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VOLUME 85
The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
Butler
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 3, 1961.
NUMBER 44.
Week of August 7-11
For Youth Revival
Rev. Wm. Flournoy of Geneva,
Will be Guest Preacher
During Revival.
The Butler Methodist Youth
Fellowship has set the date for
their Youth Activities Week for
August 7-11.
Speaker for the week will be
Rev. William Flournoy, assistant
pastor of the Geneva Charge.
The order of worship from Mon
day through Thursday of the re
vival week will be: 7:30, Fellow
ship; 8-00, Worship; 9-00, Refresh
ments. On Friday the group will
begin with a spaghetti dinner at
6:30 p. m. Worship hour will begin
at 8 p. m.
The young people are looking
forward to having all of their
group in this area to attend these
services from evening to evening.
Congress Favors
“Freezing” Military
Men in Service
Washington, D. C. — The Penta
gon made a fast start last week on
Pres. Kennedy’s new military build
up. It ordered a sharp increase in
the August draft call and asked
Congress for billions of dollars to
muster another quarter of a mil
lion men.
Secretary of Defense McNamara
went before a Senate Appropria
tions subcommittee with plans to
“achieve quickly” a peak readi
ness to respond to any kind of
armed Communism aggression any
where in the world.
McNamara specified how the De
fense Department would spend an
additional $3.4 billion to increase
the armed forces to a total of 2,-
743.000 men, arm them with more
missiles and other modern weap
ons and prepare to send more
fighting men overseas swiftly if
the need arose in Berlin or else
where.
While indicating no immediate
call of National Guard or reserve
units, McNamara asked for legis
lation that would authorize the
President to order to active duty up
to a quarter million members of
the ready reserve.
Americus Housing
Units Construction
Let to Contract
Americus, Ga. — E. A. Scott and
Sons of Americus is low bidder at
$849,425 for constructing 100 new
low ocst federal housing units in
Americus.
W. D. White, executive director
of the Americus Housing Authority
reported that the local contracting
firm submitted the lowest of six
bids received.
Director white said construction
will begin within 30 days, with
completion of the project expected
August, 1962. The white units will
be located on Cherokee Street. The
colored dwellings wil be erected in
North Americus near other project
homes.
The director also pointed out
that addition of the apartments
will provide an important source
of residence for those families be
ing moved out of the Forsyth St.
Urban Renewal Project.
State Paid $17,976
For Cravey Awards
Atlanta, Ga. — Comp. Gen. Zack
Cravey’s purchases of gifts and
awards in the name of fire preven
tion this year total nearly $18,000,
records in the State Purchasing
Department showed Monday.
According to records offered by
purchasing department officials,
here’s the box score:
1120 tie clasps and three dozen
pins with fire ax and Ga. seal,
$1,837.
11.000 purse mirrors, $638.
150.000 folding cardboard fans,
$5,841.
60.000 ball point pens, $3,960.
10.000 fire marshal badges, $2,-
850.
10.000 “state at large” junior fire
marshal badges, $2,850.
The pens, fans and mirrors all
carry the fire prevention messages
and Cravey’s name. Cravey’s crit
ics charge that the items have po
litical as well as fire prevention,
uses.
Backers
See Garland Byrd
Sweep Into Office
Savannah, Ga. — Political lead
ers of 17 counties of the 18-county
First Congressional District pre
dicted Monday an overwhelming
victory for Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd
in the 1962 governor’s race.
Almost 200 Byrd supporters met
with the lieutenant governor at
the Hotel DeSoto to map campaign
strategy for the race.
A spokesman said that the only
county in the district not repre
sented at the meeting — Wheeler—
will go for Byrd because all the
l county officials there are support
ing him.
The press was excluded from
the strategy meeting, but reporters
later were told that Byrd told his
supporters that the governor’s race
was going to be a contest between
him and former Gov. Griffin.
Byrd said that "honesty in gov
ernment” would be one of the
main issues of the campaign.
He said that by the time the
General Assembly meets in 1962
his political organization will be
well-established in every county.
He said that with such an organi
zation his political campaign could'
continue without his personal di
rection while he presided over the
Senate.
Rep. Charlie Jones of Liberty
county, said Georgia needs a “good
lawyer, politician and business"
and that in Byrd the state would
•have all three.
Ralph Dawson long time politi
cal boss of Long county, told the
rally that Long had voted for
Byrd for agriculture commissioner
and for lieutenant governor, had
never regretted it, and would vote
for him for governor.
Paul Stone of Burke county,
member of the state board of edu
cation said he would not promise
Burke would support Byrd, but he
said most of the “good people” of
the county are working for him.
Butler Cemetery
Cleaning Is Set for
Thursday, Aug. 10
Wives of the Councilmen, City of
Butler are sponsoring a clean-up
day at the local cemetery on the
afternoon of Aug. 10.
These ladies urge all persons
who have friends and loved ones
buried at this cemetery to please
come and assist with the work. If
impossible to come, please send
someone to work for you, or send
a cash contribution to help pay for
the extra hired help to do the
job.
Send contributions to Mrs. Al
fred Kinnon, Butler, Ga.
State Draft Quota
Hiked for This Month
Atlanta, Ga. — The Ga. draft
quota for August was ordered in=-
creased by 62 per cent Friday from
186 to 302, State Selective Service
Director Col. Mike Hendrix said.
Hendrix said the order for more
men came from national Selective
Service headquarters as a supple
ment to the regular August draft
call. He said the increased draft
quota for Ga. resulted from a hike
in the national call from 8,000 to
13.000 men In August.
The President in a nation wide
TV address recently said draft
quotas would be increased to beef
up military forces in the face of
Russian threats to the freedom of
West Berlin.
Hendrix said the state pool of
draft available men, or those who
have been examined and classified
1A, will total about 1100 after the
August quota is filled. Ga. has 30-
000 men in the IA classification
who have not yet been examined.
1.000 High Schoolers
To Attend Workshop
Nearly 1,000 high school cheer
leaders from 95 Georgia communi
ties will attend the State YMCA
Cheerleaders’ Clinic at Rock Eagle
Center Aug. 11-12.
The cheerleaders wil] receive in
struction from a staff of 40 cheer
leaders from colleges and universi
ties in Georgia and Alabama, who
will serve as instructors.
The two day training period will
include class instruction, critique
sessions, and yell demonstrations.
Theme of the clinic will be “Good
Sportsmanship in the Game, in
the Stands, in Life.”
Taylor Co. Citizens Saddened by Death
Of Friends, Rlatives During Recent Days
LUTHER M. DAVIS
Mr. Luther M. Davis, 65, Atlanta
druggist, died at the DeKalb Gen
eral Hospital, Decatur, at 11:45 a.
m. July 29. His death was attribut
ed to a stroke which he suffered
a week ago.
Mr. Davis was born in Taylor
county Feb. 18, 1896, son of Mr.
L. O. and Bertha K. Davis. He was
reared in this city and was a
member of the graduating class of
| the local school' in 1911. He was
j married to the former Carrie
Brown of Atlanta, Oct. 20, 1915. He
had made his residence in Atlanta
during the past half century. His
place of business as a druggist
was located in Decatur where he
received recognition as being the
most outstanding business man of
Decatur for the year 1960.
Funeral was conducted at Spring
Hill Funeral Home July 31, 3 p.m.
Rev. James J. Thompson, pastor of
the Belvedere Methodist church,
Decatur of which Mr. Davis was a
member and steward. Rev. Jones
of Atlanta assisted with the
service. Interment was in West-
view cemetery, Atlanta.
Pall bearers included William
Keen, Reynolds; O. C Keen Jr.,
Butler and George Glass and Wal
ter Brady of Atlanta.
Survivors include his widow,
I Mrs. Carrie Brown Davis; one
J daughter, Mrs. Miriam Cash; two
Isons, Luther Davis Jr., and James
IO. Davis; several grand children;
| two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Locke and
I Mrs. O. C. Keen Sr., of Butler;
' also several nieces and nephews.
MRS. ANNIE A. SANDERS
JOHN LEWIS RUSTIN
Mr. John Lewis Rustin, 56 years
of age, died at the State Hospital
July 27th, 11:35 a. m. He had been
in ill health for the past two
years.
j Mr. Rustin was born in Taylor
county Nov. 13, 1904 the son of
Mrs. Olivia Rustin and the late
Mr. J. L. Rustin. He made his
honrte in Taylor county most of his
life and was connected with the
Central of Georgia Railroad for
many years, having retired only
a few years ago because of poor
health.
Funeral services for Mr. Rustin
were conducted at Mt. Nebo Primi-,
tive Baptist church near Charing
last Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Rev. W. H. Hancock, pastor of the
! Elizabeth Primitive Baptist church
of Macon, officiated. Interment
was in the Bloodworth cemetery.
Nephews of the deceased were
pall bearers.
, Survivors include his mother,
four i brothers, Messrs W. T. J. M„
and Fred Rustin of Butler and Sid
ney Rustin of Mauk; six sisters,
; Mrs. Olivia Watson, Mrs. Sallie V.
'Wilchar, Mrs. Minnie Page, Mrs.
Ruth Pike, Mrs. Ruby Ingram and
Mrs. Milbry Quinn.
| Edwards Funeral Home was in
j charge of arrangements.
ROBERT HAMA DAVIS
Mrs. Annie Adams Sanders, 80,
died at her residence in Macon
Sunday, 2:30 p. m. She had been
in ill health for several years.
Mrs. Sanders was born in Tal
bot county March 1881, the
daughter of the late Mr. John Arch
Adams and the late Mrs. Mary
Gholson Adams. She was the wid
ow of Mr. T. W. Sanders of this
county who preceded her in death
many years ago. She had made
her home in Macon for the past 35
years. She was a member of the
Elizabeth Primitive Baptist church.
Funeral services were conducted
at Hart’s Mortuary in Macon
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock.
'Rev, W. H. Hancock, pastor of the
| church, officiated. Interment was
in Shiloh cemetery, Talbot county.
Pall bearers were Messrs George,
Alvah, M. L. Bernard, Norman,
Clifford and Bentley Adams Jr., all
nephews of the deceased.
Survivors include one son, Mr.
Gholson Sanders, Macon; five
daughters, Mrs. H. L. Mosley,
Reynolds; Mrs. Charlie Wynn,
Mrs. Troy Mercer and Mrs. Eula
Welch all of Macon; and Mrs.
Juanita Bruner of Mariettta; one
sister, Mrs. Mamie A. Parker, of
Talbotton and a brother, Mr.
Weeks Adams of Macon; besides a
number of nieces and nephews.
CLINTON O. FREDERICK
Robert Hama Davis, 69, promi
nent resident of Ideal, died July
19th, in a Montezuma hospital af
ter a lingering illness.
Funeral was conducted at Ideal
Methodist church. Rev. H. H. Shep
pard and Rev. W. J. Adair officiat
ed and interment was in the
Ideal cemetery.
Pallbearers were Clyde Chapman
Clyde Raburn, Clyde Gilbert, How
ard Park, E. J. Smith and James
Robinson.
Mr. Davis, a retired farmer, had
been a member of Ideal City Coun
cil and was a member of the Ma
con County Board of Education for
a number of years. He was a com
mittee chairman of Macon County
ASC committee.
He was a Veteran of World War
I and a life-long citizen of Macon
county.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Miss Myrtic Hambrick of
Ideal; thre brothers, N. V. Davis,
Griffin; H. S. Davis, Dothan, Ala;
and W. D. Davis, Marianna, Fla.;
a sister, Mrs. Clytie Lyons of At
lanta; and several nieces and ne
phews.
Sims Garrett Jr.
| Chosen Southern Area
Chairman of Group
New Ultra-Modern
Fish Lab Op ens
At Fort Valley
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commision opened an ultra-mod
ern fish laboratory and district en
forcement office in Fort Valley,
[Tuesday.
The new facility will serve as
headquarters for a 17 county en
forcement district, which includes
Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Houston,
Peach, Taylor, Crawford, Monroe,
Lamar, Butts, Jasper, Henry, New
ton and Rockdale counties.
It will also house headquarters
for fisheries investigations and
game management operations.
Commission Director Fulton Lo
vell said R. S. Baker, formerly of
Summerville, will be enforcement
chief for the new district.
A staff of eight wildlife rangers
have been assigned to Chief Ba
ker. They include Morris Akin,
Covington; O. H. Turner, McDon
ough; Fred White, Jackson; W. B.
Johnson, Barnesville; R. L. Till
man, Monticello; C. E. Quick, For
syth; H. A. McGough, Lilly and H.
J. Simpson, Cordele.
Fishery biologist P C. Pierce,
who formerly served as project
leader for farm pond management
in South Ga., has been named to
head statewide investigations of
farm ponds.
Lovell said biologists Marvin
Shell, Ft. Valley, and Charles Bry
an, Ft. Valley, will assist Pierce in
fishery investigations.
Game technician Dick Whitting
ton, who served as a game biolo
gist on the Commission’s Altamaha
waterfowl area, will head game
management operations in the Ft.
Valley area.
“We feel that our new facility in
Ft. Valley will greatly enhance our
conservation program, not only in
Middle Ga., but throughout the
State.”
Lebanon Church
Revival Begins
Monday Night
Bro. Arthur Terrell of Rupert
will bring the message at 11 a. m.
at Lebanon Baptist church Sunday.
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Train
ing Union at 7 and preaching at
8 p. m. Sunday.
Revival services will begin Mon
day night and continue throughout
the following week. There will be
worship twice daily beginning
Tuesday. Hours of worship will be
11 a. m. and 8 p. m. through Fri
day evening. Rev. Homer Fowler
of Griffin will be guest minister.
The public is extended a cordial
welcome to attend all these serv-
Funeral services for Clinton O.
Frederick, 48, a retired Naval Of
ficer, were conducted July 24 in
a funeral home at Morehead City,
N. C.
Mr. Frederick died on July 22nd
in the Naval Base Hospital, Le-
June, N. C., after several months’
illness.
The deceased was formerly of
Georgia, the son of the late Floyd
Frederick and Rose Frederick. He
was educated in the public schools
of Macon and Milledgeville and
graduated at G.M.C., Milledge-
and attended U. S. Naval Cadet
School. He later entered regular
Naval service which he continued
until retirement because of ill
health.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Emma Davis Frederick; two
daughters, Shirley and Rosemary;
one brother, Col. Floyd Frederick
of Sandersville; was a nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Owens of
Macon, Mrs. Martin Chapman, of
Butler, Mrs. M. E. Pate and Mrs.
George Southwell, Ashburn.
Mr. Frederick was a member of
the Baptist church and was a lead
er in the church until ill health
prevented. He was a member of
the Men’s Bi’ble Class, teacher
and asociate teacher with a per
fect attendance for several years.
He was a Mason, president of the
Lions Club, Morehead City Promo
tion Club and several other sivic
organizations.
Madison, Wise. — Mr. Sims Gar
rett, Jr., managing director of the
Ga. Motor Trucking Assn., Atlanta,
has been elected southern area
chairman of the national organi
zation of State Trucking Assn,
managers.
Mr. Garrett, who lives at Mari
etta, was elected chairman of Re
gion II, encompassing 14 South
ern states and an annual meeting
of the group.
The association was formed sev
eral years ago to work principally
toward uniformity in truck
weights, sizes, licensing and taxes
among the states. It functions in
other areas as well, toward im
proving truck reciprocity among
j the states and easing the flow of
j interstate commerce by truck.
Atlanta Newspapers
Sponsor Workshop
The Atlanta Journal and The
Atlanta Constitution, with the co
operation of the Atlanta area
school systems and Emory Univer
sity will sponsor a pilot workshop
"The Newspaper in the Classroom”
at Emory Aug. 7-11.
| Thirty social studies teachers in
I Greater Atlanta and adjacent coun
ties have registered for the course.
Charing Revival
To Begin Sunday
Revival services wil] begin Sun
day and continue through the fol
lowing week at Charing Methodist
church. Everyone is invited to at
tend the revival each evening
at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Bill Adams will be the
speaker and the theme for the
week will be “Disciples of Christ.”.
Oxford Paints
Grim Picture of
State Finances
July Tax Collections Nearly
$1 Million Under That of
July Last Year.
Atlanta, Ga. — State Revenue
Commissioner Dixon Oxford paint
ed a dark financial picture for the
state Monday, reporting a drop of
nearly a million dollars in July
tax collection compared with the
same month a year ago.
Collection of special taxes by the
Revenue Department totaled $26.7
millions but refunds of income,
gasoline and other taxes were $1.2:
million. This left net revenue at
$25.5 million compared to $26.4:
million in July of 1960.
Oxford said, “The situation does
not look bright at all. I am of the
opinion that we won’t match last
year."
I He said that starting next July 1
the appropriation goes up to $419
I million a year. Unless there is a
major boom to hike income, sales,
gasoline and beer taxes — among
'others — ihe surplus might well be
gone by the end of the year.
| Meanwhile, Oxford returned to
his office after a week in the North
Carolina mountains, officially say
ing only that he has not resigned.
He refused to say, however, what
. his plans are and whether he will,
remain thru the Vandiver adminis
tration.
A sounree close to Oxford said
the commissioner might bow out
after the January-February legis
lative session. Another source said'
Oxford had no intention of resign
ing his $18,000 a year post in the
near future.
When Gov. Vandiver was ques
tioned about Oxford at his news
conference, the governor referred
all questions to Oxford himself.
Oxford then called a news con
ference on his own and issued this,
statement: “No, I have not resign -
ed as revenue commissioner and
if I had it would have been the
governor who would have made
the announcement.
Also included in his statement
was the paragraph: “There are al
ways times in the performance of
any public service when the trials
of office and the necessary per
sonal sacrifice cause the toughest
and most vigorous men to wish for
the pleasantness of private life.”
! Murray Casket Co.
Opens Mfg. Plant *■
In Butler This Week
Two Local Youth
Attend FFA-FHA
Camp Recently
During the week of July 24th the
Ga. Association of Future Farmers
of America met in their 33rd an
nual state convention at the state
FFA-FHA camp near Covington.
The two delegates from the
Butler Chapter were John Purvis
and Wayne Cox.
During the convention week, the
delegates listened to thespeeches
of such distinguished guests as
Rev. Bill Whithouse and Mr. Jim
Thomas, National FFA President.
They also heard the string band
contestants and visited the Depart
ment of Agriculture at the Univer
sity of Ga., Athens.
Lighting Demonstration
To Be Held In Butler
Methodist Church
Those of you interested in light
ing in the home are invited to at
tend a demonstration to be given
by the Georgia Power Representa
tive of Americus sponsored by the
Taylor County Home Demonstration
Council. There will be no charges.
The program will be held in the
annex of the Butler Methodist Chur
ch at 2:30 on Tuesday, August 8.
Lamps will be sold to those wish
ing to purchase them.
Tech Gets Grant
Ga. Tech has received a grant of
$26,900 from the National Science
Foundation. The grant will be
used for research under the direc
tion of Dr. J. R Cox of the school
of chemistry.
Murray Casket Company has
opened in this city under the*
management of James Murray Jr.
colored, former Butler citizen.
Murray has resided in Detroit,
Mich, for the past 10 years where
he was connected with the Michi
gan Casket Company and the
Brantley Casket Co.
The Murray Casket Co. is located
in the West End section of Butler
near the white and colored ceme
teries.
Murray states that he will man
ufacture various types of caskets
both wood and metal. He will em
ploy local labor and at present is
training several persons in this
type of work. He and his wife are-
qualified designers with many
years experience. He plans to re
model his present building and
expand facilities for operation.
The local casket firm plans to-
supply caskets throughout this
area.
Home Coming Day
Horeb Baptist Church
Announced for Sun.
Home coming day will be ob
served Sunday with Rev. W. L..
Wade bringing the home-coming:
message Sunday morning.
The revival will begin at Horebj
next Monday night with Rev. Wal
ter Doggrell, pastor of the Butler:
Baptist church, conducting the
services throughout the week..
There will be two services daily
with the exception of Monday:
morning. Hours of worship are an
nounced as 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
throughout the week. The revival’
will close on Friday night of next
week.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend as many of
these services as possible and re
ceive a blessing from having at
tended. L