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>CL Taylor County News / i TU/* d.,4.1^^ * and The Butler Herald VOLUME 14—NUMBER 44 BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1M2 PRICE: 10c PER COPY Taylor County really became a politician’s paradise last Thursday with so many people gathered in one place - for Garland Byrd Day. Although he wasn’t stumping the state fov the governor’s chair in 63, he sounded mighty like he wanted to make Gloria first lady of the state in January, 1967. Who knows? This may not be the last time for honoring na tive so i Byrd and next time he may be governor. With the bond issue just pas sed and the ASC election com ing up, some Taylor County folks are getting in good prac tice for the big blowout on Sept. 12. The paper plans a special run down on all candi dates and their platforms the week prior to the voting - at least as manyas reply to our note. And may we say again, this paper belongs to all the people of the county. We feel it our duty to print any information from any candidate and as much as possible - tell you what they are saying over the state. If anything in the paper seems biased - even the cartoon - It is completely unintended. And on Sept. 12, go to the polls - yes we said go the the polls - all of you - and vote - for the candidate of yourchoice. Then don’t gripe if one is e- lected by the majority of the state’s citizens. * * * With all the little markers going in the ground around the two towns, it looks as if we might get some new paving. Representative Ralph Under wood returned from Atlanta on Tuesday and came by The News office to tell us that paving would begin immediately on our al lotment. Reynolds will get approxi mately three miles of paving to be used primarily for re surfacing work. Butler will use the three miles to build new streets in the town and to pave areas at both schools. In fact, from the looks of the roads on most any side of the county, Georgia is being pa ved. If you don’t get hit by a caterpiller, the roads will soon be in such good condition no on can joke about the holes in Georgia roads anymore. Seriously, however, with the new roads being built and the efforts toward bringing in tour ists, Taylor Coujty will be in a position to paint up, build up and attract some of the Yan kee dollars flowing south each year. We may not be located on an interstate highway, but with the U. S. 19 going through our county, we will still get some of the traffic and we owe it to ourselves to make our towns so attractive the tourists will want to stop and stay awhile. The brickbats and bouquets column has been omitted this week due to lack of space but please let us call one small thing to the attention of home- owners. Please go out to the street in front of your house, particularly if you live on a cor ner, and see if you have shrub bery that can obstruct the view and cause a traffic hazard. Some people seem blind to the beauty of a wide green lawn and plant and plant until it is practically impossible to see oncoming cars when stopped at a stop sign in front of the house. The police cannot be guardian angels and watch every street corner, so be courteous, trim your trees and shrubbery until everyone can see at your cor ner. The accident you prevent might be your own. Sheffield Speaks To Kiwanians John Sheffield was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club luncheon in Reynolds on Friday. Sheffield continues the list of candidates for lieutenant gover nor speaking to the Club each week. Introduced by the Rev. Carl Ayers, he commended the Ki wanians for inviting political speakers to their meetings to learn more about the campaigns before election time. He said in beginning ‘we must main tain local control over local af fairs with strong local govern ment backed by strong leader ship if we are to maintain progress. Sheffield proposed to allow the lieutenant governor be a goodwill ambassador to further industrial development, to in vite tourists to our state and advocated vocational training in our schools because of the 73% dropout in Georgia. He also stated that he was in favor of giving counties long range planing programs before consolidating the counties to allow each one to try to build under its own power before join ing with another to build with it. The Balladeers, Jerry Con nell and Winston Robinson, played guitar and sang prior to Sheffield’s talk. Roy F. Jones, president, an nounced the nominating com mittee whichwill select officers for the next year. They are Ed Goddard, Pete Ayers, Leon ard Whatley, H. W. Breazeale and Edwards Whatley. Julian Whatley introduced the following visitors - Pat Hodges of Pheonix, Arizona, Paul Em erson, Richard and Roland Brooks, Garland Byrd Birthday Celebration County Schools Open Aug. 30 1 Six year old Sammy Deep who helped with entertainment said "I’m drumming for Garland.” The Butler High and Grani- mer School will open at 8:45, Thurs., Aug. 30, for the 62-63 school term. This will be a full school day and the lunch room will be open. Lunches will cost $1.40 per week. First grade pupils must bring a birth certificate or other NEW LIFE SPONSORS TRIO evidence of recorded birth. They must also be able to show that all required shots have been completed. If accompanied by an adult, first graders may leave as soon as registration is complete. Principal H. W. Sasser an nounces the opening of the Rey nolds Schools on August 30. This will be a full school day. Further information will be giv en next week. Tragedy Takes Lives Of Negro Youths Antioch Revival The Antioch Baptist Church, north of Butler of Hwy. 19, will hold its annual revival the week of August 19-26. The Rev. Gary Osborne, pas tor, will be the speaker for the series of services. Morning worship will begin at 11 A. M. with evening ser vices at 8 P. M. each day. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Cosey To Direct 'Graduation HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT The body of George Wiggins, Negro, was found approximate ly 8 mi. north of Reynolds on Ga. 128 hwy. at about 4:30 Sunday morning. The 21 year old Methodist layman To Give Talk Guest speaker for Sunday morning services at the Butler Methodist Church will be Mr. Joseph Rogers from Buena Vis ta. Mr. Rogers is a certified lay speaker of the Methodist Church. The Rev. Walter McCleskey has been invited to speak at the homecoming day services at Evans Chapel in the Woodland Circuit. cemetery cleaning Plans have been made for cleaning the Howard Cemetery Contributions to aid in this work may be mailed to O. M. Mar tin, Howard, Georgia by Sep tember 4,1962. Jimmy Cosey will direct the graduation exercise at Georgia State College on Friday, Au gust 17, 8:00 P.M. at the City Auditorium, Atlanta. A graduate of Butler High School, Jimmy is a student at Georgia State. He has been em ployed in the registrar’s office for about 14 months. He has majored in Business Administration but plans to transfer to education in the fall and major in English. Mrs. Cosey is the former Miss Wynelle Posey also of Butler. Walton Attends Conference John Walton of Reynolds will represent Taylor County at the Sixth annual Statewide Junior Fire Marshal Conference to be held at the FFA Camp on Lake Jackson, August 19-25. Over 400 young marshals from high schools in every county in Georgia will gather for the conference. They have been selected by their school officials because of outstanding character, leadership and ap titude. School Safety Director Bob Roper announces the program will include many fire safety lectures and demonstrations, both indoors and outdoors. Spe cial periods will be set aside to work on fire drills with small classes so that each student can be given special attention. Not a single Georgia child has been killed in a school fire since the General Assemb ly adopted the state Safety Fire Law in 1949. youth was found by L J. Walker of Reynolds in the right lane of traffic. Acdording to Sheriff Charles J. Wright, existing evidence seemed to point toward a hit and run accident. The position of the body looked as if it bad been hit and dragged about 10 feet. A coroner’s inquest will be held pending further investiga tion. DROWNING VICTIM Floyd Rogers, 21 year old Negro of Route 1, Butler, drowned on the morning of Aug. 9 in the Ran Cooper farm pond, 12 mi. south of Butler on U. S. 19 hwy., near Rupert. Rogers and a group of fri ends were swimming when he and Milton Terry decided to at tempt to swim the pond. Rogers evidently caughtcramp and went down near the center of the two acre pond. A search was begun by divers from the County Public Works Camp, then local authorities began dragging operations which countinued for several hours. A Rescue Unit from Thomaston was called to aid in recovery work and found the body approximately 200 feet from shore at about 8 P. M. The Columbus Ledger put out a special edition and The Macon Telegraph headlined “Byrd Predicts Ship To Sail Again In 66” as the people of Taylor County and the entire state turn ed out to wish Garland Turk Byrd a happy birthday. They came in air conditioned Cadillacs with tags from cities and they came in small cars with tags denoting country towns. But they came because they had love and respect for a man who only a few months ago was getting set to stump the state for election to its highest office. Georgia’s lieutenant gover nor said “my power plant has suffered a minor breakdown. I’ve had to tie up at the dock for awhile. So now, Garland Byrd is no longer an appli cant” ir the Governor’s chair in 63. Dr. B. W. Forester, Macon, was master of ceremonies and he had words of praise for the Harris Wins Scholarship A Butler student, George Dwight Harris, has been award ed a $1,000 scholarship to Ber ry College. Harris who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Harris and a graduate of Butler High School, was awarded the scholarship to Berry College, scholarship for the 1962-63 a- cademic year beginning in Sep tember. In addition to having received the scholarship, Harris will also participate in the college’s work-experience program through which he will receive additional earnings to be ap plied toward his remaining ex penses. Berry is a fully accredited four-year coeducational college offering the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science de grees. All students at Berry College participate in the flex ible work-experience program on or off campus. The religious program is in terdenominational. Students worship in campus chapels and participate in other religious activites. 38 year old Taylor County na tive as did the Rev. Guy K. Hutcherson, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Moultrie. William Fickling Sr. .Macon spoke briefly andGloriacharm ed the entire crowd of over 3000 as she appeared briefly to say “come back and see us and thank you so much for mak ing this a wonderful day for Garland.” All in all, it was really Gar land Byrd Day and though he stated that it was not a polit ical gathering, that seemed hard to believe as candidates seemed to spring up from every di- rection.The gubernatorial hope fuls were joined by candidates for the lesser offices in hand shaking and getting acquainted with the people. It was evident that Byrd would miss being at the capitol “of ficially” for the next four years but he put the other candidates on notice that he would not hesi tate to point out to them the needs of our state nor would he hesitate to point out to the people any wrongdoing that should be done to the good people of Georgia. It must’ve been the biggest birthday party in some lime and the main refreshments were not cake and icecream. Instead, the Kiwanis Club cooked up a batch of chicken in a big tent on the grounds and served it with all the trimmings. As the crowds began de parting for their homes, there seemed to be no doubt in any one's mind that GarlandT. Byrd would be on hand four years from now with one destination in mind - that of the governor ship of Georgia. He stated "my friends, I do not choose to quit now or tomorrow or in the future." There will be a Hamburger Fry at the New Life Freewill Baptist Church near Mauk, Sat urday night, August 18, 1962 from 6 til 8 P. M. The Family Trio from Thom aston will furnish the entertain ment for the evening. All proceeds will be used for putting electricity in the Church. The public is cordially invited. 1957 Hold Class To Reunion SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS Please enter my subscription Ip The Taylor County News. Enclosed Is $ for .... years subscription. NAME ADDRESS CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS $3 A YEAR Mrs. Clyde Walker of Butler identified correctly the VIP last week as Mr. Charles E. Benns Sr. and picked up her gift at Smiths Pharmacy. Another interesting person is given here and maybe you will be the winner. Pick up your pnone and call 862-5835 at 9 A. M. Saturday and correctly identify the person given and you will receive your gift cer tificate from SMITHS PHARMACY, the sponsoring merchant of the month. No calls will be accepted prior to 9 Saturday morning. I was born in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1887. 1 came to Taylor County in 1908 for a period of three years. Then I moved on to Madisonville, Ken tucky, and Atlanta, Georgia, be fore returning to TaylorCounty in 1920. I was married in 1919 and lived happily for 38 years. I retired from active work in 1959 but I continue to live with my son and remain active in the work 1 love so much. The one clue that should re veal my identity is the fact that so many people cannot smoke comfortably in my presence. Although I smoke cigars, I never did in the pre sence of my co-workers. The Class of 1957 of Butler High School will hold its first reunion in the five years since their trip to Nassau, on Sat urday night, Aug. 18, at 8 P. M. The group will dine at the J and A Restaurant in Thomaston and then go to the home of the E. G. McCants at 707 Green wood Road for the social hour. The class members are Ja- nelle Adams, Milton Bone, Floyd Brewer, Corine Carroll, Edna Childree, James Childree, Alex Davis, Jeraldine Davis, Ann Griggs, Annette Guy, Billy Hardwick, Betty Jo Harris, Bobby Harris, Harris Hortman, Mary Lancaster, Carlene Marx, Lamar Massev. Elizabeth Mathews, Charlotte McCants, Ferrell Montgomery, Thomas Parks, Garrett Purvis, Joseph Pye, Juliette Raburn, William Roebuck, Annette Taunton, Tom Taunton, Betsy Theus, Lucy Wainwright, Milton Watson, Ellen Weldon, Willard Wilder, Robert Woodall and Dorothy Mclnvale. Mrs. E. G. McCants and Mrs. Willis Garrett were class spon sors. All members of the class and their families are urged to at tend. ASC Election Being Held August 14-24 The election of ASC community committeeman is being held during the period August 14-24, and balloting is by mail. The following persons have been nominated by the 1962 com munity committees: Butler: J. O. Albritton, Herman Bickley, James H. Brown, Arthur Car penter, Joe Eubanks, Albert Harris, Raymond Johnson, Er nest Joiner, J. D. Kirksey, Her bert Shehee. Carsonville- Daviston: Joe Blasche, W. J. Braddy, Fred Jarrell, Gor don Jinks, Asbury McCants, William Neisler, Ernest Par ker, T. A. Robbins, Albert Whatley, Herman Wilson. Pan handle: James Bailey,Clarence Barfield, C. C. Elder, Odell Hartley, Howard McRee, Rus sell Montgomery, Webster Montgomery, L. H. Pierce, J. P. Stringfield, James Young. Cedar Creek-Rustin: Oscar A- verett, Fred Brewer, Irvir Jones, T. E. Massey, B. L. Wal ler, Gerson Waller, E. A. Welch, Jr., A. M. Whitley, Jack Woodall, Alton Childree, A. J. Fountain, Reginald James, Dan Payne, Zack Posey, J. W. Suggs, T. W. Taunton, C. E. Whatley. Ballots have been mailed to all known eligible voters, and the ballot must be returned to the ASCS Office, Butler, Georgia not later than August 24, 1962. Eligible voters who did not re ceive a ballot may receive a ballot by request to the ASCS Office. Ballots will be tabulat ed publicly by the County Com mittee on August 27, 1962 be ginning at 10:00 AM in the ASCS Office. Questions on eli gibility to vote and hold office will be settled by the County Committee subject to appeal to the State Office. Voters in each community will elect a community committee composed of three members, and this committee will take office on September 1, 1962. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE CHECK YOUR DATE LINE. If any error is found, contact the editor at once. We are setting up the permanent records and will consider the list correct after September 1. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE RUN FOR FOUR WEEKS ONLY in arrears. You will receive a bill a month before it is due in order to give you plenty of time. If you cannot come in before the time is out, please call us and we will be happy to arrange your subscrip tion for your convenience. TO CORRESPONDENTS - No news will be printed that does not contain two things - correct names and dates. This means Mrs. John Jones as the name, not just Mrs. Jones. Also get your news in on time please. Old news is no news. It is impossible for one person to be in two places at the same time. Don’t say lest week if one person did two things last week. Please state the day or days last week. ABOVE ALL, WATCH THOSE NAMES AND DATES I Norman King Carter Jr. will receive a masters degree in education from Mercer Univer sity in graduation exercises on Saturday. The program will begin at 10 A. M. at the Wil ling ham Chapel on the campus. Carter is a teacher and coach in the Butler High School. His girls basketball team placed second in Class C State com- petiotion last year. revival at MT. ZION Revival services will begin at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, onOld Wire Road, Monday evening, August 20th through Friday, Au gust 24th. There will be evening services only, beginning at 8 o’ clock. Rev. B. E. Donehoo will be guest speaker. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. A severe thunder storm in the county on Monday night caused some damage to power lines, telephones and electric appliances. The greatest loss however was suffered by Hubert Payne of Butler who lost 17 registered polled Herefords when a bolt of lightning struck a tree near them. The cattle along with 136 others were in a pasture about a mile south of the city limits of Butler on the Garden Valley Road. They had sought shelter in a group of pine trees when the pine in the center of the picture and another just to the right were hit. Two others of the herd were injured but are expected to recover.