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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
Ice and Sleet Study of Alcohol
Cause Heavy L De Pt . of Month at
■ v I General Library ' ™ ,
In Taylor Couniy-T&w J Church
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBHUAHY 1, 1%1.
Revised Sheriff’s
Pay Bill Favored
By State Senate
Lt. Gov. Byrd
Breaks with Gov.
On Teachers’ Pay
C. H. Adams Heads
Heart Fund Drive
In Taylor County
NUMBER 18.
Mrs. Joe Willis
Died at Manchester
{Thursday P. M.
Crews of Men Work Around
Clock to Restore Power and
Phone Service to Rural Area.
Taylor and adjoining counties
were hard hit by paralyzing ice
and sleet followed by sub-freezing
weather Thursday and Friday of
last week.
Perhaps, the hardest hit in this
area were the Georgia Power Co.,
Flint Electric Membership Corp.,
and the Public Service Telephone
Co- All of these firms had crews
of men working around the clock
to restore power and telephone
service to consumers and custo
mers.
Many homes, especially in the
rural areas, were without lights
and phone service for a number of
hours.
Flint E.M.C. reported that at one
period Thursday morning, 75% of
their rural consumers were without
current. This Corporation obtained
extra help and equipment from
other E.M.C. cooperations and
were able to restore power to every
consumer by Sunday morning.
Most of the damage to Flint E.M.C.
lines was caused by large trees
breaking under the heavy weight
of ice and falling across power
lines. Up to the present time, an
exact total of loss in dollars to the
electric cooperative has not been
compiled but reliable sources state
that the loss will run into thous
ands of dollars.
The Georgia Power Company,
like Flint E.M-C. was hard hit.
They also called in extra crews
and restored service to their con
sumers without too much loss of
time. Their loss will also run into
many thousands of dollars.
Mr. H. C. Bond, president of the
Public Service Telephone Company
reports little plant damage, how
ever several hundred phones were
out due to the heavy icing con
dition, causing trees to break and
fall across the lines. All phone
service was restored by Saturday
noon, except to a very small per
cent of those who were in direct
contact with power lines, and
these were cleared up by Sunday
morning.
Officials of the above named
firms express sincere thanks to
the public for their patience and
kindness shown during the recent
disaster.
Damage to individual home own
ers and forestry men would be dif
ficult to estimate in dollars and
cents. Shrubbery and valuable
trees were damaged extensively.
Pecan trees were reported to have
been benefitted by the frigid
weather conditions.
Grandmother
Heroine Dies
MACON, Ga., Jan. 30—A 70-year
old woman died Monday of burns
received when she tried to put out
the flaming clothing of her grand
daughter, who died earlier.
Mrs. Mary E. Westmoreland of
Short Creek, Va., was visiting the
family at nearby Dry Branch when
the clothing of 9-year-old Rickey
Susie Westmoreland caught fire
from an open heater last Wednes
day. The girl died the following
day.
Mothers’ March
Nets $170.94
The Butler Mothers were on the
March Monday night and their do
nations amounted to $170.94.
Mrs. Jack Suggs wishes to thank
each mother that took part in this
March of Dimes Campaign.
NOTICE
Feb. 12ts is Harbor Day; since
it comes on Sunday, everyone is
requested to plant a live oak tree
in front of your home on Saturday
preceding or Monday following
Harbor Day. You are urged to
also plant several dogwood trees
in line with yours and your neigh
bor’s oak. When the trees are
grown this will form an avenue of
trees on both sides of the street.
Plant as many pine trees in your
lot as possible.
, Butler Garden Club .
A church-wide study of Alcohol
and the Christians responsibilty to
this problem will be held at the
Butler Methodist Church beginning
on Feb. 1st at 7:30 o’clock and con
tinuing each Wednesday night in
February.
The text book for the study
“Stumbling Blocks”, by Dr. Doug
las Jackson will be used and Rev.
Ted Griner will lead the discus
sions.
Adults and youth from Reynolds
and the Howard Charge will attend
with the Butler group.
Georgia Baptists
Will be Represented
at Regional Meets
Watered-Down Bill Would Make
Little Change in Present
Sheriffs Pay.
Atlanta, Ga. — Representatives
from most of Georgia’s 2940 Bap
tist churches will attend one of a
series of eight regional conferences
on denominational ministries an
nounced for February and March.
The conference, an annual fea
ture in Ga. Baptist life, will be
conducted during the weeks of
Feb. 6-10, and Feb. 27 to March 3,
according to Dr. S. S. Garrison, At
lanta, executive secretary treasur
er for the Ga. Baptist Convention
and conference director.
Location and conference dates
are:
Sylvania First Baptist, Feb. 6-
Douglas First Baptist, Feb. 7.
Bainbridge First, Fdb. 9.
Hawkinsville First, Feb. 10th.
Milledgeville First, Feb. 27.
Jefferson First, Feb. 28.
Griffin First, March 2.
West Rome Baptist, March 3.
With emphasis this year on the
roles of stewardship and enlistment
in Baptist churches, the conferences
will feature several study periods
for various church organizations,
and a series of inspirational ad
dresses. Special feature of the
1961 conference will be a forum on
Baptist denominational life and
work.
Speakers include Dr. Dick Hall,
Jr-, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Decatur, and president of
the Ga. Baptist Convention; Dr.
Lucius Polhill, executive secretary
of the Virginia Baptist Convention,
Richmond, Va., (first week) and
Dr. Fred Kendall, executive secre
tary of the Tennessee Baptist Con
vention, (second week) of Nash
ville, Tenn.
Also speaking during the first
week will be Dr. Louie Newton,
pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist
Church, Atlanta, and Dr. Monroe
Swilley Jr., pastor of Second Ponce
de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta.
Dr. Glenn Archer, Washington,
D. C., director of Protestants and
other Americans united will be a
speaker during the second week.
Each conference will begin at 2:30
p. m. and continue until 9 p. m.
The study sessions will be con
ducted by state mission secretaries
of the Ga- Baptist Convention, and
total attendance is expected to ex
ceed 3500.
Miss Anna Jarrell
Receives Recognition
At Tift College
Forsyth, Ga. — Miss Anna Ruth
Jarrell has been named among 100
Tift students receiving recognition
on the Fall quarter Dean’s List,
according to an announcement by
Prof. G. S. Miller, Assistant Dean.
The list includes those students
who have maintained a 2.25 quar
ter point average for the quarter’s
work.
Miss Jarrell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Jarrell, Butler, is a
member of the Junior class and is
active in the Baptist Student
Union, the International Relations
Club and the Student National Ed
ucation Association.
Local Board Seeking
Address of Persons
If you know the correct address
of any of these men, please notify
your Local Board No. 137. This of
fice is located on the 2nd floor of
the Taylor county court house and
is open all day on Mondays and
Tuesdays and Wednesday morn
ings.
Lawrence Eugene Hawkins
Leonard Carter Gray
Little Henry Joiner
Eddie Thomas Troutman
Willie Lester Owens
Atlanta, Ga. — A Senate com
mittee took care of the sheriff’s sal
ary issue Monday by passing a
watered-down county option bill
but a public hearing by a joint
Senate-House appropriations com
mittee failed to solve the teacher
pay raise puzzle
The Senate Judiciary Committee
unanimously approved a much-
amended bill giving counties the
right to switch their sheriffs from
the often maligned fee system to
a salary. But John Jernigan of the
Ga. Sheriffs Assn., the bill's spon
sor, said that the amended meas
ure was not acceptable.
Chairman James Peters of the
State Board of Education told the
appropriations hearing that a new
$40 million school building pro-
gramwould be junked in order to
finance a $200 teacher salary in
crease. But Georgia Education As
sociation president E. C. Mitcham
said the GEA wants a $500 raise.
The sheriff’s bill is expected to
go on to the Senate floor Tuesday
A flurry of additional amendments
are expected to be offered to the
controversial measure and Jernigan
hinted that its constitutionality
might be attacked.
The House Education Committee
approved a bill repealing all state
school compulsory attendance laws
tho most of the committee mem
bers vigorously opposed the meas
ure in committee debate-
The bill, introduced by Rep.
Bowen of Randolph county, had
52 signatures and committee mem
bers said they would not kill a
measure with such backing re
gardless of theii opposition to it.
But they did promise a debate on
the measure when it reaches the
floor.
“It is a frightening question,”
Rep. Funk of Chatham county said
in reference to vandals in schools.
“They may make trouble on the
streets . . . now they are in the
school, making trouble.”
Both the House and Senate ram
med thru a number of routine and
technical bills Monday. Among the
measures passed in the Senate was
a house bill providing short term
fishing license for out of state
fishermen. The bill calls for a 3-
day license costing $1.25.
Another bill approved by the
Senate was a measure clarifying
current child adoption laws. Pres
ent statutes state that if a natural
mother who is either widowed or
divorced remarries and consents to
permit her susband to adopt her
child, then the mother waives all
parental rights. The new bill says
such adoption consent will not af
fect parental rights such as cus
tody, care and in inheritance.
The DeKalb county delegation
proposed the creation of a blue-
ribbon committee similar to the
Sibley school committee to study
the problem of reapportionment
of House and Senate members-
The DeKalb House and Senate
members obtained more than a
dozen signatures on a declaration
calling for the committee to con
duct hearings around the state and
report proposals to the 1962 Gen
eral Assembly.
Two south Georgia legislators,
Harry Dicus of Muscogee and Joe
Huhst of Quitman offered a bill
to legalize the sale of mixed drinks
in Georgia. The measure carries a
revenue provision calling for a 5c
per drink excise tax which the au
thors said would provide the state
with about $2.5 million in addi
tional revenue.
Afflicted Girl Dies
In Fire at Pearson
Byrd Says Teachers Can he
Paid Higher Salaries Without
Increase in Taxes.
PEARSON, Ga., Jan. 30—A five-
year-old afflicted Negro girl burn
ed to death Monday when flames
destroyed a house before a grand
mother could get inside to remove
her.
| The fire completely destroyed
the frame house as it claimed the
life of Linda Johnson. Firemen re
sponded to the call, but the flames
had engulfed the house before they
arrived.
Mrs. Pearl Sanders, grandmother
of the victim, said she was standing
beside a tree not more than 15 feet
from the house when she heard one
of the three grandchildren inside
say, “Mamma, the house is on fire”.
Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd, presiding
officer of the Senate and an unan
nounced candidate for governor,
plans to push for a teacher raise—
even if it means a political break
with Gov. Vandiver, sources close
to both men reported Saturday.
The lieutenant governor reported
ly has already told the governor
as much in a private sesion, these
sources said.
Mr. Byrd, it was said, informed
Governor Vandiver he intends to
endorse the idea of a state pay rai
se for teachers and fight for one in
the General Assembly, if it means
breaking with him on the issue.
And Gov. Vandiver, who says a
teachers’ pay hike can be financ
ed only by raising taxes or cutting
“essential state services,” came
back and said he would veto any
appropriations act that carried any
unfinanced teacher pay hike in it,
the sources said.
The governor also reportedly
made it plain he would not bear
the responsibilty for performing the
tax-raising chore he insists would
have to accompany any new state
spending beyond his recommenda
tions.
The Georgia Education Associat
ion is asking for a $500 annual pay
raise for the state’s 36,000 teachers,
this to come in the regular section
of the new appropriations act-
Lt. Gov. Byrd met privately with
representatives of the GEA Friday
afternoon.
At about the same time, Gov.
Vandiver was issuing a new state
ment, this following the private
conference he had had Thursday
with the Lieutenant governor, hitt
ing even harder on his declaration
a teachter pay raise would mean
cutting “essential state services”.
He listed some of these, including
those provided at the Milledgeville
State Hospital.
Thus the way was being cleared
for another possible legislative
fight between a Georgia governor
and a lieutenant governor.
As lieutenant governor, Mr. Van
diver carried one off successfully,
when he and his legislative sup
porters reached out and smacked
down a proposed $50,000,000 rural
road-building plan advocated by
former Gov. Marvin Griffin.
But the likely upcoming hassle
on teachers’ pay also could erupt
into another traditional House-
Senate battle.
The appropriations act originates
in the House, and some members
of the House Education Committee
have already disclosed they have
some teacher pay raising plans of
their own.
A public hearing on the issue is
set for 2 p. m. Monday, wh<
schoolteachers are expected to tu
out in volume to state their view
And Gov. Vandiver has son
right powerful backing on h
stand- The Georgia State Chamb
of Commerce is on record as sayii
raising the pay of teachers is goii
to mean raising taxes.
The Chamber is urging its buj
nessmen members to fight the p:
hike proposal, saying in a directi’
the real answer is more local pari
cipation in the school financir
problem.
Meanwhile, only the governoi
signature, plus correction of a typ
graphical error in one measure, w:
needed for completion of legist
tive action on Gov. Vandivei
keep-the-schools-open package.
Augustan Roy V. Harris, a men
her of the State Board of Regent
continued his criticism of the me:
sures.
“These bills mean that the gove
nor and the legislature have gor
out of the segregation gusiness
he said. “They wiped their ham
clean of the whole issue.
"On the college level they’\
dumped the problem in the ham
of the Board of Regents. On tt
public school level they have dum]
ed the problem in the hands of 1<
cal boards of education.
“In doing so they have not lega
ized race mixing in the schools bi
they have repealed all statute la
designed to keep segregation in th
schools.
“Yet at the same time they leav
in the Constitution of Georgia
provision which says that separal
schools shall be maintained f<
the white and colored races.”
Clifford H. Adams, tax commis
sioner and active community lead
ed in Taylor County, has been nam
ed chairman for the 1961 Heart
Fund campaign in this county.
His appointment was announced
this week by George H. Brodnax
and W. Cameron Mitchell, state
Heart Fund co-chairmen.
Mr. Adams is chairman of the
official board of the Butler Metho
dist Church and is active in Sunday
School and WSCS programs.
He is advisor to the Selective Ser
vice Board in Taylor County, a
member of the Butler High School
PTA and former treasurer of Fickl-
ing Masonic Lodge No. 129.
Mr. Adams has assisted in com
munity solicitations for health ag
encies and for local club and chur
ch groups.
, The Heart Fund campaign, con-
l ducted each February, is the Geor-
igia Heart Association’s only appeal
for funds to fight disabling heart
land blood vessel disorders through
| an intensive program of research,
public and professional education,
and community services-
Mr. Brodnax and Mr. Mitchell
said the state association considers
itself fortunate to have such cap
able leadership for the 1961 Heart
Fund Drive. “For this reason we be
lieve that the drive in this area will
be one of the most successful in
recent years,” they said.
The co-chairmen point out that
the Georgia Heart Association, now
in its 13th year, has made consider
able progress, due almost entirely
to the active interest and support
of the people of the state.
Georgia’s heart and stroke clinic
systems, developed locally with as
sistance from the heart association,
are unique for the nation and have
attracted the interest of medical
groups and health and welfare ag
encies. The heart clinic system, in
operation in 16 cities, has been so
successful that it has been adopted
in other states.
Additional stroke education clin
ics are being organized in Georgia,
and it is largely because of this
interest at the local level that the
heart association will continue its
emphasis on the rehabilitation of
stroke patients during 1961, the co-
chairmen said.
The Georgia Heart Association
has allocated more than $170,000
this year for research and will con
tinue its statewide campaign of
education both within the medical
profession and for the general pub
lic. This program provides the latest
authoritative information for doc
tors and laymen alike.
1,425,000 Pine
Seedlings Sold
In Taylor County
Ranger Austin Guinn of the Tay
lor County Forestry Unit said here
this week that approximately 5,000
“Idle acres” in this county could be
profitably planted in trees.
“To date this season,” he said,
“landowners in our county have
purchased 1,425,000 seedlings from
the nurseries of the Georgia Fores
try Commission. Last season, our
landowners set out 4,318,500 seed
lings.”
The ranger pointed out that there
is still an ample supply of seedlings
at the nurseries and urged all
owners to consider planting the
young trees on abandoned fields,
cut-over forests, slopes, and other
non-productive areas.
He said planters can go directly
to the nursery to pick up their or
der Or orders can be handled throu
gh the county forest ranger, county
agent, ASC or SCS offices.
“Many new wood-using industries
moved into our slate in 1960 and
more are expected to locate in
Georgia this year and in the years
to come,” the ranger said. “These
industries demand a steady flow of
forest raw materials and the Com
mission feels that landowners must
continue to carry out a strong re
forestation program if those needs
are to be met.”
The local ranger, who said "Jan
uary and February are excellent
monts in which to plant trees,”
termed the seedlings this season
“the best ever produced in the state
nurseries.”
He said, “Our nurseries are
equipped to fill both large and
small orders . . . the largest order
from this county this season was
for 150,000 seedlings and the small
est called for 500 trees.”
Nurseries are located near Macon,
Davisboro, Albany and Reidsville.
Funeral Services Conducted at
Butler Church on Saturday
P. M.; Interment at Antioch.
Mrs. Margaret Adams Willis, 42
! years of age, died at her home in
Manchester Thursday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock. She had been in ill
health for the past several months.
Mrs. Willis was born in Taylor
county July 13, 1918, the daughter
of the late Mr. Henry D. Adams
and Mrs. Annie L. Adams. She
spent most of her life in Butler but
had made her home in Manches
ter for the past nine years.
Funeral for Mrs. Willis was con
ducted at the Butler Baptist church
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Rev. E. H. Dunn of Butler officiated
land was assisted by Rev- Askew
I of Mancheste and Rev. Walter Dog-
grell of Butler. Interment was in
jthe Antioch cemetery near Butler.
Pallbearers were Messrs Carl
[Adams, Herman Brooks Riley (Bill)
jBazemore, Harold and Billy Sullins
and Emory Adams.
Survivors include her husband
I Mr. Joe Willis; one son, Mr. Ken-
jneth Willis, both of Manchester;
| her mother, Mrs. Annie L. Adams
I of Butler; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred
iBazemore of Butler and Mrs. Jim
{Beason of Panama City, Fla., and
1 several nieces and nephews.
| Edwards Funeral Home was in
| charge of arrangements.
Cleve Spillers
Meets with Accident
Target Practicing
Cleve Spiller suffered a painful
facial injury near the left eye
Friday afternoon while he and a
companion, Marshall Dean, were
target practicing with a high-
powered rifle The boys were
shooting at a metal target near
the ground which was located
thirty feet away. Cleve fired, the
bullet hitting a piece of thick iron
which was attached to the target
causing a piece of the shrapnel
from the bullet to back fire, hitting
him at the corner of the eye.
He was immediately taken to
the local hospital where the shrap
nel was removed and several
stitches taken in wound.
Friends were thankful that no
permanent injury was inflicted on
the lad’s eye.
Mr. Walter Purvis
Loses Right Leg by
Amputation Friday
The many friends throughout the
county of Mr. Walter Purvis will
regret to learn that his other leg
(the right one) was amputated at
the Phoebe Putney Hospital in Al
bany Friday morning.
Mr- Purvis suffered the loss of
his left leg several years ago.
Mr. Purvis is reported to have
withstood the operation as well as
could be expected and that he is
doing fine at this time.
8th AF Marks
Its 19th Year
Warner Robins, Ga. — The 8th
Air Force at Robins Air Force Base
is 19 years old.
The anniversary of the 8th Air
Force was celebrated last weekend
—and Col. R. C. Neeley, comman
der of the 4137th Strategic Wing,
one of the 8th's newest units, cele
brated his birthday at the same
time.
The 8th Air Force was formed
during the Allied bombing attacks
against the Nazis, and its first
mission on Aug. 17, 1942, marked
the entry of the U.S. into strategic
air warfare in Europe.
The 8th Air Force was organized
in the National Guard Armory in
Savannah in January, 1942, and its
first commander was Brig. Gen. A-
Duncan. During World War II it
flew more than 600,000 sorties
against European targets.
Accidental Shot Kills
Hawkinsville Citizen
MACON, Ga-, Jan. 30—A 46-Year
old Hawkinsville contractor, Wal
ter F. Atkinson, died Monday of
wounds received when a gun dis
charged accidentally Jan. 21 as he
was cleaning it at his home.