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BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH S, IMS
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National Youthpower Week,
which is to be observed from
March 21 through 27, has a
notable objective--to do some
thing constructive about the
poor nutritional habits followed
by millions of the nation’s teen
agers.
The Week is sponsored by the
National Food Conference As
sociation, supported by 66 ma
jor food industry firms. And
there can be no doubt of the
need for an effort of this nature.
There are some 23 million
teen-agers in this country and
study after study has shown that
an alarmingly high percentage
of them fail to eat adequately.
As an example, a Missouri sur
vey of 36,000 high school stu
dents found that only one per
cent of the girls questioned and
4.5 per cent of the boys indi
cated that they had the recom
mended servings from the four
basic food,groups on that day,
and just 15.8 per cent had what
might be considered an "ade
quate” breakfast. And the De
partment of Agriculture says
that the older the child, the
poorer the diet is apt to be—
from childhood to teen-age the
percentage of young people with
poor diets increases sharply.
There is irony in this. In
much of the world, inferior diet
is unavoidable because of in
adequate production and low in
come levels. The people of
those unfortunate nations would
stare in disbelief at our stores
with their endless supplies of
top - quality - foods— the
meats, the breads and cereals,
the fruits and vegetables, the
dairy products. Their cost is
within the reach of American
families — yet dietary defi
ciency is rampant here.
The Week is the culmination
of a major program which
started sometime ago. It should
be continued in every home in
the land — and, most par
ticularly in those of the teen
agers.
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Again thinking of our young
people we find that unemploy
ment in this country holds per
sistently around the four mil
lion mark. At the same time,
industries everywhere are
clamoring, often unsuccess
fully, for large numbers of
workers to handle new jobs
created by modern technology.
This apparent anomaly is
easily explained. As President
Carey of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States puts
it, our schools are failing to
build "employability” into high
school graduates who seek jobs
rather than go on to college.
The result is that there is a
labor shortage despite the un
employment rolls--a shortage
of skilled labor.
To meet this challenge, he
proposes a cooperative ap
proach by educators and the
business community. Business
Advisory Committees would
survey local manpower and skill
requirements to help educators
make their vocational and tech
nical training programs mean
ingful. The caliber of instruc
tion in vocational training
courses would be improved by
making practical experience the
top priority in teacher certifi
cation. And the dignity of use
ful occupations would be ele
vated to overcome parental dis
approval which forces some
youngsters into college instead
of into some form of advanced
vocational or technical training
for which they are better suited.
Mr. Carey is certainly on the
right track. Technology is pro
ducing extremely profound
changes in the kind and scope
of needed skills. Education
needs to change with it.
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It cannot be denied that the
American people have been gen
erous in their support of edu
cation. Last year, for instance,
voters in more than 2,100 elec
tions throughout the nation ap
proved school bond issues total-
Continued on page 2
Mr. Owen Speaks
To Gordon-Carson
UDC, February 25
W. T. Owen, introduced by
Mrs. E. B. Swearingen, was
guest speaker to the Gordon-
Carson Chapter UDC on Feb
ruary 25. He spoke on the
subject, "Shattered Dreams of
July 4, 1863,” telling of the
significance of the Battle of
Gettysburg.
Mrs. D. J. Hicks and Mrs.
D. W. Harp were hostesses for
the regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. Harp.
Mrs. C. H. Neisler conducted
the business meeting and Mrs.
S. J. Tankersley read the min
utes. Miss Marie Barrow told
of marking two Confederate
graves recently. It was decided
to invest the money for a
recently cashed bond in a cer
tificate of deposit at the Citi
zens State Bank. Mrs. Neisler
called attention to the Memorial
Fund which is an educational
fund used to assist worthy young
people who are descendents of
Confederate Veterans. It was
suggested that donations be
made as a memorial to deceased
members. Subscriptions to the
UDC Magazine are to be sent
to the school and town libraries.
During the social hour the
hostesses assisted by Mrs.
Swearingen and Mrs. Ola Hicks
served a salad course and
coffee.
Antioch Baptists
Hear Rev. Harrell
Sunday, March 7
Guest speaker at Antioch
Baptist Church near Butler on
Sunday, March 7, will be the
Rev. Tom W. Harrell of War
ner Robins. Rev. Harrell at
tended the seminary at Louis
ville, Kentucky and is a former
pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church in Albany.
Everyone is invited to attend
services at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
FHA'ers Present
Skit On Teenage
Traffic Problems
by Mary Jane Green
On February 26, the Butler
Chapter of the Future Home
makers of America presented
”A Day in a Traffic Court" in
an assembly program to the
high school students.
The skit concerning teen
age traffic violators took
place in the judge’s cham
bers, where in scene I the cases
were heard and the sentences
were passed. In scene II there
was a conference between
Judge Jones and the parents of
the teenagers.
Participating in the play were
Sharon Bohler, Maetha Clark,
Linda Williamson, Jack James,
Merita Barrow, Judy Locke,
Martha Clark, Linda William
son, Jack James, Merita Bar-
row, Judy Locke, Linda Faye
Rustin, Marilyn Woodall, Nina
Payne, Jeanne Griggs, Cathy
Guinn and Anne Waller.
Bar-be-que Slated
By VFW Post 8802
A Burglar Bar-Be-Que will
be sponsored by VFW Post 8802
on Saturday night, March 13, at
the post home at Rustin’s Lake
with a choice of bar-be-qued
pork or bar-be-qued goat.
Plates will cost $1 with pro
ceeds to replace merchandise
stolen from the club by burg
lars in two break-ins in the
past month.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
STAR STUDENT RECOGNIZED - Left to right
are Royce Lynn of Milledgeville, STAR Teacher
of Taylor County; Miss Martha Lynn Parker,
STAR Student of Taylor County; Miss Olivia
Suggs, STAR Student of Butler High School and
Mrs. Edyth M. Guy, STAR Teacher of Butler
High School. They were all honored at the
Reynolds Kiwanis meeting, Friday.
PTA To Hear President of
Georgia Southwestern
Dr. William B. King, president
of Georgia Southwestern Col
lege in Americus, will speak
Revival Scheduled
The Church of God of
Prophecy of Taylor Mill will
begin a revival on March 14 at
7;30 p. m. Sister Gladys Kyle
will bring the messages.
Rev. H. M. Skipper is pas
tor of the church and the public
is invited to attend.
HD Council To
Meet March 16
All Home Demonstration club
members are encouraged to at
tend their District Home Dem
onstration Council Meeting to
be held in Americus at Georgia
Southwestern College. The
groups will go in cars. Let us
know if you wish to attend. The
meeting will begin at 9:00 a. m.
and adjourn at 2:30 p. m. on
March 16.
Is a clothes dryer a good in
vestment for the average Geor
gia family?
Fire Destroys
Parker Home
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Parker last Wed
nesday about 9 p. m., according
to Mrs. Parker. The house,
owned by Tom Giles of Butler,
and the furnishings were a total
loss.
The family returned from a
basketball game in Butler to
find their home ablaze. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker and sons are now
residing in the Stanford house.
Mr. Borders Aids
In Robins AFB
Cost Avoidance
"Waste not, want not” might
well be the motto of three elec
tronic and armament mainte
nance technicians at Robins
AFB.
Joint efforts of D. E. Borders
of Reynolds, Robert A. Brown
ing of Macon and Willard E. Wil
liams of Cochran in salvaging
rather than destroying relay
timers used in B-47 and B-52
aircraft have resulted in a
$28,300 cost aviodance to the
Air Force.
Certain plug-in type ampli
fiers and insulators from the
excess amplifier rack were
being reclaimed in the Warner
Robins Air Materiel Area main
tenance directorate at Robins.
The list of items to be saved
did not include the Haydor. relay
timer, a part of the bombing-
navigation radar system in B-47
and B-52 aircraft, which was
needed to support repair of am
plifier racks. An order had been
placed to purchase the timers
which cost $142 each.
The three men determined
the need for the relays and had
them placed on the list of items
to be reclaimed rather than de
stroyed.
Mr. Borders, a quality con
trol inspector, began work in
the WRAMA supply and trans
portation directorate at Rob
ins in May 1953 as a ware
houseman and supply inspector.
He transferred to the mainte
nance directorate in January
1955.
From 1949-53 he served with
the Navy as an aviation boat
swain mate. He is a native of
Marshallville and resides with
his wife, the former Miss Betty
Worthen and three children in
Reynolds.
Mr. Browning is a radio
communications repairman and
Mr. Williams is an electro
mechanical instrument and con
trol repairer.
to the Butler PTA, Monday,
March 8, at 8 p. m. in the school
cafetorium. The importance
of education and what Georgia
Southwestern College is trying
to do to aid in the dvelopment
of this part of the state will
be discussed by Dr. King.
Dr. King is a graduate of
Georgia Teacher’s College re
ceiving his Masters at the Uni
versity of Georgia and his Phd
at New York University. He
has taught in country schools
and in elementary grades up
to the position of high school
principal. He was also chair
man of the guidance depart
ment of the University of Geor
gia and Wayne State Univer
sity in Detroit, Michigan at
one time.
The public is invited to hear
this discussion which is of in
terest to everyone in our area.
Refreshments will be served.
MaukWMU Meets
With Mrs. Rustin
The Mauk Baptist WMU meet
ing was held Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Sidney
Rustin. Mrs. L. R. Pike was
in charge of the program.
Plans were begun for the
WMU to sponsor a singing
school during the summer
months.
Present were Mrs. Hinton
Woodall, Mrs. P. B. Watson,
Mrs. L. R. Pike, Mrs. E. H.
Morrison, Mrs. M. B. Pittman
Jr., Mrs. Jim Williams, Mrs.
J. L. Rustin and Mrs. O. L,
Pike.
Basketball Game
The Reynolds Kiwanis Club
will face the Reynolds High
School Key Club in a basket
ball game scheduled for Tues
day, March 9, at 7;30 p. m.
Admission is 25 cents and 50
cents. Everyone is urged to
attend, (pd. adv.)
Parker Is STAR Student
Of Taylor County For 1965
Garden Club Plans
Meet For March 10
The Butler Garden Club
will meet on March 10 at the
community house. Mrs. Hugh
Cheek will speak on the plant
ing and care of lawns.
Hostesses are Mrs. J. R.
Wilson, Mrs. Hugh Gee, Mrs.
Walter Evans, Mrs. W. S. Payne
and Mrs. Luke Adams.
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WE NEED IT is the concensus of opinion of three electronic
and armament maintenance technicians at Robins AFB as they
examine the relay timer used in B-47 and B-52 aircraft bomb-
ing-nativation radar systems. Joint efforts of (L-R) D. E. Bor
ders of Reynolds, Robert A. Browning of Macon and Willard E.
Williams of Cochran in salvaging rather than destroying relay
timers have resulted in a $28,300 cost avoidance to the Air
Force. Mr. Williams received a $320 award for the cost-cutting
suggestion. The three men work in the Warner Robins Air Ma
teriel Area maintenance directorate.
Miss Martha Lynn Parker
was recognized as STAR stu
dent of Taylor County at the
Friday luncheon meeting of the
Reynolds Kiwanis Club, spon
sor of the program in this area.
Martha Lynn chose Royce Lynn,
former math teacher at Rey
nolds High School, as her STAR
Teacher. He is presently teach
ing at Georgia Military College
in Milledgeville.
Miss Olivia Suggs was STAR
Student of Butler High School
and her special teacher was
Mrs. Edyth M. Guy, head of the
business department.
Woodfin Hinton presented
certificates to the students and
their teachers following an ad
dress by E. H. Joiner, former
principal of Reynolds High
School, where Martha Lynn is
a student.
"Sweets to the sweet and
sweets to the intelligent” was
Mr. Joiner’s way of express
ing his appreciation of the girls’
scholastic achievements as he
presented both with a box of
candy.
He explained that a STAR
Bearettes Take
4-C South Crown
The Butler Bearettes climax
ed a great home season Tues
day night by defeating Crawford
County, 55-44 for the fifth 4-C
South Crown. The game was
fairly close in the first half
and in the third quarter but
Butler exploded for eight
straight points to put the con
test on ice.
Friday night, Butler travels
to Milner to meet the Green
ville Blue Devils. The winner
of the game will earn a berth
in the state tournament in Ma
con and will play the Crawford
County-Talbot County winner
for the Region 4-C Champion
ship. The Crawford County-
Talbot County game begins at
7;30 p. m. while the Butler-
Greenville game is immediately
after, probably at 8:30 p. m.
The Championship game will be
at 8:15 Saturday night while the
consolation game starts at 7
p. m.
LEGION AUXILIARY
PLANS MEETING
Butler Unit 124, American
Legion Auxiliary will meet Fri
day, March 5, at 3 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Joseph Harmon.
Mrs. Clyde Walker will be co
hostess and Mrs. J. M. Rustin
will have the program on com
munity service.
Taylor Native
Killed In Auto
Crash, Tuesday
Funeral services for Danny
Lamar Carpenter of Centerville
were held at 3 p. m., Wednes
day, in the First Baptist Church
of Centerville. The Rev. Mobley
Cross and the Rev. Robert Har
ris officiated and interment was
in Magnolia Park Cemetery.
Danny, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Carpenter, was kil
led instantly in a single car ac
cident near Fort Valley, Tues
day morning. The mishap oc
curred about 7;50 a. m., one
tenth of a mile north of Fort
Valley on Georgia Highway 49.
State Patrol reports showed
that the car owned and driven
by Carpenter went out of con
trol and struck a tree near the
Peach County Hospital. Both
Carpenter and a passenger,
Billy Wayne Gibbs of Warner
Robins were taken to the hos
pital. Gibbs also died from the
accident.
Born in Taylor County, Jan
uary 26, 1947, he had lived in
Centerville for several years,
moving there from Butler. He
was an employee of Blue Bird
Body Company in Fort Valley
and attended Dudley Hughes Vo
cational School in Macon.
Survivors includes his pa
rents; two sisters, Mrs. Char
les Vann of Goldsboro, N. C.
and Mrs. James Haggee of War
ner Robins; one brother, Jerry
Carpenter of Warner Robins and
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Robert Carpenter of Center
ville. A number of aunts, uncles
and other relatives reside in
Taylor County.
Christopher Funeral Home
of Warner Robins was in charge
of arrangements.
Graveside Rites
For Mr. Cassidy
Are Held Sunday
Graveside services for John
F. Cassidy, 76, of Tarpon
Springs, Fla. were held at Mount
Nebo Primitive Baptist Church
on Sunday at 3 p. m. Rev. Doug
las Green, pastor of the Howard
Methodist Church Charge, offi
ciated.
Mr. Cassidy was the husband
of the former Mrs. Alma Rod
gers of Charing.
Edwards Funeral Home as
sisted with arrangements with
Lewis Watson Sr., Benny Wal
ler, Douglas Purvis and Allie
Callahan serving as pall
bearers.
A News Note
Friends of Julian Edwards
will be interested to learn that
at the February meeting of the
Georgia State Board of Funeral
Directors Mr. Edwards was
made president of the board.
Student is chosen on the basis
of the SAT Test and the stu
dent's record for the first half
of the senior year. Each STAR
Student picks the teacher who
has been the most help to him
to share the STAR spotlight.
Mr. Joiner also said that suc
cess is due to background and
training. He brought out the
facts that a great aunt of Mar
tha Lynn’s, the late Miss Katie
Hicks, taught for many years
while an aunt, Miss Elizabeth
Parker, is now Registrar at
West Georgia College and is
also a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. Martha Lynn’s father,
William Parker, a successful
farmer, is a member of the Ma
con County Board of Education.
Olivia's father, Jack Suggs,
is a successful businessman
and her mother is "bright,
hardworking and persuasive.
If you want a successful drive,
call on Louise,” was Mr. Join
er's comment.
In reference to the STAR
Teachers, Mr. Joiner chose a
quotation from Governor Carl
Sanders, "Everybody in his life
has someone, many times a
teacher who gives them an op
portunity to learn and grow.”
He concluded, "These girls
were tested; they made good and
all honor is due them.”
Martha Lynn, daughter of Mr.
Reynolds WSCS
To Sponsor
Day Of Prayer
The Woman’s Society of
Christian Service will spon
sor the World Day of Prayer
Program at Reynolds Metho
dist Church at 3:30 p. m.,
Friday, March 5.
The World Theme, "What
Doth The Lord Require?"
will be under the leadership
of Mrs. J.G, Hicks.
MARTHA LYNN PARKER
and Mrs. William Parker, has
served as president of the Beta
Club, as treasurer of the FHA
and is a member of the "R”
Club. She is copy editor of the
'annual staff of Reynolds High
School as well as being an honor
student.
She placed third in the annual
science fair with her Solar Sys
tem project. Martha Lynn re
ceived a University of Georgia
Certificate of Merit and attend
ed a special convention last
summer on the University cam
pus.
An active member of the Rey
nolds Baptist Church, Martha
Lynn says that she has always
planned to further her educa
tion by attending college and that
her parents had always encour
aged her to do so. She will
major in mathematics atGeor-
gia Southern College.
Guests of the Kiwanians in
cluded Welborn Johnson, Mil
lard Easier, the Rev. Tegler
Greer, U. W. Rollins and N. E,
Horne, all members ol the In
terclub of Roberta; Herman El-
liston, J. D. White, Mrs. Royce
Lynn and Key Clubbers, Rusty
Lane and James Nelson.
WIKOC (Will lidiffuruaca Kill Oar Coaaty)
Our county is in debt. We are in debt because the present
tax structure does not produce enough revenue with which to
operate all the various phases of county responsibility.
What is wrong with our being in debt? Several things - it
holds out industry; it restricts needed facilities; it leads to
loss of young people and most important, it can cause the loss
of our schools. Where there are no schools there are soon no
people.
The weaknesses of our present tax structure are many. Pro
bably the greatest problem is that property in our county is on
the tax books for only a fraction of its true value. This was
vividly illustrated only last month when an audit by our state
school authorities showed Taylor County to be worth
$29,756,985. Compare this with the gross taxable listing of
$4,845,074 and net taxable listing of property of $3,354,034
that our tax books show.
It is little wonder then that our county is very much in the
"red.” One particular disturbing thought concerns our schools.
The state will expect to receive funds from Taylor County based
on nearly 30 million dollars. Operating on a $3-1/2 million
arrangement, how will we pay our school bill? That is a good
question, and it is quite upsetting if you stop to realize that
to not meet this obligation would end public schools in Taylor
County.
Another weakness of our present arrangement is that it is
unfair to most of the people in Taylor County. Very few people
in our county are aware of the injustices under our system.
If you want to see them with your own eyes, go to the county
tax books - they’re open to public inspection - and compare
your house with that of your most well-to-do neighbor or
friend. Another article is planned to deal with these injus
tices but if you will and see for yourself it will not be diffi
cult for you to see the problems.
Webster defines taxes as "a charge levied upon persons
or property by a government to meet its needs.” With this
definition in mind it would seem that taxes in Taylor County
are not high enough.
This is not ture, however, because the percentage of tax
applied to property in our county is among the highest in the
state. Our problem is that our property is not on the books
correctly. If the true value of every piece of property in our
county was on the books properly we could cut down on the
percentage of tax and will all factors considered we would have
equal taxation.
Simply stated our tax structure needs an overhaul by qua-
ified people. Until that time our taxes will not meet our needs
and we will go further in debt and our problems will be com
pounded.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "I like
to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.”
We agree with Justice Holmes, but further we want all the
civilization we are capable of buying - through fair taxes.
Jaycettes Plan
Thursday Meet
The Taylor County Jaycettes
will meet at 8 p. m., Thurs
day, March 11, at the home of
Mrs. Ferdinand Carson Jr. of
Reynolds.
A state representative of the
American Cancer Society, Mrs.
Lillian Jones of Griffin, will be
present to help the Jaycettes
launch their first civic proj
ect, which is the 1965 county
wide Crusade Against Cancer.
Each Jaycette is urged to
attend and those Jaycee wives
who have not yet joined the
Jaycettes are cordially invited
to become a part of this newly
organized group.