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VOLUME 87—NUMBER 27
Department of AArchives
General Library
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
This has been an eventful
week in our county. On last
Thursday night at the Reynolds
High, the first annual Science
Fair was held with some very
outstanding exhibits presented.
First place went to Henry Sams,
second to Sue O’Neal and Reid
Walton on a joint project and
third to Gene Hodges. >We’re
looking forward to a complete
write up with pictures next
week.
Then during the week end,
the Georgia Skydivers came to
our county, using the Butler
Airport for practice jumps.
The president made the state
ment that they had received a
warm welcome here and the
people were very nice to them.
Of cource, Thursday was the
meeting of the Fifth District of
the Congress of Parents and
Teachers at the Butler Gymn
with a number of visitors from
all over the district.
As 1 listened to the state
president of the PTA Thursday
in her keynote address, 1 won
dered too, what can get Geor
gia out of the cellar in educa
tion? Why are we so far be
hind other states?
Where will it end? While
Georgians spend more on alco
holic beverages, cosmetics or
restaurant meals than they
spend on education, the trend
is downward.
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Don’t forget that next Mon
day is April 15! One local
man made the statement that he
had quit worrying now about
where his taxes were going
and started worrrying about
where they were coming from.
Just get busy over the weekend
and be sure your income tax
forms, both state and federal,
are signed, sealed and deliver
ed before the midnight dead
line.
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Planned for Thursday night
is the Woodman of the World
family night and presentation
of Mr. and Miss Woodman. Then
on Friday night, the Future
Farmers are planning their Pa
rent-Son banquet.
Sunday, almost every church
in the county has planned special
services for Easter. Reynolds
Baptist is planning to have a
cantata and also their revival
begins.
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We made an error in the
ALLFARM classifed adver
tisement last week and we’re
sorry if it caused you to make
an extra phone call but we did
learn one thing, people read
our want ads.
* * *
Watch the paper next week
for the opening of our office.
We’re moving into the build
ing next to Smith’s Parmacy.
In fact, you can find someone
there next week to take your
news or advertisements so
come by and visit us.
Prosperity Plans
Memorial Day
For April 14
The annual Cemetery Memo
rial Day will be observed at
the Prosperity Primitive Bap
tist Church on Sunday, April
14. We urge all who have
friends and relatives buried
in this cemetery to attend this
important event.
Rev. E. H. Dunn
To Speak At
Turner's Chapel
Rev. E. H. Dunn will be the
guest speaker at the sunrise
service on Easter Sunday
morning attheTurner’sChapel
Freewill Baptist Church. No
definite time has been set for
the service which will begin
directly at sunrise.
Kiwanians See
Wildlife Film
Swilling McElmurray was
introduced by Roy Jones and
brought a film on "The Geor
gia White Tailed Deer’’, at
Friday’s Kiwanis luncheon.
The young are born in April
or May with many times twins.
The eyesight is poor but hear
ing and sense of smell is acute.
They grow rapidly and develop
antlers in summer.
Autumn is mating season with
many times the bucks killing
each other. Hunters are asked
to bag the limit in the fall
to keep down the population.
in winter there is little food
and deer die of starvation. Wild
dogs create the most serious
problem of deer with out of
season and night hunters posing
another problem.
The Georgia Game and Fish
Commission try to control pro
blems of deer. We can help
by controlled burning and log
ging which will encourage the
growth of young vegetation.
Roy Jones announced the del
egates to the Internation Con
vention at Atlantic City - Ed
Goddard and Julian Whatley-
with alternates, Henry Hicks
and Ralph Underwood.
Julian Whatley announced the
Womanless Wedding for April
23 at 8 p. m.
Guests for the day were Mr.
Taylor, auditor of Reynolds
Housing Authority; Earl
"Happy” Smith and Foster
Ong.
Harold Young
Shows Reserve
Champion Swine
On Wednesday, April 3, Tay
lor County 4-H Club boys ex
hibited their animals at the
West Central Georgia Livestock
Show in Thomaston. Placings
were as follows:
Swine - Jerry Allmon, Black
Poland China, 3rd place; York
shire, 4th place; David Reddish,
Black Poland China, 4th place;
Harold Young Yorkshire, Re
serve Champion; Yorkshire, 1st
place; Yorkshire, 4th place.
Calves - Harold Young,
Shorthorn , 3rd place; White
Hereford, 7th place.
County Board
Met Thursday
At the meeting of the Taylor
County Board of Education on
Thursday night, April 4, a letter
of appreciation was extended to
the Mayor and Council of the
City of Butler for their in
terest and cooperation in at
tempting to extend sewerage
lines to the Eureka High School
and Gymnasium. It was found
that the gymnasium outlet for
sewerage after grading would
be at a lower level than the
City main at the city limits and
therefore it would be neces
sary to add a pumping station.
All white drivers were re
elected to their positions.
Teachers in the white schools
of the county were re-elected
with the exception of Mrs. Net
tie B. Turner wtio is retiring
from her work in the seventh
grade of Butler High School.
Funeral Rites
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS
OBSERVE SPECIAL WEEK
Misses Katrina Cheek and
Doris Peed watch as Mayor
Alfonso McCrary sings a pro
clamation proclaiming next
week, April 14-20, as FUTURE
BUSINESS LEADERS OF
AMERICA WEEK.
This week is set aside so that
the citizens of the surrounding
areas where FBLA Clubs are
located may appreciate the con
tributions of business education
in obtaining better workers and
better consumers of business
goods and services.
Because “business is an in
tegral phase of the American
way of life. . . business acti
vity in the city of Butler plays
a vital role in providing live
lihoods. . . education for busi
ness is essential in the pre
paration for earning a living,
utilizing goods and services. ..
the business education pro
grams in our schools have made
an outstanding contribution to
the education of American
youth’’ it is important thatciti-
zens realize the importance of
business education for the
youth.
Mrs. Edyth Guy is business
education teacher and FBLA ad-
adviser at the Butler High
School. The Butler FBLA won
first place in state wide com
petition last year in parliamen
tary proceedure at the State
Convention. The Butler Chap
ter is now in possession of a
plaque with the name of the
chapter engraved at the top
which will be passed on to each
winner each year.
The chapter is planning to
enter a candidate, Katrina
Cheek, for state president, en
ter the public speaking and
pselling contests as well as
entering the parliamentary pro
ceedure contest again.
The FBLA members have
consistently placed in typing,
both boys’ and girls’, and short
hand at the Literary Meets held
each spring.
On Merit List
Lovick Anthony, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Anthony
of Butler, has been named to the
Merit List of Emory at Oxford.
This scholastic honor is grant
ed to students for outstand
ing academic work during the
preceding quarter.
Held Here For
Mrs. O'Kelley
Funeral services for Mrs. L.
L. O’Kelley were held at the
Butler Baptist Church on Sa
turday afternoon at 3 o’clock
with the Rev. Walter R. Evans,
pastor of the church, officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Smith of
Cairo. Interment was in the
Bethel Cemetery.
Born in Jackson, April 4,
1879. daughter of the late Lar
kin Douglas and Mary Buttrill
Watson, Mrs. O’Kelley had
made her home in Butler for
about 4 1/2 years. She was
the widow of the late L. L.
O’Kelley, and active in the work
of the Butler Baptist Church.
She was a music teacher.
Iv.rs. O’Kelle) died at the
Montgomery Hospital at 3 p.
m., Friday, after suffering a
heart attack.
Survivors include: one
daughter, Mrs. W. S. Payne;
one grandson, Willie Payne both
of Butler and one brother, L.
D. Watson of Barnesville.
Edwards Funeral Home of
Butler was in charge of ar
rangements with Douglas Taun
ton, Hubert Payne, Bobby Gene
Swain, Earl Dunn Jr., James
Williamson, Charlie Hart Jr.
and A. E. Locke serving as
pallbearers.
GEORGIA SKYDIVERS VISITED
IN BUTLER LAST WEEK-END
The Butler City Council met
in emergency session last Wed
nesday night to grant permis
sion for the Georgia Skydivers
to use the Butler Airport for
their week end session last
week end. This move came
after the Thomaston City Coun
cil on Tuesday night had refused
to grant the group persmission
to jump at night at the Thomas-
Airfield.
The Skydivers arrived in But
ler, Saturday, and had planned
to jump and do various tricks,
free falls, etc. Saturday after
noon and evening and Sunday ex
cept during church hours. Due
to weather conditions, they did
not get to begin practicing
until 2 p. m., Sunday, and then
they were only able to do low
jumps until late afternoon.
The club, organized in 1959,
is headed by Ray Dale of At
lanta and has 27 members with
about 15 prospective members.
Most of the members are from
Atlanta with the lone girl, Miss
Urte Kaye, a Thomaston resi
dent. One of the group jump
ing here on Sunday was from
Fitzgerald and one was from
Warner Robins.
According to the president,
it costs about $15 per jump
after the equipment is bought.
The club does not own a plane
but rent one locally or rent one
in Atlanta. Many times the
group will spend $500 duringa
week end which is paid by the
club dues. It is a non profit
organization. There is no ad
mission charged. They jump
for fun just as others play golf.
One interesting thing noted
was that the members dye their
parachutes. The “American
Express” parachute used by
Davis Sims is red, white and
blue with 50 stars stenciled
around the center.
The members will be appear
ing in air shows around the state
during the next few weeks but
expressed a desire to return
to Butler
L to R. front - Rudy Valley, Garry Duesel and Miss Urte
Kaye; back Gerry Bean, Melvin Beach and Ray Dale prepare their
equipment.
Miss Urte Kaye, only girl member of the Georgia Skydivers,
soon after a 30 second free fall with colored flare.
Fifth District Meeting Of PTA
Held In Butler Last Thursday
Mrs. C. A. Johnston, Mrs. B. E. Avern and Mrs. R. M. Hair
Jr. discuss state convention to be held soon in Columbus.
Mrs. Lovelace Hair, District Director, Fifth District of Con
gress of Parents and Teachers presents life membership certi
ficate to Mrs. John R. Griggs at Thursday’s meeting.
Sheffield Is The
Kiwanis Speaker
E. H. Joiner introduced Y. T.
Sheffield, principal of Plains
High School, as the guest speak
er at the Kiwanis Club last
Friday. Mr. Sheffield who has
a high school enrollment of 140
believes that there is a place
for a small high school.
In the large school the pro
blems are about the same but
multiplied. The joy is in the
personal touch. Modern think
ing has been to bring every
thing together in a large group
but there is a tendency now to
go back into small groups, ac
cording to Mr. Sheffield.
Even large high schools are
beginning to regroup students
making small groups where
there were large ones. The
schools still belong to the people
and the closer they are to the
people the better the school.
You can ask yourself the fol
lowing questions: (1) Does
the school you have do the job
you want done? If it does
you have a good school. There
is a better chance to develop
leaders in a small school be
cause where there were two
debating teams, there would be
only one. (2) Does the school
meet the needs of the boys and
girls? Do they do a good
job when they go away?
The curriculum is going back
to the fundamentals rather
than many variations of the
basic subject matter. He also
stated that he believes other
losses follow the loss of the
school.
John Walton reported on the
Key Club convention which
was the largest ever held in
the state. Over 656 boys at
tended and they were compli
mented on their good behavior.
Visitors were KeyClubbers
Louie Lashley and Al Denton,
Richard and Roland Brooks.
Howard Charge
Plans For Easter
The Howard Charge will have
a special Easter service Sunday
a. m. at 11 o’clock at the
Howard Church, their regular
appointment. Rev. W. M.
Adams, Jr. will bring the mes
sage.
Sunday School begins at 10
o’clock and evening worship
at 7 o’clock.
Everyone is invited to at
tend these services.
Lebanon Church
Plans 'Special
Easter Services
Sunrise services will be held
at the Lebanon Baptist Church
at 7 a. m. on Easter Sunday
with the Rev. Clarence Drum
mond, pastor of the church,
bringing the message. Sunday
School will be held immediately
afterward at 8:30.
At 3 p. m., an Easter
egg hunt will be held on the
church lawn for the children.
The public is invited to at
tend all these services.
Revival Begins
Sunday At
Reynolds Church
Revival services will begin
Monday, April 15th at 8;00 p.
m. at the First Baptitst Church
of Reynolds. The Evangelist
will be the Reverend L. Rex
Whiddon, pastor of the Avon
dale Baptist Church, Chatta
nooga, Tennessee. Rev. Whid
don is a native Georgian, hav
ing spent his childhood in Tift
and Worth Counties attending
school at Sumner. He is a
graduate of Mercer University
and South Baptist Theological
Seminary. His former pasto
rates include Arlington Baptist
Church, Arlington, Ga. and
First Baptist Church, La-
Fayette, Ga.
Rev. Whiddon has attended
the Baptist World Alliance and
completed a tour of the Holy
Land. He has toured South
America with two preaching
missions.
The music for the meeting
will be under the direction of
the pastor. Rev. J. Robert Whid
don. There will be Booster
Band meetings at 7:30 each
evening for children ages four
through twelve and these child
ren will present special music
in the service each evening.
Fashion Show
Saturday
Plans have been completed
for a fashion show and Easter
parade featuring the young set
of the town on Saturday night,
beginning at 8 o’clock at the
Butler Cafetorium. Admission
will be 25£ and 50£ and will
benefit the swimming pool fund.
A controversy developed for
the position of District Director
of the Fifth District of the Geor
gia Congress of Parents and
Teachers at the Spring Con
ference last Thursday. The
meeting was held at the But
ler Gymnatorium, beginning at
10 a. m.
The report of the nominating
committee was read and Mrs.
Oscar Spurlin, Columbus was
nominated for District Direc
tor for the next three years,
with Mrs. Terry Hiers.Ameri-
cus, Asst. Director and Mrs.
B. E. Avera, Butler, secretary.
Then the floor was opened for
nominations and Mrs. Luther
Bunge was presented.
The first vote resulted in a
41-41 deadlock but two re
presentatives were not in the
room and the second vote show
ed Mrs. Spurlin as the winner.
The officers were installed by
Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, of the Na
tional organization.
Mrs. R. M. Hair Jr., Bue
na Vista, ending her three years
as District Director, presided
at the business session. Mrs.
Ed Rowe, Talbotton, gave the
inspirational message empha
sizing the need of teachers to
know that parents are behind
them.
Superintendent Herman El-
liston extended the welcome
for the host PTA with a re
sponse by Mrs. John Robinson
III of Americus. The roll call
was by Mrs. Hiers.
.Mrs. Cicera A. Johnson,
president of the state PTA,
gave the main address of the
day. She stated that a PTA
"reward is not tangible. It
comes in seeing a small child
say I enjoyed school or a high
school boy asserting that he
is going to be a teacher.’’
She said to bring teacher pay
up in Georgia, we must re
evaluate taxes, in fact new tax
monies may have to be tunnel
ed into education.
She then discussed the state
meeting to be held in Colum
bus next week. At that time,
communism and drop-outs will
be discussed, Gov. Sanders will
speak on education and a skit
will be presented by Bernice B.
McCullar on the history of ed
ucation.
PTA is not a pressure group.
It tries to influence public o-
pinion, it does not create pres
sure. We spent more last year
on alcohol than on education,
the same thing is true of meals
in restaurants. We must spend
more on education for our child
ren.
These our children - tomor
row’s destiny will make. You
are eternal through the life of
your children.
Miss Jean Abt, public rela
tions representative of Grace-
wood, discussed Georgia’s
mentally retarded and the help
available at Gracewood.
Seven life memberships were
awarded because of outstand
ing service to the youth in the
area. The seven included: Mrs.
Luther Bunge, Mrs. T. C. Mar
tin, Mrs. Worthy Osbon, Mrs.
Ileidt Neal Jr., all of Colum
bus; Mr. L. K. Moss, superin
tendent of Marion County
Schools; Mr. Clifford H. Bal-
dowski, staff of the Atlanta
Constitution and Mrs. John R.
Griggs, Butler.
Quartet* To Coma
To New Life
The Favorite Melody Quartet
from Macon, commonly known
as the Wheel Chair Quartet,
will be at New Life Freewill
Baptist Church near Mauk, on
Sunday, April 14 at 8 p. m.
The public is cordially in
vited to come hear some good
gospel singing. No admission
will be charged, only a free will
offering will be taken.
Rev. J. B. Lumpkin, pastor
Plans Fish Fry
A Fish Fry will be held
at the Turner’s Chapel Free
will Baptist Church on Saturday
night, April 20, with serving
from 7 to 9 o’clock. Proceeds
from this will go toward the
church building fund.
The public is invited to at
tend.