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VOLUME 85
The Butler Herald
‘ ’KEEPING EVERLASTIN GLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1961.
NUMBER 50.
Rev. Harry Moore
To Preach at Butler
Methodist Church
Rev. Moore Is Serving as
Exec. Secty. of Conference
Home for Aging.
Rev. Wm. Harry Moore of
Americus, a member of the South
Georgia Conference, will preach at
the local Methodist church Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Moore has been Executive
Secretary of the South Ga. Con
ference Home for the Aging for
more than a year, with headquar
ters at Americus.
During a long ministry, Rev.
Moore has served pastorates in
California, Texas, Florida and
Georgia. He was at Sandersville as
pastor during much of the second
World War, and more recently was
pastor of the Aldersgate Methodist
church, Savannah.
It is planned that Rev. Moore
will represent the newly planned
Home at Americus in his preach
ing schedule all across South Ga.
this year.
Postage Rate
Hike Approved
By House Bloc
North Carolina Girl
Begins Her Reign
As “Miss Am^ica”
Oept. of Archives
° General U^ary
Un ^?I Sl iuy° N. J.—A former Ra
dio City Rockette from North Caro
lina, who admits that she is a ham, j
£>egan her reign Sunday as Miss
America for 1962.
Maria Beale Fletcher, 19, of Ash-
ville, was radiant as she appeared
At a press conference Sunday morn
ing, a few hours after she had won
the crown which sent her on the
road to a year of glamour and fi
nancial reward.
“I didn’t know whether I was
dreaming or not when I woke up
this morning,” she said. “I got a
paper downstairs to convince my
self that it wasn’t a dream.” (
The new Miss America said she
"slept like a log for about five
hours" after winning her title.
Miss Fletcher was asked if all
the attention from photographers
and constant requests to smile bo
thered her. She replied, "I think all
of us are blessed with a little bit
jof ham. I have just a little bit more
than most. I don’t mind smiling at
all.
Miss Fletcher said she had receiv
ed a number of wires from members
of the Radio City Rockettes. The
1960 high school graduate was a
member of the Rockettes from last
December until she quit in May to
go home and compete in the Miss
North Carolina pageant.
WASHINGTON—A bill to boost
first class and air mail letter rates
by one cent and make minor rate
increases in other classes of mail
was approved by the House Post
Office Committee Thursday.
The compromise measure, which
would add an estimated $521 mil
lion a year to postal revenues, was
backed by a 14-5 vote in a surpris
in reversal of the committee’s pre
vious actions.
Two other rate bills proposed by
Reynolds Hi School
Off io Good Start
On August 30th
3 Escape Convicts
From Decatur Co.
Captured Near Here
Many Young People
Leaving for College
During This Week
Dr. and Mrs. Garrett
Celebrate Their 60th
Wedding Anniversary
Young people from the three lo-
pal churches: Baptist, Methodist
and Nazarene will be going away
(By Mrs. Verna Griggs)
On September 3. 1901, Miss Belle
. .v, ■ / |Gill became the charming bride of
to the various colleges this week. ., , ., , & . .
Dr. Eli Garrett at the home of her
Those from the Baptist church
will include:
Anna Jarrell: Tift College.
Elaine Posey: Tift College. ,j. . j 0 , , ,
Gloria Gilson: Wesleyan Coilege. S*“" !?„
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. D. Gill,
near Charing. Rev. T. F. Drake,
Methodist minister of the Bethel
Jerry Jarrell: Georgia Tech.
the 60th anniversary of this event.
T w o Captured by Butler’s
Night Police, Robert Poole;
Third Captured Later.
Three Decatur County escapees
were captured near Butler last
week. The trio fled from the Bain-
bridge prison camp in a state pick
up truck Sunday afternoon, Sept.
3 after locking guards in a laundry
room. The truck was abandoned
near a fishing camp In Decatur
county where the prisoners stole a
fisherman’s car and headed north.
Night policeman Robert Poole,
spotted the stolen car as it came
through Butler early Tuesday night
and gave chase.
Officer Poole, alone, overtook the
car about 3 miles north of Butler
on a dirt road after the trio bogged
the car down at a construction pro
ject.
One of the men, Joseph Mark
Craft, 40 of Atlanta, fled into the
nearby swamp while the other two,
Levi Crosby of Bainbridge and Tho-
had arrived from North Carolinians,
including one from Gov. Terry San- J
ford.
Miss America said her reaction |
at winning the nation’s oldest
crown of beauty was “just very
happy and very honored and very
thrilled.”
She said she had entered the final
night of competition without worry.
“I felt I had dene the best I could,
and whatever would be, would be,”
she said.
The new titlist is five feet, five
and one half inches tall. Her mea
surements, which wone a prelimi
celebration.
Mrs. Garrett wore for the occa
sion a navy sheer dress with mat-
l he * , ad ,rrr at r nary swimsuit contest for her in
but killed by the committee and / 35-24-35. She
backers of rate increases had
bout given up for this year.
The chief difference between the
earlier bills and the one approved
is in the increases proposed for se
cond and third class mail. The ad
ministration first sought increases
totaling $290 million in the two
categories, which are used mainly
for newspapers, periodicals and
direct mail advertising. The second
bill scaled the total down to $167
million. The total in the bill ap
proved is $81 million.
The bill would raise the price of
a first class stamp from 4 cents
to 5 cents for letters and from 3
cents to 4 cents for cards. Air mail
stamps would go from 7 cents to
8 cents for letters, 5 to 6 cents for
cards.
Second class mailing rates would
be increased 5 per cent each year
for the next three years in rates
per pound and from one-half to 1
cent in two annual steps for the
minimum piece rate.
The third-class mail bulk rate
would be increased from 16 cents to
18 cents a pound, but there would
be no change in the bulk rate min
imum of 2V2 cents a piece, which
is the way most direct mail adver
tising is sent.
The single-piece rate for third
class mail would be raised from
3 cents for two ounces to 5 cents for
three ounces. The new rate is ex
pected virtually to eliminate the
category since the mailer could get
first calss handling for the same
5-cent price.
the pageant, are 35-24-35. She
weigs 118 pounds, has brown hair
and hazel eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beale Fle
tcher, her parents, were present Sat
urday night.
Maria said her two sisters Marga
ret, 17, and Bonnie, 10, and her
brother, Walter, 9, watched the pa
geant on television at Asheville
Lynn Mitchell: Women’s College T'* le couple celebrated with
of Q a | luncheon at the New Perry Hotel,
Marshall Dean: Auburn Universi- Peny, Georgia. Only two wedding
— o—.... ! I guests, Mrs. G. A. Long and Mrs.
She said many telegrams also. ... SDillers- Ga Southwestern ' Alma Strickland, sisters of the bride
>H arrived from North Carolinians. Alien spuiers. oa. souinwestern , .... .’
Judy Davis: University of Ga. | now residing in Americus, were
Edwina Davis: University of Ga. ab * e to attend the anniversary
Cleve Spillers: Brewton Parker.
Alex Davis: Mercer Law School.
Tommy Theus: Medical College.
Those from the local Methodist ■ ching accessories. An orchid cor-
church: Isage was pinned to her shoulder.
Ellen Allen: University of Ga. jThe couple looked like newlyweds
Sandra Allgood: Ga. Southwest- |as they cut the cake commemorat-
ern. |ing the many years of happily mar-
Linda Barfield: Mercer Universi-1ried life,
ty. | Two children, Mrs. S. T. Boron,
Edward Benns: Mercer Univ. i of Yeomans Hall Club, North Caro-
Jimmy Cosey: Ga. State College, i line, and Mrs. Paul M. McLarty, of
Atlanta. j Westfield, New Jersey, and four
Billy Gray: ABAC. grandchildren, Robert Borom, Sav-
Carolyn Haywood: Ga. Southwes- | annah; Paul McLarty, Emory Uni-
fern. I versify; Misses Merrell and Martha
Carolyn Joiner: Emory at Oxford McLarty, both of Westfield, New
Elizabeth Mathews: Wesleyan. I Jersey, are members of the family
From the Church of Nazarene: group.
Wilhelmina Neisler: Trevecca Col- | M rs Garrett was a Taylor County
lege, Nashville, Tenn. _ I schoolteacher before her marriage.
Helen Bohler: Mercer University. older residents will remember her
For the above named young peo da y S at Pleasant Hill and at the
pl e and others from throughout I 0 ] d Massey Schoolhouse, near Ru-
Miss Fletcher said her childhood I file county who will too, be going p er f Dr. Garrett has been practicing
was “just like any other child’s-} awa Y to school: You may be as- I dentistry in Butler since his gra-
nothing really unusual about it.”jsured that not only your imme- 1 duation from dental college in May,
Howvere, she said she had been in- idiate f anr >ily but everyone will be 11901. Both are lifetime residents of
terested in the field of entertain- | wishing you abundant success in Taylor County,
ment since she was about eight your studies at the instution of 1
years old. |your choice during the ensuing!
The interest perhaps could be school term,
traced to her parents, who were pro
fessional dancers and now run a
dancing school in Asheville. Miss
Fletcher said she would like to use
her $10,000 scholarship to study
some field of entertainment, per
haps at the Pasadena Playhouse
in California.
Besides the scholarship, Miss A-
merica will get about $75,000 plus
expenses for personal appearances
during the year.
She said she was “romantic in
terest but not in one specific place.”
She added, “I’ll be interested in
marriage when the right boy and
I get together and decide we’re
ready for marriage.”
She will make her first public
appearance as Miss America at the
Air Force Association convention
in Philadelphia Sept. 21-23.
The Reynolds High School began
its 1961-62 session Aug. 30th, at
8:30 a. m. with an enrollment of
373. A list of the enrollment by
grades and their home room teach
ers is as follows:
12th Grade: Mrs. Winifred R.
Harrell, 20.
11th Grade: Mrs. Jackie Payne,
24.
10th grade: Mr. Royce Lynn, 25
9th grade: Mr. Troy Athon, 39
8th grade: Mrs. Mildred C. Payne,
32.
7th grade: Mrs. W. T. Whatley, 28
6th grade: Mrs. Luke Bass, 30.
5th grade: Mrs. Bernard Fuller, 21
4th grade: Mrs. Susie F. Woods,
35.
3rd grade: Mrs. D. E. Byrd, 33
2nd grade: Mrs. W. M. Hollis, 34.
1st grade: Mrs. A. J. Fountain, 28
1st grade: Mrs. Ferdinand Carson,
24.
An assembly program was held
in the auditorium at 10:00 a. m. and
was attended by quite a large
number of parents. Rev. Bob Whid-
don gave the Invocation. Mr. Wood- . „
fin Hinton welcomed everyone on mas Poss > a native of Venus, re
mained in the car. Eoth of these
captured by Officer
1 men were
behalf of the local Board of Educa
tion. Following him, Miss Terry
Bishop entertained everyone with ] p p°l e - AH three prisoners were hea-
two piano solos, “Ebb Tide” and v 'ly armed.
“Exodus”. Next, Mr. Hubert Sasser, | The capture of ( raft was not ac-
Principal, made the necessary com- 'Complished until about 1:30 o clock
ments and announcements for the I Friday morning, several miles north
coming school year. He introduced |°f * be P°int where he fled from
Mr. Ed Goddard, Vice-President of t be automobile, leaving the other
the P. T. A., who welcomed every- ' wo prisoners behind. Craft had at
body for this organization. Misses !t be time of his capture two 38-cali-
Kikky Goddard, Jerry Windham, i ber revolvers in his hands. Taylor
J3ue O’Neal, Rebecca Culpepper, 1 County Sheriff Charlie Wright said
Terry Bishop, accompanied by Miss Craft had two bullets left but sur-
Margaret Parr at the piano, sang a
medley of school songs, closing
with the whole group singing the
Alma Mater. Rev. Virgil Culpepper
prounced the benediction.
We proudly announce the addi
tion of Mrs. Ferdinand Carson, first
grade teacher, and Mr. A1 Stvens,
English Teacher to our faculty and
are looking forward to a successful
school year.
Mrs. J. A. Pendergrast will be
with us again in the Music De
partment with a studio downstairs
in the very near future. Mrs. Verna
Lucas will be doing her usual good
job in the lunchroom.
Mrs. Neisler Named
In “Who’s Who of
American- Women’’
Jerome Etheredge
Asst. County Agent
Of Taylor County
The Agricultural Extension Ser
vice announces the appointment ef
fective September 1, 1961. He was
born and reared in Baker County
and graduated from Arlington High
School, Arlington, Georgia where he
was an outstanding 4-H Club mem
ber for 8 years. He attended Abra
ham Baldwin Agricultural College
and received a B. S. Degree in Soils
in 1959. Mr. Etheredge finished
course requirements for a M. S.
Degree, majoring in Agronomy with
interest in plants. He was recipient
of a T. V. A. Assistanceship and
during his course of study worked
with the branch experiment station
of the University of Georgia. He has
finished course requirements for a
M. S. Degree and is presently em
ployed by the Agricultural Exten
sion Service while completing these
requirements.
Ochlochnee Bank
Is Being Liquidated;
President is Charged
Dr. R. D. Gatliff
To Open Chiropractic
Office Here Soon
Dr. R. D. Gatliff, chiropractor,
plans to open an office here in the
near future.
Dr. Gatliff and his wife,
Catherine, have spent several
days in Butler recently making
plans for opening their new of
fice.
Dr. Gatliff is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Z. Weeks Cates
Died in Atlanta
Funeral services for Mrs. Zue 1 _ .. .
... , . ...... ,ance Corporation was named
Weeks Cates who died Aug. 31st TVlo ,
Ochlochnee, Ga. — The president
of the largest Georgia bank to
close since the bank holiday of the
1930’s awaited grand jury action
on federal charges Monday while
liquidation of the institution pro
ceeded.
The FBI charged Clifton P.
Wurst, resigned president of the
Bank of Ochlochnee, with violation 1 Mrs. C. A. Gatliff of Forsyth. He
of the Federal Reserve Act in hon- attended Mary Persons High School
oring overdrafts of more than $180- 1 anc ^ * s a graduate of the National
000 for two firms in which he is College of Chiropractics in Chica-
interested. Upon arrest by the FBI j go, ID-
Wurst, 37, made bond of $5,000 for , He is a member of the Chi Pho
grand jury action in February and I Sigma Professional Fraternity and
if a true bill is returned, trial in served his internship at the
May. 'Chicago General Health Service.
The bank with assets of about (
$950,000, closed Thursday on or- |
ders of the State Banking Depart- j »* 1 11 C r _:i.I 1
ment. The Federal Deposit Insur- 1 lvir * «*•
at Georgia Baptist Hospital in At-
the liquidating agent. The FDIC
option and T?£ X! £
Former Local Man,
$10,000 Died in Tennessee
eachand E. L. Cox, its representa- 1
heart attack, were conducted at'-. . _y ... ..• . - ■
Be,M Baptist church. FWJttom*- i“™ e5 ’paylne depcslt '
Interment was in Camp Memorial H Have
cemetery. Rev. Elbert Moore and ors y
Rev. W. I. Ross were the officiating
ministers.
Mrs. Cates was reared in Ideal,
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Weeks.
She is survived by Mr. Cates;
four daughters, Misses Ginger and
Gloria Cates of Fayetteville; Mrs.
Joan Mathis, College Park; Mrs.
Jackie Turner, Riverdale; two sons
CARD OF THANKS
Our thanks are extended to our
most precious posessiom: friends.
The many deeds that
pressed during the lingering ill
ness and subsequent death of our
dear husband and father, are too
numerable to name. Your prayers,
Bill Cates, Fayetteville; Richard flora } and gift offerings were
Cates in armed service in Okla
homa; five sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Chapman and Mrs. Mamie Hall,
Macon; Mrs. Berta Halloway,
Gainesville, Fla.; Miss Mary
Weeks, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. M at
Barron, Phenix City, Ala.; two
brothers, Jim Weeks, Columbus
and John Weeks, Ideal.
appreciated by the family and I.
For the capable hands of Dr. R.C.
Montgomery, Sr., and the comfort
Dewey received from him will
never be forgotten.
May God bless each and every
one of you is my prayer.
Mrs. Dewey Johnson
& Family.
' Mr. J. H. Smith, 83 years of age
jdied Aug. 24th in Athens, Tenn.
I Funeral was conducted Aug. 26
i at Trinity Methodist church with
| Rev. W. B. Robbins and Rev. J. L.
(Stafford officiating,
j Interment was in Cedar Grove
were ex- 1 cemetery, Athens, Tenn.
Mr. Smith had resided at Rupert
in Taylor county and at Ideal, Ma
con county, before moving to
Tennessee.
The deceased is survived by
Mrs. Sammie Lee Smith and two
step children of Athens, Tenn.;
also four daughters, Mrs. J. L. No
bles, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. J. B.
Albritton, Rupert; Mrs. E. B. Hal
stead of St. Augustine, Fla.; Mrs.
Wilhelmina McCarty, Thomaston;
two sons, C. H. Smith, Rupert and
J. V. Smith, Ideal.
It has been learned by her
friends here that Mrs. C. H. Neisler
has been honored by being listed
in “Who’s Who of American Wo
men”, which is a biographical dic
tionary of notable living American
Women which is published bien
nially. Mrs. Neisler is widely
known in business and social circl
es as a woman of marked ability.
For many years she was president
of the Citizens State Bank of Rey
nolds and is at present Chairman
of the Board of Directors.
Mrs. Neisler, who before her mar
riage to the late Mr. Neisler was
Miss Louise Griffin of Oglethorpe,
is a loyal member of the Reynolds
Methodist Church, the Woman's
Club, the Governor Treutlen Chap
ter D. A. R., and the Gordon-Car-
son Chapter, UDC. She was one of
the organizers of the UDC Chapter
in 1919 and its first president. She
has served as president of that or
ganization longer than anyone else.
At present, she is Treasurer of the
Chapter, a position she has held for
six years.
Her many friends are very pleas
ed that she has been given this de
served recognition. '
Airman Fountain
Finishes Initial
Air Force Course
Airman Thomas A. Fountain, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Foun
tain, Sr., of Reynolds, has com
pleted an initial course of Air Force
basic training at Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
He has been selected to attend
the technical training course for
aircraft and missile maintenance
at Chamute Air Force Base, Illi
nois. This course will be completed
October 25.
Airman Fountain attended Rey
nolds High School.
Basic Airmen of Lackland are
selected for specialized training at
technical schools on the basis of
interests and aptitudes.
rendered meekly.
Before his capture, however, Craft
had cut loose with 10 of 12 shots
at some 50 lawmen in on the chase.
He had fired one shot that wound
ed a bloodhound on his trail, She
riff Wright said.
Craft said he had not eaten any
thing except a few watermelons
since Sunday.
Before Craft was captured, offi
cers shot at him, but the prisoner
was not injured, Warden Maples
of Bainbridge said. Craft’s clothes
were torn and tattered apparently
from crawling through briars.
Craft was serving a 15-20 year
sentence from Fulton County for
armed roberry. He entered the pri
son camp at Bainbridge last Febru
ary.
Craft is the brother of John W,
Craft who last July pulled a flashy
escape when he fled the Buford
rock quarry with notorious despara-
do Jim Meriwether, Georgia’s most
wanted criminal until July.
Methodist Youth
Plan Car Wash
For September 23
The Butler Methodist Youth Fel
lowship has planned a “Car Wash”
day for Saturday, Sept. 23.
The purpose of this fund-raising
project is to give the M.Y.F. the
money needed to help support a
Missionary. Everyone knows how
much these missionaries need sup
port and the MYF wants to help
by washing cars.
Everyone desiring to have his or
her car washed by this group will
please call UN. 2-4115 or UN.
2-3361. Tell them what time you
would like to bring your car to be
washed or the time that you’ll
like to have your car picked up.
The rates for this service will be:
Complete outside wash, $1.00; com
plete outside washed and inside
cleaned, $1.25.
Take a look at your car. Don’t
you think it needs washing by the
local MYF group.
Large Mother Snake
Eight Small Ones
Killed in Their Nest
<
I
Gideon Threat, local colored man
who works for the City of Butler,
killed a large molher snake and
eight small ones Thursday after
noon while cutting grass near the
Butler Lumber Company.
The variety of snake was not de
termined, however it resembled a
rattle snake very much but did
not have rattlers.
Bookmobile Sept. 20th
Wednesday, September 20th.
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