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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNT*, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FffklUIARY 16, 1961.
NUMBER. 20. i
Heart Fund Drive
Slated February 22
Butler - Reynolds
Volunteer Workers Will Call
On Every Home in Each City
Beginning 6:30 Wed. Night
An army of volunteers will be
moving through the residential sec
tions of Butler and Reynolds on
Wednesday night, Feb. 22nd to col
lect donations to help in the fight
against heart diseases. The heart
drive army will be <?opipo?ed of
your neighbors, who . are freely
giving their time and energy to
carry forward a twd l l>art attack
on these diseases —^ the nations
No. I health enemy.
The first part of. thei attack is
educational. The volunteer who vis
its your home will , leave a leaf
let providing facts you should
know to protect ! your family
against the heart diseases. Sec r
ond, the volunteer will present a
special heart envelope in which
you can seal your contribution.,
We are proud oif Reynolds ’and
Butler volunteer, for : their giving
time to this .vital cause. So, at the
sound of the siren at, ,6:30 p. m.
$300 Teacher Pay
Raise is Expected
To Be Approved
Atlanta, Ga. — The great guess
ing game of the 1961 General As
sembly session is nearing an end.
.Members, of the joint House-Sen
ate Appropriations Committee plan
to reveal to the public next week
its answers to these questions:
1. How large a pay raise will
Ga. school teachers get?
2. How much does the commit
tee’s budget bill differ from the
$506 million spending plan out-
Taylor Co. Loses Five Prominent Citizens
By Death During Past Few Days
j 1 ' ■ , > ' I-— ■
MRS. LUCY M. GODDARD MISS IDA BARTLETT CHILDS
Jerry Mclnvale
Given Certificate
Of Recognition
Boy’s Basko!ball
Tournament Begins
In Ft. Valley Tonite
Mrs. Lucy McCoy Goddard wife,
of; Mr, George H. Goddard of Rey
nolds died February 8th,, 4:50 p. ip.
at the Macon hospital after an 111-,
ness of several months. ,
Mrs. Goddard, Lucy as she ’was
well and favorably known by her
large circle of friends,- was the
daughter of Caesar McCoy And
Sara Virgina MaUnd McCoy and
was born in ’Talbot county March
5, 1885. She was married to Mr-
~ ,, ,. , ;George H. Goddard in 1906 and
lined by Gov. Vandiver? I had made her residence in Rey-
.,Officially., the committee has sintee that time,
given no indications of its inten- j Funeral services were conducted
tions along these lines- All meet-| at 3 p m > Feb . 9th) at the Rey-
ings have been conducted behind | nolds Met hpdist Church of which
closed doors and mebres have been .Mrs. Goddard was a member. Rev.
instructed to keep quiet. Charles Hillis, pastor of St. Mary's
But informed sources told the AP ! Methodist church, St. Mary, Ga.,
Saturday that teachers likely will I officiated and was assisted by Rev.
get a paV raise of $300 a year and Virgil Culpepper, pastor of the
that the committee’s budget will'Reynolds Methodist Church,v and
total perhaps $3, million more than i Rev. Bob Whiddon, pastor, of the
the , governor’s. , | Reynolds Baptist, church Interment
Some changes will be made in jwas in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ma-
dgpartmento.1 ..allocations, these’con.
sources said, blit no drastic revis- Pall bearers included Dr. Ed
Miss Ida Bartlett Childs died of
a heart ailment at Her "home in
Butler Tuesday, morning-. She had
been in declining health for sev
eral months.
Miss Childs was the daughter of
thp late Mr. H. Alonzo Childs and
Mrs- Lula fcartlefi’ Childs of this
city. She spent her entire life in
Butier.and for .a number 'of years
operated the Butler Ice Co. which
she sold several years ago and re
tired from public business.
She was a merqber of the peth-
ril Primitive Baptist church.
■ Funeral ..services for . Miss
Childs willi ibe Conducted this
moring at 10 o'clock. Elder Hart
ley, pastor of Bethel church will
officiate. Interment will be in the
family lot at Bethel cemetery
near Butler. • 1 / : .
Pall’ bearers will be Messrs Hu-;® ou , r ^ e ’
bert Payrte, Frank Gray, R. F. Mad
dox, Luther Spillers; Hugh' Gee;
H. E. Allen, Ed Wilson and H. E.
Childres,
A senipr at Reynolds High School
has been named Finalist in the
1960-61 National Merit Scholarship
Program competition and has been
awarded a Certificate of Merit.
Principal,, H, W- Sasser an
nounced that the studetfij who re
ceived the Certificate which attests
to his high academic promise is
Jerry Mclnvale.
The senior attained finalist
status by his distinguished per
formance on two tests and upon
endorsement by his high school.
About, Six-tenths of one per cent
of the seniors in each state re
ceived the awards. Approximately
9,800 students in the 50 states
and in the United States territories
wqrp honored.
"The certificate of merit winners
represent our most valuable re-
our .talented youth," said
Blitler Team Slated
Ellaville at 7:30
Friday Night
to Meet
O’Clock
Region 4-C South boy’s basket
ball tournament Thursday night in i
Fort Valley, with Reynolds and
Unadilla playing at 7:30 p. m. and
Macon County and Gordon clash
ing at 8:45.
Butler Bears open the Friday
night slate when they meet Ella
ville at 7:30 p. m. Thb Bears,
seeded third in the triufnriment,
split two regular season games
with Ellaville, losing, the initial
contest 49-48, and winping. tl>e
later game 65-55. Roberta tangles,
with Byron in the second game at
8:45 p. m.' • • '
Macon County is seeded first in
Feb- 22nd, won’t y<?u turn on,your „ TP .
porch light and give generously j i io ' n recommended by the governor
to his worthy cause.
Survivors include one brother,
Ms ire aitiapiM exeept in the ward Whatley, E. ,T. Sheily, *oV
j Bessie, Childs of Butler; also one
I nephew, two, ^reat nieces and
husband, ! four 8 reat nephews.
education section.!) The education
department’s’ budget may be hiked
sqyeral, millioq ov,er the $176 mil-
Jones, L. W. Cook,
Thurman Whatle^, Dr. C. E. What
ley arid Paul'Hollis.
Survibofs' include her
Butler Lioris Club 1
Will Serve Food at
Luncbrooih Feb. 23
•i'— but 1 'riot the full' $9.6 million j George H. Goddard; one daughter I . Edwards Funeral Home was
Mrs. John Mangham; two Sons, I charge of arrangements.
The Butler Lions'Club will' serve
pancakes and country sausage- jp
the local High School lunch
roo mbeginning at at 4:30 p. m. on
the first,-day. of the. Girl’s Basket
ball Tournament at 1 i!h£ ’ butler
Gym on Feb. 23rd. Proceeds from
the supper will go to, finance the
Club’s civic arid community pro
jects this yftar- . \ h t i i * t
Everyone is invited and an am
ple serving of pancakes, syrup,
sausage and coffee wil be served
at 65c for children under 10 and
$1.00 for older children and adults.
Attention is called to the fact
that the Lions Club sponsors a
considerable number of local per
sons for eye conservation each
year and the cost of this is born
by Lions Clubs over the state.
A sepccific project of the local
Lions Club last year was. the pur
chase of a michirie for testing
hearing. It was presented to the
Taylor County Health Center.
Herschel Walker
Makes Honor Roll at
Southern Tech Inst.
Robert Herschel Walker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Y. Walker of
Butler, has earned honor-roll list
ing for the past quarter with a
scholastic average of 3.00 at South
ern Tech Institute in Chamblee,
Ga.
It is necessary to make an aver
age of 3.00 or better out of a pos
sible 4.00 to earn this recognition.
Only about one student in six
met these requirements.
Mr. Walker is studying Electrical
Technology (electronics option) at
Southern Tech.
needed to finance a $300 par teach
er raisg. The (department would be
told to make up. the difference by
trimming “Spgn'dirig in other areas
the sources said.
be.ye'ral committee members
h&'ve indiCat&'d' all along they are
convinced 1 .! the education depart
ment. could j reflptie spending in
some areas without curtailing nec
essary services. But the committee
hasn’t been able to pinpoint any
sizealile* larvfrigs; Intormants say,
so it will merely order the teacher
raise anti j leave to ' departmental
expdrt^ the talk of finding the
money.; j . f ) j
Several legislative leaders In
cluding House speaker George L.
Smith II, of Emanuel county, have
predicted the committee’s budget
total will not differe greatly from
the governor’s proposed $406 mil
lion.
A committee source said.-he does
not believe the governor will veto
a budget bill of as much as $410
ipillicn. Vandiver has said he will,
veto any spending plan he con
sidered unrealistic on the basis of
anticipated state revenue.
George ’ A. and Edwrird M. God
dard; one sister, Mrs. Lydia 'Wil
liams, Columbus; seven grand
children; alto : several) nieces and]
nephews.
Harts Mortuary, in, Macipn was,
charge of arrangement?- ,
MR. E. PAUL HODGES
MR. WILLIAM H. DOWNS
( Mf. William H. Downs, 67 year’s
of age died at, the Veteran’s hos
pital, Dublin, last Friday! 9:30 a.m.
after a prolonged illness’.
Mr. E. Paul podges, husband of
Virginia Hinton Hodges, died S?uh-
daj? ^ftejmooh at his home in Rey
nolds’ after a sliorj: illnpss.
, Mr. Hodges was, 65, .years df age. 1
He was born in this' county, the.
,J- M. Stalnakef, president of the;in the tournament, followed by Ro-
jNational Merit Scholarship Corpo-jberta, Butler, and, Unadilla in the
ration. “These exceptionally able’order. Tile semifinals of the tour-
Istudents' deserve th? recognition jndment will be played’ Monday
'and encouragement of every, citi- !night, with the finals Tuesday
zqn concerned with the future of, night. The twp winners in the semi
America.” If'ipals will play fof thi? chartipion-
The merit scholars, to be an-I ships with tile two teser'l 1 compet-
nounced April 27, 1961, will be se- ling for third places,
lected from the finalist group. [ Butler, should .they receive the
They will receive scholarships | breaks, could conceivably go all
from the resources of the National;the way. In regular season they
Merit, Scholarship Corporation and split two games with Roberta
from, sponsoring; business corpora- while defeating Byron,, twice, and
tioris, fou'ndatiohs, asociations.and pne of these two teams will be
individuals. In 1959-60, 115 spoh- ,their opponent should slip by Ella-
sors participated in the Merit Pro-' ville.
'gram. h , !
• The names of all who achieved - • ' •' .
semifinalist .statu? in the compe- Blltler High (jtirlS
tition were published in a bopk
in Americus for some time.
Funeral services were conducted
at Mt. Olive Freewill ~ Baptist
'Church. Sunday, 3:00 p. m„ with
son . of thp late Mr Eugene E. Rev,; W. J. Owen officiating. , He
Hodges and Mrs. Frances Walton |Vvas assisted’ by Rev., Will-jam
Hodges and had spdtft most of his i Childree. Masonic - Funeral rites
life in Reynolds except for a few!were conducted at the, graveside,
years he resided at Americus. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
... Funeral, services were conducted Odell Smith Downs; step-children
Tuesday, 11 a. m. at the Reynold?'] Mrs. Lamar Rodgers, Mrs. Sid
Baptist church of which the de- | Crook,J. C- Smith, Leon Smith all
Mr. Downs was the son • of. Mr,, 'which was then distributed to col
end,Mrs- Jim Downs and yvas. born lieges' and other sources of scholar-
at Charing on Juny 6, 1894.- He was ships and financial’ aid. Previous
t,he husband ,of, Odell Smith ' eX p er leh Ce indicates that more
>lj)owns and had ,maje his, residence than half of the finalists will be
offered, assistance from sources
Qther than the Mdrlt Program.
, Recipients of National Merit
Scholarships and some sponsored
scholarships are chosen by a Se
lection Committee cpmposed of ex
Thelmon Jarrell
Memorial Plaque
To Be Unveiled
A memorial service and the un
veiling of a plaque in memory of
Hon- Thelmon Jarrell who served
as Clerk of the Superior Court of
Taylor County for almost 28 yaers
will be conducted at the coiirt'
house in Butler at 3 o’clock Sun
day afternoon, Feb. 26th.
Those in charge of the service
will be Rev. Walter Doggrell, Rev.
Ted Griner and Rev, Tegler Greer.
Quite a number of out-of-town
friends of the late Mr. Jarrell are
expected to .join with the local
citizens in this memorial service.
Famous Quartet at Mauk February 21st.
ceased was a deacon. The pastpr,
Rev. J. R Whiddon officiated, in
terment was in Hill Crest ceme
tery.
Besides being an active church
worker, Mr. Hodges was a Mason,
a member of the American Legion
a member of the Veterans of For
eign Wars and of the 40 & 8 hnd
also an Elk. JL ^
Pallbearers were: Woodfjn Hln-
toq, Walton Hodges Jr., C. fc. ifer-
shall, Walter Forsling, Sidney
Bryan, Coleman < Spear, Ji^lian
Whatley and Howarjd Johnson. .
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Virginia : H. Hodges; t .a' -daugt)ten
Mrs. VirginA Hodges Bpger, of^
Reynolds; one son, Pat Hodges,
Phoenix, Ariz.; three sisters, Mrs.
Marion Whatley and Mrs. Helen
Newsom; both of Reynolds; Mrs.
Frances Pruitt, Thomaston; three
brothers, Bryan T Hodges, Mobile,
Ala.; Eugene Hodges, Nashville,
Term.; Henry Hodges, Lake Wales,
Fla.; also several grand children.
Goddard. Funeral Hbrne Wa& jn,
charge of arrangements. (
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MRS. BERTA T. HARRIS
of Reynolds, and Carl Smith of
Richmond; one brother, C. M.
Downs, of Rupert; two sisters, Mrs.
Pearl Pye and Mrs. Lovie Stewart
both of Thomaston; and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Goddard Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Nine Killed in
Highway Accidents
Last Week-end
The Favorite Melody Quarter of
Macon will appear at Mauk Bap
tist church Tuesday, Feb. 21st at
7:30 p. m.
Three member of the group, two
sisters and a brother, are cripples
in wheel chairs. The group sings
exclusively in churches and God is
blessing their efforts in a remark
able way.
5; A love offering will be taken* at
this time and no other charges
will be made.
Everyone is tordially invited do
attend this service.
Mrs. Berta Taunton Harris died
Sunday; at the home of her niece,
Mrs. Mattie Childres in Butler
after ah illness of approximately
two years.
Mrs. Harris was the daughter of
the late Mr. W. R. Taunton and
Mrs. Polly Amerson Taunton. She
was born iiy this county Feb. 19,
1881. She was the ‘widow of Mr-
Sam Harris and had made her
home in this county most of her
life.
Funeral was conducted at Ed
wards Funeral Chapel here, Mon
day at 11 a. m. Officiating minis
ter was Rev. Ted Griner, pastor of
'the Butler Methodist church. The
deceased was a member of the
Methodist church.
Interment was in the family lot
Pine Level cemetery, near Mauk.
Pall bearers included W. D., J. R.
H,. p. and Howard Taunton, Hugh
Bone ancf Gfady Taunton.
Survivors include one brother,
W. B. (Dock) Taunton of Taylor
county; Mrs. Mattie Childres, a
niece with whom she resided, and
a number of other nieces and
nephews.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Atlanta, Ga. — The death of an
Atlanth youth in a cave-in brought
to nine the number of persons
killed in Georgia accidents last
week end- The toll included six
traffic victims, none over the age
of 25.
Fourteen year old Billy Cheek
was killed Sunday when an em
bankment caved in and buried
him undfer a quarter-ton of dirt in
Atlanta’s, southeast section. He and
two companions were digging a
cave at the time. The other two
youths were thrown clear.
The body of an 85 year old man
was found late Saturday in Lake
Lanier near Gainesville. Investi-
gatihg officers identified him as
Gborge Odel of Gainesville.
J. W.’ 'Marks, 40, died early Sat
urday when fire damaged his
home in Atlanta’s southwest sec
tion.
The state patrol reported a se
ries of fatal accidents involving
young people.
Two Albany youths, Charles Car
ter, 18, and Phillip Eller, 20, per
ished Saturday night when their
car was involved in a three-car
smashup near Albany. Four per
sons were hurt.
Dianester Fraser, 23, of Riceboro
was struck and killed by a vehicle
Saturday evening on the Riecboro
Wolthourville road.
Willie Hinton, 25, of Newnan
was killed in a one-car accident
near N'ewnan Saturday.
Two young men died in separate
accidents near Hazlehurst.
Roy Simmons, 18, of Hazlehurst
was injured fatally Saturday night
when a car he was in was involved
in a two car collision near Pear
son.
Carlvon Bush, 21, also of Hazle
hurst was kilted Friday night
when his car overturned north of
Hazlehurst.
perts to acadepiic setectipn. Rqcipi-
ents 106 other sponsored • scholar
ships are chosen by special, judg
ing teams convened by trie spon
sors of' thbse ’ scholarships. High
School grades, recommendations
by'high schoool officials, leader
ship, citizenship, and - extra-curri
cular activities are considered as
well as test scores.
Merit scholarships are four-year
awards, and carry stipends that
range from $100 a year to $1500 a
year. Each stipend is individually
determined on the basis of negd.
The amount is based on family re
sources, summer earnings, and
college costs, all of which vary
for each winner.
Most Merit Scholarships also are
accompanied by grants to the col
leges. Each student chooses his
college and course of study. Gain
ing admission to college is the re
sponsibility of the student.
The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation was established in
1955 thru grants from the Ford
Foundation and the Carnegie Corp-
of New York. The current program
is the 6th that has been conducted.
There are 3,132 Merit Scholars en
rolled in 391 colleges In the cur
rent academic year, and 491 Merit
scholars has graduated.
The seventh program will begin
in March, when the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test will
be given in the participating high
schools. More than 15,000 high
schools participated in the 1960-61
program.
Local FFA Chapter
Is Eligible to Win
1961 Farm Tractor
The local FFA Chapter has op
portunity to win a 1961 farm trac
tor thru the sale of high quality
plastic covered foam rubber trac
tor cushions.
In the next few weeks, members
of the local Chapter of FFA will
be selling these cushions in an
effort to be the top Ohapjer in
sales on a percentage of member
ship basis. The cushions, in addi
tion to being idealy suited to farm
tractors, will provide excellent
comfort for fishing, attending ball
games and other sporting events.
When an FFA member shows
you the cushion, see if you can
find a use for it and thereby help
the Chapter raise funds for its
activities as well as give them a
chance at winning the farm trac
tor.
Play Warner Robins
Here Saturday Nigbt
Butler’s high 1 flying girls, now
winners of 11 straight games, will
be rated definite wonderdogs in
their Saturday night' battle with
powerful Warner Robins. The Bear
Girls, in stern preparation for'the
subregion tournament, will start
itheir regular , qix agajpst Warner
Robins, featuring .B^nps ' Btyant
and Dunn as forwards and Doris
Peed, Freida Mclnvale, and Don-
dra Peed at the guard positions.
The girl’s tournament begins
Feb. 23rd, .with Unadilla ancj El-
laville in the opening acjlron at
7:30 p. m. The nightcap sends Ma
con county against 4th seeded Rey
nolds. This game is slated to be
gin at 8-t45 p. m. Roberta and But
ler roll into action on Monday
night. At 7:30 p. m. Roberta en
gages the Unadilla Ellaville win
ner, and at 8:45 Butter tangles
with the Reynolds-Macon County
winner.
The finals are slated for Tuesday
night 8:15 o’clock, with the conso
lation game at 7 p. m. Seeded
teams in the tournament are Butler
seeded first, followed by, Roberta,
Unadilla and Reynolds, Any team
in the tournament is qjrpable of
taking home the bactfn, as the
season records indicate. Each con
test should be close, and excite
ment should prevail^ throughout
the tournament.
7
Rehoboth Association
Inspirational Meeting
At Reynolds Feb. 23
The Baptist W.M.S. of the Reho
both Association with meet in its
Spring Inspirational session at the
Reynolds Baptist Church on Feb.
23rd. One session at 10:30 a. m.
and another session the same as
was in the morning, at 7 p- m. the
same day.
The visiting Missionary Speaker
wil] be Mrs. Herbert Holley from
Singapore. Others on the program
will be Mrs. Ennis Waldemayer,
Divisional Vice-President and Miss
Dorothy Pryor, State W. M. S. Di
rector.
Paving Contract
Let For 1.3 Miles on
Fickling Mill Road
On : February 9th t he Taylor
County Cdmmissioriers received a
telegram from ■ the State Highway
Department approving county con
tract P. R. 3969.
The contract is for 1.3 miles of
road construction on the highway
between Jesse Byrd’s Store and
Fickling Mill Road. The project
Will cost $19,50^.09 according to
wire.