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The Butler Herald "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS" VOLUME 85 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1961. NUMBER 46. Kennedy Asks for Million to Remake Little Satilla River Appling and Ware Butler High School 1961 Term to Begin Monday, Aug. 28 r— ot * . Revival Services At Howard Church Now in Progress Watershed oeP t. Ga aid that a new Vocational G e ^^ vetS uy Agriculture teacher, Mr. Johnny Da- Mack Marchman, principal Rev. er High School, reports to aid that a new Vocational One of 15 in Washington, D. C. — A 109,5000 married students who re-enter R. counties would be remade topo graphically at a cost of $1,162,000 under a proposal endorsed Monday by President Kennedy. The land remodeling would be done as part of the Little Satilla creek watershed development proj ect, one of 15 in the nation re quested Monday by the President. He also asked Congress to ap prove $503,000 in federal funds for the Little Satilla project. The $659- 000 balance of the cost would be provided from local sources. Under the program, land would be treated and improved and anti erosion measures would be taken and three irrigation reservoirs , a multipurpose irrigation and flood prevention reservoir would be con structed in the Little Satilla ba sin. The plan adso calls for 325,000 feet of Little Satilla channel im provement. The creek basin includes parts of Appling and Wayne counties and the towns of Surrency, Odum and Screven. Mailmen Honor Thomas E. Watson “Father of R. F. D. 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 Bill Adams, Pastor, in Charge; Preaching Twice Daily* 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Methodists in Howard launched out into a big week of revival serv ices which began Sunday and will continue through Friday (tomor- ^ He conies to Taylor County fromj row * ni S ht ' Rev - Bin Adams . the 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. Make Plans Now For Approaching Term of School pastor, announces, The youth from all around the Howard Charge are helping to con duct the evening services with the presentation of inspiring and meaningful worship meditations. Song leaders for the week are Mrs. Adams and her brother, Jim Jackson Jr., of Waycross, a son of the late Rev. Jas. F. Jackson. The public is cordially invited to attend both the 11 a. m. service which is an informal discussion of Christian beliefs, and the 8 p. m. service of spirited singing, prayer meditation and preaching. James S. Peters To Look at Schools While in Europe 700 Methodists Expected to Attend Ministers’ School Annual Pastor’s School at Wesleyan College Set for September 4-8. Macon, Ga. — Up to 700 Metho dist ministers are expected to con verge on Macon next month for a five day Pastor’s School at Wesley an College. The ministers from both the South and North Ga. Conferences, will hear the lectures, attend work shops and demonstration sessions Sept. 4-8 at Wesleyan. The Pastor’s School is designed to acquaint the ministers with the latest counsel ing methods and to bring them up to date on church administrative duties and other responsibilities. A spokesman said the session is an annual affair to keep Methodist ministers abreast of the latest aids in the “business of the church.” The annual sessions were origin ated by church leaders of the At- lan area. Dr. Hoover Rupert, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Ann Ar bor, Mich., will be platform speak er for the school. Author of several books and a member of the World Methodist Council, Dr. Rupert will preach each day during the week. Dr Fred Gealy, professor of New Testament in the Ohio Methodist Theological School, will lecture sev eral times on “Bibilical Scripture Interpretation.” Also the author of Atlanta, Ga. — The rural mailmen panel tribute Sunday to Thomas Watson, former Ga. Con gressman regarded as the “Father of Rural Free Delivery” of mail. A ceremony at the Watson Mon ument on the state capitol lawn served as a prelude to the national convention of the National Rural Letter Carriers Assn. The organization and its auxili ary are expected to attract 2,500 persons to Atlanta. Featured speak er, U.S. Postmaster General J. Ed Day. Watson, a dominant figure in Ga. politics around the turn of the century, was elected to one term in Congress on the Populist ticket in 1890. He was sent to the Senate as a Democrat in 1920. It was during his term as a rep resentative that Watson led a suc cessful fight for free delivery of mail to persons living outside of towns and communities. Watson died in 1922. Vandiver Names Delegates to Parley Atlanta, Ga. — Georgia veterans and war orphans who are plan ning to attend college or a training I school this Fall should be making nation’s I final plans now, Pete Wheeler, Director of the Department of Vet erans Service warned this week. Delay in making application to a school, filing proper forms with the VA, or accumulating funds for tne first few weeks expenses can seri ously impair a smooth beginning of the school term, he said. Also, each new school term is a deadline to begin or complete an education program for some vet erans or war orphans, he said. Each student should survey his in dividual situation to be sure that he will complete his education within the prescribed period. Generally speaking, Korean vets must complete their education within eight years of their dis charge, and war orphans must secure their college training be- Atlanta, Ga. — Five Ga. legisla tors and an aide to Gov. Vandiver will attend the 10 annual Legisla tive Work Conference of the South- Clarke; G. B. Brooks, Oglethorpe; next week in Tampa. Vandiver named the delegation to represent him at the conference which will work on goals for higher education in the South. The delegation includes Repre sentatives Chappelle Matthews of acre tract in Appling and Ware Mac Barber, Jackson; and Harold Boggs of Madison; Sen. H. T. Ov erby, Gainesville and administra tive aide W. L. Jernigan. -s Dawson Considered For Peanut Lab Atlanta, Ga. — State BoarjJ of Education Chairman James Peters of Manchester left last week on a 10-week tour that will include a look at schools in Western Europe. t _ „„ Peters will visit England, Ireland |several books and articles, Dr. Gea- the low countries, France, Germany jiy studied at the University of Ber- Italy and Spain. | lin and Basel University. It will be a sight-seeing trip 1 The preachers will review their said Peters, but he will drop in at | history lessons under the direc- schools along the way. |tion of Dr. F. H. Littel, who will Peters, 77 year old veteran of the j bring a series of lectures on “An Ga. political scene left the day af- j Historical Profile of Religion Jr. Fire Marshal Meet Next Week At Lake Jackson Atlanta, Ga. — Tom Sawyer of Reynolds, and Fran Cochran of Butler, have been chosen to rep resent Taylor county at the Fifth Annual Ga. Statewide Junior Fire Marshal Conference which again convenes at the beautiful FFA Camp on Lake Jackson during next week, Safety Commissioner Cravey announces. Commissioner Cravey said he ex pected 450 to 500 of the Junior Fire Marshals this year from prac tically every high school in the state. He pointed out that they were selected on the basis of scholarship, character and leader ship. The most comprehensive fire safety instruction in history has been arranged for the Conference, Commissioner Cra v ey reported, with the delegates to be intro duced to “Operation Stopfire”. This is a live demonstration, featuring five actual fires and five explos ions whereby the audience can view first hand the consequences of mishandling fire. Introduced this summer, “Operation Stopfire” has been widely acclaimed and is booked solidly for engagements thru October. There also will be other demon strations on genera] fire safety electrical fire safety and water Safety Throngs Attending Indian Springs Camp Meeting Dr. W. P. Davis of Kentucky^ One of Several Outstanding: Evangelists at Camp. Jackson, Ga. — Dr. W. P. Davis opened the 71st annual session of the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Meeting Aug. 10th at 8 p.m. Coming to the Indian Springs rostrum for the first time, Dr. Davis is pastor of the First Methodist Church, Covington, Ky. Other evangelists at this session are Dr. L. P. Hicks and Dr. Roy Nicholson. These men will preach- alternately three times a day thru Aug. 20th. Dr. Hicks, an outstanding pastor evangelist is at present pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene: in Chattanooga, Tenn. Dr. Nicholson, who has spokenr at Indian Springs Camp Ground on many former occasions, is head of the Dept., of Religion at Wes- leya College in Central, S. C. Other features of the meeting in addition to the preaching services will he teaching, music, fellowship Bible study and persona] worship. The young people’s program will be under the direction of Rev~ Ralph Foster of Albany. An out standing young preacher, Rev. Eld Commisioner Cravey, State School , Beck will ‘ be the Young People’s Supt. Claude Purcell, former Gov. , S p ea R er Griffin, under whose administra- Miss Decora Adams, dean of of tion the Junior Fire Conference women {P Reinhardt College, Wa- was founded, head a long list of lj es R a returns to Indian Springs as ter presiding over ing of the board. a called meet- State Prison System Adds New Division America.” Dr. Littell is professor of church history at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He formerly served in | the same position at Emory Uni versity’s Candler School of The ology. Dr. Littell received the High Commission Merit Award from Atlanta, Ga. — A new division West Germany two years ago for of Welfare and Education has his contributions in German been added to the State Depart- | church history, ment of Corrections to train and I The week’s lectures will be educate prisoners for jobs after rounded out with a daily address they are released, Director Forres- ! by Bishop J. O. Smith, resident ter announces. I bishop of the Atlanta area. At the same time Forrester an- i Two workshops are scheduled so nounces the appointment of W. C. | the Methodist preachers might Harris of Savannah as assistant di- have opportunity to see and hear tween the ages of°18 and 23°There [rector in charge of the new divis-!demonstrations of new techniques ... . . ' i „ TTn..!,, ! r, n frvrrvi /-»»• PknfViom onH iHnoc fnr tVin noctornl m iv-iic Dawson, Ga. — A team of repre sentatives from the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture toured Daw son recently to inspect the town and community as the possible site for the $1.6 million peanut lab. The decision will be made with in the next two weeks and the site for the peanut marketing study center will be made public. Winter Hat Workshop Planned for Oct. 27th A hat workshop for making winter hats is planned for Oct. 27. The exact time and place will be announced later. If you are inter ested in learning how to make new hats or redecorate yow old are exceptions, however, and each eligible person should know whether they apply to him. For detailed information or as sistance in securing these bene fits, veterans and the children of any veteran who died of a service connected disability should imme diately contact the nearest office State Department of Veteran Serv ice. Water System Under Repair Roberta, Ga. — Roberta’s water system is being repaired and other wise improved and according to J. W. Johnson, mayor of the city, the cost of the improvements will be approximately $15,000. New pumps are being installed, and approximately 6,000 feet of water mains added to the system Johnson said. This he said, should triple the water supply and at the same time afford cheaper opera tion. The city's water tank is being repaired and given a new paint job, the mayor added. Deep wells are the source of Ro berta’s water supply. In labora tory tests, from time to time, the water rates 99.4 per cent pure John son stated. ion. Harris is a former Chatham |and ideas for the pastoral minis- County Sheriff with a background | try. prominent speakers. | This Junior Fire Marshal Con ference is the only one of its kind in the United States and has brought the state nation wide pub licity. W. O. W. Camp Observes Elders Nite Aug. 24th, 8 p. m. Butler Camp 1428 W. O. W. will observe “Elders Nighl” Aug. 24th, 8 p. m. at the local Masonic Lodge. All members who have been in the WOW for 25 or 50 years are quali fied to receive the award. There are several members in Taylor county who are qualified. Also at this meeting will be presented two local boys for their heroic efforts in saving a boy from drowning. The program will be high of both law and journalism. Associated with Harris will be Rev. Sewell Dixon of Atlanta, who has been appointed as chief of chaplains for the religious activi ties section of the division. He is a member of the North Ga. Metho dist Conference. Forrester said Harris is to “de vise a program of spiritual activi ties for all prisoners within state system.” “Our Common Ministry in Chris tian Education” workshop will be directed by a staff from the two conference Boards of Education. It will instruct ministers in job anal ysis, relationships, responsibilities, standards and tenure of the Chris tian education ministry. Instructions will be given to new ministers in a “For Beginning the Ministers” workshop. Six persons ! will discuss six topics of the Chris The purpose of the new division |tian ministry for men recently en- will be to question and advi severing the conference. Subjects to each prisoner in the state penal be covered include administration, system to determine his aptitudes, pastoral work, worship, ritual, con- skills and prior training in order to train and educate the prisoner for suitable occupations after his release, Forrester said. Six Persons Die In State Mishaps gregation relationships, and per sonal life. $16 Million Set Aside For Bases in Georgia Washington, D. C. - million dollars worth of Sixteen military Hear Gospel in Song By Trevecca Girls Atlanta, Ga. — Six persons have , construction work is provided for been killed in Georgia accidents | Georgia installations in a bill ap- during the week end — five in,proved this week by the Senat Ap- traffic and one by electrocution, i pro priations Committee, according to Highway Patrol. | The bill calls for a total of $1 Savannah police said Norman billion and now goes to the Senate Walters, 42, a Trailways bus driv- for action. It compares with the er was electrocuted Saturday when $883.3 million voted by the House he touched an electrically charged : on July 25. wire with a metal too] while work- ' Amounts included for Georgia: ing on wiring under his house. |Ft. Stewart $1,240,000; Ft. Benning Pleasant Adams, 52, of Pavo, j $9,503,000; Navy, Glynco Air Sta- was reported killed near Lenox 'tion $600,000 ; Air Force, Robins Saturday night, when his automo- AFB, Macn, $1,524,000; Turner AFB bile missed an interchange and Albany, $3,627,000. plunged down an embankment, j —— James Pecks, 45, of Decatur, was Hear the Gospel in song by the Trevecca Nazarene Girls Trio from ... Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22nd at killed early Sunday when he lost Damage High in the Butler Church of the Nazarene. ]control of his car on a curve near c . .... . The program begins at 8:00 p. m. iDallas. Sylvester Windstorm Miss Marie Perry, Representative i Sam Fortson, Athens, was hit | will be with the Trio. jand killed by a car two miles north This group is known as “The i of Athens Friday night, officers Joy Tones”: Phyllis Lobb, Betty Harrison and Claire Goodman. Trevecca Nazarene College takes care of the South-eastern section one to save money, contact me i of the United States for the edu- right away so that definite plans j cation of the Nazarene youth, can be worked out. ' Come and hear these splendid Elizabeth Wicker, | gospel songs beginning at 8 p. m. H. D. Agent. I Tuesday. said. Leronora Williamson, 40 of Ro chelle died Friday night after Sylvester, Ga. — A windstorm that hit Sylvester this week did at least $22,600 damage to a tobacco warehouse and its contents. L. L. Mauldin, president of the two car collision at an intersection Worth ' Tobacco Warehouse Asso- near Fitzgerald. Chatham county police said a man identified as Morris Walker was the victim of a hit and run driver Saturday ciation said it would cost $2,600 to repair the roof of the building. Water damage to the 100,000 pounds of tobacco inside was es timated at $20,000. young people’s Bible teacher this year. There will be the People’s Meet* ing every day 9:30 to 10:30 a. m. under the direction Fuller. of Rev. J. O. Revival Services To Begin Aug. 20 At Antioch Church Revival services will begin at Antioch Baptist church on August 20th. Rev. Worth Huckaby, pastor of Valley Grove Baptist Church, Thomaston will bring the Gospel messages twice daily: 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. If you heard Bro. Huckaby last summer you will want to hear him again. If you have not heard him, you should be the first that makes plans to attend these services. lighted by the presence of Col. H. y be p Ub lic is cordially invited to C. Fabian of Atlanta, a member of the Board of Directors of W.O.W. State Manager Paul Jones of Ma con and Coach Norman Carter of Butler. This is a family night program and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. We hope you will attend this meeting and join in congratulat ing these 25 and 50 year members and also say thanks to these de serving boys. Camp 1428 W.O.W. attend. E. H. Dunn, Pastor. Wheat Farmers Vote Aug. 24 on 1962 Quotas Secretary Orville Freeman ha® set August 24th as the date ora. which wheat growers will choose- whether or not wheat marketing quotas will be in effect on the: 1962 wheat crop. Wheat quotas will be in effect^ on the 1962 crop only if two-thirds Georgia Bond-Jumper Fatally Shoot. Hiimelf ^?£5£ Shreveport, La. — Homer Zeke Clemons of Hinesville, Ga., shot himself to death Sunday when deputies tried to serve him with a warrant from Georgia, authorities say. Deputies said they called at Clemons’ home to serve the war rant on a charge of jumping $2,000 bond in Hinesville. They quoted Clemons as saying “just a min ute.’ The deputies said he walked back into the house, locked him- ern Regional Education Board self with a rifle. His wife and son were in the house at the time. Clemons was accused of selling a mortgaged car in Liberty coun ty, Ga. Dove Season Opens Sept. 15 The lawful open season for hunting doves will be Septem ber 15th through October 14th. Shoting hours will be 12 noon until sunset of the same day. Bag limit 12 daily; possession limit is 24 birds. Second Open Season The second lawful open season for hunting doves will be December 7, 1961 through January 15, 1962. are approved, cooperators will be assured of a price support between 75 and 90 per cent of parity. It quotas are not approved, the price support rate will be 50 per cent of parity to growers who plant with in their allotment. A wheat grower who planted more than 13. 5 acres of wheat ir* at least one of the past three years is eligible to vote in the referen dum. Polls Will be open at the ASC Office on Aug. 24th from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. and all eligible voters are urged to vote in the referen dum. Farmers Urged to Votes In Committee Election The County ASC Committee’ urges all eligible voters to cast a ballot in the election of commit teemen to take office on Sept. lst_ Ballots were mailed on August 9thv and the final date for returning: ballots to the ASC office is Aug.. 25th Ballots will be tabulated in the? ASC Office by the County Commit teemen August 28th beginning at 9 a. m. The ballots will be tabu lated publicly and interested per sons are invited to be present for- the tabulation.