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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. 0*V .. ol 6® it, 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.