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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, JUNE 4. 1959.
The Butler Herald Widow of Albert Hardy
Died in Private Hospital
Entered at Post Office in Butler,
Georgia as mail matter of
Second Class
Chas. Benns, Jr., Business Mgr.
Chas. Benns, Jr., Managing Editor
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bus. Mgr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
Phone: UN. 2-4485
Gainesville, Ga. Mrs. Mabel Har
dy, 81, widow of one of the state’s
outstanding newspapermen, A. S.
Hardy Sr., died in a private hos
pital after a lengthy illness.
What About Cotton?
Dixie Dewdrops
By Olin Miller
Many a girl secured a man by
catching him on first bounce when
another girl threw him down.
"Miss Georgia Day'
Slated by Governor
Georgia Women Lawyers Seven Appointed for
! Reach 31st Anniversary Mental Health Study
| Atlanta, Ga. — Nearly 50 years
Atlanta. Ga. — Gov. Vandiver i ago t h e first woman graduated
. .. t f r om a law school in Georgia. But
it took five more years before the
Ga. Bar requirements were amend
ed to allow women to practice.
This first woman graduate, Mrs.
Minnie Daniel, was instrumental
Notes and Comments
It still remains a mystery why
such light pats on the back will
make a fellow’s head swell all out
of proportion.
* •
When a boy graduates from high
school, he may need a new watch.
He’s been wearing the old one since
he entered kindergarten.
* * *
Fellow' says some women talk
so much over phone that their
husband ought to build little
booths around the phone with this
sign: INFORMATION!
* * *
The widest difference imagin
able would have to be between .
what a modern artist names hisitive challenge; and the U.S. m-
painting and what a layman view-;dustry in responding agressivley.
- would call it. Significant yield increases, lower
manpower requirements and im
proved fiber and textiles — re
sults of research — are making
cotton more competitive pricewise
and qualitywise. Scientists say
,«JtrieK' ra-’jK s?_
(From the Vidalia Advance)
Is there any future for cotton?
That question has been asked
before in the long history of this
fiber’s service to mankind. It’s be
ing asked again.
There are an estimated 2.8 bil
lion people in the world consum
ing an average 6.7 pounds of cot
ton per person annually. They use
more cotton than all fibers put to
gether.
World population is increasing
and living standards are rising.
This points to vastly greater mar
kets for fiber and a staggering
potential for expanding cotton
consumption.
Synthetic fiber, fiber substitutes
and foreign grown cotton are ey
ing with the U. S. Cotton industry
for these markets. Price, quality,
and promotion are the competi
issued a proclamation setting June
1 as “Miss Georgia Day” and fur-
“Not more than 10 per cent of, t h er proclaiming the first week of
the people in America know what!j une to p e “Miss Georgia Week”
an artichoke is,” says a grower of in honor of Miss Kayar.ne Shoff
artichokes. This sounds as if it ner _
might be another case of ignorance, The proclamation was made in!j n organizing the Georgia Assn
being bliss. 1 Atlanta with Abit Massey director j 0 f women Lawyers in 1928 and
Benevolent and liberal Uncle ; of t h e State Department of Com-l servec i as first president.
Sam is constantly giving until it ; merce, and Harold Hughes, Presi- ‘
hurts—until, that is; it hurts the dent of the Columbus Junior
taxpayer. I Chamber of Commerce, on hand
The type person who doesn’t ! for t h e ceremonies.
Atlanta, Ga. — House Speaker
Geo. L. Smith II of Emanuel has
appointed seven state representa
tives to a special House Mental
Health Study Committee.
Smith said i*n his letters of ap
pointment that the committee
should prepare mental health leg
islation for the 1960 session of the
General Assembly.
They say a small town is a
place where (he news gets around
before the paper does, but every
body takes the paper anyway just
dared to print- - Bernice Mccular. door f to tremendous new improve
oaieu LU ^ ^ ments. Promotion that has ad-
He'viu? ~r
A ro d AG It L will T |,e e forSv b,!r ?’« P !«'■»•*« iSw"l*S '»
know where his next dollar is
coming from scarcely knows where
his last one went.
“Considering the many benefits
people receive from tax money.they
should smile when they pay their
taxes,” says a tax collector. It’s in
poor taste to suggest that people
be hypocritical.
“At least once a day you should
seclude yourself in a quiet place
and relax and meditate,” advises
a psychologist. Yes, you should—
the nap soon brought on by medi
tation would benefit you.
If pole vaulters continue to set
new high records, it won’t be so
long before they’ll have to use
parachutes.
Probably the most intense form
of indigestion one man can have
is mental—i. e., mental indigestion
caused by having to swallow one’s
own words.
An old timer remembers when
every house had a parlor and a
piazza. (Note to young whipper-
snappers: The word is “piazza”,
■not “pizza.”)
"The person who doesn’t worry
in these hectic times is a neurotic
Hughes said a parde is planned
in Atlanta honoring the 18 year
old Agnes Scott sophomore.
Kayanne, who entered the con
test as “Miss Gordon County,” was
crowned Miss Georgia on May* 16
in the finals of the pageant in Co
lumbus and sponsored by the Co
lumbus Jaycees and the Miss
America Pageant.
The Luckless legion b, Irwin Caj.lan
convention in Atlanta August 18- J
19.
» * *
Tiie value of pulpwood produced
in Georgia totaled $77,180,000 in
1957, according to Southern Pulp-
wood Conservation Association, At
lanta. A total of 158 of Georgia’s
159 counties shared in this in
come with Pierce, Wayne, Cam
den and Clinch counties leading
in this harvest of (he timber crop
Alabama taking second place in
certified acreage at a meeting in
May.
* * *
Miss Kathryn Mobley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mobley Jr.,
deserves much praise for her
splendid performance given in her
Senior Vocal Recital Friday night.
Miss Mobley is indeed a talented
musician and we wish for her
much success.
* * *
If Congress is concerned about
inflation — as it had better be —
let it put the Federal house in or
der, put an end to pointless ex
travagance and continued spend
ing above income. And to keep
Congress in ijs proper orbit, let
those who recognize a free econo
my as essential to a free nation
speak up — to Chairman Kefau-
ver and to their own Senators and
Representatives.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cannon and
family have indeed shown a
Christian attitude in taking into
their home Miss Leni Hafner
of Stuttgart, Germany, an inter
national Christian Youth Exchange
student. Miss Hafner is fortunate
indeed in being able accepted into
this fine Christian home and she
certainly will have all the advan
tages guaranteed by a Christian
environment.
• *
One of the most serious cancers
growing within the American sys
tem is the fiscal responsibility
that is afflicting the people who
run our government . . . We are
engaged in a life and death strug
gle with international commun
ism. Further, they (Communist
leaders) have told us over and
over that they are not going to try
to defeat the U.S. in a costly mili
tary conflict but by encouraging
fiscal responsibility and reckless
spending in the U.S.
GSCW's Gift of Bells
Mrs* Bryan Writes
About Gene Anderson
“High on the column of victories
for humanity is that Wonder Man
of Georgia, Gene Andersen, author
of Around the Circle of whom it
has been said, "There is no more
beloved man in Georgia than Eu
gene Anderson. He knows more
people; more people know him. A
brochure interestingly tells of An-
dersons birth “at an early age” in
Houston County and wherever and
whenever mentioned he is de
scribed so many years young, ver
satile, magnetic and experienced.
.. „„ - According to Emerson, “He is never
says a psychologist, Yes, or an in- i , , „ “ ’
rtnmh Llmlrt ° ld ’ S P rin S Stl11 makeS S P rln S 111
curably dumb optimist.
The old are more pessimistic
than the young for the reason that
wisdom comes with age.
Fifty-two of the law students
who took the February, 1959 bar
pend on cotton for a livelihoood. exam made the grade.
the mind. When the years told.
Love awakes anew his throbbing
head and he is never old!"
Bids on 44 projects costing an
estimated $8 million will opened
June 12th at the State Highway
Department.
Attention All Parents
Student Guidance: What Does It Really Mean?
From Macon Telegraph:
A gift that perfectly fits the fine
traditions of Georgia State College
for Women at Milledgeville will
be very much in evidence when Al
umnae Day is observed on the
campus June 6.
On that occasion, the faculty and
student body will unite in dedica
tion of a carillon made possible by
a bequest in the will of the late
Miss Bessie Lindenstruth.
Miss Lindenstruth, a member of
the class of 1899, set aside S50.000
for purchase of the carillon which
consists of 61 hells.
What an excellent form of re-
mebratice from one who went to
school at GSCW, and realized so
much from its influence and
teachings. What an inspiration for
all associated with the school in
future years.
EDITOR'S NOTE—Thli li the llx»l
Of a series of articles dealing with
vocational guidance released by the
National Foundation for Student
Guidance to weekly newspapers
throughout this state. The purpose of
this series Is to acquaint the parents
of the youth of this naUon with the
pressing need for understanding and
providing adequate vocational guid
ance. to the students of American
schools. _ _.
The author of the series, Dr. Ed-
werd C. Roobor, Is widely known in
this Held. Ho is Professor of Educa
tion at tho University of Michigan.
s>e has written numerous articles
and books dnaUng with this problem
lor various publications.
Tho National Foundation for Stu
dent Guidance Is a non-profit orga
nisation dedicated to creating a
s-ettcr understanding of tho need for
vocational guidance throughout the
United States.
By Dr. Edward C. Roeber
Ju.;t exactly what is vocation
al guidance? Don’t be embar-
lassed if you don’t know the
answer. The truth of the matter
is that probably the majority of
the parents of school age chil
dren in this country are in the
same boat as you.
Frankly, insofar as the over
whelming majority of American
.educators is concerned, this is
not a good situation. You need
to know about vocational guid
ance and what it means because
you owe it to your children to
know.
Basically, vocational guidance
is simply this; a service provid
ed through our school systems
to assist pupils in making intel
ligent decisions regarding sub
jects which will prepare them
for their life’s work. You’ve
heard the saying about a “square
peg in a round hole” and it is
unfortunately true that too
many human beings find them
selves in this predicament when
it is too late to do anything
about it, or when it means giv
ing up seniority or financial
security in order to shift oc
cupations.
As a result, it is undoubtedly
true that fine talents are wasted
because young men and young
women aren’t doing that for
Which they are best fitted or in
Which they are most interested.
At the risk of oversimplifying
the problem, let’s say that the
primary function of vocational
guidance is to prevent any
square pegs from getting in
round holes.
When grammar school young
s'ers are asked, “What do you
Want to be when you grow up?”
The most popular answers are
always locomotive engineers,
policemen, nurses, movie stars,
doctors, forest rangers, firemen,
and maybe bus drivers; but
these answers are dream an
swers. In just a few short years
some of these same youngsters
may be thinking seriously about
engineering, education, journal
ism, banking, law, medicine, or
business administration.
In every high school of Amer
ica there are young men and
young women who are per
plexed about their future, their
educational and vocational plans.
We owe it to our youth and
to our country to do everything
we can to see that the native
talents of American youth are
steered in the direction which
will best serve mankind as well
as the individual.
Let’s take a look, for example,
at Bill. He could be in any high
school in America. What’s on
Bill’s mind? For one thing, he
is wondering whether be will
ever amount to anything. Like
everyone else he wants to be
somebody — nothing extra spe
cial but a regular guy with a
regular job living a respectable
life. Bill wants his share of the
future. He wants a chance to de
velop some special skills and to
get those things which we in
America take for granted.
It all sounds quite simple to
those of us who have already
made a place for ourselves in
the world of work. To Bill, how
ever, it is not quite so simple.
Bill is wondering about a lot
of things. Should he go to col
lege? He’ll need help. Perhaps
his family would have to give
up all its savings. And what
about his brother and sister?
They will need help, too. Or,
after high school, should he take
some special training? Should
he follow his Dad’s trade or
strike out on his own?
Dad could help him get start
ed, sure, but maybe Bill isn’t
sure he wants to do what Dad
has done all his life.
There's nothing wrong with
Dad’s job, but Bill wants to do
something with electronics — at
least he thinks he does.
What about chances for find
ing a job in that field?
And how about the armed
services? He might be able to
get some special training if he
enlists. How much choice would
he have?
And so it goes. Lots of ques
tions. Where are the answers?
Professional guidance is the
answer.
If Bill were the only one with
such questions, there would be
no need for vocational guidance.
But tiie case of Bill can be mul
tiplied many times, and in ad
dition there are all the Marys
and other young women who
also have special problems in
career planning.
Bill and Mary need special
help in planning for and gaining
a foothold in a career.
Actually, there are many rea
sons why Bill and Mary find to
day's decisions rather difficult
—perhaps even more confusing
than the choices which faced
their parents only twenty years
ago. A few more examples of
the challenges and obstacles
which confront the Bills and the
Marys might help all of us un
derstand more clearly the in-
! creasing need for vocational
guidance not only in the large
| schools but also in every one of
1 the small schools.
Jack will soon leave high
school, having earned top honors
in his class. He would like to
try for a medical degree some
day, but he realizes it will take
at least eight years of college
work. Jack is wondering wheth
er he has what it takes to get
good marks in college. What
would he do if he found, after a
couple of years in college, that
he couldn’t do the work well?
He would also like to know
whether to go to a small college
or a big university. Because his
scholarship will not cover all
his expenses, he would like to
know how to earn part of his
way. Or would that affect his
marks and thus stop him from
being accepted at a medical
school? What would he do if he
were not accepted?
Jack also knows that there are
many who would like to get into
these schools and that there are
not enough places for all of
them. What else could he do for
a living? Maybe something in bi
ology, chemistry, or pharmacy?
Jill is a tenth grade student
in a large school. She has made
average marks but has had
special difficulties with Eng
lish. Currently she is undecided
about whether to drop school as
soon as she is sixteen. She is
wondering what kinds of work
she can find if she leaves school.
How does one go about finding a
job? Does a high school diploma
make any difference in finding
jobs? If she decided to stay in
school, which ones of the many
courses should she take? For a
change, she would like some
thing which interests her. Of
course, if she “sticks it out,”
how can she do better work in
English’
Jim is rot interested in a col
lege degree. But he wants a
trade of some kind, some work
where he can build or repair
things. He is not sure as yet
what trade to enter.. In or near
his home town are three kinds
of schools, a trade school, a tech
nical school, and a college offer
ing a two-year course. There are
also several industries with ap
prenticeship programs. He is
wondering whether to go to one
of these schools, to start an ap
prenticeship as soon as he grad
uates, or to begin learning a
trade in one of the armed serv
ices.' What is best for him?
Ron dropped school when he
was sixteen. Since that time, he
has held several “dead end”
jobs. Each one paid enough to
live on, but none of them of-
i fered him a chance for promo
tion or learning any special
skill. Whichever way he turns
he learns that the “good” jobs
require at least a high schqol
education. At the present time
he 1' waiting to be drafted and
feels sorry for himself, not sure
what to do while he waits. Ron
needs guidance desperately.
Industrialization in America
“The Square Pen in the Round Hoie ,
has brought about an increasing
number of occupations—proba
bly more than 40,000 at the pres
ent time. Technological changes
have been taking place at such a
rapid pace that forecasting occu
pational trends has become a
hazardous occupation. Twenty
years ago there was no such
person as a space doctor. Today
we cannot predict how many
will be needed in the next
twenty years.
Farming has become so high
ly mechanized and scientific
that fewer farmers can feed
more people.
Refrigeration has changed the
transportation of foods, such as
oranges from crates to cans.
The influences of America^
inventiveness upon jobs is end
less. Young people today must
aim at a “moving targec" for the
world of work does not stand
stiH. They have to learn to aim
at and adjust-to as many for-
seeable changes as possible —
quite a task for even an expert
on the subject.
As America becomes involved
in a struggle for survival it is
essential that every person de
velop his talents as much as pos
sible. As a nation it is impossi
ble to depend upon sheer num
bers in the population for sur
vival but rather upon ingenuity
and an ability to outproduce
unfriendly nations. Our young
people are the hope of the
future. They will be “pressured”
to do this or to do that. Re
cruitmcnt for various occupa
tions may influence someone to
enter an occupation for which
he is not suited and where he
is not as productive as he
might be.
Somehow the Bills and Marys
must work their ways through
the maze of opportunities, blind
alleys, and obstacles. They can
be helped in an organized man
ner. This is vocational guidance.
An organized approach to vo
cational guidance is already pres
ent in some schools throughout
America. In these schools Bill
and Mary are helped to find va
rious kinds of information about
themselves and possible educa
tional and occupational opportu
nities. Some of the information
is given to them individually,
as they need it, or in groups,
such as regular classes, home
rooms, or occupational planning
courses. In addition, counselors,
and teachers with special skills,
counsel and talk over with the
students how they can best use
their talents in relation to dif
ferent kinds of training and
occupational requirements. Be
cause young people grow and
change with new experiences,
they find these services avail
able to them all through high
school. Many who see the value
in helping young men and wom
en “get u good start” in the
world of work hope that every
young American can have an
opportunity to receive adequate
vocational guidance in his high
school, regardless of its size or
locution. ,