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i ■■■■M egp crap 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..