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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 ■» «■ 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.