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The Butler Herald "KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OP SUCCESS** VOLUME 86 BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1962. NUMBER 21. Highway 19 Listed Dr. W. L. Walker As One of Georgia’s Noted Missionary, “KillerRoads” ,P |n \chHere — — Ten Persons Die in A Between Here and Thomaston Last year, Report Shows. Highway 19 rates second in Georgia as one of the state’s “killer roads” with highway 41 taking sec ond place in 1961. Between Thomaston and Butler, last year, ten persons lost their lives on a hazard highway, U.S.19; between Americus and Albany seven were killed; between Albany and Camilla seven more were killed. Killer Highway 19 has been resurfaced in sections — with narrow bridges dot its length above Albany. Shoulders are nar row; pavement is rough and rocky and curves are poorly marked. Dr. W. L. Walker, Missionary to the Philippines, who is home on furlough, preached at the local Baptist church last Sunday morn ing. At the evening worship hour, Dr. Walker showed slides depicting the work among the Felipenas. The church is fortunate in se curing the services of Dr. Walker again for next Sunday to occupy the pulpit and upon request he has agreed to show slides at the evening hour. The public is cordially invited to attend each of Sunday’s serv ices. Ordination Service Sunday, Feb. 11th at Mt. Olive Church Outstanding Young Georgians Named By State Jayces Macon, Ga. — The Georgia Jun ior Chamber of Commerce has named Five Outstanding Young Men of Georgia for 1961 at a spe cial ' banquet in the Dempsey Mo tor Hotel with over 600 Jaycees in attendance. Included among those receiving the FOYM award was Malcolm Reese, 33, of Perry. Others honored were John C. Bus- bin, 32, Smyrna; Walter M. Cheat ham, 29, Atlanta; G. C. Ingram, 31, Marietta; and Henry Levy, 34, of Savannah. Reese, from Perry, was honored as one of Georgia’s Five Outstand ing Young Men for his “vast record of leadership and service to his community and state. ’ He is man ager of the Perry Savings & Loan Assn, and serves as president of the State of Georgia Federal Sav ings and Loan League. He is president of the Perry Club Council, chairman of several Com mittees and is active in charitable organizations and church affairs. Reese is a former mayor protem of Fitzgerald and was cited by Gov. Vandiver as a Georgia Industrial Ambassador” for his efforts in be half of the development of Ga. industry. Judge for the FOYM program were Furman Bisher, sports edi tor of the Atlanta Journal; Ben Fort son, Jr., Secretary of State; and C. J. Thurmond, president of J. D. Jewell, Inc. Former Montana Congressman Orvin Fjare was guest speaker at the awards banquet. Miller A. Dial of Walnut Grove was named earlier as the Outstand ing Young Farmer of Georgia by the Jaycees. Ordination service for ordaining deacons was conducted Feb. 11th, 3 p. m. at the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist church, Taylor Mill. Two persons were ordained to the ofice of deacon at this time. They were Messrs W. T. Williams and Willis Windham. Rev. Larry Williams, of Pine- hurst; Rev. H. L. Knighton, Thom aston; and Rev. Frank Willis, Mt. Olive pastor served as ordination council. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of this church meets on the first Monday night in each month. The Teenagers meet on the first Thursday night in each month. The men meet Friday night be fore the third Sunday in each month. 2-Car Crash Kills 6 Persons Near Seattle Seattle, Wash. — Six persons were killed in a shattering two-car col lision early Sunday near Seattle. Five of the victims all in one car were young people homeward bound to Tacoma. The mother of one of the girls witnessed the crash but was not aware her daughter was involved and had lost her her life. There was only one survivor, the son of a Seattle man who died in the mishap. The dead: J. L. Kinsley, 22, and Patsy Lou Kinsley, believed to be his wife; J. M. Kinsley, 20, a bro ther of James; J. R. McClellan, 21 and J. A. Klockner, 18 of Tacoma and Russell Nyland, 48, Seattle. Flash Fire Turns Men Into Torches $11,000 Taken from Columbus Bank Is Recovered by FBI Two Arrested, a Third Person And $13,000 Still Sought in Bank Robbery. Columbus, Ga. — Special FBI Agent Charles E. Weeks and Detec tive Capt. Clyde Adair announced Monday that $11,000 has been re covered from an Atlanta Safety Deposit box rented by Donald In gram, detained in a $24,000 bank robbery at Columbus. Ingram, a Ft. Benning soldier, was arrested Saturday for the Val entine’s Day robbery of the Five Points Branch of the First National Bank of Columbus. Also arrested was Mrs. Mildred Krebs, wife of a soldier on overseas duty. Still sought is Dominick Costello, an absent without leave soldier, whose home is in Brooklyn. At the time of Ingram’s arrest at a downtown Atlanta hotel he had $1,700 with him. Mrs. Krebs, picked up here as she was getting off a bus from Atlanta, had $150. Mrs. Dan Hicks Honored on Occasion Of 103rd Birthday Mrs. Dan Hicks, Macon county’s senior citizen, was 103 years old Feb. 9th and her daughters, Misses Gladys and Annie Mae Hicks, and her son, Morgan Hicks, held quiet open house” for friends and their mother. A two tiered birthday cake was cut, and Mrs. Hicks, whose life time spans one of the most ex citing periods historically since the recorded beginning of man, was able to enjoy the visits, f lowers, cards, gifts and a bit of the refresh ment that came with the day. Among visitorswere Mr. and Mrs Dan Hicks and their sons, Greg and John, of Ninety Six, S. C.; and Mrs. George Brady and Caroline Brady of Reynolds. Mr. Hicks and Mrs. Brady are grandchildren of Mrs. Hicks. Interior Decorator Is Guest Speaker At Dress Revue Guest speaker at the Annual Dress Revue sponsored by the Home Demonstration Council this after noon will be an interior decorator who has been decorating for 20 years. She is now working out from Ft. Valley. “Fashions to Beat the Band” will be modeled by various members of the Clubs. Everyone has an in vitation to attend this meeting at 2:30 p. m. in the local school cafe- Minor Damage Reported from Area Hit by Storm Macon, Ga. — Hail peppered several sections of Middle Georgia early Monday but apparently in flicted little if any damage. In Houston County, a 30-minute storm hit Centerville near Warner Robins. Tom Collins, a resident, said hail stones a half-inch in ri- ameter piled up several inches against fences and buildings. No damage was done. The hail piled up at least two inches deep on a 200-yard strip of the Ft Valley Byron highway ac cording to the weather bureau at Cochran Field. Hail ranging from a half inch to three-fourths of an inch in di ameter pelleted Powersville for about five minutes, damaging sev eral rooftops slightly, Rev. James Langston said. Powersville is a community be- tweeen Byron and Ft. Valley in Peach county. In Ft. Valley, blustering winds overturned a house trailer and dam aged a roof of one house, but no one was reported injured. Worship Sunday At Mauk Church Rev. J. T. Mims of Columbus will be guest speaker at the Mauk Bap tist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend the Sunday’s worship at the Mauk church. Hawkinsville, Ga. — An Empire man and his son were virtually turned into human torches Monday when a freat flash fire hit a new home they were helping to build. Herbert Cranford, in his 40’s, was severely burned and suffered third degree burns. He was in serious condition at Taylor Memorial hos pital. His son, 17 year old Douglas, re ceived minor burns and was also ! admitted. An attending physician said the Ison was burned when he ran into the partially constructed home to 'get his father. | Meantime, Cranford’s daughter, Mrs. Lovett Newnan of Eastman, was involved in a two-car wreck j at Hawkinsville as she sped with her husband to the hospital to see about her father, i - i Press Institute Opens Wednesday Athens, Ga. — Leaders in journ alism will address the 34th Ga. : Press Institute at the University of Georgia this week. The event, spon- j sored by the Ga. Press Association land the Henry Grady School of I Journalism of the University, will begin with a dinner Wednesday evening. NOTICE Under new postal regulations we have to pay a dime for each news- | paper that cannot be delivered. We ! ask any subscriber who changes address to please notify us in ad vance. teria. Saturday Mail Cutoff Rejected Washington, D. C. — The admin istration studied the idea of cutting off Saturday mail deliveries last year but feared public indignation might hurt its request for postal rate raise. This was disclosed in congres sional testimony made public Sun day night. The subject came up in closed- door he arings by a House appro priations subcommitte in mid-Jan uary when Chairman J. Vaughn Gray, D-Va., and Rep. S. O. Conte, R-Mass., noted such a move would save the government more than $100 million a year. Postmaster General J. E. Day told them an "intensive” study of the whole question had been made last year. Berry Scholarship Cites Americus DAR Americus, Ga. — A $7,000 schol arship fund at Berry College, Rome, has been established in honor of Mrs. S. M. Merritt of Americus, state regent of the Daughter of the American Revolution. The announcement was made thru Mrs. Merritt’s home town DAR group, Council of Safety Chapter. Mrs. Carl DeLay is regent. Establishment of the scholarship fund was in recognition of the out standing services rendered to the DAR by Mrs. Merritt. John Glenn Rockets Around the Earth 3 Times Tuesday President Kennedy Will Fly to Cape Canaveral Friday to Congratulate Hero. Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Astro naut John H. Glenn, Jr., flashed triumphantly around the earth Tuesday in America’s first orbital flight and landed smack in an At lantic Ocean bullseye as the nation erupted in joyous celebration. Blazing a three-orbit spaceway around the planet in four hours and 56 minutes, the 40 year old Marine and his Mercury capsule landed in the sea not far from the waiting U.S. destroyer Noa in the prime recovery area about 800 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. A few hours later he was trans ferred aboard the carrier Randolph for a physical examination, some rest, and a dinner of fillet mignon. Then Tuesday evening he was flown from the Randolph to Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas where Project Mercury officials waited to hear his account of the great voy age into space. Glenn is expected to spend two days in Grand Turk in a special hospital at the Air Force’s Atlantic tracking range station. Two of his fellow astronauts flew there to greet him — M. Scott Carpenter, and Donald Slayton, who is sched uled to make the next orbital flight possibly in two months. President Kennedy immediately phoned his congratulations to the freckle-faced, grinning pilot and ar ranged to fly to Cape Canaveral Friday to pay personal homage. The President also publicly expressed the nation’s great delight at Glenn’s successful trip. Even before emerging from his cramped space capsule, Glenn re ported: “My condition is excellent” Climbing from the cabin where he had been strapped down from early morning to mid afternoon, his first words were: “It was hot in there.” Senators Quartet Coming to Butler There will be a featured program of good clean entertainment March 16th, 8 p. m. at the local school gym. This program will consist of the personal appearance of the Senators Quartet; Wally Fowler, the all-night singing man, and The Travelers Quartet. . This entertainment will be spon sored by the Cross Roads H. D. Club Preaching at Trinity Sunday Morning Trinity Freewill Baptist church will have their regular preaching service Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The church and pastor ex tend a cordial welcome to everyone to come worship with them. We are planning some good gos pel singing, so come and bring your friends. R. B. McFadden, Pastor. Negroes Sue Bibb Transit Co. Macon, Ga. — Two Negro min isters charged this week that they suffered great humiliation and em- barassment in being ordered to move from front to rear in a pub lic bus. They sought $10,000 dam ages. Rev. B. W. Chambers and Rev. Cameron Alexander filed a joint damage suit in U.S. District Court against Police Chief L. B. McCallum and the Bib Transit Co. They alleged that their constitu tional rights were violated in their efforts to integrate seating on the bus last week. A Negro boycott is now in force against segregated seating on the city buses. Athens Man Elected By National Jaycees Macon, Ga. — Tom Lloyd of Ath ens was elected Sunday as a vice president of the National Jun ior Chamber of Commerce. He was elected at the business session which ended the annual winter meeting of Ga. Jaycees. “No Silent Pulpit” Campaign Begun in Reynolds Church Thomaston Negro Seeks to Withdraw His Damage Suit In cooperation with the Commis sion on Promotion and Cultivation anl the Board of Lay Activities of the Methodist Church, the Reynolds Woman’s Society of Christian Serv ice as action from a program, en titled “This Is My Church” have undertaken to promote the “No Si lent Pulpits” campaign in the local church. In doing this, they are sponsoring an “Open Door Serv ice” on the third Sunday evening of each month, this being the only vacant time when the pastor is at another church. Last Sunday night, the service was presented by the Men’s Bible Class under the direction of the class teacher, Prof. E. H. Joiner. Others taking part in the service included Messrs James E. Ricks, J. H. Brewer, R. C. Brooks and W. M. Hollis. Mr. Joiner used as his theme, “Keeping One’s Identity”, pointing out how difficult this is for an in dividual under the pressures of present day complexities of popula tion explosion, automation, man into space, etc stressing the fact that we must remain aware that God does care. The song "His Eye Is on the Sparrow” was used as an illustration of the worth and significance placed on each indi vidual. He urged that we would not give up easily, to the pressures that would seem to deal with programs rather than people, but for both young and old to ask ourselves the question, “Who Am I?” and to hold on to faith in ourselves, faith in God, and to think and move ahead with "Rights in the Background and Duty in the Forefront,” and the in dividual question “Who Am I?” an swered with, “I’m a Child of the King.” Tom Poole Is not Police Officer As Stated in Suit Filed by Johnny Bentley, Jr. A Thomaston Negro, Johnny Bentley Jr., has asked the U.S. Dis trict Court, Georgia Middle District at Thomaston to dismiss a damage suit he filed in November, 1961, against a Thomaston white man for alleged brutality. Bentley filed suit here Nov. 2(7 r against Tom Poole, who he identi fied as a Butler police officer who' beat him and cursed him without provocation in a traffic arrest at Butler April 8th. In an answer, Poole said he was a resident of Thomaston employed at Old Thomaston Mill and has not served as a Butler law enforcement official. In a motion for dismissal filed in the office of U.S. Commissioner H. O. Parker, attorneys for Bentley said “information has come to the attention of the plaintiff to the ef fect that Tom Poole is no the person against whom the plaintiff intend ed to prosecute.” Bentley alleged in his bill of complaint that police trailed him as he drove away from a Butler serv ice station, stopped him and hit him over the head. Later, the bill of complaint said: Bentley was released from police custody without a charge being placed against him. Bentley asked for damages total ing $10,115. Miss Gloria Gilson Selected for Tour with Know Your School (This column is sponsored by the Butler Chapter of Future Busi ness Leaders of America.) Monday, 11 a. m., there will be a Jungle Wonders Show presented by Gus and Carey Agspur in the school gym. This program is the third in a series of four sponsored by the Southeast School Assemblies. The charge will be 15c per student. A team composed of five girls, Katrina Cheek, Roger Ann Street- man, Ellen Guinn, Mitzi Towson and Barbara Mashburn, will rep resent the Butler Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America in a Parliamentary Procedure contest at the State FBLA Convention in April. Each team participating in this contest will be given an objective written test on the basic principles of parliamentary procedure. The scores for the five members of the team will be averaged to determ ine the team’s score. The three teams with the high est average score on the written test will give a demonstration of parliamentary procedure which will not exceed 10 minutes. In this per formance test, the president will call the meeting to order and pro ceed with the order of business, in cluding adjournment. Each mem ber of the team, except the presi dent and secretary, will be required to speak at least once for or against each debatable motion. The four classes of motions — main, subsidiary, privileged, and inciden tal — must be introduced and at least one rule demonstrated that might be applied to each of the motions. Mrs. Margery Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Ruth Jones, homemaking ( teachers in Butler and Reynolds, at tended a study meeting of home making teachers in Ashbum Sat urday. The subject studied was "How to Teach Foods in 55-Minute periods. Wesleyan Glee Club Miss Gloria Gilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilson of this city is one of 46 students selected to go on tour with the Wesleyan (College Glee Club during the week | of Feb. 18-24. The Wesleyan Glee Club has toured the South extens ively and has been acclaimed one of the finest Glee Clubs in the area. (Membership is determined by au- jdition, and participation in this vocal group is an extra-curricular activity. This year’s group consists of an equal number of liberal and fine arts students who are required to maintain a high scholastic aver age in order to go on tour. Under the direction of Dr. Leorr J. Villard, the Glee Club will per form in towns throughout east Geor gia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The tour program in cludes sacred anthems, folk songs spirituals, novelties, and modern compositions which are presented iiu both solo and ensemble form. Miss Gilson, a junior, is treasurer of the Glee Club and a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, national music? honorary fraternity. A member of the Wesleyannes, a select vocal group, Miss Gilson is aiso the pro ject chairman of the Wesleyan Chapter of Music Educators’ Na tional Conference. Lovejoy Pastor’s Wife- Killed Monday in Train-Car Crash Atlanta, Ga. — The wife of ar Lovejoy pastor died when the car she was driving was hit by a Cen tral Railway train near Lovejoy. The state patrol identified the victim as Mrs. J. G. Wallace, 27, wife of the Lovejoy Baptist minis ter. Mrs. Wallace, formerly of Ala bama, had lived in Atlanta 20 years before moving to Lovejoy two years ago. She was a graduate of the Southern Baptist Seminary and a member of Grace Baptist church, of which her husband was pastor. When spring comes a young girl’s fancy turns to ... . among other things new hats. Each girl enrolled in home making is de signing her own hat. Ridiculous ideas, yes, and ridiculous out comes we can expect. In fact, that’s the whole idea. Hats can be fash ioned from anything other than old hats. From, shall we say, kitch en utensils to baby diapers. Saturday the FHA girls will go to Albany for the Spring District Meeting. About 40 girls are expect ed to attend from here. Heart Fund Drive Begins Feb. 28th The heart fund drive will be launched in this city on the eve ning of Feb. 28th. The hour of be ginning for the drive is 7 p. m. Local citizens are requested to show their willingness to give by leaving their front porch light burning. The chairman and co workers of this worthy cause will appreciate your cooperation. Clifford Adams, Chm.