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The Butler Herald
•’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1«, 1961.
NUMBER 24.
Local Contractor
Successful Bidder
On Dam Project
Taylor County Receives Approx
imately 10 Miles Paving- In
Recent Highway Lettings pep 1 -/ljbtaty
General ot g»
ATLANTA, Ga. March 10—State
Highway Board Chairman Jim L.
Gillis has announced a total appa
rent low bid of $6,969,787.67 on mew
construction contracts in 13 Geor
gia counties.
These include two Interstate, five
Federal-aid Secondary and three
State-aid road projects, and the
construction of a dam at Little Riv
er State Park in Colquitt and Cook
counties which is being handled
by the Highway Department for the
State Parks Department. Peed Bro
thers Construction Company of But
ler, Georgia submitted an apparent
low bid of $183,514.86 on this work,
which will be financed by Parks
Department funds.
The largest single contract cov
ers grading, divided-lane paving,
and three grade separation struct
ures on a 5.790 mile segment of
Interstate Route 85 in Franklin and
Hart counties. Work will begin near
the north city limit of Lavonia and
will tie into a bridge now being
built by South Carolina across the
Tugaloo River. Southeastern Hwy.
Contracting Company and Lothridge
Brothers, both of Gainesville, Geor
gia submitted an apparent low bid
of $2,724,473.95 cn this project.
A second Interstate contract pro
vides for 1.572 miles of roadway on
Interstate 20 in downtown Atlanta
between present construction at
Pryor Street and a point near
Lucille Avenue and Culvesson St.
An apparent low bid of $2,616,768.10
was submitted by Wright Contract
ing Company of Columbus, Georgia
on this work.
Local Contracts include:
Talbot - 4.937 miles of grading
and paving on the Jonction City-
Old Wire Road, FAS Route 1648,
beginning at State Route 96 in
Junction City and extending north
easterly to Old Wire Road. Appa
rent low bid: $152,713.90, Hill Con
struction Co., Thomasfon, Ga. and
I. S. Bailey, Jr., Inc., Griffin, Geor
gia. (Joint bid)
Taylor - 9.857 miles of grading
and paving on the Lower Butler-
Reynolds Road, FAS Route 1506 &
Spur, beginning at State Route 96
approximately 8 miles east of But
ler and extending southwesterly to
FAS Route 671 approximately 2.5
miles south of Butler. Also Spur
from State Route 96 approximately
3 miles east of Butler south to FAS
Route 1506. Apparent low bid: $277,-
473.75, Coffee Construction Com
pany, Eastman, Georgia.
Federal Contract
To Boost Economy
In Georgia Area
Mrs. Simms Garrett
Named Chm. State
Pardon-Parole Brd.
New Postoffice Building at Lumpkin, Ga. built by the J. E. Bone Construction Co, of Butler. Healing &
Air Conditioning Contractor was Hammack Electric Supply also of Butler. Mr. Carl Hobbs, Butler Post-
i master anticipates new Postoffice Building in Butler at expiration of present Buldg. lease in 1962. See story
! on Front Page this issue of Herald.
Postmaster Carl Hobbs
Hopeful Butler Will
Get New P. O. Bldg.
Ex-Postmaster
Found Guilty
Of Embezzling
COLUMBUS, Ga.—A former Fort
Gaines postmaster was convicted
Tuesday of embezzling $1,171 in
federal funds but was acquitted on
27 other charges.
A federal jury found William C.
Chambers Jr. guilty of embezzle
ment but brought in a directed ver
dict acquitting Chambers of 27
charges involving false entries in
postal records.
Federal Judge W. A. Bootle was
expected to sentence Chambers
Wednesday.
Defense attorney Joe Ray moved
for the directed verdicts on the
grounds that no entries were made
in the post office cash book. Bootle
ruled that no entry does not consti
tute false entry.
Defense attorneys earlier claimed
Chambers took the $1,171 last April
and May while mentally ill and
that the missing funds were re
turned. However, physicians ruled
Chambers was not mentally ill.
Having Troubles
Teen-Aged Wife
Eats Rat Poison
Columbus, Ga. — Rat poison
:nded the life of a teen-aged wife
it Columbus Saturday.
Police said 19 year old Glenda
,usk, wife of Cpl. Wade Lusk, who
3 presently stationed in Frankfurt
lermany, commiteted suicide.
Mrs. Lusk told police before she
led that she ate about half a tube
f rat poison, saying she and her
tusband were “having trouble.”
Ihe died at Ft. Benning hospital.
j The Butler Herald of March 9th
published on the front page a
] beautiful picture of a recently con
structed post office building in-
jcated at Pine Mountain. The ques
tion was asked: “Why can’t Butler
l have A ncv 7 ’-ost office build’'” ~
like other cities of comparable
is.ze:'
I In an effort to answer this
question it will be necessary that
pertinent facts be stated from a
publication issued by the Post Of
fice Department, Information Serv-
j ice, Washington, release to the
.public April 9, 1958. Facts are
quoted as follows:
| Nine hundred and eighteen new
post office buildings, costing an es
timated $49,245,000 have already
been started or will be under con-
jstruction by early fall of this year
(1958) as previously announced,
thirteen of these new post offices
[costing an estimated $9 million
will be erected under provisions
'of the Lease Purchase Law. Under
' the plan, the Government buys
| these structures, paying for them
.over a period of years in much
[the same fashion as a private citi
zen buys a home under the Fed-
•eral Housing Administration regu-
; lations.
I The remainder of the more than
[nine hundred new postal structures
| with estimated cost of $40 million
iwill be erected under the Depart -
|ment’s Leasing Program by Pri-
Ivate investors to the department’s
| specifications and leased for a
period of years. These new leased
post offices represent less than 10
| per cent of the department’s urg-
; ent needs for new facilities.
| The new small post offices we
plan to build now are a good in-
■ vestment for the tax payers and
pay off in improved mail services
[and lower costs. It is essential they
: be built at once so that our mail
service can keep pace with our
growing economy.
This program assures permanet
productive income for local com
munities; makes jobs for many in
dustries and manufacturers in the
building and related industries;
pays local real estate taxes on the
new building; gives investors safe
opportunities to invest their funds;
and does not require any public
works construction money raised
by taxation.
Equally important , this plan
provides more efficient facilities
for mail handling for less cost
than is being paid now for present
obsolete space. It assures better
working conditions for postal em
ployees and it will keep mail serv
ice in step with the rapid growth
of the Nation.
This post office construction and
modernization program will be ap
plied where it will do the most
good as present leases expire. It
will mean new post offices where
new postal facilities are most urg
ently required. It will help im
prove local real estate; provide
hundreds of thousands of jobs; and
be a stimulus to the economy of
the nation.
We add this information: The
present lease of Butler Post Office
expires in July 1962. We have con
fidence that consideration will be
given before this date.
CARL C. HOBBS,
Postmaster.
Mr. Shelly Phillips
Taylor County Native
Dies at Atlanta
Mr. Shelly Allman Phillips died
in Atlanta Friday, 2:45 p. m. of a
heart attack while on duty as
theater office manager.
Mr. Phillips was born in Marion
county April 24, 1899, the son of
Mr. James W. and Mrs. Helen Att-
wood Phillips. He was the hus
band of Mrs. Clarice Phillips and
had made his residence in Atlanta
for the past 35 years.
Funeral services were conducted
at Bethel Baptist church Sunday at
3 p. m. with Eld. Hartley, pastor
of Bethel Baptist church officiat
ing He was assisted by Elder W.
H. Hancock.
Interment was in the family lot
at Bethel cemetery.
Pall bearers included Carroll
Phillips, Charles Rogers, Herman
Phillips Jr., Jessie, James and Se-
cil Rustin.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Clarice Phillips; his mother, Mrs.
J. W. Phillips; four sisters, Mrs.
Carrie Roberts, Mrs. W. T. Rustin
all of Butler; Mrs. Myrtice Wilkes
of Hamilton; Mrs. Gladys Mont
gomery, of Butler; four brothers,
Mr. Ernest Phillips of Thomaston;
Cecil Phillips of Charleston, S. C.;
Blanchard Phillips, of Walterboro,
S. C.; O. C. Phillips, Palatka, Fla.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Ray Morris Admits
Slaying Thompson
In Macon Feb. 26
Macon, Ga. — Ray Morris has
confessed he fired the bullet that
killed Harry Thompson Sr. on Feb.
26, Detective Chief W. H. Bargeron
said.
The slim 24 year old sunk deep
ly into remorse police said after ad
mitting he shot Thompson as they
sat alone inside a car parked near
the victim’s rooming house on
Magnolia street.
He then fled to Florida with
three companions, police said, ap
parently discarding the gun along
the highway. Before they reached
the stateline, however, Macon de
tectives had connected Morris and
R. A. Rogers, a companion, to the
killing and issued a nationwide
alarm.
V’’ days later the two men were
in custody at Ft. Lauderdale. They
were returned to Macon Sunday
along with two young women
friends. Statements have been ob
tained from all four.
Chief Bargeron said his office
traced Morris’ actions from the
hour he and his companions arriv
ed in this city from Atlanta on
the afternoon of Feb. 26.
Taylor County
Ladies to Attend
Roberta Meeting
Tavlor County H-D Club ladies
will leave the court house Thurs
day morning (this morning) at
9:00 o’clock in cars to attend the
District Home Demonstration Coun
cil Meeting.
An interesting program is plan
ned including the Dress Revue in
which Mrs. G. D. Locke will rep
resent Taylor County with a boxy
black and white suit.
Mr. Dewey Harmon
Dies at Reynolds,
Funeral Held Sunday
Mr. Henry Dewey Harmon, hus
band of Mrs. Montine Locke Har
mon, died suddenly of a heart
condition in Reynolds at 8:15 p. m.
Friday. Mr. Harmon had been in
ill 'health for seyeral years.
Mr. Harmon was born July 27,
1898 in Butler the son of the late
Mr. Henry Harmon and Mrs. Susie
Harris Harmon. He had made his
residence at Reynolds during the
past seven years. Due to ill health
he had retired from farming and
carpenter work
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday, 5 p. m., at Mt. Pisgah
Missionary Baptist Church with
Rev. Frank Willis, pastor of Mt.
Olive Freewill Baptist church, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
family lot at Mt. Pisgah cemetery.
Pall bearers included, Active:
Tommy Joe Hobbs, Tom Fowler,
Cecil Gaultney, Jack Hobbs, Dan
Hinton, Neil Hinton. Honorary:
John W. Hinton, Howard Hinton,
Coleman Hinton, Jimmy Hobbs and
Willie Gaultney.
Survivors include his wife, three
sons, Frank, Henry and Daniel
Harmon; two daughters, Linda and
Gladys; one brother Polk Harmon;
and a number of nieces and neph
ews.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Columbus Boy
Killed as Kite
Touches Wires
Marietta, Ga. — Officials of First Lady in History To
Lockheed's Ga. division said Mon-
day that awarding a contract for a Hecome Head of Major De-
new high speed jet cargo and troop partment in Georgia
carrying plane will mean much to
the economy of the area.
At the same time the officials i Last week Gov. Ernest Vandiver
said in a prepared sta tement“There ! named Mrs Rebe cca Garrett of But-
wiU no be «« immediate buildup ; ler as chalrman of t , he Slate Par .
of employes because there is still • clon an , d Parole Board . H er ap-
work to be done on the design of | pointmont was confirme d by the
the airplane which must be com-| S(ate Senate . she has served as a
pleted first. ! member of the board since 1948,
The statement was issued shortly | having been appointed to the board
after the White House announced ; by Gov. Herman Talmadge. She
in Washington award of a billion ! W as re-appointed in 1957 by Gov.
dollar contract for development I Marvin Griffin for a seven-year
and construction of the plane term which expires in 1964.
for use by the Military Air Trans- | Mrs Garrett is a native of Ter .
por ervice. - re ll county. Her first husband, the
I Plans call for the construction of j a t e Hon. Clem E. Rainey was
] 100 of the new planes at Lockheed’s cd itor of the Dawson News for a
'Marietta division. j number of years. This newspaper
The statement said in part: 'was owned by the Rainey family
“The contract for the new air- for approximately 65 years before
plane will mean much over the it was sold to Mr. Carl Rountree
jnext two years to the stability of wi 1945.
Lockheed’s Ga. Division and to the She was married to Mr. Sims
economy of the entire area. .Garrett in October, 1953 and has
“It is one of the biggest aircraft imade her home in Butler since
orders on the horizon. It provides i that time.
an opportunity for the southeast to 1 Mrs Garrett was sworn in Marchr
establish itself as a major factor 6th by the governor to become the
in the aircraft industry. I only woman ever to hold a major
“The production of this jet car- ' department head in the state gov-
go transport has been called a po- i eminent. She also is the first wom-
tential billion dollar progiam, ex-lan in the United States to become
tending over the next two years. It head of a State Pardon and Pa-
well may be. We are delighted; we role Board. She automatically be-
are humbled that we were selected comes chairman of the State Pro
to produce this new aircraft. ! bation Board.
“As for employment, there will Mrs. Garrett succeeds Wm. H.
not be an immediate build-up of Kimbrough who was named and
employes because there is still confirmed by the Senate to the Ga.
work to be done on the design of , Public Service Commission to suc-
4he airplane.
“The first flight of the new air
plane is scheduled for 1963, with
COLUMBUS—A 11-year-old boy
was electrocuted Sunday when his
I kite touched high tension wires. The
kite string appeared to be common
cloth cord but was found to have
a thin copper wire in its center.
Donald Voss, son of Sgt. and Mrs.
G. M. Voss of Columbus was pro
nounced dead on arrival at the Co
lumbus Medical Center. Attempts
by the Muscogee County Rescue
Squad to revive the boy were futile.
Revival Will Begin
Sunday at Taylor Mill
ceed Matt McWhorter.
Mr. McWhorter was named to a
full term on the Stone Mountain
the first delivery date in 1965. This Memorial Association, succeeding
calls for a build-up of employment Price Gilbert Jr., whose term had
on the project while some of the [expired.
other projects are slowing down, j Walter Brooks of Atlanta, aide to
“As pointed out in the statement | Gov. Vandiver, was appointed to
from the White House this will fill the unexpired term of Mr.
provide 11,000 to 12,000 total
ployment by 1963.”
Funeral Services For
Miss Beulah Barrow
Held at Reynolds Mar 9 t0 be s0 designated.
Kimbrough.
In another appointment con
firmed by the Senate last week,
was that of Mrs. Rubye Jackson,
long time law department aide, to
be an assistant attorney general.
She is the first woman in Georgia
A revival will begin at Taylor
Mill Baptist Church three miles
South of Reynolds, next Sunday
and continue through March 25th.
There will be preaching each eve
ning at 7:45 o’clock throughout the
week.
Rev. John Schrimshire, pastor of
Blue Springs Baptist church,
Hawkinsville, will be guest minis
ter.
A cordial invitation is extended
everyone to attend this revival.
Public Notice
Hunting and Fishing licenses,
driver’s license and car tags expire
March 31st.
The State Patrolman will be in
Butler at the Court House to renew
drivers license only two more times,
Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday
March 29.
Failure of renewing driver’s li
cense in March, will necessitate
driver to take test before having
license issued.
Mrs. Bussey Childs,
Ordinary Taylor County
Funeral services for Miss Beulah
Barrow who died March 7, 10 a.m.
was conducted March 9th at the
Hill Crest cemetery, Reynolds.
Rev. Virgil Culpepper, pastor of
the Reynolds Methodist Church of
which the deceased was a mem
ber, officiated. Interment was in
Hill Crest cemetery.
Pall bearers included: Messrs E.
T. Shealy, J. H. Brewer, Henry
Hicks, P. E. McDaniel and J. W.
Windham.
The deceased is survived by
three sisters and two brothers as
follows: Misses Etta Mae and
Marie Barrow, Reynolds; Mrs. John
R. Humphries, Chattanooga, Tenn'.;
Mr. J. T. Barrow, Reynolds; Dr. W.
E. Barrow, Jacksonville, Fla.
Out-of-town relatives attending
the funeral included: Mrs. J. R.
Humphries, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dr
W. E. Barrow, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Barrow,
Macon; Mrs. Lewis Minor, Butler;
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Draughon, Ce-
dartown; Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Draug
hon and Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Draughon, Huntsville, Ala.; Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Montgomery, Rome;
Mrs. Annie L. Jones and Miss Ag
nes Jones, Woodbury; Mr. and Mrs
Lester Garrett, Charing; Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper Clark and Miss Clark,
Marshallville; Miss Eunice Barrow
of Ft. Valley.
Ga. Highway Death
Toll Held at Three
Stock Car Racer
Skids, Hits Crowd
At Hawkinsville
Three persons died in Georgia
traffic over the weekend.
Harvey A. Deynolds, 51, of Rte.
1, Thomson, was killed in a head-
on collision Saturday at 11:50 p. m.
near Darien, Ga.
Oscar Wyatt, 21, of Columbus,
was injured fatally Saturday wfien
a car went out of control on the
Columbus expressway and overturn
ed, police said.
j Mrs. Iris T. Mitchum, 36, of
Cleveland died Friday night when
a car overturned several times, ran
off an embankment and landed in
a creek just north of the Cleveland
city limits on U. S. 129.
HAWKINSVILLE, Ga—Five per
sons were injured Sunday when a:
stock car racer went into a slide,
left the Veterans of Foreign Wars
raceway track and crashed into a
spectator area.
The car, driven by Willie Mc
Donald of Albany, jumped a low
embankment, rolled over once and'
came to rest in an upright position.
A number of spectators had been
sitting in the area moments before
and several ran to safety when
they saw the stock car go out of
control.
The vehicle hit Jerry Dykes and'
his wife, Rosabelle of Cochran,
knocked Mrs. W. M. White, also of
Cochran into a nearby highway,
and struck Nancy Bozeman, anoth
er Cochran resident, a glancing
blow.
The injured were taken to Taylor
Memorial Hospital.
Dykes condition was listed as se
rious. He suffered a fractured pel
vis and other injuries. His wife
suffered several external injuries’,
and the hospital listed her condi
tion as fair.
White and Miss Boieman had'
multiple bruises andf abrasions.
Their conditions were listed as fair.
Miss Aycock was released from
the hospital after receiving emer
gency treatment.
An officer said at least four oth
er persons suffered scratches and
bruises as they scrambled to safe
ty. They were not struck by Ifne
racing car.
March of Dimes Fund
Reaches Total of $637
I want to thank all the mothers
who took part in the Mother’s
March and the chairman of every
district who so willingly helped to
make this drive a success.
After all funds were in, the total
raised throughout the county was
$637.71.
Mrs. Louise Suggs, Chm..