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1 I University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 3 f County News Butler Herald 1 BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, INI PRICE: 10c PER COPY 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.