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The Butler Herald
VOLUME 86
O’Kelley Makes
Fourth Candidate
In Governor’s Race
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BUTLER, TAYLOR "COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962.
NUMBER 30.
O’Kelley, a Three Times Loser,
Seeks Georgia’s Top Office
For Fourth Time. <
Atlanta, Ga. — Veteran guberna
torial candidate Hoke O'Kelley be - !«“ necessary” ta-
tho fmirfv, mo.v, jk. iq«o 11 necessary. Alter exnausiive m
Irrigation System
Installed on Farm of
Walter Wainwright
Irrigation, the practice of apply
ing water to crops from sources oth
er than rain, is now being used by
some Taylor county farmers.
Mr. Walter Wainwright and his
son, Mr. Edward Wainwright, are
applying this practice truck crops
and will also use on their peaches
Big Barbecue Dinner and Political Rally
Honoring Garland Byrd, Candidate for
Governor, at Reynolds This Evening
Proceeds from Tickets Will go
To Garland Byrd Candidate
For Governor Campaign.
More than one thousand persons
will attend the barbecue Thursday
l a r f r h ln th * 1962 vestigation into various methods of from Taylor and adjoining counties
r JT l 0T Governor Monday with an j * from or d evening this evening) at the Rey-
n-rr the £ Unty - Unlt SyS ^ wells it was decided Mr. Wain- nolds Golf Course honoring Lt. Gov.
Wright that a deep well and pump 2“'“1 J,
cessfui seeker of Georgia's top elec-, * j wou ld be the most
tive post, paid his entrance fee ^ J
Monday. Officially, he is the third
gubernatorial candidate to qualify,
folowing Lt, Gov. Byrd and former
Gov. Marvin Griffin.
But State Sen. Carl Sanders of
Augusta, presented pro tern of the
Senate, announced Saturday that
he would seek the governorship al-
tho he has not get qualified.
O’Kelley of Louisville, said he
desirable method for his farm.
A well was drilled on the farm
formerly known as the Walter But
ler place a few miles east of But
ler on the Macon road. Sufficient
water was reached at approximate
ly 400 feet with a capacity of 430
gallons per minute. The Wain-
Governor of Georgia in the forth
coming Sept. 12th Democratic Pri
mary.
The barbecue is being sponsored
by the Taylor County Garland Byrd
for Governor Club.
Tickets are now on sale at $5.00
plate. If you have not already
Chickamate” Stars
Will Appear on T-V
May 5th and 6th
Stars of “Chickamate”, the
hour television series, will be fea
tured on the seventh annual Tele
thon for United Cerebral Palsy of
Macon and MiddleGa. on May 5
and 6.
Sebastian Cabot, the grandly
beared Dr. Hyatt and Doug McClure
the tall broad shouldered 25 year
old who plays the role of Jed Sills
in the Serifs, will be on the stage
of the Macon Auditorium from 11
p. m. Saturday until 5 p. m. Sun
day in an effort to raise funds for
the Cerebral Palsy Center serving
Mr. Dan Windham
Is Named Favorite
Teacher of the Year
Dan Windham, science teacher at
Butler High school, has been |
chosen “Favorite Teacher of the
Year” by a vote of the student
body. This selection is made each
year during Teacher Appreciation
Week sponsored by the Student
Council.
Teacher Appreciation Week is ob
served each year with some specific
activity planned to especially honor
the faculty members each day dur
ing the week. At the end of the
week, the favorite teacher elected
earlier, is announced at assembly
and presented a gift.
Teachers winning this honor in
previous years are: Principal
Marchman, Mrs. Mable F. Stinson
and Mrs. Imogene Garrett.
Rev. Robert Harris
Foreign Missionary,
Speaks Here Sunday
Rev. Harris Is Serving with
Southern Baptist Mission
Board Stationed in Peru.
purchased your ticket you may get | Middle Georgia. The entire telethon
reservoir with a storage capacity of
., . - . . . .. one and a half million gallons of
would develop his campaign on the 1 r An electric in opera .
issues facing Georgia today. He.- the well kee ps the reservoir
indicated that one of the biggest» From reservoir water is
issues was Georgia s method of pumped tQ field by a large diesel
motor. Irrigation spray guns, with
a discharge capacity of 1100 gal
lons a minute, are busy giving
needed moisure to young tender
plants.
Intensive irrigation of orchard
and truck crops is being planned
which will necessitate expanding
facilities.
Several local farmers have used
irrigation on a small scale for
their crops, pumping water from
streams, but the the Wainwrights
are the first to explore the possi-
wrights then constructed a storage one from Mrs. Louise Suggs or Dr. | will be televised
over WMAZ-TV
electing statewide canc.idates.
The best way to decide the Demo
cratic primary, he said, is by popu
lar vote rather than by the county
unit system.
College Students
Rescued from North
Georgia Cave
Trenton, Ga. —Three college stu
dents, missing three days in a
treacherous mountain cavern, were bilities 0 f irrigation from deep well
James T. Smith at Butler; Mr. Julian iGhannel^ 13.
Whatley at Reynolds; Mr. Harold
Gates at Taylor Mill or Mr. Lewis
Watson at Charing. Tickets may
may also be secured at the Golf
Course this evening.
A most interesting program is
being planned in connection with
the barbecue.
All proceeds will go toward the
Campaign Fund of Garland T.
Byrd, Taylor County’s first candi
date for Governor of Georgia.
rescued Monday by a crack team of
cave explorers who had vowed they
would not quit until they had found
them.
The student were found in what
is called a “mud pack room” deep
in the heart of Lookout Mountain
in northwest Georgia. They were re
ported in good physical condition.
The team which found the boys
had said they would not come out
unti lthey had located them or
made absolutely sure they were not
in the cavern. Ironically the stu
dents were found in an area by
passed many times by the searchers
in their long tedious hunt.
The students told their rescuers
they lost their way and their lights
went out. They said they just sat
and waited as they had been
trained to do.
Attack on Bible
Reading in Schools
Is Confounding
Washington, D. C. — The Su
preme Court is expected to rule
during its present term on the con
stitutionality of a 22-word daily
prayer said by students in New
York State public schools.
Bible reading in schools already
is illegal in New York State. But
the courts there have found noth
ing wrong with this daily prayer:
“Almighty God, we acknowledge
our dependence on Thee, and we
beg Thy blessings upon us, our
parents, our teachers, and our
country.”
Union Meeting at
New Life Church
Next Saturday
There will be Union Meeting at
New Life Freewill Baptist church
near Mauk Saturday.
Rev. W. J. Owens will bring the
introductory message
Lunch wil be served at noon
and the business session will fol
low in the afternoon.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this meeting.
J. B. Lumpkin, Pastor.
Quartets Will Return
Saturday, April 28th
The Senators’ Quartet, the Cal-
varymen Quartet and the Traveler’s
Quartet will return Saturday eve
ning, April 28th, 8 p m. for are-
turn engagement at the local school
gym.
Anyone failing to hear these pro
fessionals on their former visit here
should make it a point to attend
this return performance. Those who
heard them before will be looking
forward to being present for their
forthcoming appearance.
The Cross Roads H. C. Club is
sponroing this evening of genuine
entertainment.
water supply in this vicinity.
M. P. DEAN,
SCS Technician.
All-Day Singing
Revival Services Begin
Sunday, April 29
The Faith Church will observe
April 29th with an all-day sing
ing, featuring the Singing Fosters”
of Griffin.
The revival will also begin the
same day at the evening worship
hour, 7:15 p. m. with singing and
preaching at 8 p. m.
The pubic is extended a cordial
invitation to attend each service
through Thursday evening.
Talbot County Soldier
Gets Court Martial
Lt.-Gov. Byrd
Splits with Gov.
On Vote-Count
Ft. Bragg, N. C. — An Army
court martial Friday convicted an
18 year old soldier of involuntary
manslaughter in the stabbing of
another soldier.
Pvt. H. A. Green, 18, of Talbotton
was sentenced to three years at
hard labor, forfeiture of all pay and
allowances during that period and
a dishonorable discharge.
Green was charged in the death
of Spec. 4 Willie Gray, 28, of Cairo
111. Gray died in Womack Army
hospital March 4th, three days af
ter the stabbing during an argu
ment.
$851 Chapel Fund
Raised in County
Atlanta, Ga. — Politics overshad
owed the county unit system Mon
day as Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd split
with Gov. Vandiver and disclosed
a rival plan for revising the pri
mary vote-counting method.
A Vandiver-backed measure to
add more units for populous coun
ties got unanimous approval of a
House Committee, clearing the way
for a House vote Tuesday.
As the committee acted, Byrd an
nounced strong opposition to the
bil and revealed his plan to put the
unit system on a percentage basis,
giving each candidate his share of
the unit vote.
Byrd said he would favor the Sept
12 Primary on a popular vote basis
if his plan fails to pass.
Minutes later, Vandiver reiterat
ed in a statement to the press that
he was for the committee-approved
plan drafted by House Speaker G.
L. Smith.
5 Hurt as Train and
Car Collide at Cochran
The 240-pound Cabot was born in
London and made his first stage
appearance there in 1945. He ap
peared in numerous English movies
and in 1954 came to America for
roles in “Westward Ho the Wagons”
and others. Since 1955 he has ap
peared in American TV shows rang
ing from “Gunsmoke” to “Alfred
Hitchcock Presents.”
The 18-hour Tetethon will also
present several other celebrities, to
be announced later, talented enter
tainers from Middle Georgia, and
will reveal the program being con
ducted for the Cerebral Palsied in
this area.
Funds raised by the Telethon
are used to support a program of
education, therapy, and day care
provided by United Cerebral Palsy
of Macon and Middle Georgia for
children and adults in a 24-county
area. Members of the Peace Of
ficers Association of Georgia have
contributed greatly to the success
of previous Cerebral Telethons and
will again serve as contacts for con
tributions in their respective areas.
Rev. Robert L. Harris, Southern
Baptist Missionary, will speak at
the local Baptist church Sunday
morning at 10:55 o’clock.
Rev. Harris is a professor in the
Peruvan Baptist Theological Insti-
Four Baptist
Sunday School
Meeting Planned
Atlanta, Ga. — Four Georgia Bap
tist Sunday School Conventions in
Marietta, Augusta, Baxley and
Americus, have been planned for
the week of May 14, Dr. J. T. Pip
kin, secretary of the Ga. Baptist
Convention’s Sunday School Depart
ment, announced this week.
The Sunday School Conventions
are designed to reach Georgia Bap
tist Sunday School leadership, and
this year, the schedule includes the
places and dates listed: May 14th,
Crestview Baptist church, Marietta; ! tute and pastor of Miraflores Bap-
May 15th, Curtis Baptist Church, 1 t j st church, both in Lima, Peru.
Augusta; May 17th, First Baptist Appointed by the Foreign Mission
Church, Baxley; and May 18t4i, 1 Board in 1950 _ the year the Board
First Baptist Church, Americus. began work in Peru — Mr. Harris
Rev. Brooks Ramsey, pastor of the and b j S w jf e spent a year in lan-
REV. ROBERT
HARRIS
$25,00 Asked
In Boy’s Death
Columbus, Ga. — A $25,000 dam
age suit was filed in City Court
Monday to recover for the death of
a 6 year old boy who died in a re
frigerator at Columbus April 9th.
Mrs. Betty Haynie, mother of
Charles Haynie, filed the civil ac
tion against Mrs. Jessie Jenkins, al
leging violation of a law which
forbids having an unused refrig
erator which locks.
Bank Bandit
Returns Loot
Taylor County raised $851.71 for
the Chapel of All Faiths Fund.
Reynolds contributed $450.00 and
Butler, $401.71.
Most of the money was raised by
the various churches of the County.
Butler FHA and personal contribu
tions also swelled the contribution.
If you have mot as yet made your
contribution to this worthy cause,
please send same to Louise Suggs
of Butler or Rev. Bob Whiddon of
Reynolds.
Thomas Jury Asks
Merger of Schools
Cochran, Ga. — Five brothers and
sisters were listed in good condi
tion at Taylor Memorial Hospital in
Hawkinsville Sunday night after a
car in which they were riding Sun
day morning, collided with a
freight train.
The accident occurred a few
miles north of Cochran.
The Southern Railway train hit
the automobile when it became
stalled in the track, according to
Bob Padgett, fireman on the en
gine.
The impact flipped the car over
twice, throwing the children out of
the car and demolishing the auto,
Padgett reported.
4-H Members Sell
First Aid Kits
Ochlochnee, Ga. — The Thomas
County Grand Jury has recommend
ed that the two high schools of the
county, Central for the county sys
tem, and Thomasville High, for
the city system, be merged.
The jury said consolidation
would be a means of offering bet
ter educational advantages thru a
broader curriculum, more subjects,
and a better trained teaching staff.
Also, it is claimed that more
economical operation may be had
by avoiding duplicity of admin
istration.
All Taylor County 4-Hers are busy
selling First Aid Kits, which are
conveniently packed for keeping
in pocket of car, truck or in the
home. This is a part of a safety
program carried out by 4-Hers.
Many times infection could be
curbed by prompt use of supplies
fro mthe kit. Any profit from the
project will help carry on 4-H
projects in the county. Don’t be
caught with a sore finger and no
First Aid Kit.
Dr. Harrison to Instruct
At Mercer University
Macon, Ga. — Dr. Jas. O. Harri
son, a research biologist with the
United Fruit Co. in Costa Rica, has
been appointed assistant professor
of biology at Mercer University, Dr.
R. C. Harris, president, announces.
The apointment is effective Sept 1.
Dr. Harrison, a Georgia native, is
a Mercer graduate of 1949. He was
born in Harrison and lists his per
manent home as Adrian.
First Church, Albany, and president
of the Convention, will preside at
the sessions.
Speakers include Rev. O. M. Cates
pastor of the Cherokee Heights
Baptist Church, Macon; Wendell
Sloan, Minister of Education, First
Church, Augusta; Dr. Allen B.
Cornish, pastor of the Waldrop
Memorial Church, Columbus; Pip
kin, and Ramsey.
The convention will be a balanc
ed series of conferences for age
group workers and inspirational ad
dresses. Session at each city get
underway at 2 p. m. and continue
until 9:15 p. m.
Talmade Files
Announcement For
Senate Race
Atlanta, Ga. — A repentant rob
ber has mailed back the entire
amount of money he stole from the
Northside branch of the Bank of
Ga. in an armed holdup Friday.
J. E. McMahon, special agent in
charge of the Atlanta FBI office,
said the money, totaling $12,030, in
two boxes arrived in the Monday
mai lat the bank.
“This sort of thing has never
happened in the Atlanta territory
after a bank robbery. Bank rob
bers just don’t do such things,’’one
flabergasted officer commented.
Forsyth Man
Electrocuted
Forsyth, Ga. — City Electrician
James F. Mitchell, 61, was killed
instantly Monday while installing
street light in the city.
Mitchell was on a utility pole
when he came in contact with a
high voltage wire. Two helpers on
the ground witnessed the accident
but were unable to prevent it.
Bulloch Top Corn
Producing County
Athens, Ga. — The Georgia Crop
Reporting Service says Bulloch was
the leading corn producing county
in 1961 with 2,500,000 bushels, fol
lowed by Thomas, Colquitt, Grady,
Early and Mitchell.
Each of these counties harvested
more than two milllion bushels of
corn for grain.
Your friends want to hear about
that bouncing little tot that came
to take up its abode with you. Or
perchance you have a son or dau
ghter that is making a splendid
record in their college career. If
so, The Herald would be glad to
publish such items in its columns
from week to week.
Atlanta, Ga. — Sen. Herman Tal-
madge asked Georgia voters Mon
day for another term in the U.S.
Senate, regardless of whether they
elect him on the county unit system
or by popular vote.
Handing his $1,500 qualifying
fee to Democratic Party Secretary
George Stewart. Talmadge thanked
a host of supporters who crowded
into the Capitol office to watch the
ceremony.
rie told reporters, “I have always
won not only the county unit ma
jority but also the popular vote in
my races ... I stated almost three
years ago that I believe it would
be wise for the Legislature to look
into the possibility of revising the
county unit system. I haven’t
changed my mind.”
Heart Fund Drive
Goes Over the Top
In Taylor County
guage study in San Jose, Costa Rica
before joining the first Southern
Baptist Missionary couple in Lima.
No additional missionaries went to
Peru until 1956.
In 1959 the Harrises moved to
Arequipa, where he was pastor of
the First Baptist church. They re
turned to Lima in April 1961.
A North Carolinian, Mr. Harris
was born in Chapel Hill and lived
in a number of towns as a boy. He
attended Mars Hill College and re
ceived the bachelor of arts degree
from Baylor University, Waco, Tex.
and bachelor of divinity degree at
Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth
Tex.
During World War II he served in
the U.S. Naval Air Corps for two
years. While a mesinary student he
was youth director at Broadway
Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, and pas
tor of pleasant Point Church, Lil
lian, Tex. During an absence from
the mission field he was paslor of
Drayton (S.C.) Baptist church.
Mrs. Harris is the former Mary
Culpepper, of Ft. Valley. They and
their three children are now in the
states on furlough.
Mr. L. B. Strickland
Honored by Houston
Board of Education
Mr. L. B. Strickland, member of
the faculty of the Perry Junior HI
School, was honored recently by the
Houston County Board of Education
upon reaching 38 years of active
teaching in the Georgia Schools. At
a banquet in Ferry, Mr. Strickland
was praised for his many years of
service to the children of the State
of Georgia.
Attending the banquet as guests
of Mr. Strickland were Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Parks, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Den
ning, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Byrd, Mr.
,, , . , , . , Richard Parks, Mr. Howard Neis-
Mr Clifford Adams, chairman of, Rev and ^rs. Robe * whiddon,
the Taylor County Heart Fund Mrs. C. E. WHatley, Mrs.
Drive, reports that the goal of this j w ^ WrhofW Mr anf1 Mrs . Wood-
county which was set for $845.00
reached the sum of $937.48. This
additional sum placed the county in
the 110.64% bracket
Mr. Adams expreses thanks to
everyone who had a part in helping
make this the best of all years in
the Hearth Fund Campaign.
Talbot Bazaar-Cooking
School Opens Tuesday
Talbotton, Ga. — The Talbotton
Woman’s Club will sponsor a Ba
zaar and cooking school at the Tal
bot County High School Auditorium
today. The Bazaar will open at 6
p. m. and the cooking school begins
at 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Elizabeth Persons, Club
president, and Mrs. E. D. Rowe
cooking school chairman announc
ed the plans this week.
W. T. Whatley, Mr. and Mrs. Wood-
fin Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Sasser, Mr. and Mre. Ferdinand
Carson and Mrs. L. B. Strickland.
“Story of Coming
Christ” Summarized
By Reynolds Pastor
(By Verna Griggs)
Rev. J. R. Whiddon, pastor of the
Reynolds Baptist church, summar
ized and explained the film, “Story
of the Coming of Christ,” after it
was shown at the Kiwanis Club
meeting, Friday. The luncheon
meeting was at the Club House Fri
day at noon with President Roy F.
Jones presiding.
Visitors included Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes Harrison and Key Club
members Henry Sams and Warren
Bunn.