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Department of A&rchives
Oeneral Library
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
The Taylor County News
and The Butler Herald
Vol. 89—No. 12
BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1965
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
An open letter from the min
isters of our county to the Tay
lor County Commissiioners is
found elsewhere on this page.
This letter asks for the three
members of this board to re
frain from voting to license
alcoholic beverages in our
county in order to increase the
revenue.
Yes, we wholeheartedly agree
that further revenue is needed
in our county but there are
many other ways to obtain reve
nue than to agree that alcoholic
beverages may be obtained
here.
Some of you are thinking
“but if they want to drink they
will get it so let the county get
the monetary benefit." Yes,
a person who desires to drink
will obtain the alcoholic bev
erage , but again we should
proceed with caution. A man
who is nearing alcoholism may
be working in a dry county. A
carbonated drink may be ob
tained to quench his thirst but
were a stronger drink available
by the end of the day, it is
highly likely he would return
to his family in a drunken
stupor. Soon he would not
work at all.
Again arguments may arise
“the sale of some alcoholic
beverages goes on so why not
obtain the revenue from legal
sale.” Neither can murder be
stopped but do you desire to
remove all laws regarding pun-
ishment for murder? Should
we make all crimes legal just
because they cannot be pre
vented completely?
Liquor manufacturers boast
of what they call “public reve -
nue from the sale of alcoholic
beverages." But they fail to
mention what the liquor traffic
costs taxpayers each year. Sta
tistics recently proved that for
every dollar the state of Geor
gia obtained from the legal sale
of wine, beer and whiskey, seven
dollars was spent to repair the
damage it had caused. This does
not include the broken homes,
the orphaned children or other
social damage. This only cares
for the physical well-being of
those committed to insane asy
lums, jails, prisons, etc. as a
direct result of alcohol.
In fact of all arguments that
are given, revenue has been
proved the most fallacious. It
impresses people who desire
to have the holes in their roads
filled, who do not want to pay
further taxes or who wish to
get the county out of debt.
With the sale of alcoholic
beverages, further law enforce
ment officers would be neces
sary, more citizens would be
confined to our jails and further
expenditures would be neces
sary to control the sale.
Alcoholic beverages are not a
source of revenue. It is a
source of crime, ill health,
automobile accidents, absen
teeism at the job, broken homes
and suffering. There are other
ways to find necessary revenue
which will produce legitimate
returns.
A recent state survey shows
that Taylor County property is
being taxed at only a very small
fraction of its value. With a
tax equalization program in our
county which has been urged
by many citizens for several
years, we could all share the
burden equally and the revenue
would be found to pay our bills.
John Neely Sr.
John J. Neely Sr., a Wood
bury businessman, has been
appointed to the Georgia Small
Business Advisory Council.
Mr. Neely is the father of
John J. Neely Jr. of Butler.
Mr. Neely, a graduate of
Mercer University, is chair
man of the Board of Directors
of Great Southern Land and
Paper Company of Cedar
Springs and president of The
Citizens State Bank of Butler.
He is also engaged in farming
and is active in civic affairs.
Ministers Against
Beer Licensing
OPEN LETTER TO TAYLOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA
Dear Sirs:
It has come to our attention that our county is considering li
censing the sale of beer. We desire to express our disappoint
ment that this move is even being considered and the apparent
favorable consideration that is being given it by the county com
missioners. In view of the fact that the licensing of beer can be
accomplished only through the act of the county commissioners,
we wish to state our conviction that only moral damage can come
from such an act. Therefore we appeal to our commissioners to
refrain from issuing a license to seel beer in our county.
Even considering the financial aspect it has been proven that
for every dollar received in revenue from the sale of alcoholic
beverages (and beer is alcohol) in the State of Georgia, it has
cost seven dollars for every dollar received. The seven dollars
includes police protection, institutional care and physical
damage. This does not include the moral consequences -- broken
homes, suffering of children and discipline problems.
We appeal to the county commissioners to consider more con
structive means of increasing the revenues of Taylor County.
Signed: Hartsell Amburn
Ted Bass
W F. Childres
Walter R. Evans
Jerry Partain
W W Whaley
Gordon-Carson UDC Is Host To
Eighth District Meeting
Penny Art Show Given
By Woman's Club
FFA WEEK IS CELEBRATED - Butler Chap
ter officers of Future Farmers gather around
the air conditioner placed in the Taylor County
Library which has been the major project of the
year. Left to right are Larry Wilkerson, ad-
4 *»
visor; Billy Lawhorn, chaplian; Glynn Taunton,
vice president; Gerald Parker, treasurer; Fred
die Harbuck, sentinel; Lesley Kendrick, re
porter; Wayne Wilson, president and Don Mott,
secretary.
Butler Future Farmers Purchase
Air Conditioner For Library
The Gordon-Carson Chapter,
U.D.C., was hostess to the 8th
District Meeting of the U. D. C.
ON February 17.
The business meeting was
held at the Reynolds Metho
dist Church, with Mrs. G. J.
Miller of Cusseta, president
of the District, presiding. Mrs.
Chester M. Smith of Abbeville,
Chaplain of the Georgia Divi
sion, gave the invocation and
the closing prayer.
Mrs. R. L. Adcock of Ogle
thorpe, led the Pledge to the
U. S. flag and Mrs. H. T. Gil
bert led the Salute to the Con
federate flag. Mrs. C. H. Neis-
ler, acting president of the Gor
don-Carson Chapter, gave the
welcome and Mrs. Francis H,
Wright of Fort Valley, the re
sponse. Music was furnished
by Mrs. S. J. Tankersley, who
played a piano solo.
Reports were given by chap-
KiwaniansHear
Druggist's Views
On Medicare
“Medicare is being shoved
down our throats,” was the op
inion of Royce Barker of Ma
con at the Reynolds Kiwanis
luncheon meeting, Friday. Mr.
Barker works with Smith, Kline
and French Pharmaceutical
Company. He was introduced
by Dr. Edwards Whatley.
According to Mr. Barker, the
pharmaceutical industry has
taken no stand on Medicare or
socilized medicine. However,
he presented some of his own
views on Medicare.
He said we are not opposed
to medical care for old people,
but we are opposed to any kind
of socialistic government. We
need care for aged, but Medi
care is not the answer.
In 1952, 8-1/2 million people
over 65 years of age had no
medical protection. In 1962,
only 1-1/2 million were without
aid. Mr. Barker said, “It
seems we don’t need too much
Medicare’ it is being shoved
down our throats.”
It will be a tax, not an in
surance premium. The cost
for the first year will be a
billion dollars. It will increase
to 5.4 billion by 1983. It will
come out of the people’s pocket.
The bill, as it is set up, will
make no provision for Doctor
bills or drug bills and it will
pay no money for a long illness
or confinement to a nursing
home.
Care for the aged should be
financed with tax dollars al
ready being collected.
Socialized medicine in Great
Britain has failed. Since 1948,
they have built only one new
hospital. There are fewer
medical students and it has be
come necessary to import doc
tors.
“Let’s get medical care for
the aged, but let’s get it for the
ones who need it and let’s get
it in a way we can afford,”
Mr. Barker concluded.
ter presidents, Mrs. Gordon A.
Cumbaa of Columbus; Mrs. F,
H. Wright of Fort Valley; Mrs.
Carrie W. Smith of Oglethorpe;
Mrs. A. L. Downs of Perry;
Mrs. Marthena McGlaun of Cus
seta; and Mrs. C. H. Neisler
of Reynolds.
Six Real Daughters of Con
federate veterans were present.
Mrs. D. J. Hicks and Miss Ma
rie ’Barrow of Reynolds, Mrs
E. W, Traylor of Perry, Mrs.
A. D. Lambert of Cusseta, Mrs.
F. M. Greene of Perry and Mrs.
S. A. McMahan of Oglethorpe.
Mrs. R. B, Maxwell, Sr.,
first vice president of the Geor
gia Division and Division Chair
man of Districts, introduced
Mrs. L. Carey Bittick, a past
president of the Georgia Divi
sion from Forsyth and Mrs. C.
H. Neisler of Reynolds. Mrs.
Edgar Lancaster, President of
the Georgia Division, spoke
briefly and introduced the Divi
sion officers: Mrs. R. B. Max
well, Sr., of Thomaston, first
vice president; Mrs. W. T.
Bankston of Roberta, second
vice president; Mrs. Chester
M. Smith of Abbeville, Chap
lain of the Georgia Division;
Mrs. L. Cary Bittick of For
syth, Parliamentarian and Mrs.
Gordon A, Cumbaa of Columbus,
Historian.
Mrs. Ed Swearingen was
given a big hand for making the
Georgia Division scrapbook
which won first place at the
General Convention in Mem
phis, Tennessee, last October.
Mrs. Gordon A. Cumbaa and
Mrs. H. Ross Malloy of Colum
bus gave a cordial invitation for
all members to attend the Geor
gia Division convention in Co
lumbus in October.
Mrs. Francis Wright of Fort
Valley invited the District Con
vention to meet in Fort Valley
next year.
A luncheon was served at the
Flint Electric building under the
direction of Miss Amelia
Fletcher.
SPORTS
In Sub-region 4-C basketball
games at Butler High School
bym on Monday night scores
were: Yatesville 45 - Unadilla
41; Crawford County 47 - Rey
nolds 38; Byron 55 - Schley
County 40.
Tuesday night scores were:
Crawford County 41 - Yates
ville 28; Butler 25 - Byron 24.
Under the leadership of a new
advisor, Larry Wilkerson, the
Butler Chapter of Future Farm
ers of America has completed
several projects in 1964-65. Mr.
Wilkerson, a recent graduate of
the University of Georgia,
joined the Butler High faculty
in the fall, following the resig
nation of W, J. Davis, who en
tered Rio Grande Bible Institute
in preparation for the mission
field.
Early in the year, the organi
zation, after a suggestion by
Principal J. D. White, voted
to provide air conditioning for
the Taylor County Library
which is located in the Butler
High School building. The exe
cutive committee spearheaded
the drive and several money
making activities were planned,
A chicken-que on the Court-
Taylor Mill Club
Has Meeting
On Monday
The Taylor Mill Woman’s
Club held their regular meet
ing Monday night with Mrs.
Harold Gates, president pre
siding.
Mrs. J. C. Smith brought the
devotional, reading from
James.
Mrs. Hudson Poole won the
attendance prize.
Mrs. Gates thanked the club
members for the good attend
ance at the supper and bingo
party the Men’s club sponsored.
It was voted that we send the
Men’s club a note of thanks for
their generosity. They gave the
entire proceeds to the Woman’s
Club. It was decided to have
the annual banquet in April, the
date to be decided later.
We discussed and voted to re
place some shrubbery in front
of the Men’s club house.
Committees for the March
meeting were as follows: De
votional, Mrs. Hudson Poole,
Program, Mrs. Richmond Cox
and Mrs. Reginald Mclnvale,
Decorating Mrs. Dan Posey;
Refreshments, Mrs. W. T. Ro
berson, Mrs. Carl Peacock and
Mrs. Will Downs.
A very delightful social hour
was enjoyed by playing Pass
Word, with Mrs. Ernest Parker
and Mrs. J. C, Smith as leaders.
Delicious refreshments of
dainty sandwiches, potato chips
and coffee was served by the
hostesses, Mrs. Elmer Chil-
dree, Mrs. Dennon Roberson
and Mrs. Robert Palmer.
The next meeting will be
March 22 at 7;30 p. m.
house Square netted approxi
mately $125 and then word
reached the boys that Butler
would play host to the Georgia
State Foxhunters Association.
The boys slated an old fashion
ed bar-be-que with the help of
their mothers complete with all
the trimmings and dessert. The
group also sponsored the Bench
Show of the dogs held in the But
ler Gymnatorium and helped in
every way possible to make it a
success and promote the town.
A resident of the northern
section of the county, Ben Neis
ler wanted an area of land clear
ed of trees. He donated the trees
to the Chapter and soon the boys
were “busy as beavers” sawing
-way longs, snaking them out of
the woods in preparation for
loading pulpwood for sale.
Sale day dawned and the truck
got into a swampy area and
broke down. Not to be dis
couraged so easily the boys
scouted around for another
truck, loaded the pulpwood and
were off to the wood yard. This
added to the growing fund in the
treasury.
Another bar-be-que was
planned and in an effort to not
only make more money but
allow the boys to gain
experience in another farm
project, Mr. Wilkerson and
some of the fathers helped them
th butcher the hogs. They
learned to bar-be-que, make
Brunswick stew and with the
FBLA ’ers Prepare
Programs For
Region 4-C Games
The Future Business Leaders
of America, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Edyth M. Guy, pre
pared the program booklets for
the Region 4-C South Girls’
Tournament this week. The
booklets, made up of 12 pages,
were planned and completely
prepared in the Business De
partment.
Members of the club were
joined by members oftheGirls’
Basketball Team in selling ad
vertisement to the local mer
chants to provide funds for the
project. Some designed the
advertisements as they were
instructed, others typed sten
cils, duplicated the pages, as
sembled them and stapled them
together. This work was done
during the girls’ study periods
and after school as they con-
* tinued with their regular class-
work.
The 1000 programs were sold
for a very small fee with all
proceeds to go toward buying
new uniforms for the boys’
basketball team.
aid of the Future Homemakers
to make bar-be-cue sauce.
Concession stands, candy
sales and a chapter swine proj
ect raised more money for the
group. Discarded food from the
school cafeteria was used in the
swine project to raise three
hogs.
After obtaining estimates
from several companies, the
air conditioner to fit the size
of the room was selected. Af
ter sealing all windows, it was
installed and the project com
pleted. The boys were happy
that one project was done but
their work for the year was far
from finished.
Future Farmer Week is now
being observed by election of
the 1964-65 “Sweetheart of
FFA” and selection of a can
didate for the public speaking
contest. The Butler Chapter
will also provide three judges
for the District Sweetheart
elimination to be held atTifton.
The initiation of new members
which has set a new record in
dignity and good taste as all 13
initiates came to school in neat
shirts and ties rather than the
old fashioned burlap sack with
an onion necklace will be com
pleted during the week.
In addition to regular class
work which has continued un
interrupted while the extra
curricular projects were car
ried out, a Parent-Son Banquet
is in the planning stage and
money is necessary for this.
Therefore, a donkey basket
ball game will be played on
April 6 which will provide en
tertainment for the community
as well as funds.
The Banquet and election of
new officers for 1965-66 will
climax a year of hard work for
the Future Farmers Chapter.
Reynolds Woman’s
Club Plans To
Meet On March 3
The Reynolds Woman’s Club
will meet at the club house on
Wednesday, March 3, at 3:30
p. m. with Mrs. C. L, Ayers
presiding.
Mrs. Susie Woods, chair
man of the Libraries Service
Division, will be in charge of
the program. Mrs. Lavelle
Stevens, will give a review of
the book, “A Shade of Differ
ence," by Allen Drury. The
book is a sequel to “Advise and
Consent.”
Grady McLendon, a member
of the Reynolds High School
faculty, will present the musical
program.
Hostesses are Mrs. D. W,
Payne, Mrs. W. T. Whatley
and Mrs. Nell Lucas.
The first Penny Art Show was
held at Reynolds High School
sponsored by the Reynolds Wo
man’s Club on Monday. It is
hoped that this will become an
annual affair.
Grady McClendon, an English
teacher of Reynolds High, en
couraged each high school stu-
Miss Parker Is
STAR Student
Of Taylor County
Martha Lynn Parker, a stu
dent at Reynolds High School,
has been chosen STAR student
for Reynolds High and the Tay
lor County School system. She
is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
William Parker of Reynolds.
Miss Parker chose Royce E.
Lynn as her STAR teacher.
Awards will be presented to
them at the Friday meeting of
the Reynolds Kiwanis Club, who
sponsored this annual STAR
Student program in Taylor
County. E. H, Joiner, former
principal of Reynolds High
School, will speak.
Olivia Suggs was selected
as STAR Student for Butler
High School and she chose Mrs.
Edyth Guy asherSTARteacher.
Antioch Baptists
Hear Rev. Ratliff
Sunday, Feb. 28
Rev. Earl Ratliff of Macon
will speak on Sunday, February
28, at 11 a. m. at Antioch Bap
tist Church. A ministerial stu
dent in his senior year at Mer
cer University, Rev. Ratliff will
also preach the night sermon at
7 p. m.
Everyone is cordially Invited
to attend.
dent to become familiar with
the theme for the year, "Free
dom.” The elementary school
teachers also cooperated by re
quiring each of their students
to submit a drawing for the
show.
First prize was won by Sandy
Hinton and Joe Logue won sec
ond. Honorable mention was
also given to Chris Borders
and Jimmy Payne. Allaresen-
iors at the school.
In elementary grade compe
tition, Colleen Childree, a
fourth grader took first honors
with a sixth grade student, Lynn
Young, coming in second. Hon
orable mention was given to
Beverly Guined, Wanda Wind
ham, first grade; Cindy Bar-
field,Eddie Ayers,second gra«i;
Lisa Whatley, Sherry Pari.!?,
third grade; Phyllis Windham,
Gladys Duncan, fourth grade;
Wayne Montgomery, Billy Bell,
fifth grade; Rocky Lane, Steve
Jones, sixth grade and Gina
Boger, junior high school.
Since seniors won the first
prizes covering the entire
school, ribbons were also
awarded other high school stu
dents for their outstanding
work. Gene Hodges received
a first place and a second was
given to Lynda Whatley. Also
getting honorable mention was
Faye Crook.
Kindergarten students taught
by Mrs. D. E. Byrd also par
ticipated in the art show. Mar
gie Shine won a blue ribbon
and a second place went to Dan
McGue.
A scholarship is given on a
state-wide basis by the Georgia
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
for the best drawing or painting
done by a senior. However,
the Reynolds Club decided to
gives prizes to students in other
grades in order to encourage
further interest in art.
PENNY ART SHOW - W T. Owen, principal of Reynolds High
School, and Mrs. Anne Swearingen are shown against a back
ground of pictures drawn by students of the school for the Penny
Art Show presented on Monday. Mr. Owen and Mrs. Swearingen,
along with Miss Margaret Phillips, (not shown) were judges in
the show.
Taylor County Jayceos Hold
Meeting On Thursday
FBLA STUDENTS PREPARE PROGRAMS FOR REGION 4
SOUTH GIRLS’ TOURNAMENT.
President Bob Green of the
Taylor County Junior Chamber
of Commerce presided at the
regular meeting at the Bone
Motor Hotel, Thursday night.
After announcing that the fea
tured speaker of the evening had
been forced to cancel his talk
due to illness, the meeting was
used as an open forum to co
ordinate the activities of the
club and to acquaint all the
members with all the activities
underway.
Holmes Harrison gave a re
port of the SPOKE activity.
With April 1 as the qualifying
deadline, the new club hopes
to have a number qualify on the
district and state level. One
of the requirements of becoming
a SPOKE is to bring in a new
member. According to Presi
dent Green, this seems to have
been fairly easy with the club
showing a 25 percent increase
Mrs. Williams And
Mrs. Pittman Host
Mauk HD Meet
Mrs. J. H. Williams and Mrs.
Gayneele Pittman hosted a
meeting of the Mauk HD Club
last Tueaday in the club house.
The entire group composed
of Mrs. Amy Gill, Mrs. Dave
Harbuck, Mrs. Cecil Gill, Mrs.
L. R. Pike, Mrs. J. L. Rustin,
Continued on page 4
in membership since the or
ganization was chartered. An
other requirement is to attend
the orientation program and
March 18 has been set aside
for this with Charles Owen as
guest speaker for the occasion.
Sherill Penn gave a report
on the Winter Board Meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Penn and Mr.
and Mrs. Green attended where
they were guests at the Young
Farmer luncheon and other
activities. Green pointed out
that Georgia had three outstand
ing farmers.
Harold Daniels then gave a
report on the progress made by
the Daytona Beach Vacation
Committee. The moneymaking
project was begun two weeks ago
and plans have now been made
to hold a drawing on the Court
house Square in Butler on June
17 with the holder of the lucky
ticket to get an all expense paid
vacation in Daytona Beach,
Florida, from August 2 to Au
gust 7. A room will be reserved
at the West Indies Motel with
additional expenses for food,
entertainment and other ex
penses.
A pancake supper is also
planned in the near future.
Plans are not yet completed,
according to Sherrill Penn.
Richard Taylor, a prospec
tive associate member, was a