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The Butler Herald "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS T H E SECRET OF SUCCESS" VOLUME 85 BUTLErTtAYLOR COUNTY,.GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY ^71%!. NUMBER ~40 State’s Road Toll I Annual ^ssion hodist Conf. Ends Friday Held Down to r S« Ga .. A 1 University of Oa 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.