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VOLUME 85 BUTLErTtAYLOR COUNTY,.GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY ^71%!. NUMBER ~40
State’s Road Toll I Annual ^ssion
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Conf. Ends Friday
Held Down to r S« Ga
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473 Die in Nation
Twenty-Third Annual Session of Taylor
County Camp Meeeting Will Begin Here
Tomorrow and Continue Through July 16
Butler High School
1961 Term to Begin
Monday, Aug. 28
July Term
Superior Court
Now in Session
Georgia Has Safest Long Week
End In Years; Nations Death
Toll Nears All-Time High.
ATLANTA, Ga.,—The long Fourth
of July holiday weekend drew to
a close Tuesday night with seven
Georgians killed in highway acci
dents—less than a third of the pre
dicted death toll.
The weekend proved to be one
of the safest 102-hour holiday pe
riods in Georgia in recent years—
but across the nation, it was one
of the deadliest. v
The nation’s Indepedence holiday
traffic toll topped the advanced es
timate and edged close to the all-
time record set 11 years ago when
491 died in traffic collisions.
But it appeared the worst fears
of safety experts would not be rea
lized as the end of the holiday pe
riod neared. The death rate, runn
ing at five an hour through the
first 90 hours of the weekend, drop
ped to half that rate Tuesday after
noon. And the National Safety
Council scaled down its estimate
that 550 would die on the high
ways.
Shortly before midnight Tuesday
the traffic death count stood at 473,
or 23 more than the 450 that the
safety council estimated last week.
Drownings claimed 208 lives —
including four Georgians, nine were
killed in airplane crashes, three
killed by fireworks, and 115 were
killed in miscellaneous accidents.
Benning Gets
Lion’s Share
Of Arms Bill
WASHINGTON, June 28—Ft. Ben
ning will receive the lion’s share
of Georgia military installations
named in a construction projects
bill signed by President Kennedy.
The measure signed Tuesday
calls for $983,947,750 for work on
military construction in the United
States and abroad in the year be
ginning July 1.
Georgia projects included in the
bill total $18,841,000 of which $10,-
524,000 will go for operational fa
cilities at Ft. Benning.
Funds for the authorized projects
still must be provided for in an ap
propriations bill. Such a bill is be
fore the House and Senate appro
priation committees.
Recreation Center
Dedicated in Upson
THOMASTON, Ga., July 1—A
combination memorial and dedica
tion service for the new John B.
Gordon Community Recreation Cen
ter was held this week and Mr.
and Mrs. Glanford Pippin highligh
ted the service by donating use of
their property to the Mother’s Club
for the project.
Mrs. Claude Jones, president of
the Gordon Mother’s Club, accepted
the donation of the ground, which
is the spot where the Pippin family
lost four members in a fire on April
11, 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Pippin, who are now
residents of Ft. Valley made the
presentation to Mrs. Jones in a
ceremony attended by members of
the Mother’s Club and others in the
community. The Pippins told the
club they also planned to give
them a building which could be
moved to the property and used for
a clubhouse. The couple already
has moved a large tin-roofed shed
to the lot as a beginner for the
recreation center.
Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetery Clean-Up
Thursday, July 13th
Thursday, July 13th., is the chur
ch annual clean-up day at Antioch.
Please come and don’t forget your
necessary tools with which to work
and, also, a basket lunch.
Food Processing Plant
Open 3 Days a Week
The Food Processing Plant in
Butler will be open Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays of each
week until further notiee.
(In Atlanta Constitution )
North Georgia Methodist Friday
afternoon endorsed a state-wide
conference on human relations be
fore heading home.
'Hie human relations conference
planned for October, and an area
workshop on peace and world order
to be conducted in the late summer
or early fall, were approved by a
unanimous vote.
The report of the conference’s
Board of Christian Social Concerns,
which included recommendations
of the two gatherings was largely
confined to reprints of statements
on race relations, public schools,
temperance and peace.
The report reaffirmed the I960
General Conference of the Metho
dist Church’s statement criticzing
organizations'who bring “baseless
charges" against Protestant church
men and ecumenical agencies such
as the National and World Councils
of Churches.
One Methodist minister termed
the entire report “old hat.” Bishop
John Owen Smith, presiding over
the conference, said it was “a mas
terpiece.”
Dr. Dow Kirkpatrick, pastor of
Atlanta’s St. Mark Methodist chur
ch, spoke on the report made by the
Social and Christian Concerns
group. Recently returned from a
visit to Africa as a representative
of the Methodist Church, he said:
“Our church doesn’t seem to want
to share in the zest of the revolut
ion that is on in the world today.
We don’t even seem to take pride
in it. We don’t want to be a part
here, but we who oppose sit-ins,
kneel-ins, have not offered an al
ternative to these people.”
Dr. Kirkpatrick told the confe
rence that Little Rock, Birming
ham, and Montgomery are names
that “damage Christianity around
the world. We can make Atlanta a
name this fall that will be flashed
around the world in such a light
as to help repair the damage al
ready done to Christianity and de
mocracy.”
Finally the conference adopted
a budget of $570,578 for the com
ing year and voted to meet next
year on the campus of Emory Uni
versity and Glenn Memorial Metho
dist Church.
The 95th annual session, which
met at the First Methodist Church,
was one of the most debate-ridden
conferences older ministers could
remember.
The conference debated at length
this week on a conference-wide
campaign for financial aid for new
churches, a home for the aged, new
Methodist headquarters, and a con
stitutional amendment that some
feel begins the destruction of the
church’s segregated jurisdictional
system.
The amendment failed to pass
by a two-thirds majority and the
package-type, fund-raising cam
paign goal was set at $114 million
for church extension, home for the
aged, and new headquarters. The
campaign is scheduled to begin
next April and continue for four
years.
State Budget
At a Glance
Here is the state’s financial con
dition as the 1960-61 fiscal year
closed Friday:
Spending—$397,918,871.93.
Income—$392,000,000.
Deficit—$5,900,000.
Budget for 1961-62—$412,489,176.
Surplus to help finance it—$44,-
000,000.
Revenue Commissioner Dixon Ox
ford will not close his books finally
until Saturday, so the income and
surplus figures must remain es
timates until then.
Sunmmer Session
Reynolds Hi School
Mr. W. H. Sasser advises the
Herald that summer school session
will be held at the Reynolds High
School.
Registration for this session will
be held on Saturday, July 8 from
8 to 10 o’clock A. M.
Classes under the direction of
Mr. Roy Lynn will begin on Mon
day, July 17. t
Students can earn up to one and
one-half units.
Classes each day from 8 to 12
o’clock for 1 unit.
Classes each day from 1 to 3
o’clock for one-half unit. Cost of
session, $25.00 for 1 unit or $35.00
for one and one-half units. Plus
cost of work books necessary.
Evangelists This Year Will
Include Rev. Jas. Crispell and
Rev. Morton Dorsey.
The Taylor County Holiness
Camp Meeting will be in progress
July 6th through 16th, featuring
two outstanding evangelists, Rev.
James Crispell of Hastings, Mich.,
and Rev. Morton Dorsey, Columbus
Ohio.
This year marks the 23rd year of
Christian Fellowship located seven
miles north of town on Highway
19. Go six miles north on No. 19
then turn right one mile.
Don and Jean Rollings, singer
and youth workers of Wilmore, Ky.
will be on hand again this year to
work with the young people.
The daily schedule is:
Prayer Meeting: 7 a. m.
Bible Study: a-30 a. m.
Preaching: 11-00 a. m.
Children’s Service: 3 p. m. daily
Preaching Service: 3 p. m.
Saturday, Sunday and Thursday:
Young People Service: 7 p. m.
Preachin Hour: 8-00 p. m.
Missionary Day: Thursday, July
13. Speaker from World Gospel
Mission, Johnnie and Peige Miller
from American Field.
Officers of the local Camp Meet
ing are:
Rev. M. J. Wood, Alma, Ga.,
President. He will be assisted by
Mr. A. L. Luce Jr., of Ft. Valley,
vice president; W. H. Neisler of
Butler is Secretary; Franklin Me-
Cants of Butler is Treasurer; W. S.
Oliver, Americus, Receiving Treas
urer.
The total cost of meals and lodg
ing is $2.00 a day. Special rates
for children under 12 years of age.
For further information about
the camp, contact or write, Mr.
William Neisler at Butler.
Wood Fiberboard
Now Macon
Plant’s Product
MACON, Ga., July 1—The Macon
plant of the Armstrong Cork Co.
has been established as the manu
facturing center for the company’s
line of wood fiberboard building
materials as the results of recent
expansion and the development of
production facilities. -
In former years, the Macon plant
had shared production of the com
pany’s residential building mate
rials with Armstrong’s Pensacola,
Fla., plant. The Pensacola plant is
now manufacturing incombustible
acounstical products for commer
cial use exclusively.
The Macon Plant, now one of the
largest fiberboard producing plants
in the world will soon contain near
ly 1,000,000 square feet of floor
space. Current construction of faci
lities for producing exterior siding
—siding for homes made from cot
tonwood and willow — is the third
major expansion at the plant in
the last four years.
ABAC Offers Course
On Mechanical
Cotton-Pickers
Cotton picking time in Georgia
will still come ‘round this fall. But
instead of the snowy fields being
spotted with “hands” and their tote
sacks, more and more common
place will become the many-fing
ered motored monsters-- the mech
anical cotton pickers.
In gear with the changing times
of agriculture, Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College at Tifton is
offering a short course on Mechan
ical Coton Pickers on July 20, 1961.
The course’s morning session will
cover growing, harvesting and the
ginning of mechanically picked
cotton. In the afternoon, picker re
presentatives will have their ma
chines on hand to use in lectures
and to answer questions. Allis
Chalmers, International Harvester,
John Deere, and Rust will all be
there. Operation, care, and main
tenance of the various pickers will
be discussed.
Local farmers interested in at
tending this short course should
contact the county agent well in
advance of July 20, the Mechani-
call Cotton Pickers Short Course
time.
Shiloh Baptists Worship
At School -^.fter Fire
Razes Upsort ^hurch
THOMASTON—Members of the
Shiloh Baptist Church, located near
Thomaston, met for Sunday church
services in a school building after
an early morning fire destroyed
their church building.
The congregation met in the Jam
es R. Atwater elementary and jun
ior high school building and used
prayer books donated by the First
Baptist Church of Thomaston.
Officials said the blaze, which
was discovered by passing motor
ists at around 3 a. m. Friday, made
equipment salvage impossible. De
stroyed was the chapel, 18 Sunday
School rooms, the pastor’s study,
the church library and all hymnals.
The pastor, the Rev. J. Frank Ba
ker, was awakened by the motor
ists and tried to run into the struc
ture, which by then was a blazing
inferno. The Thomaston Fire De
partment arrived shortly thereafter
but could do little to stem the
blaze.
Officials say replacing the struc
ture will cost around $75,000. It was
insured for $25,000.
Next Monday members of the
church will attempt to hold their
regularly scheduled revival. Editor
Leon Smith of the Thomaston Free
Press reported they would probably
use a tent for a meeting place.
“They’re just hopeful and prayer
ful about building the church back”
editor Smith said.
Church officials are planning to
build the new building on the same
grounds, and have already started
a fund-raising drive.
The church, which is located four
miles north of Thomaston on U. S.
19, was organized in 1847 and is
the- oldest church in Upson Coun
ty. The destroyed building was the
church’s second, and was built in
1945.
There are 250 active members.
Miss Sylvia Maxwell
Receives Sophomore
Honors at Wesleyan
Macon, Ga.—Miss Sylvia Maxwell
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Maxwell, Route 2, Butler has re
ceived Sophomore Honors at Wes
leyan College and has been named
on the Semester Honors List for the
spring semester.
Sophomore Honors are awarded
to students who have maintained
the equivalent of a B average in
all subjects for their first two years
in college. The Semester Honors
list is compiled following each
semester.
Hemingwav Kills
Himself With Gun
SUN VALLEY, Idaho, July 2—Er
nest Hemingway, 62, the bearded
American novelist who gained fame
writing of death and violence, acci
dentally killed himself Sunday
while cleaning a gun, his wife said.
Mrs. Mary Hemingway issued
this brief statement.
“Mr. Hemingway accidentally
killed himself while cleaning a
gun this morning at 7:30 a. m. No
time has been set for the funeral
services, which will be private.”
Later it was announced the fu
neral will be Friday, with burial
in nearby Ketchum.
Authorities said a shotgun blast
killed the author.
Berrien Youth Named
State 4-H President
ROCK EAGLE, Ga., June 28— A
17-year-old Berrien County boy was
elected president of Georgia’s more
than 148,000 4-H Club members at
the final session of the annual state
council meeting Wednesday.
The presidenry went to Johnny
Akins in one of the hottest 4-H
Club sessions in history when 28
candidates sought the six state off
ices.
Named to serve with Johnny were
Nancy Smith of Floyd County and
Gary Moore of Worth County as
vice president, Ann Vaughan of
Tift County as secretary-treasurer,
Dennis Cathey of Rabun County as
reporter and Jane Parker of Jenkins
County as parliamentarian.
Mr. Mack Marchman, principal
of Butler High School, reports to
the Herald that a new Vocational
Agriculture teacher, Mr. Johnny Da
vis has been selected to replace
Mr. Harold Ragan, who recently re
signed to accept a similar position
in the Dawson High School, Ter
rell County.
Mr. Davis assumed his duties as
teacher in the Butler school July
3. He comes to Taylor County from
the Schley County School system.
Butler extends a cordial welcome
to Mr. Davis, his wife and three
children.
The following calendar is also
given by Mr. Marchman:
Teacher pre-planning week be
gins Aug. 28.
Student registration on Wednes
day Aug. 30th.
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4th
(Holiday for all).
Second day of school on Tuesday,
Sept. 5th.
Last day of school will be on
June 1, 1962.
Holidays will include:
One day G. E. A.
Two days Thanksgiving
Two days Spring Holidays
The dates for the above holidays
will be announced.
Homecoming At
Bethel Methodist
Church July 9th
The Bethel Methodist Church on
the Geneva Charge will have
Homecoming on July 9th beginning
with the morning service at 11:00
A. M. The guest preacher will be
the Rev. Clyde Lancaster, pastor of
the Loganville Methodist Church in
Loganville, Georgia. Rev. Lancas
ter was a member of the Bethel
Methodist Church when he entered
the ministry. Following the morn
ing service, there will be "dinner
on the grounds” and a period of
fellowship singing during the af
ternoon. “All former members,
friends, and relatives of the Bethel
Church are invited to be present
for the Homecoming”, according to
the announcement made by the
pastor, the Rev. James T. Pennell.
New Housing
For Roberta
Gets Approval
ROBERTA—A contract authoriz
ing 30 new low-rent homes here
will soon get the go-ahead from
federal authorities, Congressman
Carl Vinson has notified officials
here. The housing development is
to cost $400,676.
According to word from Wash
ington, the Roberta Housing Autho
rity and the Public Housing Ad
ministration will shortly sign docu
ments for the project.
The Housing and Home Finance
Agency has approved execution of
the loan contract for the develop
ment, which is in line with Rober
ta’s program to eliminate slums
and blight in this area.
The federal approval clears the
way for Roberta to apply for va
rious types of federal assistance in
carrying out the civic improvement
program.
Local Girl Wins
Semester Honors
At Wesleyan
Macon, Ga.—Miss Gloria Jean
Gilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Gilson, Jr., Butler has been
named on the Honors List for the
second semester this year at Wes
leyan College where she will be
a member of the Junior class this
fall.
To attain the Honors List, a stu
dent must have an av*r«g« of B
in all subjects.
Newnan Girl Wins
World Posture Title
ST. LOUIS, June 29—Martha
Jean Maxwell, 17, of Newnan, Ga.,
was named 1961 World Posture
Queen here Wednesday night.
The crowning took place at the
annual convention of the Interna
tional Chiropractic Research Insti
tute.
Among the others of the 15 final
ists were: Susan Copeland, 19, Co
lumbus, Ala.; Judy Ann Morgan, 18,
Jacksonville, Ark.; Ramona Floy
Anderson, 18, Orlando, Fla.; and
Lynda Lee Lynch, 18, Knoxville,
Tenn.
Court Recessed for Tuesday,
July 4; Judge J.R. Thompson
Presiding Over This Session.
The mid-summer session of the
Taylor County Superior Court open
ed here Monday, July 3 with Hon.
J. R. Thompson of Columbus as
presiding judge.
Mr. John H. Land, solicitor gen
eral and Thomas W. Hughey, court
reporter both of Columbus, assist
ing the court in their respective
capacities.
Hon. T. Whatley was chosen
foreman of the Grand Jury with
Hon. Austin Guinn and Hon. E. J.
Stinson, clerks.
The grand jury completed their
deliberations Monday afternoon.
After completion of the civil doc
ket Monday afternoon Judge
Thompson adjourned the court for
Tuesday, July 4. Court re-opened
Wednesday, July 5 for continuing
the criminal docket.
In the case tried Monday after
noon in which Mrs. Mable Hobbs
vs Mrs. Leila Hogg (assault and
battery) the case ended in a mis
trial.
Georgia Termed
Finest Place To
Spend Vacation
ATLANTA,—In line with the
Georgia Department of Commerce’s
advise to Georgians to "See Georgia
First”, The Adel News and Lake
land’s Lanier County News carried
a timely editorial recently entitled,
“Time For That Vacation.” It said:
“It is time to plan and carry
through that plan for a vacation
right here in Georgia. We must not
procrastinate and put off those
times of rest, relaxation, physical
and mental uplifts that are so
needed in these hurried, complex
days. We all realize tourism helps
our state, its people and economy.
We should make it a point to see
Georgia first.
“If you have never driven throu
gh the Georgia Mountains in the
summer months, enjoyed the cool
mountain streams, the fine beach
es at Jekyll, Savannah and Bruns
wick, then by all means try it. You'
will then wonder why you didn’t-
know this was all so near home.
“We have beautiful forest, trails
ways leading into areas high in In
dian history. The Old Forst at stra
tegic points are all worth visiting.
There are many historical spots,
don’t miss a one of them-
"Wherev^r you go - make sure
you spend some of your vacation
money right in your own state.
You will see it come back home
quicker that way.”
Lockheed Awarded
$8.18 Million Army -
Air Force Contracts 1
Atlanta, Ga.—Military contracts
totaling $8,180,924 were awarded
Friday to the Georgia division of
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
A $6,948,000 contract for spare
parts and ground support equip
ment for the Lockheed-produced
VC140B (JetStar) was awarded to
the company by the Air Force.
The 550-mile-an-hour compact
jet goes into service later this year
as a high-priority personnel trans
port. Six of the VC140Bs and five-
C140s, “flying laboratories”, have'
already been sold to the Air Force.
The Army awarded the Lockheed'
division at Marietta a $1,232,924
contract for construction of a re
search model of the "Humming
bird,” vertical landing and takeoff
aircraft.
County Students On
Dean’s List, Mercer
MACON, Ga.,—The Walter F.
George School of Law, Mercer Uni
versity, has announced the names
of nine students who have made
the Dean’s List for the spring quar
ter .1961.
Students attaining the Dean’s list
must have a grade of seventy-eight
or better for the quarter. Dean
James C. Quarles said this group
comprises less than the highest ten
percent in scholarship in the Law
School.
Among the students on the list
are Alexander Davis, Butler; Robert
L. Swearingen, Jr., Reynolds.