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The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY" GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1961.
NUMBER 31.
Miss Ga. Pageant To
Be Held Next Week
In City of Columbus
Forty Beautiful Girls Repre
senting Georgia Cities To
Compete for 1961 Title
National H. D. Week
Is Being Observed
April 30 - May 6
ot <
National H-D Week will be ob
served throughout the country this
week, Director W. A. Sutton of the
lUniversitv -* Ga. Cooperative Ex-
i f '"‘ ce announced.
16th annual observ-
aT ^ i of H-D Club mem-
ful girls, all contestai
1QC1 Mioo :_ Ti v‘ l ___
That’s right! Forty Del' 1 _ a \ 1*"" ( G» . .
- - J /-o-ne'o or . iU county home demonstra
tion agents will be recognized in
civic and service clubs, schools and
churches, farm organizations and
on special radio and TV programs
in Ga., Sutton said.
Other recognition ceremonies will
honor the volunteer leaders in Ga.
and the rest of the country.
Sutton pointed out that nearly
8,500,000 women, in all 50 states
and Puerto Rico, now use Exten
sion Service home ec programs to
help them solve home and family
problems.
Some of these women live on
farms and in other rural areas,
some live in towns and cities.
They all have one thing in com
mon: They are trying to manage
their homes more efficiently and
have healthier, happier families,
Sutton said.
Home demonstration work is an
1961 Miss Georgia Page ex
pected to be in Columbus for the
Pageant, sponsored, produced and
directed by the Columbus Jaycees
and scheduled for May 11-13 at the
Municipal Auditorium, Columbus.
Tom Kenney, Jr., General Chair
man for the Pageant, announced
today there would be a very beau
tiful stage arrangement this year,
the theme of the Pageant being
“The Old South.” The main ramp
for the girls to parade down the
middle of the auditorium is to be
100 feet long and 8 feet wide.
The staging is being done by
the Pageant Producer - Director:
Bill Dunaway, arrangements by:
Ted Arno, II and Promotions and
Publicity by: Grady Hands.
Approximately 5 0 Columbus
Jaycees are working on this year’s
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committee chairmen working on | how 5 and k ,
the Pageant: J. R. Allen, handling
the Judges, with Doyle Dillard,
handling ticket sales, Torn Cun
ningham, T-V, David Peak, Ad
Sales, Don Duckworth and David
Sweat, State and local Awards,
Respectively. According to Kenny,
all girls, their chaperons, the
Executive Director of the Miss
America Pageant (Miss Lenora
Slaughter), the emcee of this year’s
Pageant, Julius LaRosa, plus
judges and all others working
with the Pageant are being housed
at the Camellia Motel on Ft.
Benning Road, in Columbus. Over
a half million pieces of promotion
al materials covering the Pageant
have been distributed over the
state by the Promotions and Pub
licity Committee with the Bottlers
of Pepsi Cola and Pepsi Bottler,
Buck Bottling Co. supporting the
Pageant with funds and promotion
al help to make the 1961 Miss Ga.
Pageant greater this year than
ever before.
Reynolds Hi School
Wins Second Place in
R-4 T rack Meet
In a track meet at Thomaston,
Reynolds High School won second
place. In winning this position,
they won the following first plac
es: Pole vault, discuss and mile
relay. They won the following sec
ond places: Shot put, one half
mile run and the mile run, along
with several third places.
The student that placed first and
second in the above places will
represent Region 4-C in the state
track meet at Macon, May 5-6.
In the literary events, we are
very proud of the showing made
by Harry Hicks as boys’ soloist,
and the quartet. Harry placed third
and the quartet sixth in this state
competition.
It is indeed a pleasure ot re
port that Reynolds High School
also received second place in the
state spelling contest. We were
beaten only one point by Putnam
County High School.
27 Plants Entered
State This Year,
Vandiver
Says
Gov. Ernest Vandiver reported
Monday that 27 new plants started
operations in Georgia during the
first three months of this year,
providing 97 jobs.
Vandiver said the report should
answer “certain large mouths that
have been wobbling about over the
state.” Former Gov. Marvin Griffin
has been critical of the amount of
industry attracted to Georgia during
the Vandiver administraticn.
Vandiver told his Monday morn
ing press conference that the 27
new plants have begun operations
in 20 counties, turning out 28 dif
ferent products.
In addition, he said, 26 plants in
14- counties have announced ex
pansions valued at almost $185 mil
lion, not counting Lockheed’s $1
billion defense contract.
Vandiver said 607 industrialists
have accepted invitations to attend
the Governor’s Conference on Trade
and Commerce May 21-23.
methods,
women learn to apply the latest
Ladings developed thru home ec.
research.
For these “students” no school
bells ring, no report cards are is
sued, no studies are required and
no classrooms assigned.
Instead these “pupils” plan their
own courses and choose their own
teachers. The program, planned by
and for homemakers, is conducted
coperatively by the Extension Serv
ice of the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture and the state land-grant
colleges and county government,
the extension director explained.
There are 104 Taylor County
home makers who will be observ
ing this special week. They are
sharing work with 50 thousand
other Ga. home makers. The num
ber of women in home demonstra
tion work soars upward to almost
8 million on a national basis.
Today’s homemakers find it im
portant to keep up with the
changing times. Our homemakers
are finding that home demonstra
tion work is a good way to keep
up to date on the latest home
practices — practices brought about
by research. Home Demonstration
clubbers learn to manage their
homes more efficiently and to
rear healthier, happier families.We
are proud of all of them and
would like to have even more of
our Taylor county home makers to
join one of our clubs. I would like
to see many of our home makers
who aren’t members now to visit
one of of our club meetings.
National Home Demonstration
Week is at hand tho and I would
like to point out some of the ac
tivities planned to observe the
week here in the county.
Exhibits will be set up in vari
ous store windows and business
places in the county giving infor
mation and showing work done by
various members of the Clubs. The
clubs will place flowers or take
part in church activities in some
way.
A hat workshop will be sponsored
by the Council Friday. Those in
terested are welcomed to take part.
The National theme this year is
“Today’s Home Build Tomorrow’s
World." The national theme re
mains the same each year but the
state theme changes. This year’s
state theme is “Home — Lasting
Values in Today’s World.”
Elizabeth Wicker,
H-D Agent.
Chicken, Eggs Gross
State $266,392,000
Athens, Ga. May 1—Georgia sold
$266,392,000 worth of chikens and
eggs last year to lead the nation
in gross income in this department.
The Georgia Crop Reporting Ser
vice’s annual poultry report said
the state was first in gross income
from broilers, a position held for
several years, sixth in gross income
from farm chickens and fourth in
gross income from eggs.
Second in gross income for all
chickens and eggs was California
with a total of $213,853,000. North
Carolina was third with $161,236,-
000, the report said.
The GCRS said Georgia’s 1960
total was 18 per cent above the
1959 figure of $226,403,000.
THEv
REWARD
OF
THE
STEWARD
Vicky Lynn Wall
Funeral Thursday
Mt. Pisgah Church
V_J 9 6 J
i Little Vicky Lynn Wall, four-year-
jold daughter of Mr. Edwin and
Carolyn Pennington Wall of Palata,
|Calif, died Friday, 2:00 P. M., April
129th with double pneumonia. The
I child was only sick a very short
I while.
I Vicky Lynn was born May 11,
i 1957 at Tallahassee, Fla. She had
made her residence with mother
! and father, brother and sister at
' Palata, Calif, for the past year.
Funeral will be held today
(Thursday), 2:00 p. m. at Mt. Pis
gah Baptist Church with Rev. Z. L.
Perdue, pastor of the church, offi
ciating. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include mother and
father; one brother, Swain William
and one sister, Elizabeth Wall.
Grandparents of the deceased are
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Wall of Butler.
Edwards Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Butler FFA Judging
Team Takes 2nd Place
In Dist. Competition
Memorial Day
Exercises Held At
Reynolds Hi School
Mr, Ben Persons of Atlanta
Was Principal Speaker on
UDC Program
Taylor County joins the Nation in Observing Soil Conservation
Week May 7th - 11th.
Co. 4-H Project
Elimination Held In
School Lunchroom
On Thursday, April 27 the girls’
County 4-H Project Elimination was
held with the following winners.
Those taking part were:
Cloverleaf Dress Revue
1st place - Cathy Guinn
2nd place - Carolyn Albritton
3rd place - Janice Whitley
4th place - Beverly Hartley
Junior Dress Revue
1st place - Janice Peed
2nd place - Daphnie Barnes
3rd place - Merita Barrow
4th place - O’dean Fallin
5th place - Elaine Albritton
Senior Dress Revue
1st place - Miriam Tucker
2nd place - Dondra Peed
Cloverleaf Muffins
1st place - Sammie Hobbs
2nd place - Nina Payne
3rd place • Merle Youngblood
4th place - Carolyn Albritton
5th place - Beverly Hartley
6th place - Joye McCrary
7th place - Sylvia Cummings
Cloverleaf Recreation
1st place - Joye McCrary
2nd place - Merle Youngblood
Junior Recreation
1st place - Ellen Parks
Senior Recreation
1st place - Mitzi Towson
Junior Biscuit
1st place - Merita Barrow
2nd place - Daphnie Barnes
3rd place - Diane Kirksey
4th place - O’dean Fallin
Mr. Julian Cooper
Serious Hurt in
Auto Accident
Reynolds School
To Present Comedy
May 11 at 8 P. M.
Mr. Julian Cooper was reported
to be in very serious condition
Tuesday at the Sumter County
Hospital, Americus, after suffering
an automobile accident Sunday
morning about 8:25 o’clock.
Mr. Cooper was traveling alone
to his home in Rupert from Ella-
ville on highway 19, two miles
south of Rupert, near Sand Bethel
Church, when the front left tire on
the automobile blew out, causing
the auto to hit a light post. He
was rushed to the Sumter County
Hospital for treatment of a broken
back, cuts and bruises.
Insects Kill
More Than Snakes
Students of Reynolds High
School will present a musical
comedy in two acts, “Wild Rose,”
at 8 o’clock on the evening of May
11th.
Cast of Character
Mrs. Dora Valentine, A Rich
Widow, Sue O’Neal.
Luther Valentine, Her Son, James
Hinton.
Rose Valentine, Her Daughter,
Diane Powell.
Mrs. Nella Stafford, Another
Wealthy Widow, Leila Byrd.
Norman Stafford, Her Son, Clark
Hortman.
Brenda Stafford, Her Daughter,
Dorothy Manning.
J Queen Malena, A Gypsy Queen,
| Angela Underwood.
Rose Malena, Her Daughter, San-
,dra Gentry.
I Joe, A Gypsy, Larry Cook.
! Theodore Willingham, A Would-
jbe Poet, Bobby Bell.
Lenore Hastings, Object of His
I Affections, Naia Goddard.
I Gladys, A Maid at the Valen
tines, Margaret Parr.
Keene, A Butler, Hugh O’Neal.
I Zelena, Gypsy Girl, Annis Brun
son.
Floretta, Gypsy Girl, Betty
Willis.
(Choruses of Servants, Gypsies
and Guests)
Everyone is cordially invited
and urge to attend this colorful
and hilarious production. Both
students and teachers have put a
great deal of time and effort into
what we hope will be a fine eve
ning’s entertainment for all.
Admission: 25c and 50c.
Two County Students
Elected Class Officers
At Wesleyan College
Macon, Ga.—Miss Sylvia Maxwell
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Maxwell, Route 2, has been elected
treasurer of the Student National
Educational Association at Wesle
yan College where she is a mem
ber of the sophomore class.
Miss Gloria Gilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilson, Jr., has
been elected chaplain of Sigma Al
pha Iota national music honorary
at Wesleyan College where she is
also a member of the sophomore
class.
Free Will Convention
Slated for Next Month
The Butler FFA Livestock Judging
Team won second place in Tifton
last Friday in competition with 32
other chapters in the District Live
stock Judging Contest.
Team members judging were:
Ralph Lawhorn, Shadrach Barnett,
and Ronnie Parker. Billy Lawhorn
was the alternate. Shadrach and
Ronnie tied for third place honors
in individual scoring. They both
scored 375 points out of a possible
400.
The first and second place teams
from this district go to the Univer
sity of Georgia, College of Agricul
ture, Saturday, May sixth, to com
pete with first and second place
winners from the other three FFA
Districts for state honors. The win
ning team there will represent
I Georgia at the National Livestock
Judging Contest in Kansas City in
October.
The Preston Chapter was first
place winner in Tifton with 1080
points out of a possible 1200. Butler
had a team score of 1040.
Dance Recital Planned
For Tuesday night At
Butler High Gym
| A recent study shows that more
j Americans are killed by stings of
I bees and wasps than by snake
.bites, reports Miss Lucile Higgin-
jbotham, head of the Extension
Health Department. In five years,
stings from wasps, bees hornets
and yellow jackets killed 86 per
sons, compared with 71 deaths
from snake bites and 39 from
spiders. Rattlesnakes are the most
deadly single species of snake,
killing 55. Bees alone took 52
lives.
Mrs. John Hicks will present her
pupils in a dance recital Tuesday
night, May 9 at the Butler Gym-
natorium. There is no admission
charge and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Those on the program include:
Jayne Amos, Cathy Green, Johnnie
Greene, Johnny Saunders, Kay Gri-
ner, Edie Smith, Jan Hobbs, John
ny Pennington, Dawn Pennington,
Allen Massey, Beth Barrow, Robbie
Barrow, Debra Spillers, Carlene
Hobbs, Hilda Cooper, Danny Ken-
nan, Rusty Adams, Donna Minor,
Tippi Minor, Jean Burke, Henry
Anthony, Ellen Parks, Janet Turk,
Judy Scott, Sandra Ranow, Nancy
Byrd, Marsha Lyles, Kathy Harvey,
Hariet Jones, George Brooks, Kathy
Byrd, Teena Bryan, Mary Jo Good-
roe, Ginger Goodroe, Jean Jones,
Priscilla Jones, Lucy John Mangum,
Viciki McElmurray, Belinda Mc-
Elmurray, Bernice Fuller, Cecilia
'Gautlney, Beverly McDaniel, Julie
Posey, Scott Posey, Susan Byrd,
Joann Parks, Mary Winifred Harrell,
Frances Harrell, Joy McCrary, Terri
Scarborough,. Karen Glover, Pam
Horne, Debbie Rigdon, Diane Grif
fin, Patricia O’Neal, Sheryl Child-
res, Joanie Hodges, Carolyn Min-
chew, Bob Sheets, Monty Sorrells,
Junior Pippen, Ginger Beckhum.
Tifton, Ga, — The State Free Will
Baptist Sunday School Convention
will meet at Camp Mt. Bethel near
Ashburn June 10, according Rev.
4. C. Morris of Tifton, state Free
Will promotional secretary.
The delegates to the convention
will include five persons from each
district and two from each Sunday
School, together with all ordained
ministers affiliated with the Origi
nal Free Will Baptist Church of
Georgia.
Upset Scored In
Sundav Races
Columbus, Ga.—Jamie Cox of
Butler scored a major drag upset
Sunday at the strip in Phenix City
when he defeated J. C. Sizemore of
Huntsville, Ala., in the top elimi
nation class. Sizemore is well-
known throughout the South and
holds numerous titles in the drag
sport. Earlier in the day Sizemore
had set a new strip record with a
time of :13.31 et.
Preston Baker of Auburn took the
middle eliminator class and Red
Davis of Columbus copped the tro
phy in the stock eliminator classi
fication.
I The Gordon - Carson Chapter,
UDC, sponsored the annual obser
vance of Memorial Day with a pro
gram at the Reynolds High School
. auditorium, featuring an address
by Mr. Ben S. Persons, consulting
civil engineer of Atlanta, whose
! hobby is military history. Mr. Per
sons, holder of the Silver Star and
the Bronze Star for service in World
, War II, paid special tribute to Gen-
'erals Lee, Stonewall Jackson and
Jeb Stuart; also to the women of
the Confederacy. He drew an inte
resting parallel between the stand
taken by the South in the 1860’s and
that of the United States in the
, 1960’s. Appearing on the program
also was a grammar school chorus,
'directed by Mrs. Edgar Whatley,
| which sang, "Tenting Tonight”;
and Harry Hicks, high school sen-
! ior, who sang "My Buddy.”
I Mrs. D. W. Harp, essay chairman,
'presented the prizes to the winners
'of the UDC sponsored essay contest
on the subject “The Truth About
Ft. Sumter.” These were Joseph
Patterson, fifth grade; Jackie Foun
tain, sixth grade; Jimmie Ricks
seventh grade; Martha Lynn Park
er, eighth grade; and Leila Byrd
senior high school. Mrs. Harp an
nounced that since Reynolds, Ro
berta, and Butler students parlici
pated in the contest, the winners
to be sent in to the State contest
were selected from the whole group
and that Judy Smith of Roberta was
the winner for the seventh grade
and Terry McCants of Butler for
the eighth grade.
j Framed maps showing the main
campaigns of the War Between the
States were presented to the fifth,
sixth, seventh, and eighth grades
for writing one hundred per cent,
j Mrs. John Mims of the faculty of
Reynolds High School gave the in-
j vocation and the benediction. Mrs.
Ed Swearingen chairman of the Ma-
morial Day committee, presided.
At the conclusion of the program,
a tea was given at the Club-Chap-
Iter house, honoring Mr, Persons and
jthe “Real Daughters.” In the re
ceiving line were Mrs. S. J. Tankers-
I ley, Chapter President; Mr. Persons;
I his mother, Mrs. L. H. Sims, of St,
j Petersburg, Fla.; her husband, Lt,
|General Sims, U. S. Army retired;
Mrs. J. D. Hicks; Mrs. J. R. Luns
ford; and Mrs. F. M. Carson.
Officers of the Emmie Bankston
Chapter, children of the Confedera
cy, served party sandwiches and
cookies. These were Lynda McGee,
Sue Maples, Jorn Davis of Roberta;
;Sandra Hinton, Melodye Hill, Diane
Hill, and Gayle Aultman of Rey
nolds. Mrs. D. W. Harp served pun-
jch.
j On display were a number of
interesting relics, including the
fine collection of Mr. Persons, which
.was built around the sword of his
| great-grandfather, Lt. Col. W. L.
i Wallace, Company E, 45th Ga. Regt.,
CSA. With this collection was a
picture of Mrs. Sims, the former
Miss Mary Scandrett of Butler, as
queen of the Confederate Veterans’
Reunion in Macon in 1913, furnish
ed by her sister, Mrs. Helen Dun-
woody of Butler.
i Also loaned were several interest-
ling items by Mrs. W. G. Hill of
‘ Butler.
j Among the out-of-town guests for
'this occasion besides friends and
: relatives from Butler, were Mrs.
Persons, wife of the speaker, form
erly Miss Frances Neisler of Rey
nolds, and their three children; and
Mrs. L. Cary Bittick of Forsyth,
former State President of the UDC,
now chairman of the Crawfordville
Memorial.
Homecoming Day
Next Sunday at
Midway Church
Experience has taught us that
time waits for no man. How it does
fly for here again is our annual
gathering at old Midway Church. A
great cloud of witnesses has gone
on before. Next Sunday let us meet
on the sacred grounds in their
memory.
Worship will begin at 11 a. m.
Lunch will be served on the
grounds at noon.
Fill the lunch basket, come
alcag and worship and enjoy the
fellowship of the day. No night
service.
E. H. DUNN, Pastor.