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The Butler Herald ‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS” VOLUME 85 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961. NUMBER 27. Tragedy Open Hearts j Tornadoes Strike Or g ^ Butler Citizens ° e General Library rCOFSicl University of Ga , . . ° iowns Friday By JOHN PENNINGTON J Atlanta Journal Staff Writer BUTLER, Ga., April 3—This town * From the Atlanta-Journal) played host to tragedy and heart- ! A sudden series of hard-hitting break over Easter weekend | tornadoes that swirled down Friday Its people wept and worked for ! corning killed one person, injured strangers struck by misfortune on !*f aral ° 2®” StT! the highway, and found new depths ^ a ™£ g *!" a I e “*/ 0Ur towns m of compassion in doing so. , south central Georgia ‘ Hearts and homes and pocket- I UnadiHa, 40 miles south of Ma- books-and the mortuary P - we re “J 41 ’ Was WOrSt hlt ^ opened to a family which had nev- , er heard of Butler, Ga., until short- ' Other tornadoes also struck at ly before a wrerk on the highway Browndale, Centerville and Garetta. claimed the life of one of their\ The tornado let down on Unadilla number. ! at 9:04 a. m. Friday, according to The episode started Friday after- State Department of Civil De- noon. It was to end Monday. |fense. It demolished many private t OQ ,, , i homes and business establishments, Lynn Tupin, 28-year-old employe destroved the town - s RaDtist church of a fiberglass plant in Berea, Ohio, destroyed tne town s Baptist cnurcn a ; -.j, and tore roofs off several other ch- was driving to Bradenton, Fla., with . his wife and two of four children. ; The family had recently moved I Torrential rains accompanied the from Florida to Ohio and his trip tornado. Streets and low-lying areas was to take some belongings to the were flooded, trees were uprooted, new home ' fires were knocked down, and com- .. f D 'munications were disrupted over a Five miles south of Butler, the .. r Tupins small station wagon col- , lided with a tractor. The vehicle i Mayor L. D. Hamilton said Friday was ripped open and it spun down afternoon that it was still imposs- the highway, rolling as it went, : *^1® ma ke any accurate estimate and came to a stop right side upl 0 ^ damage, but added that he is in the middle of the road. sure win run over * 50 °,000. Mr. Tupin, thrown from the ve- Civil Defense authorities identi- hicle along with his wife and 4- ; ^ le t° rnac lo victim as Jesse year-old son, suffered a gash on I Thompson, a local resident. Mr. his forehead. One foot was hurt, i Thompson, in the kitchen of his He hobbled to his son, lying in the ! two-story frame house when the middle of the road, and carried him j tornado struck, was pinned between to the side of the road. Next he i two fallen walls, observers said, went to the wrecked station wagon ! Rescurers managed to free him, but and removed his 6-year-old daugh- j^ e ^ied shortly afterwards, ter, screaming, through a broken i His wife, daughter and son-in-law window. Then he went to his wife, jwere also in the house, but were lying on the shoulder of the road. : not injured, thought the house it- Her head was badly gashed. She self was flattened. Mrs. Thompson died a few minutes later. jwas carried to the Hawkinsville An ambulance from the Edwards hospital and treated for shock. Funeral Home drove up and small- ! Mrs. Hazel Mitchell, an Atlanta town compassion enveloped the un- i Journal correspondent in nearby fortunate strangers. Perry, said at least 13 persons re- Mr. Tupin and his sen were taken |ceived injuries during the storm, to the hospital in Butler and put i j n Atlanta, Jack Grantham, state in the same room. The son, Carter, d i re ctcr of Civil Defense, said a had a badly hurt shoulder, broken | gt a te Patrol captain reported Friday collar bone and numerous contu- I afternoon that “the situation is un- sions and abrasions. Mr. Tupin had j der control.” He said no schools in a bad head gash and a hurt foot, i t be town were damaged. Train-Car Accident In Columbus Kills Four in Family Entire Family of Sgt. Theodore Baker Wiped Out in Accident At Columbus Saturday. The daughter, dark-eyed and The other small towns where tor- beautiful Lynn Marie, was found also camfi down Friday are to be unhurt, except for some scrat- | south-of-Macon general ches. Ward Edwards, son of the area. mortician and during legislative sessions an aide to Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd, and his wife Billie, took the 6-year old child home with them. Mrs. Tupin was taken to the mor tuary. COLUMBUS, Ga.,—A Central of Georgia passenger train, slowing down for a stop in Columbus, crash ed into a compact car carrying an Army family of four Saturday after noon killing three and critically in juring the fourth. The second child died Sunday at a Columbus hos pital. Dead were Sgt. Theodore Barker, his wife Dixie, 30, and five-year-old daughter Theresa. Three-year-old daughter Cinday was in critical con dition at the Columbus Medical Center. The collision between the Chicago bound "Seminole”, passenger train and the Barker’s car occurred at a crossing on Old Cusseta Road at the Columbus city limits two blocks from the Barker’s home. Observers said the train hit the small car broadside instantly kill ing the three and demolishing the vehicle. The battered car, a wo man’s stocking, and a child’s shoe in a muddy ditch were grime re minders of an abrupt end to the family’s easter weekend. The Barker’s were apparently on their way home from town when the accident occurred. There were no injuries on the train. Barker, stationed at nearby Fort Benning, was a native of Hunting- ton, W. Va., and his wife was ori ginally from Baltimore, Md. The state’s first weekend traffic fatality occurred at 3 a. m. Satur day when a North Carolina man was killed and seven persons were injured in a head-on collision 11 miles south of Waycross, Ga., on U. S. 1. Dead was 43-year-old Millard Franklin Rhoades of Wilkesboro, N. C. The seven injured, not identi fied by the Highway Patrol, were treated at a Waycross Hospital. Two Taylor Countv Students on Dean’s List Mercer University In Browndale, a small town in Pulaski County near Hawkinsville three barns were reported unroofed, and wires and trees were reported knocked down by high winds. Friday night was a time of great I , * n Centerville, near Warner Ro- concern for the citizens of Butler, ibins, wires and trees were down Nobody slept, Mrs. Edwards said. Concerned about the family’s plight and heartbroken about the little along State Highway 26, according to the State Patrol. A porch was blown off one house, and another girl being thrown into the midst of housa received structural damages strangers, many wept. | the patrol said. There were no re- A shift was organized for people | P°rl e, d injuries there. to sit up with the little boy, who needed attention regularly. He was never alone. Nellie Tauton, Eppie Arnold, Mildred Standridge, Buddy Dunn, Doc Tante, Ruth Clark, Lu cille Reddish, Mildred Joiner, Mary Anthony were among those attend ing him. Learning that the family’s finan cial circumstances were very mod est—the car was uninsured, there were no savings to fall back on— Louise Suggs and pharmacist Jim my Smith canvassed the town and Taylor County taking up collection. They got nearly $200—approximate ly the amount of the hospital bill. A side drama developed. Lynn Marie kept asking for her mother. Mr. Tupin, choked up with grief, asked the Edwardses to tell the child her mother was dead. He couldn’t do it. How to go about such a task? They told the little girl, darkeyed and attentive, that her mother had gone to heaven. They did not men tion the bruised body at the fune ral home. On Easter morning Lynn Marie and her brother had Easter baskets In Garetta, south of Dublin on U. S. 441, wires were reported down and roads blocked, but no imme diate injuries were reported. In Eastman, strong winds blew off several house and barn roofs and damaged trees and wiring. A small storm of short duration was reported out in the country between Hawkinsville and Cochran. All the tornadoes tsruck between 9 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Friday. They struck just after the Atlan ta Weather Bureau put out a fore cast which warned of a threat of tornadoes, accompanied by thunder storms, hail and high damaging winds, one a front extending over a large portion of central Georgia. The tornado country runs the en tire east-west width of the state, within a strip extending 60 miles north and 60 miles south of Albany. In its first turbulent weather re port, issued earlier Friday, the bu reau had placed the northern edge of the tornado belt above Atlanta and said storm conditions should be over by noon. A later, afternoon forecast moved the northern bound ary down just north of Macon, but One Person Killed, Two Injured in Wreck Near Butler Mrs. Elsie Tupin, Columbia Station, Ohio, Killed Instantly When Car Struck Tractor. Revival Services Methodist Church Will Begin Sunday Mr. Sam Bailey Died Tuesday A.M. Of Heart Attack The local Methodist church will j Funeral at Crowell Church enter into a revival beginning next | Wednesday Afternoon, Three Sunday and continuing through • the following Friday. 0 Clock. A young mother was killed Fri day when the car in which she was riding slammed into a farm tractor about five miles south of Butler on U. S. Highway 19. Mrs. Elsie Tupin, 34, of Colum- i bia Station, Ohio, was killed when her husband’s car collied with a tractor and overturned several tim es osi the wet highway, the state partol said. Her husband, Lynn P. Tupin, and two children, all of Columbia Sta tion, were also injured. Trooper M. A. Greene said Tupin was attempting to pass the tractor when it suddenly started to turn left off the road. Operator of the tractor, J. C. Garner of Butler, was charged with failure to signal. Gar ner and Calvin Wilcher also were i injured in the mishap. Greene of the Thomaston patrol post said the car turned over three or four times. The tractor came to rest on its side, the trooper said. Tupin and the children were con fined Friday night at Butler Hospi tal. Tupin sustained cuts about his head, hands and feet. His daughter, Lynn, 5, suffered cuts about her face and arms and his son, Carter, REV. P. E. MILLER There will be two services daily: 4, sustained a broken collar boneiio a. m. and 8 p. m. and cuts about his face. Garner had cuts on his arm and Wilcher’s left wrist was scratched, the state patrol said. Mrs. Turpin’s body was shipped i pray i ng Guest evangelist Rev. P. E. Mil ler of Cairo, will bring the mes sages at each service. There will be gospel singing, preaching and Mr. Samuel Roy Bailey died at •his home in Reynolds Tuesday i morning at 8 o’clock after suffer- I ing a heart attack. The retired | farmer was the husband of Mrs. [Mary Emma Haywood Bailey and |a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. (James Pickens Bailey. He was born Nov. 3, 1897 in Anniston, S. C. j Mr. Bailey had been a resident 'of Taylor County for 30 years and I was active in civic duties and farming until his health began • failing several years ago. He was j a Mason and member of the Crow- l oil Methodist church. | Funeral service was conducted at j Crowell Methodist church Wednes day, 3 p. m. with Rev. Virgil Cul pepper, pastor of the Reynolds- | Crowell Methodist Church, officiat- (ing. He was assisted by Rev. E. H. Dunn. A Masonic burial was conducted by the Reynolds Masonic Lodge at ! Crowell cemetery. ! Pallbearers were Austin Guinn, | Hubert Young, Russell Montgomery ] C. D. Lucas, C. C. McCrary, E. T. I Eubanks. | Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bailey; one son, James Bailey; one i brother, R. B. Bailey, Sumter, S. i C.; one sister, Mrs. J. R. Tilley, iBatesburg, S. C. j Goddard Funeral Home was in (Charge of arrangements. to Columbia station rial Ohio for bu- The church extends a cordial welcome to everyone in the county Mr. Turpin and his son were re- ! to a tt end leased form the Butler hospital I Sunday. His daughter was released | after treatment Friday afternoon. She was cared for over the weekend by Mr. and Mrs. Ward Edwards. Mr. Swearingen and Son Attend Cattle Sale in Mississippi Civil Defense Met Wednesday, Davis is Deputy Director ACL Has Second Freight Train Wreck Near Town of Mauk like all the other children in But- extended the time limit. ler. The girl went to Sunday school and she wore a new dress. A night of heavy dismal rains, which fell over all the top two Alternately moody and cheerful, thirds , of the s * at e, Precided the sombre and bright-eyed, the ohild j tornadoes and Georgians, already captivated the Edwards. “It will flood-weary after a February of be tough to see her go,” Mr. Ed wards said. The Tupins left for Ohio Monday . . ,, . . ... by train, leaving behind the wreck- Woodbury received the highest offi- age of their station wagon and tak- ! clall ,y reported rainfall overnight ing with them mixed emotions -i a popping four inches, the memory of a journey disrupted j such weather, began watching creek and rivers warily Friday afternoon. The little west central town of by tragedy and the warm certainty of friendship from strangers in their time of need. LADIES SELL ‘CORT COSMETICS’ IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. IF INTERESTED CALL TI 7-4555. FOR SALE Marglobe and Rutgers Tomato Plants. Local grown and healthy plants. H. M. ROEBUCK Rupert, Georgia 4-62t The Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, has an nounced the names of nine students who have made the Dean’s List for the winter quarter. Students attaining the Dean’s List must have a grade of 78 or better for the quarter. Traditionally the highest grade given in law school is 89. Dean James C. Quarles said that this group comprises less than the highest 10 per cent in scholar ship in the law school. Among the nine students obtain ing this honor is Edward Alexand er Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis, Butler and Robert L. Swear ingen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Swearingen Sr., of Reynolds. F. F. A. Public Speaking Contest Wayne Cox, a 9th grade mem ber of the local Chapter of FFA was adjudged winner of the Chap ter’s Annual Public Contest in the High School auditorium last Thurs day. In winning the contest, Wayne chose as a subject “Water, The Key to th eFuture.” He will be awarded a trip to the National FFA Convention which will meet in Kansas City, Mo., in October. Also he will represent his local Chapter in competition with other FFA speakers from Southwest Ga. when he speaks at Tifton April 13. Participating in the Chapter con test were winners of each of the 5 Vocational Agriculture classes. They were: Terry McCants, Shad- rach Barnett, Billy Blasche, Terry Allmcn and Wayne Cox. Sad- |rach Barnett was placed 2nd and j Terry, 3rd. | Singers Coming to ^New Life Church There will be regular worship at the New Life Freewill Church near Mauk this weekend. The preaching w’ill be by the Pastor, Rev. J. B. Lumpkin. The Hammonds Trio from Tho maston will be the guest singers, Saturday night. The public is cordially invited to attend. The members of the Butler Civil Defense Unit met Wednesday night with Col. Jones the director for this area of Georgia. Col. Jones was here to answer any questions that the group leaders may have and to make suggestions for plans of act- Mr. R. L. Swearingen and son, Mr. Robert Swearingen of Reynolds attended the Panola Tate World j ion in the event 0 f disaster, famed Hereford Sale at Sanatobia, Some of the things that must be Miss., on M ar ch 21st. They b ° u 8 ht considered by our un i l are p] ans both the Grand Champion and Re- ]f or evacU ation, routes for reception, serve Champion bulls of the sa ^ e -, reception stations, housing in the area for 10,000 displaced persons, feeding stations, hospital and med ical aid for injured, police for traf- Miss Elain Posey Enters Correct Posture Contest Lot 1 SLR Prince Royal 1st was Champion Bull of the sale con signed by Stockland Plantation of Sondheimer, La. Lot 8 SLR Advanced Vicl 145th j rnun i ca ti on , water supply, and « was Reserve Champion of the sale source of auxiliary powe r. consigned by Spring Lake Ranch j Fortunately, we have very able of _J ue P l0 ’ Miss - land unselfish leadership in our di- The Swearingen Hereford Farms rect Mrs . Jack Suggs and Deputy have one of the best herds of the Dlrector Warden Wanza Davis. Polled Herefords in the southeast.^ „ the efforts of Mr Davis Mr. Swearingen, Sr., is one of the | we bave an invaluable collection directors of the American Polled | of equipment that can be diverted Hereford Association. ; j n j 0 d j sas ter relief when necessary. The one thing that we must have to further develop our preparedness is the awareness of the public to the responsibility that we have to humanity. In order to promote this prepared ness we hope to conduct a home nursing course of instruction under the joint leadership of Mrs. Eppie Arnald and the State Health De partment. We have made first aid classes available in the past to in terested individuals and groups. Every person in our city and county should know where to go and what to do. Do you know what to do? The group leaders who have res- ponsibilly are: Louise Suggs, Director Wanza Davis, Deputy Director Mac Marchman, Advisor Mrs. Wilson, Welfare Mrs. Arnold, Health Carol Peacock, Police W.H. Elliston, Communication Austin Guinn, Radio Marvin Peed, Fire George Ilammack, Rescue Gene Bone Miss Elaine Posey has entered the Miss Correct Posture Contest, it was announced by Dr. T. M. Cot- ney, posture chairman for Butler and Taylor County. Elaine is Miss Butler of 1960 and will compete with girls from 30 counties of the 4th district. These girls will be judged on beauty, poise, charm and straight ness of spine. The State winner will compete in the world posture finals in St. Louis in June. This contest is sponsored by the Chiropractic pro fession of the state. Mr. Tommy Theus Receives Prized Award At Medical College I Brewton Parker Takes On The Mound Mr. Thomas Leon Theus, son of Dr. and Mrs. Leon Theus, recently received a Mosby Scholarship Book Award for scholastic excel- GSC With Eubanks lence and for service on the honor court for the year 1961, and also a medical text book. “Tommy” as he is known to his ! numerous local friends is a mem ber of the Junior Class at the (Medical College of Georgia in Au gusta. Congratulations and best wishes Tommy. We are really proud of | you for your splendid scholatic I record. Mauk, Ga. — A 75-car train near Mauk Tuesday was one of two freight train wrecks on the ACL lines the same day. The Mauk wreck, in which 20 of the 75 cars in the train were de railed, was caused by a wheel breaking on one of the freight cars. The second wreck on the ACL was the 127 car train 21 miles north of Dade City, Fla., near the Ga-Fla line. No injuries were reported in either wreck. Thirty cars of the Florida train derailed when the cars in the center of the train jumped the track. Cause of the Florida derail ment was unknown. Revival Begins Assembly of God Sunday, April 9 Beginning Sunday, April 9th., the Assembly of God will hold a revi val with Rev. R. F. Johnson of Grif fin as the evangelist preacher. Rev. Griffin has conducted revival ser vices at this church previously. Evening services throughout the week will be at 7:45 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. J. B. WELDON Pastor j 1960 Fishing Licenses 'Good Until April 25 I ATLANTA,—The State Game and | Fish Department has extended the iexpiration date of 1960 fishing li- censes in Georgia from April 1 to April 25. Fulton Lovell, department direc tor, explained this was necessary because the 1961 licenses were late coming from the printers. He said the delay in issuing new licenses stemmed from the legisla tive recesss during the battle of the budget in the recent General As sembly session. Chicken Barbecue Supper Sat. Evening MT. Vernon, Ga. — The Brewton Parker Barons defeated Georgia Southwestern College Saturday af ternoon behind the six hit pitching of Dudley Eubanks of Butler. The Barons record now stands at five wins and no losses. Eubanks struck out eight while issuing four walks. The final score being 15-7. Saturday, the swimming pool commitete will sponsor a chicken barbecue supper on the court house lawn at 5:00 p. m. Plates will be $1.25 each. The barbecue scheduled for last Saturday evening at the local court house lawn has been set up to Saturday evening of this week. The occasion was postponed due to inclement weather, Come out and enjoy a good meal and help your swimming pool at the same time.