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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 86
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1962.
NUMBER 15.
Future of Farm
Mechanization
To be Displayed
Gen. Presentments
Rendered by Recent
Grand Jurors
n t of Arctvtves
Farm Materials Handli De £ enera i Library r County
Be Featured at At! —January Term Court, 1962
January 18-19.
Machinery that will do everything
from unloading stored feed facili
ties to mixing feed and feeding
animals will be among the displays
at Farm Materials Handling Days
on the University of Georgia cam-
[pus Jan. 18-19.
A list of erhibitors released this
week shows over 50 diferent firms
and organizations who will have
equipment on display at Stegeman
Hall.
This will be the most compre
hensive display of farm materials
handling equipment ever assembled
in Georgia, according to Dr. C. C.
Murray, dean and coordinator of
the University of Ga. College of
Agriculture.
More and more automation is the
outlook for farming, and this dis
play has been organized to give
farmers an opportunity to see the
latest equipment developed by a
large number of companies, Dea
Murray said. Much of the equip
ment is being brought to the
event from manufacturing plants
and is not available for demon
stration at local dealers.
Mr. C.F. Carson
Nominated Georgia
“Man of the Year”
To the Honorable J. Alan Davis
Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit
Court Taylor County. >
The Grand Jury for the January,
1962 term of Taylor County Su
perior Court, convened on the
2nd day of January, 1962 at 9
o’clock A. M. The members of the
Grand Jury elected Mr. H. S. Gates
as Foreman, with Mr. Bill Bazemore
as Clerk. General conditions affect
ing the welfare of the county were
considered. This Grand Jury has
tried to fulfill its duties and re
sponsibilities to the Superior Court
and the citizens of Taylor County in
a manner consonant with their best
interests.
We wish to express appreciation
to Judge Davis and Sol. Gen. Land
for their splendid services rendered
the county during this term of
court.
Committees were appointed to in
vestigate and inspect the various
County Officers, County operations,
and County property. The reports of
each of these committees have been
considered carefully by the entre
Grand Jury. Each of the recom
mendations contained in committee
reports has been adjusted by the
Grand Jury as a whole and is to be
considered a recommendation of
County Agent and Soil Unit
Technician Name Reynolds
Citizen for This Honor. „ .
Mrs. Myrtle Jones
Died Tuesday P. M.
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Deceased Had Suffered from
Heart Ailment for Past Two
Year.
Farm Materials Handling Days
is being sponsored jointly by the this body. The reports and recom-
College of Agriculture and the Ga. I mendations of these committees,
Farm Electrification Council. which follow, are therefore incor-
For the dairyman and livestock porated and made a part of these
producer, the manufacturers will Presentments.
show equipment that unloads silos, l. We the Grand Jury of January
mixes feeds and feeds animals au-,1962 Superior Court firmly recom-
tomatically. Similar shipment for mend to the State Legislature thru
poultry production will be shown, | the County Representative for the
'as well as such equipment as egg j consideration of a study concerning
washers and heating and ventila- i the illegitimate child birth. The
tion equipment. 'support of these children are very
Among the long list of displays i burdensome to the tax payers thru
are such things as fuel handling [ the welfare departments and some
equipment, time controls, buildings, means of punishment should be
feed bins, farm interphone sys- made law thus tending to prevent
terns, lighting equipment, milkers,
canning machinery and shop
equipment.
The displays will be open to
thepublic both days, Jan. 18-19.
Any interested persons in attending
the meeting, please contact the
County Agent’s Office.
—County Agent.
Fickling Lodge
Observed Festival
At Masonic Hall
(By Verna Griggs)
Fickling Masonic Lodge observed
Saint John’s Festival with a amily
night barbecue at the Masonic Hall
Wednesday night. Mr.M. G. Allmon
served as Master of Ceremonies and
Miss Margaret Tante presented
special music.
Mr. D. Warner Wells, Peach
County Representative, was the
featured speaker of the evening. He
presented a 50 year pin to Mr.
James Edward Locke. It was ac
cepted by his son, Mr. A. E. Locke,
because the elder Mr. Locke was
unable to attend.
Another guest of the evening was
Mr. Tom Bat eman of Ft. Valley,
Who was born in Butler and lived
here for a number of years.
The 1962 officers were introduced
by Mr. Allmon prior to adjourn
ment.
Know Your School
One half of the school year is
about over. Semester examinations
are scheduled for Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday — Jan. 17, 18
and 19.
Basketball games for this week
will be played with Gordon on
Tuesday night and with Macon
County on Friday night. The game
with Macon County will be played
in the local gym.
Students have been admiring
the new trophy which was added to
the collection by the Girls Basket
ball team at the Christmas Tourna
ment.
The Annual Staff is busy pre
paring copy sheets in order to meet
its first dead line on January 24th.
If you have not yet purchased your
annual, the staff urges you to do
so at once.
The program for this month’s
meeting of the Future Business
Leaders of America will feature an
old-fashioned spelling bee.
illegitimate births.
2. The committee on the county
books reports they are neat, well
kept and in good order.
3. We wish to commend the Pub
lic Health Department for their un
tiring efforts in rendering health
services to the county. All persons
are urged to corporate with this de
partment.
4. The committee on the county
buildings report the jail facilities
are in a rather bad condition and
the following improvements are rec
ommended to be made immediate
ly: ‘
(a) Replace or rework the bed
ding in each cell, and provide fire
proof covers for the mattresses.
(b) The cleanness of the jail is
very much neglected and we rec
ommend a thorough cleaning and
that this be maintained on a daily
(c) Recommended the sewage in
side the jail be repaired.
5. Recommended the county pro
vide funds to construct a new jail
at the earliest possible date.
6. Recommended all offices in the
court house be replastered where
necessary and painted, and be
equipped with a portable bulletin
board so the use of the wall will
not be necessary for this purpose.
The offices need a more adequate
lighting system. Also a new board
is needed in the court house lobby.
7. Recommended the curved por
tion of the steps leading to the sec
ond story be straightened with the
hand rail extended conveniently.
8. Recommend the county provide
additional storage facilities for the
county records. These are now lo-
cated in the basement and create
a fire hazard.
9. Recommended the Tax Commis
sioner’s ofice be provided with an
additional cabinet.
10. Recommend the concrete posts j
around the court house square be
repaired and a more presentable
handrail be installed on the north-
side walkway steps of the lawn.
11. Recommend that necessary
repairs be made to the heating
system. Several steam leaks are
noted and are hazardous.
12. Recommend the wood steps
leading into the basement be re
placed with metal steps.
13. Recommend the camp metal
buildings be painted to prevent fur
ther deterioration and necessary
repairs and painting for other
buildings.
14. We recommend the Butler
: Herald be paid $20.00 for publishing
these Presentments.
H. S. GATES,
Foreman
BILL BAZEMORE,
Clerk
(Mrs. Verna Griggg)„
Mr. C. F. Carson of Reynolds, bas
been nominated lor Georgia Farmer
of the Year honors by Taylor Coun
ty Farm Agent Vernon R. Reddish
and SCS Work Unit Technician M.
P. Dean.
The Taylor County general farm
er operates 1900 acres, owning more
than half of this acreage with the
remainder in partnership and rent
ed. Most of the area is in forest,
with 238 acres in crops. Mr. Car-
son will compete with nominees
from other Georgia counties for the
award made annually by the Geor
gia Farmer Magazine.
Judging in the competition will
be based 40 per cent on progress
in agriculture, 35 per cent on soil
and natural resource conservation
practices and 25 per cent on con
tributions to community and state.
Judging the contestants will be J.
W. Fanning of the University of
Georgia; Dr. Harry L. Brown,
president of the Ga. Farm Bureau
Federation; Ga. Crop Improvement
Association President Jimmy Car
ter, Plains; Georgia Livestock As
sociation President R. B. Curtis,
Farmington; and Ga. Poultry Fed
eration President Max Ward,
Gainesville.
President of his county Farm Bu
reau Chapter and a supervisor of
the Ocmulgee River Soil Conserva
tion District, Mr. Carson is a Rey
nolds city councilman and execu
tive director of housing authorities
at Butler, Reynolds and Roberta.
Since starting to farm in 1954, he’s
adopted such new practices as
flame cultivation and parallel ter
racing. Some land-leveling has
been accomplished. Cotton and oats
yields have improved considerably
and his pimiento pepper yield has
doubled.
Announcement of the Georgia
Farmer of the Year will be made in
conjunction with Farm Materials
Handling Days Jan. 18-19 at the
University of Georgia, according to
Elmo Hester, editor of the inde
pendently-owned magazine.
16 Deaths Listed
Last Week End on
Georgia Highways
Mrs. Myrtle Jones,, jnother of Mr.
Roy Jones of Reynolds, died in
Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. Jones had been in ill
health approximately two years
suffering from a heart condition.
Mrs. Jones was a widow of the
late Mr. Bailey Pope Jones and al
though a Taylor countian, she had
made her home in Jacksonville for
the past 15 years.
Funeral will be conducted today
(Thursday) at the Lucy Chapel,
Goddard Funeral Home, Reynolds,
at 11 a. m. Elder John Mangham
will be the officiating minister, as
sisted by Rev. Virgil Culpepper.
Interment will be in the Hill Crest
Cemetery, Reynolds.
The deceased was a member of
the Methodist church.
Pall bearers include Henry Hick,
William Parker, Cliff Windham,
Eric Newsom, Reginald James,
James Gray, Ernest Childre, Jim
Brewer and C. B. Hicks.
Survivors include two sons, Roy
Jones, Reynolds, and Edwin Jones
of Tampa, Fla.; one daughter,
Miss Virginia Jones, Jacksonville,
and one sister, Mrs. Eva Royal of
Thomaston and a number of grand
children.
Goddard Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. W. D. Gill,
93 Year of Age,
Dies at Thomaston
Mr. Charlie Stone
In Charge of New
Local B.T.I. Office
Business Training Institute is in
its 21st year of operation under
the direction of Mr. C. F. Rustin,
lowner. The principal offices have
been in Macon since its beginning,
but its activities have included the
territory about the vicinity of Ma
con.
For the past two years, a class
has been conducted in Taylor
Coun-y for those young people who
aspire to a higher and more
thorough education particularly in
business. Mr. Rustin reports that
this group of students has been one
of the most thorough in their
studies of any group, with which
he has ever worked. The number of
students here has grown to the
point it is necessary to provide ad
ditional facilities to adequately
and satisfactorily take care of
them.
An office is being opened in the
Edwards Building between Smith’s
Pharmacy and the Washomat
Butler. In addition to the classes
being held there in business sub
jects, a bookkeeping, accounting,
and tax service will be offered. Mr.
Charlie C. Stone, who has recently
become associated with Business
Training Institute, will be in
’charge of this office. He invites
your patronage.
An announcement appears else
where in this issue of the Herald.
William J. Brand
Serving in Greenland
U. S. Forces, Greenland (AHTNC)
Army Specialist Five Wm. F.
Brand, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
J. Brand, Butler, recently arrived
in Greenland and is now assigned
to the 55th Artillery, a Nike-Hercu-
lese missile unit.
Brand, a senior radar operator in
the artillery’s Ba. C, completed
basic training at Ft. Benning.
The 22 year old soldier is a 1958
graduate of Butler High School.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. D.
Gill, 93, of Thomaston were con
ducted an. 5, 3:00 p. m. at Trinity
Baptist church near Charing.
Rev. W. J. Childree and Rev. R.
B. McFadden officiated and inter
ment followed in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Gill died at her residence.
She had been a resident of Thom
aston and Upson county for 25
years.
Survivors include: one daughter,
Mrs. G. H. Watson, Thomaston;
threesons: Messrs B. T. Gill, Thom
aston; M. E. Gill, Warwick; and
Flem Gill, Dadeville, Ala.; 17 grand
children, 33 great grandchildren,
and 12 great great grandchildren
also survive.
Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Dale Parks
Is Worshipful Master
Local Masonic Lodge
Sixteen persons, including a
young mother and her infant son,
were killed in a series of traffic
accidents on Georgia highways
last week' end.
The victims included Atlanta’s
first and second fatalities of the
new year.
The large number of fatalities for
a week end period was blamed on
hazardous driving conditions in
some areas of the state. Two wrecks
killing five persons, occurred dur
ing rainstorms.
Mrs. Ralph Armour, 18, Alto, and
her son, 8 moths old, were among
three persons killed in a head-on
collision of two vehicles Sunday in
Habersham County. The third per
son, Deroy Welborn, 34, Hollywood,
'Ga., was identified as one of the
drivers. The vehicles collided near
Baldwin Sunday afternoon.
In a two-car smashup south of
Statesboro, Mrs. Grace Green, 67, of
'Casselberry, Fla.; Mrs. B. M. Eaton,
60 of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Mrs.
Sarah Gotshell of Darby, Pa., were
killed. The cars collided during
heavy rainfall.
Near Thomson Saturday, a train
crashed into a wrecker, killing the
two occupants, listed as Alf
Wheeler, 42 and Jack Reece, 52,
both of Thomson. This accident, too
was blamed on not being able to
see the approaching train at a
grade crossing during a rainstorm.
A 30 year old soldier was killed
at Columbus, Billy Cobb, of Fort
Benning, Saturday. The soldier
was at fish bait shop when a car
parked nearby started rolling. He
ran and grabbed a door handle, at
tempting to stop the car. It rolled
down an incline and hit an em
bankment crushing the soldier be
tween the car and embankment.
Other week end fatalities in
cluded: Horace Ruffin, 21, Negro,
of Atlanta, killed in car accident;
Albert Wigley, 40, of Trion, died
from injuries recelvqd-.Sandaj in an
accident north of Summerville; Al
bert Davis, 65, Hatley, injured Sat-
Mrs. Lewis Watson
Claimed by Death
Friday Morning
i i _
Death Climaxed an Illness
Several Months; Funeral
Trinity Church-
of
at
Mrs. Lena Robertson Watson,
wife of Mr. Lewis Watson, Sr., of
Charing died Friday morning at
the local hospital. She had been ill
for several months.
Mrs. Watson was born in Craw
ford county, the daughter of the
late Emmett and Sally J. Robert
son, on August 24, 1896 and had
spent her married life as a highly
esteemed citizen of Taylor county.
In Charing community where she-
reared her family she was always
ready and willing to lend a help
ing hand and a pleasant smile for
those who were less fortunate. She
was a member of the Eastern Star-
Funeral services for Mrs. Watsom
were conducted at Trinity Baptist
church, Charing, Saturday at 3:00
p. m. with Rev. E. H. Dunn of
ficiating. He was assisted by Rev.
Robert Woodall. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Pall bearers included B. L. Wal
ler, Douglas Purvis, Charlie Wright
Willis Garrett, Harold Erown and
James Welch.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, Lewis Watson, Sr., Char
ing; one daughter, Mrs. Carl C.
Hobbs, Butler; one son, Lewis Wat
son, Jr., Howard; five grand sons,
two grand daughters; one brother,.
Clem C. Robertson, Oglethorpe.
Edwards Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Lions Observe
Ladies Night
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
The Butler Lions Club observed
its mbnthly Ladies’ Night Wednes
day night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Giles. The members, their
urday afternoon when a car struck j wives and invited guests were
a bridge near Cordele; Charlie H. served a covered dish supper be-
Tucker 32, of LaGrange died Sat
urday from injuries received in a
wreck east of LaGrange; Donnie
Estridge of Atlanta and New Or
leans was dead on arrival at an
fore the meeting.
Frank Riley presided over the
meeting. A report was made on the
Christmas project — taking baskets
of fruits and candy to families in
Atlanta hospital following a collis- town. One new member, Sheriff
ion of an auto and tractor-trailor j Charles J Wright, was welcomed
before dawn Saturday; Billy Lee, into the Club.
23, Hoboken, was killed in an ac
cident Friday night east of Way-
cross; Tom J. Hinson, 37. of Am
brose, fatally injured Saturday
when he was thrown from a ve
hicle that went out of control east
of Douglas. Harold Mayo, 26, of
College Park was killed Saturday in
Alabama when a car in which he
was riding skidded offrain-slick
highway.
Neisler Is Vice-Pres
Univ. of Ga. Group
For Third District
(By Verna Griggs)
Mr. Dale Parks has been elected
Worshipful Master of the Fickling
Masonic Lodge No. 129 in Butler.
Others elected to serve with him
are:
Clay Griggs, Senior Warden.
Ben Guined, Junior Warden.
O. C. Keen, Jr., Treasurer.
M. G. Allmon, Secretary.
Jason Elliston, Senior Deacon.
Roy Kirksey, Junior Deacon.
James Bazemore, Chaplain.
Luther Spillers, Senior Steward.
Cecil Kendrick, Junior Steward.
William Poole, Tyler.
Soil Testing
Is Important
Soil samples can tell you four
times about your soil. The labora
tory technicians can find out and
then pass on to you the PH, tex
ture, available phosphorous, and
available potassium of your soil.
Nitrogen is not determined in
routine soil testing procedures. The
reason for not analyzing for nitro
gen is that it would not be of any
value. Total nitrogen can be ob
tained on samples but no sure
method has been devised to de
termine the amount of available
nitrogen that is in the soil.
Speaking of soil tests, now is a
good time for you to take those
soil samples and get them in to
the labs. Avoid the rush later on by
pending ni yours now and get back
the desired information sooner.
Mr. J. Howard Neisler of Rey
nolds is the 1962 vice president of
the University of Ga. Alumni So
ciety representing the Third Con
gressional eDistrict.
Mr. Neisler, Taylor County chair
man of the Ga. Alumni Society for
the past three years, has been one
of the Society’s most active work
ers. Taylor county has been a con
sistent leader in percentage of al
umni supporting the University.
The new vice president received
the A.B. degree from the University
of Ga. in 1908. He is a member of
Sigma Chi, Masons, Shriner, and an
active leader in the Methodist
church.
Mr. Neisler succeeds W. D God
win of Columbus, who served as
Third District vice president last
year.
Recruiting Officer
Here Each Thursday
Sgt. Edward C. Pearce, local air
recruiter, announced he would be
in Butler Selective Service Office
each Thursday at 11 A. M. and in
Reynolds each 1st and 3rd Thursday
to nterview young men and women
who are interested in enlisting in
the air force.
At ihe pit-sent lime the Butler
Club has eye-saving cases pending
in the National Lion’s sight preser
vation project.
Miss Gloria Gilson
In One-Act Opera
Sponsored by College
Miss Gloria Gilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilson, Jr., of
this city, will portray the role of
the secretary in the Consul and will
also be a memebr of the chorus in
the one-act opera, Riders to the
Sea, to be presented in connection
with the Eleventh Annual Fine
Arts Festival sponsored by Wes
leyan College in the evening of
Jan. 20th.
Miss Gilson, a junior, is major
ing in church music. She is active
in several organizations at Wesley
an including the Wesleyannes and
Sigma Alpha Iota, national hon
orary music fraternity.
Revival in Progress
During This Week at
Church of Nazarene
The revival is now in progress at
the Church of the Nazarene. Rev.
and Mrs. Henry Mills, Jr., are the
evangelist and musician.
Rev. Mills is the pastor of River
side, Atlanta. Mrs. Mills plays the
accordian and they sing together..
A cordial invitation is extended
everyone to attend these services.
Assembly of God
Revival Begins Sun.
HELP WANTED
Want to make $2.50 or more per
hour in pleasant route work? Can
use man or woman part or full
time. Write Mrs. Edna Leonas, 400
Magnolia Lane, Ft. Valley, Ga.
—County Agent. | (lH’2p)
The Assembly of God Church on
highway 19 will begin a Laymen
Revival Sunday.
The message Sunday night will
be brought by Woodrow Winters.
Monday night’s message will be
by Jerry Weldon, beginning at
7:45 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
J. B. Weldon, Pastor.