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VOLUME 86
The Butler Herald
"KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS"
Reynolds Hi School
Basketball Teams
To Play Unadilla
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26, 196L
NUMBER 4.
Chapel Dedication
Held In Reynolds
OeP 1 Ga
Get»et al ‘ > tv oi u _
ernoon
First Game of the Seaso,. ,»iilj The Lucy Chapel in the new God-
Mr. N. K. Johnson,
Father Local Lady
Dies At Monticello
Be Played Tuesday Night,
October 31st. at Pinehurst
The Reynolds High School basket
ball teams have been hard at work
for the past four weeks preparing
for their opening game with Una
dilla in Pinehurst Oct. 31. The two
teams will face the toughest oppo
sition ever with a schedule studied
with an assortment of AAA, AA, B,
and C classification schools.
The girls, under the new coaching
of Mr. A1 Stevens, will have to
work mlch harder this year,due to
the loss of two outstanding for
wards, Sandra Gentry and Diane
Powell, and two great defenders,
Annis Brunson and Betty Willis.
Havilyn Montgomery and Juan
Hartley are the only two returnees
from last years starting six. Al
though both girls played both for
ward and guard last year, Havilyn,
a Junior, will play the pivot’s for
ward position and Juan, a senior,
will be out front. Other girls who
round out the team and are very
heavily counted on are Senior, Ann
Wilson, guard; Juniors, Rita Wilson,
Forward; Brenda Perkins, guard;
Melody Hill, guard; Freshmen, San
dy Hinton, forward; Diane Hill,
guard; Tanzy Childres, forward;
Bonnie Harald, forward; Bonnie Sla
ton, forward; Martha Lynn Parker,
guard; Sarah Ann Fountain, guard;
and Caroline Brady, guard.
With all due consideration, the
Tigerettes plans to have a very
successful season.
The boys return 7 lettermen in
cluding five starters from last years
team and should have a well bal
anced scoring attack as well as
good experience.
Saturday night in a tune up for
the opener the Tigers defeated the
Alumni 66-55 with 10 of the 12 man
squard getting into the scoring col
umn.
A1 Denton, a junior and
dard’s Funeral Home was dedicated
to the Lord’s service in loving me
mory of Mrs. Lucy McCoy Goddard,
mother of the present owner and
operator, Edward M. Goddard. The
dedication service was held at 4
o’clock, Sunday afternoon, during
Open House.
Elder John Mangham, son-in-law
of the late Mrs. Goddard, Rev. Vir
gil Culpepper, pastor of the Rey
nolds Methodist Church and Rev. J.
R. Whiddon, pastor of the Reynolds
Baptist Church conducted the ser
vice. A plaque was placed in the
chapel with the inscription, "Named
in memory of a great lady who
dearly loved her Lord, her family
and her fellow man.”
A large number of people from
throughout the area attended the
Open House. The lovely new fune
ral home was decorated with ar
rangements of flowers sent by
friends of the Goddards.
Among those from out of town
attending the open house at the
new Lucy Chapel funeral home
included:
Mr. A. R. King, Mr. Felix King,
of Macon; Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Knoblock of Orlando, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Hollis, Warner Robins;
Mr. and Mrs. William Richard, Fort
Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Chap
man, Butler; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Gallman and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Joyner and Ken, Mr.
Clarence Joyner, Mrs. John Evans,
Mr. Alton Scott, Mrs. O. L. Scott,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Griggs, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Adams, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Fallin, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Barnes of Butler; Mrs. J. L.
Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson,
Mrs. Sara Cross, Mrs. Hugh Gee,
Mrs. H. G. Pye, Mrs. Ida Pye, Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Tante, Stanley Gee,
Clifford Gee, Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Fountain, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Trus-
sell, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gray. Sr.,
Mrs. T. J. Joiner of Eutler; Mrs.
Troy Whatley Jr., Ft. Valley, Mrs.
Sidney Jones, Ft. Valley, Mr. and
last j Mrs. Lamar Christopher, Warner
1 Mr. Johnson, 85 Yearsof Age,
Father of Mrs. C. J. Wright
Died Suddenly Heart Attack
Mr. Nathan Kelsey Johnson, fath
er of Mrs. Charles J. Wright, died
:at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
|L. B. Polk, in Monticello, Oct. 18,
j at 7:30 P. M. after suffering a heart
attack. His passing was quite sud
den.
! Mr. Johnson, 85 years of age was
jborn in Jasper County, Jan. 21, 1876,
to Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Mary
Leverett Johnson and was a life
long resident of Jasper County, be-
iing a member of Pioneer Jasper
'County family. He was a retired
farmer and had filled the office of
! Justice of Peace.
I Funeral services were held Oct.
'20th., at 3 p. m. at the Bethlehem
I Baptist Church of which the deceas-
ied was a member. Rev. W. R. Ethe
ridge, pastor of the church, officiat
ed. J^terment followed in the Mt.
1 Zion Cemetery.
| Pallbearers included: Arthur Kel-
1 ly, Hugh Cook, B. F. Polk, Albert
jPolk, Floyd Boyd, Frank Wild.
Survivors include three sons, Joe
'A. and James H. Johnson of Deca
tur and Dorsey H. Johnson of Mon
ticello; three daughters, Mrs. L. B.
1 Polk, Monticello; Mrs. J. E. LeSueur
of Savannah and Mrs. Charlie J.
1 Wright, Butler. Also, fifteen grand
children, one sister, Mrs. Clifford
Saunders, Eastman.
I Jordan Funeral Home of Monti-
j cello was in charge of arrange-
I ments.
i
!
$50,000 Blaze
Razes Terrell
Grain Buildings
year’s scoring leader and . Bobby ; Robins, Miss Merion Porter, Bruns
wick, Ga., B. R. Martin, Swainsboro
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mathews, Ft. Val
ley, Mrs. Richard Holland, Ft. Val
ley; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robbins,
Marshallville, R. M. Turner, Rupert,
Mrs. M. C. Bryant, Rupert. Dr. and
Mrs. Brauen, Macon.
Jimmv Carmichael
Teaching Piano
At Richland Home
Bell, a senior and last year’s Cap
tain led the scoring with 10 points
each.
R.H.S. got into the lead on a foul
shot by Bobby Green in the first
minute of play and were never be
hind although the score was tied
several times in the first quarter.
The Tigers plan to have an intra
squad game Thursday night at 7
P. M. as their last scrimage before
the opener with Unadilla."
Boys making the team are: Se
niors, Bobby Green, Bobby Bell
Dan Avera, Emory Parr, and Jim
my McCrary; Juniors, A1 Denton
Louie Lashley, and Jimmy Hollo
way; Mike Brunson, Billy Ellis
Bobby Martin and Freshman, Ron
nie Visage.
“B” team - Donald Hartley, Rusty
Lane, Chis Borders, Jimmy Payne,
James Nelson, Nick Carsington,
Warren Bunn, others to be announc
ed at a later date.
Reporter—Juan Hartley
Public Urged to Get
Flu Shots Early
RICHLAND, Ga.—James W. T.
(Jimmy) Carmichael, Richland High
School senior is teaching piano at
his home, and already has 11 pu
pils ranging from 10 to 14 years of
age.
Jimmy is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. M. Carmichael, former pas
tor of the Butler Baptist Church.
Jimmy is a former pupil of Mrs.
J. W. Edwards I, of Butler, a piano
teacher for more than 50 years.
Many of her pupils are now in
structors of music, and some are
concert pianists.
Jimmy’s musical instruction be-
. , gan at the early age of six at the
WASHINGTON Warning against Chattanooga Conservatory of Music,
influ.enza^ 01utbrerts, the While studying under M rs. Edwards
for six years, he studied during the
DAWSON, GA. Oct. 19—-A $50,000
I fire destroyed four buildings of the
'Terrell County Grain and Elevator
| Co. here Wednesday night.
I The blaze broke out about 8:30
| p. m. in a warehouse filled with
corn and shucks, quickly spreading
! to a warehouse housing machinery,
' a three-car garage and the building
that once housed the Elladale Flour
Mill, a Terrell County landmark.
Six grain elevators, worth $500,000
and the home of M. L. Farmer,
manager of the grain and elevator
company, were saved.
Dawson sent two trucks to fight
the blaze. Another came from
Leesburg and a civil defense fire
i truck was dispatched from Albany.
The grain and elevator company,
located about a mile and a half
south of Dawson, is a division of
the Dixie Lily Milling Co., Tampa,
Fla.
C & S Bank Guard
Killed By Bandit
In Atlanta Holdup
This Is The Fourteenth Bank
Robbery, Five of Them C & S
Banks, In Ga. During Year
ATLANTA—An armed bandit held
up a Citizens & Southern branch
bank Tuesday, fatally shot a guard
in making his getaway and escap
ed with $20,810.
The man fled in a stolen pickup
truck which was found abandoned
about two blocks from the scene
of^ the holdup at the Howell Mill
Rpad branch. Police and FBI agents
quickly began an intensive seach.
The guard was Morris A. Strick
land, a Pinkerton detective who
watched the holdup and following
a bank directive, attempted to ap-
prehentd the gunman after he
stepped from the bank.
Bank Manager William L. Ma
this said the gunman entered the
bank shortly before the 2 p. m.
closing time, walked to Mathis'
desk and with gun drawn handed
Mathis a blue bag, telling him to
“fill it up.”
Mathis said he went to the tellers
cages and filled the sack with
money handing it to the bandit.
The man was described as being
about 5 feet 8, weighing about 165
pounds, with dark hair, dark com
plexion and in need of a shave,
Bank employees said he was shab
bily dressed.
Mathis said Strickland had been
told of the robbery in progress by
another bank employe, E. D. Dut
ton. He said the guard followed a
bank policy against shooting in
side the building because of the
number of people inside, including
customers and employes.
The detective stepped in front
of the bandit at the doorway, his
pistol still in its holster, Mathis
said When the gunman drew his
weapon the two men moved out
side where they exchanged shots,
the manager added.
This was the 14th holdup of a
bank or a savings and loan asso
ciation—five of them C & S banks—
in the state this year. It occurred
while law enforcement and bank
officials gathered at a FBI-spon
sored seminar in Columbus, Ga., on
how to halt the wave of bank rob
beries.
Along with 13 unsolved holdups,
officers arrived on the scene at
Alpharetta, Fulton County, early
enough last Friday to shoot down
and capture a bandit who was flee
ing with $33,000 from the Citizens
'Bank of Alpharetta. Mr. Sims Gar
rett Jr., of Butler is president of
this bank.
Graveside Services
Held for Infant Son
Mr. & Mrs. Palmer
Sunday Fire Causes
Extensive Damage
At Bryan Farm
(By Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Fire in two butane gas tanks
caused extensive damage on the
Sydney Bryan farm near Reynolds
Sunday afternoon. Willie Clyde
Manson, colored, son of George Man
son who operates the farm, attemp
ted to clean his car with the pres
sure hose on one of the tanks and
hit a short wire causing a spark
to ignite the gas fumes.
The car was destroyed along with
the two tanks of gas. Manson was
carried to the Sams-Whatley Hos
pital in Reynolds suffering from
first and second degree burns on
his face, arms and legs.
Dial Gas Company extenguished
the flames and prevented the fire
from spreading to a nearby house
and other buildings and equipment.
Bryan estimated his loss at about
$3,000.
Professional Wrestling
In Butler Friday
Night, October 27th.
Revival Services
At Baptist Church
To Begin Nov. 5th.
Rev. Charles B. Love Jr. Of
Manchester Will be Guest
Evangelist During Meetings
Upson Marine
Home on Leave
From Basic Duty
Public Health Service Saturday urg
ed persons in “High risk groups”,
to get vaccinated before winter be
gins.
Vaccination shots were called
“most important” for pregnant wo
men, persons suffering from chro
nic diseases of the heart, lungs and
circulatory systems, and all those
over 65.
These “high risk groups” account
ed for most of the 86,000 influenza-
related deaths between September
1957 and March 1960, the service
said.
Very littile flu has been reported
this year, it said, but outbreaks of
at least two types A, which tends
to occur in two or three-year cycles
and Type B, which generally breaks
out every four or six years.
Gerald Barnes Kills
Large Rattler Sunday
‘By Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Gerald Barnes of Rupert killed a
record size rattlesnake near his
home Sunday afternoon. After be
ing called to the scene by the ex
cited barking of his dog, Barnes
shot the snake with a 22 rifle. The
snake measured 6 ft. 6 in. in leng
th, 11 1-4 in. in girth and had 21
rattles.
summer months at Wesleyan Col
lege’s. Conservatory of Music.
Since July Jimmy has been an
only pupil of Mrs. William H. Pick
ett who will present him in a recital
next spring.
Upon graduation from Richland
High School, Jimmy will enter Mars
Hill College, at Mars Hill, N. C.,
where his sister, Angharad Carmic
hael is a freshman this year. He
plans to contnue his musical career.
Woman’s Club
Meets Nov. 1st
At Chapter House
The Reynolds Woman’s Club will
meet Nov. 1 at 3:30 at the Club
House.
The International Affairs Dept,
will present the program. Mrs. M.
W. Flanders who spent two months
in Europe will be the guest speak
er. The subject of her talk will be
“My European Trip”. Some very
interesting slides will be shown.
All members are urged to be pre
sent.
Hostesses for the afternoon are
Mrs. Tom Saunders and Mrs. Tom
Hortman.
Thomaston, Ga. — Grady Thomas
Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs| J. T.
Rogers of Thomaston is home on
recruit leave.
Pfc. Rogers recently graduated
from Parris Island, S. C., where he
made the rank for the Marine
Corps. After 20 days leave, the
Marine will report to the First Ma
rine Div. at Camp Pendleton, Calif,
where he will be fro six months be
fore reporting to the Third Marine
Div. on Okinawa for a 13 months
tour.
A recruiting officer referred to
young Rogers as a “walking ex
ample” Marine Corps training.
When Rogers enlisted in the Corps
last May he was 6 ’ 1” and weighed
145 pounds. He now is 6’ 2” and
weighs 183.
Pfc. Rogers is the grandson of
Mrs. Grady Rogers and the late Mr
Rogers of Butler.
Montezuma Prison
Chapel Set
j Graveside services were held at
the Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cem
etery Tuesday, 3:00 P. M. for the in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Palmer of Taylor Mill. Rev. Wm.
Childree officiated.
Grandparents are Mrs. Annie Pal
mer, Taylor Mill and Mr. and Mrs.
Jennings Lovick, also of Taylor Mill.
Goddard Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Reynolds P.T.A.
Halloween Carnival
Friday Night, Oct. 27
The Reynolds PTA will sponsor
a Halloween Carnival Friday night
Oct. 27.
Supper will be served in the Rey-
|nolds School Lunch Room from 6
I to 8 o’clock p. m.
I Carnival will be held in the
1 School Building from 8 to 10 p. m.
j The public is cordially invited.
Crossroads Hallowe’en
Carnival Saturday Nite
MONTEZUMA, Ga., Oct. 21—A
j chapel is being constructed at the
, Macon Prison Branch near Monte-
;zuma under the supervision of R. G.
Christian, construction foreman for
the State Board of Corrections.
The chapel will have a seating
capacity of 60 and is to have a
j study, library and baptistry.
I Rev. Harold H. Sheppard, pastor
| of the Oglethorpe-Ideal charge, is
the official chaplain.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend the Hallowe’en Carnival at
Cross Roads Club House Saturday
evening, beginning at 7 o’clock.
Food plates, drinks, sandwiches,
pies, cakes, candy, etc., will be
sold. There will be contests, cake
walks, fish ponds, and plenty of
entertainment for all age groups.
Children, wear your Hallowe’en
costumes. A prize will be given the
winner.
See you at the Carnival!
—Pub. Chm.
Professional Wrestling will come
to Butler next Friday night and an
all-star card has been arranged
through the sponsorship of the
Butler Lions Club.
Farmer McGruder, the flashy lit
tle 101 pounder from Little Rock,
Arkansas will take on New York’s
Robert Tomlin who tips the scales
at 98 pounds. These little mites of
the ring can do anything the big
heavyweights can do and much
faster. They are a joy to watch
and never fall to prove interesting.
Their match will be for the best
two out of three falls with a sixty
minute time limit.
The other big feature event will
see Georgia’s own Johnny King
tangle with Blackjack Dillon. Dil
lon is a ringwise veteran with
many years of experience behind
him while King is a comparative
newcomer to wrestling. King is a
fast stepping athlete who has a
desire to win and get ahead. He
has been proving very popular in
this area. This match will also be
for the best two out of three falls
with a sixty minute time limit.
Action starts at 8:00 P. M. at the
Butler High Gym, Friday.
Mrs. C. E. Benns Sr.,
Fractures Right Hip
In Fall Monday A. M.
Mrs. C. E. Benns Sr. had the mis
fortune of fracturing her right hip
as a result of a fall at her home
early Monday morning.
After receiving first aid treatment
at the local hospital Mrs. Benns
was transferred to the Upson Coun
ty Hospital where she underwent
surgery Tuesday afternoon.
Doctors report her condition as
good.
Mrs. Benns is expected to return
to her home within a few days.
At present she is in room 305
Upson County Hospital, Thomaston,
Ga.
Mission Study Planned
At Reynolds Baptist
Church, November 2
All members of the Woman’s
Missionary Society of the Reynolds
Baptist church are invited to be
present at the church on Thursday
Nov. 2, at 7:30 P. M. for the pre
sentation of the mission book
“Hands Across the Sea.” This study
Chairman, Mrs. J. R. Whiddon will
be in charge. This study is an intro
duction to our season of Prayer for
the Lottie Moon Christmas offering
and all ladies are urged to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
Spaghetti Supper
At the Reynolds
Baptist Church
The adult members of the Rey
nolds Baptist Church, their hus
bands and wives, are invited to a
spaghetti supper in the recreation
room of the church on Monday, Oct.
30, at 7:30 p. m. An entertaining
tour of European countries will be
presented afterward by the Mis
sion Study Committee in preparat
ion for Study of the mission book,
“Hands Across the Sea.”
A series of Evangelistic services
are being planned for the Butler
Baptist Church November 5th.
through 10th.
Reverend Charles B. Love, Jr., pas
tor of the Macedonia Baptist Chur
ch in Manchester, Georgia will be
the evangelist for the week.
Reverend Love is a native Ken
tuckian. He is a graduate of Geor
getown College and Southern Semi
nary. He has pastored in his native
state and served as field secretary
of the Kentucky Temperance Lea
gue.
He just recently came to Man
chester from the First Baptist Chur
ch of Belvedere, South Carolina,
where he was also president of the
Aiken County Ministerial Conferen
ce.
Services will be twice daily at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A nur
sery will be provided for children
through age three.
Baptist Student
Convention To Be
Held at Rock Eagle
ATLANTA—The Georgia Baptist
Student Convention will be held at
Rock Eagle State Park Oct. 27-29,
Rev. Aubrey L. Hawkins, Atlanta,
secretary of the Deparlment of Stu
dent Work for the Convention an
nounced today. A special feature of
the convention this year will be a
“compact medical missions conferen
ce” at which representatives of the
Southern Baptist Convention’s For
eign Mission Board will lead in dis
cussions concerning the Board’s me
dical missions work, and opportu
nities for service. With the theme:
"The Living Church In A Revolut
ionary World”, the convention this
year is “intended to help young
people and their leaders understand 1
more fully the relevance of the
Christian faith”, Hawkins said.
Speakers for the convention in
clude the Rev. Glendon McCullough
Atlanta, personnel secretary for the
Southern Baptist Convention’s Home
Mission Board, and Lloyd T. House
holder, Nashville, Tenn., Church-
related vocations counselor for the
Baptist Sunday School Board. Addi
tionally, reports on summer mission
work in Alaska, Hawaii, Jmaica and
other pioneer mission areas will be
presented.
The Baptist Student Convention
will bring together some 600 Bap
tist students from most ot the
state’s 50 institutions of higher
learning, Hawkins noted.
State Traffic Fatal
To 7; Man Drowns
Eight persons have been killed in
accidents in Georgia during the
weekend, according to the Georgia
State Patrol.
A 57-year-old Atlanta man drown
ed Saturday night in Lake Lanier.
The others died in traffic accidents.
Officers said Wiley F. DeVaughn,
who worked at a cabin neal Lake
Lanier, was fishing off the docks
when he fell off and drowned, The
Gainesville Fire Department rescue
squad recovered the body.
A head-on collision of two vehi
cles just north of Tallapoosa Satur
day killed three persons. The dead
were listed as Robert Cranston
Johnson, 25, Rte. 1, Tallapoosa, dri
ver of one vehicle; Melvin Coggins,
30, Tallapoosa, a passenger and O.
A. Hart, 46, Rte. 2, Buchanan, ope
rator of the second vehicle. The
wreck occurred about a mile from
the city, on Georgia 100, a patrol
radio operator said.
Other highway accidents snuffed
out the lives of four Georgians, in
cluding two children.
Robert Malcolm Brown III, 3, of
Macon was struck down when he
ran into the path of a car while
crossing a street in the Macon City
limits, the patrol said.
C. J. Edwards, 47, and his wife,
Mamie, 32, of Rome were killed
when their car crashed head-on in
to a pulpwood truck on Georgia 20,
five miles west of Rome, the patrol
reported. Both accidents occurred
Friday night.
Gary Thomas Guest, 5, of P. O.
Box 32, Carlton, was fatally injured
Saturday in a head-on collision of
two vehicles on Georgia 72 about
seven miles west of Elberton.