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VOLUME 86— NUMBER 5?
BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1962
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
After two months at the helm
of the good ship, THE TAYLOR
COUNTY NEWS, 1 find that m any
thoughts play hop scotch with
each other through my mind
as I try to write an editorial
each week. I really wish I could
put down in words the love and
appreciation I have in my heart
for the wonderful people of Tay
lor County and elsewhere who
have made it possible to get a
paper out each week.
We cannot ever forget the
advertisers, some of them in
our county and others who have
a more impersonal attitude to
ward the paper. It gets the
job of selling done for them.
And then the subscribers. I
cannot say too much for the
people who have bought a new
subscription or renewed an old
one. Many have written letters
- I wish I could print them all.
Some are of a personal nature
and thus cannot be printed but
you know what you said. May
1 say mans you.
Finally, the ones who helped
me by so faithfully collecting
the news each week. Thanks
a million.
*****
It looks as if there is no
question that the Democratic
party will place Peter Zack
Geer on the ballot in Novem
ber. Most of the counties in
the state seemed to be going
for him at last reports though
the running was close.
Mr. Fortson has not made a
ruling on whether or not our
Taylor County resident will be
on the ballot. Late new sources
were that only 102 more names
could be declared invalid if
the draft Byrd movement was to
succeed.
One thing interesting to every
mother is her own baby. The
News is sponsoring a baby con
test. With the help of mer
chants in the county, we will
publish pictures of all babies
entered and give complete de- Church,
tails on how you may vote for
the baby of your choice.
Watch next week’s issue.
Then be sure to enter your
little one in the contest.
Final results will be an
nounced at a special program
to be held in October.
Final Rites For
l. M. Chapman
Leonard Morrison Chapman
died at his home in Taylor
County at 9 a. m., Thursday
of a heart condition after a
long illness.
Funeral services were held
at theMt. Pisgah BaptistChurch
on Saturday at 11 a. m. with
Rev. Z. L. Perdue officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Walter
Evans. Interment was in the
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
Born in Taylor County, the
son of the late Edward and Olia
Kimble Chapman, on October
17, 1906, he had lived here for
his entire lifetime. The de
ceased was a member of the Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church. He was
a retired fireman atW. R. A. M.
A.
The pallbearers were H. L.
Garrett, C. C. Maynard, W. G.
Reeves, R. L. Pulliam, H. H.
Parham, Willard Doster, L. D.
Blount and H. H. Lowery.
The honorary pallbearers in
cluded W. S. Payne, Hubert
Payne, Ben Guined, Tom Giles,
Joe Eubanks, Dr. E. C. What
ley, Leon Theus, Archie Bar-
field, Vernon Reddish, Emmett
Wilson, Wilson Jarrell.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Lois Bone Chapman; one son,
Wayne; 2 brothers, Homer
Chapman, Butler and Allen
Chapman, Eastman; one sister,
Mrs. Manley Duke, Moultrie;
one aunt, Miss Effie Kimble
of Cordele; cousins, nieces and
nephews.
Watson-Mathews Funeral
Home of Montezuma was in
charge of arrangements.
Funeral Held For
Lee P. Whatley
Final tribute for Lee P. What
ley, 89 year old retired farmer,
was held at the chapel of the
Edwards Funeral Home on Fri
day at 3 p. m. The Rev.
Gary Osborne officiated assist
ed by the Rev. Alligood. Inter
ment followed in the Mt. Pis
gah Cemetery.
Born in Taylor County, Aug.
15, 1873, the son of the late
J. W. P. and Clara Harmon
Whatley, he had lived in the
county most of his life and was
married to the former Leona
Powells. He was a member
of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist
FORTSON UNDECIDED
ON BYRD DRAFT
Butler Future Homemakers Elect Slate Of Officers
This picture of the officers of the Butler
Chapter, Future Homemakers of America
was taken on Sat., Sept. 22, in the Home
making Department where they spent the day
making plans for the year.
Pictured here (left to right), Miriam Tuck
er, president; Judy Locke, treasurer; Linda
Faye Rustin, historian; Mary Jane Greene,
chairman of degrees; Dianne Kirksey, pro
jects chairman; Sharon Bohler, reporter;
Roger Ann Streetman, immediate president
and assistant to the advisor; Linda Wright,
secretary; and KatrinaCheek, vice president.
The national projects chosen were “Stay
in School”, “You and Your Value's”, and
"Marriage Calls For Preparation”. Our
state project for the second year will be
Mental Health. One major step toward the
attainment of Honor Roll rating is partici
pation in at least three national and one state
project.
A proposed budget for the year was discuss
ed and from that the dues were set at $2.00
per member. No further donation will be
asked from any member during the year.
The date for the first meeting of the But
ler Chapter is Fri., Sept. 29.
PAYING
He died at the Mockingbird
Rest Home in Geneva at 10:50
p. m„ Wednesday after an ill
ness of approximately three
weeks.
Pallbearers included: Lamar
Royal, Larry Lee, Stanley Gee,
Ben Guined, Austin Guinn and
George Hammack.
Survivors are one daughter,
You will note ads irom the M rs - James Royal of Butler;
Ford and Chevrolet dealers in two sisters, Mrs. W. M. Gee
our county. The 1963 cars will and Mrs - H - s - Wisham of
go on display on Thursday night Butler; 9 grandchildren and 6
and Friday. Visit your dealers 8 reat grandchildren, several
in the county before going else- n * eces and nephews,
where. They will give you a Edwards Funeral Home was
good trade and they are helping in charge of arrangements.
to build your county.
***♦*•
THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST
PAPER if your dateline is not
up to September. Next week a
report must be made on the
total number of paid sub
scribers. Postal authorities
ask for an accurate listing.
This listing was completed
and 56 subscribers were more
than four weeks in arrears.
Personally I hate to take any
names from the list but I must
do so.
As we begin using the new
method of addressing and mail
ing the papers we are urging
that you please get your sub
scriptions paid up in advance.
Cneck your dateline uus
week, especially if you are
one of the ones on the stencil.
Be sure your stencil is correct
in every detail, including ad
dress and dateline. This will
not only help me to keep the
records of the paper correct
ly but will also help the postal
employees to give your better
service.
When sending in your re
newal, please give your com-
James R. Bryant
Dies In Macon
Funeral services were con
ducted for James Roy Bryant,
65, at Pleasant Hill Congrega
tional Methodist Church near
Roberta on Thursday, at 3 p.m.
The Rev. Ellis Williams, pastor
of the Pleasant Hill Church of
which the deceased was a mem
ber, was in charge of the ser
vice. Interment was in the
Roberta City Cemetery.
Mr. Bryant was born inCraw-
ford County, Nov. 27, 1897. He
was a lifetime resident of Craw
ford County and farmer. He
died at Anthony’s Nursing Home
in Macon at 3 a. m. on Wednes
day, Sept. 19.
Survivors include: Three
daughters, Mrs. Jack Culver-
house and Mrs. ClintonCulver-
house of Butler; Mrs. Ralph
Brown, Macon; 2 sons, Frank
lin Bryant, Macon and Leroy
Bryant, Thomaston; 2 brothers,
Earl Bryant, Thomaston, Henry
Bryant, Roberta; five sisters,
Mrs. Jesse Ridgon, Roberta,
Mrs. Chester Crawley, Mrs.
plete and accurate address so John Raybon and Mrs. Jamie
that my records may be kept
up to date.
We are willing to serve and
help you in any way possible.
Call on us at any time. My
home phone is 862-2552.
Rigdon of Thomaston and Miss
Gertrude Bryant, Milledgeville;
three grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews.
Edwards Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Hill Construction Company,
Thomaston, Georgia, has given
apparent low bid on the 5.421
miles of grading and paving in
Macon and Taylor Counties.
0.581 mile on the Lower River
Road, 1.738 miles on State Route
26 and 3.102 miles on State
Route 127 will be included in the
project.
R.H.5. Begins
New Year
The school year at Reynolds
High is, to use a bit of track
terminology, off and running.
We are now going into the
fourth week of school and work
is moving along at a rapid pace
as students and teachers feel
fresh, rested and eager after
a nice summer vacation.
The new faculty members are
Mrs. Ann Marshall who will
teach piano one day each week,
Mr. Harold Helms of Abbeville,
Alabama, a replacement for
Mrs, Winifred Harrell, who is
teaching our commerical
courses, and Mrs. Virginia Bo-
ger in the English Department
replacing Mr. A1 Stevens. We
are indeed glad to have their
services.
So few changes in personnel
accounts for the fact that we
were able to move right into
our year's work without too
much difficulty.
We are currently offering 25
units of work. Additional units
such as French, physics, geom-
metry and trigonometry are
offered on alternate years.
From the offered courses, a
student is able to get the re
quired courses for admission
to any Georgia college.
Admission to any of these
higher institutions is contingent
upon a student making a satis
factory score on the college
board test as well as having
earned an acceptable high
school grade average. Each of
the above items vary from one
college to another.
The administration and
teachers go to great lengths to
offer and encourage the stu
dents to take the courses they
are going to need most in their
chosen field of endeavor.
In an effort to meet the stu
dent’s needs we aje scheduling
the teachers with a full teaching
load as well as continuing to
improve our physical facilities.
The science lab is to be re
modeled and additional equip
ment installed. Most of this
equipment is now on hand and
should be ready for use very
shortly.
As in any endeavor there is
plenty of work to be done, so to
again revert to the track, “Let’s
all press the collar,” make
real progress.
FREE! FREE! FREE!
Dance at the National Guard
Armory in Reynolds, Georgia,
featuring a band from Cochran.
Everyone is invited to come and
join in the fun. Saturday night,
Sept. 29.
Miss Cook Speaks
At Convention
Miss Alma Cook of the United
States Weather Bureau in Butler
will be a featured speaker at
the meeting of the Georgia Or
nithological Society in Atlanta
beginning October 19. More
than one hundred bird students
are expected to attend the field
trips and business sessions.
Miss Cook will report on her
studies of birds in Middle Geor
gia.
Miss Cook will speak on Sat
urday at the Biology Building
at Emory and is listed on the
program with three men, Dr.
Robert Nichols of GeorgiaTech,
Dr. Donald Stamm of the Public
Health Service and Dr. Ernest
Hunt, Emory University, each of
them speaking on some phase
of bird life.
Gen. Lowe Dies;
Relatives Here
Gen. (ret) Thomas M. Lowe
of St. Petersburg, Florida, died
at the McDill Hospital inTampa
on Sunday at 10 p. m. He
will have a military funeral
service at the Arlington
National Cemetery later in the
week.
Born in Buena Vista, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Marcus
Lowe, he was graduated from
North Georgia College and West
Point Academy before entering
service.
He was married to the former
Miss Etta Ward Edwards, sister
of Julian W. Edwards II of
Butler.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Evelyn
Mann of Atlanta and one brother,
Admiral Marcus Lowe of theU.
S. Navy.
Mr. Edwards left Butler Mon
day morning for St. Petersburg
to be with his sister.
Open House At
Nazarene Manse
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Agner
had open house at the parsonage
of the Church of the Nazarene
Thursday evening, September
20th. About 30 members and
friends were present for the
occasion.
Mrs. Agner served a pine
apple-lime punch and assorted
cookies to the visitors. Mrs.
Christine Neisler assisted in
serving.
Flower arrangements were
sent to the parsonage by Mrs.
J. F. Posey and Mrs. Ben
Neisler.
Mrs. Jones
Selected As Ga.
Homemaker
Hint Annual
Meeting Slated
This year's Annual Meeting of
Members of Flint Electric
Membership Corporation will
be held in Reynolds, Georgia,
on October 11th, with registra
tion of Members open from 5
p. m. The meeting will be held '
in the Utility Building of the
cooperative, where food and re
freshment booths will be open
continuously from 5 p. m.
Annual reports for the year
which ended December 31, 1961
are mailed to members now,
said Floyd H. Tabor, Perry,
president of the co-op, and he
noted that this year's report
represents a milestone in Flint
EMC’s history, for this is the
25th Anniversary year. The An
nual Report features a sectioij
of photographs collected down
through the years of people
connected with the growth and
progress of the cooperative,
and some which show the transi
tion in living and working over
the years.
Of special interest to Flint
Members also is the announce
ment of another Capital Credits
payment, checks for which are
now being mailed, to those
members receiving electric
service from Flint EMC in the
year 1948. With this payment,
the total is $501,559.21 in capital
credits payments made to Flint
EMC Members during the past
5 years, Mr. Tabor said.
Members and their friends
are invited to the meeting, which
will have as its main speaker
the Hon. Steve Pace, and will
feature the annual beauty pa
geant and star acts from the
Florida State UniversityCircus
as entertainment. Members
will vote in the election of
Directors to serve new terms on
the Board, and there will be
numerous prizes awarded, the
announcement stated. A "coun
try store” feature this year
will offer small electric ap
pliances to Members for "a
dollar down and a dollar a
month”, with the sales price to
be the wholesale, or the co
op’s cost.
Victory was sweet for the
Draft Byrd movement as over
70,000 signatures were dumped
in the office of the Secretary of
State at 11:55 Friday night.
However, latest indications
on Wednesday were that the
name of Garland T. Byrd might
not be on the ballot come Nov
ember
LESTER MADDOX CARRIED
TAYLOR COUNTY IN THE
RUNOFF FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR. MADDOX RE
CEIVED A MAJORITY IN 8
OF THE PRECINCTS WITH A
TOTAL OF 538 AND PETER
ZACK GEER RECEIVED A
TOTAL OF 376.
Local residents joined people
from throughout the state in a
The Reynolds Woman’s Club
selected Mrs. Ruth Roberts
Jones as the outstanding Geor
gia Homemaker of this com
munity. A favorable report
concerning her life was sent
to the Southeastern Fair.
If she does not win, it is
gratifying to know that we have
such a well liked civic minded
person in our midst.
President of the Reynolds
Woman’s Club this year, Mrs.
Jones also works in the P.
T. A., W.S.C.S, Girl Scouts
(Leader), the Brownie Troop
she organized and the Meth
odist Church. Somehow she has
found time to teach school when
needed.
In addition to being active in
community affairs, Mrs. Jones
is busy keeping a home running
smoothly. Her husband, Roy
Jones, is well known throughout
the county as the ASC office
manager. She has four
daughters and one son,
ranging in age from 3 to 11.
Living on a farm, she is kept
busy with canning and freezing
.fruits and vegetables for the
family. She also sews for her
four daughters and herself.
F. H. A. Learns
Bed Making Tips
Last week the Taylor County
Health Dept., which is adjacent
to the high school, became a lab
oratory for practice in correct
bed-making techniques for
eighth grade homemaking
pupils.
After having mastered the
textbook information on the sub
ject and practicing at home,
the students demonstrated the
ten steps which are involved
in doing the job well.
Homemaking Classes are
concerned not only with getting
a job done but with doing it
in an efficient and time-saving
Goddards Get New
Electric Rate
Taylor Countians Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Goddard are the
first local residents to qualify
for the Georgia Power
Company’s recently announced
lower rate for total electric
homeowners, according toH. L.
Russell, local manager,
Reynolds office
Mr. and Mrs. Goddard are
residents of Reynolds.
The new lower rate, Mr. Rus
sell explains, affects customers
whose homes are completely
heated with electricity and who
also utilize electricity for all
other major household uses.
Included in the new lower rate
program is a special billing
system. It provides that Georgia
Power will estimate the annual
electric consumption of partici
pating customers and divide,
the cost of that amount into
12 equal monthly bills.
“It is our belief”, Mr. Rus
sell said, “that this new rate
reduction, which sharply con
trasts rising costs of other
services and goods, will enable
many more Georgians to enjoy
the comfort and convenience of
total electric living.”
Bethel Church
Plane Singing
An all day singing at the
Butler Bethel Primitive Baptist
Church will begin at 10 a. m„
Sunday, September 30.
Everyone is extended a
cordial invitation to come and
join the singing. Lunch will be
served on the grounds at the
noon hour.
Flemming, Jarrell
Share Spotlight
At Kiwanis Meet
Mr. Claude Fleming, Acreage
Allotment and Marketing Quota
Specialist from the State ASCS
Office, discussed the new farm
bill that has just passed the
House of Representatives. Mr.
Fleming furnished statistics
relative to subsidies to indus
tries and stated it was unfor
tunate that so much misinfor
mation on government pro
grams for farmers prevails.
He presented a short film
prepared by the United States
Department of Agriculture to
emphasize the efficiency of the
American Farmer. The film
pointed out that proceeds for
one hours work in this county
buys three times more food
in this county than an hour
of labor will purchase in Eu
ropean Countries, and the abi
lity of our farmers to produce
food and fiber in abundance at
reasonable prices enables our
country to have the highest
standard of living in the world.
Mr. Arthur Jarrell, Taylor
County native and also a Pro
gram Specialist in the State
ASCS Office, discussed the C.
E. D. Proposal to take fifty
million acres of land out of
production, reduce the number
of farmers by two million, and
compensate any loss of pro
duction by promotion of inte
grated farming. Mr. Jarrell
called instead for agricultural
programs to keep families on
the farm and to coordinate
farming and industry in rural
areas.
Singing Convention
To Be Held
The annual county singing
convention will be held at the
Oglethorpe Junior High School
Auditorium beginning at 10a.m.
on Sunday, October 28, 1962.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds.
For further information
please contact Mr. L. C. Law,
Law’s Barber Shop, Montezu
ma, Georgia.
frantic effort to get Byrd’s
name on the ballot as an In
dependent Democrat to oppose
the winner of the Geer-Maddox
runoff.
As the paper goes to press,
Secretary Fortson has not ruled
on the validity of the signatures
and how many were valid.
Byrd’s comment was “I am
deeply grateful for the response
of 70,000 people who in four
days produced the petitions.
Whether anything comes of it
or not I consider it a tribute
for the fours years I spent as
lieutenant governor.
“I consider this spontaneous
reaction of the people in my
county and state one of the
highest honors a young man
could obtain and rate it along
with the victories I have enjoyed
at the polls.
“I went into this thing at the
behest of the people. I’m proud
to be in the corner with the
people, knowing full well that
whatever happens now the
people will ultimately be the
court of last resort.”
POWER RATES
TO BE REDUCED
The Georgia Public Service
Commission announced Friday
its approval of aGeorgiaPower
Company request to reduce
rates forcertainclassifications
of residential electric custo
mers. Customers to be affected
are those whose homes are
completely heated with electri
city and who also utilize elec
tricity for all other major
household uses.
Eligible customers may make
application for the new rate
immediately.
John J. McDonough, company
president, estimated that the
combined savings of present
customers who can qualify for
the new rate will amount to
$185,000 annually. The average
saving for qualified customers
is estimated at 10 per cent.
Some eligible customers us
ing smaller amounts of electri
city may find their total annual
bill will be less at the rate
they now pay. For that reason,
the plan is optional.
Included in the approved plan
is a special billing system. It
provides that the company will
estimate the annual electric
consumption and cost for a
participating customer. This
will be divided into 12 equal
monthly bills, with any
difference between estimated
and actual adjusted later.
Reynolds-Butler
To Play Basketball
Plans are in the making for
another basketball game be
tween Reynolds and Butler
mothers to be sponsored by the
FHA Chapters in both schools.
The date is Fri., Oct. 12. The
place is Reynolds Gymnasium.
Be sure to be present when the
fun begins.
Watch the paper for the date
of an evening’s entertainment by
Home Town Talent. The
Womanless Wedding” Plus
songs and other features.
Sponsored by the Rupert
Home Demonstration Club.
lvirs. R. L. Swearingen identi
fied Mrs. Imogene Garrett last
week and picked up her gift
from GODDARD'S RED AND
WHITE SUPER MARKET.
Read the following, call 862-
5835, at 9 on Saturday and
identify the mystery person.
I was born in Dooly County
but made my home in Butler,
Georgia in my early life. In
1959, I was a student at La-
Grange College. In 1922 (mar
ried and settled down for a life
of working with and for those
in my community.
My five children are leaders
in their communities. I have
received some publicity recent
ly because of my activities and
my children. One of the largest
businesses in the community
did a feature on my family.