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0f ^Chiv, Genera Uni 31 Ub,a ary yeisiiy of Ga ie Butler Herald ‘’KEEPING EVER LASTINGLY A T IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS” VOLUME 86 BUALER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962. NUMBER 33. Mrs. Lizzie Cromer Died Suddenly at Home of Daughter Funeral Conducted at Bethel Cemetery, County. Little Macon 4-Hers Compete for Title in Various County Projects Mrs. Lizzie Bell Cromer, 76 year of age, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. H. W. Woodall in Mauk May 9th, 9:30 p. m. after suffering a stroke. Mrs. Cromer was the daughter of the late James W. Fowler and Suz- anna Ray Fowler of Ideal. She was born Oct. 7, 1885, and was the wid ow of Newby Cromer who pre ceded her in death about nine years ago, at which time Mrs. Cromer moved to Butler. Funeral services were conducted at Little Bethel Freewill Baptist Church, Ideal, May 11, 3 p. m. with Eld. W. R. Lawhorn officiating. Interment was in the church ceme tery. Pall bearers included: Bobby Cromer, Thomaston; Jimmie Cromer Atlanta; Robert Woodall, Soperton; Jimmie McDonald, Albany; Glea son Fowler, Albany; Gene Fowler, Marshallville. Survivors include four daughters Mrs. H. W. Woodall, Mauk; Mrs. Kate Barney, Albany; Mrs. L. F. Rigsby, Albany; Mrs. Harry Souter Thomaston; two sons, Harvey Cromer, Rupert; Lewis Cromer, Thomaston; three brothers, Arthur, and Bill Fowler of Ideal and Ge- rome Fowler of Oglethorpe; also 11 grand children and eight great- grand children Mr. F. M, Carroll Died at Thomaston The funeral of Mr. F. M. (Tony) Carroll was conducted May 8th, 3 p. m. at the Charing Methodist church with Rev. W. J. Childree of ficiating. Interment was in the Bloodworth cemetery. Mr. Carroll had made his resi dence in Thomaston for the past two years. Survivors include a daughter,Mrs. Myrtle Ritter, Thomaston; a daugh ter in law Mrs. R. E. Carroll of Toccoa; sons are Mr. Willis Car- roll of Thomaston and Sgt. J. W. Carroll of U. S. Air Force in Puer- -o Rico; brothers are Mr. John B. Carroll, Sr., of Manchester and Mr. E. B. Carroll of Charing; sisters are Mrs. lone Windham and Mrs. Jenny Ray of Butler; Miss Viola Carroll of Charing and Miss Polly Benford, Savannah. Macon County Escapee Captured Taylor County 4-H’ers and par ents met May 2nd in the local school cafeteria to compete for county title in various projects. A number of parents and visitors at tended and witnessed the demon stration, as the girls modeled their garments or displayed their biscuit and muffins for judging. Girls entered 70 different projects and 26 places were won and are as follows: Recreation: Cloverleaves: 1st place, Lucy Jon Mangham 2nd place, Ginger Goodroe 3rd place, Joy McCrary Juniors 1st place, Diane Bass Seniors: 1st place, Daphine Barnes Family Life: Cloverleaves: 1st place, Karen Horton Entomology: cloverleaves: 1st place, Claire Elliston Clothing: Cloverleaves: (Fifth Grade) 1st place, Dyrene Waller 2nd place, Judy Montgomery. 3rd place, Priscilla Jones Cloverleaves: (Sixth Grade) 1st place, Diane Larkin Juniors: 1st place, Merita Barrow 2nd place, Elaine Clark 3rd place, Cathy Guinn Seniors: 1st place, Miriam Tucker 2nd place, Janice Peed 3ru place Daphine Barnes. Health: Junior: 1st place, Cathy Guinn Sepior: 1st place, Ellen Guinn Biscuit: Junior: 1st place, Merita Barrow 2nd place, Alma Dora Barnett 3rd place, Jo Wainwright Muffins: Cloverleaves: 1st place, Karen Parks 2nd place, Pearl Taylor 3rd place, Ginger Godroe Yeast Bread: Senior: 1st place, Mary Edith Jarrell. In Between Meal Snacks: Cloverleaf: 1st place, Diane Larkin Better Breakfast: Junior: 1st place, Nina Payne Freezing: Cloverleaf: 1st place, Elizabeth Riley. First place winners represent the county in the District meeting dur ing June and July. Mrs. L. L. Minor, Sr. Succumbed to Brief Illness Tuesday p.m. Preparations Were Being Made j To Carry Her to Hospital When She Expired. Mrs. L. L. Minor Sr., wife of Mr. Amateur Baseball League Formed at Reynolds May 8th (Mrs. Verna Griggs) An organizational meeting of an amateur baseball league on May 8th at Reynolds resulted in the Peach Belt League with four teams participating — Reynolds, Taylor Mill, Barnesville and Roberta. Troy Athon, Reynolds, was chosen presi- L. L. Minor, died Tuesday after dent of the group and Joe Hyde,Ro- n °on a t 6:30 o’clock. Shg was berta, will serve as secretary and stricken gravely ill and arrange- treasurer |mements had been completed for ' . ... ., . 'her removal to the hospital when The new teams will see their first occurred . However:Mrs. Minor action May 20th with Reynolds • of health playing Barnesville at Barnesville several J / ears . and Roberta playing Taylor Mill at ( Mps Minop wag born Qct 1900 Potterville with both games sched- (laughter of John H ar P er Beville uled tor 3 p. m. and j Harper Beville at Gainesville Bill Patterson will manage the pj a g be ba( j mat j e her home in Reynolds team and Jennings Lovick Butler for the past 34 years among the Taylor Mill. Ernest Rigdon was relatives and friends. °hosen manager of the Barnesville Funeral services were conducted team with Jimmy Hearn managing Thursday (this) morning at the lo- the Roberta team. ca j Methodist church at 11 o’clock A complete roster of players and with Rev. Walter McCleskey, pas- Left to right: Mr. O. T. (Uncle Jack) Driskell, Murray Driskell, and Ferrell Driskell; the lad in front is Alan Driskell Four Generations O. T. Driskell Family Met in Reunion Mrs. Marshall’s Pupils Render Music Program At Kiwanis Luncheon (Mrs. Verna Griggs) At a recent family get together at the home of Mrs. Hoke Windham and Mr. O. T. Driskell, four genera tions of Driskells were present, ranging in age from 6 to 92 years of age. “Uncle Jack” Driskell born in Taylor county in 1870, was the old est member present at the reunion. He is well known in this section as a retired carpenter. His mind is still alert and he still walks to town daily. Though he can’t see TV well enough to watch the picture, he en joys listening to it. His son, Murray, was also born in Taylor county and lived here until 1954 when he moved to Forest Park where he works in an auto alignment shop. schedule of games for the season will be made public as soon as pos sible. All persons are urged to at tend the games and support the teams of their choice. Byrd’s Campaign Is Still Unsettled Warner Robins, Ga. — One of two convicts who escaped from a Ma con county prison branch work de tail on U. S. 41 Monday was cap tured several hours after the break the State Patrol reported. The second man was believed trapped in a wooded area near Warner Robins. A spokesman at the Patrol’s Per ry post identified the two. con victs as Lloyd Smith and Jbseph Byers. Annual Mailbox Improvement Program The week of May 21-26, has been designated Mail Box Improvement Week. Mail boxes on Rural Routes and Star Routes with delivery and collection service are to receive at tention. Rural patrons are requested to help make 1962 Mail Box Improve ment Week the best ever for Tay lor County. A few ways for your guidance in making this possible include: Names should be shown on the side of box visible to carrier, or the door if the boxes are grouped. Boxes and supports should be kept painted. Boxes should be grouped where two or more are close together. Blanche Brunson, P. M. Reynolds, Ga. Maude Martin, P. M. Howard. Ga. Ruth Pike, P. M. Mauk, Ga. Effie Garrett, P. M. Charing, Ga. Lucile Callahan, P. M. Rupert, Ga. Carl C. Hobbs, P. M. Butler, Ga. Regulations Passed Recently by County Board of Education (Mrs. Verna Griggs) Mrs. C. E. Marshall presented group of her music students in special program at the Kiwanis luncheon meeting on Friday. Those playing duets with Mrs. Marshall were Bucky Reddish, Mitzi Towson, Joan Wisham, Betty Ann Brewer, Johnny Lou Adams and Eugenia Hortman. Miss Hortman also sang two vocal solos. Special guests for the day, intro duced by Julian Whatley, were Dave McMiekle of Columbus; County Agent Vernon Reddish, Assistant Agent Jerome Ethridge and Key Club members Bobby Martin and Henry Sams. President Roy F. Jones read a letter of thanks from L. L. Minor for the certificate presented him by the The grandson, Ferrell, is now in | Kiwanis Club. Jones also announc- Brevard, N. C., but he too is former- | e d that a delegation from the Club ly of Butler, living here until grad- ' w jU visit all the clubs in this dis- uation from Butler High school in 1952. He is now working with a business firm at Brevard and he has one son, Alan, the fourth generation of Driskells. 5 Persons Die As Auto Drops Into Sinclair trict to invite members to partici- nate in Fel lowship Day, May 23rd. This is the first of a planned series to be conducted annually and Rey nolds was selected to be the first host club. Canning Clinic May 24th and 25th At Voc.-Ag. Dpt. The Taylor County Board of Ed ucation has made two rulings re cently which might affect some parents and students in the matter of school attendance in the schools of the county. T'he first of these regulations has to do with married students. Under this regulation no married student will be permitted to attend any school in the Taylor County System as of the beginning of the 1962-63 term. Any student or students who might be married at any time dur ing the course of any term of school will be required to withdraw from school immediately upon such marriage. The second ruling changed a previous regulation relative to the age at which a child would have to Milledgeville, Ga. — Murky wat ers of Lake Sinclair yielded the bodies of five Eatonton Negroes killed late Sunday night when their car spun out of control while re portedly drag-racing at 100 miles an hour and plunged into the water. Eight other Negroes, all from Milledgeville, riding in the other racing car are being detained in Baldwin coupty jail .on . .charges .of drag-racing and cati&ftfc-' an 'tw dent on $1,000 bond each. Four of these are juveniles. Reynolds Kiwanis Will be Host at Golf Tournament The Reynolds Kiwanis Club will be host to the first Fifth Division Kiwanis Fellowship Day on May 23, and the Annual Fifth Division Golf Tournament will be staged in con- be in order to be admitted to any j unc ti on with this event. Clubs school in the county in the first j rom Americus, Cordele, Montezuma grade. The last regulation on this | Vienna , Ft. Valley, Perry and Ro- A canning clinic will be conduct ed in the High School Vocational Agriculture Department the night of May 24th and the afternoon of May 25th. The night meeting which will be gin at 8 p. m. will include informa tion on the various causes of spoil age and other canning problems and how they may be controlled. ."-The afternoon iraeetipg- the fob* lowing day will be devoted to using the best procedures in can ning samples of the different fruits and vegetables normally canned here. Mr. A. P .Higginbotham, area teacher from Thomasville, will work with the local Voc.-Ag Teacher Johnny Davis, in putting the Clinic on. Mr Higginbotham has been closely associated with the voc-ag. canning program since its begining since its beginning many years ago. Patrons of the canning plant are urged to attend these clinics. (Ken Barnes) Statements by Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd’s friends and campaign work ers cast the first official doubt on whether Byrd will continue in the governor’s race. H. E. West, superior court judge from Dublin and Sixth District campaign chairman, said Byrd and his physicians plan to announce within two weeks whether the Lt.. Gov will stay in the race. Dr. D. M. Forester, described Byrd’s condition as about the same with some pain off and on. “Blood pressure, pulse and heart function remain satisfactory,” Forestr said. Forrester emphasized (he fact that Byrd wold have to take a good rest of about two months. A similar period of convalesing was recom mended earlier by Dr. Bruce Logue an Atlanta heart specialist. Ward said that it is hoped Byrd will be able to return to his home in Reynolds within two weeks and then make a decision as to whether he will remain in the race. Ward’s statement and a similar one by Jim Wynn, Byrd’s press aide marked the first time anyone in the Byrd camp had publicly an nounced that Byrd might consider withdrawing from the race. Hereto fore all comment coming from his doctors, supporters and aides was that Byrd definitely was in the race. It was announced earlier that Byrd would spend from three to four weeks in the hospital and at least another month at home recuperat ing. That would delay active cam paigning on his part until July 4, the traditional opening of the po litical campaigning. Ward said that Byrd’s supporters were more “closely knit” than ever before and that they have “come forth with a program to make all public appearanQe|i for Byrd as long as he is incapacitated.” tor, officiating, and assisted by Rev. Walter Evans, pastor of the local Baptist church. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church. Interment was in the City cemetery. Pall bearers include Leon-fTheus, Ralph Underwood, William- Ohildres Walter Suggs, W. S. Payne? Robert Standridge, Charles Benns, Gene Bazemore, Franklin McCants, John Pennington; honorary pall bearers include Otis Cox, Dr. Frank Sams, Dr. Whatley, Dr. R.C. Montgomery, Dr. Clifford Montgomery, Walter Jarrell, R. C. Brooks and Tom Giles. Survivors include the husband, Mr. L. L. Minor, Sr.; two sons, L. L. Minor, Jr., of Butler; and Dr. James B. Minor, of Atlanta. Eight grand children also survive. Edwards Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. matter specifies that a child, order to be admitted in the first grade in any school in the county must have reached his sixth birth day on or before January first, fol lowing the opening of that term of school. W. H. ELLISTON, County School Supt. Dance Recital Tonight at Butler Mrs. John Hicks will present her Dance Recital Thursday night (to night) 8:15 o’clock at the local gym. The public is cordially in vited to attend. berta have been invited to attend the event. The purpose of the meeting is to pormote a closer relationship be tween the members of the Clubs in this section. In addition to the tour nament, a number of other inter esting contests have been arranged. The program and dinner will be in the auditorium of the Flint Elec tric Membership Corp. Cordele was the winner of the Fifth Division Gold Tournament in 1961 and the plaque will be pre sented to the Club winning the tonrnament on May 23. The presen tation of the awards will be made at the dinner and pgogram meet ing. Summer Session At Tift College Begins June 11 Forsyth, Ga. — Tift College’s sum mer session opens June 11. This summer the program is being offer ed for the benefit of regular stu dents and for public school teach ers in this area of Georgia. Oppor tunities are afforded at a reason able cost for students to take from one to three courses in the summer session. The first session will begin June 11. and will continue to July 20 There will be no Saturday classes. Registration will begin at 8 a. m., June 11. Georgia Court Upholds Teen’s Death Penalty Reynolds Scouts Present Badges to Eligible Members (Mrs. Verna Griggs) Boy Scout Troop 231 of Reynolds at the regular meeting presented merit badges to members earning them. Lawrence Cook presented the awards. Scouts eligible for the awards and the awards received included: Chris Borders: Citizenship in the Home, Woodcarving and Scholar ship. Butch Thornton: First Aid and Safety, Citizenship in the Home, Scholarship, Home Repair. Mike Brunson: Woodcaiving, Fire manship, Safety, Coin Collecting, Scholarship, Animal Industry. Henry Sams: First Aid, Horseman ship, Safety and Public Health. James Hinton: Animal Industry, Marksmanship, Plumbing, Safety. Edward Swearingen: Farm Me chanics, Home Repairs. Billy Lee: Coin Collecting. Bobby Bell: Personal Fitness, Citi zenship in the Home Citizenship in the Community, Fishing, Athletics, Firemanship, Publis Health, Cook ing. Gene Hodges: Scholarship, Home Repairs. ’■ Reid Walton: Reading, Marks- nship, Scholarship. lly Hip' is the Scoutmaster for the troop; Hollis King is the As sistant and Bobby Bell is Junior As sistant Scoutmaster. The troop is sponsored by the Reynolds Kiwanis Club. The newest project the boys are undertaking is helping with the clean up, paint up campaign of the town. They are painting the fire hydrants, trash cans, cross walks The State Supreme Court Mon day upheld the death penalty con- . viction of Preston Cobb, Jr., a 16-i and parking spaces throughout the year-old Negro, for slaying his el- city, derly white employre last August. The unanimous decision rejected a contention of lawyers for the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored people that a new trial was mandatory because of systematic exclusion of Negroes from juries for the past half cen tury in the county where Cobb was tried. The court’s ruling sends the case back to Jasper County Mr. Herschel Walker Accepts New Post with Aircraft Organization Court for fixing an execution date but an appeal to the Supreme Court is exected to delay imposi tion of the sentence. Cobb, who was 15 at the time of the slaying and his trial, was sentenced to death for fatally shooting Coleman Dumas Sr., 70, near Monticello, after an argument over some fish. Cobb is the youngest persons ever sentenced to die in the Georgia electric chair. His case brought in ternational reprecussions. Mr. Herschel Walker, son of Mr and Mrs. Murray Walker, stopped over for a brief visit with his par ents Thursday enroute to East Pat- Superior jterson, N. J., where he will be em ployed by Curtiss Wright Aircraft Corporation as an electronic en gineer. Mr. Walker since graduation from Southern Tech, has been em ployed with Vitro Corp. at Naples, Fla., since last June. The numerous local friends of Mr.'Walker will be glad 1o l«arn that he recently received licenses as a pilot. Best of good wishes am extended this talented young man at his new post of duty in New Jersey.