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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS”
VOLUME 86
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTYGEORGIA, THURSDAY.
DECEMBER 21, 1961.
In uMliiiiK 12.
Contract Let For
Widening Hwy 19
Through Taylor Co.
Atlanta, Ga. — A total apparent
low bid of $10,604,995 has been re
ceived by the Highway Department
on the first contracts under the
the second increment of the Vandi
ver Administration’s Highway Au
thority and road reconstruction
program, according to Highway
Board Chairman Jim Gillis.
These 26 contracts, the first to be
let under the $35 million in bonds
which were sold on Nov. 16, will
provide for work along 607 miles
of Primary and 32 miles of Secon
dary routes in 51 Georgia counties,
Mr. Gillis said.
A total of 1,287 miles of Primary
and 912 miles of Secondary mile
age, located in 118 counties, will be
improved under the increment of
reconstruction bonds. Projects not
included in today’s letting will be
let to contract in February and
March.
Also in March, the third and fin
al increment of Highway Althority
bonds will be sold. All work under
the $100 million program will have
been placed under contract by the
end of 1962.
Upon sompletion, the program
will have brought improvements to
over 6300 miles of the state’s ma
jor highways; the highways over
which 66 per cent of Georgia’s total
annual vehicular mileage is driven.
The contracts, which were in
cluded in the recent letting, with
with apparent low bids and bidders
on local projects are:
Schley-Taylor — 24.7 miles of
widening, leveling and resurfacing
on U. S. 19 between S. S. 26 in El-
laville and the north city limits of
Butler. Apparent low bid: 474,375;
Cantrill Const Co., Lexington, Ky.
Taylor-Upson — 26.23 miles of
widening, leveling and resurfacing
on U. S. 19 beginning at the north
city limits of Butler and extending
to the plant mix surfacing south of
Thomaston. Apparent low bid:
$443,191; Cantrill Const. Co., Lex
ington, Ky.
Reynolds Gym
Open to Anyone
Thursday Nights
Mrs. Jennie Weaver
Dies at Reynolds
Sunday Morning
Taylor Co. Superior
Court to Convene
Monday Jan. 1
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Mrs. Jennie Gray Weaver, 74,
passed away in her sleep at her
home in Reynolds early Sunday
: morning.
| Born in this county, she was the
daughter of the late Geo. T. and
, Mary Ella Ruffin. She was the
j widow of the late Jake M. Weaver
I and was a member of the Rey-
! nolds Baptist church.
| Survivors include two sons, L.
iHolt Ruffin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Earl M. Weaver, Greenville, S. C.;
j two daughters, Mrs. George Pope
'of Brunswick; Mrs. Reginald James
Reynolds; one sister, Mrs. Ida Jake
[Ruffin, Atlanta, and a brother, T.
|L. Ruffin of Reynolds,
j Funeral service was conducted
;at the Reynolds Baptist church on
Tuesday morning with the pastor,
I Rev. J. R. Whiddon, officiating.
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
to serve during the January semi
annual term of Taylor Superior
Court which convenes on the first
Monday in January, 1962.
Grand Jurors
Dugger Cosey J. C. Giles
Hoyt Clark R. C. Barrow
L.H.Vanlandingham O. C. Keen Sr.
Harold Lovvorn Chas. Benns, Jr.
William Woodall
D. M. Harris
Girls’ Tournament
At Butler Gym
December 21 & 22
WOW Annual Christmas Party Held at Legion Home Friday Nite.
Long Illness
Is Fatal For
George Salzer
Thursday nights have been set
aside for anyone to use the Rey
nolds gym that so desires.
No one may use the gym at any
other time so please do not ask.
The only exception to this rule
will be if Coach Stevens or Coach
Athon is present.
The gym floor will be mopped
before playing and the balls put
back exactly where they were
when found. Any violations of the
above rules will forfeit your privi
lege of using the gym.
Coach Athon
Jacksonville, Fla. — Geo. V. Sal
zer Sr., 80, a wholesale grocer for
more than 40 years, died Dec. 11
in a Jacksonville hospital after a
long illness.
Mr. Salzer was born in Georgia
andw moved to Palatka in 1894 to
enter the wholesale grocery busi
ness.
He moved to Jacksonville in 1898
and established one of the first
wholesale grocery firms in the city,
G. V. Salzer and Bros., operating it
until 1930.
After that time, he was associat
ed with Chitty and Co., the State
Road Department and the Merrill-
[Steven Drydock and Repair Co. He
| retired in 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Salzer celebrated
j their 58th wedding anniversary on
May 22. Mr. Salzer was an active
member of the First Methodist
church and was the second Sunday
School superintendent of the church
after it was graded and reorganiz
ed. He also was a former trustee,
chairman of the building committee
and member of the board of stew
ards.
Before his retirement, he was act
ive in the Kiwanis Club and Jack
sonville Grocery Assn.
Mr. Salzer is survived by his wife
Mrs. May Roberts Salzer; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Mayalene S. Kaysen, both
of Jacksonville; five sons, G. V. Jr.
Jacksonville; Karl R. and John S.,
both of Tamna; Wm. W. of Lutz,
and R. Francis Salzer of St. Peters
burg; a brother, Grover W. Salzer
of Jacksonville; a sister, Mrs. Ber
tha Bazemore of Butler; and 13
grandchildren.
| Woodmen Christmas
[Party Held Friday
jAt Legion Home
j (Mrs. Verna Griggs)
! Butler Camp No. 1428, Woodmen
I of the World, held their annual
1 Christmas party at the American
Legion Home on Friday at 6 P. M.
for the children of the town.
| After a period of happy singing
:of Christmas carols, District Manag-
,er T. E. “Doc” Tante, introduced
[the main event of the evening, the
| arrival of Santa Claus. He visited
[with the children, giving out buble
gum, balloons and spinners.
Then moving to the beautifully
decorated tree, he gave out the love
ly array of gifts and bags of fruit
and candy.
Mr.-Mrs. Callahan
Observe Forty-Fifth
Wedding Anniversary
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Callahan
were honored at Open House at
their new home in Rupert cele -
brating their 45th anniversary.
Friends of the couple and their
children, Mrs. Hugh Howell and
Mr. Roy Callahan of Atlanta and
Dr. Dan Callahan, Warner Robins,
were invited to call between the
hours of 2 and 4:30 Sunday after
noon.
The home was decorated in a
Christmas motif of blue, white and
silver. Mrs. W. E. Elliston, sister
of the bride who was matron of
honor at the wedding, greeted the
guests at the door. The receiving
'line formed in the living room be-
I fore a beautiful white Christmas
[tree decorated in blue.
I Mrs. Z. R. McCorkle cut the
. tiered cake at the dining table laid
[with white linen and silver lame
and centered with a five branched
silver candelabra holding blue
candels. Mrs. H. Callahan served
punch from a silver punch bowl at
the opposite end of the table.
■ Mrs J. A. Hartley of Columbus
and Mrs. Edwin Allen, nieces of the
couple entertained the guests with
music during the afternoon.
Mrs. Hazel Patrick invited the
guests to register .
The cuple married at the home
of the bride’s parents,Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Cochran on Dec. 17, 1916, ac
cording to an interesting clipping
from the Butler Herald printed in
1916 and on display Sunday after
noon.
Assisting the hosts and hos
tesses in entertaining their parents
were Mrs. Dan Callahan and Hugh
Howell.
County Commissioners
Postpone Jan. Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Callahan
' Due to the fact that the regular
meting date falls on Jan. 2nd, the
Taylor County Commissioners have
[postponed their next meeting date
1 to Jan. 9, 1962.
Georgia Power Co.
Presents Tax Check to
Butler and Reynolds
Checks bringing the amount of
the Ga. Power Company’s 1961
property tax payments to $6,718,000
are being presented this week to
munieipal and county government
officials, according to H. L. Russell
local manager.
Mr. Russell reported the amount
compares with a total of $6,122,-
900 paid by the company for its
1960 property taxes.
Of this sum, $3,203,192 goes into
general county funds, $2,339,142 to
school districts, $1,049,533 to cities
and $126,859 to Georgia and ad
joining states.
Earlier in the year, municipal
partnership tax payments totaling
$2,384,000 were paid by the com
pany to the 394 cities, towns and
communities in which the firm’s
partnership franchise agreement
was in effect. Under this agreement
the company pays each municipali
ty in which it operates three per
cent of its gross revenue from the
sale of electricity for residential
and commercial use. These munici
pal partnership tax payments
were in addition to property tax
payments.
The Ga. Power Co. official point
ed out that more than 18 per cent
of the company's total revenue goes
to pay taxes including federal and
state income taxes, municipal part
nership taxes, and others.
Checks delivered to the various
towns and counties served from the
Reynolds office: Butler, 234.40 Rey
nolds $250.07, Roberta, $173.90 Tay
lor county $11,605 and Crawford
county, $9,598.
Correction
Bernard J. Puller
Simms Garrett
Bill Bazemore
CVorman Jarrell
Reginald James
W. O. Neisler
B. W. Hinton
John Mangham
Walter O’Neal
Bobby Brooks
Albert Peed
J. C. Haywood
J. W. Waters
C. L. Hart, Jr.
James Montgomery
E. E. Jarrell
W. P. Parks
H. S. Gates
John Mims
Herman O'Neal
Traverse Jurors
L. C. Klrksey Francis Peed
Sidney B. Rustln
Herman Locke
James Splllers
L. P. Anthony
John D. Purvis
Gerald Barnes
R. L. Phllmon
John Nelson, Jr.
! O. F. Dunn
i Jason Albritton
W. J. Braddy
'j. H. Neisler
[E. H. Perkins
| F. B. Eubanks
Mack Miller
C. R. Simmons
Ed Wilson
R. L. Garrett
Lee Posey
Jack Suggs
Thomas Byrd
William Parks
John Nelson
Royce Whatley
J. S. Green, Jr.
J. W. Suggs
Leonard Whatley
H. W. Cox, Jr.
Clifford Whatley, Jr.
C. C. Gtfles
J. W. Edwards, II James Brown
M. B. Pittman, Jr. Albert Harris
T. Whatley J. H. Brown
James R.Albrltton H. H. Booth
J. L. Whitley Carl Brown
A. B. Chlldres W. H. Suggs
Horace Watson Roy H. Bohler
P. L. Crook J. G. Parks
Willie D. Goodwin Robert Barrow
O. P. Montgomery Sammy Locke
E. B. Whitley Roy Weed
Homer S. Moore Kenneth Barrow
Marshal P. Dean Oatls Rowe
Talmadge Whitley Tom Giles
B. F. Klrksey J. W. Windham
Grover C. Splllers J. F. Sikes
The girls Christmas tournament
at Butler begins Thursday night
with Warner Robins meeting Ma
rion County at 7:30, followed by
Butler and Stewart County at 8:45.
Marion County is led by Marion
McGlaun daughter of Coach George
McGlaun. These girls have compiled
a 12-2 record thus far in the season.
Marion is seeded fourth.
Powerful Warner Robins has tre
mendous depth at forward, some
times shifting All-Stater Pat Kirk-
sey to Guard. Robins is seeded first
in the tourney by virtue of their
10-2 record against the best compe
tition the state can offer.
Second-seated Stewart County
boasts a 6’ 1” forward and a group
of fine guards. At the present their
record is 12-2.
Third-seeded Butler possesses
good balance at forward and good
depth at guard. All three forwards
are averaging in the double figures
and any of the three is capable of
breaking the game wide open. The
girls can call on 6 guards without
any noticeable change. The defen
se is improving every game and
should continue to do so. Butler’s
record at present is 12-1.
The finals of the tourney will be
Friday night, with the consolation,
game at 7:30 and the championship
*.t.8:45.
No Herald Next Week
]J. H. McRee
Robert Bell, Jr.
! J. A. Gibson
Henry Hobbs
J. S. Smith
E. A. Newsom
H. G. Klrksey
Billy C. Amos
In a news article carried in the
Herald last week Mr. Mack Miller,
local business man, was listed as
District Manager of the Modern
Woodmen of the World. The article
should have listed Mr. Miller as
District Manager of the Modern
Woodmen.
Mr. T. E. Tante of Butler is the
District Manager of the Woodmen
of the World.
B. T. I. Holds
Christmas Banquet
The Business Training Instituee
of Macon will hold their annual
Christmas banquet at the Jeff Da
vis room of the Lanier Hotel in
Macon on Thursday night at 8:00
P. M. The students and faculty are
participating. The banquet will be
followed by an entertainment pro
gram.
The Danville class of the B. T.I.
held its banquet in Danville last
Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Rustin, Cody and Randy attended.
There will not be a regular edi
tion of the Butler Herald mailed
out next week, Dec. 28. This office
will be closed Monday, Dec. 25.
However our commercial printing
plant will be open the remainder
of the week.
The Herald staff wishes to take
this opportunity to wish each of
you a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Mr. & Mrs. Hurst
Celebrate Sixtieth ..
Anniversary
(By Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hurst cele
brated their 60th wedding anni
versary Sunday with a family din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D M. Harris.
Mrs. Hurst was the former Miss
Lura Harris. The couple was mar
ried Dec. 15, 1901 at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Harris. The celebration Sun
day was at the same site where
the wedding was solemnized.
The couple has five surviving
children: Mrs. Edna Pearl Hart, of
Bainbridge; Mrs. Wynelle Bryant,
Thomasville; Willie Hurst, Clover,
S. C.; Mrs. Annie Lee Crumley, of
Americus and Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Chargue, Houston, Tex.
BASKETBALL
Dec. 15
Butler Boys
37
Reynolds Boys
48
Butler Girls
40
Reynolds Girls
27
Dec 19
Yatesville Boys
56
Butler Boys
52
Yatesville Girls
24
Butler Girls
37
Next Gomes
Christmas Tournament Here
Dec. 21-22
First game at 7:30 P. M. with
Warner Robins vs. Marion
County
Butler vs. Stewart County
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hurst