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The Butler Herald •’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS” VOLUME 85 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1961. NUMBER .12 Spaceman Shep" 0 ^».;h School Gets Hero Welci C uj lv ^.i°iiienccment Set State Hwy. Board To Receive Bids In Nation’s Capital President Kennedy Medal of Honor to First Spaceman. Presents Nation’s For Tuesday, May 231 On 42 Projects Washington, D. C. — America’s first spaceman harvested a hero’s 1 reward in this unashamedly wor shipping capital Monday. His wife who has seen him sel dom in recent weeks, kissed him. His president, J. F. Kennedy, clasped him by the hand and pin ned a medal on him. A quarter of a million Americans lined the streets to cheer and cry as he rode from the White House to the Capitol. On Capitol Hill members of Congress paid him tribute. In the state department auditori um 500 reporters rose an dgave him an ovation a thing reporters sel dom do. But Cmdr. A. B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the spaceship “Freedom 7” re fused to accept at all for himself. To the President, to the Congress, to the reporters he said it was not he but "we” who did the thing they were praising him for. “I am acutely aware” he said, “of the hundreds of individuals who made this flight possible.” It was true of course, that Shep ard of East Derry, N.H., was not alone responsible for last Friday’s “perfect space flight” from Cape Canaveral, Fla. But as R. R. Gilruth, director of j the Mercury man in space project, | said, it was Shepard “who really I broke the ice for all of us” and showed America the way into the j great new frontier of space. | So it was to Shepard that Presi dent Kennedy gave the Distin guished Service Medal of the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration, NASA’s highest award. And it was to Shepard that this capital city gave its heart Monday. Friday morning, Shepard rode a rocket boosted Mercury capsule on a 15 minute trip which carried him 115 miles above the Atlantic Ocean and 302 miles down the Atlantic missile range. If vou believe Shepard, it was strictly a "no sweat” operation. Everything had been planned out to the last detail. There was a moment of "apprehension” — a four syllable word for fear — be fore liftoff, but everything worked fine, and there were no bad mo ments during the flight. Flying with him were the other six Mercury astronauts. At An drews Air Force Base in nearby Maryland, where they landed, Shepard was last off the plane. At the foot of the ramp, waiting to meet him was his wife, Louise, his parents of East Derry; his sis ter of North Attleboro, Mass., and his wife’s faher and mother of Kennett Square, Pa. The citation read by the Presi dent said Shepard’s “flight as the first U.S. astronaut was an out standing contribution to the ad vancement of human knowledge and space technology and a dem onstration of man’s capabilities in suborbital space flights.” Beef Cattle Field Day Set for Next Tuesday at Experiment Station Experiment, Ga. — A beef cattle field day to bring Georgia beef cattle growers up to date on the latest developments in beef cattle production is announced for next Tuesday at the Experiment Station. The meeting of the Ga. Cattle men’s Association is staged in con junction with the field day. The program will begin at 9:30 a. m. following registration at 9:15 a.m. The cattlemen’s meeting will open at 2:30 p.m. folowing a tour of the station’s beef cattle farm. Revival in Progress At Revival Center The Butler High School an nounces calendar of events in con nection with the 1961 Graduation Exercises. The 1961 Class of 53 students is one of the largest in the history of the school. May 14th Guests of Nazarene Church. May 19, 8 p. m. Class Night. May 21, 8 p Sermon, 8 p. m. May 23, Commencement, p. m. CLASS ROLL Bids on Road Construction Work to be Received by Board on Friday, May 19th. Recent Tornadoes ! Lt. Gov. Byrd Raps President Kennedy’s Latest School Plan Funeral Services Friday Afternoon For Mrs. Leila Foy That Sweep Across Nation. Olin Albritton Milton Albritton Roscoe Albritton * Ellen Allen * Lynda Barfield Clifford Barfield Mabry Barrow Jerolene Blackston Johnsolene Blackston Jo Ann Brewer Bernice Brown Freddie Brown * Jesse Carroll Bob Cochran * Pat Cooper Jimmy Cosey Marshall Dean Harvey Duncan Peggy Fincher Rannie Gaultney Betty Jean Gee Billy Gray Lessie Harbuck Sandy Harris Glennis Harris Brady Humber Glenwood James Carol Jinks * Carolyn Joiner Carol Kendrick Alice Koring * Deborah Lancaster Ralph Lawhorn Harry Lovvorn * Bonnie Layfield Ellen Locke Evelyn Montgomery Frieda Mclnvale Ralph Mclnvale * Wilhelmina Neisler Frank Oliver Betty Ann Peed Wynelle Posey * Elaine Posey Bernard Prince Nancy Shelton Cleve Spillers Allan Spillers Douglas Turner Shirley Wainwright Evelyn Wainwright Frances Wainwright Hershel Whitley (*) Honor Graduates | Atlanta, Ga. — Highway Board I Chairman Jim Gillis has an nounced that bids totaling an es- m. Baccalaureate [timated $12,600,000 wil be received ! by the State Highway Department 8:30 on 42 new road construction pro jects in 40 Georgia counties on May 19. The coming letting will include four Interstate, one Federal-aid Primary, two Federal-aid Urban, five Federal-Aid Secondary and 30 state-aid contracts, Chairman Gil lis said. The largest single contract will cover paving on 10.794 miles of Interstate Route 75 in Crisp County, beginning at the Turner county line and extending north to the intersection with State Route In Western States Kill 12 Persons Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois! Atlanta, Ga. — Official Georgia Mrs. „ , , , didn’t like President Kennedy’s i Hardest Hit by Tornadoes proposed legislation to speed j school desegregation and said so I forcefully Monday. Gov. Vandiver ran afoul of fog Atlanta, Ga., May 8—Tornadoes 1 in a Hight back from the Kentucky swooped out of thunderstorms from Derby at Louisville and was'f r i ends W ere deeply saddened at Texas to Kentucky Sunday, leaving | grounded at Knoxville much of the,f be passing of Mrs. Leila McCants a trail of broken bodies and touch- t da y- But others took up the cud- iFoy. Her death in Atlanta on the ing off disastrous flash floods. j gels speedily. evening of May 3rd was attributed At least 12 persons died in Arkan- i Th * Kennedy administration pro- to the infirimaties of age. sas, Missouri, and Illinois. Two died I Mrs. Foy was the widow of the in Oklahoma from injuries received in an earlier twister. Funnel clouds chewed a path from Stamford, Tex., to Madison- ville, Ky., injuring at least 36 per sons. At least 80 families were g^bmitting program,” Lt^Go'v. couaty - . routed from homes in Kansas and Byrd sa j d am hopeful it won’t Though Mrs. Foy was the eldest Illioeiis by floods. ; b * enacted. ! of flve children - she was the last A 15-foot wall of water churned j He said ' enforcement of such to P ass awa y a * the a 8 e of 86 - through Harrison, Ark., killing five jaws would create chaotic condi- I In keeping with her wishes her and leaving most of the 5,500 resi-: ticffls in the South. 'body was brought back to her dents homeless. At one time water \ « As far as j am concerned,” Byrd dearly loved home. The funeral covered the tops of buildings in ladled, “I will not now or ever lend was af Butler Methodist church myself to carrying out the pro- 1 Friday afternoon with the follow- visions of the proposed legisla ing ministers taking part: Rev. J. tjon. 'M. Guest, Atlanta; Rev. Thos. House Speaker Geo. L. Smith ex-;Dens, Thomaston; Rev. Ted Griner, Foy’s Death Occurred in Atlanta Last Wednesday After Lingering Illness. Taylor county relatives and submit a desegregation plan to the j Co , c w F who preced ed secretary of Health, Education and,. , n death about 10 ago . We fare within six months She wag the daughter of K B . Mc- hope the members of Congress- Cants and Mrs Allce Gardner Me will a least exercise better judg-; Cant ioneer citizens of the ment than the President has in the main business section. Proper ty loss was estimated in millions 90 east of Cordele. The grading and bridges on this project were'of dollars. let in February of last year. , National guardsmen patrolled the Other Interstate work in the j streets of Harrison, Ark., and Pine- ,p ressed violent opposition to all, Butler. May letting consists of: |vine, Mo. phases of the Kennedy civil rights; Soloist, Mrs. Sullins of Atlanta, ville, Mo. The erection of directional and Two drowned informational signs and stripe painting on Interstate Route 20 in DeKalb County, beginning 1300 feet west of Candler road and ex tending easterly 10.57 miles to U. S. 278 near Lithonia. 7.639 miles of paving on Inter state 75 in Dooly and Houston counties between a point 7.7 miles couth of the Dooly-Houston county line and extending northward to a point 200 north of the Dooly-Hous- ton line. The construction of grade sepa ration structures at Ashby Street, Lee Street, McDaniel Street, Winsor Street and Whitehall Street on In terstate Route 20 in Southwest At lanta. County contracts of local inter est include: Marion County: 12.219 miles of grading and paving as follows: 5.285 miles on the Tazewell to Five Points Road, beginning at Tazewell and extending west and north to Five Points school; 5.288 miles on the Bob Jernigan-L. G. McMichael Road, beginning at in Missouri and , program. , r ._ 0 was accompanied by Mts. Jim Gib- a woman was killed in a Cairo, 111., „j d on't believe the people of son of Butler. traffic crash during a heavy down- Georgia will agree with forced in- . Pal j boarers nenhews of the de- pour A woman was killed at Mid- jtergrltion and that is what this is” ^dudcd?EdXd, i^aVd, i<„.„ nt I be said- Franklin and Asbury McCants, vJivnL P Irt h State Sch001 Supt PUrce11 f a , W Hugh and C. J. Peterman. Yellville, Ark. Ithe legislation as a threat to fed- | , Tornadoes also raked Chetopah, era] aid to education, feeling that “er bo ? y was tender,y laid Leavenworth and Columbus, Kan.; WO uld alienate Southern mem- rest amidst a profusion of flowers, Dexter and Willow Spring^, Mo.] , L^otc^n^onthatl^ Iattended by her many loved ones Midway, Oil Trough and Clark Rid- i Purce ii said t he desegregation wh o„“had gone the last mile of the ge, Ark.; and Kansas City and J le g is i ation would mean the aban- way Wlth her ' Moorman, Ky. Idonment of the principle of state 1 The remains now rest in the old Funnel cloud sightings were re- and j oca i control of education. |Camp Ground cemetery (Union) ported from the southern Plains ,.j bope a u 0 f our members of where her ancestors for more than through the mid-Mississippi Valley. | Congress V ote against it,” he add- Oklahoma was under a severe i ed Secretary Frank Hughes of the Ga. Education Assn, was another who saw the new program as en weather alert for the fifth conse cutive day. The storm center churned clouds of dust ahead of winds up to 53 mil es an hour from New Mexico throu gh west Texas. Snow fell in the southern Rockies. Severe hail was era j a j d „ be sa j d . reported from the southwest to the Tennessee Valley. It was the third straight day of injury and death-causing funnel j iroi A clouds in the midlands. Oklahoma | Is State r BLA storms Friday night killed 15, in jured 56 and left 250 families home a century have been buried. Survivors include: children, Miss Viola Fay, Mrs. W. R. Phillips, At lanta; Ernest W. Foy, Thomaston; grand children, Mrs. Jack M. Or- Fort Valley College Sets Military Day ... ening and resurfacing on U.S. 80 Ft. Valley, Ga. — The fifth an- , in xalbotton, beginning at the nual military science field day at |At]antic Coast Line Railroad Un- Ft. Valley State College will t ake i d erpass and ending at the city place Friday. , limit. The Warner Robins Air Force Talbot c . 3124 miles of Base will send a helicopter and a and in d a $i million electronic equipment |* ridge g on the Tazewell-Geneva shop. Ft. Benning will send thr ee lRoad beg i n ning at State Route ar ™ y ° ff ’ cers ' ... . i96 in Geneva and extending south- The 165 man ROTC uhi.at the, the Marion County line, college will conduct sq d and ^ ioc aed on BlacR CreeR platoon drill competition in the af ternoon. Sarah Rebecca Frink of " Statesboro, military qlieen and her „ « o* . lady in waiting, Evelyn Jordan of|DrOtHer, olStCr State Route 41 in Buena Vista and less. Five were hurt late Saturday I extending Southwest; 1.646 miles night when tornado-force winds I on State Route 103 — State Route J ripped northeast Indiana. | 26 Road, beginning at State Route | 26 northeast of the Chattahoochee county line and extending north east on State Route 103. Marion County: 2.514 miles of gradig and paving city streets in Buena Vista. Ed Goddard Receives Honored Appointment [dangering chances of federal aid tojmond of Thomaston; W. W. Phil- ' education being approved. I lips, Swainsboro; Miss Janie Phil- “I’m afraid it will hurt our fed- |lips of Atlanta; seven great grand children and a large number of nieces and nephews. All of these descendants “rise up and call her blessed.” Edwards Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. —Written by a Friend. Three Georgians Killed In Hwy. Accidents Over Week End Fred Brown 'Speaking Champ The Georgia State Chamber of Talbot County: .664 miles of wid-j Commerce announces that Edward ’ ! — M. Goddard has been appointed a member of the Industrial Develop ment Council. The Industrial Development A revival is in progress every night through the remainder of the month of May at the Taber nacle Back to the Cross Revival Center, three miles north of Fattier. The Evangelist is Rev. Lewis Kelly and Rev. R. E. Barnette is pas tor. Athens wil be presented in the af ternoon. Manchester To Get Third More People MANCHESTER, Ga., May 5— Manchester will be twice as large in area and a third larger in pop ulation Jan. 1. Won Honor Places At Literary Meet At the State FBLA Convention at IRock Eagle on May 5-6, Fred Brown of Butler FBLA Chapter 1206 won first place trophy in the pub lic speaking contest. He will rep resent Georgia in this event at the National Convention in Washing ton, D. C., June 11-13. Others attending the state con vention at Rock Eagle were: Wilhelmina Neisler: President and Miss FBLA . Lynda Barfield: Secreatry. John Childs: Treasurer. FBLA. Alice Koring represented the Chapter in Spelling and won sec ond place. Ellen Allen: Exhibit, 3rd place. Betty Gee: Exhibit. Mrs. B. H. Neisler and Mrs. Edyth Guy, sponsor, accompanied the group to the Convention. Miss Angharad Carmichael and Jimmy Carmichael, daughter and son of Rev. and Mrs. James M. I bring industry to This county are Council of the Georgia State Cham ber of Commerce is an organization composed of 100 business, industrial and professional leaders in the state with the objective of supply ing experienced management and leadership in developing Georgia industrially and economically. Mr. Goddard, a Reynolds mer chant, has long been prominent in business, civil and religious activi ties in the county. He is County | Red Cross chairman, superintendent j of the Reynolds Methodist Church ; Sunday School and served as the|wi* i pv .i first president of the Reynolds Ki- DlgnWay DeatnS wanis Club. The leaders in this county who have been working diligently to Atlanta, Ga., May 8—A pedistrian and a boy on a bicycle were killed on Georgia highways this weekend and another Georgian died in an out-of-state tragedy. James McAdams, 62, Rte. 2, Buch anan, was killed Saturday night seven miles noth of Tallapoosa on Jimmy Cosey: Reporter and Mr. State 100 when he was struck by a car. Wayne McKinney Baskett, 13, of Scottdale, was riding his bicycle was riding his on U. S. 29 about two miles north of Decatur, Thursday night, when he was struck by an auto. He died a few hours later at a hospital. B. T. Asbome, Albany, was killed Saturday south of Greenville, Fla., when a truck ran off a highway. Downward Trend Continues in Georgia Carmichael, former Butler citizens I p i eas ed that the Chamber of Com now residing at Richland, won imerce bas a ppointed a Taylor top honors recently at the State j County citizen to this council. Reynolds P. T. A. To Install Officers The Reynolds P.T.A. will install new officers at the final meeting of the school year. This will be a covered dish sup per on May 15th at 7:30 p. m. Near Waycross Sunday Waycross, Ga. — A Waycross man and two of his young daugh ters drowned Sunday when their 12 foot boat containing seven members of the family overtunned in Brantley County between Ho boken and Blackshear. P. E. Griffin, 51 year old carpen- AU parents, teachers and friends |ter, and daughters, Norma, 11, and of the school are invited to attend. Bernice, 9, were the victims. Mrs. Ruffin’s Pupils An extension of the city limits'Literary solo competition at Mercer, was approved in a referendum'Angharad won first place in the # Wednesday by an almost two to Ig^s’ voice solo. Jimmy won second Recitals May 15 for one vote—614 for, 322 against. The j Place in boys’ solo voice and also annexation will be effective Jan. 1. jin piano. Some extension of water, sewage | Butler is proud of these two and natural gas lines will be neces- talented young people and extends sary to serve the annexed areas, .congratulations to them and their which are on all sides of the pre- j splendid family, sent city boundaries. ‘ With the new territory Manchest- o d pv er will have a population of slight- !«5 rerSOIlS Drown ly more than 6,000. i Spanish War Vets I Meet in Annual Session jin Fitzgerald, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. — Traffic deaths in Geaorgia continue to show a down | Fitzgerald, Ga. — The Depart- ward trend. ment of Ga. of the United Spanish Three of the first four months of i War Veterans and Auxiliary is this year, including April, showed |meeting in annual convention this a substantial decrease in the num- |week in Fitzgerald with headquar- ber of fatalities compared with ajters at the Lee-Grant Hotel, year ago, according to Ihe latest j Soldiers who fought 63 years ago consolidated statistics compiled by'are reminiscing on their experi- the Ga. Department of Public Safe- j cnees and enjoying being together ty, just released by Col. W. P., once more, tho many familiar faces Trotter, director. are misisng. Accident victims during the first) four months of the year totaled Next Monday evening at 8:00 , , , , 'lour mom ns 01 me jeui loiaicu ¥ - . r-* 1 r\ • odockin the high school cafeteria j265 compared with 320 last year, Heart Fund Drive Mrs. Ruffin’s pupils from the Ele- decr ease of 55 deaths, or 17 per' mentary School will be presented (he records show . in a Recital. Then on Tuesday evening 8:00 o’clock students of the High School will be presented . The public is cordially invited to attend each of these Recitals. Death Notice Mr. Cook Named as Cattle Assn. Member 'In Tavlor County Goes Over the Top Two hundred and eleven Hereford Breders over the nation recently named to membership in tho American membership in American Hereford Association dur- Mr. Walter W. Mitchell, Sr. of'ing; March. The additions to tho Musella, died May 4th. Funeral official roster boosted the Associa- rites occurred Saturday at Rober- tion’s total membership to an all- ta. ‘ timehigh of 39,413. Mr. C. H. Adams, chairman of the Taylor County Heart Fund drive reports that the county has gone over its quota in the recent campaign. Mr. Adams and hi*» co-chairmon tho wish to thank the citizens of Taylor County for their contributions and assistance in helping to make this drive a success. Taylor County quota $841.00. Tay lor County contributed $862.0-1.