was gratified last
week to receive a new subscription
from Mrs. T. W. Taylor whose
of eye muscle imbalance (crossed
eyes or squint,), or any other ob
vious abnormality of the eye,
should take him for a professional
eye examination. Immediate at
tention to muscle imbalance is
very important, as these children
may cease to use the deviating
eye and may, from disuse, lose
considerable of the vision of that
eye. The old view that such things
correct themselves spontaneously is
an erroneous one in the majority
of cases. Our experts on eve dis
eases advise us that the best time
for an eye exarrflnation is imme
diately after the parent notices
died in a headon collision of a
truck and a car near Darien before
dawn Sunday.
Latest reported victim was Cur
tis Stell, 19, who was killed Sun
day when his motorcycle left a
rural highway north of Brunswick.
Officers said the kick stand on
the vehicle accidentally came
down causing Stell to lose control.
A passenger was injured 1 critical
ly.
Among the dead was I. M. Grif
fin, 61, former Atlanta Cracker
baseball player and one time man
ager of the Macon team. He died
Sunday when the car he was driv
ing went out of control and over
turned on a curve near Gaines
ville. The State Patrol said Griffin
had been living at Mobile, Ala.
A white man and four Negroes
were killed and three other Ne
groes were injured 'in the crash
near Darien, the patrol said. The
accident'occurred on U. S. High
way 17.
Mayor Lewis Beason and mem
bers of the City Council called a
special meeting of the citizens of
Butler Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
At this meeting Mayor Beason
& ave a report of the financial
All teachers of the county re- j condition of the City. In his re
port. the Mayor said that during
the first six months of the pres
ent administration—Feb. through
Local Agricultural Extension
Office Helps Direct Survey
And Study in This County.
present address is Atlanta. In a,that the eye doesn’t look
note accompanying the subscrip
tion, Mrs. Taylor spoke very com
plimentary of the cordiality ex
tended her on a recent visit to her
native city, Talbotton. She is the
mal.
All children before entering
school should get their booster
smallpox, diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus shots. If these im-
last member of the Taylor Me- j munizations and polio protection
Laughlin families, the last of j were not begun in infancy, then it
whom was a scholarly man who i is strongly recommended that they
in former days headed a number be begun before school entrance,
of educational institutions. The I According to statistics, some cases
friendship of Mrs. Taylor appre- ' of diphtheria are occurring in
ejated by many Butler, Reynolds j Georgia school children among the
and Montezuma citizens. | older age groups, so it is advisable
* * ’ * that children should continue tf
Georgia’s “buckshot brigade” J get booster doses of diphtheria
should "harvest one of the best j and tetanus for several years after
deer crops in recent years, the , entering school.
Game and Fish Commission has John Milton reminds us that,
predicted. The Commission reports-; “Childhood shows the man as
that noticable increases in Geor- , morning the day.” So parents,
ma’s deer herd has been recorded let’s give them a bright and shin-
in most parts of the state. This is j ing future!
due to a mild winter and an | 1
abundant food crop, which carried . ,
deer over in excellent shape. ReVIVSl SCTVICeS at
Woman Arrested Charged
With Defrauding Georgia
Doctors of Large Sum
and are busy this week preparing
for school opening next Tuesday
morning.
Mr. W. H. Elliston, County
School Superintendent, states that
he expects a large enrollment of
students at both Butler and Rey
nolds white and colored schools.
The Butler High school will be
under the supervision of Mr. A.
B. Duncan, principal, and Mr. E.
H. Joiner is principal of the Rey
nolds school.
Robert L. McDougald is principal
of the Eureka school for the color
ed at Butler and R. E. Brown Jr.,
is principal of the Reynolds school
for colored students.
A total of 84 teacher have been
employed in the various schools
of the county for the 1957-58
school term.
Opening exercises at each
school will begin at 9 o’clock
Monday morning followed by en
rollment of students. Classes will
begin at 8:45 Tuesday morning.
Butler High School Teachers
will include:
First Grade:
Mrs. Winnie Breazeale
Mrs. Rita P. Turner
Second Grade:
Mrs. Hazel Elliston
Miss Reba Lou Turner.
Third Grade:
Mrs. Ethyl Harvey
Miss Louise Parks
July of this year—a total of $10,-
073.07 had been collected; expen
ditures were $9,750.33, leaving a
balance on hand of $322.24.
The Mayor urged all property
owners to please pay their City
Tax before October 1, in order
that the City officials may not
have to borrow money to finance
the City during the remained of
this year. A 2% discount is being
offered on all taxes paid during
the months of August and Sep
tember.
Other matters discussed at the
Friday evening’s meeting were that
the City will assume full respon
sibility of the local airport. This
airport has been heretofore main
tained by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority. A sewerage system for
the city was also discussed. The
City officials are to have a survey
Mr. Jean Paul Hauserman, of
Paris, France, arrived here Tues
day to spend two weeks as an In
ternational Farm Youth Exchange.
He will be visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Suggs. The lo
cal Agricultural Extension Office
is helping direct Mr. Hauser-
mann’s activities so that his ex
periences here may help him to
understand our way of life and he
may impart to us some of the as
pects of rural life in France.
The IFYE program is spon
sored by organizations in partici
pants home countries and by the
National 4-H Club* Foundation and
4-H Clubs in the U. S. The program
began in late 1947 and at the end
of 1956, 755 delegates from the
U. S. had visited other countries
and 840 exchanges from foreign
countries had visited the U. S.
The objectives of the IFYE pro
gram are:
1. Promote better understanding
made to obtain prices for having i of other lands and the United
a sewerage system installed. , States.
Tulsa, Okla.—A receptionist in a ! Fourth Grade:
doctor's office here brought about I Mrs. Erma Barfield
the arrest of a 51-year-old accused | Mrs. Frances Jarrell
international thief and her | Fifth Grade:
Members of Howard
Community Club Appearing
On WRBL-TV Saturday
20 year old daughter who are
wanted for bilking a group of Ga.
doctors of $100,000.
Mrs. Margaret L. Burton, 51, de
scribed by the FBI as an elusive
suspect in thefts and embezzle
ments dating back to 1939, and
her blonde daughter, Sheila Bur
ton, were being detained in Tulsa
jail after their arrest by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
The freckled, graying Mrs. Bur
ton was arrested at the office of
Dr. R. W. Goen and Dr. W. J.
O’Meilia where she went to work
"to train as secretary-bookkeeper.”
Her daughter was picked up at
the house where they had been
living.
Dr. Eli Garrett, Butler’s promi
nent dentist, will observe three
memorable occasions, come Sept.
2nd and 3rd. On Sept. 2nd the
Dentist will be 79 years young.
Sept. 3rd marks the wedding an
niversary of Dr. Garrett and the
former Miss Belle Gill. This date
also marks the day the dentist
opened his professional office in
Butler 56 years ago. During the in
tervening years he has enjoyed a
splendid practice, not confined to
his home town or even to his
home state. Dr. Garrett is known
to have done dental practice for
four generations in one family.
The poem Abou Ben Adhem came
to our mind in recalling Dr. Gar
rett’s career, and we say with the
poet’s author, “May his tribe in
crease.”
Church of Jesus Christ
Now In Progress
These kind remarks from our
friend G. C. Patton, feature writer
for the Adel News are sincerely
appreciated: “One of our weekly
exchanges that we thoroughly en
joy is the Butler Herald. C. E.
Benns Sr., writes a column, “Ob
servations,” which we seldom miss
reading. He recently observed his
Evangelist Bobby Woodruff of
Thomaston is preaching at a series
of re*vivel services at The Church
Morgan County Citizens
111 Celebrate 150th
Birthday Sept. 14-19
REV. BOBBY WOODRUFF
of Jesus Christ, near town.
The worship hour is 8 o'clock
each evening.
Rev. R. E. Barnett, pastor of the
church, extends a cordial welcome
to the public to attend each of
these services and hear this out-
Srd 1 birthday,'’and'tetters of con- standing evangelist.
aratulations came from Pres. Eis- i ■
enhower, Sen. Russell and Sen.
Talmadge, Gov. Griffin and other CraWTOrd lOUIlty
dignitaries. He served for 2o years j *
as secretary of the Georgia Press ,
Association. Mr. Benns is truly a
great Georgian, and has made a,
la rge contribution to his State and
Nation.”
Madison, Ga.—Strangers passing j
through Madison and Morgan \
County these days are amazed at j
the sight they see. The men wear j
beards and bowlers and the ladies
wear hoop skirts and bonnets.
The citizens of Morgan are cele
brating their 150th birthday at a
giant sesquicentennial celebration,
Sept. 14-21.
The celebration will kickoff with
a gala ball on the night of Sept.
14th. At that time the Sesqui-
queen will be presented.
On Sunday evening all the
churches will meet together for
union religious services. Dean. W.
R. Canncn will be speaker.
Sunday’s Worship Schedule
At Local Methodist Church
Ted Griner, Pastor
; Special Election
MACON MAN ACCUSED
IN MURDER PLOT MAY 25
10 A. M. Sunday School.
11 A. M. Morning Worship.
7:15 P. M., Methodist Youth Fel
lowship.
8 P. M. Evening Worship.
Mrs. Pauline Bembry
Mrs. Myrtice K. Locke
Mrs. Inez Williamson
Sixth and Seventh Grades:
Mrs. Marion Allmon
Mrs. Harold Ragan
Mrs. Nettie B. Turner
Mrs. Elsie Humber
High School:
Mr. J. C. Williamson,
Science & Asst. Prin.
Mrs. Imogene Garrett,
Mrs. Winnie Duncan
English
Miss Anne Spillers,
Mathematics
Mr. M. G. Alilmon,
Mathematics
Mrs. Edith Guy,
Commercial
Mrs. Betty Allen,
Homemaking
Mr. Harold Ragan,
Agriculture
Mr. Charles Cunningham,
Mrs. Verna Griggs
Soc. Science & Science
Mr. Malcolm Marchman,
Soc. Science & Coach
Mrs. Bessie Nelson,
Librarian
Mr. A. B. Duncan, Principal
Mrs. Lewis Ruffin
Music
Mrs. C. E. Marshall
Music
Members of the Raynolds High
School faculty will include:
Mrs. A. J. Fountain, Remedial.
Mrs. Otis Ogburn, First Grade.
Mrs. W. M. Hollis, Second Grade
Mrs. D. E. Byrd, Third Grade.
Mrs. Susie Woods, Fourth Grade
Mrs. Willie B. Johnson, 5th Grade
Miss Bessie Johnson, 6th Grade.
Mrs. Betty Whatley, 7th Grad.
Mrs. Mildred Payne, 8th Grade
Mrs. Marie White, Home Ec.
Mrs. John Mims English.
Mrs. Cecil Saunders, Bus. Eud.
Mrs. Roy Jones, Science.
Mr. Jack Thompson, Coach.
Mr. E. H. Joiner, Principal.
Mrs. J. A. Pendergrast, Music.
Visiting Teacher for the County:
Mrs. Elizabeth L. McRee.
Members of the Howard Com
munity Improvement Club and
County Extension Agents will ap
pear on the 30-minute WRBL-TV
Show, Chattahoochee R. F. D., Sat
urday at 12 noon. They will share
the accomplishments the Club has
made during the four years it has
2. To contribute toward the so
lution of problems of world peace.
3. To provide an exchange of
cultural and citizenship experi
ences.
Exchanges in this country visit
two states in different parts of
the country, living with four or
five families. In each home the
participant is “another member of
the family,” sharing the family
work and the social life of the
community. They also do their
share in contributing to a better
understanding of the customs, life
and culture of their home coun
tries.
Two young Georgian’s are IFYE’s
been organized. i. , .
Community cooperation, church
activities, farming, 4-H Club ac
tivities and other topics will be
discussed.
Funeral at Buena Vista
For A. C. Duncan, 83
time. Eleanor Inman, of Ware
county, is in Ireland and Ray
Brown from Emanuel County is in
Greece. Many local people remem
ber the delightful description of
life in England which was given
lasj Fall by a former Exchange,
Miss Hazel Creasy, when she was
guest speaker at the H-D Achieve
ment Banquet.
Buena Vista, Ga.—A. Clark Dun
can, 83, chairman of the board of
directors of the Buena Vista Loan
and Savings Bank, died Monday
in an American hospital.
Mr. Duncan, native of Macon
county, had been board chairman
of the bank since 1951. He had
been a director of the bank since
1911.
He moved from Macon to Buena
Vista and established a business
in 1896. He was a member of the
Mrs. Ruby Lee Brown,
Former ftawford Citizen,
Dies at Thomaston
Thomaston, Ga.—Funeral was
conducted Monday at Little Union
Church near Roberta for Mrs. Ru
by Lee Brown, 39, who died late
Saturday at her residence.
Buena Vista Methodist Church and (Services were conducted by Rev.
the Knights of Pyhias.
The SHANTY SHOAT SAYS:
Clifford Bradshaw and Eld. W.H.
Hancock and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Survivors include: her parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Walton of Ro
berta; her husband, B. A. Brown
I have not read everything con- [Thomaston; one daughter, Miss
ceming this Asiatic Flu and I Pansy Little of Ft. Valley; two
doubt if you have. What we know (Sons, Arlie Little and Autry Lit-
we receive with mixed
about it
emotions.
First off we are inclined to dis
count it because it comes from a
land that is populated with our
political enemies and we find it
difficult to fear them or anything
they have; even Flu. [ley.
Second, we are inclined to |
blame the “rich” tourists who
tie, both of Ft. Valley; four sis
ters, Mrs. Calvin Hortman, Rober
ta, Mrs. Glen Gassett, Ft. Valley;
Mrs. W. T. Sams and Mrs. Elsie
Stewart, both of Macon; and four
brothers, Robert M°nroe, Rufus
and Junior Walton all of Ft. Val-
went over there and got the bug
to bring back home to us. Some |
scorching statements have been |
made in criticism of them 1
and their thoughtlesness.
Third, not one of us thinks that ]
he will catch the flu and be sick, |
much less be
Macon Youth, 22
Died of Auto Crash
injuries Last Week
I Roberta, Ga.—Ordinary K.
Macon, Ga.—Eugene Walden, 22
o»ne of the victims, j of Macon, died at a hospital from
Now, we just may be better off if • injuries sustained when the car in
we do some reconsidering. Our po- | which he was riding a few days
1 litical enemies have not used this j ago collided head on with another
j as a type of germ warfare because [ vehicle.
I they are havigg this Flu all along The driver of the two cars,
Dog Days are in full force with | and no one is willing to kill him- | James Letser, 18, and Joe Chisolm
You are cordially invited to at-j warnings given about the danger' self while trying to kill his ene-,27, both of Macon, were also in
tend each of these services. j of mad dogs, and of the care mies. Nor did the folk who ! jured in the crash and were treat-
| Most people don’t stay away j which should be taken to avoid brought it to this country have any ; ed at the hospital.
F. | from public worship because of j infection of any kind. j idea that they were endangering! Lester was charged with driving
Dog Days
Lowe has called an election for j the weather or any other such rea-! One of the oldest recorded per-! the life or health of anyone. (while under the influence of in
Macon, Ga.—A Birmingham phy-|tax receiver of Crawford county, to son. We do what we want to. If iods of time still given in Grier’s 1 And finally you can catch this toxicants at the time of the acci-
sician has been charged by the fill the office made vacant by the you have been careless about the 1 Almanac is that of Dog Days.The ! bug and be mighty sick. We all dent by Lt. Taylor Inscore and
Bibb county grand jury with as-j recent death of E. S. Wright who
It w j t h intent to murder his : served for more than 40 consecu-
father-in-law, J. V. Skinner ofjtive years.
, n The date for the election has
The indictment charges Dr. Ray I been set for Sept. 21. All candi-
Sturkie* Jr, attempted to run down j dates seeking the office must
evinpr with a car in Macon May:qualify by 6 p. m., Sept. 5, Lowe
25’during a dispute. I said.
church, why not take the testi- j ancients are alleged to have ap-i better do everything we can to be Deputy Harvey Rogers
mony of thousands and try it Sun-1 plied this name to the hottest sea- i in the best health to be better able County police. He was
of Bibb
released
day.
You will find a warm welcome
and something that will help you
live a better life.
Be a blessing to a friend and in
vite him to come along.
son of the year, and this has more i to ward off this potential enemy, under $300 bond after being
that been justified this year. The I Having good arguments will do no
popular belief that dogs more fre- ; good and from . information pro-
quently have the disease of ra-1 vided by the Public Health serv-
bies during this season still ex- j nee we better have a pound of pre-
ists.
vention this. time.
booked at the sheriff’s office
the charge.
Walton’s death was alleged to
have been the 19th traffic death
in Bibb county this year.
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