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VOLUME 86 BUTLER. TAYLOR FEBRUARY 8, 1962. NUMBER 19. Airman 3-C Stephen Montgomery Airman Montgomery Transfers to Hawaii Airman 3rd class Stephen Mont gomery, after a 30-day visit with| night ° Feb 8 :45 o’clock. Butler High Bears End Home Season Against Marion Co. Butler Bears will play their of the season against ' lo, h School, Friday, layed in But- if-»a it 7 p. m. The Butler giria ave roared to a 24-1 record thus far in the season with the only loss being to Warner Robins. The girls are seeded first inn the sub-region tourney and play the winner of the Reynolds-Macon County Game which will be staged Feb. 26th. The bears will engage their first tournament opponent on Feb. 27th at 8:45. The boys’ record now stands at 13-10 with the game against Marion county yet to be played. They have made tremendous im provement and are seeded fourth in | the sub-region tournament. The | boys’ first opponent will be Byron. This game will be played Friday his parents left by plane Jan. 23rd for Travis A.F.B., California. From there he will go to Hawaii for a 2 year period of service. Airman Montgomery is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Montgom ery of Reynolds. Rev. Joe Hendricks Dean of Mercer Men, To Preach at Antioch Both Butler teams won over the Ft. Valley teams here Tuesday night. The Butler girls won by a score of 59 to 26 while the local boys won 50 to 48. The Butler-Marion County games to be staged Friday night should be two of the most interesting of the season. Mary Edith Jarrell To Give Demonstration Feb. 14th in Crawford Mary Edith Jarrell will give Antioch Baptist church will have Rev. Joe Hendricks, Dean of Men at Mercer University, to bring the morning message Sunday at 11 a - m - . . : demonstration on making Yeast Members, friends and neighbors breac j s at the Crawford County throughout the county are urged o „jg^ School to approximately 50 come out and hear Rev. Hendricks. H j gb School students on Valentine At the Sunday evening 7. Day. Her motif will be a heart, o’clock worship another guest rp be y eas t brea( j to be demonstrat ed will be ‘‘Cupids’ Heart.” Red punch and small heart shaped cinnamon bread will be served individually on red and white lace heart doilies. Punch will be served from a white bowl on a cloth carrying out the Valen tine theme. William Parker Presided Friday at Kiwanis Meeting Baptists Church Calls Rev. Evans As Its New Pastor MRS. PHOEBE JOINER Mrs. Phoebe Joiner, 88 Celebrates Birthday at Home of Asa Joiner speaker wil bring the message. Griffin Bell Has Been Confirmed Fifth Dist. Judge Washington, D. C. — The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Griffin Bell as Judge of the U. S. Fifth Circuit. Bell a native of Americus, has been serving under an interim ap pointment since October. The 43 year old judge was an attorney for an Atlanta law firm prior to his appointment. Butler School News IThis column is sponsored by the Butler Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America.) Feb. 21-22 a representative of the Department of Labor will talk with the Senior who took the aptitude test given by that department. On February 8th a representative from the Air Force wil be here to talk with the Seniors. Butler High School will begin its re-evaluation as a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary schools. This re- evaluation is required of member schools every five years. The com mittee will visit the Butler High school, March 7 and 8. As one of its projects for the year the FBLA is sponsoring a Bet ter-Spelling Campaign. Spelling lists have been compiled and copies given to each student in high school. Each grade will select the top two spellers. A test will then be given to these ten students to determine the spelling champion for the school. At the FHA Chapter meeting on Jan. 30th, Home Economics Day on the campus of the University of Georgia was discussed. Four home making girls who have expressed an interest in home economics as a career attended with their ad visor, Mrs. Fitzsimmons. The girls are: Mary Edith Jarrell, Miriam Tucker, Sue Peed, and Roger Ann Stretman. The Chapter has also planned a Valentine Party for Saturday. The invitation issued by the girls to their dates reads: ‘‘Dan Cupid and his mischevious band Are holding a conclave in Sweetheart Land. Remember that Cupid’s arrows Are true And maybe he’ll take A shot at you.” February 10, 1962 School Cafetorium 8 p. m. • 10 p. m. (Mrs. Verna Griggs) Mrs. Phoebe Joiner celebrated her 88th birthday with a family dinner at her home south of town. Five generations of descendants were present for the delightful oc casion. These included eleven chil dren, namely: Mrs. Eva Kirksey, Mrs. Allie Wainwright, Mrs. Bertha Hinton Mrs. Ethel Kirksey, Mrs. Wilma Melvin, Mrs. Wylene Black- stton, Mrs. Louise Cotney, and Messrs Elmer Joiner, Asa Joiner, Ernest Joiner and Stanley Joiner; 46 grand children; 62 great grand children and five great great grand children. Born in Bibb county in 1874, the daughter of Henry and Judy B. Bartlett, Mrs. Joiner has early memories of moving from Bibb to'Sunday. (Mrs. Verna Griggs) William Parker presided over the weekly meeting of the Reynolds Kiwanis Club last Friday at noon. Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Martin Austin, scheduled speaker for the occasion, was unable to attend. Julian What ley introduced four guests for the occasion, namely: Fred McElmur- ray, F. H. Nelson and Key Club members Hugh O’Neal and Dan Avera. Woodfin Hinton announced plans for a representative from the State Unemployment Service to speak next week. Other special plans are for a meeting at the Flint EMC on March 2nd on Soil Fertility in the county. Reynolds Elementary Joins ‘March of Dimes’ In keping with the American tradition in observing Boy Scout Week, our troup 242 sponsored as one of its projects the collection of March of Dimes this week. In our Scout Oath, to help other people at all times, we felt dutiful to so licit for the March of Dimes. Our troop consists of 22 boys, cub and scout masters, and we are afiliated with the Peach belt dis trict No. 6. The following Scouts were collectors of the March of Dimes: Vincent Smith, Lee Mc Crary,, Alfred Holstein, Willie J. Riley and Eddie C. Baldwin. T. H. Lavender, Cubmaster. R. H. S. Beta Club News The February issue of the “Quiz- ers’ Cry” wil be on sale Friday at 10c a copy at the Reynolds High school. We are sure you will en joy this special issue containing a devotional by Kikky Goddard, club news by Red Walton, class news by James Hinton, local jazz by Rebecca Culpepper, sports col umn by Tom Sawyer and dusty disc column by Amelia Halley and Jere Windham. This issue will be full of colot, cartoons and some very nteresting articles—one I am sure you will not want to miss. Jere Windham, Sec. & Treas. Houston county and then to Craw ford County where she met and married Mr. Walter H. Joiner. The young couple moved to Taylor County soon after their marriage where they made their permanent home. Mr. Joiner, who pased away in 1944, was a farmer for many years but was better known as a’ basket j weaver. Some of the basket woven by him 35 to 40 years ago are still in good usage in the county, A son was fortunate enough last year to find two of his father’s cotton baskets at an auction sale and they were still in good usable con dition. Mrs. Joiner lives with her son, Mr. Asa Joiner, and is able to be up and around the house almost all of the time. Altho she doesn’t h ear well, she still enjoys the visits of friends and neighbors who call on her and she particularly looks for ward to seeing her child*** grand The local Baptist church pulpit committee called a business ses sion immediately following the Sunday morning worship hour for the purpose of electing a pastor. Mr. H. D. Taunton, chairman of the pulpit committee, addressed the church and gave a thorough re port on behalf of Rev. Walter R. Evans. The committee concurred with Mr. Taunton in his recom mendations to the church. Rev. E. H. Dunn, a local minis ter, was chosen to act as modera tor of Ihe Sunday’s conference. In the secret balloting the church voted to call Rev. Evans as full time pastor. Woodstock Bank Robbed Second Time Within a Year Bishop John Owen Smith Bishop Jno. O. Smith Dedicates Parsonage At Reynolds Wed. j children and other members of the | family some of whdm dome every Lions Club Game Thursday Night At Local Gym Thursday night (tonight) will se another Lions Benefit Basket ball game presented at the local Gym. This will be a rematch be tween the same two teams which pleased fans two weeks ago with a close, fast moving game. The East Wynnton team will again feature a large number of outstanding former college stars. The Hotshots also have a large number of stars including Norman Carter, now coaching at Butler; and Bill Finch who is coaching at Tal- botton. The first game of the evening will be between the Butler and Rober ta 8th grade girls. This game will start at 6 p. m. and will be fol lowed by a boys game at 7 p. m. The last and main event of the evening will be the semi-profes sional game at 8 p. m. Mr. C. H. Adams Urges Public to Join Heart Fund Drive The 1962 Heart Fund Drive is being launched with a plea that everyone in the county join in the effort to control the leading cause of death and disability. This is a fight that should arouse every individual in the county says Mr. Clifford Adams, county heart fund chairman. It is an effort that is very im portant to everyone of us, our neighbors and our friends. Let us all join hands in the fight for it is by unity that we master things in life. Let each individual make any contribution of which he or she feels able, and by sodoing we can better our chances of subduing this dreadful diseases in our county. Chairman Adams will announce in these column next week the flames of Taylor County persons who will assist him in this very important work. Woodstock, Ga. — A curt young bandit wearing sun glasses held up the Bank of Woodstock Monday and escaped with $3,560 in cash. It was the 20th robbery of a fi nancial institution in the state since the same Bank of Woodstock was held up last March 10 and $12,000 was taken. Total loot obtained in the rob beries and in the burglary of the Tennille Banking Co. on Jan. 6, amounted to $222,000. S. L. Johnson Jr. president of the bank of Woodstock said a white man about 25 staged the holdup while he was out to lunch. Two women employes, teller Syl via Edwards and assistant cash ier Madge Duncan were the only persons in the bank at the time. The women told police a man 6 ft. in height and wearing sun glasses entered the bank in this town eight miles north of Marietta and pointed a pistol at them. . He ordered the women to give him the money in the teller’s drawer and then told them curtly to ‘‘get back into the vault.” Johnston said the bandit didn’t accompany the women to the vault or close the door on them. He sim ply issued the order and then left. The women ran out but the man with the gun had disappeared. Road blocks were set up quickly on roads to Marietta and around Lake Allatoona. Governor Proclaims This as “Heart Month” Throughout Georgia The Butler F. F. A. Chapter has constructed concrete mailbox stands as a Chapter fund raising activity. In addition to providing a source of funds for the Chapter, the stands improve the appearance of our rural mail routes throughout the county, make the job of the rural mail carrier easier and provide an opportunity to learn how to do concrete work. Ronnie Parker, Ray Wainwright, Gene Parks and Howard Perry Locke are shown putting the finishing touches on a group of stands. These stands are available for people interested in buying one for their mailbox. W. Johnny Davis is Chapter Advisor. “Diseases of the heart and blood vessels lead all other health caus es in the number of personal tragedies and the amount of eco nomic loss inflicted on the State of Georgia,” Gov. Vandiver said in proclaiming February as “Georgia Heart Month.” Deaths in Georgia during 1960— latest year for which complete sta tistics are available — totaled 35,- 324. Of this number, 18,533, or 52.5 per cent, were attributed to dis eases of the heart and circulatory system. In issuing the proclamation, the governor urged that “full coopera tion be given to the Heart Fund Drive,” which enables the Ga. Heart Association to continue its intensive program to overcome the cardiovascular diseases. “The Ga. Heart Assn., particularly thru its educational work and as sistance to heart clinics and stroke rehabilitation sessions in several communities, has helped bring in creased knowledge of the heart dis eases to the people of the state,” the governor said. In conclusion, he said “I further urge support of the fund by churches, schools, scientific, civic, social and fraternal organizations, business, industry and agriculture.” Mrs. Bessie Downs Died at Thomaston Hospital* Friday Bishop John Owen Smith of the Atlanta area Methodist church was guest speaker in charge of the dedication exercisps of the new Reynolds Methodist Parsonage in Reynolds Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Others on the program included District Supt. Mark Anthony of Macon; Rev. Dan Williams of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate; Rev. Virgil Culpepper, pastor of the Rey nolds church; Mr. R. L. Swearingen, chairman of the building commit tee and Mr. Don Whatley, chair man of the official board of the Reynolds church. Old Wesleyan Purchase by State Will be Requested Atlanta, Ga. — A resolution re questing the state to buy Old Wes leyan College property for a state museum is scheduled to be intro duced in the Ga. House of Repre sentatives this week. Rep. J. T. Phillips said he and Bibb Representatives R. B. Thorn ton and Phil Taylor will seek unani mous House approval of the resolu tion later this week. The resolution is expected to re quest Gov. Vandiver to allocate funds from the contingent section of the 1961 appropriations act for the purchase, to convert the his toric college property into a state museum and promote it as a tour ist attraction. A similar resolution was adopt ed by the General Assembly a few years ago, but the then Gov. Griffin did not put up the money for the purchase. Gov. Vandiver conferred last week with a delegation from the Citizens Committee to Save Old Wesleyan and was asked to pro vide the funds. He reportedly in dicated he did not feel the state could afford the purchase at this time and suggested that Wesley an alumni raise a fund of its Spring Meeting Reboboth W. M. U. Meets at Ft. Valley Mrs. Bessie Lou Downs, age 76, lied Friday in the Upson County hospital in Thomaston. Funeral oc curred Sunday, 2 p. m. at the chapel of a Thomaston funeral home. Rev. Ed L. Cliburn and Rev. W. H. Ruff officiated. Interment was in How ard cemetery, Taylor County. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Brooks Barron, Thomaston; Mr. Dana Downs, Thomaston; Mr. W. L. Downs, Niagra Falls, N. Y.; six grand children and a great grand child Ft. Valley, Ga. — The annual spring meeting of the Rehoboth Baptist Association W.M.U. will convene at the First Baptist Church Fort Valley, Tuesday. According to Mrs. Sam Batton of Montezuma, associational president, the pro gram will be presented first in the morning at 10 10 a. m. and repeat ed at 7:30 p. m. The theme for the annual pro gram is “Jesus Shall Reign.” Tak ing part on the program are Mrs. Ennie Waldemeyer of Americus, di visional vice president of 5B re gion; Miss Alexine Gibson, State Sunbeam Director; and Mrs. Tom Gullott, Missionary to Japan, who wil be the inspirational speaker. Associational officers on the pro gram will include: Mrs. P. C Law- son, Perry, prayer chairman; Mrs. James Teresi, Perry, jubilee chair man; Miss Pauline Lewis, Perry, publications chairman. Youth features will be presented by Mrs. Henry Cutler, Ft. Valley, YWA; Mrs. Wallace Moody, Perry, Girls’ Auxiliary; Mrs. Harold Thompson, Byron; and Mrs. R. E. Monk, Ft. Valley, Sunbeam lead ers. Rev. Harold Withers of Fort Valley wil close the program The Rehoboth Association is com posed of 36 churches, 27 of which have organized Women’s Mission ary Union groups. —WMU President. The Butler Herald