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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. 23
BUTLER, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1965
PRICE: 10c PER COPY
“KILLER RUNS RAMPANT
IN GEORGIA” screamed the
headlines of a daily paper
earlier this week. The story
that followed warned everyone
to be very careful and take every
precaution.
“Women and children are not
allowed to leave their homes
after dark and men sleep with
loaded weapons beside their
beds. In our own county, a
group has organized and is
doing everything possible to
corner the killer and save our
populace.”
By now surely you have real
ized the story is only a myth, a
figment of imagination but wait-
Do you really realize how true
the headlines are? A killer is
running rampant on our streets
and through the lush green coun
tryside taking lives everyday.
Four thousand nine hundred and
thirteen men, women and chil
dren were victims of this killer
in Georgia last year.
This killer is usually called
Cancer. A dread disease, a
word spoken almost in a whis
per, we hope it will not strike
us or our loved ones. But this
disease like any other is no
respecter of persons. How
many of that 4,913 hoped?
Cancer is the fatal disease
most likely to occur in your
family. But it is also the fatal
disease about which we can do
do the most, according to the
American Cancer Society.
Cancer can take many forms.
It can be a rapidly spreading,
soon fatal type or the more
slowly growing type. One can
live two months or two years
after discovering that they have
the disease.
But the best news is that with
the treatment available today
almost all malignant diseases
can be cured if detected before
they are spread to a large area
of the body. One out of every
two can be cured today if treated
properly and early.
The killer strikes at any time,
in any place! Nine thousand new
cases develop annually in Geor
gia. Look at your family and
friends. Has the killer touched
them? Did they get treatment
early? Are they now cured but
much more cautious and willing
to go for that annual physical
including necessary “procto”
or “Pap” tests?
Cancer can strike you. It has
taken the loved mother away
from her family. It has quietly
stolen the life of a dedicated
man who gave his entire to the
aid and training of children.
It has snatched away a young
son, the pride and joy of his
parents.
Don’t let it hit you!
the danger signals.
Learn
1. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge.
2. A lump or thickening in
the breast or elsewhere.
3. A sore that does not heal.
4. Change in bowel or blad
der habits.
5. Hoarseness or cough.
6. Indigestion or difficulty in
swallowing.
7. Change in a wart or mole.
Then go to the family doctor
now if necessary or at least
once a year - immediately if
one of the above signals should
occur - for a complete physical.
If danger threatened the home
of any couple in our county, they
would fight that danger. Let's
join the fight against cancer
right here in our county. When
the volunteers call on you, in
vite them in and listen to them.
You will learn from their ma
terial.
And above all — don’t let the
killer get you — don’t be another
statistic.
“Fight Cancer With A Check-
Up And A Check” and with the
help of God we shall win.
Final Rites For
Mr. Cooper Are
Held In Rupert
Funeral services for C. C.
(Lum) Cooper who had resided
in Taylor County most of his
life, were held in Sand Bethel
Methodist Church near Rupert
on Wednesday, May 19, at 11 a. m.
Rev. Donaldson, pastor of St.
Marks Methodist Church of Co
lumbus, officiated. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
The deceased was a member
of Sand Bethel Church and the
Masons. He was tax receiver
in Taylor County for 10 years
and was employed by the state
as an oil inspector for several
years. He was the son of the
late H. G. and Maggie Raburn
Cooper and was born in Web
ster County in 1878, moving
to Taylor County early in his
life.
Mr. Cooper died in Colum
bus at 3:15 p. m. on Monday,
May 17. He had been declining
in health for several months.
He was survived by his wife.
Mrs. Libbie Cochran Cooper of
Columbus; two sons, Freddie
M. Cooper and Alvin L. Cooper
Sr. of Columbus; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Mamie Kilcrease of
Florida; Mrs. Katie Nell Pink-
ard of Thomaston; Mrs. Edith
Powell of Oak Ridge, Tenn; and
Mrs. Pauline Parks of Colum
bus; several grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
Edwards Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements with
the following serving as pall
bearers, Millard Locke, Ken
neth Locke, A. J. Locke, Ju
lian Cooper and EugeneCoch-
ran.
Cotton Grower To
Comply With
Child-labor Laws
On the basis of a stipu
lation by both parties, United
States District Judge J. Ro
bert Elliott has dismissed
the child labor suit against
Dan Payne, Taylor County
cotton farmer.
Payne represented that he
presently is in compliance
with the requirements of the
Fair Labor Standards Act
which prohibit employment of
minors under 16 years of
age in agriculture during
school hours. He agreed to
future compliance.
In his complaint, Secre
tary of Labor W. Willard
Wirtz had alleged that five
youths under 16 years of age
were working on the de
fendant’s farm last Septem
ber under conditions pro
hibited by federal law.
According to William C.
Truman, supervisor of the
Wage and Hour and Public
Contracts Divisions field of
fice, U. S. Department of La
bor, Room 202, Internal
Revenue Building, Columbus,
georgia, there are no age
restrictions for boys and girls
who do farm work outside
of school hours.
Truman pointed out that
youngsters of all ages may
be employed on farms be
fore school, after school, or
on any school holiday. He
said that when crops are
shipped in commerce, such em
ployment is prohibited when
schools are in session.
Miss Gilson
Miss Louise Gilson of But
ler who is employed as a
classroom teacher on the
faculty of Double Churches
School in Columbus was honor
ed at the Double Churches
PTA meeting, Thursday night.
Miss Gilson was chosen to
receive the honorary life mem
bership in the National Con
gress of Parents and Teachers
given by the organization. This
award is presented for out
standing service to the stu
dents, school and community
life as well as work in the
PTA.
Hospital Authority Takes Survey
To Present To County Commissioners
REYNOLDS ALUMNI BANQUET -Shown above
are Seniors of 1965 as they are initiated by C. E.
Marshall (standing).
Reynolds High School Has
Alumni Banquet, Friday Night
John Turk, president of the
Reynolds High School Alumni
Association, served as the mas
ter of ceremonies for the 1964-
65 annual meeting at the Rey
nolds High School, Friday
night. Mrs. Pete Ayers served
as secretary.
Mr. Turk welcomed the
guests and invited Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Marshall to initiate the
29 graduating seniors into the
group. After Mr. Marshall had
announced that Mr. and Mrs.
Woodfin Hinton would assist in
the initiation, he welcomed the
Seniors and told them very
seriously that the only way they
could get out of the group was
to have Ed Goddard pick them
up.
Then the fun began. As the
group began eating the meal,
the Seniors were forced to eat
with one hand behind their back
and to feed the food to the per
son across the table. A unique
Mrs. Rustin And
Mrs. Gill Host
Mauk HD Meet
Mrs. Sidney Rustin and Mrs.
Amy Gill were hostesses to
members of Mauk Home Dem
onstration Club who met at the
community house, Tuesday, at
2;30 p. m.
The president, Mrs. M. B.
Pittman, had charge of the busi
ness session and also showed a
film, “Pesticides—SafeCare”
in the absence of the Home
Demonstration Agent, Mrs.
Elizabeth W. Cooper. A safe
driving test was given by Mrs.
Pittman.
Mrs. Sidney Rustin presented
the devotional followed by pray
er by Mrs. R. D. Waller. Mrs.
Cleatous Hill was in charge of
recreation.
Four of the club’s members,
Mrs. Pittman, Mrs. Rustin,
Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Jim Wil
liams, were appointed to repre
sent the organization at a meet
ing concerning the beginning of
county hospital at Butler City
Hall, Tuesday night.
Attending the club meeting
were Mrs. L. R. Pike, Mrs.
M, B. Pittman Jr., Mrs. Dave
Harbuck Sr., Mrs. Cecil Gill,
Mrs. Sidney Rustin, Mrs. Amy
Gill, Mrs. R. D. Waller, Mrs.
Blanford Watson, Mrs. E. H.
Morrison, Mrs. J. L. Rustin
and Mrs. Cleatous Hill.
Visitors were Mrs. E. A.
Welch Jr. and Billy, Mrs. Hin
ton Woodall, Mrs. Z. T. Locke
of Butler and Mrs. Sallie Cal-
lier of Five Points.
Mrs. R. D. Waller invited
the ladies to hold their next
meeting on June 22 at her new
home in Albany.
Star
Mauk Community
To Have Singing
A singing will be held at
Mauk Community House at
2:30 p. m., Sunday . Everyone
is invited to attend.
Eastern
Stella Butler Chapter
OES, will honor their
trict Grand Deputies at
regular meeting on May
322,
Dis-
their
25 at
the Masonic Hall. The de
puties are Mrs. Carl John
son of Fort Valley and Rufus
Hall of Vienna.
All members are urged to
bring a covered dish for the
supper at 7 p. m.
bib was made for each senior
with a roll of tissue tied on with
string. This was used when the
water pistols were shot.
The meal was completed and
the largest class in the history
of the school were officially
members of the organization.
Mrs. Howard McRee gave
a report of the nominating com
mittee and Mack Goddard was
chosen president for the 1965-
66 term. Mrs. Camille Cook
Cosey and Mrs. Carol Hartley
Shine were chosen secretaries
while Mrs. Annise Brunson
Goddard will serve as treasur
er.
Long time school principal
E. H. Joiner called the roll of
classes beginning with the first
graduation in 1909 to 1965. A
total of 108 alumni were present
along with their families and
guests. All classes were rep
resented except 1916, 1919,1923,
1931, 1933 and 1952. The class of
1960 had the most of the mem
bers present with six while 1962
and 1945 were represented by
five each. Represented by four
of the members were the clas
ses of 1921, 1935, 1943, 1957,
1963 and 1964. The classes of
1917, 1937, 1949, 1955, 1956 and
1959 had three representatives.
Bringing in two members from
Former Butlerite
Awarded Degree
Mrs. Nancy Childs Brown,
a former resident of But
ler, has been awarded a de
gree in “medical wifeology’’
by the Medical College of Geor
gia. The traditional cere
mony took place May 10 in
Augusta when the wives of
senior medical students were
honored by the faculty „
The exercise, an annual
event of the School of Medi
cine, is highlighted by the
conferring of the degree of
“Wife of a Medical Doctor”
The graduation certificate de
clares that the recipient has
received her diploma for
”... years of medical wife
ology, having succeeded in
rousing her spouse in the
mornings, sending him of to
school, hearing his lessons,
keeping the coffee hot at all
hours, and waiting patiently
for him to return from his
patients”.
Paraphrasing the Hippo
cratic Oath taken by medi
cal students at the time of
their graduation, the wives
swear by Panacea and Hygea
“to remain discreet”, and
“to tell harmless and help
ful white lies for the pro
tection of her husband.”
There are three classi
fications of the PHT (Putting
Husband Through) degrees:
summa cum laude for wives
of four or more years; magna
cum laude for those married
three years; and cum laude
for two years of marriage.
Mrs. Brown is the daughter
of Mrs. Bussey Childs of
Butler. She and her hus
band have been married five
years and are the parents of
one child.
their widely scattered homes
were the classes graduating in
1909, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1922,1924,
1925, 1926,1928, 1930, 1934,1938,
1939, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1958 and
1961. In the years 1911, 1920 and
1951 there were no graduating
classes and all other groups
were represented by one mem
ber.
A skit brought the Beverly
Hillbillies to Reynolds as the
people present recognized their
neighbors. Starring in the roles
were Mrs. W. H. VanLanding-
ham, Henry Hobbs, Mrs. Walter
Forsling, Earl Smith, Mrs.
Smith, Julian Whatley and Mrs.
Hobbs. Mrs. Garland Byrd
served as announcer.
The Reynolds Chorale Group
of days gone by performed with
President John Turk waving the
baton. They were Mrs. Leonard
Cooper, Mrs. L. M, Doyel, Mrs.
Walter Wainwright, Mrs. W. M.
Hollis, Mrs. Paul Poe, Mrs.
Ricks Carson, Mrs. Ed Swear
ingen, Millard Hicks and
Weaver Crawford.
Woodfin Hinton explained the
Eugene H. Joiner Scholarship
Fund and told that the associa
tion had contributed $900 to
Georgia Southern College.
After two of Reynolds’ Senior
Citizens, Roy Jones and Ed
Goddard, had projected the
membership into the year, 2000,
assisted by Mrs. Troy Athon,
John Turk said goodnight and
invited the entire group back in
1966.
On April 6, 1964, the County
Commissioners appointed a
nine member Hospital Authority
of Taylor County to investigate
the possibility of constructing
and maintaining a County Hos
pital.
The Authority, by contacting
the State Board of Health, found
that the construction of a mod-
ernly equipped hospital would
cost $23,00 per room. A mini
mum of 30 rooms would be re-
FHA Girls Honor
Mothers, Friday
BY MARY JANE GREEN
As an activity of the Butler
Chapter of the future Home
makers of America, the ninth
grade homemaking girls had a
Mother’s Day Party. It was
held Friday in the homemaking
department at 2:15.
The theme of the party was
“Mother, My Heart Belongs To
You." Each girl participated
in making the party a suc
cess.
A color scheme of pink and
white was carried out in the
foods and in the decorations.
The tea table held a crystal
punch bowl filled with pink
punch and a heart-shaped
ice mold. The dainty tea
sandwiches and petit fours
decorated with pink were ar
ranged on crystal trays. The
table was centered with a
lovely arrangement of pink
carnations.
The highlight of the party
was when each girl intro
duced her mother and read
her own original poem to her.
The mothers attending were
Mrs. Roscoe Albritton, Mrs.
James Bazemore, Mrs. W. J.
Renew, Mrs. J, D. Guined,
Mrs. James Lail, Mrs. Robert
Taunton, Mrs. H. W. Wads
worth, Mrs. Walter Wain
wright, Mrs. E.A. Welch, Jr.,
Mrs. M.D. Greene, Mrs. Mor
ris Lawhorn, Mrs. Hugh Mil-
lirons, Mrs. Lewis Minor, Mrs.
Rufus Smith, Mrs. Lee Tay
lor, Mrs. Clarence Dutton,
and Mrs. Andrew Wainwright.
Mrs. Cooper And
Mrs. Sampson
Combine Recitals
The high school piano and
voice recitals of Mrs. Robert
Cooper and Mrs. Nick Samp
son will be held in the Butler
High School lunchroom on May
24 at 8 p. m.
ELECTION NEWS
The County Courthouse will be the only polling place in the
special election for representative to be held June 16, accord
ing to Mrs. Bussey Childs, Ordinary.
Section 34-629 B of the Georgia Election Code, approved,
June 24, 1964 states that when no question is printed on the bal
lot and only one candidate is listed, then there shall be only
one election district and that district shall be located in the
one containing the county courthouse. County officials have
been asked to comply with this ruling.
All voters must vote at the Courthouse in Butler on June 16.
quired making a total of
$690,000. Under the Hill-Bur
ton Act, Taylor County could,
if qualified, obtain a grant of
two-thirds of this amount. This
would leave a balance of
$250,000 to be financed locally.
In addition to the costs of con
struction and equipping the hos
pital it is necessary for the
County Commissioners to guar
antee any deficit in operation
of the hospital until it is self
sustaining and to contract for
payment of charity cases served
by the hospital. To meet this
expense the Commissioners are
authorized by law to levy a five
mill tax ($5) per $1,000. How
ever the Commissioners hesi
tate to levy additional taxes due
to the already high rate.
H. C. Bond, chairman of the
Hospital Authority, and Charles
1st Lt. Martin Is
Promoted To
Captain On May 10
US Army 1st Lt. Luther Tony
Martin of Haddock was pro
moted to the rank of Capt.
on May lo. Capt. Martin at
tended Jones County High
School, Georgia Military Col
lege and Georgia Tech. He
received his commission in
the Adjutant General’s Corps
upon graduation from Ga. Tech
in 1961.
His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Martin of Had
dock. He is married to the
former Miss Susan Cosey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Cosey of Reynolds, and
they have one daughter, Laurie.
Captain Martin's present
duty assignment is Adjutant,
US Army Mission to Venezuela
in Caracas, Venezuela.
Special Course Is
Completed May 14
By 2nd Lt. Hartman
Second Lt. Kenneth J. Hart
man, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Hartman of Reynolds,
completed a nine-week ord
nance officer basic course
at the Army Ordnance Cen
ter and School, Aberdeen Pro
ving Ground, Md., May 14.
During the course Lt. Hart
man received instruction in
the duties and responsibili
ties of an Army ordnance
officer and was trained in
supplying and maintaining
various combat vehicles.
The 22-year-old officer is a
1960 graduate of Reynolds
High School and a 1964
graduate of Georgia Institute
of Technology in Atlanta,
Mrs. Pendergrast
Mrs. J. A. Pendergrast of
Reynolds will present her piano
students in a recital on May 27
in the Reynolds High School
Auditorium at 8 p. m. Miss
Margaret Parr will be the guest
pianist.
Stone, secretary, met with a
group representing each area
of the county on Tuesday night
at the City Hall in Butler. Mr.
Bond told these people about
the work each one must do in
his area to determine how the
people felt about a county hos
pital. They will take the fol
lowing survey to the people in
their area and the results will
be presented to the county com
missioner.
Do you favor a county hos
pital? Yes No
Are you a taxpayer? Yes
No ~
Would you be willing to pay
the extra five milles on your
taxable property to maintain
the hospital? Yes No
Participating in taking the
survey will be Mrs. M. B. Pitt
man Jr., Mauk; Mrs. Jim Wil
liams, Charing, Mrs. Frank
Callahan, Rupert; Mrs. Clinton
Clark, Howard; Mrs. Joe
Blasche, Central community;
Mrs. E. F. Parr, Crowell; Mrs.
Woodrow Amos, Daviston; Civic
Clubs, Reynolds; Mrs. Harold
Gates, Taylor Mill; Mrs. B. F.
Kirksey, Cross Roads; Mrs.
Hugh Cheek, Butler.
If there are those who desire
to complete the above survey
and mail it in, please clip the
questions, answer them and sign
your name and address. Mail
the completed questionnaire to
Mr. Charles Stone, Butler, Ga.
31006.
Mr. Gardner Dies
At Ideal Home
Funeral services for Albert
Allen Gardner, who died Sun
day following an extended ill
ness at his home in Ideal, were
held at 4 p. m. Monday in the
chapel of the Watson - Mathews
Funeral Home of Montezuma.
Mr. Gardner was a member
of the Ideal Methodist Church
and had attended Emory - at -
Oxford. He was a member of
Chi Phi fraternity.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Mrs. Love Felton of Moul
trie and Mrs. R. C. Ellis of
Americus; one brother, Sam
J. Gardner of Savannah.
Legion Auxiliary
Cleans Legion
Home, Tuesday
Members of Butler Unit
124 American Legion Auxili
ary met at the Legion Home
in Butler, Tuesday morning,
April 11, to clean the build
ing and grounds a s a com
munity service project.
A covered dish lunch was
served at noon.
At the end of the day the
tired ladies viewed with pride
what they had accompolished.
Their sweeping, washing win
dows, dusting and cutting the
lawn took second place next
to their special project of
retaping and putting new
cords in the blinds.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boyt
of Yatesville announce the
birth of twin daughters on
Tuesday, April 20, at the
Upson County Hospital. Sonya
Marie weighed five pounds and
12 ounces and Tonya Sherrie
weighed four pounds and 13
ounces at birth. Mrs. Boyt
is the former Miss Margie
Hobbs. Paternal grandparents
are Mrs. Evelyn Waller and
the late Elmo Boyt of Tho
maston and maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
James O. Hobbs of Butler.
Woodmen To Hear
Fort Valley Man
Mr. Shell of the Game and
Fish Commission of Fort
Valley will be the guest
speaker at a meeting of the
Woodmen on Thursday, May 2 7,
at 7 p. m. His speech will
Reynolds Little
League Opens
Season, May 27
Plans are complete for the
opening of the Little League
Baseball Season in Reynolds
with the first game set for
Thursday, May 27, at 7 p. m.
A brief ceremony will pre
cede the game in which Harold
Gates, president of the Little
League, will throw out the first
ball to officially open the sea
son.
Four games will be played
each week; one game on Tues
day at 8 p. m., a double head
er on Thursday beginning at
8 p. m. and one game on Sat
urday at 8 p. m.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend the games and urged
to support the teams.
cover first aid and another
interesting subject.
Everyone is invited to this
program which will be held
at the Masonic Hall.
HONORARY CHAPTER FARMERS CHOSEN - H. L. Bone, lo
cal farmer and businessman, was chosen as one of the two 1965
honorary members of the Butler Chapter of Future Farmers of
America. He accepts the award from Glynn Taunton, chapter
vice president, as Wayne Wilson, chapter president of 1964-65,
Larry Wilkerson, advisor and Don Mott, newly elected presi
dent, watch. Mr. Bone and Ben Neisler were chosen to receive
the award this year because of their outstanding interest in the
chapter and its activities. Mr. Bone helped the chapter to ob
tain several hogs to be fed out by the chapter. He has aided the
livestock program as well as assisting with barbecues used dur
ing the year as money making projects. Mr. Neisler supported
the chapter in its biggest money making project, air condition
ing the Taylor County Library, by donating a plot of pulpwood
to be cut and sold by the boys. The chapter would like to extend
special appreciation to these new honorary members, to all the
other honorary members and the people of the community who
have aided them in learning experiences, making this a good
year in FFA.