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The Butler Herald
VOLUME 86
Miss Sue O’Neal
Reynolds Student,
Gets Beauty Crown
"KEEP 1NG EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS* *
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY,^ GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1961.
Mr. J. D. Owens
Died at Butler
After Brief Illness
Taylor County Agricultural Booth Wins
First Place Award at the Chattahoochee
Valley Fair in Progress at Columbus
funeral Services
For Mr. Bickley
Friday Afternoon
NUMBER 2.
Kiwanians Sponsor
STAR Student
Program for 1961-62
Taylor County Lady Wins Mr. James Daniel Owens, 79, of
‘Miss Wect n • »> Macon, died at the home of his
Miss West Central Georgia” brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Title at Thomaston. Mrs - Martin A. Chapman of Butler
at 6:30 o’clock Thursday morning.
His death - t attributed to coro-
Sue O’Neal, 16-year-old Reyno’- n °~ a V- He had been in ill
High School 11th grade- . (kV ch'' ,e9 u ’ ut , three months.
Miss West Central Geo ne ^- ot \ ret ^ ed ral L road ac '
crown at Thomaston at G e ° eT 0 1 " r the Macon Terminal
light of the West Centr. \J^f '' VJ > was . born ln Turner County,
Fair. Miss O’Neal is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter O’Neal of
Reynolds.
Two R. E. Lee entries — Mary
Middlebrooks and Rose Goude
were in the Queen’s Court and Miss
Goude was chosen runner-up to
the queen.
The queen and the runner-up
were presented with trophies and
Miss O Neal also received a dozen
red roses.
The blonde Miss O’Neal won her
crown over a field of 33 candidates
from throughout West Central Geor
gia and was crowned by the retir
ing Miss West Central Georgia —
Ginger Edwards of Roberta.
Twelve semi-finalists in the con
test included the Queen and Miss
Goude, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Griffin Goude, Thomaston;
Miss Middlebrooks, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Middlebrooks,
Thomaston.
Local Baptists
Elect Officers
For New Year
Officers elected by the Butler
Baptist church for the new year in
clude: J. R. Wilson, H. D. Taunton,
E. H. Dunn Jr., deacons; William
Gray, Jr., clerk; J. R. Wilson, treas
urer; Mrs. Sarah Poole, organist;
Mrs Robert Cooper, music director
and Mrs. Murray Walker, pianist.
Sunday School Officers are E. J.
Stinson, general superintendent;
Mrs. Sara Cross, general secretary;
Mrs. Sara Cross, extension super
intendent; Robert Griggs, adult
superintendent; W. H. Mott, Johnny
Davis, Mrs. Robert Butler and Mrs
a son of the late Mr. Allen and Mrs.
Elizabeth P. Owens. He lived in
Macon most of his life, moving
from there to Warner Robins.
Mr. Owens,was a member and
deacon of the First Baptist church;
a member of the York Rite Bodies;
past high priest of Constantine
Chapter 4 of Royal Arch Masons;
past commander of St. Omer Com
mandary 2; member of the Knights
Templar; past illustrious master
of the Washington Council 6; a
member of the Royal and Elect
Masters; past grand illustrious
master of the Grand Council of
Georgia; a member of the Knights
Cross of Honor and the A1 Shiah
Shrine Temple; past master of the
Macon Lodge 5 of Free and Ac
cepted Masons.
Funeral was conducted for Mr.
Owens at Harts Chapel, Macon,
Friday, 4 p. m. Rev. Maurice Trim
mer, in the absence of Dr. Henry
Stokes, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church, officiated. Interment
was in Riverside cemetery. Officers
in the Masonic Lodge served as
active pallbearers;' honorary pall
bearers were deacons of the First
Baptist church, Macon, also Dr.
Lon King, Dr. Charles Wasden and
Mr. T. Rod Turner.
For Past Seven Years Howard Funeral Services for
Community Has Won Honors^ Mrs. C. F. Butler, 80,
At Columbus Fair. At Howard Saturday
Quality in agricultural products
gave Taylor county the additional
points to win first place Monday
Mrs. Mae Matilda Johnson Butler,
80 years of age, wife of Mr. Charlie
F. Butler of Howard, died at the
th u C ° U ,? t M exh * blts at I Montgomery Hospital at 9:10 o’clock
the Chattahoochee Valley Exposi
tion in Columbus.
Howard community sponsored the
county exhibit again this year.
Howard community representing
Friday morning. She had been ill
for about 4 months.
Mrs. Butler was born in Carrol
County, June 17, 1881, the daughter
nuwcuu community representing of the late Mr George A and Mrs
Tayqlor County, has wan two first Sarah pniistnr,
place prizes. They have won three
first place prizes in Community
Exhibits and have placed every
year for the past seven years.
In community exhibits, Clements
community, Crisp county, placed
first by adding 15 points over sec-
married to Mr. C. F. Butler of Ho
ward and spent most of her life in
Talbot County. She was a member
of the Horeb Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held at the
Howard Methodist Church Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. E. H.
ond place winning Greenville, in iDunn ‘ tnr nfA p
the agricultural, canning and va- +5 n 1 «i rr: — i _ a. i >
agricultural, canning and va
riety classifications.
Taylor county, with 892 points,
won 225 of its points in having
quality agricultural products. Sec-
| tist Church, officiated and was as
sisted by Rev. Herschel 'Whitley
and Rev. Bill Adams. Interment was
in the family lot Howard Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Fred Co-
ond place winning Marion County J, k , v % n r 7» i
in the agricultural classification.
The Webster county exhibit was
third, with 805 points. In the agri
cultural classification, it received
the same number of points as did
the second place winning Marion
exhibit.
Other county winners are Meri
wether, fourth; Harris, fifth, Stew
art, sixth; Tallapoosa, seventh;
Schley, eighth; Crisp, 9th; Terrell
10th and Crawford, 11th.
In community exhibits, Clements
Survivors include his widow, the received 933 points, and second
former Miss Evelyn Frederick of
Warner Robins; a daughter, Mrs.
Wilbur Forschler of Jacksonville,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. George
Southwell and Mrs. M. E. Pate of
Americus.
Peach Co. 4-H Club
Members Make Fine
Showing at Fair
FT. VALLEY—Peach County 4-H
^ Club members made a fine showing
Johnny Davis, teachers fn Vdult j in the Jersey and Guerney shows
place winning Greenville received
922 points. The third place winning
community, Woodbury, received 901
points.
Other community winners are
Mauk, 4th; Preston, 5th; Midway,
6th; Tremont, 7th; Richland, 8th;
Friendship, 9th.
Vance Custer
Appointed to Seat
Court of Appeals
W. E. Butler Jr.
Survivors include besides her
husband one daughter, Mrs. James
Brown of Howard, two sons Messrs
James Butler of Thomaston and
Carl Butler of Talbotton, also 3
grandchildren and 9 great grand
children.
Edwards Funeral Home of Butler
was in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
B. B. Huling Named
Pris. Taylor County
Urtit Education Assn.
1
New officers elected for the year
1961-62 of the Taylor County Unit
of the Georgia Education Associat
ion include Brainard B. Huling,
president; Hubert Sasser, vice pre
sident; and Mrs. Margery W. Fitz
simmons, secretary and treasurer.
Huling, assistant principal and
guidance director of the Butler High
School, presided over the first
department.
Mrs. Hoyt Clark, young people’s
superintendent; Mrs. H. B. Walker
and Mrs. Walter Doggrell, teachers
of young people; Mrs. B. J. Byrd,
intermediate superintendent; Hoyt
Clark, J. S. Green, Jr., Mrs. Ed
Davis and Mrs. H. D. Taunton, in
termediate teachers.
Mrs. L. L. O’Kelley, junior su
perintendent; Harol Bazemore, H.D.
Taunton, Mrs. E. B. Wilson and
Mrs. James Williamson, junior
teachers; Mrs. Leon Theus, primary
superintendent, Mrs. Cecil Mott,
Mrs. Charlie Hart, teachers in the
primary department.
Mrs. Leo Anglin, beginner su
perintendent. Mrs. Nell Payne and
Mrs. John Pennington, beginners
teachers; Mrs. J. F. Sikes, nursery
superintendent; Mrs. E. E. Jarrell,
Mrs. A. E. Locke, Mrs. Grover Gar
rett and Mrs. Robert Poole, nursery
teachers; Mrs. Sara Cross, cradle
roll superintendent.
Training Union Officers elected
were: Mrs. Hoyt Clark, director;
Mrs. Johnny Davis, young people’s
leader; Mrs. Gene Kirksey, junior
leader; and Mrs. Charlie Hart, be
ginners leader.
Atlanta ca van™ riicto ; meeting of the year held at the
at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta j Bainbrid ’ at t or nev was anDohit Reynolds High Sch ° o1
i a =t a u uainDnage attorney, was appoint-1 rp ho mo1nr
ed to the Ga. Court of Appeals
Mr. Jesse Crews, 58,
Highway Foreman
Killed in Accident
A State Highway Department
truck went out of control, turned
over on an Upson county road
Tuesday and killed Jesse Crews,
58, of Carrollton, a bridge fore
man.
The accident occurred on the
Thomaston-Pobidy Road, near the
location where Mr. Crews and his
construction crew were working.
Mr. Crews was well know in
Butler having lived here about two
years ago at which time he was
foreman of the Fickling Mill
bridge construction crew. While in
Butler, Mrs. Crews was employed
at Wilson Super Market in this
city.
Mr. Crews originally came from
Waycross and began his career
with the State Highway Depart
ment early in life and had been
connected with the department for
more than 35 years.
last week. Five 4-H Club members
exhibited twenty head of register
ed dairy cattle. Those showing ani
mals were as follows: Guernseys,
Sandra Haga and Bill Swan; Jer
seys, John Retherford, Mary Jane
Retherford and Bob Retherford. The
same animals will be shown in the
Macon Fair Oct. 16-21.
John Retherford won first place
in the senior yearling heifer class
in 4-H show and second place in the
open show. Other places won were:
Second place, aged cow open show;
he placed within the money on se
nior heifer, Junior Get of Sire, aged
cow, 4-H class. Best three females
bred by exhibitor, senior heifer, 4-H
class.
By Cross-Roads Club
Hallowe’en Carnival
The major discussion was on the
Monday by Gov. Vandiver Tsuc- " ext g ube ™ a torial election when
ceed the late J. M. C. Townsend. | the candidates will be asked by the
Jidge Townsend died Friday j ^TaXr wTS to be
night at Emory University Hospital i rest .~ ach teac . er was urged to be
after a heart attack. i sure be was registered in the coun-
Custer’s name immediately came I y a « d could vote in the next elec-
up as the leading choice of the gov- [ R wa ? stated that 93 per cent
ernor for the vacant seat, and Gov. I of tbe teachers in the county voted
Vandiver confirmed it by announc-| ln the ast electlon -
ing his decision Monday. |
Judge Custer wos sworn in Mon- U/HW
day at the governor’s office. jWUW BUtler Camp
The office was virtually filled | Receives Blue Ribbon
with relatives and other well wish
ers of the state’s newest high court
judge. I
Judge Custer is a former president j Butler Camp 428, Woodmen of the
of the GFa. Bar Assn and a former | World, observed their annual Fam-
president of the Albany Circuit and j ily Night on Friday night with a
Fraternal Award
Cross Roads Home Demonstra
tion Club will sponsor a Halloween
Carnival at their Community
House on the night of October 28,
beginning at 7 o’clock.
Games, contests, stunts, etc., will
furnish entertainment for all ages.
Food and drinks will be sold.
Don’t miss this full evening of
splendid entertainment.
—Reporter.
Negro Youth Detained
In Death of Man, 83
Jefferson, Ga. — A 16 year old
Negro is being detained in the
Jackson county jail and authorities
say he signed a confession that he
strangled an 83 year old, enfeebl
ed Negro man last week.
No charges have been placed
against the youth whose name is , .
withheld under Ga laws. Washington, D. C. —
Deputy Sheriff Spence and Bar- j P re ™ e Co, i T rt has denied
tow Hall said the boy’s confession
said he took about $60 from Ran
som Witt’s purse after strangling
him with a short piece of grass
rope that he found in Witt’s two-
room home near Hoschin.
Bainbridge Bar Assn.
He was an unsuccessful candi
date in the 1960 Democratic Pri
mary for the Ga. Supreme Court
seat thrown open by the retire
ment of Justice Hawkins.
Judge Custer was a close second
to Justice Benning Grice who won
the nomination.
Layman Day
iWill be Observed
Sun. by Methodists
Sunday, Layman’s Day will be
observed at the local Methodist
church.
Layman R. A. Browne of Camilla
will bring the message at the
morning hour.
Court Affirms
Death for Trio
Bookmobile Schedule
Wednesday, October 18
9:30 - 2:00 Reynolds School
2:30 - 3:30 Reynolds Community
Library.
The Su-
hearing
to three Negroes awaiting execu
tion in Ga. on conviction of raping
a white woman near LaGrange in
1959.
The brief order leaves standing
an affirmance of the convictions
by State Supreme Court last Feb.
9. The state is now free to carry
out the execution.
The' three condemned men are
George Alford Jr., Brannon Epps,
and Clifford Johnson.
Their appeal had asserted that
rape was not proved.
fish supper at Rowe’s Drive-In. T.
E. ‘Doc’ Tante, District Manager;
was in charge of the program for
the evening.
Only seven Blue Ribbon Frater
nal Awards were given in the state
of Georgia for the work done in
1961. Butler Camp received one of
these awards. Consul Commander
Bobby Gene Swain accepted the a-
ward for the Camp.
Mr. Tante introduced Mr. Hoyt
Clark, who gave the invocation and
the special guests for the evening:
Melvin Lee, national sovereign
delegate from Columbus; Jim Hea
ton, state head escort, and Sidney
Chestnut, financial secretary of
Camp 1328, both of Thomaston.
Approximately 100 people attend
ed the occasion.
Marcbman Elected Sec.
3rd Dist West Principal
Association for Year
Malcolm J. Marchman, principal
of Butler High School, was elected
secretary of the Third District West
Principal’s Association at its first
meeting of the year.
Mr. Marchman is beginning his
second year as principal after ser
ving as coach of the school since
1954.
The major problems of faculty
members, the six-year program of
certification and the increasing of
teacher allotment were the topics
discussed at the State Principal’s
Meeting in Macon that Mr. March-
man attended on Monday.
Funeral services for Mr. Hollis
Warren Bickley, 45, were held at
Union Methodist Church Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. E. H.
Dunn, Sr., officiated. Burial was in
the Union Cemetery.
Mr. Bickley died Thursday morn
ing in the Upson County Hospital
at Thomaston. He had been in de
clining health since being injured
in an automobile accident more
than a year ago.
He was a native of Taylor Coun
ty, son of the late Mr. Paul -and
Mrs. Dora Bickley. During his active
years he was employed as a car
penter.
Survivors include five aunts, Mrs.
Grady Gassett, Mrs. G. A. Parker,
Mrs. L. S. Whatley, Mrs. J. L. Spinks
and Mrs. Eugene Thompson, all of
Butler; and three uncles, A. P.
Bickley of Ft. Valley and Homer
Bickley and Herman Bickley, both
of Butler.
Edwards Funeral Home of Butler
was in charge of arrangements.
World Series
Won by Yankees
In 13 to 5 Rout
Cincinnati, Ohio. — The New
York Yankees, who won their first
World Series in 1923, trampled the
CincinnatiReds 13-5 Monday in the
5th and final game of the 1961
baseball classic. It was the 19th
world championship for the Yon-
kees and one of their easiest as
Cincinnati set a series record by
using eight pitchers.
The American League champion
teed off on Joey Jay, Cincinnati's
starting pitcher, in the first inning
and before the 32,589 fans in Cros-
ley Field saw a third out it was
5-0. They made it 6-0 with another
run in the second.
Cincinnati cut the Yankee lead
in half when Frank Robinson
homered with two mates on base
in the last of the third. It looked
like the teams had a slim chance
of returning to New York for a
sixth game Wednesday.
But the Yankees shoved five more
runs across the plate in the 4th
inning. With the score 11-3 even
the most ardent Cincinnati rooter
realized their idols had had it
again.
Still the 1961 Reds won one
game, a 6-2 decision in the second
contest at New York last Thursday.
In 1939, the first time the two
clubs met in the series, the Yanks
blasted the Reds in four straight.
Nazarenes Sbow
500 Per Cent Increase
In the last twenty-five years Naz-
arense have shown 500 per cent in
crease in per capita giving and
world outreach.
While the Church of the Naza-
rene has nearly tripled in mem
bership in the last twenty-five
year period, its rate of per capita
giving and its missionary program
have increased five times since
1936.
Per capita giving in the Naza-
rene denomination reached a record
of $142.33 last year. This was a
500 per cent increasing over per
capita giving of $28.02 in 1936.
The Church of the Nazarene cur
rently maintains a total of 505 full
time missionaries, pastors and edu
cators in 42 world areas. This com
pares with a total of 90 missionaries
abroad in 1936.
The last twenty-five years has
been a period of unusual growth in
all areas of the denomination.
In 1936 the Nazarenes had a total
of 2,339 churches with a member
ship of 130,353. Last year the de
nomination had 4,470 churches with
a domestic membership of 318,597
plus an additional 53,581 members
on the foreign fields.
The Nazarene denomination cur
rently is ranked No. 1 in per capita
giving among U. S. churches with
100,000 or more members.—N.I.S.
Freewill Baptist To
Have Special Services
This Weekend
There will be special services
this weekend at New Life Freewill
Baptist Church near Mauk. Rev. W.
O. Whitley from Mauk will bring
the message Saturday night at
7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Rev. J. B. Lumpkin, Pastor ‘
Reynolds Club Has Honored
Outstanding Students During
Past Several Years.
The Reynolds Kiwanis Club, B.
W. Hinton, Jr., will sponsor 1961-
62 STAR program activities in the
Taylor County school system, Dr.
John T. Miller, 3rd West district
chairman of the Student-Teacher
Achievement Recognition (STAR)
project, has announced.
“This organization of public-spiri
ted community leaders is playing
a vital role in the success of the
program in this area,” he said.
“As a STAR program sponsor, this
group is helping immeasurably to
raise the standards of academic a-
chievement in Georgia and to focus
richly-deserved public attention on
outstanding students and members
of the teaching profession.”
Ashton J. Albert, chairman of the
education department of the Geor
gia State Chamber of Commerce --
sponsor of the state-wide STAR
program -- joined Dr. Miller in
commeding the organization for
“its excellent efforts in behalf of
education in Georgia.
He explained that scores made*
on the December 2 College Board
Scholastic Aptitude Test, coupled!
with scholastic averages in class
room work, will determine the'
STAR student in each school. From:
this group, winners in the school
system, school district and state
wide categories will be selected
solely on the basis of college board
scores, he said.
Albert pointed out that each
school STAR student will name the
still-active Georgia teacher who, ire
his opinion, has contributed most
to his scholastic record. This teach
er will be named a STAR teacher
and share state-wide recognition
with the student.
STAR students and teachers from
each school system will be recog
nized by Georgia’s leading business
men and educators at the annual
meeting of the State Chamber in
Atlanta, March 30. In the Taylor
County school system, the trip to
Atlanta for the system winners will
be sponsored by the Reynolds Ki
wanis Club.
At this meeting, the state-wide
STAR student and teacher will be
crowned. Immediately following,
the 22 district STAR students and
their teachers, together with five
runners-up, will be conducted on
an all-expense paid educational
STAR TOUR of Georgia.
Miss Virginia Perkins
Of Central America,
Visits Her Parents
Miss Ida Virginia Perkins, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Perkins,
is spending a few days with her
parents prior to departure for
Tegucialpa, Honduras, in Central
America. Miss Perkins is employed
as a Lab Advisor in the U. SI
technical aid program for under
developed countries, and expects
to be in Honduras during the next
two years. Prior to being named to
this post, she has had assignments
with the same program in El Sal
vador and in Venezuela in the field’
of public health laboratory work..
During the past four months.
Miss Perkins has been at the Wal
ter Reed Army Institute of Research
in Washington and at the Sanitary
Engineering Center in Cincinnati,
where she had the opportunity of
reviewing te chnical material and
studying some of the newer meth
ods employed in public health:
laboratories.
Wayne Cox Attends
National FFA Meeting
This Week in K. City
Wayne Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Cox Jr., is in Kansas City
this week representing the Butler
FFA Chapter.
Wayne won this trip by being
declared the winner in the public
speaking contest sponsored jointly
by the Citizen State Bank of But
ler and the local Chapter of the
FFA. This event is sponsored every
year and last year was won by
Ralph Lawhorn.
The trip is educational and
serves as recognition for boys who
have done outstanding work in
FFA work throughout the country.