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VOLUME 83.
The B utler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
=Henry W. Grady ■■ —
.School of Journalism
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1959.
NUMBER 49.
OBSERVATIONS
THE END
Take hold of faith once more.
The faith that we
Can find the way which now we
cannot see.
Faith in ourselves to battle with
the gale—
In times like these to lose that is
to fail
Take hold of wisdom. Calmly let
us view
The need for rugged strength is
here again.
The days of easy tasks have
passed along,
The morning cries for resolute
hearts and strong.
Take hold of wisdom: Calmly let
us view
The troubled world where there is
much to do.
The tasks are hard and many.
Let us then
With the old spirit go to work
again.
—Edgar A. Guest.
• • •
No shower are ever given the
groom; he gets plenty of them
when the bride begins to reign.
* * *
In the good old days women
wheeled baby and baby carriage
around. Now autos wheel the
women around.
* * •
True: “Life is a mirror for king
and dove,” and the successful
person is the one that has done a
lot of reflecting.
* * *
The daylight saving idea comes
from an old Indian who cut off one
end of his blanket and sewed it on
the other to make it longer.
* * *
Co-operation is a safe and cour
ageous plan to follow. Consider the
banana, when one of them gets
away from the bunch it invariably
gets skinned.
* * *
“I’m very tired, sighed Mr. Funk.
I’ve had a busy day—
My nose right to the grindstone
I’ve had busy day—
“Yes, my deaf, replied his wife,
You work too hard, doggone it!
But you should get a grindstone
Without any lipstick on it.”
* * ♦
Sylvania Methodists went back
into their newly remodeled sanc
tuary a few Sundays ago, and
they found beautiful surroundings.
The walls and ceiling recently
painted white with a tinge of rose
from the windows, and red furn
ishings. The sanctuary is air con
ditioned for the comfort of the
worshippers who attend. The inter
ior is a thing of beauty, and all
Methodists are delighted over it.
* * *
One of today’s most discussed
problems is inflation. All kinds of
answers are uncovered, but what
interests most of us is how it af
fects us personally: This Question
and Answer gimmick supplies the
answer: Question: If a man with
a family of four earned $57 a week
20 years ago, how much would he
have to get today to have the same
buying power? Answer: $135 a
week . . . $62 for inflation and
$15.40 more in taxes!
m m
Pursuing an annual custom
which dates from the early days
of the 19th century, Georgia Bap
tists again are in the “season” of
associational meetings. From now
until the first of November, Bap
tists in every corner of the state
will gather in representative
groups for one, two, or in some
cases, three days of sermons,
prayers, presentation of annual
progress reports and not the least
important — dinner on the ground.
* *
Let’s not fool ourselves. We
can pay taxes to a city or special
school district, a county school or
ganization, a state department of
education or a federal education
bureau. Whichever one raises tax
es and meets the needs will han
dle the funds and set up the stan
dards by which the schools should
be run. If the financing is federal,
sooner or later the federal bureau
crats will be calling the tune. We
believe we would rather pay a
piper who is a little closer to
home.
Mauk H-D Club Meeting
The Mauk H. D. Club met for
Family Night August 22nd at Rus-
tin’s Lake with approximately 25
persons attending. Swimming was
enjoyed by many of those present.
Later in the evening a delicious
picnic lunch was served.
Macon Co. Citizens
Protest School
Consolidation
Oglethorpe, Ga. — Strong pro
tests to Macon county’s consolida
tion of schools at Montezuma and
Oglethorpe into a county high
school at Montezuma began Tues
day.
The board in all probability will
be requested for the third time to
rescind its action consolidating the
schools. The board already has re
ceived two such official requests.
Purpose of the meeting is to hear
reasons why any organization or
individual thinks the consolidation
program should not be carried out
and to offer opportunity to anyone
who wants to appeal the board’s
action.
Main objections to the consolida
tion have come from Oglethorpe
and other outlying school areas.
It was considered a certainty
Monday night that at least some
sort of appeal to the local consoli
dation decision would be made to
the State Board of Education in
Atlanta.
The hearing came on the eve of
the scheduled school opening date
with 130 high school students still
not officially registered for classes
at the new school.
That number, many of them with
their parents, defied the county
school board’s action Friday by re
porting to Oglethorpe instead of to
the new Macon County High
School at Montezuma.
Special Recognition
Given Taylor County
Heart Fund Chairman
Hon. P. B. Childs, Clerk of the
Taylor County Court of Ordinary,
who was Heart Fund Chairman for
the county in last February’s Heart
Fund drive, will be announced as
a recipient of the Ga. Heart Asso
ciation’s Bronce Service Recogni
tion Award for outstanding service
at the Association’s Annual Meet
ing in Savannah, Sept. 11-12.
This county, under the leadership
of Mr. Childs exceeded its 1959
Heart Fund goal in raising $920.
The 11th annual meeting of the
Heart Association will include the
11th annual scientific sessions for
physicians, the annual program
sessions for volunteer leaders, and
the annual luncheon meeting,
which includes the presentation of
annual awards and the election of
the new GHA officers.
The scientific sessions, set for
Sept. 11-12 will feature addresses
by five nationally known physi
cians in the cardiovascuiar field.
The program sessions, scheduled
for Sept. 12, will be highlighted
with addresses by R. A. Betts, Ex
ecutive Director of the American
Heart Association; James W. Wig
gins, Chairman of the Department
of Sociology, Emory University, Dr.
J. G. Barrow, president of the Ga.
Heart Association; and Dr. J. J.
Buchanan, director of the Depart
ment of Physical Rehabilitation,
District of Columbia General Hos
pital.
Revival Services
Begin at Midway
Sunday, Sept. 6
Revival services will begin at
Midway Baptist church Sunday,
Sept. 6th.
There will be regular services on
Sunday morning and evening.
There will not be any day serv
ices during the week.
Your interest, prayers and pres
ence will be appreciated. A cordial
welcome is extended everyone.
E. H. DUNN, Pastor.
Countv Cancer Fund
Contributions for 1959
Contributions for the 1959 Can
cer Fund Drive for Taylor County
are listed as follows:
Butler
$36 50
Rupert
34.50
Crowell
23.60
Howard
21.00
Reynolds
12.00
Charing
10.00
V. F. W.
5.00
Mauk
3.00
Total
$145.60
Reynolds Kiwanis
Club to Celebrate
First Birthday
International President Albert
J. Tully Will be the Guest
Speaker for the Occasion.
Kiwanis International President
Albert J. Tully will be the main
speaker at the Reynolds Kiwanis
Club tomorrow (Friday), at 8 p. m.
as the local organization celebrates
ALBERT J. TULLY
its first birthday with a banquet to
which more than 300 guests have
bee’n invited.
Mr. Tully is a Mobile, Ala., at
torney, and was elected president
of Kiwanis International at the
44th annual convention of the
world-wide men’s civic organiza
tion which met last June in Dal
las.
Tully has been an active Ki-
wanian for the past 20 years, and
has served in many capacities with
the Club in his home state. He is a
member of the law firm of Holberg,
Tully and Mobley, and is a gradu
ate of the University of Alabama
law school. He served as U. S. At
torney of the Southern District of
Alabama from 1943 to 1948, a’nd
has been very active in social,
church and civic work in Mobile.
He is a member of Trinity Episco
pal Church of that city.
Many prominent Georgia Ki-
wanians will attend the banquet,
as will Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Garland
Byrd, himself a charter member of
the Reynolds Club.
The guest list includes Kiwan-
ians from a wide area of central
and southwest Georgia.
Over $90 Thousand
Paid Jones County
Family by Government
Three members of a Jones coun
ty family were paid $90,315 by the
federal government last week after
the government dismissed its notice
of appeal in a suit growing out of
a 1956 traffic accident.
O. B. Hinson, his wife and son
Danny Hinson, had been awarded
the sum in U.S. District Court last
May in damage suits brought
against the government. The gov
ernment filed its notice of appeal
after the ruling by Judge W. A.
Bootle.
The verdict awarded Hinson
$84,035 and his son $1,015 for their
injuries and Mrs. Hinson $6,265 for
loss of consortium with her hus
band.
Motherwell Detained
Under $50 Thousand Bond
Atlanta, Ga. — Larry Motherwell
charged with murderng an elder
ly weathy widow during a cross
country junket, went to jail a few
days ago denying he killed the
Washington, D. C. Woman. He said
he didn’t even know she was dead.
Arrested just before boarding a
plane for Cleveland, Motherwell,
43, first tried to convince FBI
agents they had the wrong man.
He had been living in Atlanta
several weeks under the name
Craig Foster.
About eight hours after his ar
rest he appeared before U.S. Com-
missionar F. A. Holden. His hear
ing was interrupted and then post
poned after Washington attorneys
hired by Motherwell’s wife tele
phoned and requested a delay.
Rev. Cunningham
Accepts Pastorate
East Point Church
Has Been Pastor of Butler
Church of the Nazarene
During Past Three Years.
Rev. Charles Cunningham, pas
tor of the local Church of the
Nazarene for the past three years,
has resigned the local pastorate to
accept the duties as pastor of the
East Point Church of the Nazarene.
Sunday will be the last Day, Rev.
Cunningham will serve as pastor
of the local church. He will move
the following week to East Point
where he will assume the new
pastorate the following Sunday.
A pastor to succeed Rev. Cun
ningham at the local church has
not as yet been announced.
Not only do citizens of the Naza
rene faith regret to lose Rev.
Cunningham from the community,
but the entire city will regret their
leaves-taking. The minister and his
family have been active in all
phases of church and civic im
provement work.
Last year Rev. Cunningham was
a member of the local school facul
ty in addition to his duties as
full time minister of his church.
Winners Named
In Ice-Melt Contest
At Gray's Service Sta.
The ice-melting contest at Gray's
Sinclair Service Station in this
city Friday morning closed at 8:21
a. m. Saturday with contestants
winning as follows.
First place went to Mr. W. J.
Brand who only missed his guess
by 21 minutes and he will re
ceive 100 gallons of Popwer-X
Sinclair Gasoline. Second place was
won by Cr. Billy Jones for 50 gal
lons of gas; third place went to
Mrs. Ruth Tury, 25 gallons of gas;
Mr. H. E. Childres won fourth
place for 25 gallons of gas; fifth
place was won by Mrs. Myra Ham-
mack, five grease jobs; sixth
place goes to Ferrell Montgomery,
six wash jobs.
Congratulations are extended
each of the above contestants who
entered their guess as to the length
of time it would take one ton of
ice—five 400-lb. blocks—to com
pletely melt when leftout in the
open exposed to all weather con
ditions.
H-D Council Members
Attend State Meeting,
Athens, August 25-28
Seven H. D. Council members
attended the Annual State Home
Demonstration Council meeting in
Athens, Aug. 25-28. Those attend
ing were Mrs. Jack Peed, Mrs M.B.
Pittman, Jr., Mrs. Gorman Jarrell,
Mrs. Louellen Taunton, Mrs. A. B.
Childres, Mrs. D. M. Harris and
Mrs. W. T. Rustin.
Some highlights enjoyed by the
ladies were the President’s Lunch
eon, attended by Mrs. Jack Peed of
Central community and president
of the H. D. Council and the State
Dress Revue, participated in by
Mrs. M. B. Pittman, Jr. of Mauk.
The Crowell Community Scrapbook
was winner of a red award. The
Taylor County H-D Yearbook was
also winner of a red award.
Wednesday five ladies from Ru
pert community, attended meet
ings for the day. They were Mrs.
Arthur Carpenter, Mrs. Henry Bar-
row,, Mrs. Frank Callahan, Mrs.
Hazel Reddick and Mrs. Julian
Locke, attendants said it was
a nice trip and that they learned
much about the organization that
they had not learned before.
Taylor County Rabies
Clinic Announced for
Saturday, Sept- 5th
A County Rabies Clinic is
scheduled at the local court house
from 9:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m. and
at Reynolds from 11 a. m. to 12:00
a. m. at City Hall. Date for each of
these clinics is Saturday, Sept. 5.
Thse Rabies Clinics, as in the
past, will use the three year vac
cine and the cost will be $1.50
per dog.
REV. GARY OSBORN
Youth Revival Begins
Friday at Moore's Chapel
You are cordially invited to a
Youth Revival at Moore’s Chapel
Baptist Church near Mauk.
All activities during the revival
will be conducted by the youth of
the church with the exception of
the visiting pastor, Rev. Gray Os
born of Manchester.
This revival will be in progress
Friday, Saturday and Sunday of
this week at 8 p. m.
Lebanon Baptist
Church to be Dedicated
Sunday, Sept. 13th
The Second Sunday in Septem
ber is the date set apart to dedi
cate the new Lebanon Baptist
church.
Services for the day will begin
with Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Dr. Ted Phillips of Brewton
Parker College will preach the
dedication sermon at 11:30 a. m.
Lunch will be served at one
o’clock p. m.
Duringthe afternoon there will
be talks by former pastors of this
church.
A warm welcome is extended
everyone to attend this dedication
on the second Sunday in Septem
ber.
City of Reyolds
On Approved List
For Housing Project
Hon. Henry Hicks, Mayor, City of
Reynolds, was advised this week
that a Housing Project for the City
of Reynolds has been approved by
the Federal Housing Authority
Mayor Hicks states that (his ap
proval means the City of Reynolds
is one step nearer the goal of a
low-cost Housing Unit.
A local Housing Authority Com
mittee has been working on this
project for several months accord
ing to Mayor Hicks.
Garden Club Will Meet
Sept- 9, Community House
The Butler Garden Club will
Meet Sept. 9th, 3 p. m. at the local
Community House.
Mrs. Jack Suggs will have
charge of program. Topic of the
program will be “Flowers of
France.”’
The hostesses at this meeting
will be Mrs. J. H. Amos, Mrs. L. M.
Doyel, Mrs. W. E. Hightower and
Mrs. W. G. Hill.
FORT VALLEY CITIZEN
PRAISED BY JAYCEES
Fort Valley Police Officer Clyde
Pender has been selected as “offic
er of the months” for July by the
Fort Valley Jaycee organization.
We don’t particularly know just
how courteous, firm, courageous,
etc., that he was to make the first
selection of the Club but we do
know that we don’t know of any
one who would deserve it more.
We congratulate him on his se
lection, and we congratulate Mayor
Irving Rigdon and the council in
setting up this program or this
award.
We don't know what Officer
Pender got out of his selection but
we believe that just the recogni
tion is worth a great deal. All too
often all public officers and offi
cials are not recognized properly
for the work they do.
Mayor Rigdon, we believe, was
the “daddy” of the idea and the
council went along with him.
Mrs. Kate Porter
Died in Atlanta
Tuesday Morning
Funeral Services at the Butler
Methodist Church Wednesday;
Afternoon.
Mrs. Kate Cameron Porter, born
and reared in this city, died in
Atlanta about noon Tuesday. She
had been i’n ill health for several
months.
Mrs. Porter was the daughter of
the late Mr. John Cameron and the
late Mrs. Dora Murray Cameron.
She was the widow of Dr. H. J.
Porter, prominent local druggist
who preceded his wife in death,
several years ago.
Mrs. Porter was a member oF
the local Methodist church and
took an active part in all church
activities for many years, especial
ly in the music department.
Funeral for Mrs. Porter was con
ducted at the local Methodist
church at 2 o’clock Wednesday
(yesterday) afternoon The pastor.
Rev. Ted Griner, officiated. In
terment was in the family lot,
local cemetery.
Stewards of the Methodist church
acted as pall bearers.
Survivors include four ’nephews
Messrs Fay, Herbert and Marvin
Boland and Dr. Galloway Boland
all of Atlanta.
Power Line Atop Her
Automobile, Warner Robins
Woman Drives Away
Warner Robins, Ga. — Mrs. Elo-
ise heard a funny noise and
stopped her automobile.
But ene of the children riding
with her advised: “Don’t get out
now, mama, there’s a power line
on top of the car.”
Mrs. Willis didn’t get out.
A 7,000 volt city power line had
snapped and fell across the back
end of the car in which she and
three children were riding.
Mrs. Willis told her husband she
decided the thing to do with the
dangerous live wire was "just to
drive away from it.” So she did.
The power line dropped to the
ground and set a weed patch on
fire but caused no other damage
before it was repaired.
“It didn’t upset my wife very
much,” her husband commented
later. "But me — I’m still having
cold chills.”
L- E. Pettis Freed After
Paying Costs of $368.00
Dublin, Ga. — L. E. Pettis,
playing dead to get away from it
all cost him $368 plus a lc,- of
grief.
His wife Grace, would make no
charges, his brother in law, Harold
Edwards, withdrew an abandon
ment warrant and Superior Court
Judge R. I. Stephens late Monday
freed him on condition that he
pay Laurens county costs of $368
including the expense of returning
him from Texas.
He left the court room with his
wife whom he had held a reunion
in the county jail Sunday night.
Neither had any comment, but
Sheriff Carlus Gay had remarked
after their affectionate meeting in
jail that they seemed headed for
“another honeymoon.”
More Forgeries Admitted
By Parks Agency Employes
Atlanta, Ga. — Mrs. Marjories E.
Murphey, former Stale Parks Dept,
treasurer, has confessed additional
forgeries from state funds that she
said she forgot in earlier confes
sions.
Mrs.Murphey is already under in
dictment by the Fulton county
County grand jury on a charge of
embezzling $4,713 from the Parks
Dept.
Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook said he
is transmitting her additional con
fession to Fulton Solicitor Paul
Webb, asking that this new evi
dence be presented to a grand jury.
In a signed statement to the
State Law Dept’s Criminal Division
Mrs. Murphey promised to repay
$200 taken Ihru forgery of four S50
checks to three Parks Department
employes.