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Department of Archives
General Library
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
The Taylor County News
and The Butler Herald
Vol. 89—No. 14
BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1965
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
VERNA GRIGGS
Joining hands with the civic organizations of our county in
helping to promote any project for the good of our area, we
have attempted to give you the news of our people as we are able
to obtain it. We have made an effort to cover every corner of
the county as well as pushing eve'-y project that we felt was
good for the citizens.
Again we are working with a civic organization in getting the
local happenings into every home. Beginning this weekend and
continuing through March 31 a special subscription sale will be
underway in the county,
The newly organized Jaycettes, who are wives of the members
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, voted to hold a subscrip
tion campaign to 1) get the News into as many homes as possible
in order that projects might be publicized as widely as possible
and 2) to add to their treasury.
From now until March 31, new subscriptions will be $2 per
year with the Jaycettes receiving 50 percent. Renewals will
also enrich their treasury although they will be sold at regular
prices - $3.00 per year or $5 for two years.
The Jaycettes are organized and will be calling on you soon.
Help them as they help us to put your news in every citizen’s
hands every week.
Gift subscriptions (new) will be accepted at the lower rate.
A former resident would enjoy knowing what his friends and
neighbors are doing back in Taylor County.
* * * *
After the controversy over the sale of alcoholic beverages
in our county, we can now be assured that our county com
missioners did not vote to license beer but are seeking other
means of paying the debt now owed by the county
The interest shown in this proves that the citizens are in
terested in their county. Let us now get together and support
the commissioners as they attempt to get the county on a sound
economic basis so that we may entertain hopes of bringing new
industry to us to furnish the life blood we need.
Although agriculture is the backbone of our economy and al
though every report on retail sales in our county shows an in
crease, we continue to be recognized at state level as a ‘‘bed
room county” with so many of our citizens sleeping in homes
here but rising early to drive many miles to jobs in other
counties.
We must find occupations for our people and especially must
we entice our young people to return after their college years
are completed.
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One interesting note borrowed from a Minnesota editor.
‘‘All editors are known to be liars of a necessity. Evidence
the printed word in comparison to the story from one who was
present. The printed word says. ‘A delicious luncheon was
served and enjoyed by all after which an interesting discus
sion was held.’ A lady present expressed it differently as
she said, ‘The food was lousy. It is well known the hostess
couldn't boil water without burning it. The discussion period
covered everyone who was not present thoroughly.’ Do you
see why editors tell stories?"
Dr. W.B. King Speaks To
PTA Members, Monday Night
Dr. William B. King, presi
dent of Georgia Southwestern
College in Americus, was the
guest speaker at the Butler Pa
rents-Teachers Association on
Monday night in the school cafe-
torium. Speaking on the im
portance of education and what
Lions Hear The
Zone Chairman
Zone Chairman C. V. Glis-
son of Fort Valley was the
guest speaker of the Butler
Lions Club which met on Mon
day night at the Page Cafe.
Mr. Glisson led a round table
discussion on Lionism and the
work done each year by the
Lions Club. In 1963-64, the
Butler Club led District
18-E in number of points ob
tained for the activities and
projects completed as well
as taking the District A-
ward in October for new mem
bers obtained. He commended
the Club for the excellent
record.
Past President WanzaHort-
man gave a report on the
Zone Meeting, Sunday, in Ogle
thorpe. Mr. Hortman attended
this meeting along with Carl
ton Hortman.
John Neely presided at the
brief business session and
the nominating committee was
chosen for the next year. They
include Bobby Parks, chair
man; Carlton Hortman and
Robert Griggs. The list of of
ficers are to be presented
to the club at the next
meeting which will be a Ladies
Night meeting on March 22.
Reynolds PTA To
Meet On Monday
The Reynolds PTA will meet
on Monday, March 15, at 7:30
p. m. in the school lunchroom.
Members are requested to
bring a covered dish.
Georgia Southwestern College
is doing to aid in the develop
ment of this part of the state.
Dr. King told of the trends in
college education.
Ten to twenty years ago, 10
percent of the high school grad
uates went to college and any
percentage higher than this was
considered very good. Today,
at least 40 percent of the high
school graduates attend college.
With this trend, colleges are
getting bigger and requirements
are becoming much more strict.
More formal education is
necessary to handle the
increase enrollment and quali
fications must be more strict
for enrollment.
He pointed out that the drop
out rate is not as great as it
was 10 to 20 years ago but is
still a major problem in high
school. He also pointed out
that anyone who really desires
an education can obtain one if
willing to work for it.
One year ago, Georgia South
western was made a four year
school. Enrollment as a result
is greatly increasing and is
about 50 percent higher than it
was a year ago. Although pres
ently operating on a two year
basis, the first graduating class
is now enrolled as the freshman
class.
A building lag from 1954 to
1962 put the college behind but
it is now rapidly catching up
with a new library already con
structed and plans underway to
get a new dining area, new
dormitories and a new science
building very soon.
President Frank Riley pre
sided at the business session
and asked Mrs. Bobby Parks,
chairman of the nominating
committee, to give the report.
Bobby Green was chosen presi
dent, Mrs. Billy Amos was
elected secretary and Mrs.
Lester Peed is the new
treasurer. A vice president
had not been selected at the time
but will be announced at a later
date. The new officers will be
installed at the May meeting.
Georgia Power
Pays $6,492.12
To Local Cities
Checks for $6,492.12 were
delivered on March 3 to the
Cities of Butler, Reynolds and
Roberta by John Roberts,
Americus District Manager,
Georgia Power Company. The
individual cities received
checks as follows: $2,681.85,
Butler; $2,347.76, Reynolds;
and $1,462.51, Roberta.
This tax payment represents
three percent of the gross re
ceipts in 1964 from the sale of
electric power, under the
Municipal Partnership Plan, to
the company’s commercial and
residential customers in the
city. It is in addition to the
company’s property taxes,
which on a statewide basis last
year totaled $8,306,000.
More than $3,143,000 in 1964
gross receipts taxes is being
paid this year to the communi
ties of Georgia. This is an in
crease of more than $240,000
over the amount paid last year.
The company’s total tax bill
for 1964 was $37,678,000. This
does not include the sales tax
the company collects from its
customers for the State of Geor
gia. Nor does it include the
sales tax the company pays on
materials used in its opera-
tion.
Mauk Baptists
Begin Revival On
Sunday, March 28
A revival will begin at Mauk
Baptist Church on March 28 at
7;30 p. m. Rev. Randy Carter,
pastor of Willingham Baptist
Church in Macon, will be the
guest speaker.
Rev. Preston Batts is pastor
of the church.
Reynolds Enters
'Stay And See
Georgia' Program
_ Reynolds, Georgia has offi
cially entered the 1965 STAY
& SEE GEORGIA Program
sponsored statewide by the
Travel Council of the Geor
gia State Chamber of Com
merce, it was announced to
day by Myrl Simpson, Asst. V.
P. Columbus Bank and Trust
Co. Third District STAY & ,
SEE GEORGIA Chairman.
In Reynolds the Rey
nolds Planning Commission
will spearhead the program
and John B. Walton, P. O. Box
484, Reynolds has been named
the 1965 local STAY &
SEE GEORGIA Chairman.
STAY & SEE is a state
wide do-it-yourself travelpro-
gram designed to help com
munities promote Tourism,
the business of attracting,
serving and entertaining tra
velers, an already $352 mil
lion dollar industry in Geor
gia.
Official STAY & SEE par
ticipants will form five com
mittees: "Clean-up and
Beautification", "Courtesy and
Hospitality", "New Attrac
tions”, "Points of Interest”,
and “Accommodations and
Facilities". Projects will be
undertaken in these areas and
results will be turned into the
State Chamber, October 1,1965
for judging by out-of-state
Travel Editors. Prizes will be
awarded to the communities
judged to have done the finest
job of developing their overall
tourist potential through the
STAY & SEE GEORGIA Pro
gram.
Bearettes To Enter
State Tournament
BY BUDDY DUNN
Norman Carter and his Bear
ettes have done it again! After
defeating Greenville and Craw
ford County in the 4-C tourna
ment last weekend, they’re on
the way to state for the fourth
consecutive year. Their first
opponent at state will be Put
nam County of Eatonton, Wed
nesday night, 8 p. m. in the
Municipal Auditorium, Macon.
Both Greenville and Craw-
Antioch Baptists
To Call Pastor On
Sunday, March 14
Rev. Tom Harrell will return
to Antioch Baptist Church to
speak on Sunday, March 14. Ser
vices will be held at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m.
All members are urged to at
tend Church Conference on Sun
day night to call a pastor.
Mr. Cooper Dies
In Upson County
I, Thurs.
Hospital,
GA. POWER PAYS TAXES - Left to right are
C, E. Thaxton, mayor of Roberta and R, L.
Swearingen Jr., mayor of Reynolds, as they ac
cept checks from John Roberts, Americus Dis
trict Manager, Georgia Power Company.
Kiwanians Hear Mr. Woodroof's
Views On Peach industry
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Joint Meet
Butler Unit 124, American
Legion Auxiliary made plans
at their regular meeting on
March 5 for a joint meeting
with the Legionnaires at the
Legion Home on Tuesday,
March 16 at 7;30 p. m. to ob
serve the 46th anniversary of
the American Legion.
A covered dish supper will
be served and a program is
planned. All Legionnaires and
auxiliary members are urged
to attend and bring someone
with you.
J. G. Woodroof spoke to the
Kiwanians and their guests at
their Friday luncheon meeting.
He was introduced by Grady
Elder.
A native of Meriwether Coun
ty, Mr. Woodroof received his
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree
in Horticulture from the Uni
versity of Georgia. He took
post-graduate work in Horticul
ture at the University of Cali
fornia, receiving a Ph.D degree
from Michigan State University
in Horticulture.
He began work at theGeorgia
Experiment Station, in 1938,
later leaving to become presi
dent of Abraham Baldwin Agri
culture College. However, he
returned in 1938 to begin re
search on processing fruits and
vegetables. In 1950, Mr. Wood
roof was made Chairman of the
Division of Food Processing at
the University of Georgia. For
the past five years he has been
particularly interested in de
veloping peach products, which
was his subject while speaking
Local Students
Make Good At
College In Texas
Mrs. Warner Watson, the
former Miss Doris Peed of But
ler, has been named to the Honor
List of Westminster College and
Bible Institute in Tehuacana,
Texas. To achieve this, a stu
dent must have a grade point
average of 2.6 for 15 semester
hours with no more than two
B’s and no grade lower than a
C. Mrs. Watson is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peed.
Miss Dondra Peed, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Moody Peed
of Butler, is a member of the
college sextette with the West
minster College Choir which
made its first appearance of
the school year January 30 and
31 at the East Dallas Congrega
tional Methodist Church.
Jimmy Stinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Stinson of But
ler, joined the Westminster stu
dent body for the spring semes
ter. He is a sophomore, trans-
fering from Berry College in
Rome.
All three students are grad
uates of Butler High School and
are active members of Bethel
Congregational Methodist
Church near Butler.
"Westminster College and
Bible Institute is a school with
a unique mission—that of help
ing Christian young people find
God’s will for their lives and
then helping to prepare them
for His service," according to
Rev. Elmo McGuire, president
of Westminster College.
to the Kiwanians.
Mr. Woodroof expressed the
belief that in this section agri
culture and industry could work
together. When a section pro
duces more raw products than it
can use, mere is room for in
dustry.
He suggested foods as a
career for high school grad
uates because there is such a
demand for people who know how
to handle foods,
According to Mr. Woodroof,
Georgia pioneered the develop
ment of peach machinery for
sorting, grading, de-fuzzing,
refrigerating and disease con
trolling. Now it is on the verge
of pioneering in another direc
tion-peach concentrate.
Grade B peaches can he used
for concentrate and although
peaches don’t have as much Vi
tamin C as orange juice, the
finished product is fortified so
that it is brought to the level
of orange juice. Cost would
be about the same.
One of Mr. Woodroof’s im
portant points was the ques
tion, "Can we visualize this as
an industry.” Perhaps this is
a good point for Taylor Coun-
tains to ponder.
At a directors meeting, C.
E. Marshall and Grady Elder
were appointed as delegates
to the Kiwanis Convention.
From the floor three alternate
delegates were selected in
cluding Henry Vanlandingham,
Mac Goddard and Pete Ayers.
Guests were Roy Hill, John
Thomas, and J. B. Brown of
the Interclub fromGriffin; Clint
Adams, Vernon Reddish, John
Montgomery, Garland Byrd,
Grady McClendon, Ed Swearin
gen, Walter Wainwright, and
Key Clubbers, Edward Swearin
gen and Gene Hodges.
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 clubby burglars
in two break-ins in the past
month.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Soil Stewardship
Planning Committee
Meets On Monday
A planning meeting will be
held in the Courthouse, Mon
day, March 15, at 1:30 p. m. to
make preparations for Soil
Stewardship Week, May 23-30.
The State Soil and Water
Conservation Corr.n'.ittee ar.J
the Georgia Association of
Soil and Water District Super
visors will sponsor Soil Ste
wardship Week.
In the past many activities
have contributed to the Stew
ardship of our soil and natural
resources.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L.
Theus of Augusta announce the
birth of a son, Virgil Theodore
on February 25 at Talmadge
Memorial Hospital. Weighing
six pounds and one ounce, he
will be called Ted. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Usher of Augusta while
paternal grandparents are Dr.
and Mrs. Leon Theus of Butler.
Bryant Cooper ofThomaston,
formerly of Taylor County, died
at Upson County Hospital early
Thursday morning. Funeral
services were held Friday af
ternoon from The Church of
Jesus Christ with interment in
Southview Cemetery.
Mr. Cooper was the son of the
late H. G, and Margaret Eliza
beth Raburn Cooper of Webster
County and he was born January
24, 1880. He resided in Taylor
County for most of his life,
moving to Thomaston approxi
mately 40 years ago. He mar
ried Miss Eulala Gassett of
Taylor County, who died in 1929.
Survivors included his wife,
Mrs. Kate Martin Saunders
Cooper, formerly of Taylor
County; four daughters, Mrs.
Adel Bell of Charing, Mrs. Mary
Lizzie Rodgers of Taylor Mill,
Mrs. Alice Jones of Unadilla
and Mrs. Myra Keeble of La-
Grange; five sisters, Mrs. Lula
Wilchar and Mrs. Minnie Har
mon of Butler, Mrs. Gussie
Cooper, Mrs. Texa Locke and
Miss Maggie Cooper, all of Ru
pert; and two brothers, Linwood
Cooper of Rupert and C. C.
Cooper of Columbus. Several
grandchildren and two step
children also survive.
Coggins-Trice Funeral Home
of Thomaston was in charge of
arrangements with Jack Rod
gers, Frank Ridgers, James
Adams, Henry Keeble, Gerald
Jones and Wheeler Cooper Jr.
serving as pallbearers.
Reynolds Seniors Sponsor
Emory Glee Club Appearance
Gospel Sing Set
A Gospel Sing featuring local
talent is scheduled for Pine
Level Methodist Church on Fri
day, March 12, from6;30to 11;30
p. m. It is sponsored by the
MYF.
Anyone interested in gosjxd
singing is invited. No admis
sion will be charged.
The internationally famous
Emory University Glee Club
will appear in concert March 17,
at 8:30 p. m., in the Rey
nolds National Guard Armory.
The all-male singing group
has performed throughout the
United States and has made
several concert-tours of Eu
rope.
Their program in Reynolds
will include representatives of
many periods of music, includ
ing the current folk-singing
craze
Dr. William W Lemotidswill
direct the thirty five singers.
He has been director of the
Emory Glee Club and Wo
men's Choral for two years.
Dcr Lemonds received his
musical education at the West
minster Choir School and at
several universities through
out the country He also
studied at the American
University in Biarritz, France.
Before coming to Emory,
Lemonds directed the glee
club at the University of the
South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
In addition to musical ex
cellence, he has added both
vitality and showmanship to
the Emory singing group.
The Senior Class of Rey
nolds High School is spon
soring the Glee Club. Tickets
can be obtained from mem
bers of the class.
For additional information,
call the Reynolds school,
847 9245. The public is cor
dially invited.
ford County played controlled
ball on the Bearettes hoping
for the biggest upset among
region tournaments. This type
game is unusually hard to play
and can often really handicap
a fine bail team. However, the
Bearettes never gave up either
night. They knew that in this
type of game they could go on and
win if they ever caught their
opponent. The local girls
proved stronger in the fourth
quarter both nights, this being
the big difference. They de
feated Greenville, 41-35 and
Crawford County, 40-37, thus
earning the right to represent
Region 4-C along with Craw
ford County at the State Meet
next week.
Coach Carter’s Bearettes
first went to state in 1961-62, go
ing all the way to the finals
before losing to strong Dexter
65-58. In 1962-63, they re
turned to state semi-finals be
fore losing to Doerun 49-41.
In 1963-64, they were not to be
denied and won the state cham
pionship by defeating Red Bud
in the finals.
This is a superb record at
state, not to mention the many
trophies the girls have won at
sub-region, region and special
tournaments through the past
few years. They deserve much
recognition for their out
standing contribution in the field
of sports. Today, because of
their record they are one of the
most talked about basketball
teams in the state.
Next week, the teams faces
the big one again. The pres
sure will be on. This team
had confidence in themselves
last year. They haven’t lost
it! Let’s support the number
one Class C team in Georgia
next week. Beat Putnam is the
big words right now and from
there we’ll take them as they
come. See you at Municipal
Auditorium, Wednesday night,
8 p. m. to yell this team to
victory again.
Reynolds Teacher
To Appear On
Television Show
Grady McClendon of Rey
nolds will appear on WRBL-
TV, Channel 3, Columbus, Mon
day, March 15, at 8:00 a. m.
on the “At Home With Ro-
zell" show.
He will sing two selections
from the Broadway musical
"Kismet." The songs are
"Stranger In Paradise" and
"And This Is My Beloved."
Mrs. C.E. Marshall will ac
company him.
Mr. McClendon sang pro
fessionally for over two years
as tenor soloist at the Epis
copal Cathedral of Saint Philip
in Atlanta, while attending
Emory University.
He was tenor soloist with
the Emory Glee Club for four
years and a member of the
Emory Chamber Singers. He
will be guest soloist with the
Glee Club in their concert
in Reynolds. Wednesday night.
EMORY GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR IN REYNOLDS - Reynolds
High School Senior Phil Underwood, Eleanor Albritton and
Sara Anne Fountain are shown selling ticket to the Emory
Glee Club concert to the Rev. W. W. Whaley, pastor of the
Reynolds Methodist Church. The concert will be held on
Wednesday, March 17 at the National Guard Armory.