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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA > ~THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960
Sign-up Period J^'- ral Services
For 1961 A w ow«»^ , rf , o. Irs. Kirksey
Begins Tuesaay
Last Thursday
Bishop J. 0. Smith
Guest Speaker at
Columbus Meeting
Taylor Superior
Court Will Open
Tuesday Morning
Mrs. John Cooper
Died December 22nd
After Brief Illness
NUMBER 13.
John H. Brown,
Local Businessman,
Died December 22
Date for Filing Requests for
Assistance Will Close on
January 31st.
The initial period for filing re
quests for assistance under the
19 61 Agricultural Conservation
Program wil be from next Tuesday
to January 31st according to Mr.
H. A. Sealy, chairman of the ASC
Committee. Requests filed during
this period will receive preference
over late filed requests.
Cost-shares are offered under the
ASC Program to encourage farmers
to carry out needed soil and water
conservation measures that would
not be carried out without this fi
nancial assistance. For most prac
tices, the assistance offered is 50
per cent of the cost of carrying out
the practice.
Mr. Sealy states the 1961 ACP
is similar to the 1960 program in
operation and practices for which
assistance is provided. The pro
gram provides assistance for estab
lishing a permanent legume or
grass cover rotation cover of
grasses or legumes, liming farm
land, planting trees, improvin a
stand of forest trees, constructing
dams and terraces, ditching,
building waterways, and seeding
summer and winter cover crops.
The ASC Program can provide
effective means for making needed
land use adjustments and every
farmer is urged to review the 1961
list of practices and apply for cost
shares that are needed to carry out
these practices. Sealy states that
the County Committee is anxious
that consideration be given to each
farmer needing cost-sharing as
sistance and this consideration can
only be given when the request is
filed during the initial sign-up
period. •
28 Person
Killed on Georgia
Highways
Atlanta, Ga. — Georgia’s high
ways, scene of the state’s worst
holiday pannage in nine years, re
turned to normalcy Tuesday at the
close of a tragic 78 hour week end
— but, in less than three days,
will take the brunt of another
holiday and its companion: “Death
on wheels.”
The highway patrol’s dire pre
diction that 23 persons would die
on state roads during the Christ
mas week end turned out to be
optimistic. A total of 28 highway
deaths were recorded between 6 p.
m. Friday and midnight Monday.
And officials predicted belated re
ports and the death of persons in
jured during the holiday period
would send the figure higher.
This was the most holiday traf
fic deaths recorded in Georgia
since 1951 and the fourth most dis
astrous week end in Georgia’s his
tory. It also placed Georgia third
in the entire nation in highway
deaths last week end — trailing
only California and Texas and
both of those states have much
larger population.
The patrol has predicted 15 high
way deaths for the New Year’s
week end and altho no one has
changed that figure, officials now
say they fear it too, may be op
timistic.
Col. Trotter, Georgia’s safety di
rector, reviewed the week end re
ports and called the results, “A
statewide tragedy.” Trotter blamed
the deaths cn “negligence, inatten
tion and wilful violation of the
law” and said 90 per cent of them
could have been avoided.
The high death toll could hardly
reflect on Trotter’s department.The
state patrol had every available
man, including those from other
agencies, out on the highways.
Aiding them were electronic de
vices and planes in a desperate
effort to enforce the law and pre
vent accidents.
Most of the deaths came during
periods of heavy travel — half be
tween 4 and 7 p. m. and most of
the others around midnight.
The state’s 1960 traffic death
toll leaped to 1,017 victims with
the week end’s 28 thrown in. This
was 32 more than had been killed
by the same date last year and
placed 1960 third on Georgia’s all-
time highway death list. Only
1956 with 1138 and 1955 with 1088
were higher.
Mrs. Clarice Jones Kirksey, wife
of L. J. Kirksey, died Dec. 21st at
at the local hospital after an ill
ness of about two weeks.
Mrs. Kirksey was a well known
citizen of Taylor county having re
sided here her entire life. She was
the daughter of Dove Jones and
Bertha Y. Jones and was 20 years
of age. The deceased was born in
Panhandle community of this
county.
Funeral was conducted at the
Church of God with Rev. J. B.
Weldon, pastor, officiating. He was
assisted by Rev. Bert Wheeler. In
terment was in the local Baptist
cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
L. J. Kirksey; three children, Dew
ey, Diane, and Wm. D. Kirksey;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dove
Jones; one brother, LeRoy Jones;
and a number of other relatives.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
$1 Million Annual
Development Fund
Urged for Georgia
Atlanta, Ga. — A $1 million a
year increase in state spending for
industrial development was recom
mended Sunday by Dr. Kennedy
Wagner, director of the industrial
branch of the Ga. Tech engineer
ing station.
At the same time he said that
even if Georgia was able to supply
the additional money “we could
not use it effectively at the mo
ment simply because we cannot
get the highly trained technical
people we need over night.”
He added, however that "Over a
period of 18 months I would say we
could certainly use the money ef-
xectively.”
Wagner who was interviewed
said that most new industries com
ing to Ga. were inclined to choose
locations in metropolitan areas.
He suggested smaller towns would
have to do a more effective sell
ing job to attract industries.
Asked whether the school inte
gration issue might prevent some
new companies from locating in the
state, he replied:
“Manufacturers are interested in
making money and they will con
tinue to come no matter what hap
pens. There are, of course, other
types of industries that place a
high premium on education some
of these may not want to come.”
Jack Minter, director of the Ga.
Department of Commerce, who al
so was interviewed on the pro
gram was asked if he thought the
state should divert some Depart
ment of Agriculture funds to his
department to expand the industri
al development program.
Christmas Low Ball
Tournament Held
Curt Hammond, Pro., at Reynolds
Kiwanis Golf Course presented
trophies and other prizes to win
ners of the Annual Christmas
Tournament.
Richard Parks of Reynolds and
his partner, Henry Wheaton of Ft.
Valley won top honors in the cham
pionship flight. Second place went
to Lester Halley of Reynolds and
Leman Duke of Ft. Valley. Grady
Trussell of Reynolds and Phil
Malonson of Marietta, third.
First flight winners were Ed
Cooper and Sidney Bryan Jr. of
Reynolds. Second were Lewis An
drews and Homer Seagler of Ro
berta. Third place was won by
Chris Borders Rusty Lane of Rey
nolds.
Championship flight of the
women’s divisin was won by Mrs.
Leila Hinton of Reynolds and her
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Riley of
Savannah. Other winners were
Mrs. Frances Adams of Butler and
Miss Marion Newsome of Rey
nolds.
Legion-Auxiliary
Supper Friday Nite
The American Legion, Augiliary
members, and non-members who
are veterans, are cordially invited
to come out Friday night and par
ticipated in a fine evening of fel
lowship and food at the local Le
gion Home. The time is set for
7:30 p. m.
Each family is requested to bring
a covered dish or sufficient food
for your particular needs.
Delegates from the Butler
Methodist Church Plan to
Attend the Conference.
Bishop John Owen Smith, presid
ing bishop of Georgia, will be the
principal speaker at the 89th Co
lumbus District Conference, Monday
Jan. 9th., 9:30 A. M. in the Wynn-
ton Methodist Church, Columbus.
The Rev. Wm. J. Erwin, District
Superintendent, will preside.
Delegates and officials of the 88
churches will attend and give re
ports covering the work of the
churches' since the annual confe
rence in June. Plans will be made
for carrying out of the programs
and work for the remainder of the
conference year. Licenses of the
local preachers will be renewed
and new men granted license to
preach.
This is one of the important con
ferences of the Methodist church
and is always well attended by the
public.
Bishop Smith administers the
work of the Methodist Church in
the North and South Georgia An
nual Conferences, comprising some
1,504 churches with a total mem
bership of approximately 348,315.
The Columbus district includes the
churches in twelve counties sur
rounding Columbus.
Bishop Smith wes elected to the
Epsicopacy from the South Carolina
Conference at the recent Southeast
ern Jurisdictional Conference in
June. He joined the South Carolina
Conference in 1925 and is a gradu
ate of Wofford College, A. B. ‘22;
and Yale University, B. D. ’25.
Wofford College honored him. with
a D. D. degree in ’47.
He has been a member of the
General and Jurisdicitional Con
ferences of the Methodist Church
since 1948. He was an 1 accredited
visitor to the World Council of
Churches in Amsterdam in 1948,
and a voting delegate at Evanston
111., in 1954. He is a member of the
World Council of Methodism and is
a past secretary of the Southeast-
tern Jurisdictional Council. He is a
member of the General Board of
Education of the Methodist church,
since 1952.
Bishop Smith is a native of
Johnston, S. C., and has two daugh
ters and six grandchildren.
Procedure To Be
Followed in Purchasing
1961 License Plates
Mr. Murray a Chappell, Director
of the Motor Vehicle License Unit,
has stated that applications for re
registration of passenger cars only
will be filled out by the Motor Ve
hicle License Unit.
All pre-billed applications will be
available in the applicant’s county
of residence. These applications will
be obtained from the tag agent’s
office.
When applying tor a 1961 pre
printed application, the applicant
must tell the tag agent the license
plate number which was issued to
him in 1960.
If a person has purchased a used
vehicle and has failed to transfer
the license plate to his name or has
transferred late in the year and
jdoes not have a pre-printed appli
cation in his name, he must fill out
a new application. A person who
purchased a new car late in 1960,
must also fill out a new applicat
ion.
The applicant must show proof of
ownership on all new applications.
All trailer and motorcycle tags
will be purchased in the county tag
agent’s office.
All persons purchasing a truck,
trailer or motorcycle must fill out
a new application.
All trucks up to 14,000 lbs. gross
weight, will be purchased in the
county tag agent’s office.
“Gross vehicle weight” is defined
as the total weight of the vehicle
and load to be hauled any time
during the year.
The applicant must declare his
own gross weight when applying
for his truck tag.
All trucks with a gross vehicle
weight of 14,001 lbs, to maximum
weight permitted must be purchas
ed at Room 109 State Office Build
ing, Atlanta 3, Georgia.
If a person purchases a vehicle
with a tag on it and fails to get
a transfer on the tag he will be
charged a penalty on his 1961 tag.
Judge Hubert Calhoun of
Columbus Will Preside; Court
Opens at 9:00 A. M.
The Taylor County Superior Court
Will open Tuesday morning, Janu
ary 3, 1961 at 9:00 A. M. Judge Hu
bert Calhoun, Cattahoochee Judi
cial Circuit Judge will preside at
this term of court.
Listed below are Grand and
Traverse Jurors to serve during the
January term:
GRAND JURORS
A. 8. James w. E. Jarrell
James Saunders Herman O'Neal
J. C. Haywood E. H. Perkins
Guy Windham j. A. Payne
Herman W. Blckley Walter O’Neal
R. C. Barrow Benny L. Waller
E. E. Jarrell B. W. Hinton
Blanford Jarrell Benjamin H.Nelsler
Bernard J. Puller Harold Lovvorn
John Man—.am j aC k Peed
J H. McRee T. E. Tante
C. E. Marshall Franklin McCants
Ell Garrett Grover Mott
Carl L. Turner Clarence Barfield
Guy Windham, Jr.
TRAVERSE JURORS
Mrs. Miriam C. Nelson Hollis Blckley
Carrol Peacock Erwin Jones
Kenneth Barrow John R. James
Harold Locke L. T. Peed
O. C. Keen, Jr. R. C. Brooks
R. C. Kirksey C. G. Elder
Elmer Rodgers Elmore Walleh
Sam Bailey Elmore Waller
William Keen Joe Goodroe
John S. Montgomery C. F. Carson
Gene H. Whitley J. S. Musslewhlte
J. A. Strlngfellow Arnold Griggs
t\ W. Hath B. M. Montgomery
C. P. McDaniel Roy Kirksey
Herman Hill Wanza Carpenter
J. L. Wilson C. F. Bennett
Alfred Kennon, Jr. Robert Wilson
Willard Brunson Mrs.Ann H.Marshall
H. E. Allen, Jr. B. H. Theus
James Weldon W. G. Nelsler
Kay Cosey L. D. Gordon
W. M. Gee O. E. Cox
James L. Spillers L. R. Pike
A. H. Harrell L. A. Adams
Charles L. Ayers R. C. Rogers
B. R. Dent, Jr. Walton Nelsler
J. T. Amos H. T. Gllee
Donald ...assee Howard Kendrick
George Hammack John Mims
S. W. Wall Alton Heath
Wm. C. Parks T. A. Robbins
Fred Jarrell Dick Windham
Hubert Young W. R. Lawhorn
E. T. Shealy H. L. Wllchar
C. H. Clarke Prather Hammock
C. B. Byrd W. 8. Payne
Bobby Brooks Jewel Smith
Jackson Elllston Robert H. Poole
William Woodall Lewis Blair
James C. Smith William V. Guy
D. M. Harris M. E. Burdeshaw
J. B. Clarke A. E. Locke
Schools to Compete
For Special Funds
Atlanta, Ga. — School systems
in Georgia will compete for special
funds for gifted student programs,
Dr. Claude Purcell, State superin
tendent of schools, said Tuesday.
“We want to encourage the in
dividual systems to give this spe
cial thought, planning and ex
perimentation,” he said.
The competition will center on a
$4,000 allocation within each of
Georgia’s 10 congressional dis
tricts.
Funds for the $40,000 pilot pro
gram for gifted students will come
from a State Board of Education
allocation designed to set up a pi
lot program for bright students
within each congressional district.
The program will begin on a
limited scale for the 1961-62 school
year.
To apply for the funds, school
systems will send outlines of pro
posed programs to the State De
partment of Education for judging
and evaluation.
A special committee of State De
partment of Education personnel
met Wednesday to outline criteria
to be met for such programs.
These will include representa
tives of curriculum, testing and
guidance and special education
divisons of the education depart
ment.
Dr. Purcell said the programs
most probably will center on test
ing to determine which children
could be accelerated training; more
effective school counseling; and
rearrangement of school groupings
in some areas.
Mrs. Kittie Mae B. Cooper, wid
ow of the late John T. Cooper, who
preceded her in death eight years
ago, died ah the Montgomery hos
pital of a heart ailment Dec. 22nd.
Mrs.'Cooper was born May 31, 1883
the daughter of the late Tom and
Betty Barnes of Rupert community
having lived in Taylor county her
entire life. Her death occurred
quietly yet suddenly at 4 p. m.
Funeral was conducted at the
Sand Bethel Methodist church Dec.
23rd at 3 p. m. with Eld. J. W.
Hartley officiating and he was as
sisted by Rev. Clyde Waldrop. The
deceased was a member of the
Prosperity Primitive Baptist church.
Interment was in the family lot at
Sand Bethel cemetery.
Pall bearers included Ran Coop
er, Julian Cooper, Irvin Jones,
Raymond Barnes, Ernest Poole and
Alvin Cooper.
I Survivors include two sons
Clyde Cooper of Rupert and Wil
liam Cooper of Warwick; three
daughters, Mrs. Ludie Brewer of
Rupert; Ruth Turner, Leesburg;
Christine Turner of Ideal; two
brothers, William Barnes of Rupert
Timothy Barnes, Sale City; one sis
ter, Mrs. R. E. Basdin, Sale City;
and several nieces and nephews.
Edwards Funeral Home was iri
charge of arrangements.
Vandiver Sparked
$11 Million Park
At Stone Mountain
Atlanta, Ga. — Gov. Vandiver
turned a spade of dirt this week
at Stone Mountain Memorial Park
to officially launch development
which will cost more than $11
million.
Chairman McWhorter of the
Stone Mountain Memorial Associa-
thion, said the Governor and oth
er dignitaries participated in cere
monies to begin construction of
the main dam in the recreation
area. Brief exercises were conducted
at the dam site.
Preliminary work is already in
progress on the dam, an tarthen
giant which will impound a 416-
acre recreaton lake. The structure
will be 64 feet high and 1,175
feet long with a 30-foot wide top
on which a two-lane paved road
way will cross. The road will be
part of a scenic highway now un
der construction which soon will
circle the 3,000 acre park.
The dam will cost an estimated
$300,000 and is scheduled to be
completed in 100 working days.
Fire in Residence
Causes Death of
Five Youngsters
Langhorne, Pa. — Five children
ranging in age from 5 to 12 suffo
cated in their bungalow Sunday
while their parents were attending
a midnight Christmas Mass.
Only one of the six youngsters
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dupont of
nearby Feasterville survived in
tense heat sent thru the small
house from a fire started in a base
ment recreation room.
Buncks county coroner said
there was little damage to the
house by the fire which was con
fined to the recreation room. The
heat apparently took all the oxy
gen from the dwelling.
Convicted Slayer
Has Been Captured
Moultrie, Ga. — Federal agents
joined state and county officers
Saturday night in arresting con
victed slayer Elvim. Hasty who fled
a priscon camp in Decatur County
Dec. 1 with three other inmates.
The lawmen traced the 44-year
old Moultrie man through rela
tives he contacted two days ago.
Hasty was taken into custody in a
car near relatives’ homes.
Hasty was convicted Jan. 31,
1957 in Thomas Superior Court of
the slaying of a Coolidge, Ga., po
lice and sentenced to life imprison
ment. He now faces charges of
unlawful flight to avoid confine
ment, armed robbery and kidnap
ping. The latter charges grew out
of the robbery and kidnapping of
a Seminole county couple follow
ing the escape from the Decatur
work camp.
Funeral for Mr. Brown Was
Conducted at the Howard
Methodist Church Friday.
Mr. Jno. H 1 . Brown, well-known
county business man, died Dec.
22nd at the local hospital. Death
was attributed to a heart con
dition from which he had suf
fered for two weeks. Mr. Brown
whose wife, Mrs. Margie Martin
Brown preceded him in death a
inumber of years ago, had spent
his entire life in the county as a
resident of Howard community.
Mr. Brown was the son of the
late Jim and Timpie B. Brown and
was well known throughout this
entire section.
Funeral services occurred at the
Howard Methodist church with
Rev. Tegler Greer, officiating. In
terment was in the family lot,
Howard cemetery.
Survivors include one brother,
Lewis B. Brown of Howard; a sister
Mrs. Lige Parker, Forsyth; and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Pall bearers included: W. B.
Marshall, William Gee, Bobby
Akins, Jack Suggs, Frank Jamison,
Cecil Renfroe, Clarence Price, Royce
Whatley. Honorary pall bearers in
cluded: Mr. Terry J. W. Edwards I
Dr. Clifford Montgomery, Clifford
Adams, railroad officials of Cen
tral Railway and ABC Line.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Two Women
Named School
Job Prospects
Atlanta, Ga. — Two Columbus
women appeared Tuesday to be
leading the field of prospects for
the vacancy on the State Board of
Education.
And a second vacancy on the
board was expected to become of
ficial within the week — with the
governor’s announcement of the
resignation of J. J. McDonough of
Atlanta.
Mr. McDonough has neither de
nied nor confirmed that he has:
submitted his resignation, saying
it would have to be announced by
Gov. Vandiver.
His resignation would create two'
openings on the 10-member board
both of which probably would be'
filled by the governor because of a
law that puts the two openings
in the category of “lame duck” va
cancies.
The board seat already vacated
is the one occupier by C. W. Dun
can of Buena Vista who was'
named several weeks ago to the'
State Highway Board.
Mrs. Ralph Hobbs and Mrs. T.K..
Kendrick both of Columbus, have
both been mentioned as likely
choices by Gov. Vandiver to fill
Duncan’s former board seat.
Mrs. Hobbs is a past president
of the Ga. PTA and a former na
tional officer in the PTA. She-
moved to Columbus only recently
from Pataula which made her
eligible for the position.
Judge Named
By Vandiver
Atlanta, Ga. — A veteran La-
Fayette attorney is the new judge
of the Lookout Mountain Superior
Court Circuit.
He is William Fariss, named by
Gov. Vandiver to succeed J. W.
Davis of Summerville, who gave
up the judgeship after his elec
tion to Congress.
Davis defeated three other Demo
cratic candidates in the September
primary and a Republican challen
ger in the November general elec
tion for the 7th District Congress
seat given up by Irwin Mitchell
of Dalton.
Fariss has served as attorney
for Walker County, Chickamauga
and LaFayette. He is a former
president of the Walker County and
Lookout Mountain bar association.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express sincere thanks
to all who had part in making my
stay in a Savannah hospital re
cently a lighter burden by your
prayers, flowers, gifts, inquiries
and the many “get well” cards
received every day.
May God bless each of you.
Mrs. Cecil (Evelyn) Gill-