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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTV, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1960.
NUMBER 7.
Phil Campbell Quit’s Governor’s Race
Leaves Gubernatorial Campaign Open To
Lt. Governor Byrd and Ex-Gov. Griffin
Funeral Services for
Mrs. George Theus
Held Monday P.M.
Clarke W. Duncan
Hwy. Board Member
Honored Sunday
Housing Authority Granted Preliminary
Loan by Federal Agency Friday; Plans are
For 18 New Low Rent Homes in Butler
Dept, ot
Headacl „I c*
Too Many
For Georgia’s Ne
Is Reason for Decision
iving Service
Will Be Held At
Howard Church
ATLANTA — Agriculture Com
missioner Phil Campbell stepped
out of the 1962 governor’s race
Tuesday after one of the most uni
que sets of political maneuvers
Georgians could remember.
Campbell said the victor’s reward
will be only “the twin headaches
of the school crisis and the severe
financial problems of the state gov
ernment
These spoils of office plus “the
severe political warfare involved
in the next governor’s race and the
loss of test votes recently, were
enough to keep Campbell from
making the race, he said.
The immediate effect was to give
a psychological boost to Lt. Gov.
Garland Byrd, regarded as a cer
tain candidate against former Gov.
Marvin Griffin two years hence.
The speculation at the State Cap
itol was that Byrd would gain from
being the remaining anti-Griffin
candidate in the race.
The lieutenant governor was in
formed of Campbell’s action by his
office while he attended a traffic
safety conference in California. His
only comment: “My plans remain
unchanged. I will announce my in
tentions for the future at the proper
time.’’
Campbell had broken all the poli
tical rules before Tuesday:
1. He announced flatly two years
ahead of time, instead of waiting
until a few months ahead of the
qualifying deadline.
2. He declined to give active sup
port to the Democratic party in a
state which always has gone heav
ily Democratic.
3. Instead of campaigning for an
amendment which would have
made him a member of the State
Board of Regents, he waited until
the polls closed and then announ
ced he favored the amendment be
fore the votes were counted. (The
Amendment lost, and his prestige
suffered inevitable damage).
4. He withdrew from the race
only a week after the defeat of
the amendment, rather than wait
ing six months and still getting
out a year ahead of time when the
memories had died down.
Never known as an orthodox pol
itician, Campbell shocked some of
the most astute political sources
with his announcement.
He said, “the governor’s race will
take a rough, long, hard campaign
with the reward being the head
aches of the school crisis and the
severe financial problems of the
state government ... I am unwill
ing to wade into the type cam
paign necessary for the governor’s
race and the attendant problems
which will be the next governor’s
reward.”
Campbell continued, “I have
found that I will not be able to
properly administer the Georgia De
partment of Agriculture with the
severe political warfare involved
in the next governor’s race . . .
“All actions for which I have
been recently criticized by certain
seements of the state press, with
other segments of the press de
fending me, were a result of my
true, personal feelings and not a
result of political maneuvering. My
actions would be the sdme under
similar curcumstances if done
again ...
“This announcement is in time
for my friends to select a candidate
to the individual liking of each
friend.”
There was a division of opinion
at the CaDitol as to whether his
action narrows the race to a two-
man contest, or whether other can
didates will come in.
Speculation on the probabilities
included a long list of potential
candidates, including Court of Ap
peals Judge Robert H. Jordan, Exe
cutive Secretary Peter Zack Geer,
former Gov. Ellis Arnall. former
Congressman Erwin Mitchell and
others.
Judge Jordan, who served as a
member of the State Highway
Board and was named to the Court
of Anneals just a month ago. said
it is “too early to comment on any
other developments.”
Jordan added, however. “I will
continue to be interested in Georgia
politics,” indicating he has not lost
sight of the race for governor.
Jordan said he felt defeat of the
The Howard Charge plans to ob
serve Thanksgiving with a special
Charge Wide Service, Wednesday
November 23 at 7:30. Rev. John Ed i
Mathison of Opelika, Ala. will
preach at the service to be held at
the Howard Methodist Church.
John Ed Mathison is the son of
Rev. Si Mathison, who is rememb
ered as the Howard revival preach
er two years ago. While studying
at Emory University in the Candler
School of Theology, John Ed is ser
ving as the minister to youth in the
First Methodist Church in Opelika
where his father is the pastor. John
Ed is in good demand as a preach
er and has been honored by being
named the regular Sunday night
preacher in the pulpit at First Me
thodist Church.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all who will attend the service.
Rev. Tegler Greer
Gospel Concert
Saturday Night At
Taylor Mill School
Saturday evening, beginning at
8:00 P. M. the Harmony Boys, Camp
Meeting Boys, Royal-Airs and eight
year old Steve Sanders will give a
gospel concert at the Taylor Mill
School Auditorium.
This concert is sponsored by the
Butler Camp 1428 W.O.W. Admis
sion for adults $1.00; children 6 to
12, 25c.
Come and bring the family.
Four Persons Die In
Wreck Near Robins
A two-car head-on collision on
Highway 247 south of Warner Ro
bins killed four persons early yes
terday morning and a Maconite lost
his life in a Monroe County wreck
cn Highway 87.
Three victims of the crash on
Highway 247 were from Warner
Robins. They were Robert Earl Con
nell, 31, of 1235 Third St.; Ira Ju
lian Tompkins, 26, of 130 Vernon
Drive; and James Kenneth Ray, 23,
of 119 South Third St. The fourth
victim of the crash was Mack Clif
ford Cook, Jr., 43, of Rt. 1, Kath
leen.
Cook, Connell and Tompkins were
killed instantly, the State Patrol
reported, and Ray died shortly after
arrival at Houston Hospital.
Victim of the wreck on Highway
87 in Monroe County was Joe David
Cochran, 29, of 587 College St.
Georgia State Patrol troopers said
Freeman H. Sanders, 36, of Macon,
was seriously hurt in the same
wreck. The State Patrol said Coch
ran lost control of his car and hit
an embankment.
The wreck south of Warner Rob
ins on Highway 247 occurred about
12:30 a. m., according to Patrol
Troopers C. W. Bryant and W. D.
Blackstock. They said Cook was
driving alone and the other car
driven by Connell, had five occu
pants. They said at least one of the
cars was traveling at high speed
when they met head on.
Backs Curb
On Teen Marriages
COLUMBUS—A Muscogee County
juvenile court judge has listed his
support for proposed changes to
Georgia marriage laws to curb
teenage marriages.
Judge Stanford Willis read a re
port to the Community Service As
sociation of Columbus calling for
raising the minimum marriage age
from 17 to 18 for boys and from 14
to 16 for girls.
The proposal would also provide
for compulsory submission of proof
of age and five-day waiting period
after application for a marriage li
cense.
amendment that would have put
Campbell on the Board of Regents
was not rejection of Campbell
himself , as much as it was rejec
tion of “the idea of a political
office-holder moving into the field
of education.”
Arnald was in Houston, Tex., and
was not available lor comment on
Compbell’s decision.
Mrs. Shellana Williams Theus,
73 years of age, died at the Mont
gomery Hospital at 3:35 o’clock
Sunday morning. She had been ill
for about 10 days.
Mrs. Theus was the wife of Mr.
George Theus. She was born in
Tayolr County, May 19, 1887 the
daughter of the late Mr. G. W. Will
iams and the late Mrs. Catherine
Amos Williams. She was a life long
resident of this county and a mem
ber of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Theus at the Mt. Pisgah Bap
tist Church Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Rev. Z. L. Perdue, pastor
of the church officiated and was
assisted by Rev. Ted Griner, pastor
of the Butler Methodist Church.
Interment was in the family lot
Bethlehem Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Edward,
Clayton, R. C., Roland and Donald
Taunton, and Bud Davis.
Survivors include her husband,
Mr. George Theus, five daughters,
Mrs. Eva Ready of Cairo; Mrs.
Henry Could and Mrs. Wanzie
Taunton of Thomaston; Mrs. Cecil
Pennington and Mrs. Howard Taun
ton of Butler. One daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Durward Theus of LaGrange;
One sister, Mrs. Clyde Walker of
Butler. Quite a number of grand
children and great grandchildren.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Funeral Services Held
Friday At Mauk For
S-Sgt. R. W. Whitley
Funeral for Staff Sgt. Ralph Wel-
ton Whitley, 26, of Mauk, Ga., who
died Tuesday, was held at 2 p. m.
Friday at Mauk Baptist Church
with the Rev. Herbert Ross, pastor
of Pine Pyle Baptist Church of
Valdosta in charge. Assisted by the
Rev. W. R. Lumpkin of Chattanooga
Tenn. Burial was in Mauk Cemet
ery. v
Sgt. Whitley died at U. S. Air
Force Hopital, Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala., after an illness of four
years. He had been in the Air Force
eight years and had been stationed
at Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta.
Ralph joined Mauk Baptist Chur
ch at the age of 14, he was a mem
ber of Pine Pyle Baptist Church of
Valdosta, Chairman of the Board of
Deacons, President of the Brother
hood, Superintendent of the Sunday
School, and also teacher of the In
termediate Class.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy
Ann Whitley, two daughters, Belin
da Ann and Cynthia Sue, all of
Valdosta: his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Whitley, Sr., of l/Tauk: two
sisters. Mrs. Gporge Carlisle of Shi
loh, Ga., and Miss Ruby Whitley of
Mauk; and seven brothers, Claren
ce, Clyde, Cecil, Harold. Raymond.
Maurice and W. O. Whiltye Jr., all
of MauR.
Robertson Funeral Home of Man
chester was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Buena Vista, Ga. — Around 650
friends of Clarke Duncan streamed
through the Marion County Court
house Sunday, at a reception for
the new member of the Georgia
Highway Board.
Representatives from most of the
68 counties, and many of the 160
mayors in the district attended the
official reception given by Buena
Vipta and Marion County friends of
Mf. and Mrs. Duncan.
Third District Congressman E. L.
“Tic” Forrester and Lt. Gov. Gar
land Byrd were among those com- I
in^ down the receiving line to
shake hands with “Sonny’ Duncan
and his wife, Sue.
President of the Georgia Muni
cipal Association, Carl Pruitt, Grif
fin, and past president of the asso
ciation, Frank Tignor, LaGrange,
were among the visitors.
Buena Vista Mayor R. M. Hair
Jr., headed the receiving line, and
E. C. Stevens, member of the Gen
eral Assembly from Marion County
was second. Jim Gillis, chairman
of the State Highway Board, pre
sented the guests to the Duncans.
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Shaffer, Toc-
coa, were also among the guests, ]
and there were several from Atlan
ta at the reception. Mrs. Shaffer
is a member of the State Board of
Education.
Guests started arriving at the
courthouse around 2 p. m., although
the reception was not scheduled to
begin until 3 p. m., throughout
the afternoon friends of the new
Highway Board member came
through the receiving line.
Fire Department
Reorganization Set
At Talbotton
TALBOTTON, Ga.—The Talbotton
Volunteer Fire Department is being
reorganized.
Talbotton officials have purchas
ed a new truck and placed on it
the fire equipment from the old
truck.
Councilman Billy Moore has is
sued a call for volunteer firemen
to join the new company. Last week
groups of Talbotton citizens were
familiarizing themselves with the
equipment.
Fickling Masonic
Lodge Gathering Toys..
For Co. Children
Members of the Fickling Masonic
Lodge of Butler are collecting toys
for the needy children in Taylor
County for Christmas.
Anyone having toys that they
would like to donate to this cause,
are asked to contact one of the fol
lowing gentlemen: A1 Fehring, O.
C. Keen, Jr., or W. B. Guined. They
will be glad to call for such toys or
if you prefer, you may bring toys
to- the Clerk’s office in the Court
House at Butler.
The cooperation of the public will
be appreciated.
Annual Butler High School Homecoming
Set For Fri, Nov. 18, Program to Include
Parade, Crowning of Queen & Ball Game
Parade Will Begin at 2:30
Followed By Ball Game And
Crowning of Queen at 7 P. M.
The students are eagerly prepar
ing a big welcome for all alumni of
Butler High School. Homecoming
day has been set for November
18th.
A parade at 2:30 will kick off a
big afternoon and night. The New
ton County High School band di
rected by Basil Rigney, will play
during the parade and crowning of 1
the queen. Immediately following
the parade the band and majorettes
will perform a special twirling rou
tine on the square.
At 5:30 a bonfire and pep rally
sponsored by the Beta Club will be
held in the triangle near the High
School. A paper mache tiger will
be burned.
The games between Butler and
Reynolds will begin at 7:00. Bet
ween the girl’s and boy’s games the
crowning of the 1960 Homecoming
Queen will take place. The Senior
Class is planning to make this the
most impressive ceremony ever us
ed. Girls who were selected for the
court include: Janice Peed, Eloise
Maxwell, Fran Cochran and Betty
Ann Brewer. The queen who will
not be announced until time of
crowning will be chosen from the
following seniors by the student
body: Elaine Posey, Ellen Allen,
Ellen Locke, Bonnie Layfield and
Johnsoleve Blaekston.
To complete the day, the Student
Council is requesting all alumni
and visitors to stay after the games
for a period of fun and renewing
old acquaintances. Lets make this
Home Coming one to be remem
bered.
—Reporter.
Annual Community
Thanksgiving Service
At Methodist Church
The Butler Community Thanks
giving service will be held on Wed
nesday evening, November 23 at
the Methodist Church at 7:30. The
time has been changed from Thurs
day morning to Wednesday night
because a number of persons had
expressed desire to be away on
Thanksgiving Day but wanted to
attend the service.
We hope this will help us have
an increased attendance.
Conservation Essay
Winners Announced
For Taylor County
Winners in the recent Soil Con
servation Essay Contest, subject,
“A Better Georgia Through Soil
Conservation Districts,” were an
nounced by C. F. Carson, Super
visor of the Ocmulgee Soil Conser-
'vation District.
Patricia Montgomery of Butler
High School was first place win
ner; Clopers Montgomery, Jr., of
Reynolds High School, second place
winner and Eugenia Hortman of
Butler High School, third place
winner. James Brady of Reynolds
High school won honorable men
tion.
Prize money was donated by The
Citizens State Bank of Butler and
The Citizens State Bank of Rey
nolds. First prize was $15.00; sec
ond $10, and third, $5.
Students of Butler and Reynolds
High school participated in this
contest. Mr. Carson Mr. Carson ex
presses his appreciation to Mrs.
Mims, Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Gar
rett and students of both schools
for participating in the contest.
Altho all students could not be
winners, the information gathered
by them in this contest, will help
them to be better citizens of to
morrow.
Columbus Readies
Christmas Parade
For November 21
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Six months of
careful planning by dozens of Co
lumbus business and civic leaders
will climax at 5:00 P.M. on Mon
day, November 21st in the annual
Columbus Christmas Parade.
Since the humid days of May
committees have been busy arrang
ing for spectacular floats, booking
appearances by the colorful bands
from schools throughout the valley
contacting “Hi Neighbor Queens”
who will ride atop flashy converti
bles in the gigantic parade, and
communicating with Santa Claus
at the North Pole to be sure he can
spare time from his busy schedule
in the workshops to come to Co
lumbus for the big day.
Parade Marshal, Charlie Powell,
and assistant Marshal Phil Pome-
rance have announced that the pa
rade will feature 23 dazzling floats,
15 bands and 21 “Hi Neighbor
Queens”. The parade route will fol
low the pattern of recent years
when record crowds from all over
the valley have come to Columbus
for the annual event. The parade
will begin at 13th Street and Third
Avenue, move west to Broadway,
up to the Warren Street, crossover,
then South on the West side of
Broadway, down the main thorough
fare, past the Reviewing Stand and
on to 9th Street, turning left at 9th
and ending at 9th and 1st.
j The complex planning of the 1960
| Christmas Parade has been co-ordi
nated thru the office of the Colum
bus Merchants Association by Exe
cutive Secretary, Salvador Spano,
and Administrative Assistant, Peg
gy Harvey. More than 500 manpow
er hours have already gone into
planning the event.
Mr. Ed Goddard New
Chm. County Red Cross
Mr. Edward M. Goddard of Rey
nolds has accepted the chairman
ship of Taylor County Red Cross
Chapter. He succeeds the late Thel-
mon Jarrell who served as Chair
man for many years.
Locution of Nine New Duplex
Homes in Butler Will be An
nounced by Local Authority
Planning funds for 18 new low-
rent homes have been authorized
by the Public Housing Administrat
ion for the Housing Authority of the
City of Butler, Georgia, PHA Com-
missioner Bruce Savage announced
Friday.
Under a preliminary m.zn con
tract to be signed as quickly as
possible with the Local Housing
Authority, PHA will make a plann
ing loan of $3,600.
U. S. Housing Administrator Nor
man P. Mason of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency has approv
ed execution of the preliminary
loan contract with the Housing
Authority as required by law. This
will not be an annual contributions
contract, but a planning loan a-
greement that will in all likelihood
culminate in such a contract.
A workable program to end slums
and blight in Butler had previous
ly been approved. Localities with
approved workable programs are
eligible to apply for various types
of federal assistance in carrying out
their civic improvement campaigns.
Upon completion of prelimiamry
planning of the low-rent housing,
the Housing Authority will prepare
| a development program covering
such details as site, sketch plans,
and estimated development cost of
the new housing. This program
must be approved by PHA, and up
on authorization by Administrator
Mason will serve as the basis for
an annual contributions contract
between PHA and the Housing Au
thority.
The Butler Housing Authority is
composed of Lester Peed, chairman,
J. E. Bone, H. H. Payne, L. H. Van-
landingham and Charles Benns, Jr.
Sub-District Training
School at Ft. Valley
Methodist Church
A sub-district training school
will be conducted at the Ft. Valley
Methodist church Nov. 28 thru
Dec. 1. Classes will begin at 7:30
p. m. — 9:30 p. m.
This school will be sponsored by
(Perry, Ft. Valley, Powersville,
Wesley, Marshallville, Byron, Rey
nolds, Crowell, Roberta, Butler He
bron, Andrew Chapel, Bonaire
Methodist churches.
These courses will be taught:
“The Work of the Local Church”
by Rev. W. A. Alsobrook.
"Christian Stewardship, by Rev.
Charles A. Jackson.
"The Alcohol Problem” (WSCS
and others).
"Finding Your Life’s Work” by
Rev. Alvis Waite, Jr. (Interme
diate).
“Understanding Young Children”
by Rev. Emmett Davis (1-6 year
olds, parents included).
“Understanding Older Children
by Rev. Reid Sessions (6-11 years).
“The Life of Paul" by Bill Toler.
The Alco-hol Problem will be
taught each morning 10 to 11:30
a. m.
$7 Million More
Seen For Roads
ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 15—Passage
of Constitutional Amendment No. 1
should add about $7,000,000 to the
amount available to the State
Highway Department next year,
Highway Board O.iairman Jim L.
Gillis estimated Monday.
He said the expected increase
would be more than enough to re
tire the bonds in a proposed issue
of some $75,000,000 to $100,000,000
for a maintenace program on Geor
gia’s neglected main highways.
The proposed issue was disclosed
Thursday by legislative leaders in
a series of prelegislative forums a-
round the state. Mr. Gillis expand
ed on the proposal in a statement
following first airing of it by House
Floor Leader Frank Twitty of Ca
milla at a Macon forum.
Constitutional Amendment No. 1
is the amendment which will allo
cate directly to the highway de
partment all state revenues from
motor vehicle fuel taxes. The a-
mendment specifies that motor ve
hicle license taxes ^o into the
state's general fund.