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The Butler Herald ‘’KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY AI IT »8 TEE 8ECEET OP 3DCC8II” VOLUME 86 BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1962. NUMBER 16. 220 Soil SaiTo"' 0 ’"ub“. s Seal ,V* Taken This Wson Says Asst. Agent Taylor County Farmers Busy Submitting Soil Tests for 1962 Crops. Drive Begins On March 15 (Mrs. Verna Griggs) According to Jerome Ethredge, Assistant County Agent of this county, 220 soil samples have been taken and recommendations made for the crops planned in this area this year. An additional 165 had been taken and maile to the laboratory at Griffin to be run where they were pending. Twenty- ehree others had been bought into the office to be mailed in to the lab. A total of 408 soil samples have been taken in the county in preparation for the 1962 crop sea son. Mr. Ethredge and Mr. Reddish urge any farmer who has not ob tained the materials for taking his soil sample to come by the office at once. Methodist Church Host Monday to Quarterly Meeting (Mrs. Verna Griggs) Methodist Parsonage at Reynolds Will be Dedicated on February 7th; Bishop Jno. 0. Smith to be in Charge The Butler Methodist church was host Monday to the Quarterly meeting of the Methodist ministers and their wives of the Star Sub-, district. Speaker of the day Was Mr. Wynn M., member of the Al- 1 coholics Anonymous. Mr. M. spoke to the ministers on the purpose of AA and disclosed how the minister could be more helpful to the alcoholic and to al coholism in general which he de scribed as a disease of mind and body. He told the ministers that a sincere understanding alcoholics would better help ministers in guiding alcoholics into AA. He showed them more clearly their role of helping alcoholics as being one of refusal — to the AA. The ministers were invited to ask any questions they desired on the sub ject. Mrs. McCleskey entertained the wives at the parsonage where they joined in a period of fellow ship and discussed the minister's wives annual retreat. The date of this event will be some time in May down at Epworth by the Sea. Vidalia Raid Nets Two Stills Inside City Two top Easter Seal volunteers Nancy Pudvin, three-year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Pudvin, Decatur and C. M. Wallace, Jr., Ga. Power executive and State Chair man for the 1962 Easter Seal cam paign examine the new Easter Seals to be used in the annual drive which opens March 15th. Petite Nancy is an Easter Seal volunteer who has also enjoyed the Easter Seal swimming program one of the many services and program which benefited 2,365 crippled children and adults last year. Wallace, sales vice president of the Ga. Power Co. is a native of McWeesport, Penn. He attended public schools in Jacksonville, Fla. and is a 1928 Ga. Tech graduate. He is a member of the sales di vision executive committee of the Edison Electrict Institute, South eastern Electric Exchange, Ga. Engineering Society and chairman of the Georgia farm electrifica tion Council. Active in the civic affairs, com munity and industrial development Wallace is a member of the American Legion, Military Order of World Wars, Battle Hill Haven op erating board, Atlanta Rotary Club and the First Methodist church, Decatur. Announcement of Wallace s ac ceptance of the state chairmanship for 1962 Easter Seal Campaign is made by Edgar Forio, senior offi- cal of another huge corporation and president of Ga. Society Crippled children and adults, the Easter Seal Society. Evenings Program Begins at 7:30 o’clock; Other Honored Visitors Expected. Dedication for the new Metho dist Parsonage at Reynolds is an nounced for the evening of Feb. 7th at 7:30 p. m. at the Reynolds Methodist church. Bishop John O. Smith will be in charge of the serv ice. Bishop Smith has been Bishop of the Atlanta Area of the Methodist church, which includes the North and South Ga. Annual Conferences since his election to the Episcopacy in July, 1960. Other distinguished guests will include Mrs. Smith, Rev. and Mrs. Mack Anthony of Macon; Rev. and Mrs. Dan Williams, also of Macon. Rev. Anthony is District Superin tendent of the Macon District and Rev. Williams is business manager of the Wesleyan Christian Advo cate. Rev. and Mrs. Virgil Culpepper and the officials of the Reynolds Methodist church extend a cordial invitation to the public to attend this dedication and hear Bishop Smith. All former pastors of the Rey nolds Methodist Church are extend ed a special invitation to be present at this service. Bishop John Owen Smith Vidalia, Ga. — Vidalia city po licemen and federal revenue agents destroyed two liquor stills inside the city limits of Vidalia Sunday night. E. L. Blume, chief of police, said his men and the federal agents de stroyed a 1,000-gallon still and an 800-gallon one on Sunday State Extends Term of Four on School Board Veterans, Widows Receiving Pensions Should Report to VA Atlanta, Ga. — Veterans or wid ows of veterans refcelving pensions should immediately report any (changes in their estimated 1962 | incomes to the VA, Ga. Vet. Director | Pete Wheeler warned this week. ' Veterans and dependents of de ceased vets this month are filing reports of their 1961 incomes and estimates of their 1962 incomes to the VA. These reports must De mailed to the VA before Feb. 1st or Xe pension payment will be sus pended immediately. Should any change in the esti mated income for 1962 occur during the year, however, the veteran or Sow must report the fact to he VA within 30 days. Changes which must be immediately reported in clude increases in salary, sale of property, increases in insurance or social security payments, etc., Wheeler said. Failure to timely report such changes within 30 days may cause Tn overpayment and a retroactive claim for return of all pensions re ceived since the beginning of he year. Timely reporting of the change, however, will eliminate ay retroactive claim against the or widows. ■ _ p _ For advice and assistance n porting income changes or J"J' ing income reports and estimates, veterans or their dependents should call at an office of the Ga. Dept of Veterans Service. The nearest office is located in Butler. BISHOP JOHN O. SMITH Ordination Service At Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon Atlanta, Ga. — Gov. Vandiver has extended the terms of four mem bers of the State Board of Educa tion whose terms expired this year. Reappointed were R. B. Wright, Jr., Moultrie, who was named to the board in 1959; Thomas Nesbitt Jr., Cordele, who joined the board in 1961; David Rice, Atlanta, who was named in 1961 and Henry Stewart, who joined the board in 1955. Eureka School News (By Verna Griggs) Our school is serving as a prac tice center for student teachers from the Ft. Valley State College this quarter. Annie Ruth Black and Fannie Leary are doing their prac tice work in the area of Home Ec. under Hattie L. Brown, Department Head; Howard Preston, Natural Science under Rufus Green, De partment Head; Barbara Watson, Elementary Education, under Blanche Dixon; Mary Braswell, English and Library Science under Jewell McDougald. The Tri-H-Y gave two boxes of food to needy families in the com munity during the Christmas holi days. Gospel Concert Saturday Evening At Taylor Mill A gospel concert is planned for Saturday evening at the Tayior MU1 school auditorium, four miles south of Reynolds. The program begins at 7:30 p .m. The Journeymen Quartet an Sego Brothers with Naomi of Macon will be present to delight the hearts of their hearers with gospel singing which is being sponsored by Mt. Olive Free-will Baptist church of Taylor Mill. The public is invited to en] y the concert with Mt. Olive churchy Price of admission is $100 to adults and 50c for children. Special Vote Set for Apiericus Mayor Americus, Ga. — A special elec tion to fill the unexpired term of re signing Americus Mayor J. F. Myers has been scheduled for Jan. 30. Action setting up the special elec tion was completed at the regular monthly meeting of the Mayor and City Council. Bishop John O. Smith was born Sept. 21, 1902 in Johnston, S. C., and was educated in the public schools of that city. He began his formal education at Wafford Col lege and graduated there in 1922. He was a student of Yale Univer sity for the past three years, and received a B. D. degree there in 1925. He began his ministry by being admitted on trial to the South Carolina Annual Conference in 1925 at Abbeville, S. C., and was or dained Deacon, 1927; Elder, 1929. His first appointment was to the Leesville Methodist Church, Lees- ville, S. C., where he served from 1925 to 1930. He then served ap pointments at Clemson College; First Church, Laurens; Washington Street Church, Columbia; Buncom be Street Church, Greenville; Cen tral Church, Spartanburg and in 1954 was appointed District Supt. of the Spartanburg District where he served until June of 1960, at which time he was assigned the I historic Bethel Church in Charles ton. He had only been the min ister of this great church for five days when he was elected Bishop. On Dec. 27, 1924, Jolin O. Smith married the former Miss Mildred Brown and they are the parents of two daughters, Mildred Adela (Mrs. John Lepingwell) of the Re public of Panama and Betty Jean (Mrs. Wm. G. Katzenmeyere) of Jackson, Mich. Bishop and Mrs. Smith are the pround grandparents of six grandchildren. Bishop Smith is a member of Delta Sigma Phi, of Book and Bond, Yale University; and Theta Psi, professional fraternity. He has been a General and Jurisdictional Conference delegate since 1948; ac credited visitor to World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, 1948; voting delegate to World Council of churches, Evanston, 111., 1954; mem ber of the World Methodist Coun cil;' past Secretary of Southeastern Jurisdictional Council; member of General Board of Education since 1952; member of Phi Beto Kappa. Bishop Smith has been a Bishop of the Atlanta Area of Methodist church, which includes the North and South Ga. Annual Conference since his election to the Episcopacy in July, 1960. Dedication for the new Metho dist parsonage at Reynolds is planned for 7:30 p. m., Feb. 7th in the Reynolds Methodist church. Bishop John O. Smith will be in charge of the service. Other distinguished guests will include Mrs. Smith, Rev. and Mrs. Mack Anthony of Macon; Rev. and Mrs. Dan Williams also of Macon. Rev. Anthony is Disetrict Superin tendent of the Macon District and Rev. Williams is business manag er of the Wesleyan Christian Advo cate . Rev. and Mrs. Virgil Culpepper and the officials of the church ex tend a cordial invitation to the public to attend this dedication and hear Bishop Smith. All former pastors of the Reynolds church are extended a special in vitation to be present at this meet ing. The Ordination service in behalf of Messrs E. H. Dunn Jr., and H. D. Taunton for Deaconship into the Butler Baptist church will be con ducted Sunday, 3 p. m. at the local church. Dr. Aquilla Chamlee of Ft. Val ley and Rev. Bob Whiddon of Rey nolds will assit with the ordina tion service . Columbus District Methodist Youth Rally at B. Vista (By Verna Griggs) The Columbus District Methodist Youth Fellowship will conduct its youth rally Saturday at the Buena Vista Methodist church, beginning at 10 a. m. and concluding at 2 p. m. Lunch wil be served at noon by the host church at a cost of 35c per peffson. The, theme to be used on Satur day will be “The Holy Spirit and You” with Dr. Leonard Cochran, pastor of Mulberry Street Metho- odist Church, Macon, as guest speaker. Dr. Cochran is well known and quite popular among the youth of this area. The afternoon session will find the young people attending a workshope which will be a review of the book, “Evangelism for Teen-Agers” by Howard Ellis of the National Department of Youth Work of the Methodist Church. Mr. Danny Voight, Youth Director of the Edgewood Methodist Church of Columbus, will lead the recep tion of the day. A cordial welcome is extended to the youth of the area to attend this inspiring program. 22 Deer Released In Beechwood Swamp Game Warden Says Dr. DeWitt Harrell Was Guest Speaker Of Kiwanis Club Visiting Speaker Explained the Purpose of R. u r a 1 Areas Development Program. Annette Childree First Baby Born This Year in Co. (By Verna Griggs) The first baby of the new year born in this county was little An- Crawford, Crisp, nette Childree, daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Alton Childree of Taylor Mill community. Mrs. Childree was the former Miss Carolyn Thompson of Macon county. This was the couple’s first child. Annette weighed 6% pounds and was born Jan. 3rd, 5:15 a. m. Dr. E. C. Whatley was attendant phy sician and she made her advent at Sams-Whatley hospital. Game Warden Swilling McEl- murray of Reynolds, announced last week that the State had bought several hundred deer from Wisconsin and that 22 of these had been released in Beechwood swamp a few days ago by the State game and fish department. Other counties in this immediate vicinity in which deer have been released recently include Macon, _ Upson, Houston, Marion and Sumter Counties. Mr. McElmurray says the above land will be posted for five years before open-season and at the end of five years, this county should have quite a number of the deer tribe. (Mrs. Verna Griggs) In an address to the Reynolds Kiwanis Club last Friday, DeWitt Harrell, Rural Areas Development Agent for the Georgia Extension Service explained the purpose and operation of the Rural Areas De velopment Program. Mr. Harrell stated that the Rural Areas Development Program in cluded several programs designed to accomplish a better economic condition in rural areas that are suffering economic losses due to loss in rural population. He pointed out that Taylor county is one of the 67 Georgia counties listed as a distressed area and is eligible for assistance under the Area Redevelopment Program. The speaker stated that none of the programs under the Rural Areas Development Program are give-away programs, and-no loans or grants will be made unless the resulting economic gain for the area can be clearly shown. He stated that local planning and ini tiative is imperative if this program is to be fully utilized. Mr. Harrell praised the Reynolds Kiwanis Club for the civic activities taken by the Club and expressed a surprise at the large membership and attendance. NOTE: (Another article at a later date will explain more fully the Rural Program and the part this county is playing in working to ward obtaining this aid.) Two Gunmen Rob Lenox Bank, Flee on Foot Wrecks Kill Two at Dudley, 3 at Riceboro Rev. Z. L. Pardue Will Preach at Antioch Church Sunday Rev. Z. L. Perdue of Thomaston will be guest minister at both the morning and evening worship at Antioch Baptist church. Hours of worship will be 11 a. m. and 7 p.m. All members are requested to be present and the public is cordially invited to worship with us. E. M. Gaultney. Lenox, Ga. — Two Negro gunmen took $1250 from the Bank of Lenox Monday in Georgia’s second rob ber of the fnancial firm of the day and the third of the year. The baidits missed $680 in the back of a cash drawer and $30,000 in a safe in the bank’s vault. A car in which they attempted to escape failed to start and they fled afoot. Sheriff D. J. Connell hurried from Adel, the county seat ten miles to the south and gave chase with blood hounds. R. H. Robinson Sr., president of the bank said the bandits were still at large seven hours after the rob bery. He said they split up three or four miles north of Lenox and appeared to be heading toward Tifton. A hat believed to belong to one of theb andits was found by offi cers, Robinson said. FBI agents joined the Ga. Bureau of Investiga tion, the State Patrol and deputy sheriffs in the hunt. The robbery followed one earlier in the day in which a woman, waving a blank pistol, took $500 to $700 from a savings and loan association in Atlanta. Only 11 days ago, burglars broke onto the Bank of Tennille at Tennille at night and escaped with $6,500. The three robberies of the new year continued a wave of brigand age which saw 15 banks and say ing and loan associations robbed in the state in 1961. Governor Hints College Age Veto Atlanta, Ga. — Gov. Vandiver in dicated Monday that he would again veto legislation to remove the age limits on Ga. public col lege applicants if it is passed by the Assembly. But one of the authors of the bill to remove the limits said he and other backers of repeal would push for early passage and then attempt to dissuade the governor. Atlanta, Ga. — Five persons were kiled Monday in two highway traf fic crashes, the State Patrol said. A sixth died of injuries suffered a week ago. Three were killed and four others injured in a head on collision of two vehicles on heavily traveled U.S. 17 near Riceboro, the patrol said. The dead were listed as Charles T. Braddock, 42, Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. Sharon Samples, 24, and Robin L. Samples, 1, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Two were killed when an auto crashed into the rear of a log truck two miles north of Dudley In Lau- reuns county, the patrol said. Bids Are Sought For Roberta P. O. Three Youths Arrested Here For Tire Theft Washington, D. C. — Sen. Herman Talmadge announced Monday that the Post Office Department is ad vertising Jan. 19 for bids on a new post office at Roberta. The 1,300-square foot structure wil be built for a five year rental term, with a two-year renewal op tion. Five Trusted Employes Face Theft Charges Macon, Ga. — Five men described as trusted, highly placed employes in their respective firms are being detained for theft of several thous and dollars worth of building ma terials and merchandise from their companies, according to city detectives. Macon Detective Chief W. H. Bargeron said the five men, all charged with larceny at the pres ent time, are C. L. McClendon Jr., 35, who worked 17 years at Mc Nair Lumber & Supply Co.; H. K- Kitchens, employe of Rosemont Gardens; F. H. Powers, 27, em ploye of Lowe Electric Co.; O. M. Powers, 23, employe of Lowe Plumb ing Co.; and Roy Pinnell of Riggins Mill Road who worked at Georgia Oxygen, Inc. Three white boys, two from Mi ami, Fla., ages 19 and 20 years of age, and one youth from Beaver Pa., 19 years of age were arrested by local Night Police Robert Poole shortly after the trio had stolen automobile tires in different sec tions of town. The trio was taken into custody about 11:30 p. m. Sunday. Mr. Poole had been alerted to the fact that the three strange young men were loitering around town and upon questioning them, secured a signed statement admit ting their guilt of thievery on three counts Mr. Poole says. One of the tires was taken from John Newton’s car, one from the car of Billy Amos, and the third one was taken from the local po lice station, and was owned by Chief of Police R. C. Peacock. The accused are being held in custody in the local jail. Rev. Evans to Preach Here on January 28 Sunday, January 28th, the local Baptist pulpit will be occupied by a visiting speaker, Rev. Walter Evans of Bronwood. Every member of the church is cordially requested by the pulpit committee to make plans now to attend both the morning and eve ning service on the day of Rev. Evans’ visit to this church. Rev. Dunn to Preach At Local Church Sun. Rev. E. H. Dunn, well known lo cal minister, will be guest speak er at the local Baptist church Sun day at the 11 o’clock morning worship hour. There will be no worship service at the Baptist church Sunday evening due to the fact that the Ordination is planned for 3 o’clock (Sunday afternoon.