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BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, INI
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Help Asked In Obtaining
Funds For Christmas Lights
Thanks a million to all the
parents who entered their little
ones in the Baby Contest. They
were all beautiful and the poor
judges had a horrible time
selecting winners.
The pictures used in the paper
will be mailed back to you.
One of the little girls failed
to get her gift. Please call
me and we will send it along.
* * *
Mice will stick their heads in
to traps for cheese bait; flies
Still swarm atop poisoned
honey; sheep will follow a
leader over a cliff and salmon
Still swim upstream. They
never learn anything, no matter
how many examples and ex
periences of their fellows they
see, they do the same thing in
the same way — and die.
A town that doesn’t learn and
profit from the experience of
other towns will go the same way
as the mouse or the sheep.
Because they did not learn from
experience, 91 towns in one
state passed out of existence in
10 years. These towns were in
a rut and the only difference
between a rut and a grave is
depth.
Who is not aware that to stand
still is getting nowhere? In na
ture, in business, in every hu
man endeavor - to cease to grow
- is to perish. Growth brings
change. Bruce Barton once
said, "What we quit changing,
we are through.”
The change that will pay the
greatest dividend to any com
munity is for the citizens to
quit thinking that their town is
something that will take care of
itself or that the mayor and
council can run it except for the
grumbling and complaining.
Refusal on your part to
THINK about the work of your
town and community - refusal
to change your attitude from
passive to active is COSTING
YOU MONEY! Yes I said cost
ing YOU money.
You and all your fellow citi
zens can change positions from
in front leaning backwards, to
one behind pushing forward and
you will find that the towns
will profit and in turn you will
profit.
With the civic clubs of the
two towns working toward im
provement of the towns and
the attracting of industry for
more growth, let’s all get be
hind them and really push for
ward.
Do your Christmas shopping
at home as much as possible
and then as the new year
comes, make your resolution
that you will help in any way
possible to help your town to
grow.
* * *
As Christmas lights were
turned on in cities around the
state, Taylor County turned its
thoughts toward decorating for
Christmas. In Reynolds on
Friday after Thanksgiving, the
crew was busily putting up lights
and I’m sure by the time this
goes to press, Reynolds will
look pretty after dark. It was
attractively decorated last
year.
But alas when the Butler
committee took out the town’s
lights, they found they had about
gone their last mile. So the
Lions Club, Firemen and other
groups are taking up the fight to
raise funds for new lights that
will bring new beauty and busi
ness to the towns at Christ
mas time.
Read the article in this is
sue of the News to find out
how you may get behind and push
this program.
The Butler Lions Club with
the assistance of the City offi
cials and other interested indi
viduals are attempting to pur
chase enough lights and wiring
to improve the appearance of
our city during Christmas.
The cost of such an under
taking is rather large and the
help of any person or firm in
or out of town would be greatly
appreciated. The actual work
involved in putting up the de
corations will not cost anything,
thanks to the Lions and others.
If anyone would like to be a
part of this undertaking, they
are requested to contact Mrs.
Betty Sue Kennon or Mrs. Irene
Underwood. The names of those
who contribute will be published
in the next editions of the paper.
Let’s get together and make
this a joyous holiday season in
Butler.
Baptists Plan
For M-Night
MOBILIZATION NIGHT, or
‘‘M’’ - night, as it is called by
the churches of the Southern
Baptist Convention, will be ob
served by the Rehoboth Baptist
Association on Monday night.
December 3rd at 7;30 in two
simultaneous sessions. Some
1800 people are expected to
gather at the Central Baptist
Church in Warner Robins and
the Bluebird Body Works in Fort
Valley for fellowship and in
spiration. "M’’-night is a vast
effort by the Training Unions
of Baptist Churches to prepare,
spiritually, for the coming
year’s work. Throughout the
state of Georgia more than
91,000 will participate in a pro
gram on the theme, "Be Ye
Witnesses.”
The Fort Valley Session will
be under the Direction of Rev.
J. R. Whiddon, Director of the
Rehoboth Baptist Training
Union, and the speaker will be
Mr. Hugh King, Director of
Associational work for the
Georgia Baptist Training Union
Department. Mr. King has been
often called "Mr. M-night”.
Funeral Rites
For Mrs. Parks
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lilia Belle Brown Parks, 66
years of age, were held in the
Butler Baptist Church at 3 p.
m,, Tuesday with the Rev.
Charles Kay, the Rev, B. E.
Donehue and the Rev. Walter
R. Evans officiating. Burial was
in the family lot of the Howard
cemetery.
Mrs. Parks died at her home
in Butler on Saturday at 7:45
p. m. of a heart condition. Her
death was sudden although she
had been ill for several months.
She was born in Howard on
April 28, 1894, the daughter of
the late William Marshall and
Frances Melvinia Brown. She
had made her home in Taylor
County for her entire life and
was the widow' of the late H,
H. Parks. She was a member
of the Junction City Baptist
Church.
Miss Terry Bishop served as
organist for her grandmother’s
funeral services and pall
bearers included grandsons of
the deceased - Tommy, James
and Jerry Rutland, Harry
Wilson, Jackie Barnes, Carl
ton Heath, Don Brown and
Harold Brown.
Survivors include: seven
daughters, Mrs. Martha Bishop
Reynolds; Mrs. Edith Jarrell,
Mrs. Willie George Barnes,
Butler; Mrs. Frances Vande-
grift, Howard; Mrs. Virginia
Wilson, Mrs. Hazel Rutland,
Columbus; Mrs. Marie Parish,
Oklahoma; Two sons, Cecil
Parks, Columbus; Bobby
Parks, Butler; 16 grand
children; one sister, Mrs. Net
tie Brown Parks, Howard; three
brothers, James, Joe and Bill
Brown, Howard.
Edwards Funeral Home of
Butler was in charge of ar
rangements.
Dennings Plan
Move To Cordele
Mr. Charles Denning,
employed at The Citizens State
Bank in Reynolds for some time
and a civic leader in the commu
nity, has accepted a new posi
tion to become effective Decem
ber 1. Mr. Denning will be
come Executive Vice President
of the First State Bank of
Cordele.
Sgt. J B. Adams
Goes To Alaska
S. Sgt. John B. Adams (Benny)
will leave North Truro, Mass.,
on Dec. 3 for a tour of duty
in Alaska. Sgt. Adams has
been stationed at the North
Truro Air Force Base, Cape
Cod, for some time and his
wife, Amy, and children will
remain in North Truro during
the year he will be stationed
in Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Adams
have returned from several
weeks visit with Sgt. Adams
and family. On their return
they visited many other in
teresting points.
Dear Santa Claus.,
it is with regret that the
people of our county and
especially the citizens of Rey
nolds will read in this issue of
the moving of the Charles Den
ning family. Mr. Denning has
accepted a new position with the
First State Bank of Cordele and
although this will mean a pro
motion to Mr. and Mrs. Den-
Contiuned on page z
The Taylor County News will print letters to Santa Claus
under a column called "Santa’s Mailbox" — from children in the
local trade area.
Most papers have discontinued this traditional practice because
of space limitations, but the editor of The News believe it means
so much to the children to see their names in print, that extra
pages, if necessary, will be added to make sure that all letters
received are printed before Christmas.
Boys and girls are invited to mail their letters to "Santa Claus,
Box 298, Butler, Ga.” and they will appear in a future issue of
this newspaper.
Mercer Club
Inducts Benns
And Osborne
The Mercer University chap
ter of Beta Beta Beta, national
biological fraternity, has
initiated four students as full
members and six others as as
sociational members.
New full members are
Charles Edward Benns III of
Butler, Thomas D. Clarke
Jr. of Macon, Ken
neth Walton Reeves of Dearing
and Michael Hill Willoughby of
Macon.
Those initiated as associa
tional members include Henry
Arnold of Orlando, Fla.;
Mary Kay Brown of Waverly,
N. Y.: James C, Mynatt of
Atlanta, Gary A. Osborne of
Woodland, Jimmy Allen Spivey
of Macon and Judith D. Strick
land of Pembroke.
Beta Beta Beta has as
its major aims the develop
ment of sound scholarship, the
dissemination of scientific
truth, and the promotion of
research in the field of bio
logical sciences.
Georgia C of C
Launches Stay
And See Program
A statewide promotion pro
gram to get visitors to stay
longer and see more of Georgia
is being launched by the Travel
Council of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce.
E. Y. Chapin, III, Chairman
of the Council, presented the
complete details of the new
STAY and SEE GEORGIA Pro
gram at the Governor’s Con
ference on Tourism held Nov.
13 and 14 at the Atlanta Ameri
cana Motor Hotel.
The STAY and SEE Program,
sponsored by the Chamber’s
Travel Council, is to be carried
out by local Chambers of Com
merce and other interested or
ganizations in cities and towns
throughout Georgia.
First of its kind in Georgia
the program gives general
guidelines as to ways in which
local communities can profit
from Georgia's booming travel
industry. It contains imagina
tive suggestions which will help
communities persuade visitors
to stay longer and see more
of Georgia's scenic wonders.
An exciting feature of the
STAY and SEE Program will
be a contest in which all com
munities participating will be
eligible. The contest will give
recognition to all cities
and towns which complete three
out of five suggested committee
projects.
The regognition will be in
the form of attractive STAY
and SEE signs which will
be erected at the city limits
of participating communities.
Chapin predicted thatGeorgia
will blossom out with eye catch
ing STAY and SEE signs
featuring a newly-designed em
blem. "This in itself, " he
said, "will be a powerful
inducement to our visitors."
Other features of the STAY
and SEE Program will include
travel industry "Town Hall"
meetings to be held in each city
by the local sponsoring organi
zations; hospitality seminars
and courtesy clinics; and
specific approaches to making
each city a better and more
interesting place for visitors.
The STAY and SEE Contest
will select five winners from
participating communities, one
for each population classi
fication. From these will be
named a champion STAY and
SEE Town. Entrants will judged
for their actual achievements
in the STAY and SEE Program,
and the top winners will get
regional and national attention.
The STAY and SEE Program
will be open to entries in the
contest until February 15, 1963
and selection of winners will
be made on the basis of ac
complishments by each com
munity up to May 1, 1963.
Furtner intormatlon on tne
STAY and SEE Program can
be obtained from the Travel
Council of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce, 1200
Commerce Building, Atlanta 3,
Georgia.
NEWS OFFICE
TO BE CLOSED
The Taylor County News of
fice, next door to the Edwards
Hardware Store will be closed,
beginning December 1 until
further notice. For in
formation concerning advertis
ing, news, etc., please call my
home UN 2-2552. News
items may be left at the Cal
vin Harris Barber Shop next
door to the News office or
subscriptions may be paid to
Mr. Harris.
KIWANIANS SEE
FI LM ON WATER
John Walton presented the
program for the day on South
eastern River Basins and how
our water can be conserved.
The program was planned to
feature a film, "Plan For To
morrow” which posed an
interesting question, 'What will
we do tomorrow when we have
twice as many people’?
The movie showed the basic
common needs, the resources
available and the trouble that
could be encountered in con
servation. The Study Com
mittee on Southeastern Water
Conservation is to study the
best uses of land and water
resources, studying flood pre
vention, industrial traffic, ir
rigation and drainage and re
clamation and recreation.
Ladies Night was planned
for December 6.
Guests for the day included
Sam Pruitt, John Major, Jim
Norblock, S. J. Gaustin and Key
Clubbers Henry Sams and Reid
Walton.
Lions Plan Help
With Town Lights
Plans were made for obtain
ing funds to buy Christmas
lights for the town at the
meeting of the Lions Club at
the City Tourist Court Restau-
ant on Monday night. President
William Neisler appointed Hon
Wanza Hortman to work with
the town committee on Christ
mas lighting. Donations will be
made to any Lions Club mem
ber.
Ladies Night at Christmas
was planned for December 21.
Winners of'Free
Gifts Announced
The following people were
winners in the drawing held at
the Baby Contest on Friday
night. These people regis
tered at the participating stores
during the pre-Thanksgiving
sale and their names were
drawn from the boxes.
WESTERN AUTO ASSO
CIATE STORE, BUTLER -
Webster Montgomery, Route 1,
Reynolds. CALVIN HARRIS
BARBER SHOP, BUTLER - A.
Turner, Butler. THOMAS PER
KINS GROCERY, REYNOLDS-
Sidney Jones, Fort Valley.
CITY TOURIST COURT
RESTAURANT, Butler - Lynn
Mitchell, Woman’s College of
Georgia. JOHN TURK GRO
CERY. BUTLER - Tippie
Youngblood, Butler.
GENERALGAS CO., INC.,
JAKE WINDHAM (local repre
sentative) - Mrs. Frances Ta
bor, Butler. COOLIK’S - Mrs.
J. W. McKenzie, Butler.
HAMMACK ELECTRIC CO., -
Luke Adams, Butler. WILLIS
RED AND WHITE SUPER MAR
KET- Mrs. V. A. Bailey, Rey
nolds.
AULTMAN’S SUPER MAR
KET, REYNOLDS - Mrs. Pete
Ayers, Reynolds. BONE
THEATRE, BUTLER - Elmer
Childree, Reynolds. AYERS
OIL CO.-Jimmy Wilhoite, Rey
nolds. GREENE’S GAS CO.
(ALTON HEATH AND ED
TAUNTON local representa
tives) - Calvin Harris, Butler.
SMITH’S PHARMACY - Luke A-
dams, Butler. CHILDRESGRO-
CERY, BUTLER -Mrs.Thelma
Minor, Butler.
BEAUTY NOOK, REYNOLDS
Mrs. Rosemond Trussell,
Reynolds. ALLEN’S FLOWERS
AND GIFTS, BUTLER - Mrs.
Lois Chapman, Butler.
WALKER’S GROCERY AND
MARKET, BUTLER - P. A.
Lyons, Fort Valley.
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, December 4
9:15 - 10:00 Mauk at Post Office
10:15 - 11:00 Charing at Waller's
Store
11:30 - 12:00 Taylor Mill at
Mclnvale’s Store
1:15 - 1:45 Crowell Commu
nity at Peacock’s Store
2:15 - 2:45 Central Commu
nity at Partain Home
Mrs. Phillip Mann
Extension Librarian
Brewer And Pye Declared
Winners In Baby Contest
by BUDDY DUNN
Natalie Brewer, one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Brewer of Rupert, and Walter Pye, two year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Pye, Butler, were chosen Little Miss Taylor County
and Little Master Taylor County respectively in the county
wide contest last Friday evening.
First runner-up in the girl’s division was Cindy Albritton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Albritton, Butler. Vicki Dunn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Dunn, Butler was chosen second
runner-up. Hallie Ward Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Edwards, Butler, and Lori Ann Bartlett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bartlett, Reynolds, were finalists.
Jay Todd Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Smith, Butler,
was first runner-up in the boy’s division, and Greg Brown,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown, Howard, was selected second
runner-up.
David Whatley, son of Mr. and Mrs. "Ducker" Whatley,
Reynolds, and Bruce Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Barnes,
Rupert, were finalists.
"Miss Patsy" Avera of "Miss Patsy’s Playhouse,” WTVM,
Columbus, served as mistress of ceremonies. Judges for the
evening were Rozell Fabianiof "At Home with Rozell," WRBL, and
John Campbell, merchandising representative for Wells Dairies,
and Mrs. Campbell all of Columbus.
Edith Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Smith, Butler,
and Bob Childre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Childre, Reynolds,
winners of Little Miss and Master Taylor County in 1958 pre
sented the trophies to the winning contestants.
After the winners had been announced the children were
greeted by Santa Claus. Gifts were presented to all contestants
by the Taylor County News, the sponsor of the contest.
All of the children were perfect angels and the audience was
charmed by every one of them throughout the program. Any
contestany could have easily been selected as winner. However,
the tots were not interested in who had won the cups. They were
tired now and ready for their beds. They had presented a wonder
ful program by just being themselves.
Twenty-seven lovely children throughout Taylor County made
the contest one of the biggest and most successful occasions in
many years. They were Cindy Albritton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Albritton; Linda Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Anderson; Jill Barfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Barfield; Bruce Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Barnes; Lori
Ann Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bartlett; Cynthia
Jean Bazemore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bazemore;
Natalie Brewer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brewer; Robin
Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brooks; Greg Brown,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown; Cathy Carter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Carter; Beth Cosey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Cosey; Vicki Dunn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sonny Dunn; Hallie Ward Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Edwards; Karey Ellerbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Ellerbee; Cindy Griggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Griggs;
Ted Hartley, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hartley; Ricky Hill, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hill; Vicki Lovvorn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Lovvorn; Renee Payne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jackie Payne; Darlene Posey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Posey; Walter Pye, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pye; Rodney
Short, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Short; Don Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smiih;ToddSmitU son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Smith; Mike Theus, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Theus; Tracy
Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ulus Wall; David Whatley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Whatley.
CARSON PLANS TO ATTEND
SOIL CONSERVATION CONVENTION
The Ocmulgee Soil and Water
Conservation District will be
represented at the 19th annual
meeting of the Georgia Asso
ciation of Soil and Water Con
servation District Supervisors
in Macon December 2 - 4, by
local supervisors. Taylor
County will be represented by
C. F. Carson, local supervisor.
Dr. George H. King, Direc
tor, Georgia Agricultural Ex
periment Stations and Dr. Joe
B. Douthit, Veteran District
Supervisor from Clemson, S.
C. will be principal speakers
at the opening session on Mon
day. J. Harold Haygood of
Macon, president of the Geor-
gis group will preside.
Also on the program Monday
will be four panel discussions
dealing with opportunities and
responsibilities of district su
pervisors in water pollution
abatement, better woodland
management, recreational use
of land and water and in rural
areas development. Mr. C.
F. Carson is a member of
the panel that will discuss,
expanding District Programs to
include recreational use that
include Recreational use of land
and water resoun.cs.
"Soil and Water Conserva
tion Districts - A Quarter Cen
tury of Progress" is the theme
of the meeting in recognition
of the 25th anniversary of soil
and water conservation dis
tricts in Georgia.
Joe K. Hawkins, LaGrange
will preside at the annual ban
quet Monday evening. Annual
awards will be presented at
the banquet.
Highlights of the Tuesday
session will be talks by Honor
able Carl Sanders, Governor-
elect and Dr. Carl Brown, Soil
Conservation Service, Wash
ington, D. C.
Also on Tuesday Jim L. Gil-
lis, Jr., President, Georgia
Bankers Association, will pre
sent an $800 college scholar
ship award to the state winner
of the annual soil and water
conservation essday contest.
A Goodyear Award will be
presented Tuesday to one dis
trict in the State for outstand
ing work during the year.
Registration will begin Sun
day at 3:00 p.m. at the Dempsey
Motor, Hotel, headquarters for
the meeting.