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Thm^utler Herald "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS" VOLUME 85 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961. NUMBER 29. Lt. Governor Byrd Stresses Financing Medical Care Plan Memorial Day Program April 26 At Reynolds School Byrd Recommends That State Should Match Federal Funds Available For Care of Aged New Industry For Georgia Is Sought By Gov. Vandiver first' Governor Attends Southeastern Industrial Exposition This Week At Orlando, Florida Americus, Ga. — Lt. Gov. Gar land Byrd called for early activa tion and financing of a medical care program for aged persons in Georgia. The Lieutenant Governor, speak ing to members of the Third Dis trict Medical Society at Americus, cited the fact that the medical care program has been approved by both the U.S. Congress and the Ga. General Assembly. He said the State should put it into effect as “soon as practicable” The program, which originated in the National Congress, calls for matching federal and state funds to finance care for aged persons who cannot afford to meet their own medical expenses. Byrd pointed out that by put ting up its share of $5 million for benefits and administrative costs, Georgia can secure $14 million from the federal government in matching funds. The General Assembly included funds for activation of the pro gram in the contingent (if funds are available) section of the new state appropriations bill. The Lieutenant Governor said he is hopeful that state revenue will rise sufficiently to finance the pro gram — at least in part — soon after the appropriations bill goes into effect. “This is a critical problem,” Byrd told the doctors. “We have many elderly persons in Georgia today who are going without the proper medical treatment due to the fact that they have insufficient funds.” The medical care act approved by the GFeneral Assembly pro vides that any Georgian who is 65 or over, and is unable thru his own income and resources to provide himself of necessary food, shelter, clothing or the other necessities of life, is eligible to receive these MEDICARE benefits. Farm Bureau News Atlanta, Ga. — Gov Vandiver in- It is expected that the Memorial Day observance of the Centennial Period will be well at tended by the people of Butler and Reynolds. This program will be at j the Reynoldst High school audi torium Wednesday of next week,, 2:30 p. m. and will feature an ad- jvaded Florida Monday in search of dress by Mr. Ben S. Persons, who | new industry for Georgia, has a host of friends in this area, i He flew to Orlanda with Director After the address, everyone is,^ aclc tbe State Depart invited to a tea at the Club House ment of Commerce to attend the where Mr. Persons’ collection of .Southeastern Industrial Exposition, historical relics will be displayed ! “The exhibit,” Vandiver said, along with other relics collected in “will serve as a centralized meet- Education Dept. iReynolds Hi School Begins Experiment |Wins Third Place For Advanced PupilsRegion 4-C Meet Mr. J. C. Harris Dies Sunday P.M. Of Heart Attack In Ten School Systems State of Georgia Atlanta, Ga. — The state Board of Education approved grants Mon- Services Held Wed. Morning 11 O’clock Lebanon Baptist Church this area. ing place for more than 50 prime New Program Will Be Launched ; The students of Reynolds High ( Funeral ■ School won third place in the an il) nual Region 4-C Literary Meet in LaGrange recently. Reynolds was outscored by only Macon County and Greenville, who won first and second places respectively. The names of the winning con- day for 10 school* systems to launch j fo?Che^r school^are^as^oHows: W ° n i afternoon 4 ° Cl ° Ck experimental programs in teach-' Seniar Class; ls lace in S1H afternoon. ing academically talented chil-• H Hicks; ^ place in Boys’! He was -apparently in good dren. ‘ Solo | health when he walked out of the Each system will get $4,000. j Larry Cook, Clark Hortman, Har- bouse u Sanday The board unanimously went ry Hicks, Jerry Mclnvale: 1st place t /^ o infpr a along with recommendations of a|in Quartet. Mr. Joshua Calvin Harris died of heart attack in the yard near Mrs. Eva Mauldin Former Butler Citizen Dies at Decatur of the family a short time later a _ _ special committee which had se-| Jerry Mclnvale, Dorothy Manning ; sb ° Ft di staace fiom the house, ^government contractors plus ^gov-jj ec ^ e( j 24 applications from sys-'Junior Montgomery, Leila Byrd: 2nd ‘ ^ r - Harns was orn in Mrs. Eva Mauldin, sister of the , eminent agencies in search of [production outlets in the south- l east. | “It also will provide small firms 'seeking to expand their activities I ! am going in the hope of obtaining !some new industries for Georgia.” Before departing, Vandiver told a late Mr. Walter Butler, died in De- 1 news conference he did not think catur April 6th. Since’the death of , application for private school grant her brother, Mrs. Mauldin had * n a \^s wou ^ ke much of a pro been residing with her son and lem in the next few months, daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley' “There has been no indication Mauldin of Decatur. !*hat there will be any great need of funds for grants in aid’ Van- Mrs. Mauldin was the widow of .. . , , had dlver said. The tuition grants were author- the late John Mauldin made her home in Atlanta for - j d b the recent j e gi s lature, pri- n f u ™ ber n\f arS f n0 h- h t manly to dispense them to pupils of Mrs. Butler, at which time she whos y ts object {0 them at . took up residence m Butler wuh , tending P an integrated school. At- her brother, Mr. W. J. Butler. ;i an ta schools have been ordered by Funeral scervices were conducted a federal court to designate this in Atlanta April 8th at the Dillon | f a jj Chapel Funeral Home at 2 p. m. i Vandiver said his son, Chip who Survivors include a son and a ! is graduating from grammar school daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley next month would enter a private Mauldin, Decatur. | school in the fall to be with scv terns which want to get started on place in Debate, a pilot program. One member tried 'county March 13, 1904, son of the I Sandra Gentry, Brenda Perkins, late Mr and Mrs. M. B. Harris, to get ap- Annis Brunson, Melodye Hill, Bet- He ®P ent ls liC „ m L f tb e proval for a start in all 24 districts ,ty Willis, Rita Wilson, and Mar- Lebanon Baptis? Church. Mr. Harris but the board agreed the program garet Parr: 3rd place in One-Act ^ engage P in farmer an d was Sof thesis Byr * *•» ■» G ^’ ZZr “sfipTSSSe? ^ '"'The board made history in up- ! Pa rr: 3rd place in Piano' d J™"* 1 we C ^; sr |iy'''f^sterday) holding the appeal of Mrs. Hazel, • McDaniel- 4th nlace in' 11 a - m - at the Baplist Altman from an order of the Jeff; J* . _ " P * " | church with Rev. T. H, Brown, the dis- !° T " • ** * ■ 'nastor officiating. Interment was Junior Montgomery: 4th place iniP clt ”” 1 ’ uu s Davis County school board, in Ml. Pisgah cemetery. Pallbearers included: |Messrs missing her as a teacher because , . of a f inanri i n If our otber ./P^ng. teachers an. ‘severa, Janitors ™ J“* Jessie Carson Robert, Jatnea let out. “ ... J H anH Pnrllon Harris at Mercer University, Macon, The decision, in effect, was that Apr jj 22 Saturday the county board could not void a teaching contract because of sufficient funds. The county board [ Citizens of Blltlei* acted after discovering that the j . county lacked $3i,ooo of the, Advised to Correct amount needed to meet school ex- o i-\* 1 oewage Disposal H. and Carlton Harris, i Survivors include his wife, Mrs. 'Frances Laverne Harris; three jsons, James, Calvin and Gerry Harris; three daughters, Mrs. Betty !Jo. Windham, Glennis Harris and [Margaret Harris; two grandsons, [Thermond Windham Jr., and j Wayne Windham, Jr.; one grand- Idaughter, Bonnice Harris; one sis ter, Mrs. Jimmy Green; four half Those attending the funeral from'eral of his friends. The governor- icurity, uoaiu member Lonnie Butler included Mrs. Walter Wain- 'two daughters will remain in the Sweat of Blackshear commented. wright, Mrs. Lewis Beason, Mrs. public schools. John Turk, Mrs. Martin Chapman I and Mrs. Eppie Arnold. penses. “If teachers’ contracts are not | ‘hen h no h teacher in’Sorela'has re" 1 A special meeting was called 1 sisters," Mrs' Carlton Jordan, Mrs. ? .f Tlfl! th e Butler City Council April 14th cthere ’ ne M ott, Mrs. Sara Young with representatives l an , d M rs . Martha Ray Nixon. Edwards Funeral Home was in to discuss from the local and state Health Taylor County Farm Bureau met on April 13, 1961, at the court house at 8:00 o’clock. The meeting was very progressive, the following Directors were elected: Ed Sweren- gen, Eric Newsom, Homer Chapman, Zack McCorkle, Murray Jarrell, Hu bert Young. The chairman for the following committees were appointed: Committee Chairman Legislative Murray Jarrell Resolution Ed Swerengen Service Homer Chapman Membership Eric Newsom Program Hubert Young Service to members: Each member will receive a quarterly News Letter on the last Wednesday in each Quarter. On the 3rd Tuesday of each mon th Ben Guined’s Accounting Office will be open to render such servic es as Notary Public Seal, preparing Dirvers License, Tag blanks and other small services, to bureau members free of charge. Beside this service Taylor Coun Record Sum Awarded in Road Death I ^ said the caliber of Mrs. Altman’s Negro Died in t^uarry, work was not questioned and that \f> » AosumAc no lawful cause wes-glven for Gray s Sheriff Assumes j voiding her contract. | | An attorney for the county called Holmes the dismissals a necessary belt- The Ga. Education Assn, went to departments recommendations for bat for Mrs. Altman. Its attorney eliminating insanitary conditions existing within this city. Mayor Alfonso McCrary stated 1 that numerous complaints have been received pertaining to home sewage being discharged on the ground from defective septic tanks and grease traps. A survey of all premises will be made in May by R. C. Peacock, Chief of Police, and a representa tive of the Ga. Department of Pub lic Health to determine the serious charge of arangements. I Gray, Ga. — Sheriff [Hawkins said Monday he now “as- ,tightening move, insisiting that isumes” a 23 year old Negro em- [contracts could be invalidated if jploye was blown to bits in the dy- ‘there were insufficient money for Inamiting of the granite quarry on operations . Americus, Ga. A federal court March 19 after State Crime Labi T be board a ] so a pp r0 ved building jury in Albany awarded an Amal-j investiga t ors found tiny pieces of fund applications from several - cus woman a record $193,623 for'human flesh and bone in a deep ount : es i nc i uc iing Talbot county!ness of the conditions reported, damages suffered when her 27 year crater . !for $4 046 The Health Department recom old husband was killed in a motor Jones Sheriff said he believes it j A contract was awarded to Rig-I mended that all homes and busi- accident in Tennessee last year. jj s the sole remains of Robert Sears- j don Co of Homerville for construe- |ness establishments be connected The suit was brought against thej brookS) Negro employe of the Wes-l tio n of the Waycross educational to the public sewer system, where Ryder Truck Rental Inc. j ton and Brooker granite quarry Tv f ac jjjty. [available, especially those places The jury delivered the verdict in j who has been missing since the | T , be board approved a resolution where the disposal system is not night of the blasts. Five blasts of dynamite de stroyed the quarry’s main office favor of Mrs. Catherine Hutchens, a mother of seven young children. Americus attorney H. B. Williams served as lawyer for Mrs. Hutchens i buildings and storage houses, a along with H. P. Burt and H. G. [welding truck and damaged a re- Rawls, Albany. Attorneys for the I pair shop after they had been Ryder firm were J. W. Walters, Al- |sprayed with gasoline, bany, and Cubbedge Snow, Macon. | Tiny bits of flesh and bone and Williams said the large damage l- a sma11 piece of cloth, about an sum is undoubtedly a record for the square were found in the Americus and Albany U. S. District | ^5^ ioert ^®P> ^0-^ Court sections. to purchase a site at Pembroke for [giving satisfactory service. The another educational TV facility atlHealth Department also recom- a price of $2,075, including ease-[mended that all residences and ments for lower anchors. The pur- ibusiness establishments disposing chase will be handled by the State J of edible garbage store this garbage Property Acquisition Committee. I in standard metal garbage cans —.— 'with tight fitting lids. I Infectious hepatitis, polio, and Funeral Sunday For I many other diseases can be spread j staying. Colored Man Killed In Shooting Scrape Here Sunday Night George Gray Jr., colored waft killed by a shotgun blast in the chest Sunday night. His body was found near the' colored Holiness Church in the west end of town early Monday by his brother, T. J. Edwards. Oscar Smith Jr., colored was ar rested by Sheriff Charlie J. Wright Monday morning in con nection with the fatal shooting. Sheriff Wright stated that Smith gave himself up Monday morning. Smith gave this account of the shooting. He stated that about 11 or 11:30 Sunday night he detected someone peeping in a bedroom window at the he me of his mother- in-law where he and his wife were Mrs. Hutchens and her late hus band were residing in Albany at the time of the fatal accident. Hutchens, an employe of the Lili- wide crater of the dynamite store house. The sheriff said it is impossible to determine if the flesh was that of a Negro or a white man. He reported investigators are no ty Farm Bureau is now offering g on March 1960- coverage through the Blue Cross , ’ ,. , . & Blue Shield insurance; and also An a PP ea l of the verdict issued in the very near future, the mem- by the jury is expected from the de bers will have the opportunity of fen ®f.. attorneys . and _ tba . le ? a i t pr .°, a complete insurance program ston Implement Co. was driving a. cloger to golvi the mystery „f large tractor-trailer leased from the L he tjme blagt now than Ryder organization when the acci- ' n th started He said the in . dent came near LaFollette, Tenn. vestigation wll] continue. The plaintiff’s attorneys contend- I ; ed that the braking system on the tractor-trailer was defective and re sulted in the fatal accident. The ve hicle being driven by Hutchens went off a hairpin turn and about 75 feet down an embankment. He died three hours later of his in- We feel that Taylor County Farm Bureau is beginning to prosper, and with the help of every one concern ed it will be able to provide its members with the benefits that Farm Bureau has to offer. W. B. Guined Sec. & Treasurer Worship at Trinity 2nd and 4th Sundays ceedings are expected to continue for some time in the case. Revival Begins Next Sunday at New Life Church Revival services will begin at New Life Freewill Baptist church, Mauk, next Sunday with an all- Facts About American Cancer Society Two million men and women (volunteer workers) will be on the job going from house to house this month on a life saving mission! Their job is to educate people on how to protect themselves from this dreaded disease. There are i noon at Upon investigating he iliby insanitary conditions caused by found the prowler to be Ga ” rg ® Robert Lee McDoUgald [improper disposal of sewage and Gray • )r - He s a id he tol J ’ y v i i it l ■ earbase ' leave and when ' he dld ’ Gray dd * Local Colored Leader Mayor McCrary and City Council Ivanced on him with a knife ^trongly urge all citizens to co-[Smith said he shot Giay u la Taylor | 0 p er ate in making Butler a clean .Gray ran Robert Lee McDougald, county colored leader, principal of the Eureka High School, and own er of the McDougald Funeral Home, died of a heart ailment at an Atlanta hospital Thursday af ternoon. He had been ill for only a few days. Robert McDougald was born in Taylor county March 8, 1915 and had spent his entire life here. He was an outstanding leader among his race and admired by white and colored citizens alike. He was an j off and safe place to live. 'said he thought the dark. He he had only U. S. Allots $500,000 For Scenic Road j that the prowler was dead until l the following morning. [Road Toll Climbs [To 4 in Georgia WASHINGTON—The Bureau of! Public Roads has allocated $500,- | Atlanta, Ga. — The death of a 000 in public lands funds for a 19 year old Donalsonville man in a _ . .scenic highway in White County, headon collision early Sunday active member of the Georgia |g en Herman Talmadge’s office said boosted the state’s traffic toll to 4. Teachers & Education Association. Monday [ An unin tended gun wound raised Funeral services for Robert were | 'p b j s j s f be m oney that was made the violent death toll to 5. conducted at the St. Philip A. M. E. Church available through an appropriations Larry Frederick Ingram was in Butler Sunday after- j a(d p assec j a t Sen. Richard Russell’s killed when the car he was driving 2 o clock. The iuneral wa ® | request last summer. Tile money is crashed into another vehicle three two ways to do this: With a Check [attended by one of the largest L Q be S p enl j n fj sca l 1962—starting miles out of Bainbridge. — I rrrrrlinc o\;«r in 1hlQ SPP- I _ - „ ...... x* i . , . 1 n 1 Up and a Check. Last year 165,000 j groups ever witnessed in this sec- saved [ tion. from cancer deaths through early Interment was in the local ceme- detection and prompt treatment. An j ter y estimated number of 265.000 will ; die of cancer this year. Many of them because of needless neglect. You will be given a leaflet about the seven danger signals by these volunteer workers. Read them over and act when suspicious of any Police Chief Peacock Receives Traffic Safety Award day singing. The Foster Trio Griffin and the Family Trio of j symptoms. Butler Chief of Police, R. C. Pea- Thomaston will be assisting in the There will be worship at Trinity singing Sunday as well as other Free-Will Baptist Church at 11 a. outstanding singers, m. on the 2nd and 4th Sundays in j Rev. W. R, Lumpkin of Chatta- each month. nooga, Tenn., will conduct the We urge all who will to come ,servires beginning ealh evening at and hear the good old-time Gos- 7:30 o'clock. pel messages of Rev. R. B. Me- | Everyone is cordially invited to Fadden of Macon. attenh each of these services. Trinity Church. | J. B. Lumpkin, Pastor. of ! The cancer problem is great and 1 cock has been awarded the Traffic money is needed for research. A j Safety Award for 1960 by the De percent of the money contributed : payment of Public Safety of the is kept in the county to provide state of Georgia. The plaque is in recognition for!to build the road.^ outstanding traffic safety record An " ,w “ n " chor ” 1 and the saving of human lives. It has been placed in the local Police Station. Butler has a perfect record "No Traffic Deaths” during 1960. services for those who cannot pay. This is a necessary drive and your generous contributions will be a blessing to you and many oth ers. Mrs. F. M. C arson, Chairman for Reynolds. July 1, 1961—to construct a section | Also killed Sunday was Y. Z. of Richard Sims—Dukes Creek Falls [Keith who died near his home town road in the Chattahoochee National Carrollton when he lost control of Forest. jhis speeding car and overturned. The road will go back into some . Diane Durden, 19, of East Point, of Georgia’s most rugged wilder- [was killed when her car overturn- ness and eventually will go all the'ed and burst into flames east of way to Tesnatee Gap—3,138 feet [Thomson Friday night. !above sea level. The road at places) M. C. White Jr., of Blakely, was 1 will top even this, going higher j killed at his home Friday night I than 3,400 feet. when a shotgun was discharged Cleveland and White County re- unintentionally while he was sidents want to name the road the cleaning it. Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway DeKalb county police said evl- because of the work the senior sen- | dence was fair’;/ cr-n'T'"’'^ that a ator has done in getting the money [29 year old Conyers man, found by a roadside early Saturday was Another “pusher” in Congress for the victim of a hit and run motor- the road is Rep. Phil Landrum, who ,ist. has said the road will be the first A passing motorist spotted the step toward getting some winter body of Billy Reed, father of three sports areas, finally opened in the children on the higlway near the Georgia highlands. DeKalb County line.