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The Butler Herald
•'KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE, SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1961.
NUMBER 21.
Dept- ot library
■ldMddiairman
Easter Seal Drive
Funds Raised from Sale of
Easter Seals go to Help
Crippled Children in Nation.
February 18 to 25
Being Observed
As F. F. A. Week
Mr. H. C. Bond, Reynolds civic
leader, has accepted appointment
as Taylor County Chairman for the
1961 Easter Seal campaign.
Mr. W. H. Vanlandingham. But
ler banker, has been appointed
treasurer for the drive and H. L.
(Hoot) Russell will serve as pub
licity chairman for the county.
Announcement of the appoint
ments was made by C. M. Wallace
Jr. of Atlanta, Easter Seal State
chairman.
On acceptance of the county
chairmanship for the annual Eas
ter Seal appeal, Bond stated, “90
per cent of all money contributed
to Easter Seals remains in the
state. Last year, 2,552 crippled
youngsters and adults received care
and treatment thru Easter Seals.”
The Ga. Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, the Easter
Seal Society, offers multiple serv-
Future Farmers of America
members throughout the nation are
scheduling special activities to fo
cus public attention on the work of
their organization during National
FFA Week, February 18-25 — this
week.
Locally, members of the Butler
FFA Chapter plan to observe this
Girls Basketball
Tournament Begins
Here Thursday Nite
Butler Hi Boys
Win Second Place
In Tournament
Butler Girls to Play Winner of > Local Team to Meet Yatesville
Jarrell Memorial
Plaque Unveiling
Next Sunday p.m.
E. J. Wainwright
Dies at His Home
Monday Morning
Unadilla - Ellaville
Monday Night.
Game on
In Region Finals at Roberta
Friday Night.
Butler High School Bears won
second place in the Region 4-C
South boys basketball tournament
at Ft. Valley Tuesday night.
Butler was defeated by Macon
county by a score of 75 to 57.
Crawford county took third place
in the tournament by defeating
Reynolds 72-70.
In the 4-C finals to be played in
The 4-C South girls Basketball
Tournament begins tonight in But-
special occasion by: Attend Church.* er w * tb 3rd seeded Unadilla play-
in a Group on Sunday, Feb. 19; lln & ? th seeded Ellaville in the
provide the local paper with special j °P en i' r| g round, the game beginning
information about some of the a1 P- m '
Chapter’s and member’s activities; I Unadilla, led by a fine trio of
present a program at school as-|g uards is favored in this contest-
sembly; encourage all members !^ a ^ e B ry ant and Pat Offenburg
who have the official FFA jacket to | lead the Unadilla offense. Both - -
wear them during the week; and Possess fine set shots, and both are SSf a v °" Frlday a « d Saturday
distribute informative information ! flne drivers - j nighty Yatesville will meet Butler
materials throughout the communi- 1 Ellaville, however, led by 6-foot and Macon County will take on
ty | forward Halianna Chapman is cap-
Membership in the FFA is made! a ^^ e °f boating anyone, as evi-
up of farm boys who are students I danced by their 46-44 defeat , . - - , "
of vocational agriculture in high ! Manon county a few weeks ago. .Thursday night with Reynolds de-
school. The organization’s activi- j At 8:45, 4th seeded Reynolds bating Unadilla 53-52.
ties are designed primarily to help Angles with 5th seeded Macon! Enday night Butler defeated
develop rural leadership and good ! County - a game pitting two teams .Schley county 57 to 54.
citizenship, and to stimulate the! who have not met during regular | Monday night Macon County
boys to stimulate the boys to bet.: season - Macon County, led the!won over Reynolds 69 to 54 and
A memorial service and the un-
I 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 court
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.
Western.
The Region 4-C South boys
tournament opened in Ft. Valley
Funeral Services Conducted at
Turners Chapel Church
Tuesday Afternoon.
Butler Lions Club
To Serves Pancakes
Thursday Evening
ter achievement in their study and
ices and programs for all types of!work toward successful establish-
crippling disabilities, regardless of ments in farming or other agricul-
age, race or creed-
No crippled child in Ga. need
go without care and treatment be
cause of inability to pay for serv
ice.
The 1961 Easter Seal campaign
nationwide marks 40 years of dedi
cation to the crippled. The Easter
Seal campaign gets underway
March 2nd and ends Easter Sunday
April 2nd.
Miss Sandy Allgood
Is Chosen “Hurricane
Honey’ at Sou’wester
(From the Sou’wester, Americus)
The Sou’wester Staff has chos
en Pretty Miss Sandy Allgood as
Hurricane Honey for this issue of
The Sou’wester, College paper at
Americus.
Miss Allgood is the daughter of
Mrs. Edgar McGee, of Butler-
Sandy set a very active pace
both academically and in extra
curricula activities while attending
Butler Hi School. She was a mem
ber of the Student Council, the Be
ta Club, the Tri-Hi-Y, the school
annual staff, and secretary of FHA
She was also selected as Home
coming Queen and as Miss Butler
Hi School for 1960.
Sandy has become one of the
most popular girls on the campus
mostly because of her keen wit
and personality. She is one of our
cheerleaders, a member of A. S. V.
Sorority and a member of the Sou’
wester Staff.
Sandy thinks that most of the
boys at G. S- C. are self-centered.
“Many of the boys think that every
girl on campus is running after
them, which, of course, is wrong.”
During my interview wih San
dy, the subject of going steady
was thoroughly covered. Sandy
says, "The question of going stea
dy is very serious and should not
be taken lightly. The people in
volved should be mature enough
to realize that going steady in
volves much more than just steady
dating. Love also plays a vital part
in going steady, and most in this
day and age are not sure what
love really is. The two parties con
cerned have to believe the realities
of life and have to be mature
enough to cope with these reali
ties”
Sandy thinks that the students
should take their college work and
activities more seriously. “The
main purpose of attending college
should be to obtain an education
altho some students think that
having parties holds most import
ant effect of college life. A better
attitude by some students — as far
as school work is concerned —
would greatly improve our school.”
Sandy is taking ageneral —cur
ricular course at G.S.C. and after
tural occupations.
The Butler FFA Chapter has 92
members. Officers are:
President, Shadrach Barnett.
Vice-President, Milton Albritton.
Secretary, Mabry Barrow.
Treasurer, Richie McCants-
Reporter, Jerrys Allmon.
Sentinel, Downs Scott.
Harold J Ragan, Vocational agri
culture instructor in Butler High
School as advisor of the FFA
Chapter.
The National FFA. organization
has 378,000 members, with 9,000
local Chapters in the 50 States and
Puerto Rico. Membership in Geor
gia totals 17,000.
Future Farmers choose the
week of Washington’s birthday
each year for the observance of
Na-ional FFA WEEK. Altho usual
ly recognized as a Revolutionary
War General and our First Presi
dent, Washington’s first love was
the farm he called Mt- Vernon.
There he was one of the first to
practice contour planting, crop ro
tations, fertilization, and other soil
conservation and improvement
methods. It was more than a cen
tury after Washington’s death
before general use was made of
many of the sound agricultural
practices that he advocated.
Land Bank Building
Opened at Montezuma
Butler defeated
57 to 54.
Crawford County
jump shooting Ann Monk, who
carries a 25 point per game aver
age into the tournament, should
make things rough for Reynolds.
Reynolds, however, is the favor-
: ite in this game, and possesses a ]
| well-balanced team capable of
winning the tournament. Strong at |
guard and at forward, the Tigers i
will be a formidable opponent for
anyone. i Macota, Ga- — Miss Gloria Gil-
Monday night at 7:30 o’clock the son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford county sextet rolls into Hugh Gilson Jr., is one of those se-
action against the Uuadilla-Ella- | lected to sing with the Wesleyan
ville winner, and at 8:45 Butler [Glee Club on their annual tour
High plays the winner of the Rey- through Georgia and Florida.
Montezuma, Ga. — The new red
brick and ornamental white con
crete office building of the Federal
Land Bank Assn, of Montezuma
has been opened.
Designed by Mel Tolleson of Per
ry, the new structure is located on
South Dooly street.
The association serves Bibb, Chat
tahoochee, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly,
Houston, Macon, Marion, Muscogee
Peach, Pulaski, Schley, Taylor and
Wilcox counties.
The association is presently
handling approximately 1,000 loans
to farmers in the area, with over
$6 million unpaid principal out
standing.
$50 Million Road
Work Expedited
Atlanta, Ga. — The State High
way Department will let $50 mil
lion worth of federal-aid highway
project contracts by June under an
anti-recession speedup program,
highway chairman Jim Gillis said
Monday.
Gillis said the letting of con
tracts for the $50 million will use
up all the federal money avail
able this fiscal year that ends
June 30.
Miss Gloria Gilson
To Sing With College
Glee Club Group
nolds-Macon county contest. The
finals and the consolation game
will be Tuesday night.
Crawford County led by Southpaw
Melinda O’Neal and Pivot Norma
Thaxtotn has met Unadilla twice
during the regular season and de
feated them twice. They have also
The tour will include a
Mr. Enoch Joseph Wainwright, 84
years of age, died at his residence
in Fickling Mill community Mon
day at 3:45 a. m. after an extended
illness. Mr. Wainwright was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wain
wright and had spent his entire life
in Taylor county.
Funeral service were conducted
at Turners Chapel church Tuesday
at 3 p. m. with Rev. W. R Law-
horn officiating. He was assisted
by Rev. Owens. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Wainwright served as a dea
con at Turner’s Chapel for a num-
Members of the Butler Lions I ber °f ye ars.
Club invite everyone to the local I Pallbearers included: Milton and
school lunchroom Thursday eve- I Harold Peterman, Alton, Herman
ning where they will serve a de- | and Luther Spillers and Elmo El-
licious pancake supper. lerbe.
The proceeds from the supper I Survivors include four daughters
will be used by the Lions Club inj Mrs - J- , A - Spillers, Miss Florence
carrying on community service [Wainwright, Mrs. Alfonso McCrary
activities. One of the Club’s more all of Duller, and Mrs. R. C- Peter-
important projects is sight con- [man, Warner Robins; twelve grand-
servation work through their Lion’s .children, nine great grandchildren
Lighthouse program. Through this | and three great, great grand chil-
program many local persons havei dren -
been benefited by having eye care | Watson-Mathews Funeral Home
including surgery administered. Montezuma was in charge of ar-
Lion Frank Riley, chairman of! rangements.
defeated Ellaville twice. But, as I Club.
14 concerts in nine towns. The
group is accompanied on the tour
by Dr. Leon J. Villard, director,and
Miss Carolyn Churchill, assistant
to the president.
Walter Steinhaus, cellist, ap
pearing as soloist with the Glee
this project, states that an ample
portion of pancakes, syrup and
coffee will be served. Milk will be
available for the children. Serving
will begin at 4:30 and continue
until after the last game of the
total of i girl’s tournament Thursday night.
everyone knows, this means noth
ing in tournament play, and until
the final gun sounds, the contest
will probably be in doubt.
The secret of Butler’s success
thus far has been team work and
perfect balance, both at guard and
at forward. The Bears, although
seeded first, will find tournament
travel a rough road to hoe, and will
have to be alert at all times to
emerge victorious.
Officials for the tournement will
be Harry Hortman and George Har-
The group will return to the Col
lege campus Feb. 26th.
Byrd Concerned by
Mental Health Slash
Atlanta, Ga. — Lt. Gov. Garland
Byrd expressed alarm Monday that
the revised appropriations bill in
cludes a 53 per cent boost for the
agriculture department while in
dy both of whom are calling the creasing mental health by only 11
boy’s tournament now in progress per cent.
at Ft- Valley. Byrd declined to comment, for
The P.A. System will be hndled'the record, but he was known to
by Freddy Brown an dthe conces
sion stand by the PTA. Admission
will be 50c and 75c.
Teachers Standing
Firm on Demand
For $500 Increase
completion of her studies here, 'Will pour another $50 million into
Atlanta, Ga. — Teachers in sev
eral Ga. Counties Sunday were re.
ported standing firm on their de
mands for a pay raise of at least
$500 a year.
The House-Senate Appropriations
committee, meanwhile worked into
the night trying to whip into final
form a bill containing only about
half that amount for teachers-
E. C. Mitcham Jr., president of
the Ga. Education Association said
there are indications that a meet
ing of the local unit presidents
and legislative chairmei will be
called Saturday in Macon to back
up thet eachers’ demands.
Col Hal Justus, chairman of a
Warner Robins group of teachers
who last year discussed the pos
sibility of a strike predicted "some
forceful action will be endorsed.”
A number of teachers have said
a raise of less than $500 would not
be sufficient.
Dan Spears, principal of Midway
School in Baldwin County and
The highway department also 1 teachers there did not spell out
be preparing his own budget rec
ommendations.
The agriculture department is
operating on $3,825,000 during the
current fiscal year. Gov. Vandiver
provided an increase to $4,870,000
in his appropriations bill and the
Senate and House Appropriations
Committee provided a further in
crease to $5,815,400.
Several business concerns are
co-operating with the Lions in this
project by furnishing materials to
be used for the supper. Those firms
co-operating include:
Wells Dairies: Milk and butter.
Thomas Packing Co.: Sausage.
Jerry’s Sausage: Sausage.
Penick & Ford: Syrup-
Pillsbury Mills: Pancake Mix.
Governor Tenure
Extension Beaten;
One-Term Favored
Aid Could Give
Teachers $700.00
plans to attend University of Ga.
The Sou’Wester staff and entire
student body wish you, Sandy, all
the success in the world.
March of Dimes
Mr. Sasser, principal of Reynolds
High school and chairman of the
drive for the March of Dimes re
ported $185. Union Methodist
church reported $25.00. Next week
it is hoped that the total amount
raised in the county can be an
nounced.
the state’s economy in 1961 under
the $100 million crash road main
tenance program approved by the
General Assembly last month.
Services at Trinity
Sunday Morning
Services at the Trinity Freewill
Baptist for the week end will in
clude peraching at 11 a. m. Sun
day by the pastor, Rev. R. B. Mc-
Fadden.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. The church welcomes you.
what would happen if a $500 raise
is not forthcoming.
Special Service at
New Life Church
There will be’a special service
at New Life Freewill Bptist church
near Mauk, Saturday night.
Preaching will be by the pastor,
Rev. J. B. Lumpkin. The Foster trio
from Griffin will be present to do
the singing.
Everyone is cordially to come
and worship at New Life Saturday
evening.
Washington, D. C. — Georgia
teachers could get a $700 raise
under a $5-7 billion federal aid to
education plan ^proposed Monday
by President Kennedy.
The increase would go up an
other $200 three years from now.
With poorer states down for more
money than prosperous states un
der the proposal, Georgia’s per pu
pil share would be $26.05 the first
year, $29.67 the second and $33.10
the third.
Each state w’ould get at least $15
for every public school pupil, The
program would begin next July 1.
If these allotments are used to
increase teacher salaries, as Geor
gia education leaders have sug
gested, it would mean a $700 pay
raise in the next fiscal year.
^
Preliminary Plans
For Dodge Hospital
Eashman, Ga. — Preliminary
drawing for the new 50-bed Dodge
county hospital have been ap
proved, according to Dodge County
Commissioner S. C. Cadwell and
Hospital Authority Chairman A. F.
Graham.
Approval was given by the Ga.
Dept, of Public Health and the pro
gram director, Hospital and Medi
cal Facilities, U.S- Health Service,
with some revisions to be incor
porated in the working drawings.
Atlanta, Ga. — In what appeared
to be a slap at Gov. Vandiver, the
House Monday overwhelmingly de
feated a move to enable future
governors to hold office two con
secutive terms.
The move was taken by most
legislative observers as a strong
indication of the strained relations
between Vandiver and many key
members of the General Assembly
over the proposed new appropria
tions bill.
Vandiver so far has kept silent
on the House Appropriations Com
mittee’s rewrite job in his proposed
appropriations bill, but most ob
servers believe a gubernatorial
veto of some sections of the com
mittee substitute is virtually cer
tain.
The House beat down by a vote
of 138 to 32 a proposed constitu
tional amendment submitted by
Rep. J. H. Floyd of Chattooga
county to do away with the pres
ent constitutional limit of one
term for governors.
As Floyd submitted the resolu
tion for the constitutional amend
ment it would not apply to Vandi
ver, but would enable his succes
sors to succeed themselves in office
for one term.
3 Persons Die
On Highways
Last Weekend
Mr. Arnold Coggins,
Died of Heart Attack
Friday Morning
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at Turner’s
Chapel Church near Butler for Mr.
Arnold F. Coggins, 44, of this city,
who died suddenly of a heart at
tack while on a construction job
in Montezuma Friday morning.
Rev. H. E. Whitley and llev. Bert
Wheeler officiated and interment
was in the churchyard cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War
II and had been employed by the
Bone Construction Co. of this city
for 12 years.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Alice
Windham Coggins, and three step
children, Maurice Melvin, Calvin
Scott and Mrs. Herman Wilson.
Tornado Destroys
Large Bldg. Near
Butler Saturday p.m.
A tornado struck a few miles
north of Buller between 5 and 5:30
o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Only one spot in the county has
reported tornado damages, that be
ing near the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Neisler. A large chicken house
constructed of concrete blocks and
metal roof, more than fifty feet
long was completely demolished.
Several trees were uprooted. Parts
of the building were hundreds of
yards away strewn over a wide
area. A large awning was
blown from the Neisler residence.
The chicken house was empty
at the time of the storm.
No one is reported to have been
injured in the tornado which oc
curred during a heavy downpour
of rain.
Peanut Meeting at
Courthouse This P.M.
Atlanta, Ga. — Week end acci
dents have claimed three lives in
Georgia, the State Patrol said Sun
day.
The patrol reported these de
tails:
R. B. Patton, 56, of Atlanta, was
injured fatally when his car and
a tractor-trailer unit collided
head-on on Atlanta’s Northeast
Expressway Sunday. Officers said
that Patton’s car was headed
south in the northbound lane. The
truck driver escaped injury.
Arthur McDaniel, Jr., 16 of Griffin
was killed Friday night when a car
overturned south of Griffin.
Marvin M- Estes, 34, of Hiram,
died when a car spun out of con
trol and overturned Friday north
of Douglasville.
The AP count of weekend acci
dental deaths starts at 6 p. m. Fri
day and ends midnight Sunday.
Frank McGill, Extension Agron
omist in cooperation with County
Agent Vernon Reddish will be in
charge of a peanut meeting at the
local court house today (Thurs
day), 2 o’clock p. m.
Chemical weed control will also
be discussed. By using latest in
formation from research and suc
cessful peanut producers it is be
lieved that we can raise our yield
in peanuts considerably.
Miss Gilson Honored
At Wesleyan College
Macon, Ga. — Miss Gloria Gilson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Gilson Jr., was recently initiated
into the Wesleyan College Chapter
of Sigma Alpha Iota, national
music honorary. Membership is
based on scholarship and musical
ability.
Miss Gilson is a member of the
sophomore class and is majoring
in church music.