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"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
VOLUME 83-
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1959.
NUMBER 35.
.^^-aultney
Mivt
Dies Florida
After Short Illness
Funeral at Antioch Baptist
Church North of Butler
Friday Afternoon.
Mrs. Myrtice Gostin Gaultney
died at a Gainesville, Fla., hos
pital Tuesday afternoon at two
o’clock. She had been stricken
seriously ill at her home in Cedar
Keys and was rushed to a Gaines
ville hospital where she died
shortly afterwards.
Mrs. Gaultney was born in
Knoxville, Crawford County, Ga.,
June 25, 1897, the daughter of the
late Dr. Jim Gostin and the late
Mrs. Mary Champion Gostin. She
moved to Butler in early childhood
after the death of her parents and
lived with an uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Foy. She was
married to Mr. M. T. Gaultney Jr.
and spent most of her life in Car-
sonville district of this county.
During the past few yeaTS Mr.
and Mrs. Gaultney have made
their part time home in Cedar Keys
where they own property. She -was
a member of the Antioch Baptist
church.
The body will be Tetumed to
Butler for interment.
Funeral services will be at An
tioch Baptist church at 3:00 p. m.
Friday. Rev. E. H. Dunn, pastor of
the church, will officiate. Burial
will be in the Antioch cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
three sons, Messrs William Leon
ard, M. T. Ill, and James T. Gault
ney; two daughters, Mrs. J. E.
Webb and Mrs. J. E. Hall both of
Taylor county. Also ten grandchil
dren.
Taylor County
Cancer Drive
During June
This is to notify the people of
Taylor county that we put the
cancer drive on in the month of
June. A representative with can
cer banners and literature inform
ing you of the seven danger sig
nals of cancer, will call on you.
The signals are:
1. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. Any sore that does not heal.
4. Any change in wart or mole.
5. Persistent hoarseness or cough.
6. Persistent indigestion or diffi
culty in swallowing.
7. Persistent change in bowel or
bladder.
These ladies will participate in
the drive:
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Chairman.
Mrs. T. B. Joiner, Co-Chairman.
Mrs. Wilson Jarrell, Pub. Chm.
Mrs. Ruth Turk, Ed. Funds Cru
sade Chm.
Mrs. Grace Doyel, Co-Chm.
Mrs. J. R. Wilson, Patient Serv
ice Chm.
Reynolds: Co-Chm., Mrs. C. S.
Sawyer.
Mauk: Co. Chm., Mrs. L. R. Pike.
Charing: Co-Chm., Mrs. Effie
Garrett.
Rupert: Co-Chm., Mrs. E. D.
Thompson.
Crowell: Co-Chm., Mrs. Walter
O’Neal.
Central: Co-Chm., Mrs. E. F.
Peed.
Howard: Co-Chm., Mrs. Joe
Brown.
4-H Clubbers to Give
Program Over Columbus
Station Saturday at Noon
Taylor County 4-H Club boys
and girls leaders will be inter
viewed by Mr. J. E. Deloney, As
sociate Professor, Agriculture Ed
ucation Department of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, at 12 noon
over TV Station WRBL, Colum
bus. They will explain some of the
things they have done and some
of the projects they have carried
out in 4-H Club work.
Taylor county was represented
in August, 1957, over WRBL-TV on
the same type program which was
a community club program.
VERNON REDDISH,
County Agent.
Funeral Services
Here Monday for
Mrs. J. J. Gaultney
Funeral for Mrs. Nina Pearl
Pierce Gaultney was conducted at
the local Baptist church Monday
afternoon. Rev. Robert Gaultney of
Birmingham, Ala., grandson of the
deceased and Dr. E.B. Shivers, Sr.
pastor of the Inman Park Baptist
church, Atlanta, officiated. These
ministers were assisted by Rev.
Walter Doggrell, pastor of the lo
cal Baptist church. Interment was
in Bethel Primitive Baptist ceme
tery south of town.
Pall bearers were Messrs Paul,
Lloyd, Tony, Tommy, Ansley and
James Pierce.
Mrs. Gaultney died at the Geor
gia Baptist hospital in Atlanta
Sunday morning. She had been in
declining health for several years.
Mrs. Gaultney was born in Tay
lor County, June 18, 1879, the
daughter of the late Mr. E. C.
Pierce Sr., and the late Mrs. Mary
Hollis Pierce.
She was the widow of Mr. J. J.
Gaultney of this county who pre
ceded her in death in 1936.
Mrs. Gaultney had made her
home in Atlanta for the past 39
years and was a member of the
Grant Park Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Mr. Ira
B. Gaultney, Birmingham, Ala.;
a daughter, Mrs. Mattie Mae Shel
ley, Atlanta; Three step-sons and
one step daughter; also a number
of grand children and great grand
children; two sisters, Mrs. Odell
Fuller, Atlanta and Mrs. Ada Cox
Butler; five brothers, Messrs
Homer Pierce, Warner Robins; Fe
lix Pierce, Waverly Hall; Willie
and Jim Pierce, Talbotton; E. C.
Pierce, Jr., Powersville; and Lon
nie Pierce, Reynolds.
Spray Demonstration
Planned for Thursday;
Newest Sprayer Used
Many farmers are interested in
improving their insect control pro
gram and several are planning to
spray cotton for the first time this
year. There will be a demonstra
tion of a high-crop cotton spray
er, self-propelled, and also a trac
tor mounted sprayer an Thursday
(today) at 2 p. m., weather per
mitting. If not the demonstration
will be Friday (tomorrow) 2 p. m.
All cotton growers and interest
ed persons are urged to attend this
demonstration and see the equip
ment in operation on the Laurice
Aultman Farm which is located
behind Whatley’s cotton gin just
across the railroad and operated
by Mr. D. W. Payne Jr.
VERNON REDDISH,
County Agent.
Dr. M. B. Hatcher Named
Medical Assn. President
Butler Hi Seniors
Will Graduate
Friday Night
Thirty-Eight Members of Local
High School Senior Class to
Be Awarded Diplomas.
From Macon Telegraph:
Macon is honored that one of
its citizens, Dr. M. B. Hatcher, has
been named president-elect of the
Medical Assn, of Ga.
The city has many fine doctors.
Maconites think it reflects on all
of them that one of their number
has been singled out for this high
office.
It takes a combination of train
ing, experience, character and the
esteem of one’s colleagues to merit
thepresidency elect and the presi
dency which follows.
We rejoice with all Dr. Hatcher’s
friends and acquaintances that
the physicians of Georgia have
made such a wise choice.
Piano Recital at Mauk
Next Sunday Evening
Mrs. Bernice Heath will present
her pupils in a piano recital at the
Mauk Baptist church next Sunday
evening at 8 p. m.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend this recital.
Thirty-eight members of the 1959
graduating class of Butler High
school will be awarded diplomas
at the graduation exercises Friday
night at the gymnatorium.
Mrs. Mabel Stinson, Senior Class
Home Room Teacher is in charge
of the program which begins at
8:30 p. m.
A 30 minute band concert by
the local school band will begin
promptly at 8 p. m.
Theme of the program is “Life
Is What We Make It.
Members of the graduating
c'lass appearing on the evening’s
program include: Invocation, Judy
Davis; Welcome, Class President,
Tom Cochran; Salutation, “Life Is
What We Make It.” Jerry Jarrell;
Solo, “I Love Life”, Gloria Gilson;
History and Prophecy, Judy Saw
yer; Poem, “A Psalm of Life”,
Jacquelyn Peed; Valedictory, “The
Challenge of Graduation,” Sylvia
Maxwell; Presentation of Gift to
School, Tom Cochran; Presentation
of Senior Awards, Mr. H. D. Jor
dan; Awarding Diplomas, Mr. W.
S. Maxwell, Chairman of County
County Board of Education; Alma
Mater, Seniors, Chrous, Band;
Farewell, William Scott, Janice
Davis and Margie Hobbs.
Senior Class Roll:
(Class Officers)
Tom Cochran
William Scott
Jeanette Harris
Judy Sawyer
Mary Jo Albritton.
(Class Members)
Edward Benns
Robert Blackston
Naomi Bone
Ann Burdeshaw
Bobby Clark
Charlotte Cosey
Janice Davis
Judy Davis
Wayne Downs
Kathryn Duncan
Clifford Gee
Stanley Gee
Shelvie Ann Gilbert
Gloria Gilson
Robert Greathouse,
James Harris
Grace Hinton
Margie Hobbs
Fred Jarrell
Jerry Jarrell
Sylvia Maxwell
Otis Meredith
Raymond Moore
Jacquelyn Peed
Joel Posey
Carlotta Pye
Betty Roebuck
Herbert Tante
Leslie Taunton,
Lynwood Whitley
Glenda Wilder
Ernestine Williamson
Mary Ann Wilson
Fort Valley Ready To
Begin Shipping Peaches
Reynolds Hi School
Baccalaureate
Sermon Sunday
Reynolds School Graduation
Exercises Monday Night;
Dr. Cochran, to be Speaker-
Twenty-four Reynolds High
school seniors will receive diplo
mas in Commencement Exercises
Monday night at the Reynolds
school auditorium.
Dr. Leonard Cochran, pastor of
Mulberry Street Methodist Church,
Macon, will bring the Literary ad
dress.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be preached by Rev. T. L. McCon
nell,at 11 o’clock Sunday morning
at the Reynols Baptist church.
Honor graduates include Marvin
Montgomery, Valedictorian and
Roliri Stevens, Salutatorian.
Memers of the Senior Class are:
Lillian Beeland
Dan Fountain
Don Gentry
Shirley Gordon
Desmond Harp
Harold Hartley
Irene Hobbs
Hollis King
Bundy McCarty
Marvin Montgomery
Gervis Morrell
Jean O’Neal
Ed Parker
Alice Peacock
Donnie Posey
Delores Powell
Lamar Russell
Lynn Russell
Cecil Sawyer
Rolin Stevens
Larry Taunton
Margaret Willis
In addition to the regular grad
uation class, two veterans will re
ceive high school diplomas as a
result of Army School work and
examinations. They are James Po
sey and Carl Visage.
The commencement exercises of
the Reynolds school are of particu
lar significance to Mr. E. H. Joiner
principal, who is retiring at the
close of this term after serving as
head of the Reynolds school for
forty years.
A CORRECTION
The news item appearing in the
Herald last week gave the wrong
dates of the death and funeral of
Mr. Elijah T. Eubanks of Rey
nolds. Mr. Eubanks died at the
Sams-Whatley hospital • in Rey
nolds on the morning of May 13th.
Funeral services were conducted at
Crowell Methodist church on the
afternoon of May 14th.
Ft. Valley, Ga. — Ft. Valley is
all ready for the huge peach crop
shipments which get into full
swing Monday.
A Ft. Valley ice firm has been
storing ice all year to preserve the
peaches to be shipped by refrig
erator cars and trucks to all the
major terminals markets in the
nation.
Packing shed machinery in the
surrounding area has been put in
top running order for the tons of
fresh fruit soon to be pouring in.
Thousands of new peach baskets
have been made by a local factory
and field boxes have been repaired
for the big push.
A big harvest from Middle Ga.
peach trees is expected this year.
15 Persons Injured as
Trailways Bus Overturns
Dublin, Ga. •— Fifteen persons
were injured when a Trailways
bus went out of control and turned
over after a hit and run driver
swerved into the path of the bus
and side-swiped it.
Three persons were admitted to
the Laurens county hospital and
12 were treated and dismissed.
Colleges of Georgia
Get $2 Million Campaign
For Georgia Methodist
Atlanta, Ga. — As a $2 million
campaign for Ga. Methodist Col
leges reached the half-way mark
in mid-May, the first million dol
lars has been distributed to the
colleges as follows:
Andrew College, $112,500; Emory
at Oxford, $150,000; LaGrange
College, $200,000; Reinhardt Col
lege, $112,500; Wesleyan College,
$275,000; and Young Harris Col
lege $150,000.
The campaign is a united effort
of churches in the North and
South Ga. Conference to stregthen
church supported colleges.
When the local church treasurers
have turned in all pledges for the
fiscal year, the total contributed
thus far is expected to reach $1,-
100,000. The South Georgia fiscal
year ends next Monday and the
North Ga. year ends June 26.
Macon Jails Four
Atlanta Men in Huge
Check Forgery Scheme
Macon, Ga. — Four Atlanta men
were charged with 11 counts of
forgery in what city detectives
said was a scheme to pass $3,500
in forged checks on Macon mer
chants.
Detectives identified them as J.
J. Thompson, R. L. Johnson, J. D.
Pine and Horace McDaniel.
Detectives told this story:
The four arrived in Macon Sat
urday with 32 bogus checks which
appeared to be payroll checks of
the Art Furniture Manufacturing
Co.
Two of the men using false
names and credentials began cash
ing the checks in downtown
stores.
The bookkeeper in a downtown
clothing store and also bookkeeper
for Art Furniture spotted one of
the checks and recognized it as
being a forgery. She notified police
who arrested the quartet.
Mrs. Jesse Byrd
Dies at Her Home
Saturday Afternoon
Mrs. Mary Lizzie Horton Byrd
died at her home in Crowell Com
munity at 4:55 Saturday p. m. She
had been in ill health for about
four months.
Mrs. Byrd was born in this
county Nov. 19, 1885, daughter of
the late Mr. G. O. and the late
Mrs. Dora Byrd Horton. She was
a life long resident of Crowell
community this county, and a
member of the Crowell Methodist
church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Byrd
occurred at the Crowell Methodist
church at 5 p. m. Sunday. Rev.
Charles Hillis, pastor of the church
officiated and was assisted by Rev.
E. H. Dunn, local Baptist minister.
Interment was in Crowell ceme
tery.
Pall bearers were: Messrs John
Montgomery, James Bailey, Hubert
Young, Russell Montgomery, La-
velle Stevens and James Young.
Survivors include her husband
Mr. Jesse B. Byrd; two daughters
Mrs. J C. Fuller and Mrs. Walter
Wainwright all of Crowell com
munity; two sons, Mr. R. E. Byrd
of Warner Robins and Maj. Har
old Bryd Army Air Force, Fair
banks, Alaska.
Goddard Funeral Home of Rey
nolds was in charge of arrange
ments.
Rev- Walter Doggrell
Baccalaureate Speaker
Here Last Sunday
The annual Baccalaureate Ser
mon was preached at the local
high school gym Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. The morning’s pro
gram was under the direction of
Mr. H. D. Jordan, principal of the
school.
Honor guests were the 38 mem
bers of the graduating class of
1959.
Rev. Walter R. Doggrell brought
the message. He chose Tor the ti
tle of the sermon, “The Call of
the Upper Road.”. The message
was directed primarily to members
of the senior class, however, it
was appropriate for the entire au
dience.
Others taking part on the pro
gram were Rev. T. D. Griner, pas
tor of the local Methodist church,
Rev. Charles Cunningham of the
Church of the Nazarene. The high
school choir was under the direc
tion of Mr. Lee Knowles and Mrs.
Lewis Ruffin, pianist.
The stage was beautifully deco
rated by Mrs. Marion Cochran.
Morning worship at all local
churches was called off to give
opportunity for all to attend the
Baccalaureate sermon.
Twelve Georgia
Children Hurt Saturday
In School Bus Wreck
Annual Festival
At Reynolds Pool
Scheduled Today
Program Will Include Talk by
Rev. Jimmy Waters, Band
Concert and Fashion Revue.
Blairsville, Ga. — A school bus
loaded with children on a holiday
outing plunged down an embank
ment Saturday, overturned several
times and hurt at least 12 young
sters and the driver.
All 28 passengers were badly
jolted, some painfully cut and
bruised, but none was critically
hurt, doctors said after early ex
aminations of the students and
teachers who were on the vehicle.
Nine children were taken to a
Blairsville hospital, two others to
Hiawassee and one to a Gaines
ville hospital, first reports said.
Others less seriously hurt did not
require hospitalization.
The bus was one of several load
ed with students on a picnic out
ing to celebrate the approaching
close of the school year.
Meeting Begins Friday
At Bethel Primitive Church
The Primitive Baptist Union
meeting will convene with Bethel
Primitive Baptist church, one mile
south of town beginning Friday
morning (tomorrow) at 11 o’clock.
The series of meetings will ex
tend through Sunday.
There will be evening worship
at 8 o’cock each evening.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation.
The annual Food, fun ’n fashion
Festival staged by Reynolds citi
zens for the benefit of their swim
ming pool and other summer rec
reation facilities, is scheduled for
Thursday—today.
'the summer social center of the
town, the artesian-fed pool last
year was completely renovated and
a new bathhouse was built. Plans
for this year include the conversion
of the old bathhouse into a pavil
ion for dancing, programs or con
certs.
-ne practical fashion in which
Reynolds’ young matrons took ac
tive charge of the pool by turns
for a week at a time proved so
successful last year that it will be
repeated this season. Mothers and
children hold a Clean-up Day for
the pool and the surrounding pic
nic area on May 14th,and the of
ficial opening day was the 23rd.
One of the most enjoyable new
j ai^s is the separate wading
pool, a delight to the very young
awu tneir mommies.
The Festival will include a
concert by the Reynolds High
School band and a talk by Rev.
Jimmy Waters of Macon, well
known personality. Then at 3:30
there will be Fashion Review in
whichlocal models from 8 months
up, will display their homegrown,
tans and a variety of sportswear
and summer frocks. A golf driving
range will be open for those who
want to try their skill, there will
be diving and swimming exhi
bitions, and, when evening falls, a
1 friend chicken supper,
j Among novelties at the Festival
|will be rides in two antique auto-
i mobiles ownel by Dr. Edwards
| Whatley. A full afternoon and
|evening of activity has been plan-
I ned for every age group, with
many Reynolds citizens planning
j family reunions on the festival
date.
! Responsible for the fashion show
i will be Mrs. Ed Whatley and Mrs.
Ed Goddard, co-chairman, Mrs.
Woodfin Hinton, chairman avid
l Lee Knowles, band director, Geo.
i Brady and C. E. Marshall will be
in charge of the driving range,
and Ed Whatley and Woodfin
Hinton is ticket chairman; Mrs. J.
W. Patterson will supervise the
homemade cakes, and publicity is
i being handled by Mrs. Charles
! Ayers, Mrs. Richard Parks and
Mrs. Sydney Bryan.
The pool project is part of a re
surgence of civic endeavor on the
part of Reynolds citizens, who
have recently organized to encour
age local industry and attract out
side investment.
Annual Methodist
Conference Begins
June 8 in Macon
The South Georgia annual con
ference of the Methodist church
will elect delegates to the General
and Jurisdictional Conferences of
the denomination when it meets
June 8-12 at Wesleyan College.
The General Conference is the
highest law making body of Meth
odism. It will meet April 27 to
May 8, 1960 at Denver, Colo. The
jurisdictional conference at which
several new bishops are expected
to be elected will meet July 13-17
1960 at Lake Junaluska, N. C.
Election as a delegate at either
of these conferences is considered
a high honor.
Bishop Arthur Moore will open
the conference Monday afternoon.
He will close it Friday at noon
with reading pastoral assignment
for the coming fiscal year.
New Telephone Directory
Is Now Being Processed
The Herald is requested teo an
nounce tha the new Telephone
Directory for the Public Service
Telephone Company is now being
prepared.
Anyone desiring telephone serv
ice or a change in telephone num
ber, are asked to please contact
the Telephone Company’s office in
Reynolds not later than June 15th
so that the new numbers may ap
pear in the revised edition of the
Directory.