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T^e Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 83.
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1959.
NUMBER 38.
OBSERVATION* ’ ^yW Count
ng
It is in lovinpete* e V*
loved -
The heart is hies
It is in giving —'ont in seeking
gifts
We field our quest.
If thou art hungry, lacking heav
enly food,
Give hope and cheer.
If thou art sad and wouldst be
comforted,
Stay sorrow’s tear.
Whatever be thy long and thy
need,
That do thou give;
So shall thy soul be fed, and thou
indeed
Shall truly live.
—Author Unknown.
* * *
PITY THE PRINTER
The doctor buries his mistakes.
The barber cuts more off.
The dentist pulls another one
And the interne says “now cough”
The undertaker covers up.
The chef just calls it hash.
The bootlegger sells it anyway
And blames it on the mash.
The husband gets a clear divorce
The ex-wife gets more dough
But woe be on the printer
if a name has not an “o”.
He’s called up on the telephone
Both blind and dumb is he
Tho he onlj did the best he could
And probably for free!
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ome of the things for which
Georgia is famous:
First to send a steamer across the
ocean—the Savannah.
First to suggest the cotton gin—
Mrs. Hillhouse of Augusta.
Fii'st' to suggest the brush used
in the cotton gin—Mrs. Nathaniel
Greene of Savannah.
First in all the world to have a
Woman’s Foreign Missionary So
ciety—Athens, Ga., in 1819.
First to charter a Woman’s Col
lege—Wesleyan at Macon.
' „i During Past Week
Robert H. Jordan
Guest Speaker
Reynolds Kiwanis
MRS. OUIDA TURK
Mrs. Ouida Chapman Turk, 76
years of age, died at her home in
this city at 6 a. m. Thursday.
She had been in ill health for the
past three years.
Mrs. Turk was born at Butler
Nov. 27, 1882, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Chapman. She
was married many years ago to Dr.
Thomas G. Turk of Reynolds who
preceded her in death a number of
years ago.
Mrs. Turk was a life long citizen
of the county living at both Butler
and Reynolds for a number of
years She was a member of the
Butler Baptist church.
Funeral services for the deceased
occurred at the local Baptist
church Friday afternoon. Rev. Wal
ter R. Doggrell, pastor, and Rev
E. H. Dunn, pastor of Antioch
Baptist church, officiated. Inter
meat was in the family lot, local
cemetery.
Pall bearers were: Messrs Frank
Gray, James and William Gray, E.
E. Jarrell, W H. Trussell and Dr.
Gray Fountain.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Arthur L. Sheppard of
Waynesboro, and Mrs. Ben G.
Moore of Pennsylvania; four sons,
Mr. John Turk of Chicago, 111.; Mr.
Thomas G. Turk of Oklahoma
City, Okla.; Mr. Ross C. Turk of
Chicago, 111.; and Maj. Richard P.
Turk of Atlanta. She is also sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Sara
Cross and Mrs. J. R. Wilson, both
of this city; 8 grand children and
12 great grand children.
Edwards Funeral Home was
charge of arrangements.
The peach crop is reported 15
per cent off in Georgia.
MRS. PEARL BLYTHE
Mrs. Pearl Blackman Blythe,
70
years of age, died at a Macon hos
pital Friday morning at 6 o’clock
She had been in declining health
for some time, however about
three weeks ago, she fell and frac
Marion county citizens are beingltured her hip and had been in
invited by Sheriff Jonny McCorkle
and the Georgia Sheriffs Associa
tion to join in a program to estab
lish a boys’ ranch for needy and
neglected youngsters of Georgia.
• • •
Tom Moore, Executive Director of
the Columbus Chamber of Com
merce, recently spoke on the future
of Columbus at a luncheon meet
ing of the Exchange Club at Ral
ston. In his address he predicted
200,000 inhabitants for the city by
1970.
• « •
The old boyhood saying “If a
frog had wings” might be coming
true any day now. A cat was dis
covered in West Virginia with two
nine inch appurtenances resembl
ing miniature wings growing from
the area of its shoulders. This fe
line freak doesn’t fly but if you
see an airborne frog . . . says an
exchange.
* * *
Speaking of Georgia weeklies, Mr.
Eugene Anderson says: Back 40 or
50 years ago practically every
country weekly within a radius of
50 or 100 miles of Macon exchang
ed with the Telegraph, giving us
one paper of theirs for 7 of ours
for we issued seven a week and
they issued one a week. That was
a poor exchange for the Telegraph
in many instances, if not in all.
When the question was raised, a
great revolution resulted. It was
found that most papers, daily or
weekly, carried many deadheads,
or people who had quit paying
subscriptions and often let their
papers lie in the post office for
weeks and months without having
any thought of ever taking them
out of the office.
First Cotton Blooms
Reported in County
The first cotton blooms reported
to the Butler Herald this season
were from the farm of Mr. Walter
Wainwright on the Walter Butler
farm. The report of the staple
blcoms were made at this office
Tuesday.
Also Mr. Harvey Callahan sent
in a cotton bloom from the Rupert
community on the same day.
POOL HOURS
Week Days: 11 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays: 1:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Butler Swimming Pool, Buter.Ga.
Mr. Jordan, Member of State
Highway Board, Discusses
Highway Program
Mr. Robert H. Jordan, member of
the State Highway Board, was
guest speaker at the Reynolds K»-
wanis Club luncheon Friday.
Mr. Jordan was introduced to
the Club by Mr George Brady,
member of the Reynolds Kiwanis
and a personal friend of the
speaker.
In Mr. Jordan’s talk, he pledged
the people of Taylor County every
consideration possible in highway
improvement during the present
administratnon. He explained that
even tho the highway department
■now has more money than ever
before that most of this money has
already been ear marked for spe
cific projects. Also, that the High
way Department is striving to
operate just as conservatively as
possible, thereby leaving as much
money as possible for paving rural
roads.
Mr. Jordan who is a Talbot
Countian by birth represents the
central section of Georgia on the
State Highway Board.
The County Commissioners and
several other county officials were
also guests of the Reynolds Ki
wanis Club at this luncheon.
Local Methodist
Preachers Returned
For Another Year
Rev. Griner, Rev. Hillis and
Rev. Greer All Returned to
Respective Churches.
Macon, June 13. — The 94th an
nual South Georgia Methodist Con
ference wound up in Macon with
the announcement of more than
Rev. C. W. Hancock
Guest Evangelist
At Howard Church
The Annual Revival at Howard
Methodist church will begin Mon
day and continue thru June 26th.
Rev. C. W. Hancock will do the
preaching throughout this series
of meeting and there will be two
services daily: 11 a. m. and 8 p.m.
Rev. Hancock is pastor of the
Porterfield Memorial Methodist
church, Albany. A few years ago
he was pastor of what was then
the Butler circuit which included
the Butler church and four of the
churches of the Howard charge.
The congregation of the Howard
church warmly welcomes everyone
to attend each of these services
during next week.
Revival Services
Will Begin Sunday at
Bethel C. M. Church
REV. TED GRINER
critical condition since that time
Mrs. Blythe was born in Macon
county Aug. 13, 1888, daughter of
the late Mr. William Blackman
and the late Mrs. Susan B. Black
man. She was a widow of Mr. G.
A. Blythe of this county and had
made her home in Reynolds during
the past 52 years. She was a mem
ber of the New Hope Primitive
Baptist church.
Funeral for Mrs. Blythe was con
ducted at New Hope Primitive Bap
tist church Saturday morning at
10:30 o’clock. Eld. John Mangham
Pastor of the church officiated.
Interment was in Hill Crest ceme
tery at Reynolds.
Pall bearers were Messrs Lewis
Taunton, Dick Windham, Henry
Hobbs, Ben Frank Eubanks, Wm.
Keen and Lonnie Jones.
Survivors include a number of
cousins.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
MR. ROBERT OSCAR RODGERS
Mr. Robert Oscar Rodgers, 89,
died at his home in Charing, 5:30
a. m. Friday morning. His death
was attributed to a heart condition
from which he had suffered for the
past several years.
Mr. Rodgers was born at Macon
Ga., June 30, 1870, the son of the
late Mr. Wm. Dawson Rodgers and
the late Mrs. Nann Hilton Rodgers.
He moved to this county in early
life and was married to Miss Mary
E. Freeman who survives him.
Mr. Rodgers had lived at Charing
for the past 65 years where he
operated a general store until he
retired from active business life
a few years ago. He was a mem
illness of several weeks. She was
former resident of Charing
where she resided since 1903. She
was better known as “Miss Tince”
and was loved by everyone who
knew her. She had been a member
of Trinity Freewill Baptist church
for 55 years. Mrs. Watson was born
in Marion county May 13, 1878,
a daughter of the late James and
Nettie D. Gill.
Survivors besides her husband,
include one daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Spain, Phenix City, Ala.; a son
James Felton, of Columbus; two
grandchildren, Mrs. Barbara Rice
and Miss Feltina Watson, a grand
son, Kenneth Rice; also several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services occurred June 5
at Trinity Church. Rev. Larry
Williams and Rev. William Chil-
dres officiated.
Pall bearers were: Active, Lewis
Watson Sr., Lewis Watson Jr., Carl
C. Hobbs, E. A. Welch, Cecil Gill
and Benny Waller. Honorary, R. D.
Waller, J. R. Waller, Thomas F.
Brady and Dave Harbuck.
MR. EDWARD LAWSON KILBY
Funeral services for Mr. Edward
Lawson Kilby, 35, occurred in
Brooklyn, N. Y., June 10, followed
by interment in Greenview ceme
tery.
Mr. Kilby died suddenly aboard
U. S. Navy Ship William Boyce on
the morning of May 13th. The ship
at the time of Mr. Kilby’s death
was in Port of Aden, Country of
Aden in Southwestern Arabia. He
had served in the Naval Transport
service for 15 years and was rated
as Second Marine Engineer.
Mr. Kilby was born and reared
in Taylor county, son of the late
Mr. E. H. Kilby and Mrs. Phronie
Kilby. He was a member of the
Howard Methodist church.
Besides his mother, Mr. Kilby is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence
Kilby of Brooklyn, N. Y.; one sis
ter, Mrs. Austin Guinn of Butler;
and one brother, Mr. Guy Kelly of
Thomaston.
Mr. and Mrs. Guinn attended
the funeral in Brooklyn.
* •
Memorial services for Mr. Kilby
were conducted at the Howard
the Charing Methodist i Methodist church Sunday morning.
ber of
church.
Funeral for Mr. Rodgers was
conducted at Mt. Nebo Primitive
Baptist church at 3 p. m. Saturday.
Rev. Tigler Greer officiated. In
terment was in Bloodworth ceme
tery.
Pall bearers were Messrs Lewis
Watson, Junior Welch, Willis Gar
rett, Jesse Bell, Benny Waller and
Dave Harbuck.
Survivors include besides his
wife, one daughter, Mrs. John F.
Cassidy of Tarpin Springs, Fla.,
and one son, Mr. Robert O. Garrett
of Macon; three grand children
and several nieces and nephews.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Rev. Tigler Greer, pastor of
Howard church, officiated.
the
MRS. BUFORD WATSON
Mrs. Buford Watson of Charing
died June 4th at the Wildwood
Nursing Home, Columbus, after an
FERRIS FALLIN
Farris Elaine Fallin, the adopted
infant child of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Fallin died at the Montgomery
hospital in this city early on the
morning of June 9th.
Funeral for the child was con
ducted at the graveside in Antioch
cemetery near Butler. Rev. E. H.
Dunn, pastor of the church of
ficiated.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
100 pastoral changes by Bishop
Arthur Moore of Atlanta.
Almost one third of the ministers
in the conference received new
pastorates.
Three new district superintend
ents were among the appoint
ments.. They are Rev. Claude Ful
lerton, pastor of the Tifton First
Church, named Thomasville Dis
trict Superintendent; Dr. H. S.
Brooks, Cordele Church, Waycross
District; and Rev. Ed Fain, Moul
trie First Church, Dublin district.
Mr. Fullerton will succeed Rev.
J. , .Smith, who was appointed fi
nancial director of the Methodist
Children’s Home at Macon. Dr.
Brooks will succeed Rev. Monroe
Yarbrough who was made pastor
of the Dublin First Church, and
Mr. Fain will succeed Rev. Guy
Hutcherson, who will replace him
as pastor of the Moultrie Church.
Meanwhile the ministers made a
final shuffle thru a heap of gas
tank caps before they left. The
caps were removed from cars
parked on the Wesleyan College
campus where the convention was
in session Wednesday night. They
were found in a jumbled heap
Thursday.
A special deputy sheriff assigned
to the college said the same van
dals also apparently damaged a
phone booth on the campus.
All new pastoral assignments be
came effective Saturday.
No changes are recorded for But
ler and Reynolds.
Talbotton: C. R. McKibben.
Roberta Circuit: W. F. Childres.
Geneva: James T. Pennell.
Special appointments:
Director of Public Relations and
Finance, Methodist Home, J. B.
Smith.
Conference Secretary of Missions,
W. R. Cleveland.
Students Emory University: J. A.
Booker, J. M. Clements, Donald Key
C. F. Knight and R. E. Sabo.
Student William & Mary College:
D. J. Blackburn Jr.
Director Wesley Foundation Ga.
Tech: Robert A. Davis.
Director Wesley Foundation
Milledgeville: Rudolph Grantham.
Conference Director of Youth
Work: J. E. Barnes.
Director Goodwill Industries: J.L.
Hendrix.
Georgia Invested $50
Million in High School
Seniors Grads This Year
There will be revival services at
Bethel Congregational Methodist
church beginning Sunday morning
June 21, and contining thru Friday
night, June 26th.
The evangelist for this revival
will be Rev. M. J. Wood of Alma,
Ga., who is well known in this
area for his work in connection
with the Taylor County Holiness
Camp Meeting.
We invite everyone to attend the
services which will begin each eve
ning through the week at 7:45
o’clock.
Rev. Charles Hartsfield,
Pastor.
Youth Activities
Week to Begin Mon.
At Reynolds Church
Rev. McLendon of Columbus,
Will Preach to Young Folks
Each Night During Week.
Youth Activities Week will be
gin Monday evening at the Rey
nolds Methodist church. The pro
gram will begin each evening with
supper at 7 p. m. at the church.
REV. FRED D. McLENDUin
_ Improvements
Reported at Baptist
Church and Grounds
WEEKEND TRAFFIC TOLL
RISES TO SEVEN PERSONS
Seven persons were killed in
Georgia traffic accidents last week
end. Three of these deaths occurred
Sunday.
;Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd
Georgia has an investment of
approximately $55 million in the
30,000 graduates of the state’s pub
lic high schools this year.
That according to state depart
ment of education figures is based
on the per pupil cost of public
school education in Georgia during
the past 12 years.
And it represents only the
spending for those pupils who
completed 12 grades, and does not
include the per capita outlays
each year for pupils who dropped
out of school somewhere between
the first and 12th grades.
After supper there will be a wor
ship service at 8 p. m. followed
by a period of recreation begin
ning at 9 p. m.
Rev. Fred D. McLendon, pastor
of the Edgewood Methodist church
in Columbus will be guest preach
er. Rev. McLendon is experienced
in youth work and is an excellent
preacher. All interested adults are
invited to attend the worship each
evening.
Rev. McLendon is formerly of
Dawson. He is a graduate of Ga.
State Teachers College and of Em.
The attractive new bronze bulle- j 0 ry University. He has served with
tin board on the local Baptist 1 distinction in several pastorates in
church lawn was given to the j the South Georgia Conference. He
church by Mr. and Mrs. Tom was a t Trinity Methodist church,
Fountain. The church is very Albany, before going to Columbus,
proud of the bulletin board andij^g j s married and has two sons.
is confident that it will be a bless- I
ing to the church during the years j|
to come.
noted Sunday in the beautiful j To Speak Here July Fourth,
galf’by 1 MrL\'sarah B-Day Is Observed ,
tone cabinent was contributed by |
Mrs. Poole. ! Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd will be
The Baptists are also delighted Ig Ues t speaker at the big B-Day
to announce that the auditorium | celebration in this city Saturday
will soon be completely air-con- iafternoon, July 4th.
ditioning unit. This modern con- I The celebration will be staged at
tribution to the comfort of the [the City’s new swimming pool,
located in the western section of
town near the local Community
House.
Mr. Byrd’s address will begin at
3 p. m. At 4 p. m. the Annual
Beauty Contest is being planned
by the program committee. At 6
p. m. a new 1959 Ford automobile
will be given to some lucky per
son.
Everyone is requested to begin
now making plans to be in Butler
Saturday afternoon, July 4th and
participate in the day’s activities.
Day of Prayer Planned
June 25th at Taylor
County Camp Ground
Thursday, June 25th has been
set aside as a Day of Prayer at
the Taylor County Holiness Camp
Ground, beginning at 10:30 a. m.
All who are interested in pray
ing for a spiritual revival in this
time of great need are invited to
this meeting.
Bring along a covered dish for
lunch.
Hapeville Boy Drowns
Despite Heroism of Friends
Atlanta, Ga. — Desparate at
tempts by two friends failed and
a son of an Atlanta policeman
drowned at Altoona Lake only min
utes after he went swimming one
day recently.
The lad was Larry Mosley of
Hapeville.
His father, Hiram Mosley said
he was told the boy suffered cramp
just before he went under the
first time. Mosley said the cramp
could have been caused by lunch
his son ate before he went in
swimming.
local church is being contributed
by the membership.
Revival Will Begin
June 29th at Mt. Olive
Church, Taylor Mill
There will be a revival begin
ning June 29th at the Mt. Olive
Free Will Baptist church, Taylor
Mill, and continuing indefinitely
as the Lord directs.
Rev. Frank Willis of Panama
City, Fla., is to be visiting minis
ter and bring the gospel messages
throughout the series of meetings.
There will be services each eve
ning at 8 o’clock.
The church extends a cordial in
vitation to every one to attend.
Mt. Olive Church.
Baptist Offering to
Village Near Waycross
Goal Placed at $150,000
Waycross, Ga. — More than 2,-
800 Baptist churches of Georgia
are expected to observe Baptist
Village Day on June 21 and $150,-
000 has been set as the goal for the
special offering.
“Help Open Doors” will be theme
of the third annual Baptist Vil
lage Day observance.
Homes for retired people, Baptist
Village is located a mile from
Waycross and is the Ga. Baptist
Convention’s newest ministry.
Offerings given on Baptist Vil
lage Day will be used to con
struct a second unit of homes for
28 more residents and to help pro
vide care for residents who other
wise could not live at the Village,
the administrator said.
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