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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.