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D#pt. of Archives General Library University of Ga. ,;i! EVE R LASTING LY, AT, IT 1S THE SECRET OF SUCCESS” VOLUME 85 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. ( — -t—t ~ 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.