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Department of Archives General Library UniWgftsiof Georgia A the! Taylor County News / I TL/* U / and The Butler Herald 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.