Newspaper Page Text
/
The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT I T IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS”
VOLUME 86
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1962.
NUMBER 24.
Government Eng;:*;. . nd three
Dam Sites on FILfumF In"This Area;
Construction Estimated at $151 Million
Two Other Dams Recommended D. Warner Wells,
On Flint; One at Bainbridge, j CHas. R. Adams, Jr.
The Other at Albany. Form Law Firm
Senator Herman Talmadge and
Congressmen E. L. Forrester and J.
J. Flynt Jr., have released the
news that faderal engineers have
recommended immediate construc
tion of three flood control pow
er dams on Flint River in Taylor
and adjoining counties for an es
timated initial expenditure of $151-
900,000.
The dams would be located at
Sprewell Bluff, Big Liza Creek and
Auchumpkee Creek.
It constitutes the largest water or
river project in one Georgia locality
since Sen. Talmadge took office in
1957.
Senator Herman Talmadge and
Congressmen E. L. Forrester and J.
J. Flynt Jr., told the Herald that
government engineers have recom
mended a program of development
on the Flint River Basin to include
immediate construction of three
large dams in this area at a cost
of $151,000,000.
The Georgia Senator’s and Con
gressmen’s offices said that a re
port of the South Atlanta Division
Engineers, Atlanta, to the U. S.
Board of Rivers and Harbors, Wash
ington, D. C., calls for construction
of the Upson-Meriwether dam at
Sprewell Bluff below Pasley Shoals
for an estimated $63,200,000; Upson
Talbot dam at Lazer Creek for $40-
400,000 and a third Taylor-Crawford
dam at Lower Auchumpkee Creek
for $48,300,000.
Sen. Talmadge’s office pointed
out this is the largest water pro
ject in one single locality for Geor
gia since he took office in 1957.
A big dam was recommended for
West Point on the Chattahoochee
for $51 million a few weeks ago and
many other river projects have
come to Georgia in the past five
years, but Talmadge’s press secre
tary, Wm. H. Burson, declared
“this is the biggest single water
project yet.”
The announcement does not
mean that work will begin right
away on the projects, but Forres
ter’s, Flynt’s and Talmadge’s of
fices explained that “the biggest
hurdle has been passed”. In the se
quence of events to follow the re
ports will go to the Board of En
gineers for Rivers and Harbors in
Washington for review. At that
time evidence for and against the
projet will be taken and then this
board will make a recommendation
to the Chief of Engineers. This re
port must be made by April 6.
When the April 6th report goes to
the Chief of Engineers he will con
sult with Governor Vandiver on
points where the State of Georgia
is concerned and at this point pri
vate enterprise will come into the
picture. Georgia Power Co. has an
application on file to make a study
for developing Flint river in Upson
Taylor, Talbot and Crawford coun
ties for hydro-electric power and
their voice will be heard before a
final decision is made.
The Chief of Engineers will make
a recommendation to Congress and
there it must be authorized and
funded. Up to this point events
will move fast but authorization
and funding by Congress could
stretch out. “There could even be a
lapse of several years between au
thorization and funding,’ Sen. Tal-
madege's office pointed out.
But it was added from Congress
men Flynt and Forrester and Sen.
Talmadge that “it is over the big
hump. Now it just remains to go
thru all the procedure and get all
the money out of Congress.”
The entire project includes two
additional dams — one at Bain
bridge and another at Albany and
the entire project amounts to over
$200 million.
In the detailed report released to
The Herald by Congressman For
rester last week it was pointed out
that “submission of a report by the
South Atlantic Division Engineers,
Atlanta, to the U. S. Board of Riv
ers and Harbors, Washington, D.C.
recommends a program of com
prehensive development for the
Flint River Basin. The report calls
for construction of five large dams
along the river, three of which are
recommended for immediate con
struction in the vicinity of Taylor
county and the other two at Bain
bridge and Albany by 1980.
The dams in the vicinity of But
ler are multi-purpose flood control
D. Warner Wells, prominent Ft.
Valley attorney and Peach County
Representative, announces forma
tion of a law firm in partnership
with Attorney Chas. R. Adams, Jr.,
who has moved to Ft. Valley with
his family. The firm, called Wells
& Adams is located in Mr. Wells’
present offices in the Woolfolk
Building.
Warner Wells spent his early
years in Telfair county, where he
was born, and moved to Ft. Valley
in 1925. He was legal secretary to
the late Mr. C. L. Shepard for many
years engaged in the active practice
since 1945.
Charlie Adams is a native of Ben
Hill county and is an honor grad
uate of the Fitzgerald public
schools. He received a bachelor’s
degree in liberal arts and law from
the University of Georgia, where
he was named to membership in
Phi Beta Kappa and Sphinx, the
highest scholastic honorary organi
zations on the Georgia campus.
Taylor County Democrats Organize to
Promote Candidacy of Garland T. Byrd
For Governor in Forthcoming Primary
Mrs. C. E. Whatley
“Mother of the Year”
Honored at Luncheon
First Project Planned Is a
Barbecue at Reynolds Golf
Course on April 26th.
Spring Revival
Begins March 22
At Mt. Pisgah
The public is invited to attend
the Spring Revival at Mt. Pisgah
Baptist church commencing on
Thursday evening March 22nd, 7:30
o’clock.
There will be services Friday
night, Saturday night, Sunday
morning and Sunday night.
Rev. Z. L. Perdue, the pastor will
bring the messages at each serv
ice.
Mrs. W. A. Whiddon
Died Saturday in Fla
Mrs. W. A. Whiddon, sister of the
late Mr. O. C. Keen, Sr., died at her
home in Bartow, Fla., Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Whiddon was a frequent
visitor in' the Keen home here and
her many Taylor county friends
will be saddened to learn of her
death.
Mr. and Mrs. William Keen of
Reynolds, and Mrs. O. C. Keen Sr.,
and Mrs. O. C. Keen Jr., attended
the funeral at Bartow, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Celebrate Their 50th
Wedding Anniversary
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Harris cele
brated their golden wedding anni
versary Sunday with a family din
ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Hurst.
Mrs. Harris was the former An
nie Stringfield, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Stringfield
of this county. The couple married
at the home of the bride on March
10, 1912, Rev. John Locke perform
ing the ceremony. Mrs. Kate Perry
now of California, was maid of
honor, and the late Mr. Lester
Shirah served as best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris have one
son, Mr. Emory Harris, well known
local farmer; and three grandsons,
Sandy Harris, student at Mercer;
and Mark and Dan Harris.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Harris are
faithful workers in Lebanon Baptist
church where Mr. Harris has served
as deacon for forty years.
Taylor Mill
Baptist Revival
Begins March 18
Rev. Bobby Woods of Macon, will
be guest minister for Taylor Mill
Baptist church revival services
which will begin Sunday, March 18
and continue thru March 23rd.
Hour of worship will be 7:30 p. m.
each day during the revival.
The pastor, Rev. David Page, ex
tends a cordial welcome to every
one to attend this series of meet
ings.
Miller Infant Died
At Macon Hospital
Raymond T. Brown,
State Hospital Official
Speaks to Kiwanians
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Raymond T. Brown, public rela
tions director of the Milledgeville
State Hospital, was guest speaker
at the weekly Kiwanis Club meet
ing on Friday at the Club House.
He was introduced by Mrs. Louise
Suggs Taylor County chairman of
the Chapel of All Faiths fund, and
explained the religious program of
the hospital. He asked for help to
build the chapel
Rev. J. R. Whiddon, pastor of
Reynolds Baptist Church, urged
Kiwanians to support the program,
explaining that it was the respon
sibility of the churches to aid in
the work.
The Club voted to sent two dele
gates, Rev. J. R. Whiddon and H.
C. Bond, to the Kiwanis Interna
tional Convention in Denver.
Key Club members Hugh O’Neal
arid Dan Avera were special guests.
Hugh reported on the annual meet
of the Safety Patrol attended by
eight Key Club members. The Club
won $100.00 which was 4th plaee
out of 14 schools.
Legion Auxiliary
Sponsors Americanism
Essay Contest
and power generating facilities.
Description of the dams and lo
cations are: 1. Sprewell Bluff
Dam, 263.4 miles above the mouth
of Flint river about nine miles west
of Thomaston in Upson and Meri
wether counties. A dam with a max
imum height of about 180 feet
would form a reservoir of 16,800
acres at normal full pool elevation
700 feet above mean sea level. Be
tween elevations 700 and 709 ap
proximately 230,000 feet at storage
would be reserved for flood control.
Between 700 and 670 would be 320-
000 acre feet storage for regulation
of the flow of hydro-electric power
production at the site and down
stream. A 100,000 kilowatt hydro
electric dam would provide. The es
timated first cost of the project is
$63,200,000.
No. 2: Lazer Creek Dam at mile
255.7 about eight miles southwest
of Thomaston in Upson and Talbot
counties. A dam with a maximum
height of 142 fet would form a res
ervoir of about 9,900 acres at nor
mal full pool elevation 543 and
back water to Sprewell Bluff Dam.
Between elevation 543 and 547 a
storage of 45,000 acre feet would be
for flood control. A power plant of
about 87,000 kilowatts would be
provided. The estimated first cost
of the project would be $40,400,000.
No. 3: Lower Auchumpkee Creek
Dam about eight miles north of
Butler. A dam of maximum height
of about 130 feet would form a
reservoir of 15,600 acres at normal
full elevation 417 and would back
water to Liza Creek Dam. Between
elevation 417 and 425 a storage of
145 acre feet would be for flood
control. A power plant of about 81,-
000 kilowatts would be provided.
The estimated first cost of the pro
ject is $48,300,00.
At this point the project is fed
eral altho a determination concern
ing Ga. Power Company’s applica
tion into the development of Flint
River for hydro-electric power will
be considered before the project
goes to Congress.
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Funeral services for Connie Sue
Miller, five week old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Miller,- who died
Sunday morning at Macon hos
pital, occurred Mcnday at 11 a.
m. in the Lucy Chapel of the God
dard Funeral Home. Rev. J. R.
Whiddon, pastor of Reynolds Bap
tist church, officiated with inter
ment in the New Prospect ceme
tery. Little Sue was born Feb. 3rd.
Survivors include the parents, one
brother, one sister; also maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Hinton, all of Reynolds.
Mars Hill Choir
To Visit Richland
Believing that we need to know
more about the evils, etc., of Com
munism and that all good Ameri
cans, want to be better Ameri
cans, the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Butler American Legion Post 124
are sponsoring the “Americanism
Essay Contest” in the high schools
at Butler and Reynolds.
Subject of the essay is: “What
Can I do to stop the Spread of
Communism in America?” Prizes
will be awarded locally and win
ners will compete in State Contest
for nice cash prizes.
Students contact your school
principal or Legion Auxiliary
Americanism Chairman Mrs. C. S.
Sawyer at Reynolds; Tel. TI. 7-5335.
Deadline is April 5th for receiving
entries.
Garden Club Members
To Tour Columbus
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Whatley spent
Thursday in Atlanta. Mrs. Whatley
attended a luncheon honoring the
nominees for “Mother of the Year”
at the Atlanta Woman’s Club
House. Mrs Whatley was given this
honor by the Reynolds Club as
their local nominee for "Mother of
the Year.”
Mrs. Whatley is the mother of
five fine sons, namely: Dr. E. C.
Whatley of Sams-Whatley Hospital
Reynolds; Mr. W. H. Whatley,
architect of the firm of Johnson &
Whatley, Atlanta; Mr. J. M. What
ley, business man and member of
the’ Board of Taylor County Com
missioners; Mr. C. W. Whatley, su
pervisor of the parts department at
Blue Byrd Body, Ft. Valley; Mr. L.
S. Whatley, owner of the Reynolds
Pharmacy, at Reynolds.
Campaign to Build
Chapel of All Faiths
(By Eugene Patterson
The Atlanta Constitution
Anyone who is feeling trapped by
the circle of loneliness that all
men live in can find his blessings
easier to count if he will come to
the state mental hospital and walk
through a couple of wards.
Editor,stS edsyn
The day was given to starting a
30-day appeal, which John Sibley
The governor addressed the 200
quiet people present as “Keepers
of your brothers” and said, in a
restrained and moving talk, that
“If Heaven has an agenda for
1962” the building of chapels here
has first priority.
It was left to old Bishop Moore
to preach a little. “We have taken
fruit from vineyards that we did
not plant,” he said. “We have lived
in cities that we did not build. We
owe it to those who came before to
keep faith now so that the future
will have something from us to
remember. This t hing will bless
Georgia” ...
The hospital superintendent, Dr.
Irville MacKinnon, described his
plan to install a religious division
if the public gives the money to
build the chapel facilities . . .
“If a religion is valuable to a nor
mal community, it is more valu
able to an abnormal community,”
he said in clipped, scientific tones.”
Please send your contribution for
the building of the Chapel of all
Faiths to Louise Suggs, Taylor
County Chairman, or Frank Riley,
Co-Chm. Rev. Bob Whiddon is chair
man for the City of Reynolds.
The Mars Hill College Choir,
Mars Hill, N. C., composed of 32
select voices, will present a pro
gram of sacred music at the Rich
land Baptist Church, Richland, on
March 19th, 8 p. m.
This is the 11th annual spring
tour of the Choir. Having visited
throughout the Southeast during
the years, it has become known as
one of the finest college choirs of
the South. The current tour will
include Atlanta, Chattanooga and
Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Angharad Carmichael,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. M.
Carmichael of Richland is a fresh
man at Mars Hill and a member of
the choir.
477-Gallon Still
Seized at Dixie
Dixie, Ga. — A 477-gallon still,
described by a veteran revenue of
ficer as the largest of its kind he
has seen, was destroyed three miles
north of Dixie.
Arrested as they were loading 100
gallons of moonshine on a pickup
truck were Judson Wooten, Dixie;
James Johnson, Quitman; Young
Rhym, Dixie.
Sparta Robbery
Clues Are Sought
By Law Officers
The Butler Garden Club will
sponsor a tour in Columbus March
29th, 9:30 a. m. A Columbus busi
ness firm is acting as host to this
tour. The ladies will tour the place
of business and a company decora
tor will talk on colors and f urn-
ishings for the home. Coffee will
be served to the ladies present.
The Garden Club will receive $1
per person for each lady attending.
The Club is hoping to have a
maximum attendance of 25 per
sons.
Any local ladies interested in go
ing on this tour will please con
tact Mrs. Bill Amos, UN. 2-5175.
Salt Poisoning
Claims 7th Life
At N. Y. Hospital
Binghamton, N. Y. — Death be
lieved traceable to salt poisoning
claimed a seventh baby Monday at
Binghamton General Hospital. Ten
others given the salt were ill, three
in critical condition.
A practical nurse who was ques
tioned about the salt, which was
found in a sugar can, denied she
has done anything wrong.
The sugar can was in a room
where the feeding formula is mixed
The salt apparently was used in the
formula. A high concentration can
cause heart failure and brain dam
age.
Sparta, Ga. — Authorities were
searching Monday for clues that
might lead them to a gang of gun
men who struck in at least three
places in Sparta during a driving
rain early Sunday and made off
with more than $14,000.
FBI agents and other officers
were checking out numerous possi
bilities and running down several
leads. However a spokesman de
clined to distcuss what progress
was being made.
Meanwhile, President S. H. Hollis
of the Bank of Hancock County
told a Macon Telegraph reporter the
bold burglars got between $12 and
$13 thousand in a break-in at the
bank.
The bank robbers also took an
estimated $1,000 from the Cheely
Chrysler Motor Co. almost directly
across the street from the bank.
They also broke into Bobby
Brooks’ Chevrolet Co., and took
some welders torches which they
uesd to cut their way into the bank
vault, where most of the money
they took came from two cashier’s
boxes.
Notice to Public
(By Verna Griggs)
Taylor County Democrats met in
organizational session last Thurs
day night in preparation for sup
porting prospective candidate Gar
land Byrd as the next Governor of
Georgia. Approximately 200 persons
representing every precinct in the
county and representatives from
Warner Robins, Ft. Valley and Tal
bot county were present.
Harold S. Gates was elected
chairman of the organization with
Mrs. Louise Hinton, of Reynolds, as
secretary; Dr. Jimmy Smith, Butler,
treasurer and Mrs. Louise Suggs,
Butler, chairman of the ticket com
mittee.
The first activity planned for
Lt. Gov. Byrd’s support is a barbe
cue at Reynolds Golf Cource on
April 26th. Friends from through
out the state are invited to at
tend.
Teachers Out for
Politicos Against
Federal School Aid
Atlanta, Ga. — Georgia teachers
will work against congressional
candidates opposing federal aid to
education, Frank Hughes, executive
secretary of the Georgia Educa
tion Association, said Monday.
Hughes reported GEA local units
have conducted meetings in five of
the state’s ten congressional dis
tricts and that the teachers almost
unanimously favored federal aid to
education and have set it as a yard
stick to measure candidates for
Cohgress.
At the same time he released
figures compiled by the GEA
showing that 25,211 teachers who
belong to the association are quali
fied to vote in this year’s election.
He said this figure represented
98.78 per cent of those eligible to
register.
Southwest District
Council Meeting
Staged in Reynolds
150 Home Demonstration Club
members will begin registration at
9:30 a. m. Friday in the lobby of
Flint Electric Membership Corpora
tion. Outstanding parts of the pro
gram will be: Devotional, Mrs.
Gerson Waller; Welcome, Mrs. Sid
ney Rustin; and Homemakers and
Civil Defense, Miss Mary Jo An
drews, Coordinator of Women’s Ac
tivities, Ga. Department of De
fense. Lunch will be served at
12:15 after which Mrs. Benny
Avera and Mrs. Gerson Waller will
compete wit hother District Win
ners in Dress Revue presented by
Miss Leonora Anderson. Everyone
is invited to attend.
The last two days in the county
on which you may renew your
drivers licenses are March 20th
and March 28th at the court house
in Butler, 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m.
on each of these days.
One year drivers’ licenses, tags,
hunting and fishing permits expire
March 31st.
Mr. Gary Osborne
To be Guest Speaker
Again at Antioch
Mr. Gary Osborne, of W’oodland,
will again be guest speaker Sunday
at the Antioch Baptist Church.
Preaching hours are 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Everyone is urged to at
tend each of these services to hear
a young minister with a great fu
ture.
Trinity Freewill Church
Changes Worshi Day
The Trinity Freewill Baptist
church has changed its preaching
day from the 4th Sunday to the
2nd Sunday in each month in order
to be of greater convenience to
the citizens of the community.
There will be services at this
church Sunday morning and each
second Sunday thereafter, begin
ning at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
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. .