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VOLUME 85 ILcU nPpf ' ° f A rch/ v «. s — lerai Libra* Local Woodmen ve -° f * Camp Members Will Attend Meet Georgia Head Camp Convention Of the WOW Will Be Held Next Week In Columbus. The Butler Herald •’KEEPING EVERLASTIN GLY AT IT IS TH E SECRET OF SUCCESS” BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 11)61. NUMBER 33. s Workers Butler High School Will Call on Citizens {Commencement Set Friday Evening j For Tuesday, May 23 Messrs C. E. Willis The Red Cross Fund Raising 1 Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday workers will call on you tomorrow —Friday—night. Let me suggest that you support your Red Cross fund drive. To those living in this city, we would Night 8 O’Clock Local School Gymnasium by Rev. Griner appreciate if you will leave your ~ front porch light burning, and Griggs of Camp 1428 and Mrs. Wil- to those who are not ba D. Tante of Court No. 1605 will be delegates to the Ga. - Head Camp Convention of Woodmen of World Life Insurance Society Sun day thru Tuesday of next week at contacted: We would appreciate your send ing your contribution to Ed God dard at Reynolds or Clifford Adams at Butler. „ , , „ , _ , , . , , The short while I acted as Ralston Hotel Columbus, it is an- chairman of the Red Cross for nounced by Mr. Alfonso McCrary and Mrs. Mildred Peed, secretaries of the local WOW Camp and WOW Court. More than 225 delegates and of ficers representing 32,000 Ga. mem bers will attend, according to H. D. Salter, Thomaston, the head con sul. Speakers will include Woodmen President J. R. Sims; W. H. Martin national treasurer; and Miss Ern estine Adams, director of women’s activities, all of Omaha, Neb.; Na tion Directors H. C. Fabian, Atlan ta; and Richard W. Ervin, Talla hassee, Fla., who is Florida’s at torney general; Ga. Lt. Gov. Gar land Byrd; Zack Cravey, state in surance commissioner, and Colum bus Mayor Ed Johnson. Following a Sunday luncheon for candidates of the men’s and wom en’s “President Sims classes,’’ in itiatory rites for each class will be conducted by degree teams exem plifying the Protection Degree for the men and the Ceremony of i I The Butler High School an nounces calendar of events in con nection with the 1961 Graduation Exercises. I The 1961 Class of 53 students is one of the largest in the history of the school. < May 19, 8 p. m. Class Night. n. , . T ,i May 21, 8 p. m. Baccalaureate Taylor county I saw many good Serm " g £ noonc annnmnlictnnH • in tno moir , ’ r May 23, Commencement, 8:30 deeds accomplished; in the way of loved ones being contacted and messages being relayed to many, ’ parts of the world thru the service j of the Red Cross. May I urge you I again to support this very worthy I cause. | Respectfully, CLIFFORD ADAMS, Chm. Western Section of County 2 Day Old Baby Girl Abandoned In Atlanta Sunday Atlanta, Ga.—A baby girl, esti mated to be about two days old, was found sleeping in a cardboard box early Sunday in hallway of a southeast Atlanta apartment house. Doctors at Grady Hospital examin ed the child and found her to be in good condition. Police officers found the infant Presentation for the members of i a fter an unidentified woman called Women of Woodcraft. Director Er- .police headquarters and told them vin will address the classes. .the baby had been abandoned at Dr. J. M. Branch of Tifton and J. ,1570 Memorial Dr., Southeast. P. Blanchard, both past head con- i Radiod operator Ed Daniel imme- j suls, will conduct a memorial serv- jdiately sent Patrolmen J. E. Tallent j ice Sunday night in tribute to de- {and C. E. Shepherd to the apart- j ceased Woodmen members. ment building to investigate. Miss Adams will preside at a la- | Residents of the building told the | dies breakfast Monday preceding {officers they did not know who the the opening of business session. {baby was or how she got there. Mayor Johnson will welcome the j She will be kept at Grady until Wodmen to Columbus and Paul | sbe can be transferred to a state Jones, Macon. W. O. W. State Man- institution, officials said. The child ager of Middle Ga., will respond | wi ll be a ward of the Fulton Coun- and present a bronze plaque May- |ty Juvenile Court. ors Award to Mayor Johnson. Another highlight of the pro gram will be the presentation of a Conservation award to James Gillis head of the State Highway Board by Mr. Blanchard and a major ad dress by President Sims, who will be introduced by Director Fabian. President Sims will give his re port on the Society’s activities and progress Monday afternoon preced ing a program at the Columbus Orphans Home for the presentation of a gift, followed by a tour Tom Houston peanut plant. The woman who telephoned the police was probably the baby’s mo ther, officiers said. She did not tell the radio opera tor why she abandoned the child. Howard Ladies Make Big Catch As told to the Herald. Last Fri day Mrs. Carl Brown and Miss Mary of {Parks put aside their house work, land nursing and went fishing.^ ) Honor Graduates A musical program arrange by ,Mary hung a big one and called CLASS ROLL 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 Gler.nis Harris Brady Humber Glenwood James Carol Jinks * Carolyn Joiner Carol Kendrick Alice Koring * Deborah Lancaster Ralph Lawhorn Harry Lovvorn * Bonnie Layfield Ellen Locke Evelyr 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 Reynolds Hi School Mr. Carl Harvard Graduation Set For Monday Night To be Guest Speaker Sunday at Howard Basketball Game Saturday Night Will Close Season Reynolds Baptist Church. Intra-squad Games At Local School Gymnasium Be ginning- At 8 O’Clock. Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday ! Mr. Carl Harvard, a layman from j Two . ,, , i the Sherwood Methodist church in Morning 11 O C lock at The Columbus will be speaker at J i Howard Sunday. This service | (scheduled for 11 a. m. is a con- j itinuation of the lay- speaking. ... , . , Iprogram in which many Methodist noun««flh» iin H gh SC i hO0 a ^ churches participated recently. The I D Tbe Butler Bears will end Spring evenK in nonnii? 18 ^ 'Howard church asked that the .Basketball practice Saturday night PrnHnatTn ^ -° n th he 1961 ' services be continued with one ™hen two intrasquad games, the 1 Miv 91 11 ii XCrtlSeS r i t speaker in April and one in May. * irst be ft'nning at 8 p. m. will pit ; . Ph T Mr - Harvard has served as the ,he black a £ ainst the gold. M 99 8 n District Director of Lay-Speakers The girls game should prove to ercises ’ 8 P- m - Gradua Hon Ex- and has been direct i y responsible be a close contest. Starting at inci o • for the success of the recent pro- 'guard for the Black will be vet- e class roll of 1961 Seniors | snp9 |,i nnr Trur-h mom. erans Dondra Peed. Marv Le< consists of: Actor Gary Cooper Funeral Services Tuesday in Calif. gram of lay speaking. Each mem- ,erans Dondra Peed, Mary Lee ber of the Howard church is cor- Oliver and freshman Lynn Taylor dially invited to attend this serv- .while the forward posts will be ice. 'anchord by veterans Ann Benns, Also of interest to Methodists of Elaine Bryant and freshman Gail the entire Howard charge is the Moore. The Gold will start vet- Fourth Quarterly Conference com- erans Doris Peed, Sue Peed and ing up a week from Sunday. This Linda Taylor at the guard positions final business session of the year and Kay Dunn, Marilyn Spillers will be at the Union Methodist and Brenda Gassett at forward, church May 28th, 11 a. m. j When the boys take the floor, starting for the Black will be Jerry Aptrti- f.arv fanner lAllmonand Bill Gibson at guard Steve Bazemore at center, and i Dwight Harris and Thomas Gas- sett at forwards. The Gold will start Richie McCants and John Childs at guard, Gary Gassett at Beverly Hills, Calif. — Final center, and Hillery Bone and How- rites of the Roman Catholic faith ard Locke at forward, began Monday night for actor Gary Biggest surprises of the Spring Cooper, 60, whose death from can- on the girls team have been Gail cer brought tribute from the great Moore, Lynn Taylor and Doris and humble all over the world. Peed. The first two girls have The star’s widow, Rocky, and shown signs of giving the veterans their daughter, Maria, 24, were in performers a battle for their jobs seclusion prior to the saying of the next fall. Bolh are adept at either Rosary Monday night at the mor- guard or forward and their addi- tuary. Hon to the varsity should greatly Solemn requiem mass were re- I strengthen I he team. Doris who has The ASC office will begin meas- j cited at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the been selected to replaec Fredia uring certain crops Monday, accord- ,Church of the Good Shepherd Mclnvale at the important pivot ing to Roy Jones, County Office I where Cooper received his first guard post, has done remarkable Manager. |communion after his conversion to {well at her new position. Mr. Jones states that the acreage 'Catholocism in 1959. | Boys who have progressed be- Nancy Virginia Archdeacon Blanche Annis Brunson Leila Belle Byrd Lawrence Wyche Cook, Jr. Sandra Mabelle Gentry Harry Ellison Hicks Lewis Clark Hortman Betty Jane Johnson Dorothy Lee Manning Brenda Faye McDaniel Gerald Dalton Mclnvale Clopers Montgomery, Jr. Trena Ann Nelson Margaret Agnes Parr Tommie Diane Powell Evalyn Alice Reynolds Henry Clinton Sams Audrey Elizabeth Willis James Dorsey Brown Earnest Daniel Guined Rodney Stephen Montgomery ASC Office Begins Measuring Acreage Next Mon. of allotted crops will be measured and on farms having land in the conservation reserve all of the land Cooper died Saturday after a 4- yond expectations include veteran month battle with cancer. Carey Gassett, rising sophomore Six close friends, among them Hillery Bone, and Jerry Allmon. planted to soil bank base crops {the most prominent in Hollywood, .Gassett, who will probably wheel will be measured. The acreage served as pall bearers. jand deal on the pivot for the planted to corn or grain sorghum I One of the two Oscars won by Bears next Fall, is sparkling in will be measured on farms partici- {Cooper for the best acting was for I practice, particularly on defense, pating in the feed grain program, {“High Noon’’ in which he played Bone who needs only more weight as well as the acreage diverted a sheriff faced with the classic, and speed to become a starter, has from corn and grain sorghum. inevitable showdown with the vil- made tremendous strides in his Every effort will be made to! Ian. He also won an Oscar for Sgt. j defensive play. Allmon, who first complete performance at the earli-|York’’ and nominations for other {came out for basketball this year est possible date, according to Mr. roles including “Pride of the,is exhibiting the potential of a fine Jones, and he asks that every farm .Yankees.” He played the late Lou'guard with excellent defensive operator give all assistance possi- {Gehrig in the latter — a role work. ble to the reporter in order that ac- {which found him playing the Yan- I Admission to the game which {will be referred by officials | from the Ft. Valley Association will be 15c for students and 25c for adults. A “B” game will begin at 6:45 p. m. curate and complete measurements kee baseball star, faced with in may be obtained. .curable illness. Five Million Bu. Peach Crop Is Forecast for 1961 M. J. Lee, J. D. Watkins and J. D Brown of Woodmen Camp No. 3, Columbus, will open the session Monday evening. National Treas urer Martin will speak and reports will be received from head camp officers, national delegates and state managers Jones, Middle Ga.; I. L. Knight, North Ga., of Gaines ville and R. E. Cullom, South Ga. of Albany. Lt. Gov. Byrd will be the princi pal speaker Tuesday. Officers and delegates to the society’s national convention in Los Angeles, will be elected and installed. Another highlight of the final session «vill be the presentation of awards in “Operation Scrapbook", a contest between Ga. camps and courts for the scrapbook that best tell the story of their many fra ternal, social and civic activities. Dixon Olive of Talbotton. Fish Fry at Reynolds May 25: 7:00 P. M. (Jury Finds for help. One cranked while the other pulled on the line and landed the seven and one quarter pound | R. A. Griffin bass. In a few minutes it happened j»» again and this time it weighed ]lNot viUlltv five and one half pounds. They put them in the car for safe keeping and soon it began to thunder. They thought the rain would stop their fishing but they finally found that the thunder was the fishing jump ing in the car. They quit for lunch istration. Atlanta, Ga.—R. A. (Cheney) Grif fin was acquitted Saturday after noon of charges that he sold to the state and profited from the sales during the Marvin Griffin admin- A fish fry for the public is planned for Thursday, May 25th, 7 p. m. at the Reynolds Golf Course and Swimming Pool. The purpose of this affair is to pub licize the opening event of the Swimming Pool and to provide an outing for families of this section. The Reynolds Kiwanis Club is sponsoring this fish fry. Fresh water fish donated by members of the Club will be served. The fish and hush puppies wil be cooked by professionals and served hot. All families in this section are invited to come to this fish fry and enjoy a good meal and good fel lowship. Serving will begin at 7 p. m., on May 25th. and got on the march to show their prize After lunch they purchased thirty dollars worth of new fishing gear and headed back for a really big catch. They hung exactly ten monsters. We wonder if there were really ten fish or one fish biting ten times. The secret of the story is “In What Pond did these Ladies Fish?” Miss Maxwell Honored By Wesleyan College Macon, Ga. — Miss Sylvia Max well, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Maxwell, Rt. 2, Butler, has been elected publicity chairman of Kap pa Delta Epsilon, national pro fessional educational sorority at Wesleyan College. Miss Maxwell is a member of the Junior Class at Wesleyan. Macon Police ! Arrest 4 Youths, Seize Arsenal | Macon, Ga. — Police arrested ATHENS, Ga.—The Georgia Crop f our teen-age Macon youths Mon- Reporting Service Saturday estima- day and broke up a burglary ring ted the state’s 1961 peach harvest | responsible for the theft of 45 at five million bushels, tying last guns and 0( her articles the past year’s as a record-breaker over the | three months. last 10 years. ; chief of Detectives W. H. Bar- The all-time record, set in 1928, geron identified two of the youths Tommy Martin Otustanding At Mercer was 10.4 million bushels. The state’s 1961 wheat crops was forecast about the same as last year’s below-average level, slightly above 2 million bushels. This fore cast was one per cent below the 1950-59 overage. The yield per acre, on the other hand, was expected to equal the all-time high of 23 bushels which was set in 1958 and matched again Boys of Woodcraft Will Attend Camp A Fulton Superior Court jury, which applauded after it managed to break its deadlock, returned the the not guilty verdict after delibe rating the case approximately 13 hours. A hush fell over the courtroom as the jury filed back in shortly after 5 p. m. to return its findings. Judge Jeptha C. Tanksley had in structed spectators, most of whom were Cheney’s friends to “be re strained and remember it’s still a courtroom” while the verdict was read. After Asst. Sol. Gen. Walter Le- Craw had received the verdict from foreman Frank A. Forrester of 5595 {average for April milks pounds. Glenridge Drive, NE, it was read to the court. The jury was thanked for its labors and dismissed and the five-day trial came to a close. Cheney’s attorneys, William Hall We extend to our parents and and Ellis Barrett, and his friends friends a cordial invitation to congratulated him, shaking his j come and enjoy an hour of fun hand and clapping him on his Monday night at the Butler School back. Lunchroom where the 5Hi grade Tommy Martin of Reynolds is iprovipg to be an outstanding stu dent at Mercer University. He was electedas vice-president of the Stu dent Government Association last week in an election that proved the name of “Tom” as being a winner. At the same election four other winning officers of various organi- last year. The 1950-59 average yield was 18.4 bushels per acre. Egg production for April totaled 207 million, only four million be low a record high set last March. Egg production for April of last year was 194 million. Milk production for April was estimated at 90 million pounds Rep. E. L. Forrester Will Speak Sunday compared to 84 million pounds pro- * At Americus Airport duced in April of 1960. The 1950-58 j as David Walton and John Sut- tles, both 17. He said the other two were 16. Their names were withheld under the Ga. juvenile law. i Bargeron said the four admitted '.zations are named ’Tom . Besides 30 burglaries, one attempted burg- It>eing president of his fraternity, lary and one larceny of a car in .Kappa Sigma, Tommy recently the Macon area. {coached his fraternity team to The detective chief said investi- ichampionship in intra-mural bask- gating officers recovered 45 guns Iett> a ll. This week he was tapped for including rifles, shotguns and pis- {honorary membership in Blue Key tols hidden in the homes of the {Fraternity along with 14 other un youths as well as TV and radio Idergraduates in a special chapel sets and hub caps. {ceremony. He *1 Presently coaching {baseball at Bellevue Grammar School in Macon. Tommy, a Junior at Mercer, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin Sr. Piano Recital Look! Look! Look! rites including N. E. Hallaby, Mrs. Griffin, who had been rest- {will present “Those Jolly Final Washington, D. C., Federal Avia- Americus Ga. — u. s. Rep e.l. , Thursday Evening | Forrester of Leesburg will fly to j * ;Americus from Washington to I ~ .. , speak at the formal dedication ex-| Th e public is cordially invited 'ercises for the improved Southern j t0 attend the P lano recltal of the Field Airport scheduled at 2 p. m. , Pupils of Mrs. C. E. Marshall on Sunday .Thursday (this) evening at A host of prominent officials ^8:30 o’clock, will be present for the impressive ! Students who will appear in the Boys of Woodcraft Club J1428 will attend encampment June 1st thru 7th at Middle Ga. College. The Woodcraft Boys will meet on the afternon of May 25, 5:30 p. m. at the local Masonic Hall. All boys who plan to attend Camp are urged to be present at this meet ing. ing at an Atlanta hotel during the Exams and Closing Program at long deliberations, rushed to the Beanvill eSchool.” No. i courthouse to join in the celehrat- ' Some of the characters: Teacher, ion. She said she couldn’t recall Miss Cherry Blossom, Shirley Smith, “going Ihrough anything like this Professor Smart, Steve Barrow. The before.” Cheney Griffin, brother and poli tical strategist for his brother form er Gov. Griffin, was charged with conspiring with H. Candler Jones to sell tractors to the state and share in the profits. pupils will entertain you with ans wers to Prof. Smarts questions, re citations, sonsg and definitions such as economics, soil conserva- tionalists and others. No admiss ion. Mrs. Lock’s Fifth Grade tion Agency administrator; George Garanflow, Ft. Worth, Tex., FAA division engineer; Herbert Spen- rccital include: Donald Keen, Jo ann Peed, Charles Hart, Bucky Reddish, Murray Walker, Helen Rodgers, Lynda Barfield, Shirley Rodgers, Joan Wisham, Jane Ter- cer, Atlanta,FFA district engineer | rell, Doris Peed, Phil Walker, Glo- and Jack Lynch, Atlanta FFA depu ria Cooper, Pat Clark, Alma Dora ty district engineer. Barnett, Allen Smith, Sandra Al- In addition other air officials britton, Janet Turk, Jimmy Minor, and pilots from throughout Georgia .Dawn Pennington, Carolyn Joiner have been invited to view the $100- {Betty Jo Hammack, Charlene 000 improvement program at I Hobbs, Dcnna Minor, Eugenia Hort Souther Field financed by the city 1 man, Tippie Minor, Terry McCants county and FAA. and Betty Ann Brewer.