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The Taylor County News
and The Butler Herald
VOLUME 87-NUMBER 10
BUTLER. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1W2
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
Butler High Home Coming
Planned For December 14
Plans are underway to have
a special souvenir edition of the
paper. This will be a magazine
section of the regular edition
Christmas week with Christ
mas greetings from the local
merchants as well as those who
serve you from other areas,
letters from local children to
old Saint Nick, special Christ
mas ideas, recipes, decora
tions, etc.
We want to make this your
paper. If you have a special
Christmas recipe, decoration
to be made or used in any way,
or hint that would make Christ
mas brighter, you are invited
to mail it to the News, Box
298. If we do not have space
for all, we will use as many
as possible along with the name
of the one who submits it.
Please check your dateline
this weekl All of the stencils
have been brought up to date
and should be correct. Please
notify us at once if yours is
not correct according to your
records.
* * *
Many, many thanks to the
people who helped in getting the
News out this week after the
‘bug’ bit my entire family.
During this week the citi
zens of Butler have seen what
a little teamwork can do. When
the Lions Club and Volunteer
Firemen of the town became
interested in the condition of
the Christmas decorations, a
plea was made to the merchants
of the town to donate toward
purchasing new lights for the
Square area.
Spearheaded by Councilman
Wanza Hortman and Policeman
Carroll Peacock, a business to
business drive was begun. New
lights are purchased and further
plans will be told in next week’s
edition about the nativity scene
that the Firemen are hoping to
have completed.
I especially wish to say a-
gain that my phone is always
open to calls on news of any
type. Because reporters have
not been obtained in every com
munity does not mean that your
news is not important. I’m just
not able to get it. Please call
me, give me your news, and
tell me in which community you
live and we can get every com
munity represented. You will
note the addition of an
other community this week.
For out of town subscribers-
we are always open to news
on our former residents. If the
death of a Taylor County resi
dent or former resident oc
curs, the family has only to
request that the funeral home
send a copy of the obituary
notice to the Taylor County
News and we will be glad to
get it in the paper.
Please keep your stories
short, telling the necessary
information and we will edit
them as little as possible to
use the space we have. Keep
the news current, tell when,
where, why, who and what hap
pened. If an event will happen
during the week and you write
it up on Monday, remember
the paper does not come out
until Friday, so it will be in the
past by then.
Please help us in obtaining
the news and we will try to keep
the paper coming and we will
grow as we can.
by Roger Ann Streetman
Excitement ran high around
Butler High School as plans
were completed for the 1962
Homecoming event. The date
has been set for December 14.
Nominations were made for
the Homecoming Queen and her
court by the Seniors. Five
girls were chosen: Miss Eliza
beth Albritton, Miss Fran Coch
ran, Miss Betty Jo Hammack,
Miss Dondra Peed, and Miss
Marilyn Spillers. The high
school students voted to select
the three finalists: Miss Eliz
abeth Albritton, Miss Betty Jo
Hammack, and Miss Dondra
Peed.
The festivities will get un
derway with a car parade about
Final Rites For
H. L. Wilchar
Held Friday
Funeral services for Mr.
Herbert L. Wilchar, 83 years of
age, were held at the Butler
Methodist Church, 3 p. m.,
Friday with Rev. Walter Mc-
Cleskey, pastor of the church,
and Rev. Jerry Partain offi
ciating. A Masonic burial fol
lowed in the family lot of the
Butler Cemetery.
Mr. Wilchar succumbed to
a heart condition, Thursday a.
m., at the Montgomery Hospital
after an illness of three weeks.
A native of Taylor County,
Mr. Wilchar was the son of
the late Frank and Anna Brewer
Wilchar, born November 21,
1879.
The deceased, an active
member of the Butler Metho
dist Church, was well known
and loved throughout the coun
ty. He was a retired farmer
and a member of the Fickling
Masonic Lodge #129 F& AM.
Pall Bearers included E. H.
Bazemore, W. S. Payne, Swain
Wall, Walter Suggs, H.D. Taun
ton, Murray Walker, Lewis
Minor, Jr. and Charlie Hart,
Jr. Honorary pall bearers
were the Stewards of the
Methodist Church.
Survivors include: wife, Mrs.
Lula Cooper Wilchar; one
daughter, Mrs. T. E. Tante;
four sisters, Mrs. Mae Nelson,
Reynolds; Mrs. Beulah Payne,
Mrs. O. L. Scott, and Miss
Amanda Wilchar all of Butler;
two grandchildren, Miss Mar
garet Tante of Butler and Her
bert Tante of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Edwards Funeral Home of
Butler was in charge of ar
rangements.
2 o’cock in the afternoon. A
bonfire and pep rally will be
staged at 6 o’clock followed by
the annual Homecoming ball
game at 7 o’clock. This year
the Bears will play the Fort
Valley team.
Then, during the half time of
the boy’s game, the wonderful
moment of the Queen’s crown
ing will come. The former
Queen, Miss Kay Dunn, will be
on hand to crown this year’s
Queen. The Queen will be pre
sented with a bouquet of white
roses and take her place on the
throne to enter a thrilling fairy
tale as the reigning Queen for
1963.
After the game, a reception
will be held by the Student
Council members inthegymna-
torium to honor the class often
years past. The members of
the Class of 1953 are: Carl
Abercrombie, Jesse Bell, Miss
Wynelle Blakely, Miss Neva
Brady, Bobby Childres, Miss
Earlene Childree, Preston
Childs, Miss Audrey Cotney,
Miss Myra Cotney, Milton Ed
monson, Charlie Giles, Miss
Glenda Gils, Miss Mary Jo Har-
buck, Miss Shirley Harmon,
Miss Julia Mae Hart, Miss Ethel
Montgomery, Miss Mary Parks,
Miss Gloria Pike, Carroll Pur
vis, Miss Louise Smith, Ben
Spillers, Harold Sullins, Jimmy
Turner, Miss Kathleen Wood-
all, Walter Wilson, and Miss
Helen Woodall.
Jimmy Stinson, president of
the Senior Class, will act as
master of ceremonies.
Benjamin Franklin once said,
“A good newspaper and Bible
in every house, a good school-
house in every district, and a
church in every neighborhood,
all appreciated as they de
serve are the chief support
of Virtue, morality, civil liberty
and religion.”
Miss Thaxton To
Compete 'For E'MC
State Title
Miss LmdaThaxton, daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Thaxton
Sr. of Roberta, will represent
the Flint Electric Membership
Corporation at the Georgia EMC
Annual Meeting on Monday,
December 10. Miss Thaxton will
compete with the winners from
the other areas for the state
title at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel
in Atlanta. The banquet on Tues
day night will end the meet
ing.
House Tour
Planned By
Garden Club
The Butler Garden Club will
sponsor a "Holiday House” tour
on Sunday, December 16, from 2
to 5 p. m., with a Christmas
Tea at the Community House.
First on the tour will be the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Payne. Others will be the homes
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Giles,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Allen and
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bone. The
homes will be decorated by the
Garden Club members.
Tickets may be purchased for
$1.00 at the Community House.
Butler B Team
Plays Saturday
The Butler B Team will play
the Stratford Academy Team
of Macon on Saturday night be
ginning at 7 p. m. at the But
ler Gymnasium.
Pictured above are Council Members. Back Row, L.-R:
Mrs. Dave Harbuck, Mrs. Clyde Walker, Mrs. Kenneth Barrow,
Mrs. M. B. Pittman, Mrs. Cecil Pennington, Mrs. L. A. Adams.
Front Row: Mrs. Jack Peed, Mrs. Benny Avera, Mrs. Howard
Kirksey, Mrs. R. D. Waller, Mrs. Frank Callahan, Mrs. Ger-
son Waller, Mrs. Z. R. McCorkle, Mrs. A. B. Floyd, and Mrs.
Sidney Rustin.
Newly elected and installed Home Demonstration Council
Officers are: Pres., Mrs. Sidney Rustin, Mauk; vice pres.,
Mrs. A. Floyd, Rupert; sec. & ireas., Mrs. Benny Avera,
Cross Roads; reporter, Mrs. Jack Peed, Central and 4-H
Adviser Mrs. Gorman Jarrell, Central.
Business of the meeting consisted of yearbook covers which
were decided on and further plans were made to make correc
tions at the Jaunuary meeting.
Officers were installed with a candlelighted service. The
meeting was closed with recipes given by the 11. D. Agent for
various cookies, punch etc.
Refreshments were served by Rupert Home Demonstration
Club.
Trapping Beaver Along The Flint yow nans
Christmas I rcc
Former Resident
Dies In Upson
By Mrs. Ella F. Richards
Mrs. Clara Perkins Heath,
widow of the late honorable
Clifford Heath, passed away
Monday, November 26. Her
death occured at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Franklin
McKinley in Thomaston.
Mrs. Heath, the fourth in a
family of ten children, was the
daughter of E. C. and Mrs.
Louise Gholston Perkins, life
long worthy citizens of Taylor
County.
Her childhood in this well-
managed home, was indeed a
happy one. She was capable,
friendly, a leader among her
classmates.
She graduated from the But
ler Male and Female College
in 1900. Taught in the Taylor
County Schools for a while then
was happily married to her
girlhood lover, Clifford Fleath,
also from Taylor County.
They both loved their home
and made of it one of the
genuinely cordial homes of the
county. There they reared two
lovely daughters, Mesdames
Anna Jordan and Frank Mc
Kinley, both now living in
Thomaston where their mother
spent her last days.
Other survivors include a
devoted little granddaughter,
Louise McKinley; four sisters;
Mrs. J. N. Sumner of Sylves
ter, Mrs. W. P. Booth of Athens,
Misses Berta, Irene and Emily
Perkins, Butler; one brother,
E. H. Perkins of Howard; also
a large number of nieces and
nephews.
Her funeral was at the Wes
ley Methodist Church on
Wednesday a. m., November
28 with the following ministers
taking part: Rev. Tegler
Greer, her former pastor and
Rev. Bill Adams, who now
serves the Wesley Church. Two
beautiful solos were sung by a
Thomaston Friend.
Her body was tenderly laid
to rest amidst a profusion of
flowers, attended by many
loved ones.
Pasley-Fletcher Funeral
Home of Thomaston was in
charge of the arrangements.
the water, where it forms part
of the dam, and then they have
a good supply of foof for some
time, feasting on the upper
branches and bark of the tree.
They can cut down a $15 tree
in a matter of hours. Beavers
also cause damage to corn, and
fruit and nut tress. Mr.
Goodner expects to trap about
75 beavers this winter in the
area he manages.
Although a woodsman for
most of his life, Mr. Goodner
rarely takes game for the table.
He has trapped over 8,000 co
yotes, which are a menace to
ranchers in many western
areas. He destroys only pre
datory animals, and those which
are a nuisance.
(Our thanks to Flint EMC for
the use of the story and pic
tures of Mr. Goodner and the
work he is doing in our county.)
Butler Camp #1428, Woodmen
of the World and Women of
Woodcraft #1605 will sponsor
their annual Christmas tree
and program at the American
Legion Home on December 13
at 6 p. m. All members of
J1428 and G1631 are invited
to come and bring a small
present not to exceed 50<f for
the exchange of gifts.
Old Saint Nick will be pre
sent and the public is invited
to attend.
Lights Purchased
For Butler
Butler PTA To
Meet On Monday
The Butler P. T. A. wui
meet Monday night, December
10, at the school cafeteria at
8:00 o’clock.
An interesting Christmas
program has been planned by
the fourth and fifth grades.
Come join the fun.
Beavers played a major role
in the early exploration our
country. Their pelts were high
ly priced the animals were
widely distributed, and both
trappers and early explorers
used the meat for food. Since
then, however, the situation has
become reversed. Beaver pelts
have not had a high market
value since the 1940s, and trap
ping has dwindled. The beavers
have increased in numbers to
where they now are economic
pests. . doing much damage to
valuable timber.
There is no closed season on
beavers in Georgia, but most
trapping is done in period of
the winter months, because the
animals do not move about as
freely as in the summer time.
Working in an area of some
5,000 acres, on the west side of
the Flint River, near Reynolds,
is Mr. E. D. Goodner, an expert
on the habits and in the trap
ping of the pesky beaver. Mr.
Goodner came to Taylor County
from Washington State, where
for many years he worked in the
Wild Life Department. He has a
brother employed by the wood
products firm, located in Ma
con, which owns the “swamp”
in which he does his trapping.
Plans are for the continued
trapping of beaver now, but Mr.
Goodner is hopeful that the com
pany will, in subsequent years,
let him develop the game po
tential to include wild turkey and
deer, some of which can be found
now in the swamp. He has had
over 25 years experience with
wild life, sees the development
of our wild life resources as
important from both the con
servation and recreational
sides. He traps the beaver with
the full permission of the Geor
gia Game and Fish Commission.
This photo shows the damage
beavers can do to a valuable
tree, almost overnight.
The traps are set for deep
water quick drowning of the
animals, which sometime run to
40 or 50 pounds in weight and
are about 30 inches long, with
huge yellow front teeth, a flat,
paddle-shaped tail. This tail
serves as a rudder while swim
ming, and as a "signal" of
danger when the beaver flaps
it on the surface of the water.
Beavers live around water, but
they must breathe air, and if
the trap does not catch then in
sufficient depth of water so that
they quickly drown, they will
gnaw off a trapped leg and get
away. Mr. Goodner is careful
to place his traps only in the
deep (4 to 5 feet) water which
is usually found in front of a
beaver dam. Bank houses, or
dens, are dug into the area
around the dams, and beavers
sometimes build up houses with
mud and sticks. Beavers will
cut through a tree very quick
ly, usually causing it to fall into
Jones Speaks To
Kiwanians Friday
Bill Jones, representative of
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
and Smith spoke on Guides to be
used in Common Stock Invest
ment at the Reynolds Kiwanis
Club luncheon meeting on
Friday at the Club House. In
general he advised the group to
use good judgement and have
good reason for the actions they
took in purchasing common
stock. He also said to invest
only those funds not needed on
short notice and when a mis
take is recognized, to get out.
County Agent Vernon Reddish
thanked the Kiwanis Club and.
Willard Brunson for sponsoring
the corn demonstration recently
completed.
President Roy Jones paid tri
bute to Charles Dennine who is
leaving the club tomovetoCor-
dele.
Ladies Night has been planned
for December 6 at the Reynolds
Lunchroom at 7:30.
Guests for the day were Ro
land and Richard Brooks, Paul
West, Marlon Maddox, Asa
Lambert, Richard Parks, Dick
Hill and Key Club member An
thony Smith.
MAUK PLANS
CHICKEN-QUE
A chicken bar be que is plan
ned for Saturday, December 8,
beginning at 6 p. m. and lasting
until ? (when all have been
served) at the Mauk Commu
nity House. The plates will be
sold for $1.00 per plate for
adults and $.50 for children.
There will also be a cake
walk and singing.
Proceeds from the supper
and entertainment will be used
for the Mauk Methodist Church
and Trinity Cemetery Fund.
Butler Lions Meet
Tne Lsucier Lions Club will
meet Monday night. December
10, at City Motel Resturant
at 7;30.
The following list of mer
chants and individuals have con
tributed to a fund that has pur
chased new Christmas lights
for the streets of the town to
extend from the corner at
Payne Motor Company around
the square to Dunn’s Cleaners
and down Hwy. 19 to Childres
Shell Service Station on the
south side.
Childres Grocery
Dr. Eli Garrett
H. G. Cheek
Tom Fountain
Charles J. Wright, Sheriff
H. E. Allen Hardware
Brown Sealy, Butler Wash-
erette
H. E. Childres Service Sta
tion
Grays’ Service Station
Butler Motor Company
Asbury McCants
John Pennington
Wall’s Barber Shop
Walker Grocery and Market
Willis Red and White Super
Market
Doyel’s
Dunn’s Cleaners
W. H. Trussell General Mer
chandise
Ed Davis
Mrs. Clara Milford
Payne Motor Company
Allen’s Flowers and Gifts
L. L. Minor Lumber Company
Dean Hotel
Charles Benus Printing Co.
E. L. Wilson Super Market
Coolik’s
Mrs. Bertha Bazemore
J. B. Albritton
Western Auto Associate Store
Tom Giles-Standard OilDist,
Byrd-Jarrell Warehouse
Payne Warehouse
Butler Auto Parts
City Cafe
VIP Finance Co.
Peed Milling Co.
Byrd’s Cleaners
Butler Drug Co.
Hammack Electric Co.
Mathews Clothing Store
John Turk Grocery
J. E. Bone Building Supply
Murray Jarrell
W. H. Neisler
James Harris Service Station
Edwards Funeral Home
The Citizens State Bank
Lions Club
The Taylor County News
Jury list Given
For January
Term Of Court
The following is the list
of jurors selected for the Jani-
ary term of Superior Court to
meet in Taylor County the first
Monday in January.
Grand Jury List
Hubert Payne
John Mims
H. E. Whitley
Carl L. Turner
Willis Garrett
J. G. Parks
J. H. Brewer
O. P. Montgomery
R. L. Phllmon
Bernard J. Fuller
Archie B. Sealy
W. P. Parks
J. W. Waters
C. E. Marshall
Bill Bazemore
Reginald James
Carl H. Neisler
N. L. Halley
Russell Montgomery
Bobby Parks
Harold Lovvorn
T. Whatley
A. B. Floyd
William Woodall
E. H. Griffith
Robert Wilson
J. R. Wilson
L. P. Anthony
Mack Miller
Traverse Jury List
Carol Purvis
A. J. Locke
J. S. Smith
Roy H. Bohler
H. G. Windham
Don Barnes
Otis Morrell
John Nelson Jr.
W. C. Shehee
Oatis Rowe
Calvin Jarrell
Clinton Clark
Albert Harris
H. H. Booth
Thomas Mathews
H. C. Bond
Sammy Locke
Billy C. Amos
W. T. Rustin
W. F. Oliver
Willie Frank Brunson
Robert Barrow
O. F. Dunn
W. F. Averett
Royce Whatley
Roy Weed
H. H. Riley
J. F. Sikes
G. D. Locke
Clifford Moore
Jim Hortman
E. L. Wilson
Roy Waller
Ed Swearingen
H. G. Pye
T. J. Hortman
W. J. Braddy
Jack Woodall
Jim Simmons
Zebedee Harris
Guy Hill
Clarence Whitley
Lester Peed
Thomas Montgomery
Julian Whatley
H. W. Brazziel
Kenneth Barrow
Jack Peed
H. L. Whitley
Tom Giles
Jake Windham
Coleman Hinton
D. T. Montfort, Jr.
J. A. Gibson
E. A. Newsom
John S. Montgomery
Sid J. Crook
Woodrow Melton
J. D. Mosley
Z. R. McCorkle
Wanza Hortman
J. G. Kirksey
Wayne Hill
H. G. Shehee
Clarence Barfield
Henry G. Hicks
C. C. Giles
Tom Bone
Cleatus Hill
Webster Montgomery
M. L. Adams
Henry Hobbs
Assembly Of God
Plans Supper
An olo tasnionea Ctiicken
Supper has been planned for
Saturday, December 7 between
5 and 9:30 p. m. at the AS'
sembly of God Church on Hwy.
north of Butler. Tickets will
be on sale from members of
the congregation or plates may
be purchased at the church for
$1.00 per adult plate or $.50
for a childrens plate. Deliveries
will be made for orders.
(pd. adv.1