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The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961.
NUMBER 14.
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Election Jan 14
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Present Mayor McCrary and
Members of Council Seek
Endorsement Terms.
Has Good Record
The Mayor and Council election
for the City of Butler is announced
for Saturday, Jan. 14th.
The election of the Mayor and
five Councilmen is for a period of
a two-year term of office- The
election will be conducted at the
court house in the office of Clerk
of Superior Court.
Candidates desiring to seek the
office of Mayor and Councilmen
must qualify by registering with
the City Clerk at least ten days
before the election.
Those eligible to vote in this
election must have been a quali
fied voter in the past general elec
tion and a resident of Butler for at
least 30 days prior to the City elec
tion.
The present Mayor and Council
are seeking re-election. No other
candidates have announced. For
Mayor, Alfonso McCrary; for Coun
cilmen: W. W. Hortman, James T.
Smith, Alfred Kennon, Marvin
Peed and H. D. Taunton.
Georgians To Be
Honored In Washington
At Noon January 18
The Butler Bear boys, winners of
six of their last seven games are
working hard this week in prepa
ration for their upcoming Jan. 13
game with Unadilla who defeated
them earlier in the season.
One of the primary rseasons for
the present success of the Bears
is the improvement of team de
fense, team work and hustle.
A rundown of the Bear person
nel is as follows:
At one of the guard spots is
Sandy Harris, six foot playmaker,
equipped with a deadly jump shot
and also a driver. Sandy has been
the big spark of the Bear offense
and if he can improve his speed
he will become a fine college pros
pect.
Georgia’s Governor Vandiver Seen as
Likely Choice for Appointment as Army
Secty.; Byrd Would Become Acting Gov.
Friends Throughout Georgia
Predict Lt. Gov. Byrd will
Make an Able Leader.
January Term Court
Adjourned Tuesday
After Brief Session
By Sid Williams
As of this writing, Governor Er
nest Vandiver seems a sure bet for
Secretary of the Army in the com
ing administration of President
John Kennedy. Rumors have been
rife for some time — in fact it has
been a certainty — that Kennedy
would seek to reward Vandiver for
the Governor’s great help in the
November election. But, the ques
tion has been whether or not Van
diver would accept an appointment
At center is Ralph Lawhorn, 6-1 j before his term expired as Georgia’s
center and perhaps the most im- Chief Executive,
proved player on the teams. This writer was told, off the rec-
Ralph’s defensive work and re- ord more than a week ago that the
bounding has been one of the ! Governor had been informed that
The Georgia State Society is
sponsoring a luncheon on Wednes
day, January 18, 1961 at 12:00 noon,
at the Willard Hotel in Washington,
D. C., honoring Governor Ernest
Vandiver and Mrs. Vandiver and
Honorable Dean Rusk, recently
named by President-Elect Kennedy
to serve as Secretary of State in his
Cabinet, and Mrs. Rusk, and also
the members of the Georgia Con
gressional delegation. In addition
to the honored guests, it is expected
that many members of the Gover
nor’s staff and his party and other
Georgians traveling to Washington
for the Inauguration will attend.
All Georgians and their friends, re
sident or visiting in Washington,
are invited. It s believed that you
will welcome this opportunity to
join in meeting and honoring the
above Georgians and in renewing
old and making new acquaintanc-
prime reasons for the Bear’s late
success. His favorite shot is a
turn around jump shot, but he pos
sesses the ability to go either way-
At right forward is Harry Lov-
vorn, 6-1 225-lb. Senior who is
the best inside ball handler the
Bears have. Very agile for his
tremendous size, Hardy drives the
baseline as well as anyone in the
region and his improved defense
makes him an all-around threat.
Harry’s free throw percentage is
highest in the team. At left forward
is 6-1 Senior jumping jack Clifford
Barfield, the hardest working play
ers and perhaps the best hustler
on the squad. In a game where
whoever controls the backboards
controls the game, Clifford is av
eraging about eight rebounds per
game — tops for the team.
The other guard spot is alter
nated between Allan Spillers, 5-10
Senior, and Bill Gibson, 5-5 Sen
ior.
Allan, if given the time is per
haps the best set shot on the
team, and one of the best defen
sive men. He broke the Talbot
County game open by stealing the
ball three consecutive times, en
abling the Bears to score six easy
points. Hurt earlier in the season,
Allan has completely recovered and
should improve as the season pro
gresses .
Bill is considered the “quarter
back” of the team, the “ice” man
who comes in and keeps things
going smooth. A fine defensivel
player, Bill is a vastly improved
es.
In order for the Society to make I shot. His ball handling and gen-
appropriate plans and to advise the I eral floor ability could well be a
hotel of the expected attendance,
it is necessary that reservations for
the luncheon be made promptly
and in no event later than Janu
ary 17, 1961. The cost will be $5.00
per plate, and we urge you to make
your reservation without delay, ac
companied by a check covering the
number of reservations desired, to
be mailed to our Financial Secret
ary, Mrs. James W- Thurston (Ph
one RA 6-6833) 4419 Illinois Ave
nue, N. W., Washington 11, D. C.
Buddy Taylor New
Sheriff Of
Talbot County
TALBOTTON, Ga.—T. M. (Bud
dy) Taylor, Jr., was sworn in as
Sheriff of Talbot County Thursday
by Ordinary Thos. H. Mahone and
assumed office Sunday, January 1.
Taylor succeeds former Sheriff
Robert A. McKinnon who had serv
ed as sheriff of Talbot County for
four years. Taylor is a native of
Talbot County and had served as
deputy sheriff for five years and
was also employed by Slade Motor
Company for fourteen years.
He is married to the former Miss
Jane Montgomery of Marion Coun
ty and they have one son, Sammy
and one daughter, Janet. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Taylor,
Sr- of Tazewell, Ga., former resi
dents of Taylor County.
Regular Services At
New Life Free Will
Baptist Church
Regular services at New Life Free
Will Baptist Church will be held
Saturday night, Jan- 7th., Rev. J.
B. Lumpkin, pastor will be doing
the preaching. The famous Family
Trio from Thomaston, Ga. will be
there to sing. Everyone is cordially
invited.
factor in the coming region tourna
ment.
Another prominent player in the
Bear picture is Carey Gassett prob
ably the best sixth man in the re
gion, a fine shooter and equally
fine jumper. This 6-2 junior may
well be the sparkplug of the Bears
before the season is over- He shoots
a one-hand jump shot and drives
right or left equally well. In spite
of the fact-that he is not a starter
Gassett is the teams’ 2nd leading
rebounder.
The other Bear performers in
clude Dwight Harris, 6-foot Junior
guard who possesses a fin,e jump
shot, but lacks sufficient speed;
John Childs, 5-8 Junior who has
shown tremendous potential and
only needs a mor eaggressive spirit
to become a top-notch athletic;
Steve Bazemore, 5-11 Junior who
possesses tremendous jumping abil
ity and will be counted on heavily
in the future.
The team has not yet reached its
full potential and it should im
prove with each game.
McGill Named To
Pulitizer Awards Jury
he could be Secretary for Air or
Secretary of the Army, whichever
he preferred. At that time he was
still pretty muchly set in his de
termination to serve out the re
maining two years of his guberna
torial term. Since then, however,
several persons sincerely interested
in Vandiver as a person, not just
as a public figure, have conferred
with him and advised that he ac
cept the appointment.
The final decision, of course, will
be his own, but, almost without
doubt, he will take the job. He will
figure that no person has the right,
in times as perilous as these, to re
fuse to serve his country when
called upon by the President to do
so. And, in the position of Secretary
of the Army, Vandiver can be of
tremendous help to Kennedy and
the nation, not the least of which
will be in dealing with the Armed
Service Committees of House and
Senate, both of which are headed
by Georgians.
At this writing, no definite an
nouncement has been made by
either Kennedy or Vandiver, but it
seems a safe prediction that one
will come in a day or so, and that
our state will again be honored
with the appointment to high na
tional position of one of our most
distinguished citizens.
If Vandiver does become Secre
tary of the Army, Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Garland T- Byrd will serve
as Acting Governor for the remain
ing two years of Vandiver’s term.
Byrd will be eligible to run in 1962
for a full 4-year term, and will, of
course, do so. There would be little
doubt that he would have an easy
win, for, as even his opposition will
admit, it is almost impossble to
defeat a man already stting in the
governor’s chair. Particularly, if he
has Byrd’s political acumen 1 and
Byrd’s organization already geared
to wage a smashing campaign in
‘62 anyway.
Byrd will inherit the problems al
ready facing the State, such as in
tegration, schools, fiscal affairs,
economics of state government, etc.,
plus some new ones sure to come
along. Fortunately, however, he has
had years of experience in such
matters, and will take over the
governorship with full understand
ing of the problems coming up.
Macon Soldier
Sentenced For
Slaying Wife
GOV. GARLAND
BYRD
Columbus S. S. Office
Announces Expanded
Serivec to 11 Co. Area
The January term of Taylor
County Superior Court adjourned
Tuesday afternoon after being in
session only one day.
Judge Hubert Calhoun of Colum
bus, presided over this short term
of court. No cases were tried before
a jury. A number of cases were dis
posed of however, before the court
was adjourned.
Lewis Montgomery, Negro ex
convict, was sentenced to 20 years
in the penitentiary for assault and
robbery of Mr. Howard Lowe, Rey
nolds night policeman. The inci
dent occurred early on th emonn-
ing of December 19th when Mr.
Lowe arrested the Negro for bur
glarizing a service station in Rey
nolds.
Solicitor General John H- Land,
assisted members of the grand jury
during their session. Mr. C. E. Mar
shall served as Foreman of the
Grand Jury and Mr. Franklin Me-
Cants, Clerk.
Atlanta Couple
Killed in Wreck
Near Roberta
New Board County
Commisnrs. Took
Office Tuesday
Mr. Murray Jarrell, Chairman;
Messrs W. It. Turner and
Julian Whatley, Members.
Robert E. O’Neal, District Manager
of the Columbus Social Security
Office, announced that because of
the 1960 Amendments to the Social
Security Act, many more people in
the area will draw benefits- In or
der to give the best possible ser
vice to the district covered by the
Columbus office, the frequency of
1 trips to neighboring counties has
jbeen increased. Beginning with
I January, a new schedule will be
| followed in an effort to better pro
cess the claims of the people who
'are unable to go to the district off-
lice at 301 - 15th Street in Columbus.
| Any person having a question a-
j bout how Social Security affects
Ithem in old-age or if the wage ear-
|ner becomes disabled or dies,
Ralph McGill, publisher of The
Atlanta Constitution, is one of 30
new executives appointed as Puliti
zer Prize journalism jurors for 1961.
President Grayson Kirk of Co
lumbia University announced the
appointments Sunday.
McGill won a Pulitizer Prize for
editorial comment in 1958.
The jurors will pass on nomina
tions for Pulitizer awards in eight
journalism categories, based on
work published in the calendar
year 1960. The deadline for the sub
mission of nominations and support
ing exhibits is Feb. 1.
The Putlizer Prizes are awarded
annually on the first Monday in
May by the trustees of Columbia
University and are administered by
the Graduate School of Journalism-
Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 31— A
U. S. Army general court martial
Friday night sentenced Spec. 4 Wal
ter L. Stringfellow, of Macon, Ga.
to 20 years in prison after convict
ing him on charges of unpremedi
tated murder in the stabbing of his
wife.
The prosecution had charged the
29-year-old soldier with murdering
his wife, Vera Winona, 25, a moth
er of four, in their apartment near
Nuernberg, Oct. 16. A family argu
ment preceded the fatal stabbing,
the charges claimed.
Testifying for the defense, Heidel
berg psychiatrist Dr. Hans Rausch
told the court that Stringfellow had
suffered from an emotional disorder
over a long period of time and the
killing was the result of a sudden
explosion of emotions and not
planned.
The sentence, including a dis
honorable discharge and forfeiture
of all pay and allowances is sub
ject to review by higher military
authorities.
should contact a representative of
Social Security. The 1960 Amend
ments reduced the work require
ments to be eligible for old-age
and surivivor’s benefits. Also the
age requirement for receiving dis
ability benefits has been eliminat
ed. At the present time, regardless
of your age, if you have worked in
employment covered by Social Se
curity in five of the ten years just
before becoming disabled, and by
medical evidence establish that
you are permanently and totally
disabled, you can receive monthly
benefits.
If you wish to apply for benefits
or get more information about So
cial Security, contact the district
office at 301 - 15th Street in Colum
bus or meet a representative of the
office who is at the Court Room in
Butler on the first Tuesday of each
month at 1:00 P. M. The represen
tative is at the City Hall in Rey- n „ f . atur
nolds on the third Tuesday of each ^
month at 1:00 P. M. A complete
schedule of trips is posted in court
houses, post offices, and other pub
lic buildings.
ROBERTA—An elderly Atlanta
couple whose daughter and her hus
band were killed in a North Caro
lina automobile accident last year
Friday met death near Roberta in
an auto-truck collision.
Killed in Friday’s accident were
Alexander Bartlett, 65, a recently
retired Atlanta businessman, and
his wife, Mrs. Lucille Dickey Bart
lett, 64.
The Bartletts were on their way
to visit Mrs. Bartlett’s sister, Miss
Marie Dickey at Hollywood, Fla.,
and later to attend the Orange
Bowl football game.
The Bartlett car and a van truck
crashed head-on at 9 a. m- on U. S.
Highway 341 five miles north of
Roberta. The couple died instantly.
The truck driver suffered injuries.
Crawford County Sheriff L. R.
O’Neal, who aided in the accident
investigation, said the Bartlett car
was traveling south on U. S. 341
in a line of three or four cars.
In attempting to pass, the car
pulled in behind the first vehicle in
the line of traffic and skidded.
Sheriff O’Neal said it appeared
that Bartlett attempted to straight
en up and slid into the path of a
tractor-trailer traveling north. The
truck was operated by a Jackson
ville, Fla., produce company.
Mrs. Velma Turner of Riggins
Mill Road, a friend of the Bartletts
said the couple’s daughter and her
husband were killed in North Caro
lina in a similar accident last year.
Bartlett retired in June as Atlan
ta manager of the U- S. Fidelity and
Guaranty Co., having been with the
firm since 1917 and having been its
branch manager since 1949.
The couple resided in suburban
A new board of County Com
missioners assumed office in Tay
lor County Tuesday morning.
The Board is composed of
Messrs Murray Jarrell, W. R.
Turner and Julian Whatley. They
chose as chairman of board, Mr.
Murray Jarrell. Mrs.Ruth dark was
employed as Clerk of the Commis
sioners and will be in this officer
each day, Monday through Friday.
Mr. Wanza Davis was re-em
ployed as County Warden. Mr.
Vernon Reddish will continue to
serve as County Agricultural Ag
ent- Miss Effie Arnold will con
tinue as county Health Nurse and
Miss Elizabeth Wicker remains as
County Home Demonstration
Agent.
Retiring members of the county
commission board include: Mr. E.
H. Bazemore, chairman; Mr. Wal-
| ter Wainwright and Mr. Lewis
Watson. Mr. Emory Harris served
i former clerk of commissioners.
The only other change in coun
ty officials effective January 1st
was that of Mr. James Royal,-who
succeeds Mr. Henry Peacock as-
coroner.
The Board of County Commis
sioners wil continue to meet at
their office in the court house each,
first Tuesday of the month.
The new Commissioners advise'
citizens of the county that the rec
ords of this office are public prop
erty and are available for inspec
tion at all times.
Knoxville, Tenn. Pair
Sue Macon Firm
For $200,000
MACON, Ga., Dec. 30—The City
of Macon and the Benton Rapid
Express Co-, is being sued by a
Knoxville, Tenn., father and son
for $200,000 for the death of their
wife and mother and injuries of
the son in an auto-truck collision.
John L. Davis Jr., asked $125,000
damages in a U. S. District court
suit Thursday for his wife’s death.
His son, Richard R. Davis, seeks
$75,000 for injuries received in a
collision of the Davis auto and a
Benton truck near a street excava
tion July 14.
Georgia Plant
Gets Big Job
WASHINGTON—A million dollars
worth of ammunition boxes for the
Army will be built at a plant in
Homerville, Ga., sources revealed
here Friday.
The Army Ordanace Ammunition
Command at Joliet, 111., awarded
the contract for 809,600 boxes to the
Standard Container Company of
New Jersey, and that company said
the work will be done at its Homer
ville plant in South Georgia.
Traffic Toll Mounts
To 42 for Holidays
Georgia traffic fatalities, already
at an all-time high for the 10-day
holiday period from Christmas
through the New Year’s weekend,
continued to climb. The toll stood
at 42 Sunday night.
Four persons have died in traffic
mishaps this weekend, the State
Patrol said.
A head-on collision between an
automobile and a Greyhound bus
took the life of Ray Lee Quinn, 23,
of Calhoun.
The State Patrol said the car in
which he was a passenger was tra
veling in the wrong lane of U. S.
Highway 41 when the crash occurr
ed early Sunday morning about six
miles north of Cartersville.
Marvin C- Epps, 54, of Rte. 2,
Sparta, was killed on a county
road 12 miles south of Sparta when
his automobile overturned Saturday
night, the patrol said.
Another Saturday night victim
was 17-year-old Barbara Rape of
Macon, a passenger in a car that
ran off the road and hit a tree,
officers reported.
Marion O. Powers, 22, of Carroll
ton, was the state’s first New Year’s
weekend fatality. He was killed
Friday when his car overturned just
nort of Carrollton.
The State Patrol had predicted
that 38 persons would die on Geor
gia highways during the 10-day
period. The previous record was 39
deaths for a similar period.
Mr. A. C. Spence,
Father of Local Ladv
Dies at Blakely
Mr. A. C. Spence, 83, father of
Mrs. Ted Griner of Butler, died at
the Baxley Clinic in Blakely Friday,.
December 23.
Mr. Spence, a retired rural mail'
carrier, had lived in Early County
all of his life. He was ill for only
a few days.
Funeral services for Mr- Spence'
were held at the Manry-Minter
Chapel in Blakely Saturday after
noon, Dec. 24.
Survivors include his wife, 6 sons
and 3 daughters. Dr. Philip Spence
and Mr. Carl Spence of Blakely. Dr.
Elton Spence of Jackson, Tenn. Mr.
Bill Spence and Mr. Love Spence
of Atlanta and Mr. Norman Spence
of Albany. Mrs. Marjorie Mueller
of Blakely, Miss June Spence of
Atlanta and Mrs. Mina Griner o£
Butler.
Otis L. Youngblood
Died In Macon Dec. 31
Mr. Otis L. Youngblood, husband
of the late Allie Windham Young
blood, died December 31 in Macon
after several weeks illness. Mr-
Youngblood was born in Crisp
County, Oct. 6, 1892, the son of
Joseph Youngblood and Lillian Me
in vale. He had lived in Taylor Mill
for a number of years prior to his:
death and was a member of Mt.
Olive Baptist Church. He was a
retired farmer and Textile worker.
Funeral services were held at the
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Jan. 1
at 3:00 P. M. with Rev. Warren
Owens officiating, assisted by Rev.
Frank Willis. Interment followed
in the Mt. Olive Cemtery.
Pallbearers were: Maurice Mor
rell, Felton Windham, Cecil Mcln-
vale, John L. Youngblood, Lamar
Cofield, Allen Windham- Honorary
pallbearers included: Luther Young
blood, B. A. Windham, Rex, N. Ti
and Charlie Mclnvale, Don Davis;,
Grady Neisler.
Survivors include three daughters:
Miss Gloria Youngblood, Reynolds;:
Mrs. Pearlie Hinton, Reynolds;:
Mrs. Ruby Ohildree, Macon; Two>
sons, Otha and J. *B. Youngblood,,
of Reynolds; four sisters, Mrs: Hedy*
McDaniel, Manchester; Mrs. Agnes;
Taylor, Manchester; Mrs. Blanche
Windham, Macon, and Mrs. Gladys
Childree, Reynolds; four brothers,
T. J. Youngblood, Auburn, Ala.; W-
H. Youngblood, Tallassee, Ala.; Joe
Brown Youngblood, Columbus; Al
bert Youngblood, Montezuma. Also,,
nine grandchildren.
Goddard Funeral Home was in.
charge of arrangements.