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"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 84.
ASC Community
Election
Members
Board Members Met July 20 To
Name Slate of Committeemen
To be Voted on by Farmers
The County Election Board of
Taylor County met on July 15, 1960
and named the following persons
to serve on Community Election
Boards:
Butler Community: T. L. Fountain,
chairman; Dale Parks, Vice Chair
man, and W. S. Payne, Member.
Carsonville-Daviston Community:
E. M. Gaultney, Chairman; E. A.
Parker, Vice-Chairman, and W. W.
Amas, Member.
Cedar Creek-Rustin Community:
E. A. Welch, Jr., Chairman; Jack
Woodall, Vice-Chairman, and Solon
Wisham, Member.
Panhandle Community: George Z.
Young, Chairman; B. M. Montgo
mery, Vice-Chairman; and J. H.
McRee, Member.
Reynolds-Potterville Community:
E. A. Newsom, Chairman; Alton
Childree, Vice-Chairman; and Will
ard Brunson, Member.
This announcement was made to
day by Roy F. Jones, ASC County
Office Manager.
Community Election Board mem
bers will meet on July 20, 1960 and
select a slate of ten nominees for
each community to be voted on in
the forth-coming committee elect
ion.
It was announced that names may
be presented to Community Elect
ion Boards by petition of elegible
farmers. If as many as ten eligible
farmers present the names of per
sons eligible and willing to serve
as committeemen whom they wish
to be included on the ballots, the
Community Election Board will in
clude these names on the slate of
nominees. Petitions chould be pre
sented to Community Election
Boards, c/o the ASC County Office,
by not later than July 29, 1960.
Home-Coming Day
At T rinity Church
4th Sunday in July
Home Coming day will be ob
served at Trinity Freewill Baptist
church on the fourth Sunday in
July.
All good gospel singers are in
vited to attend this home coming.
Everyone is requested to bring
along a basket lunch to be* served
on the church grounds at the noon
hour.
The pastor urges that you come
prayingfor a good day with the
Lord’s people.
Home Coming
Next Sunday at
Turner’s Chapel
Sunday will be home coming day
at Turner’s Chapel Freewill Baptist
Church with revival services be
ginning Sunday at 8 p. m. and
continuing through the following
Friday night. There will also be
morning worship each day at 10:30
o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
atend these services.
Little Bethel Church
Announces Revival
Revival services at Little Bethel
Free-Will Baptist Church will begin
on the evening of July 31st at 8
o’clock. Services will continue
throughout the week at 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m.
Rev. Walter Jones of Phenix City
Ala., will be the visiting minister.
Rev. W. R. Lawhorn of Butler is
pastor.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services.
Miss Coats to Visit
Women of Woodcraft
Miss Agnes Coats, National Fra
ternal Organizer is to visit Butler
Con'd No 1605 Women of Wood
craft, on July 27.
Miss Coats succeeds Miss Ernes
tine Adams, who has been pro
moted to Director with her home
office at Omaha, Neb.
The program will be carried out
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.E.
Tante and will begin at 8 p. m.
All members are urged to attend
and meet the new co-worker.
11** Gov. Byrd Seeks
Gft \i Study Of
Voc. Education
Atlanta. — Lt. Gov. Garland
Byrd has asked the Senate Educa
tion committee to make a critical
study of Georgia’s vocational edu
cation program.
The Lt. Governor based the re
quest on the question of whether
the program is adequate in the
light of the increasing industrial
ization of the state.
Byrd called for the study in a
letter to Sen. W. J. Jernigan of
Homerville, Chairman of the com
mittee.
"We are all certainly aware
that we have a fine program in vo
cational education,’’ the letter said,
“but as we look toward economic
development, particularly in rural
areas, a question arises as to
whether we have an adequate pro
gram of training in industrial arts.”
Byrd noted that the Senate Gov
ernment Operations Committee pre
sently is studying a program of
economic development and said in
formation about training in indust
rial arts would be especially helpful
to the study.
Jernigan’s group is now working
jointly with the House Education
and University System Committees
in a study of teacher training.
Byrd, in his letter, praised the
committee’s work on the teacher
training project, and indicated that
he does not want his new request
to interfere with that project.
Vandiver, Byrd and
Griffin To Speak At
j Legion Ralley, Atlanta
More than 5,000 American Le
gionnaires from all parts of Geor
gia will gather in Atlanta next Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday for the
42nd annual convention of the
Georgia Legion and its auxiliary.
State Commander Ernest H. Nash
of Clarkesville will call the conven
tion to order in Atlanta Municipal
Auditorium Friday afternoon and
Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd will follow
with an address.
Gov. Vandiver will be the princi
pal speaker for the Friday night
banquet and former Gov. Marvin
Griffin will address the Legion
naires Saturday.
A rarade down Peachtree street
is scheduled for 6:30 p. m. Saturday.
J. O. Baker of Atlanta has been ap
pointed grand marshal. The parade
will proceed from West Peachtree
and Baker streets, down Peachtree
to Whitehall and disperse on Trinity
avenue.
47 Arrested
In Boating-Law
Crackdown
ATLANTA, Ga.,—In their first
crackdown on non-registered boats,
Game and Fish rangers arrested 47
persons over the weekend, the de
partment said Monday.
Arrests on other charges including
drunken and reckless driving,
brought the total to 65.
July 1 was the official deadline
for registration, but the law was
not enforced until last weekend.
The department said only about
30,000 of a probable total of 90,000
boats are registered thus far. Ap
plications are still coming in by
the mail-bagful.
Wheat Referendum
On July 21
Wheat growers will vote on July
21 to determine if wheat produced
in 1961 will be under marketing
quota. Two-thirds of the wheat
growers voting in the referendum
must vote in favor of marketing
quotas if quotas are to be in effect
on the 1961 crop.
If the growers approve marketing
quotas, the 1961 crop will be sup
ported at a level of between 75 and
90 percent of parity. If marketing
quotas are not approved, the price
support will be at the rate of 50
percent of parity to growers who do
not exceed their allotment.
Masonic Lodge Notice
Fickling Lodge No. 129 F. & A. M.
meets the first and third Thursday
evening in each month.
W. B. Guined, Secretary.
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BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1960
Flint EMC General Manager S. J. Tankersley watches as
Thurmon Whatley, Reynolds, Ga., Secretary-Treasurer of
the Cooperative signs voucher covering disbursements of
$83,500.81 in capital credits repayments to 4,273 members
who were on Flint’s lines in 1946. Checks are to be mailed
to these members beginning next week.
Flint EMC Members
On Coop Lines 1946
To Recieve Checks
The member-owners of Flint
Membership Corp who were on the
cooperative’s lines in 1946 will be
gin receiving their capital credits
payments within the next ten days
to two weeks, according to an an
nouncement today from Flint EMC
with the mailing of the checks to
begin next week. The 1960 disburse
ment brings to $279,855.01 the
amount returned to members dur
ing the past three years, the an
nouncement stated.
“We are again happy to distribute
these funds, and it marks the third
consecutive year of capital credits
payments by Flint EMC to its mem
bers,” said Floyd H. Tabor, presi
dent of the cooperative. The total
of the 1960 payments is $83,500.81,
and it will be paid to 4,273 mem
bers who received electric service
from Flint Electric in the year
1946, he said.
Capital credits are the funds
credited to each member’s account
each year out of money which may
remain after the costs of doing
business have been met, after pay
ments of principal and interest on
the loans have been made, and
after proper reserves have been set
aside to take care of emergencies,
such as tornadoes or ice storms
which have harassed utilities dur
ing the past few years, explained
General Manager S. J. Tankersley.
These capitol credits are posted to
each member’s account based on
his percentage of power usage he
said.
By 1958, Flint’s REA loan had
been reduced to the point pre
scribed by law as the necessary
equity or members ownership level
in the cooperative — based on loan
repayments — the interest pay
ments were up to date, and the
coperative began to make capital
credits repayments to members who
were due them, for the years 1943
and 1944, the first years in which
such credits were accumulated.
Last year, the capital credits for
1945 were returned to the members
who had earned them.
“Here again is tangible evidence
of, first, the advantages of our op
eration wherein the revenues over
and above the cost of business and
sound financial planning are re
turned to the member-owners of
thd business, and second, the evi
dence of the soundness and effi
ciency of operation of your co
operative whereby it continues to
meet the increasing demands for
electric service, renders good serv
ice, and brings to its members the
lowest cost electricity it is possible
for them to buy,” said Tabor in an
nouncing the capital credits pay
ment.
Mr. Tabor gave credit to the sound
judgment and dedication of purpose
of the Flint Board of Directors, and
the hard work and loyalty of the
Flint management staff and em
ployees as chief factors contribut
ing to the successful operation of
the cooperative
Fli n t EMC now serves over 14.000
member-consumers in an ei fT, ' ,t
county service area, with over 2.500
miles of lime. There are 85 em
ployees, including the engineering
and construction crews which are
required to continually maintain,
expand, and improve facilities to
keep up with the demand, which
has about doubled every five years
according to Mr. Tankersley. Head
quarters of the Cooperative is in
Reynolds. .
A Georgia AmVets
Convention Bill With
Talmadge as Speaker
ATLANTA, — A Georgia Amvets
convention billing Sem. Herman
Talmadge as main speaker was
maved to Macon from Jekyll Island
because of the “integration prob
lem,” it was disclosed Tuesday.
Hemy B. Smith, president of the
Georgia Amvets Corporation said
speakers had already been limed up
and 269 rooms reserved for whites
and 24 for Negroes when word came
to stay off the state-owned resort
island.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr.,
a member of the Jekyll Island Au
thority, said he advised against
“booking” the convention there
when “the problem of integration
came up a month or two ago."
The convention, originally an
nounced at the Jekyll Island audi
torium for July 16 17, was reschedul
ed for a Macon hotel for July 29-31
with the same slate of speakers,
Smith said.
Talmadge was announced as the
featured speaker at a banquet July
30.
Other commiteed speakers or
“VIP’s” expected to attend, Smith
announced, included six Georgia
Congressmen and three gubernator
ial aspirats — Lt. Gov. Garland
Byrd, Agriculture Commissioner,
Phil Campbell and former Gov. Mar
vin Griffin.
State officials announced as be
ing on the prospective “VIP" roster
included Labor Commissioner Ben
T. Huiett, Pardons and Parole Board
Member Hugh Carney, Civil Defense
Director Mike Hendrix. Public Ser
vice Commissioner Ben Wiggins, Ad
jutant General Georgia Hearn and
Veterans Director Pete Wheeler.
Smith said he did not know
whether any of the prospective
speakers were told that Negro dele
gates would be on hand.
Perry Masonic
Observance Pays
Tribute To Bloodworth
PERRY, GA.,-John William Blood-
worth, one of Houston County’s top
civic and political leaders during
the past half century, was honored
at a huge Masonic observance here
this week.
Bloodworth received a 50-year a-
ward from the Masonic order and
was paid tribute by a large delega
tion of friends who have known
and been associated with him throu-
ghtout the years.
The award was presented to him
by Dan Lockman of Macon, grand
secretary of the Georgia Masonic
Lodge. Master of ceremonies for the
occasion was Allen P. Whipple,
Middle Georgia realtor and insuran
ce man.
Whipple also directed a special
presentation of a “This Is Your
Life” program honoring Blood
worth.
Bloodworth was born in Jones
County on Dec. 9, 1883, and is a
graduate of Georgia Military Col
lege in Milledgeville and of the
Mercer University School of Law.
Revival Postponed
At Union Church
13 Persons Killed
In Hwy. Accidents,
One By Drowning
Atlanta, July 18—Thirteen persons
died in traffic and a 14th was
drowned in Georgia over the week
end.
Five persons died in one wreck.
The State Patrol added the names
of a drowning victim and three
traffic fatalities to the death list
Sunday.
Nine-year old Sylvia Wright,
adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Wright of Tifton, drowned
in a small pond near her home
Sunday night. Her body was re
covered about 30 minutes later.
Killed in highway accidents Sun
day were J. C. Hill, 34, of Columbus;
A. Dewey Pennington, 59, of States
boro, and James Love Simpson, 64,
of Cedartown.
Troopers said Simpson was in a
car which overturned after hitting
a bridge abutment five miles west
of Rockmart on a Polk County road.
Two cars smashed together just
east of Waycross on U. S. 82 Satur
day in the weekend’s worst acci
dent. Of the six persons involved,
five were killed and the sixth was
hospitalized.
Killed were the Rev. Ranee Rich
ardson, 37, pastor of a Baptist chur
ch in Wayne County; his wife. Mrs
Sue Richardson. 35, and their 3-year
old daughter, Barbara Ann Richard
son, in one car, and in the other
car, Johnnie Lee Green, 24, of Rte.
3, Nichols, and John Benton Mc
Cloud. 23, of Rte. 3, Waycross. The
Richardsons lived at Rte. 1, Screven.
Three Winners In
Swimming Pool
Drawing Sat., July 15
In the most recent drive to raise
funds for the swimming pool in
debtedness, a chance drawing was
held Saturday night at the Smith
Pharmacy, and three lucky names
were drawn as follows: First, Lee
Junca, Houma, La., was the name
drawn for 12 gauge shot gun; se
cond winner was Vernon Reddish,
Air Conditioner and third name
drawn was Vernon Jones, Ft. Val
ley, who received the radio.
The Herald has been informed
that the committee has not been
able to contact the above winner
of the gun to date and an alter
nate name has been drawn, that of
Ricky Bone, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor Bone, Butler. In the event
that Mr. Junca has not been con
tacted within ten days or by July
28, the gun will then go to Ricky
Bone.
The committee advises the out
standing indebtedness of swimming
pool as of July 1, was $6,534.08. The
profit of this drawing Saturday
night was $100.13, leaving a bal
ance of $6,433.95 as of now.
Soviet Court
Orders Powers
Tried Aug. 17
The revival which was sched
uled for next week at the Union
Mehodist church has been post
poned until a later date.
Watch these columns for later
announcement.
Rev. Tegler Greer.
MOSCOW—The Soviet Supreme
Court orederd Monday that pilot
Francis Gary Powers stand trial
Aug. 17 as a spy for his U2 flight
over the Soviet Union.
The Virginian was expected to
be the center of a trial here not
matched recently in diplomatic
The rocket which brought him
down in the important Ural indus
trial area around Sverdlovsk on
May 1 precipitated a chain of
events the peak of which was col
lapse of the summit conference in
Paris.
Most observers here believe the
trial will be in Moscow, the seat of
the Supreme Court, and the center
of Soviet news and photo commu
nications. But there is no official
information on where it will be.
Mother And Son
Are Killed In Macon
Crash Thursday
Macon, Ga. — A 33-year-old
Knoxville, Tenn., woman and her
son were killed Thursday when the
car driven by her husband collided
with a tractor-railer truck.
Mrs. John L. Davis, Jr., and Rudy
Davis, 13, died in Macon Hospital
a few hours after the collison. The
Davises, including another son,
Ricky, 6, and a niece, Janie Thomas,
were returning from a Daytona
Beach, Fla, vacation.
NUMBER 42
Four Methodist
Ministers Elevated
To Office of Bishop
Bishop John O. Smith of S. C.
Assigned to Atlanta Area And
Will Succeed Bishop Moore
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C.—Four
ministers of the Methodist Church
took solemn vows here Sunday
night in the ancient ceremony of
“laying on of hands” which elevat
ed them to the office off Bishop.
The ceremony, the highest ritual
istic act in Methodist liturgy, con
cluded the quadrennial sessions of
the denomination’s Southeastern
Jurisdiction composed of nine states
and Cuba.
In an election Thursday and Fri
day which required 16 secret ballots,
delegates chose the following new
Bishops to fill four vacancies in the
jurisdictional college of bishops:
The Rev. James W. Henley of
Nashville, Tenn., the Rev. Dr. Walt
er C. Gum of Norfolk, Va., the Rev.
Dr. Paul Hardin Jr., of Birmingham,
Ala., and the Rev. Dr. John O. Smith
of Charleston.
The consecration rites were con
ducted by Bishop Arthur J. Moore
of Atlanta, senior Eishop of the
college, who retired here as head of
Georgia Methodism. He was assisted
by eight other Episcopal leaders.
Each Bishop-elect was accompan
ied to the chancel by two ministers
whom he had selected to be his
sponsors. The sponsors, in turn, pre
sented to the officiating Bishops:
their candidate for consecration.
Then the senior Bishop prayed,
"Graciously behold this thy servant,
now called to the office and minis
try of a Bishop. Replenish him with
truth . . . adorn him with innocency-
of life . . . that he may faithfully
serve thee in this office ... to the
edifying and well governing of thy
church.
Then followed an interrogation
of the Bishop-elect, testing again his
beliefs and principles. The ancient
hymn, "Veni, Creator Spiritus,” was
chanted, again followed by prayers
for those being consecrated.
In the final act of consecration
the bishops surrounded each kneel
ing candidate and, along with *he
sponsoring elders, placed their
hands upon his bowed head.
"The Lord pour upon thee the
Holy Spirit for the office and work
of a Bishop in the church of God . .
by the imposition of our hands,’*
Bishop Moore said.
Each of the new bishops v/ns
presented a Bible and admenish'-d;
“Give heed unto reading, exhorta
tion and teaching. Hold up 'he
weak . . . hind up the broken, b" ! nf
again the outcast, seek the Ust;
faithfully administer discipline, hut
forget not mprev.
The new htshopi have been -<?
cirmes administer the follov'ng
Enlscopal area: .Tack^enville, r’n.,,
Bishort Henlev; T ouisvilie. Kv.
hen Gum: Columhin. ft. C.. a ne" -, v
established area, Ri'-'hop Hardin, rnrl
Atlanta, Bishop Smith.
Tim eorteludlne service also mark
ed the retirement of Bishon WiP'-m
T Watkins as head of the Louis
ville Episcopal area.
August 7th Date For
Homecoming At
Horeb Church
Homecoming Day will be observed
at Horeb Baptist Church Sunday,
August 7th. The pastor, Rev. H. E.
Whitley will deliver the homecom
ing sermon at 11:00 a. m. A basket
lunch will be served at 12:00 noon
on the church grounds.
The summer revival will begin
Monday, August 8th and continue
through Friday night, August 12 h.
Morning services will begin at 11:00
a. m. and evening services at 8:00
p. m. We feel very fortunate to
have Rev. B. E. Donehoo to bring;
our revival messages.
The public is cordially Invited to
attend these services.
Revival Begins
Third Sunday in
August at Antioch
Our revival at Antioch Baptist
churoh has been planned to begin
on the 3rd Sunday in August.
More information regarding this
revival at a later date.
E. H. DUNN, Pastor-