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The Butler Herald
‘’KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCC ESS”
VOLUME 86
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962.
NUMBER 25.
200 Persons Attend
Southwest District
H-D Council Meet
Postmaster Harvey
Reynolds Kiwanis
Visiti*’'" Speaker
Group Met at FEMC £
Reynolds, on Friday
March 16 th.
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The S. W. District Council met
in annual session at the new au
ditorium of Flint Electric in Rey
nolds March 16.
Mrs. E. R. Well, Dist. Chairman
presiding. Registration began at
9:30 a. m. The group sang “Ameri
ca" led by Mrs. J. E. Whatley with
Mrs. Eve Adams at the piano. The
devotional was given by Mrs. Ger-
son Waller, of this county. This
was followed by the pledge of Al
legiance and singing “Star Span
gled Banner.”
The Welcome was given by Mrs.
Sidney Rustin, President of Taylor
County H. D Council.
Greetings and Introductions by
Mr. W. A. King, District Agent.
Chairman Mrs. L. C. Seagraves
who is the President of Georgia
H.-D. Council presented the State
Program. The County H. D. Council
Presidents gave short talks on the
subject “Our Accomplishments”.
Miss Mary Jo Andrews, the Coor
dinator of Women’s Activities, Ga.
Dept, of Defense spoke on Civil De
fense, shelters, fallout, and what
to od in case of attack. To use tha
information given may mean the
difference of life or death.
Luncheon period followed. Guests
filed past tables loaded with a va
riety of food in abundance. They
were then seated at tables and
served iced tea or coffee. Those
desiring to see the new offices
were conducted on a tour by em
ployees.
The afternoon session opened by
singing. The judges were introduc
ed and presented with gifts. Miss
Lenora Anderson, head of the
Extension Clothing department
rhymed the introduction to the
Dress Revue which followed Mrs.
Ben Avera placed in the construc
tion group and alternate to state.
Mrs.Gerson Waller was in the con
sumer buying group. Miss Sue
Stanford, Distrist H. D. Agent, gave
a paper on “H-D Work and You.”
The Taylor County H-D Council
as hostess, wishes to voice apprecia
tion to Flint Electric for the use
of their new auditorium and oth
er facilities and to employees who
so graciously helped to make the
day successful.
Spring Revival
Begins March 22
At Mt. Pisgah
Ge^cvs^’ v Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Postmaster Alton Harvey of Thom-
aston, introduced by Woodfin Hin
ton, was guest speaker of the week
at the Reynolds Kiwanis Club. The
program was planned to honor
postmasters and the special guests
included Mrs. Blanche Brunson,
Reynolds postmaster who was
commended for 29 years of service
and Postmaster Carl C. Hobbs of
Butler.
The annual pancake supper has
been planned for Friday (tomor
row) night at the Club House. Oth
er announcements concerned the
Fifth Division ladies’ night planned
for April 2nd at New Perry Hotel.
Mr. H. S. Gates, chairman of the
County Byrd for Governor organi
zation, asked the members to sup
port the campaign.
Guests of the day included: John
Andrews, Hugo Stallings and Chas.
Williams, Thomaston; Ralph Me-
Lemore, Macon; Lyle Schroder,
Dublin and H. S. Gates, Reynolds.
Butler Girls’ Basketball Team Wins
Second Place in State Tournament
Three Members of Butler Team
Placed on State’s All-Star
Basketball Team.
Mrs. T. E. Tante, Sr.
Honored on Eightieth
Birthday at Griffin
17 Persons Died
Last Week-End
From Accidents
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.
Know Your School
(This column is sponsored by the
Butler Chapter of Future Busi
ness Leaders of America.)
Butler High School will have a
Spring holiday tomorrow—Friday.
School will resume next Monday.
The girls’ basketball team was
honored in an assembly program
Monday. They were awarded sil
ver basketballs for their tourna
ment efforts Also in this program
the girls presented the trophy
they won at the state to the school.
The team and all the school
would like to thank everyone for
supporting the team and for the in
terest and enthusiasm.
(By Verna Griggs)
Mrs. T. E. Tante Sr. was honored
with a tea celebrating her 80th
birthday at the home of her grand
daughter, Mrs. Taskell Conkle of
Griffin, Sunday afternoon, 4 to 6
o’clock. Mrs. Conkle was assisted in
entertained by two other grand
daughters, Mrs. Ralph Joiner, At
lanta and Mrs. Thomas Lenhardt,
Griffin.
Receiving with Mrs. Conkle were
Mrs. L. I. Chance, Atlanta, and
Mrs. T. E. Tante Jr., of Butler. The
guests were invited into the dining
room where the table was over
laid with a lace cover over green
and centered with the tiered cake
topped with an 80. Mrs. Joiner
poured coffee while Mrs. Lenhardt
poured punch.
Approximately a hundred guests
from Eatonton, Atlanta, Manches
ter, Griffin and Butler called dur
ing the afternoon. Those from this
city attending included: Mrs. Min-
tie Pope, Mrs. Luke Adams, Mrs.
Bailey Joiner, Mrs. Kate Hightower
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Tante Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Tante, Miss Mar
garet Tante, Mr. and Mrs. Mercer
Smith, Miss Betty Smith and Bobby
Smith.
Mrs. Tante was born in Thomson
Ga., on March 7, 1882, daughter of
J. W. and Mary L. Luke. Among
the early memories recalled by
Mrs. Tante as she reminisced of the
last four score years were the sto
ries told by her father of his ex
periences in the War Between the
States.
She made her home in Thomson
until her marriage to Thos. E.
Tante when they moved to Mill-
edgeville and from there to Eaton
ton.
They reared their four children,
Mrs. Norene Chance, Atlanta; Mrs.
Ethel Taylor, Griffin; Mrs. Florence
Smith and T. E. Tante Jr., Butler,
in Eatonton, and resided there un
til a year before Mr. Tante’s death
in 1933 when they moved to Barnes
ville. After his death, Mrs. Tante
came to Butler to make her home.
Kiwanis Sponsor
Pancake Supper for
Friday Evening
The Reynolds Kiwanis Club is
sponsoring a pancake supper Fri
day (tomorrow) night beginning at
7 p. m. in the Reyonlds school
lunch room.
The public is urged to attend and
enjoy the fellowship and agood
meal. Funds raised will be used
on a worthwhile community project
sponsored by the club.
Butler High School Bearettes won
second place in State Class C Bas
ketball tournament in Macon last
week.
The local team was defeated in
the final game Saturday night by
Dexter, 65 to 58. This was, in the
eyes of most spectators, one of the
best girls games ever played at
the Macon auditorium. Both teams
wound up hitting far above 50 per
cent of their shots from the field.
Dexter cashed 27 of 45 for an even
60 per cent, while Butler connected
on 25 to 48 for a 56.2 percent.
The tournament began March 14
with Butler playing Chestatee at 12
noon. The Butler lassies won this
game by a score of 52 to 41.
Second game was with Laurens
at 5:30 Thursday afternoon at
which time Butler was victorious
by a score of 54 to 41.
The third game of the tourna
ment was with Toombs Central Fri
day night at 7 o’clock with the
Butler girls coming out ahead by a
score of 71 to 56.
Coach Carter and the entire But
ler team won much praise from the
spectators and officials for the out
standing performance during the
tournament.
Three of Butler’s starting six
players were placed on the “All-
Class C. Tournament’” which were
selected by the sports writers; they
are: Kay Dunn, forward, who was
the leading scorer in the entire
tournament with 131 points; Ann
Benns, forward, who scored 58
points during the tournament, a
majority of the points being made
in the last two games, and Doris
Peed, guard. Honorable mentioned
for the all-state team from Butler
were Brenda Gassett and Marilyn
Spillers, both guard.
The Butler team composed of
Kay Dunn, Elaine Bryant, Ann
Benns, Gail Moore, Doris Peed,
Marolyn Spillers, Linda Taylor,
Brenda Gassett, Mary Lee Oliver,
Katrina Cheek, Olivia Suggs, Sue,
Peed, with Linda and Brenda
Peed as managers, had the support
of the entire town during the
tournament.
For the first game Wednesday,
the citizens of Butler formed a
motorcade of more than 75 cars to
escort their players to the City Au
ditorium in Macon. Also, for the
final game Saturday night, a simi
lar motorcade from Butler accompa
nied the Bearettes.
This was the first time in the his
tory of Butler school that a girl’s
basketball had participated in the
State Tournament.
The citizens of Butler are plan
ning a banquet within the next
few days, in honor of the girls and
their outstanding Coach, Mr. Nor
man Carter.
Wayne Cox Wins
FFA Speaking
Contest Last Week
(Associated Press)
The death toll from weekend ac
cidents in Gorgia mounted to at
least 17 Sunday, with 11 persons
killed in traffic smashups.
Fires took four lives, an 8-year
-pld child was shot to death ac
cidentally and a farmer died in an
unusual tractor accident. In ad
dition, a Georgia man died in a
Florida wreck.
The State Patrol said two youths
were killed Sunday when the car
in which they were riding veered
out of control and into the path of
an oncoming vehicle on highway
101. Killed in the collision were
William Reese, 18, the driver of
Dallas, Ga. and Johnny Hollmond
19.
In a similar accident, 23 year old
Howard Williams, Gainesville, died
Sunday as his car wrecked on high
way 129 near Gainesville.
A Fairburn man, 31 year old S.
B. Lewis, also died when he lost
control of his car near Fayetteville
Saturday.
Clyde M. Kennedy, 45, and his
wife, 39, both, of Blakely, died
Saturday when their car overturned
south of Blakely.
Dank Walker 50, of Brunswick,
died in a hospital after being
thrown from his truck when it col
lided with a car in Brunswick
Saturday.
A Buena Vista man, 43 years old,
J. A. Eason, was killed Saturday
night when the car in which he
was a passenger overturned on 137
near Buena Vista.
An Atlanta man 28 year old Rob
ert Ford, was killed when his pick
up truck overturned in a DeKalb
county accident.
A A 28-year-old Forest Park man
W. P. Wright was killed when a
freight train hit his car near At
lanta.
An Athens child, 3 year old Jan
Parham, was killed when she was
hit by a truck near her home at
Athens. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parham.
At Jefferson, 8 year old Judy
Pickett was killed while a group of
children were playing with small
pistol.
J. E. Teague of near Jasper, was
killed when a tractor overturned on
him the patrol said.
An 18 year old girl and her five-
year old brother were killed when
fire destroyed their home near Per
ry. The victims were Bernice Clark
and Eddie Clark.
Anolher fire claimed the life of
J. W. Stacy, 51 of Bremen.
A. J. Smith, 33, of Brunswick
died Sunday, police said, when the
interior of his car caught fire while
he was asleep in the vehicle.
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Wayne Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Cox won the Butler F.F.A.
Speaking Contest, March 16th with
a speech titled. “Soil Foundation
of an Enduring Agriculture.”
The contest is sponsored by the
Citizens State Bank of Butler and
the Butler F.F.A. Chapter. The win
ner receives a trip to the National
F.F.A. Convention in October.
This year, since Wayne also won
last year, the trip will go to the
second place winner, John Purvis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Purvis of
Charing. Other contestants were
Larry Davis and Billy Blasche.
Wayne will represent the local
chapter in the FFA District speak
ing contest in Tifton later this
school year.
Judges for the contest were Mr.
M. P. Dean, soil conservation
technician; Jerome Ethridge, assis
tant county agent and M. J. March-
man, principal of Butler school.
Plans Underway
To Organize Moose
Lodge in County
Application for Approximately
100 Charter Members of New
Lodge Already Secured.
Mr. Hubert Payne
Awarded Achievement
Honor from Ford
Mr. H. H. Payne, of Payne Motor
Company, this city, received Ford
Motor Company’s Distinguished
Achievement Award March 19th in
special ceremonies in Atlanta hon
A lodge of Loyal Order of Moose,,
is being organized in Taylor county
will be known as Butler-Reymolds
Moose Lodge, with 95 charter
members already signed up accord
ing to Geo. W. Banks, special
representative, who is here to help
launch the new Lodge. He ex
plained that 100 members are re
quired for the charter and he an
ticipates this number will be well
over the charter requirement.
Loyal Order of Moose is an inter
national fraternal organization,
founded in Louisville, Ky., in 1888
and during the last half century
this Order has established a splen
did record of family protection; ft
can be truthfully said that no other
organization has so well or so
generously served its members and
families, he said.
The Moose Fraternity is non-po
litical and non-secretarian. It is a
patriotic organization, it demands
unquestioned and non-sectarian, re
unquestioned loyalty to the govern
ment and profound respect for the
flag.
Mooseheart, 111., the famous
child-city located just west ot
Chicago where members, dependent
children and widows are provided a
fine substitute for a happy home
rong the local dealership’s outstand j life, which man and science have
Getting More
Value from Fertilizer
Explained by Agent
The Annual Staff has dedicated
the 1962 Buchiscan to the girls’
basketball team. This year’s team
is the most outstanding team in
our history. Also, the Staff ded
icated a page in appreciation to
Coach Norman Carter.
Mrs. Edyth Guy attended a
meeting of the Textbook Committee
at the State Office Building in At
lanta Friday night of last week. Mrs
Guy asked to serve on this com
mittee to help select textbooks for
state adoption in the area of Busi
ness Education.
Warner Robins
Gets 200 Jobs
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
Three ways to get the most for
your fertilizer dollar include: 1. Al
ways test the soil. 2. Buy the rec
ommended kind and amount of
fertilizer and lime. 3. Buy the fer
tilizer on the basis of cost per pound
of plant nutrients rather than the
cost per ton alone. Buy fertilizer
with as high a total percentage of
plant nutrients as possible under
local soil conditions. Generally, the
higher analysis fertilizers are
cheaper per pound of plant nutri
ents, according to Asst. Agt. Eth
ridge.
Garden Club Members
To Tour Columbus
Washington, D. C. — Robins Air
Force Base near Macon will have
jobs for some 200 additional per
sons by June, 1963.
Sen. Herman Talmadge was in
formed Monday that C133 aircraft
maintenance work is being trans- ! per person for each lady attending
ferred to Robins from Norton AFB The Club is hoping to have
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
Pupils Injured
As Blast Fires
School Shop
ing record for 1961
James M. Moore, Jr., Atlanta dis
trict sales manager for the Ford
Division, made the presentation of
a plaque during a luncheon awards
program.
Mr. Moore pointed out that the
Distinguished Achievement Award
is presented to a select group of
the nation’s Ford dealers “in recog
nition of their progresiive manage
ment, modern facilities, some mer
chandising practices, high quality
standards, and outstanding interest
in superior service.”
“I am delighted to present this
plaque to one of the outstanding
dealership organizations in the
Southeast," Mr. Moore said, “And I
extend my congratulations for your
attainment of this professional
honor.
“The Ford Distinguished Achieve
ment Award recognizes your firm
as an important member of your
community’s business citizenry,”
he added.
In addition to management mem
bers of the Atlanta District sales of
fice, the awards luncheon was at
tended by S. A. Skillman, Ford
Moto division Southeastern regional
sales manager from Philadelphia.
County Agent
Advises Farmers
About Corn Growth
been able to devise, it also trains,
its young citizens for life, each boy
and girl is given a high school ed
ucation and taught splendidly ire
more than one vocations. The
child research laboratory at Moose-
heart is recognized by Scientists
and educators throughout the
world.
Moosehaven, Fla., near Jackson
ville, the city of contentment, on
the banks of the St. Johns river,
here the members of the Moose
and their wives may spend the
twilight years of their lives.
Officials of the Moose organi
zation include Messrs Ralph Under
wood and Gan Nelson.
Third District Club
Women Met Mar. 14
At Pine Mountain
to California. The transfer, the Air
Force explained, results from con
solidation of missile management
activities under the Air Force Bal
listic Systems Division at Norton.
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.
McCaysville, Ga. — A tank of
welding gas exploded at the West
Fannin High school Monday, burn
ing one 16 year old pupil seriously
and setting fire to the shop build
ing.
The shock shook the ground and
sent the school’s more than 700 pu
pils running outside.
But the only other person re
ported injured was an instructor,
Charles Smith, who suffered hand
burns pulling the burned youth,
Herman Tarpley, from the blazing
shop building.
Legion Auxiliary
Sponsors Americanism
Essay Contest
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.
(Mrs. Verna Griggs)
County Agent Reddish urges all
farmers to consider the factor of
spacing in producing economical
corn. Row width should be 36 to 42
inches and about 12,000 to 14,000
plants per acre will give economi
cal yields. •
The corn variety recommended
71, Dixie 18, Jackson, Coker 811 and
for our area are: Cokers 67, Cokers
Pfisters PAG 653-W.
Spacing in the drill should be 10
to 12 inches for North Georgia and
12 to 15 inches for South Ga
Don’t waste time and money.
Follow the recommended spacing to
obtain economical corn yields.
Deadline Near on
Feed Grain Sign-up
The Third District of the Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs met
in annual session at Pine Mountain.
March 14th. Reynolds Woman’s
Club won attendance gavel for
having the largest percentage of
members present.
Those attending included: Mrs,.
C. L. Ayers, Mrs. Robert Bell, Mrs,
Leonard Whatley, Mrs. Thad Craw
ley, Mrs. Walter Forsling, Mts,
Irene Whatley, Mrs. C. C. Paulk,,
Mrs. Gan Nelson, Mrs. Eloise 1
Erickson, Mrs. Howard Neisler, Mrs.
Lela Parks, Mrs. Charles Simmons
Mrs Clifford Whatley and Miss
Winnie Aultman.
The Reynolds Club won the J. B,
Russell trophy for extension in th&
Third Distrct. Mrs. Irene Whatley
was elected First V-President of
the Third District for 1962-64.
The luncheon which followed the-
business session was served at
Calloway Gardens
Dodge Deputy,
Former Deputy,
Face Charges
The local ASCS advises that the
30th of this month is the final date
for signing to participate in the
1962 Feed Grain Program. This
means that farmers .who have not
made a decision have only a few
more days in which to sign
should they desire to participate
in the program.
Latest reports show more farm
ers have already signed to par
ticipate in the program than parti
cipated in the 1961 Feed Grain Pro
gram.
The Feed Grain Program is de
signed to reduce the production of
corn and grain sorghum, and to
bring the supply of these surplus
grains in line with the demand.
Participation in the program is
voluntary.
Eastman, Ga. — A Dodge county
deputy sheriff, charged with and
acquitted of murder, and a former
deputy each face separate federal
charges after being indicted in Sa
vannah.
Deputy Ben. J. Eckles, 35, is ac
cused of beating Geo. F Sheffield'
of Dodge County on or about last
Oct. 31.
Jackson Jones, 32, a former Dodge
county deputy, is accused of corr-
spiring to violate the U. S. Liquor
laws while he was serving in that
office.
Both face trial in the Dublin Di
vision, U.S. District Court, South
ern Division of Georgia in Dublin
when the court opens Oct. 1.
Bookmobile Schedule
The bookmobile schedule for
next Wednesday is published here
with:
9:15 to 2:30—Butler School
2:30 to 3—Butler City Hall
Marie W. Mann.