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The Butler Herald
—D*pt. of Archives
EPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 84. General Library _
— University of Ga.
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1960.
NUMBER 50.
Special County Democratic Primary
Next Tuesday, September 20th, to Name
Clerk of Taylor County Superior Court
Four Citizens Announce as
Candidates for the Office;
Highest Man Will be Winner.
Letter Writing Week
Celebration Announced
for October 2 to 8
Taylor County voters will nonmi-
nate one of four candidates to fill
the Office of Clerk of Superior
Court in a Special Primary to be
held next Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Candidates for this office are:
C. Ferdinand Carson, W. B. (Ben)
Guined; Fred S. Jarrell, and C. F.
(Fred) Rustin.
Vacancy in the office of Clerk
of Superior Court was caused by the
death of Mr. Thelmon Jarrell who
held this position for almost 28
years. He was unopposed in the
County Primary held last February
for another four year term to begin
January 1, 1961.
Due to the short time between
now and the date of the November
General Election the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee has rul
ed that the candidate receiving the
highest number of votes cast next
Tuesday will be declared the party
nominee. There will be no Run-Over
in this race.
Mrs. Pussey Cb’l^s, County Or
dinary, has stated that the candi
date nominated for Clerk of Supe
rior Court in next Tuesday’s Pri
mary will be named bv her to fill
the unexnired term of Clerk of
Superior Court.
The unexnired term will end
Dec 31. I960 full * '*"ar term will
begin January 1, 1961.
Mr. Sims Garrett. Jr.
Recuperating from
Heart Ailment
Thelmon Jarrell
Memorial Fund
Is Well Endorsed
Mr. Sims Garrett, Jr. son of Mr.
Sims Garrett of Butler, and man
aging director of the Georgia Mo
tor Trucking Assn., Inc., Atlanta, is
recuperating at Kennestone Hos
pital, Marietta, after a heart attack
it was announced last week.
It is expected that Mr. Garrett
,will be hospitalized for at least
three weeks.
Two Skin Divers
Drown in Florida
Two Florida Skin divers drowned
when they swam into a treacherous
underwater cavern at Radium
Springs despite the warning of a
life guard who tried to swim after
them.
The bodies of B. M. Crutcher 22.
and Charlton Mallory, 25, both of
Tallahassee, Fla., were found lodg
ed in the cavern 40. feet below the
surface of Radium Springs.
The 23rd annual Letter Writing
Week will be celebrated in Butler
during the week of October 2 to 8
it is announced by Mr. Carl C.
Hobbs, Postmaster at Butler.
Postmaster Hobbs noted that there
has been a revival of personal let
ter writing during the last few
years. “A letter remains the most
economical, longest lasting and sin-
cerest means of extending greet
ings, communicating social news,
and exchanging ideas,” the post
master said.
During Letter Writing Week, the
postmaster suggested that individu
als write at least two letters: One
to a friend or relatives from whom
you have not heard in a long time
and the second as a reply to a
friend or relative who recently
wrote to you. He also urged cor
respondence to people in other
countries as a means of promoting
greater understanding among the
people in other countries.
The slogan of this year’s event, as
indicated on more than 203,000
banners, is “Letters Are Links of
Friendship.” The display materials
wil appear on post office bulle
tin boards, and rural carrier ve
hicles. as well as in various schools
and librarires.
More Than $4 Million
In State Highway Bids
Opened Last Friday
Atlanta, Ga. — The State High
way Department has announced
bids of $4,516,688 on 38 road con
struction projects in 35 counties.
The largest single contract pro
vides for 6.144 miles of grading and
paving on the Gainesville-Cleve-
land Road in White County. The
apparent low bidders were Loth-
ridge Bros, and Southeastern High
way Contracting Co. both of Gaines
ville witii $787,554.
The letting included one inter
state, two federal aid primary, 8
federal aid secondary. 14 state aid
and 13 Rural Roads Authority con
tracts.
Fish Summer Sat. Nite
The Fickling Mill Church of God
is sponsoring a fresh fish supper
Saturday evening. Plates will be
$1.00 for adults and 50c for chil
dren. Everyone is corially invited.
Serving time will begin at 6 p.m.
at the church. Come out where a
delicious fish supper.
Rev. Carl Gilbert.
The committee in charge of the
Thelmon Jarrell Memorial Fund
requests all County Chairmen to
please report all collections by Fri
day, Sept. 16.
All persons wishing to take part
in the worthy cause are asked to
make their contributions to one of
the county chairmen by, Thursday,
Sept. 15.
A plaque will be placed in the
local court house in memory of Ml.
Jarrell who served as Clerk of
the Superior Court for 28 years.
The remainder of the Memorial
Funds will be used to purchase
pews for Union Methodist Church
in memory of Mr. Jarrell.
Persons contributing to this
fund are asked to make checks
payable to Union Methodist church,
Jarrell’s Memorial Fund.
Places designated for receiving
gifts for this fund in Butler include
Butler Drug Co., Smith’s Pharmacy,
W. H. Trussell’s Store and Walker’s
Barber Shop.
Any of the committemen listed
below will be glad to accept your
contributions: <
Butler: Rev. Walter Doggrell,
Rev. Ted Griner, T. L. Fountain, E.
E. Jarrell, Charles Benns, Jr.
Reynolds: Mrs. Blanche Brunson
Mr. J. W. Windham.
Crowell: Walter O’Neal
Carsonville: Mrs. Ethel Blasche.
Charing: Lewis Watson.
Daviston: Clyde Wilson.
Mauk: Mrs. L. R Pike.
Howard: Mrs. Carl Brown.
Potterville: H. S. Gates.
Rupert: J. Ran Cooper.
The colored citizens of County:
R. L. McDougald.
50-Star Flag
Presented to School
By Local WOW
Butler Camp No. 1428 presentiJi
a Fifty Star American Flag to ,the
Butler High School Tuesday morn
ing before the student body. Coun
ty School Superintendent W. H.
Elliston was principal speaker and
presented the flag to School Prin
cipal Mac Marchman.
Juvenile members of Butler Camp
J-1428, John Childs and Gary
Hobbs, raised the flag after which
the Pledge of A^egiance was given.
District Manager T. E. Tante was
also present for the ceremony.
Locke Family Reunion
Members of the Locke family will
be observed Sunday at the Ameri
can Legion Home in Butler. Basket
lunch will be served at noon.
Mr. Arthur Benson
Wins Top Degree
At Auburn College
By Lovelace Hair,
Enquirer Correspondent
Buena Vista, Ga. — It’s a long,
long road from a small Marion
County town to the Auburn Uni
versity commencement exercises re
cently — when the farm boy now
grown to manhood — heard his
name and new title for the first
time.
Arthur J. Benson, Doctor of Edu
cation at the age of 40 is one of on
ly two school superintendents in
Georgia with such degree.
Arthur, as he is affectionately
known by friends, is a product of
the very school system he now
serves as superintendent.
The son ol Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Benson he attended Marion County
rural schools, Ben Rainey Institute
and Brantley, and Marion County
High School in Buena Vista.
After two years at Ga. Southwes
tern College, Americus, he server as
teacher and principal in Taylor
county for three years. It was there
he met and married one of his
teachers, Miss Irene Kirksey of But
ler.
About that time the world ex
ploded with World War II and he
became another American GI serv
ing in the European Theater.
Returning home he was for a
short time principal of the Brantley
elementary school in Marion before
taking up his studies again, this
time at the University of Georgia.
While there he earned his B.S.
in Education in 1947 and Master of
Education in 1948, serving as in
structor in the College of Education
while working on his Master’s de
gree.
In 1949 he was back in Marion
county to run for public office, be
coming superintendent of schools
that year.
During his years as superintend
ent six white schools have been
consolidated into one elementary
and one high school, and 19 Negro
schools, consolidated into one ele
mentary and one high school.
Bonds in the amount of $100,000
were floated in 1948 for the con
struction of new school buildings,
white and Negro. These were to be
paid back over a 20-year period.
Today the payments are well ahead
of schedule and only $7,000 is due
on the indebtedness.
Under his administration the lo
cal schools now meet the require
ments of accreditation of both the
Ga. Accrediting Commission and
the Southern Association of Secon
dary Schools.
Benson is now serving as chair
man of the State Trade School
Committee and as a member of the
State Transportation Committee.He
is a past director of the GEA, past
president of Ga. School Superin
tendent’s Assn., past president Bue
na Vista Lions Club, past comman
der of the local American Legion
Post and Third District Adjutant of
the American Legion.
He has taken an active interest
in serving his community not only
thru schools but thru industrial de
velopment, civic improvements and
thru church life.
For almost 20 years Arthur has
not missed attending church serv
ices on Sunday. It wasn’t always
easy but come the Sabbath — some
way some how — he found his way
into the church to worship. He has
attended small rural roadside
churches and others like Riverside
Memorial in New York City; cathe
drals in Europe and in tents used
as chapels in the army.
Alpha Lambda Chapter
Delta Kappa Gomma
Met at Perry Sept. 10th
SOIL CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATION SET FOR SEPTEMBER 21
A drainage demonstration sponsored by the Supervisors of the Ocmulgee Soil Conservation
District and the Blalock Machinery Company of Atlanta and Albany, Georgia, has been an
nounced by M. P. Dean of the Soil Conservation Service.
The demonstration, which will begin at 10:00 A. M. and continue throughout the day,
will be on the farm of L. B. Richardson. This farm is almost in the City limits of Vienna
and is on Highway 27 toward Hawkinsville.
The equipment to be demonstrated, a Model C-350 Schield Bantam crawler - mounted
backhoe, is fast becoming an accepted method of darinage and irrigation in the Southeast.
This machine features extensions of the crawler main frame which permits it to straddle
a ditch about 15 feet wide without fear of cave-in, according to Mr. M. P. Dean. Another
feature of the Model C-350 Bantam are the 32-inch track shoes which gives the machine
a ground bearing pressure of less than three pounds per square inch. The machine will
actually travel into areas and work where a man cannot walk.
Farmers ard contractors interested in seeng this machine in operation are urged by
Mr. Dean to attend this demonstration.
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of
Delta Kappa Gamma met in its
first session of the year at the new
Perry Hotel Sept. 10th, 11 a. m.
Miss Nola Brantley president of the
Chapter presided over the business
session. Mrs. Dorothy Kellett of
Montezuma introduced Mrs. Rich
ard Curtiss of Montezuma who
gave an interesting talk, “Contribu
tion of Adult Education to Com
munity Life.” This program was
concluded with a delicious lunch-
m.
Members of Taylor County be
longing to the Chapter are: Mes-
dames D. E. Byrd, S. M. Fitzsim
mons, John E. Mims and W. T.
Whatley.
Citizens of County Plan Mass-Meeting
At Local School Gym Tuesday Sept 20th;
New Industry for County to be Theme
Gospel Concert
Coming to Butler
Auditorium Sept. 23
The highlights of the Gospel
Concert are coming to the local
High School auditorium, Sept. 23,
and will feature one of the na
tions youngest Gospel Singers, 8
year old Steve Sanders. Steve has
sung throughout the state of Geor
gia and everyone gets a blessing
from hearing him sing. He is the
son of Mrs. H. O. Sanders of Ma
con.
Also featured will be the Har
mony Boys, Thomaston; Camp
Meeting Boys, formerly known as
the Peacemakers, Macon; and the
Royal-Aires, Macon. All of these
groups enjoy singing and will
give a splendid evening of enter
tainment.
Advance tickets will be o sale at
Swain’s Standard Oil Station or
from any member of the WOW
Camp 1428.
Efforts of Dr. Ridley
Helped Macon Hospital
Grow Into Giant
Hanging in the executive suite of
the new Medical Health Building
in Atlanta is an oil painting of Dr.
C. L. Ridley Sr., one of Macon’s
pioneers in the field of health and
hospital administration.
Altho now retired, Dr. Ridley’s
life has been one of progress in ac
tion. He came to Macon in the age
of the “pest house” and the “kitch
en table” operation. He established
in the place of these practices the
round work for a modern hospital
with all the facilities for better
care of the sick.
After graduating from the Geor
gia Medical College in 1906, Dr.
Ridley set up his practice in Hills
boro, a small community in Jasper
coilnty. He was the country doctor,
complete with horse and buggy
and small black kit. His first call
wa sthe amputation of a limb on a
kitchen table, a common practice
of the time.
Atlanta Prisoner
Dances on Tower,
Causes T raf f ic Jam
All Citizens of County Urged
To Attend Meeting Whiet*
Bgins at 10:30 A. M.
Atlanta, Ga. — A buck-dancing
prisoner caused a traffic jam Sun
day when he climber atop the 200
foot high water tower at the At
lanta Federal Penitentiary.
By the thousands, passing mo
torists and pedestrians became spec
tators. Traffic bottlenecked for half
an hour along McDonough boule
vard in front of the prison.
City police finally blocked off
the boulevard and rerouted traffic
to untangle the jam. Police Capt.
C. C. Hamby ordered police rein
forcements to clear streets and
side walks and disperse the
crowd.
Judge Delays Case
On Ballot Names
Promptly at 10:30 on the morning
of Sept. 20th — next Tuesday —
in the Butler Gymnatorium the
first Mass Meeting of the citizens
of Taylor County will begin.
Rev. E. H. Dunn will give the de
votional. Mr. Ed Goddard will wel
come our guests and introduce
them.
Either State Senator John Greer,
State Senator Clarence Barret, or
Mr. Elmer George, Executive Direc
tor of the Ga. Municipal Associa
tion will explain the Project Prog
ress.
After this, Mr. Vincent Jones,
Assistant Director of the Georgia
Department of Commerce will act
as moderator for a panel dis
cussion of the program’s goals.
Panel Members include: Dr. J. W.
Fanning, Chief, Division of Agri
cultural Economics, University of
Georgia. Dr. Kenneth Wagner, Head
Industrial Development Branch, Ga.
Tech. Frank Hood, Director, Com
munity Development Division, Ga.--
Power Co., Penn Worden, Industrial
Manager, State Chamber of Com
merce. Raymond S. Ginn, Jr., State
Consultant for Industrial Arts Edu
cation, State Department of Educa
tion.
Noon, 12 o’clock, is dinner time.
The Food Committee headed by
William Neisler plan to serve
chicken with all the trimmings.
Where else could you get such a
meal for $1.00? Do not mail your
lunch money in with your cards.
The money will be collected at the-
door that day. You don’t have to
eat with us if you would just like
to hear the program.
After lunch, the panel discussion
will be continued.
The meeting will be adjourned
around 2:30 p. m. with a
summary of our goals and how to-
reach them and acquire industry for
Taylor County.
Between now and Tuesday you
will receive further facts from our
own Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd.
Taylor County is a vorv lively
place. Let’s all turn out and prove .-
it.
Hawkinsville Man
Faces Death Plot
Charges in Pulaski
Judge Luther Alverson of Fulton
Superior Court says he will de
cide after Sept. 26th whether names
of the nominees for president and
vice president must appear above
the Democratic electoral slate on
Georgia’s general election ballot.
This timetable was agreed upon
in a conference with Alverson by
Atlanta Attorney H. M. Henderson
who has brought a court attack on
Georgia’s unpledged elector law,
and Macon Attorney Charles Bloch
who is representing the Democratic
Executive Committee and Secretary
of State Ben Fortson.
Henderson has dropped for the
present his action to block a pri
mary referendum on whether Ga.
electors are to be free or pledged
and is attacking a law that pre
vents use of the party nominees’
names as a label for the Demo
cratic electoral slate.
Home-Coming Day
Hawkinsville, Ga. — Hawkinsville
contractor Roscoe Boyette remained
in Pulaski jail Tuesday night fol
lowing charges that he attempted
to hire an assassin to kill his wife
for$500.
Sheriff Hill said he arrested Boy
ette at Taylor Memorial hospital.
He was admitted to the hospital
with what was described as a
"nervous condition.”
The Sheriff said L. C. Knight
whose daughter worked for Boy
ette, told him he had been hired
and given a down payment to do
the slaying. Knight was to have
received final payment of $500 after,
he had killed Mrs. Boyett.
All-Day Singing
Sunday, Sept. 25th
At Bethel Church
There will be an annual All-Day
j Singing at Bethel Primitive Bap-
; tist church near town on the fourth
Sunday, Sept. 25th.
Everyone extended a cordial in
vitation to attend.
Highway Traffic Toll
Was 8 for Weekend «
Home-coming Day will be ob
served at Taylor Mill Baptist
church next Sunday.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come, bring lunch and spend the
day in divine worship.
Georgia’s traffic toll Saturday
niglit reached a total of 8 for the
week end.
Latest reported fatality was Wan
da Carter, 19, passenger in a car
that lost control on a curve and
overturned several times near the
city limits at Valdosta Saturday
night.
H. L. Wilkes, of Vidalia, was
killed when a car ran thru a barri
cade into heavy equipment on a
road under construction south "of
Waynesboro.