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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 85
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1961.
NUMBER 49.
Citizens Of Butler IFnvMiV Brown Wins
It ■ . _ . Dept, of Archives
Proud of Indi tl. 4-H Club
Located Here
Conrad Chemical Corporation
Manufacturers of ‘Magis Mist’
Sold In Twenty-four States
Congress in Chicago
(By Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Citizen of Butler and Taylor
County point with pride and justly
so to the new industry located on
South Main Street in the old Ed
wards Warehouse. Conrad Chemi
cal, a Georgia corporation, has lo
cated its home office in this thriv
ing Middle Georgia town. The of
ficers are Mr. Bruce W. Hansen,
Marketing Manager, and Mr. Carl
Pointer, Sales Manager.
Largely through the efforts of
Mr. R. C. Brooks, who was instru
mental in locating an industry for
Taylor county, and Mr. J. W. Ed
wards, II, who was willing to re
model a building for the young
industry to locate, this city will
now be headquarters for produc
tion and sales of “Magic Mist”, a
new oven cleaner now being sold
in 24 states of the southeast ex
tending from Washington across to
Chicago, and as far west as Texas.
It will eventually extend to all
states and also internationally.
Magic Mist is a formula pre
pared by Mr. Hansen at the request
of the food service industry. They
wanted something easy to use,
non irritating to the hands and
economical. Mr. Hansen developed
the first bottle in Chicago, 111.
Then the market testing and prep
aration to produce it commercial
ly began. Before the plant began
to formulate plans to locate in But
ler, Howard Johnson and other
well known cafeterias and food es
tablishments were using the prod
uct.
Mr. Hansen states that the prod
uct is unconditionally guaranteed.
Each shipment is thoroughly test
ed and coded before it is
shipped.
There are at the present time, 16
oven cleaners on the market and
all are basically the same, chemi
cal-wise, performance-wise, and ac-
ceptibility. All have an unpleas
ant odor, all require rubber gloves,
and some are inflamable. Magic
Mist requires no rubber gloves, has
no odor and is non-flamable. Simp
ly spray it on and wipe it off
with a damp sponge.
This cleaner can be used on ce
ramic surfaces, outdoor grills, and
other non-porous surfaces. It is not
to be used on any painted surface
or aluminum. Magic Mist is not a
solvent, not a sodium hydroxide
but a surfae active product.
Last year, 14,000 bottles were sold
in three department stores in Chi
cago where normal movement of
oven cleanersaverages four bottles
per store per week. 200 to 300 bot
tles are sold in the two day dem
onstrations being carried on at
present in grocery stores.
Mr. Hansen stated that about six
people will be employed full time
at present with others part time.
These will be local citizens. $35,000
to $40,000 annual payroll will be
added to the local economy. The
plant as it is will put out 1000
cases of the cleaner per day. The
corporation also will add a new
detergent to the list on the mar
ket in the spring.
Butler is proud of its new indus
try, another addition to the town.
Mr. Pointer and Mr. Hansen and
their interesting families have
moved here and are delighted. To
quote Mr. Hansen, “We’re away
from the hustle and bustle of the
city. It‘s quiet so you can relax.
The people have been extremely
nice to us and we like it here.”
Andy Borders Wins
Kiwanis Golf Tournev
The annual Labor Day Golf Tour
ney at Kiwanis Golf Club, Reynolds,
Ga was won by Andy Borders, Club
champion. Marion Newsom, ladies
champion, retained her title in a
sudden death playoff with Liz For-
sling, runner-up.
The men’s first flight was won by
Mercer Byrd of Roberta, Ga. after
a sudden death play-off with Jack
Cochran of Macon. Second flight
winner was John Scarborough of
Roberta. Third flight winner was
young Mike Brunson.
First flight ladies winner was
Mrs. Sue Whatley.
Curt Hammond, Pro-Greens Supt.
stated the course was in excellent
condition for the tournament.
One Person Killed
3 Hurt in Auto
Wreck Near Butler
Forty-eight Ga. 4-H Club mem
bers packed up state champion
ships in their old kit bags and
smiled Friday after winning in
one of the most competitive edimi-
nations in history.
For 31 of those winners the pack
ing means also a certificate that
will give them a trip to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress in Chi
cago and for others there will be i
trips to various parts of the na
tion.
Some won casn awards and are
still eligible for other champion
ship attempts later.
The 250 club members from
throughout the state headed home
Friday after concluding the 19th
annual State 4-H Club Congress,
already dubbed by state leaders as
the toughest in history.
For the state winners it was a
delightful time when they gather
ed Friday to make plans for thA
November trip to the Windy City.
They met with the State 4-H staff
and their own county and home
demonstration agents who have
coached them thru the local county
district and state eliminations.
The climax to the meeting came
when, after all but one of the
state winners had been announced
they gathered at the Dinkier Plaza i. .«» ■ i
as guests of the Atlanta Chamber, in Wreck I nursday
of Commerce. |
The only winner not announced i m ,
at the time was the dress revue i Three Taylor County youths were
champion and it was because the'injured Thursday afternoon as re
contestants were to participate in
Mary Lois Wilchar, 16 year old
colored girl, died at the local hos
pital Monday night of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident a
few hours earlier.
The accident occurred about 11:00
o’clock Monday night, two miles
north of Butler on Highway 19 at
Fountain’s lake.
j According to Taylor County De
puty Sheriff, Charles Young, the
car, a 1954 Ford, was traveling
Mr. C. D. Johnson
Dies Tuesday A. M.
After Long Illness
Funeral Services Held At
Baptist Church Wednesday
P. M. Burial at Bethel Crnty.
Mr. Carl Dewey Johnson, 63, died
at his home in Butler at 11:40
o’clock Tuesday morning, Sept. 5.
He had been in ill health for more
than a year.
Mr. Johnson was born in Taylor
.{South at a high rate of speed and County, June 22, 1898 the son of
2nd. Lt. Sonya Riddick, Rupert Completes
Special Training at Letterman Hospital
left the right hand side of the road
' v about 200 yards above the creek,
traveled down the shoulder of road
(until it came to rest right side up
jn the bottom of a 15 ft. spillway.
the late Mr. W. A. and Mrs. Eliza
beth LaGrove Johnson. He lived in
Taylor County practically all his
life and was engaged in the plumb
ing business until he was forced to
'(made against the driver, pending
ljurther investigation.
Others in the car, all local ne-
|groes, included John Thomas Rus-
Second Lieutenant Sonya Riddick, popular granddaughter of Mr. and| se H- about 20, owner and driver of
The car did not over turn but was retire on account of ill health. He
^demolished. No charges have been was a member of the Butler Bap-
the fashion show after the banquet.
But when the 18th girl had
passed thru the banquet hall, the
winner was named. She is Barbara
Snead, a Harris county 4-H’er who
has tried successfully before to
capture what some regard as the
most difficult of all the champion
ships.
All the winners paraded to seats
of honor at a head table at the
banquet and were introduced to
Mrs. Fred Harvey of Rupert, Georgia, is shown administering therapeu
tic exercise to her patient, Lt. Allen Laubscher, at Letterman General
Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Lt. Riddick is a member
of the Army Medical Specialist Corps and for the past five months has
been undergoing an intensive in
ternship in Physical Therapy at
Letterman General Hospital, follow
ing seven months didactic training
in the basic sciences at the Medi
cal Field Service School, Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Upon
completion of this training, Lt. Rid
dick will be awarded a certificate
as a graduate Physical Therapist
and join the staff at Letterman
'General Hospital where she will
the car; Clifford McCrary, also a
bout 20 and Diane Roquemore, 17
years old.
All occupants were taken to the
local hospital and treated for in-
Three Taylor County
Young Men Injured
| voiimiue nei career in Physical
an Therapy and the Army Medical
suit of an accident near Pebble.
The three men were Jimmyj “ h ~7
Bone, 18, Larry Almgren, 18, and
Calvin Harris 20, all of Butler Specialist Corps.
Local hospital attaches report that I Ph ica , Therapy, the profession
the trio was admitted with broken , which u Riddi( £ chose *\ 0 enter
bones and lacerations. ! after graduation from Georgia State
The accident occurred when the]college for Women, Milledgeville,
truck driven by Bone skidded on ; Georgia, with a B. S. degree in
wet pavement and overturned Health and Physical Education, and
three times. The truck was demol- four yea rs of teaching with the Ful-
•shed. ton County Board of Education, At-
Bone and Almgren sustained lanta, Georgia, is a career field
the Atlanta businessmen who came .fractured collar bones while Harris which affords her the opportunity
tist Church.
Funeral services for Mr. Johnson
were held at the Butler Baptist
Church at 3:30 Wednesday after
noon with Rev. E. H. Dunn officiat
ing and assisted by Rev. Walter
Doggrell.
Interment was in the Bethel Bap
tist Cemetery near Butler.
Pallbearers were Messrs John W.
juries. Russell is reported in criti- I (Rubber) Hinton, Kenneth Barrow,
cal condition while the other two Taylor Harris, James Barrow, Robert
occupants are not too seriously in- jpiackston and Neal Hinton,
jured. I Survivors include his wife Mrs.
This accident brought the total .Ruby Undrewood Johnson, two dau-
number of accidental deaths in Ighters, Mrs. G. R. McKenzie and
suffered a cut on the head and to help those disabled as a result
several broken ribs. of injury or disease.
The accident occurred about 2:00, the Army Hospital, as in civi-
P- m - lian life, the Physical Therapist is
Bone and Harris were dismissed considered a vital member of the
from the hospital Sunday. Almgren medical team. Following the pre
will probably remain in hospital 1 scription of a physician she uses
therapeutic exercise, various types
, of heat, water, light, electricity and
its annual achievement award, in : massage to help rehabilitate the
the form of a silver bowl, to re-jJJ>l^ IVlllllOn 111 DidS ] disabled. Lt. Riddick also teaches,
tiring State 4-H President Gra y le Ononorl for RMiirfarincr as patients and relatives must be
Hill of Pulaski County for her “un- l v-/penea ror Ixesuridung
to view the future leaders. B. S.
Gilmer, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, welcomed the group
to Atlanta and expressed pleasure
at their achievements. He said At
lanta would always welcome them
to the Capital City.
The farmers club of the Atlanta jail this week.
Chamber of Commerce presented
tiring and devoted duty” as head | State Roads
of the more than 146,000 club mem-
bers. *• *. I
She and the incoming president,
Johnny Akins of Berrien County,
praised the work of their fellow
members, but urged them to con
tinue to improve the organization.
Besides the dress revue winner,
those announced Thursday includ
ed Jimmy Jordan of Bibb county,
dairy production; Patricia McWhor
ter of Pickens County, automotive
Mary Gale of Pickens and Travis
Usher of Stewart, electric; Marry
Mansell of Fulton and Charles
Kilgore of Pulaski, tractor mainten
ance and tractor driving; Fred
Brown, Taylor County, entomolo-
instructed in exercise routines and
treatment procedures which are to
be carried out in the home.
A few of the more familiar con-
Anothed $12 million worth of ditions which Lt. Riddick may
road repair bids were received by treat are arlhritis, different types
the state highway department of parlysis, fractures, strains, sp-
Thursday to cover the cost of re- ; rains, cerebral palsy, leg and arm
surfacing 1,038 miles of state roads, j amputees.
”• * " J t: ~ Lt. Riddick continues to do credit
Georgia to seventeen persons dur
ing the Labor Day weekend, accord
ing to the State Safety Department.
Officials had predicted eleven acci
dental deaths would occur in Geor
gia over the weekend.
Reports show deaths in Georgia
were attributed to electricution 2;
fire 2; drowning 1; automobile ac
cidents 12.
700 Attend Pastor
School at Wesleyan
College in Macon
A five day pastors’ School spon
sored by the North and South .Ga.
Methodist Conference began Mon
day at Wesleyan College in Ma
con. Most of the 700 ministers from
the two conferences were in at
tendance at the first day session.
An annual event, the school in
cludes workshops, lectures and
demonstrations designed to instruct
pastors in up to the minute tech
niques in counseling, church ad
ministration and other ministerial
duties.
Dr. Rupert, senior minister of the
First Methodist Church, Ann Arbor,
Mich, is platform speaker for the
school and will bring the address
es daily.
Other lecturers during the 5-day
school include Dr. Fred Gealy, pro
Highway Board Chairman Jim
L. Gillis said that 45 apparent low
bidders were selected in the Thurs
day bidding session.
One of the biggest projects - div
ided into several contracts - was
repairing U. S. Highway 41 in most
stretches where motorists don’t yet
have a four-lane road available.
Sixty-one miles of the tourist
to her family and Alma Mater in
the high degree of proficiency with
which she has pursued her Army
career thus far. The touch of the
"Old South”, detected in her speech
enhances the excellent rapport al
ready established with co-workers
and patients.
The Army is not all school and
work -- Sonya (Lt. Riddick) is en
joying the Army social life and the
, route from the Tennessee line to
gy; Alton Peebles, of Wilcox and^g existing four-lane road in cart- „ „ „ . „
Leila Jernigan of Hancock forestryj e rsville was included. For the up-: travel. Following graduation, and
Glada Hooks of Emanuel, garden;, p er 34 g m jies, a joint low bid of , before taking up her duties as a
Sharon Ailey of Habersham, cotton $448 399 was received from Dalton | Staff member at Letterman Gen-
Paving Company and Dalton As- eral Hospital, she plans to attempt
phalt, Inc. | fishing on the Pacific Coast and
The lower 27.2 miles was let to ; see if it tallies favorably with one
Ledbetter-Johnson Company of ;of her favorite sports enjoyed
Rome with an apparent low bid of .while on the Atlantic seaboard.
$353,486. !
a 12 54 mile sireteh of u. s Revival at Assembly
and its uses; Thomas Anderson of
Telfair, fruit, vegetable and pecan
marketing.
Lt. Governor Byrd
Returns to Reynolds
From Macon Hospital
Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd was dis-
Highway 41 in Dooly and Pulaski,
Counties (from near Vienna throu- Of God Through
gh Unadilla) also will be recon-
structed. The apparent low bidder oUnday, bept. lU
was the Middle Georgia Paving and j
charged from Macon Hospital Sat-.Construction Company,for $393,395.1 Rev h. C. Wilson, Evangelist, is
urday, concluding six days of hos-1
pital therapy for an injured right;
Automobile
foot. {John Saunders Jr.
Byrd said he was still in pain wj . 1171 fi;. d
but extremely grateful for 100 to j nun w nen rill. Dy
150 visits he received each day
from well-wishers.
Dr. James Griffith, hospital ad
ministrator, disclosed the number
of visits and telephone calls be
came so great Thursday that Byrd’s
physician slipped Byrd from the
hospital for a good night’s rest as
the physician’s home.
! bringing gospel messages each
[evening at the Assembly of God
church at 7:45 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Rev. J. B. Weldon, pastor
Mrs. Charles Hubbard, both of Co
lumbus. Four grandchildren and
pne great granchild. Six brothers,
Messrs Allen Johnson, Haines City,
Fla., Valse Johnson, Lakeland, Fla.,
Clarence Johnson, Immokalee, Fla.,
Phillips Johnson, Lakeland, Fla.,
\Vacizie and Beeland Johnson of
Tampa, Fla. Two sisters, Mrs. J. B.
Selph of Lakeland, Fla., and Mrs.
G. L. Blackston of Butler. Also a
large number of nieces and nep
hews.
Edwards Funeral Home of Butler
in charge of funeral arrangements.
78 People Die As
Plane Fall in Flames 1
Friday in Chicago
HINSDALE, 111, Sept. —A Trans
World Airlines Constellation with
78 persons aboard plunged to earth
today and exploded with such a
roar that householders feared an
atomic bomb had fallen. There
were no survivors.
TWA officials in Chicago raised
thte death count from 77 to 78 sev
en hours after the crash with the
discovery that an infant, James
Chamberlain, had been on board
the ill-fated Boston to San Francis
co flight with his family.
The night coach plane, carrying
some families of vacationers on
Enrolls 475 for
Fall School Term
their way to Labor Day weekend
fessor of New Testament at the | holidays, was enveloped in a ball
Ohio Methodist Theological School; j 0 f orange flame at 2:06 a.m., three
and Dr. Franklin Littel, professor | minutes after it had roared off the
of church history at Perkins School 1 runway at Chicago’s Midway Field
of Theology at Southern Methodist I bound for Las Vegas, Nevada.
University. I
Daily addresses will he given by | p f j ¥i:„L
Bishop John Smith, resident bishop Lrawiora mgn
of the Atlanta area.
A workshop on “Our Common
Ministry in Christian Education”
is conducted under the direction of
a staff consisting of members of
'[the boards of education of both
conferences.
The workshop will instruct
ministers in job analysis, relation
ships, responsibilities, standards
and tenure of the Christian educa
tion ministry.
A second workshop for beginning
ministers will cover topics especial
ly formulated for those who recent
ly entered the ministery.
Georgia Ranks
Second In Aid
To Disabled
J. E. Luckie
John Saunders Jr. 5 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Saunders ofj Confirmed As
Butler was painfully but not se-]
riously injured late Tuesday after- ] U. S. Marshal
noon when he was struck by a car j
while crossing the street on the, The U. S. Senate Wednesday con-
Disdaining crutches or a wheel ( the South side of the Court House ; fjrmed James E. Luckie to be U. S.
chair, Byrd said he plans to spend
a week resting at his home in
Reynolds before resuming the ri
gors of his unofficial campaign
for governor in 1962.
Byrd injured his foot while on
National Guard duty at Ft. Stewart
last July by stumbling on a metal
sprinkler embedded in a lawn.
square in Butler. Marshal for southern Georgia, with
The^child js reported to^have^iun headquarters in Savannah.
Mr. Luckie who was a president-
into the streel directly in front of
a car. The accident was unavoid
able according to reports.
Several stitches were required to
close the wound on the child’s head.
He was reported in good condi
tion Wednesday morning.
ial nominee, is presently serving as
a deputy marshal in the southern
district’s branch office at Waycross.
He succeeds James F. Brophy, who
was appointed marshal under the
Eisenhower administration.
Georgia ranked second in the na
tion in the proportion of disabled
persons rehabilitated and third in
the absolute number of rehabilitat
ions under state-federal program
during a recent 12-month period,
the U. S. Department of Welfare
reported.
In the number of disabled per
sons rehabilitated per 100,000 pop
ulation, West Virginia was first
with 188. Georgia was second with
152.
The national average was 51 per
100,000 up 16 since 1954 when leg
islation was enacted to broaden the
program.
For the second straight year New
York led the states in the number
of rehabilitations with 6,733. Penn
sylvania was second with 6,456 and
Georgia was third with 6,014.
ROBERTA—Crawford County High
School opened Friday for registera-
tion of students, and according to
Principal Robert L. Sheets, 475
children enrolled for the fall term.
He expects that figure to reach
500 within 10 days or two weeks,
he said.
Twenty-four teachers are employ
ed in the school system.
The Crawford County Training
School for Negroes, has 949 students
registered, Supt. of Schools C. P.
Maddox reported.
He thinks that number will climb
to 1,000 in a month or less time,
he said. The faculty of this school
consists of 31 teachers, he said.
Funeral Services
Tuesday Afternoon
For O. G. Wilson
ROBERTA,—Funeral services for
Oliver G. Wilson, 81, were conduct
ed at 3 p. m. Tuesday at the grave
side in the Roberta City Cemetery,
with Rev. U. W. Rollins officiating.
Burial will be in the city cemetery.
Survivors include three sisters,
Mrs. Sam Shapples and Mrs. Annie
,Mae Shapples, both of Dawton, and
Mrs. Gladys Lumpkin, Ft. Valley;
five brothers, Mike Wilson, Claud
Wilson and Clarence Wilson, all of
Musella; Lee Wilson and Jess Wil
son, both of Forsyth.
Bankston Funeral Home was in
charge of funeral arrangements.