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The Butler Herald "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET VOLUME 86 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY,. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, Weekend Accidents Kill 13 Persons Over the Sta Mr. Bennett Stewart Died in Atlanta Of Heart Ailment — One Killed by Drowing, One by 1 or Accidental Shooting; Other 11 Killed in Auto Accidents. Thirteen Georgians lost their their lives in varied accidents dur ing last week-end. The accidents included a drown ing and an apparently accidental fatal shooting. The other 11 deaths were traffic mishaps. The drowning victim was E. L. Hardy of Avondale Estates. The AP said Hardy fell off a rock at Lake Lanier where he had been fishing. Craig Donaghy, 15, Columbus, died Saturday of a rifle wound, ac cording to the Associated Press. Coroner C. F. Davis said marks in the earth indicated the boy who was turtle shooting may have fallen or slipped as he stepped or jumped from a boat. Traffic deaths listed by the pa trol were: Jesse Foster, 25, Experiment, killed when his car hit a tree and overturned Sunday at the intersec tion of Highways 18 and 35 in Barnesville. R. L. Wilcher, 28, Mitchell, fa tally injured Sunday when his car crashed at a deadend east of Mitehell. Thomas R. Lucas, 20, Decatur, died Sunday when he lost control of his car and it hit a tree south of Butler on U. S. 19. Bennett Leaptrot, 43, Macon, killed Saturday night when his car overturned several times on a city street in Macon. Randall C. Mull, 17, Blue Ridge, died Friday night after his car skidded on wet pavement and over turned two miles north of McCayes- ville. Robert E. Sams, 19, of Atlanta, killed Friday night when his car hit a utility pole in Atlanta. Oliver Holmes, 24, Ben Jackson, 41, and Elmer Lang, 18, all of Wood bine, died in a head-on collision Saturday near Kingsland. Wm. F. Slappey, Sylvester, killed in an accident two miles south of Shingler on a county road. The AP also listed Perry Paul Graham. 74, of Columbus, who was hit and killed Friday when he stepped in front of a car on a Co lumbus street. State Prater Band Convention In Ft. Valley Nov. 9 & 10 The 7th Annual State Prayer Band Convention of the World Gospel Mission will be held at the Metho dist Church in Ft. Valley on Thurs day and Friday, Nov. 9-10. The World Gospel Mission is an inter- denominational missionary- board, having 193 active missionar ies serving in 13 different fields. From time to time, workers from these fields speak in Ft. Valley churches. Business sessions of the conven tion will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings with missionary addresses in afternoons at 3:00 Night services will be held at 7:30 with the missionaries speaking and showing colored slides of the mis sion work in the Urundi and India fields. The public has been cordially in vited to attend any or all of the services. Dudley Eubanks Forward On B. Parker Basketball Team r , .ennett Stewart, broth- of M’A. /Cochran Sr., and Mrs. L. R. Adams' died after suffering a heart attack two days earlier at the St. Joseph Inf., Atlanta., Oct. 25th. at 2:00 A. M. Mr. Stewart, 63 years of age, was born in Taylor County the son of Edgar and Eve Jones Stewart. He was married to the former Pearl Maxwell Stewart of Elberton, Ga., who survives him. Mr. Stewart, a retired employee of the Campbell Coal Co., in Atlanta, after 45 years Highway No. 19, Thomaston to Butler Resurfacing-Widening Work to Begin In Near Future, State Officials Report Second Phase of Multi-Million Dollar Project Will Improve Butler-Ellaville Highway. Highway No. 19 from Thomaston to Albany, running through Taylor County, is scheduled for vast im provements in the near future. The State Highway Department has call ed for bids on this work. Bids will be received on Decem- of service with the company, lived !^ er ^ f° r a number of contracts to in Atlanta. I improve U. S. Highway 19 from Funeral services were held Oct. Thomaston to Albany. 27, 4 p. m. at Pattersons Spring Hill Chapel with Dr. Dow Kirkpat rick, pastor of the St. Marks Me thodist Church, officiating, of which the deceased was a member. Interment followed in Westview Ce metery. Pallbearers consisted of the Shrin ers Oriental Band of Yaarab Temple of which Mr. Stewart was a mem ber. He was also a member of the Elks Club. Survivors include his wife, three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Wood, Ft. Valley; Mrs. Tom Cochran Sr., and Mrs. L. R. Adams of Butler and an Aunt, Mrs. J. H. West, also of But ler. A number of neices and nep hews. Martin Chapman Is Chosen Director Gordon Alumni Assn. The work, to be part of the first contract in the second increment of the $100,000,000 Highway Authority road improvement program, will ful fill a promise made to Taylor Coun ty representative, Ralph Underwood when he voted for the gigantic highway improvement program that Taylor County’s part of Highway 19 would be improved. Upson and Taylor are included on one project for which bids have been invited. The Taylor-Upson pro ject calls for 26.23 miles of widening leveling and resurfacing on U. S. 19 beginning at the north city li mits of Butler and extending to Thomaston. A Schley-Taylor project calls for 24.7 of widening, leveling and re surfacing from Butler to Ellaville. The Highway 19 project will jump from Ellaville to Dougherty county with bids invited on “U. S. 19 in Dougherty county.” This pre sumably will be north of Albany. Bonds in the amount of $35,000,- Mr. Martin A. Chapman, well j 000 will be sold by the Highway known insurance man and tax con- Authority on November 16 to finan- sultant of this city, was distinct ly honored during home coming ac tivities at Gordon Military College, Barnesville, on October 28th. Mr. Chapman was the reviewing officer at a military review during the afternoon in honor of his class. He is a graduate of the class of 1911. ce Highway 19 and some 23 other projects on the December 14 letting and finally to provide improve ments to a total of 1287 miles of primary and 912 miles of secondary roads in 118 Georgia counties. The curb on U. S. Highway 19 in Upson has already been knocked up and broken parts of the pave- At an alumni meeting later in ment have been patched to get it in readiness for the improvements. the day, Mr. chapman was elected as a director of the Gordon Alum ni Assn. Home coming was of particular interest to alumni of Gordon, throughout the South this year, when an unusually large crowd as- Valley EffS' Farm sembled to participate in the ac- 3 55 tivities for the day. Mr. Chapman had been pre viously honored at Gordon last June when Col. C. T. B. Harris presented him with an award nam ing him an Honorary Colonel in the Corps of Cadets. Large Turnip Grown Without Rain, Peach With the dry spell in Taylor County, it seems that all anyone could raise was "sand” until last week when Mr. Albert Guinn came into the Herald Office with a tur nip weighing 4 lbs., 16V 2 in. in cir- Mrs. Chapman accompanied Mr. cumference and thirty inches high. Chapman to Barnesville for home coming activities. Co. Soil Fertilitv Kick-Off Meeting To Be Held Monday Night Among the thirteen boys remain ing from a group of 34 that answer ed the opening day practice whistle was Dudley Eubanks, 6’ 3” from Butler and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Eubanks. The remaining thirteen include 9 frosh and 4 sophomores, all of whom are lettermen. Dudley of course, is one of the returning forwards, who doesn’t lack for height, being one of the tallest. The Brewton Parker College bas ketball team will play their first game of the 1961-62 season which begins with the Alumni game, Nov ember 18, in the new Jim Parker Gymnasium on the campus. The Barons will be in their second sea son under Coach Don Harbin and will be striving to improve on the record posted last season (19-14) even though the Barons finished in 3rd place in Georgia Junior College play. This turnip grew from an where seeds were sown last year, thus, it came from a volunteer seed this year, which adds more impor tance to the product. Mr. Guinn states that he plowed this acre un der and kept it irrigated from a creek and had a good crop of tur nips without a drop of rain. Mr. Guinn assists his mother, Mrs. The first meeting to inaugurate A. E. Guinn Sr., on what is known the Soil Fertility Program in Taylor jin Taylor County as the “Peach County which can increase net in- Valley Egg Farm.” The thought come over a million dollars will be]just occurred, “Wouldn’t it be nice told by two outstanding agrono-|if eggs grew that size?” mists. Mr. Frank Boyd, Agronomist for Virginia Carolina Chemical Com pany will be one of the main speak ers. Mr. Jim Bergeaux, Extension Agronomist will appear on the pro gram, along with Mr. Boyd. The four basic steps and primary aim of the Soil Fertility Program Revival services will be held at in this county is to focus attention Ruilh Baptist Church beginning on the use of the right kind andl on M °uday, November 20th with amount of fertilizer and lime for | Evan geiist, R. L. Davis of Thomas- more profitable crop production. Be- j t° n . Ga. delivering the messages, ginning this fall, the program willr^ r - Carl Bronford will lead in the continue through late Spring. It §T° s Pel singing, will emphasize four basic steps to I Night services only, begins at Faith Baptist Church ! Revival November 20 more farm profit through product ion of increased per acre yields of basic crops. These steps are: (1) Soil Test; (2) Lime; (3) Mixed Fer tilizer and (4) Nitrogen. VERNON R. REDDISH County Agent W. JEROME ETHREDGE Asst. County Agent Butler Baptist Church Revival Shows Interest & Good Attendance The Butler Baptist Church Revi val which began Sunday at 7:30 P. M. got off with good attendance at both morning and night servic- this week. The messages deliv ered by Rev. Claude B. Love Jr., of Manchester and the music depart ment have been most inspiring. The revival will come to a close Friday night. 7:30. The pastor and membership in vites ail who will, come out and worship. T. H. BROWN, Pastor Faith Baptist Church 17 Conferences Will Draw 1500 Athens, Ga. — More than 1500 persons are expected to attend 17 conferences this month at the Uni versity of Ga. Center for Continu ing Education. A variety of subjects will bo dis cussed and studied by the groups meeting in Athens, ranging from the obligations and responsibilities of the industrial editor to services to the blind thru the vending stand program and from a short course for florists to a work conference for clas room teachers. AIRMAN HENRY D. RITTER Ariman Ritter Stationel Airman Ritter Stationed in Alaska Airman Henry D. Ritter, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ritter, has completed his basic training and after a 30-day leave at home he’s now stationed at Anchorage, Alas ka. Ritter joined the Air Force July 18th and was trained at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. He at tended Butler High School. Sweeping Revision Of State Budgeting Proposed by Byrd ATLANTA—Lieut. Gov. Garland Byrd suggested Monday that the General Assembly throw the con tentions or “political promises” sec tion out of future appropriation bills and limit the governor’s emer gency funds to one per cent of the total state budget. Byrd, an unannounced candidate for governor in 1962, also recom mended that pre-legislative forums be held to acquaint the legislators with the details of the governor’s budgetary recommendations. He added that drafts of appropriations bills presented by the governor to the General Assembly should be simple enough so that a legislator need not be “an expert analyst or economist in order to understand it.” The lieutenant governor made the recommendations in a letter to Murray County Rep. Charlie Pan- nell, chairman of the special bud get study committee. Pannell had invited Byrd’s views on the state budgetary problems. Highway Treasurer, Benton Odom, 49, Died From Stroke Atlanta, Ga.—Benton Odom, 49, treasurer of the State Highway De partment and former executive se cretary to the late Gov. Eugene Tal- madge and former Gov. Herman Talmadge, died in an Atlanta hos pital three hours after suffering a stroke at his home Monday morn ing. He lived at 4855 Long Island Drive, NW. Mr. Odom, who also served terms in the State Senate and House of Representatives, had been treasurer of the highway department since March 1, 1950. A native of Newton, he had been active in Georgia po litical affairs for more than 20 years. Shedrach Barnett Selected as Leader Butler FFA Chapter Shadrach Barnett, a Senior, has been selected to lead the Butler Chapter of Future Farmers of America. The son of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Barnett, he has been active in FFA work all thru high school and won second place in the FFA public speaking contest in 1960. Others selected were: Jerry All - mon, vice president; Wayne Cox, secretary; Ronnia Parker, treasur er; John Purvis, reporter; Larry Bell, sentinel. Those elected to as sist the last four were: Milton Lay- field, secretary; Derrell Kendrick, treasurer; David Joiner, reporter and Billy Blasche, sentinel. OF SUCCESS" NOVEMBER 9, 1961 ~ NUMBER 6. Two Men Arrested In Dawson, Charged With Fla. Murder Dawson, Ga. — A massive man hunt for the slayer of a Florida state trooper ended in Dawson with the arrest of two men, one of whom gave police an account of the killing. The two men, both with long prison records were arrested by Dawson officers at a gas station after the robbery of a drug store in Albany. Albany Police Chief Laurie Pritchett said Rudolph Pavlas, 46, signed a statement accusing his companion, Dewitt Addison, 33, of firing the shot that killed patrol man Ed Gasque, 30, in a woods near Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 28. Gasque had stopped two men to question them before a Duval county deputy had been over pow ered near Jacksonville. The deputy, who wanted to know what the two were doing in the wooded section, was hand cuffed by the two and one fired a shot at him but missed. FBI agents questioned the two men in Albany Friday in connec tion with a series of Atlanta area bank robberies, including one in which Guard Warren Strickland was shot and killed. The FBI also arranged a lineup to enable 16 witnesses to the At lanta area holdups to look at the prisoners. The witnesses included bank tellers and cashiers. The FBI spokesman declined to reveal the results of the lineup but did say that nothing definite has developed so far to tie the two men to the robberies. After the questioning and the lineup, the prisoners waived ex tradition and were turned over to representatives of the Duval county sheriff’s office and the Florida Highway Patrol to be taken to Jack sonville by car. Butler FHA Ranked 11th at District Meet Butler Future Homemakers, with thirty-five members present, ranked eleventh among the eighty-one chapters represented at the fall meeting of District I, FHA in Al bany last Saturday. The backdrop for the program was a huge tree, the taproots of which were our two national pro jects, “Family Unity” and “Family Fitness.” The leaves of the tree were characteristics which will lead to the realization of our project. They are physical, social and spiri tual unity, cooperation, security, j understanding, love, faith and emo tion. The principal speaker was Mr. Bill Hearn, Minister of Music, Tho- masville Baptist Church. He em phasized the need for LOVE in American families today. He urged each FHA girl to begin family de votions in her own home as a means of strengthening family ties. Miss Effie Pullen, recently retired supervisor of homemaking educat ion in this district, was presented a plaque of appreciation, a princess ring and a watch as a gift from the girls in the district. The presenta tion came at the conclusion of a “This Is Your Life” skit. Mrs. Janet Barber, state advisor of FHA and Miss Frances King, new ly appointed district supervisor each brought greetings to the group. Mr. E. A. Welch drove the bus. Mrs. Imogene Garrett, chapter mo ther and Mrs. Margery Fitzsim mons, advisor, accompanied the group. 186 Homes Burn When Fire Hits Hollywood LOS ANGELES—A wind-lashed brush fire, exploding at times into a dreaded fire storm, swept through an exclusive section of the Holly wood Hills Monday—causing un precedented damage. By official count 186 homes — many mansions belonging mainly to entertainment figures in the $100,000 and up class—were destroy ed by midafternoon. At least an other 100 were damaged. Former Vice President Richard Nixon was ordered away from his home while he was watering down his roof. Mauk Church Urges Sun. School Attendance All members of the Mauk Baptist church are urged to attend Sunday School, Sunday. There will be a special meeting for the purpose of appointing a pulpit committee. F. S. U. Student Killed in Auto Wreck Near Here Two Other Students Critically Injured; Accident Occurred Early Sunday on Hwy. 19. An automobile accident near But ler early Sunday morning claimed the life of a Florida State Univer sity student and left two others se riously injured. Tlie accident occurred about two and one-half miles south of Butler on Highway 19 at approximately 3:50 a. m. The car a 1956 Chevrolet was traveling north when it left the- highway and ran directly into a tree. The students, it is learned, were enroute from the Florida Univer sity to Decatur, Ga. where they were to have spent Sunday with friends and relatives. Thomas R. Lucas, 20, of Decatur, driver of the car, was killed in stantly. He was the son of Mrs. Frances Lucas Greenfield of Deca tur. Carl K. Bucklow, of Tampa, Fla. was critically injured and was tak en to a Columbus hospital. William D. Munroe, also of Tam pa, Fla. was taken to the Sumter County Hospital at Americus. Both men are listed in serious, condition. Joint Meeting Legion & Auxiliary Friday Night, Poppies Sold Friday In commemoration of Veteran’s Day and as a kickoff for member ship drive, Butler Post 124 and Aux iliary Unit will hold a joint meet ing at the Legion Home Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. The State Chaplain and District Pres, of the Auxiliary have been invited. Alsot the District Judge Advocate and District Post Commander of the Le gion. A covered dish supper will be served. The Poppy Chairman, Mrs. Jo seph Harmon, announces that Pop pies will be sold in Butler and Reynolds Friday by the Unit. The Poppy sales force in Butler will meet Mathew’s Store at 9:30 Fri day morning to begin the sales. Mrs. C. S. Sawyer will have charge of the sales in Reynolds. Overseas Mail Deadline for Christmas November 20th Atlanta, Ga. — The deadline for mailing Christmas gift packages to men serving overseas in the armed forces is nearing, Ga. Vet Director Pete Wheeler reports. November 20th is the final date set by the P. O. Dept, for mailing- packages to points outside the United States for delivery before Christmas. December 1st is the deadline for mailing holiday cards or letters to foreign bases, and for sending packages by air mail outside the United States, Wheeler said. Packages to be mailed inside the United States but outside Georgia should be in the Post Office not later than Dec. 5th, he said, and letters and cards going outside Georgia should be mailed on or before Dec. 10th. All packages, both outside the United States and within, should be packaged in strong corrugated box es and cushioned against shock by paper or other material inside. Packages containing liquids or breakables should be so labeled on the outside. Recent changes in postal regula tions also allow packages going to servicemen to be sealed on the out side for additional protection, and need not be opened for postal in spection. BASKETBALL Friday Night, Nov. 3rd. Butler High Boys And Girls Teams Defeated Unadilla Teams Butler Boys—66 Unadilla Boys—45 Butler Girls—49 Unadilla Girls—39 Next Game Friday Night November 10 Butler vs. Crawford County At Roberta