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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960
NUMBER 1
Ralph Lawhorn
To Attend Natl.
FFA Convention
Mr. John Blair
Dies at Home
After Long Illness
Miss Louise Parks
Dies at Howard
Monday Night
Mr. E. L. Harris
Dies Suddenly
Saturday Morning
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Bussey
Held Fri. Afternoon
Project Progress
Committee Endorse
Local Bill No. 77
Convention Will Be Held In
Kansas City, Mo. The Week
Of October 11.
As recipient of his Chapter’s
Public Speaking Award, Ralph
Lawhorn will attend the National
FFA Convention in Kansas City,
Mo., the week of Oct. 11th. Ralph
won out in the finals of the Chap
ter’s Speaking Contest over Shad-
rack Barnett who finished second
and Jerry Allmon, third.
Ralph has been outstanding as
a leader in his local Chapter.
Having served as president for two
years, he has attended several
leadership training conferences,
state conventions and various FFA
activities on district and state
levels. In connection with his live
stock interests he has been a
member of the FFA Livestock
Judging Team for two years. This
year he will be striving to become
only the second member from the
local Chapter to receive the state
farmer degree for accomplisments
in leadership and farming activi
ties.
In attending the convention he
will join the Georeia delegation
100-strong in Atlanta Monday eve
ning. Oct. 11th. The group will de
part from Atlanta at 5 d. m. Mon
day by train and arrive in Kan
sas Citv Tuesday. They leave for
home Friday and will arrive back
in Atlanta Saturday, Oct. 15th.
While in Kansas City, Ralph,
along with the other members at
tending from Georgia will be taken
on a tour of the city as well as at
tend the sessions of the convention
in the Municipal Auditorium.
Highlights of the Convention
will be the awarding of the
American Farmer Degree and
other national awards to Future
Farmers from all over the United
States. Georgia will have seven
teen young men to receive this de
gree. which is an outstanding
award since it is limited to only
one for each 1.000 members in
the state. The award is based on
outstanding leadership and prog
ress in farming. In order to com
pete. a bov must be out of high
school and actively engaged in
farming.
The local FFA Changer was as
sisted in sponsoring this award by
the Citizens State Bank of Butler.
Reynolds Kiwanis Club
Will Be Represented At
Dist. Meet, Brunswick
The Kiwanis Club of Reynolds,
Ga. will be represented at the 1960
convention of the Georgia District
of Kiwanis International at Jekyl
Island, Brunswick, October 9-11,
Club President Pete Ayers announ
ced today. Hosts will be members
of the Kiwanis Club of Brunswick.
Local delegates to the convention
will be Mr. and Mrs. Woodfin Hin
ton, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brooks and
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Ayers.
Mr. Merle H. Tucker, Treasurer
of Kiwanis International, A Gallup,
New Mexico radio station owner
and operator and associate in a
New Mexico public relations firm
will be a featured speaker at the
three-day meeting at the Jekyl Is
land Hotel. Also on hand will b®
Dr. R. Glenn Reed, Jr., of Marietta,
a Trustee of Kiwanis International.
Reed is a dentist. He is a resident
of the Georgia Kiwanis District.
Delegates from 119 clubs repre
senting 6800 business and profess
ional leaders will participate in the
various sessions. Committee refer
ences, a discussion of plans for the
coming year, consideration of suc
cessful community service work,
and the election of officers will
highlight the convention program,
Pete Ayers said.
Presiding officer will be Mrs.
George T. Smith, of Cairo, Gover
nor of the Georgia District of Ki
wanis International. Smith is a
Cairo attorney.
Tucker, one of the principal sptak
ers. and the official representative
of Kiwanis International at the con
vention is a 19-year veteran of Ki
wanis. During that time he has had
numerous posts in his club, divi
sion. and district. He also has ser
ved as a member and as chairman
of several district and Kiwanis In
ternational committees. He served
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Mr. John Blair Jr., 70 years of age,
died at his home at Taylor Mill
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
He had been ill for about eight
weeks.
Mr. Blair was born in Macon
County Sept. 30, 1890, the son of
the late Mr. John and Mrs. Kate
Blair. He has made his home in
Taylor County for the past 23
years. He was a retire farmer and
a member of the Mt. Olive Free
Will Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at
the Mt. Olive Church at 4 o’clock
Saturday afternoon. Rev. W. J.
Owens officated and was assisted
by Rev. W. J. Childree and Rev.
Frank Willis. Interment was in Mt.
Olive Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Otis
Morrell, A. V. Albritton, Ennis
Childres, Fred McDaniel, Virgil
Byrd and Thomas Perkins.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Blair; Three sons, Messrs
Lewis of Reynolds, Clay of Colum
bus and Earl Blair of Miami, Fla.
Five daughters, Mrs. Lucille Mc
Daniel of Manchester; Mrs. Myr-
tice Morrell of Reynolds, Mrs. Lena
Childree of Butler, Mrs. Ruth Byrd
of Thomaston and Mrs. Liller Bell
Albritton of Butler. Thirty two
grandchildren. Fourteen great
grandchildren and five step child
ren: Mr. Alvin Bloodsworth of Rey
nolds, Mr. Felton Bloodsworth of
Columbus, Mr. Aubrey Bloodsworth
of Orlando, Fla; Mrs. Bessie Lus
Brown of Columbus and Mrs. Wil
low Brown of Columbus.
Edwards Funeral home of But
ler was in charge of funeral ar
rangements.
Three Women
Brutally Slain
Ashland, Ala. — A phantom
killer, who washed blood from his
hands before fleeing into the night
stabbed and slashed three women
to death at their rural home near
Ashland Saturday night.
The mutilated bodies of an 82-
year-old grand mother and her
daughter in law and grand daugh
ter were found sprawled in the
blood-covered five room house on
a dirt road in the secluded High
Pine Community.
They were identified as Mrs.
Everlyn Ogle, 82; her daughter in
law, Mrs. Ethel Ogle, 63; and the
latter’s daughter, Mrs. Berta Mar
tin, 31.
Know Your School
(This column is sponsored by the
Butler High Student Council and
the Future Business Leaders of
America)
Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Pauline
Bembry, teacher in the 5th grade,
was seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident. She is in Macon
Hospital.
The school (grades 6 to 12) en
joyed a movie “John Paul Jones”
Thursday of last week at the Dean
Tneater.
Members of the Senior Class are
so excited today they can hardly
wait for Tuesday, Oct. 4th. The
rings are due to arrive.
Sixweeks tests are scheduled for
Thursday and Friday of this
week.
The boys’ basketball team will
dress out in new black and white
uniforms this fall. Be sure to
come down and see them play.
Our school is using the State
Department Film Program again
this year. The films are now shown
as they were scheduled at the be
ginning of the year. Mr. Charles
Dennis is co-ordinator for the
high school and Mrs. Pauline
Bembry in the elementary.
The first meeting of the |FBLA
was conducted Oct. 30th. The pur
pose of the meeting was to enroll
new members and elect officers.
Forty students expressed a de
sire to become members of the or
ganization Officers elected for the
new year included:
President, Wilhelmina Neisler.
V.-Pres., Elaine Posey.
Secretary, Lynda Barfield.
Treasurer, John Childs.
Reporter, Jimmy Cosey.
Deceased Was Member of Local
School Faculty for Approxi
mately 25 Years.
Miss Louise Parks, 50 years of
age, died at her home near Howard
at 8:15 o’clock Monday night. She
had been ill for several months.
Miss Parks was born at Junction
City, Nov. 15, 1909 the daughter of
the late Mr. Marcus L. Parks and
Mrs. Nettie Brown Parks. She spent
most of her life in Taylor County
and was a member of the Junction
City Baptist Church.
After completing her education
Miss Parks was employed as a
teacher in the Butler grammar
school and held this position for
approximately 25 years, being forc
ed to retire at the end of the last
school session on account of her
health.
Miss Parks was recently voted
the outstanding teachers of the
year of Taylor County.
Funeral services for Miss Parks
were held Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock at the Howard Metho
dist Church. Rev. B. T. Donehoo of
Woodbury officiated and was as
sisted by Rev. Norman Hall of
Junction City and Rev. Tegler
Greer of Howard. Interment was in
the Howard cemetery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Carl Rut
land, Bobby Parks, Kelly Foster,
Richard Barnes, Sammy and John
ny Edwards.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Messrs Henry Cosby, Ed L. Fielder,
Cecil Cox. Horace Lumpkin, J. L.
Morgan Sr., J. L. Morgan Jr., John
Franklin and Marvin Hester.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Nettie Brown Parks and a
number of friends and relatives.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
First PTA Meeting
This Fall Planned
For Monday Night
Let’s all come out to the first
PTA meeting of the season Monday
night at 8 o’clock at the Butler
school cafeteria.
Our PTA needs you because
there is work to be done for chil
dren and youth — work that will
not wait. It doesn’t take a child
long to grow up, and growing up
under desirable conditions may
mean tragedy for the child and
loss to the nation.
This is a cordial invitation to
YOU to join the PTA. We need you
whether you are a mother, a father
a teacher or any other civic mind
ed adult. We need your ideas, in
terest. inspiration, service, strength
and support.
Join the PTA Monday night.
Mrs. Albert Peed, Pres.
Notice to Taylor
County Farmers
Considerable confusion is being
caused among the farmers of the
county by the activities of rep
resentatives of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor relative to the em
ployment of children under the age
of 16 to pick cotton.
The Taylor County Board of Ed
ucation, the County School Su
perintendent and the Visiting
Teacher for Taylor County are not
in any way connected with these
activities.
In fact, it is the policy of the
local County Board of Education
to excuse for seasonal labor, such
cotton picking, all school children
who are of reasonable age for such
labor.
These activities are by em
ployees of the Federal Government
and not by the State or local gov
ernments*
W. H. ELLISTON. Supt.,
Taylor County Schools.
American Legion
Auxiliary to Meet
Butler Unit 124 American Legion
Auxiliary will met Friday (tomor
row) 3:30 p. m. at the home of
Mrs. Herman Amos.
Members and prospective mem
bers are urged to attend.
—Pub. Chm.
Funeral Services Held at Butler
Baptist Church Monday After
noon.
Mr. E. Luther Harris, prominet
Butler business man died at his
home here Saturday morning
about 9 o’clock. His death was at
tributed to a heart condition.
Mr. Harris was born in Taylor
County August 18, 1891 the son
of the late Mr. James and Mrs. Lee
Anna W. Harris. He was a life-long
citizen of the county and a mem
ber of the Butler Baptist church.
For a number of years Mr. Har
ris operated a barber shop in this
city and at the time of his death
he and his wife Mrs. Jewel Harris
operated the E. L. Harris & Co.
Dry Goods store here. Mr. Harris
had also served as Mayor of the
City of Butler for a several terms.
Funeral services occurred at the
local Baptist church at 3 p. m.
Monday. Rev. Walter Doggrell of
ficiated and was assisted by Rev.
Ted Grfiner. Interment was in the
family lot, Butler cemetery.
Pall bearers were nephews of the
deceased: Messrs Edward, Dudley,
Wyman, Emory, Silas, T. C., J.
D. Harris and Robert Green. Hon
orary pall bearers were the Men’s
Sunday School Class and Deacons
of the Butler Baptist church; also
friends of the family as follows:
Messrs Clifford Adams, Ben Gui-
ned„ Herman Elliston, James T.
Smith, Charlie Hart and Dr. R. C.
Montgomery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Jewell Williams Harris; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Wanza Hortman of But
ler and Mrs. H. B. Ellifson of Ar
lington, Texas; and one son. Mr.
E. L. Harris Jr., of Forest Park.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Shehee Brothers
Enter Swine Exhibits
At Fair Oct. 17-22.
Gordon and Grover Shehee are
among those who will show swine
at the Georgia State Fair in Ma
con Oct. 17-22.
The Shehee Brothers have en
tered the Fair’s Open Swine Show.
They collected the ribbons at last
year’s Fair for their swine.
All departments of the livestock
section promise to be unusually
large and filed with fine animals
this year. The entire fair is ex
pected to be of tip-top quality,
from the women’s department to
the county agricultural exhibits.
Services Planned For
New Life Church
Near Mauk
There will be services at New
Life Church near Mauk, Ga. the
second and forth weekends. Rev.
J. B. Lumpkin, pastor will be doing
the preaching.
Marvin Tucker from Atlanta, Ga.
a gospel singer will be doing the
singing Saturday night, October
8th. Every one come and worship
with us services Saturday night at
seven o’clock.
Study Course Planned
For Reynolds WSCS
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Reynolds
Methodist Church has planned a
study course to be held at the
Methodist Church in October. The
text is: “One World, One Mission”
and the theme is “Into All the
World Together.”
The sessions will meet on these
dates at 7:30 p. m.:
Monday, October 10th.
Wednesday, October 12
Monday, October 17.
Wednesday, October 19
Mrs. E. T. Shealy will be the
leader an dall members and others
interested are invited.
—Publicity Chm.
All-Day Singing
Sunday at Reynolds
There will be an all-day singing
ot the Reynolds High School next
Sunday.
All persons who enjoy singing
are cordially invited to attend.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ger
trude Jordan Bussey were conduct
ed at Bethlehem Primitive church
Sept. 29th at 3 p. m. Rev. W. J.
Owens officiated. Interment was
in Mt. Olive cemetery.
Mrs. Bussey died at the Medi
cal Center in Columbus Sept. 27th.
Her death was attributed to a
heart ailment. She had been in ill
health for about two years.
Mrs. Bussey was born in Marion
county Feb. 7, 1907 the daughter
of the late Mr. Abe and Mrs. Lula
Perry Jordan. She spent most of
her life in this county. She was a
member of Mt. Olive Church at
Taylor Mill.
Survivors include her hus
band, Mr. Marvin M. Bussey; two
sons, Messrs Herbert S. Bussey of
Gettysburg, Pa., and G. D. Bussey
of Phenix City, Ala,; seven daugh
ters, Mrs. Frank Bone of Columbus;
Miss Verna Mae Bussey of Gettys
burg, Pa.; Mrs. Johnnie Melvin,
of Butler; Mrs. Oscar Taunton,
Miss Susie Ann Bussey, Miss Grace
Bussey and Miss Iva Lee Bussey,
all of Reynolds; Two sisters, Mrs.
Joel Peed, of Macon and Mrs. Earl
Bone of Butler; four brothers,
Messrs Bryan Bussey of Westmin
ister, Md.; Edward M. Bussey of
Baltimore, Md.; Norman Bussey of
Scottsville, Ohio and Leon Bussey
of Atlanta, Ga
Pall bearers were Messrs Wilbur
Green, Frederick, Mack and Frank
Bone, Oscar Taunton and Cooper
Bussey.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Heart Ailment
Proves Fatal for
Mr. Joe Ingram
Funeral for Mr. Joe Ingram of
Shiloh was conducted Saturday
11 a. m. at the Shiloh Methodist
Church. Rev. Bagwell and Rev. J.J.
Sizemore officiated. Interment was
in Shiloh cemetery.
Although Mr. Ingram had suf
fered with a heart ailment for a
number of years, his death at his
home Thursday was unexpecter.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruby Rustin Ingram; one brother,
Jack of Jacksonville, Fla.; four
sisters, Mrs. Pearl Chapman and
Mrs. Thelma Green of Atlanta;
Miss Frances Ingram of Jonesboro
and Mrs. Evelyn Cason of Man
chester; one niece and several
nephews.
Taylor County Citizens
Contribute $912.50 To
Jarrell Memorial Fund
The committee on the Thelmon
Jarrell Memorial Fund reports
$912.50 as of this date.
This fund will be used to erect a
plaque in the Taylor County court
house in honor of Mr. Thelmon
Jarrell who served as Clerk of the
Superior Court for almost 28 years.
All money over and above that
used for the plaque will go to pur
chasing pews for the Union Meth
odist Church in honor of Mr. Jar
rell.
Contributions reported by dis
tricts are as follows:
Butler
$566.00
Reynolds
40.00
Mauk
7.00
Charing
8.00
Taylor Mill
71.00
Howard
35.00
Carsonville
113.25
Crowell
17.00
Taylor Co.
Col. Citizens
55.25
Total
$912.50
Howard Methodist
Youths Elect Officers
The Youth Department of the
Howard Methodist Church has
elected officers for the ensuing
year, viz.:
President, Fred Brown.
V.-Pres., Betty Gee
Secretary, James Jones
Treasurer, Ellen Guinn.
Reporter, Judy Clark.
Plans have also been made for
next year’s events.
Bill Would Authorize County
To Issue Revenue Certificates
If Needed for New Industry.
The Steering Committee of the
Taylor County "Project Progress”
met in its first regular executive
session at 8 o’clock Monday even
ing in the Board Room of the
Headquarters Building of Flint
Electric Membership Corporation
in Reynolds.
Committee chairmen present in
cluded: Mrs. Irene Whatley, Roy
Jones, Dr. Edwards Whatley, Rev.
Virgil Culpepper, Marvin Peed, C.
F. Carson, R. C. Brooks, J. E. Bone,
H. L. Russell, Richard Parks, Ed
Goddrad, Charles Benns, Julian
Whatley, Frances Adams, Verncn
Reddish and John Walton as proxy
for S. J. Tankersley.
Mr. Alfonso McCrary, Mayor of
Butler was welcomed by Mr. Fer
dinand Carson who presided as
overall co-chairman of the “Pro
ject Progress.”
Since this was the first meeting
and everyone still feels “green” in
the job of encouraging economic
development for Taylor County,
each committee chairman present
gave their idea of what thfit par
ticular committee could do and
anyone else who had an idea ex
pressed their opinion. After being
“boiled and simmered” for awhile
the committee chairmen determin
ed to “put first things first” by
each committee carrying out their
assigned projects.
The “Project Progress Commit
tee” voted to po on record as fev.
oring State Bill No. 77 which will
be voted on in the November 8th
General Election.
The Bill above referred to was
introduced by Hon. R. C. Brooks.
Senator for the 23rd State Sena
torial District, during the last
session of the Legislature. It per
mits Taylor county to issue Reve
nue Certificates. It will not affect
our present tax rate in any way.
We repeat, Bill No. 77 WILL NOT
RAISE OUR TAXES. It will permit
industry, local or "imported” to do
business with our county. The Bill
will be printed in this newspaoer
during the three week period im
mediately preceding the Nov. 8th
Election. Herald readers are re
quested to read and vote for Bill
No. 77 Nov. 8th.
Auto Accident in Bryon
Injuries to 4 Taylor
County Citizens Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Abb Jarrell and
their two daughters, Mrs. W. W.
Amos and Mrs. Pauline Bembry
all of Butler were injured in aa
automobile accident at Byron Sun
day afternoon.
All four were taken to the Macon
hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Bembry was the most se
riously injured. She was thrown
from the automobile and suffered
a fractured skull and other head
injuries. Her condition Tuesday
was listed as serious.
The other three occupants of the
vehicle sustained cuts and bruises
but are not reported to be serious
ly injured.
Mrs. Amos was driving the auto
mobile when struck by a large
truck. The car was badly dam
aged.
Pilot Parachutes
Safely from Jet
An Air Force F-105 jet crasher
into a plowed field some 10 miles
southwest of Butler Friday. The
pilot was picked up, apparently un
harmed after parachuting to earth
near Charing.
Air Force officials at Robins Air
Force Base identified the pilot as
Capt. J. D. Tindall of Ashburn.
Tindall was flying the jet out of
Robins and taking part in a joint
Army-Air Force tactical fire pow
er demonstration at Ft. Benning.
The pilot and plane were attached
to the 334th Tactical Squadron at
Seymour Johnson AFB in North
Carolina.
The F-105 was destroyed when it
crashed in a field on a farm owned
by Eugene Currington of Rt. 2,
Mauk.