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Russell, Byrd, Geer, Cook, Bentley, Huiet, Cocke, Wainwright
And Edwards Lead in Wednesday’s Taylor County Voting
The Taylor County News
and The Butler Herald
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1965
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Contests
Vol. 89 - No. 37
South Main St. P.0. Box 577
Butler, Georgia 31006
Friday, Septtmbar 16, 1966
Price - Ten Cents
CALL 847-6718 FOR REACHING THE
BUTLER CITY POLICE AT ANY TIME
The Butler Police Department now has a new telephone number
and the police are now available at any time regardless of where
they are located, according to H. C. Bond of the local telephone
company.
The Public Service Telephone Company last Thursday com
pleted the installation of a telephone in the police car so that
the police may be reached when on duty in various parts of the
town. Mr. Bond stated Monday that the telephone company now
has the "best mobile service available” for use in cars in the
county.
He also asked that it be noted that it is now NECESSARY TO
DIAL ALL SEVEN NUMBERS of the police department because
of the change in number. The new number is 847-6718. The call
must go to the telephone company headquarters for transfer
to the tower for sending to the area within a radius of 27 miles.
Please note that it will be necessary to correct the telephone
number in the Butler directory because the old number will be
removed within a few days and only through the new number
will one be able to reach the police. The new number is 847-
6718.
This new service will be appreciated by the people of Butler.
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A
Never before have so many
Georgia children been in school
as this year—more than one
million of them. Never before
have this state’s schools had in
prospect so many new teaching
programs.
Never before—and this
development is equally perti
nent to the new ferment in pub
lic education—has the Georgia
PTA undertaken so ambitious
a schedule for its local parent-
teacher associations as the ac
tion program on which it is
now embarked.
"Critical Issues in Our De
mocracy" provide the basis
for projects the Georgia PTA
Is asking its local units to tack
le. The issues range from the
board question of up grading
the quality of public education
to such posers for parents as
sex education, from questions
of civic apathy to the indivi
dual’s role in making a peace
ful world for coming genera
tions.
These are challenges for
which PTA’s are seeking help—
in the form of membership—
from every adult Georgian who
cares about children.
An invitation to membership
in the PTA is not only direct
ed to parents and teachers;
PTA membership is open, all
through the school year, to
anyone willing to uphold the
objects of this organization—
and daring enough to accept
the challenge of effecting real
change toward the welfare of
children.
Never before has the oppor
tunity been so great for produc
tive action in a PTA, or the
need for active members and
dedicated support so urgent.
It’s a meaningful invitation to
every Georgia citizen; Join the
PTA.
* * *
We hesitate to mutter about
the nation is going to the dogs
or that "Rome never had it so
good and she fell from the
deterioration within her own
boundaries" but often if a stu
dent of history will only look
back very briefly to the past,
there will be ample opportunity
to see nation after nation that
has reached the point that
America has reached today and
has gone down, a nation that
sometimes never rises again.
In connection with this train
of thought, we wish to take a
few minutes of your time to
read a short editorial publish
ed in the Christian Index, a
weekly paper put out by the
Georgia Baptists. We quote;
"America’s leadership ei
ther demands a complete turn
about in her 1966 philosophy,
if such it be, or freedom has
seen her glory and rule will
soon belong to the demagogues.
"Timidity is the policy of
Childs Returns
To Auburn After
Summer Of Work
John A. Childs of Butler is
among 236 students from 69
colleges in the United States
and England receiving techni
cal and managerial experience
in the annual Summer Develop
ment Program at Texas In
struments Incorporated.
A diversified, science-based
company, Texas Instruments is
headquartered in Dallas, Tex.
It operates electronic and met
allurgical product plants in 11
countries, and its sales offices
and geophysical exploration
services extend throughout the
free world.
During their stay the Sum
mer Development students work
with TI engineers, scientists
and business administrators in
areas related to their college
fields of study.
When they return to college
classrooms in September more
than half of the students will
be studying toward advanced
degrees in fields including
mathematics, physics, geology,
chemistry, engineering and
business administration.
More than 600 students have
participated in the program
since it began in the summer
of 1959. The participants are
chosen for the program by Tex
as Instruments, acting on the
recommendations of university
faculties throughout the coun
try. Considered in the recom
mendations are the students’
leadership abilities, job ex
perience, special achieve
ments, creativity and extra
curricular activities.
To be eligible students must
have completed three years of
college, be majoring in a field
of interest to TI, and have an
academic grade average of B
or better.
Childs, son of Mrs. Bussey
Childs, Box 536, is an engi
neering student at Auburn Uni
versity.
the day for those chosen to
lead. They wash their hands of
responsibility for fear of the
mob. Industry comes to a halt
as arbitration fails. Rioting
makes the headlines for each
morning’s paper. Some go so
far as to push for overthrow
of government.
"What’s ahea<$? The begin
ning student in any study of
history knows no government
has survived when responsibi
lity has fled its halls. The kin
dergarten text teaches that des
pots thrive on lawlessness; that
evil takes the throne when good
men abdicate.
“Look about. The nation's
transportation hobbles toward
a settlement long after arbi
tration failed. Both the White
House and Congress fiddled and
few now can believe the recom
mended settlement was any tro
phy for arbitration.
"Inflation sweeps the coun
try. Authorities say a tax in
crease in inevitable-but only
after the elections. The na
tion's economy must suffer be
cause those with remedies must
perpetuate themselves.
"Only the local leadership
Butler Baptist Church Elects
New Officers For 1966-67
At the regular business meet
ing of the Butler Baptist
Church on Sunday following the
regular church services, the
members chose the new offi
cers to lead them for the 1966—
67 church year beginning in
October.
Mrs. Don Barnes was chosen
church clerk with Mrs. M. P.
Dean as assistant. Mrs. Robert
Griggs is the new treasurer
with Murray Walker, assistant.
Mrs. Wilson Jarrell is pianist
with Mrs. Murray Walker, as
sistant. Mrs. Nick Sampson will
WINS NOMINATION—William C.
Amos congratulates Ward Edwards on
winning the nomination for State Rep
resentative of the 57th District. Ed
wards carried Taylor County with a
total count of 1,369 to Amos’s 1,081.
Marion County also reported Edwards
as winning the nomination. Other totals
from Taylor County were; Governor—
Byrd, 1,417; Arnall, 371; Maddox, 349;
Gray, 194; Carter, 155; and O’Kelley,
44; Lt. Governor—Geer, 1,290; Smith,
835; and Bedgood, 147; Senator—Rus
sell, 2,138; and Hyde, 147; Comptroller
General—Bentley, 1,475; and Cravey,
889; 3rd District Congressman—Cocke,
1,192; Brinkley, 988; and Walker, 184;
State Senator for 17th District—Wain
wright, 1,451; and McKenzie, 970; Com
missioner of Labor—Huiet, 1,190; and
Caldwell, 1,101; Associate Justice of
Supreme Court of Georgia—Cook, 1,733;
and Harrison, 624; Taylor County De
mocratic Committee—Harris and New-
some.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Mary Huey;
Oldest Resident
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Cox Huey, lifetime resi
dent of Taylor County, were
held from the Bethel Primi
tive Baptist Church near But
ler, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
10, with Elder Bentley Adams,
pastor of the church, officia
ting, assisted by Elder John
Mangham. Interment was in the
Bethel Cemetery.
Mrs. Huey was born in Tay
lor County, May 17,1869, daugh
ter of the late W. W. Cox and
Mrs. Nancy Harmon Cox. She
was the widow of the late Sam
Huey and was reported to be
the oldest resident of the coun
ty. She had lived all of her life
in Taylor County and saw many
changes take place in our coun
ty from tne Reconstruction
Period to the Jet Age of today.
She was the oldest member
of the Bethel Primitive Baptist
Church and was faithful in her
work for her church.
Mrs. Huey died Friday at
her home in Reynolds.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Jack Heath of Rey
nolds; one son, S. W. Huey of
Atlanta; three sisters, Mrs.
W. G. Hill, Mrs. W. A. Payne
and Mrs. R. L. Snider all of
Butler and one brother, H. W.
Cox of Butler and several nieces
and nephews.
Goddard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements with
the following serving as pall
bearers: W. S. Payne, Hubert
Payne, Bill Gee, Carl Turner,
Henry Hobbs and J, W. Waters.
and not all of it, cries out in
protest to rioting-and appeals
for riots. The nation is at war.
Men die on distant battlefields
but Stokely Carmichael and his
kind shout about "black power"
and "bringing this country to
its knees".
"Law and order has become
something of the former years.
Worse is our indifference as
we ride in air conditioned cars
to air conditioned offices from
air conditioned homes with our
eyes that refuse to see about
us.
"Hanoi couldn’t be happier.
Neither can the Kremlin. Will
reason return to our shores
in time to save a democracy
we profess to love.”
New in town? Items you can’t
use? Sell them with a classi
fied ad. Call 862-3136 for an
ad taker and get fast results
in the next issue of this paper.
GORDON-CARSON
UDC TO MEET
The Gordon-Carson Chapter,
United Daughters of the Con
federacy will meet on Sept.
22 at the home of Mrs. J. How
ard Neisler. The meeting will
begin at 3;30 p.m.
Mrs. C. E. Whatley will in
stall the officers for 1966-68.
All members are urged to be
present.
Guidance
News
Notes
By Pat Smith
This past week has been spent
giving standardized achieve
ment tests in the fourth grade
at Butler Elementary School.
These are a battery of tests
which include arithmetic, lan
guage and reading. The grade
teacher uses these to spot any
weakness in the child’s overall
program.
Beginning with this school
year, a new program of test
ing will be used in both ele
mentary and high school. This
will mean Reynolds and But
ler. These are a battery of
tests called "PREP”. (Pupil
Record of Educational Pro
gress.) They were designed to
provide measures of education
al development, ability and in
tentions. The educational devel
opment section contains tests
covering four major education
al areas: English, mathematics,
social studies and science. The
educational ability section con
tains tests measuring language,
reasoning and quantitative abil
ity, from which a single intelli
gence quotient is derived.
The word "quantitative”
sounds hard but after we rea
lize the meaning it’s quite sim
ple. The educational intentions
are reported from the res
ponses given to questions in
Your Educational Plans. In the
next week’s News, an explana
tion of these tests will be given.
This will be especially interest
ing to parents of children who
are in the sixth and eighth
grades. An effort will be made
to explain the major educational
areas covered by the four tests
of the battery. The composite
score which will be explained
is very important since this
score summarizes the four ed
ucational development test
scores. The composite score
is considered an index of the
pupil’s total educational pro
gress to date. It might be added
that this score is considered
to be the best predictor of suc
cess in high school or college.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Bargeron;
Former Resident
Funeral services for Mrs.
Jessie Perkins Bargeron of
Perkins were held at 2;30 p.m.
Sunday in the Millen Baptist
Church with Rev. Joseph Dukes
III officiating. Burial was in
the Magnolia Cemetery in Per
kins.
She was a graduate of La-
Grange College and was the
widow of the late Dr. T. F.
Bargeron. A sister of Mrs.
Julian W. Edwards 1, she had
made her home in Butler with
Mrs. Edwards for several
months.
Survivors are her sister here
in Butler and several nieces
and nephews.
C. E. Walker Is
Kiwanis Speaker
At Friday Meet
Ferdinand Carson introduced
C. E. Walker of Columbus, own
er and manager of the Greater
Columbus Transportation Bu
reau and a candidate for Con
gress from the Third District,
as the guest speaker for the
noon meeting of the Reynolds
Kiwanis Club, Friday.
Mr. Walker advocates (l)that
votes elect someone who knows
something about agriculture be
cause without food we wouldn’t
need anything else, (2) some
system to end the Vietnam war
because he feels that our boys
shouldn’t be there in the first
place, (3) shortening the term
of the Federal Reserve Board
in order to reduce its power,
(4) condemning all those who
demonstrate against the Viet
nam military effort because
laws are not to be controlled
by demonstrations, (5) requir
ing the United Nations to take
over the war with troops from
all their nations so that the
war could be settled and the
economy restored.
Mr. Walker said "When you
vote, consider the man from
the standpoint of his ability.
If he’s too weak to speak up,
don’t send him to Washington;
if he’s a crook, don’t vote for
him.”
Phil Bumpus was a guest of
the Kiwanis Club.
be the music directorandMrs.
Robert Cooper, assistant. The
position of church organist will
be filled in the near future.
Or. the committees are W, H.
Trussell, M. A. Chapman, Bar
nes Kirksey, Mark Flynn, Wil
liam Poole, ushers; H.D. Taun
ton, John Sorrell and Mrs. Jim
my Smith, properties; Howard
Mott, Mrs. Leo Anglin, Earl
Dunn Jr., Mrs. H. D. Taunton
and James Williamson, pulpit;
Mrs. Howard Mott, Mrs. M.
A. Chapman and Mrs. Kathleen
Anthony, historical; Mrs. J. R.
Wilson, Mrs. Ed Davis and
Robert Griggs, ordinance; Rev.
E. H. Dunn, A. E. Locke and
M. P. Dean, finance, Murray
Walker, Mrs. B. J. Byrd and
Alfonso McCrary, missions.
These standing committees will
meet within the next two weeks
and choose a chairman.
James L. Dunn was elected
general superintendent of the
Sunday School. Mrs. Sara Cross
will be general secretary and
head the extension department
and cradle roll with the pastor
as principal of the Vacation
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Bethel Cemetery
To Be Cleaned
The fall cleaning of Bethel
Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery is in progress now.
Anyone with loved ones or
friends buried there is request
ed to give donations to help on
this worthy cause. Please give
donations to Mrs. W. A. Payne
or Mrs. H. E. Childres and re
member that labor is much
higher than it was when we
started this project.
Funeral Rites
Held In Ohio
For F. R. Hess
Floyd R. Hess, 62, of Mt.
Vernon, Ohio, husband of the
former Miss Ann Hammack of
this county, died last Saturday
at 1:30 p.m. in the Riverside
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,
following a long illness.
Mr. Hess was a salesman
for the Jewell Motor Parts in
Mt. Vernon and a member of
the Gay Street Methodist Church
and the Moose Lodge.
Funeral services were held
last Tuesday at 1 p.m. with
the Rev. Erdis Kollar officia
ting. Burial followed in the Mt.
Vernon Memorial Gardens.
Survivors, in addition to his
widow, are three sons, Roger
and Keith Hess of Columbus,
Ohio and Jack Hess of Mt.
Vernon, a daughter, Catherine
Hess of Mt. Vernon and three
grandchildren. His mother,
Mrs. Ethel Hess of Loudon-
ville, two brothers, LaVerne
Hess of College Corners and
Don Hess of Rittman and one
sister, Mrs. Frank Weaver of
Loudonville also survive as well
as a number of nieces and neph
ews.
NEW HOME-An evidence of the progressive businesses found
in our county is the new home recently completed in Butler
by the W. C. Shehee Insurance Agency. Located next door to
the office of Public Service Telephone Company, Mr. Shehee
is open and is trained to serve you in providing all types of
insurance coverage.
Please Pick Up
1966 Yearbooks
Some of the 1966 Taylor Coun
ty High School Yearbooks that
were ordered and a deposit
paid on them have not been
picked up by the owners. Would
those that have a deposit paid
on a yearbook that lias not been
received, please go by the High
School and get them at any time
during school hours.
List the worthwhile things you
own but aren’t using. Dial
862-3136 for a fast acting ad.
Prices Told At
Sumter Market
Total sales; $131,789.43; to
tal cattle; 889; total hogs:785.
Graded hogs: 138 No. l’s -
23.85; 97 lt. l’s-23.85; 20 heavy
l’s-23.85; 6 extra heavy l’s-
22.50; 3 double heavy l’s -
21.50; 24 No. 2’s-22.60; 23 No.
3’s-23.90; 32 No. 4’s-25.00;
12 No. 5’s-26.20; 6 lt. 5’s -
26.60; 3 heavy roughs-19.80;
2 extra heavy roughs-20.70;
4 double heavy roughs-21.70;
2 triple heavy roughs-21.50;
5 boars-13.00.
Meat type hogs-24.00 to
24.70; feeder pigs-pigs under
50 lbs.-21.00 to 33.00; feeder
shoats-20.00 to 28.50; butcher
calves-15.00 to 23.50; Stocker
calves-15.00 to 31.25; butcher
steers and heifers-21.50 to
24.00; stocker steers and hei-
fers-18.50 to 28.00; butcher
cows-11.00 to 19.70; stocker
cows-13.00 to 21.00; butcher
bulls-20.00 to 22.90; baby cal
ves-by the head-5.00 to 15.00.
BOOKMOBILE
Tuesday, Sept. 20;
Mauk at Post Office, 9;00-
9;40; Charing at Post Office,
10;00-10;30; Rupert at Post Of
fice, 10:45-11:30; Butler at Court
House, l;00-2;00.
Bible School.
M. P. Dean will head the
Adult Department as superin
tendent with Leo Anglin as his
assistant. Mrs. Wilson Jarrell
is pianist and Mrs. Robert But
ler, Mrs. J. D. White, Mrs.
M. A. Chapman, W. H. Mott
and J. D. White will be the
teachers.
Mrs. Earl Dunn Jr. is super
intendent of the Young People’s
Department with Mrs. Joel Po
sey as the assistant. Earl Dunn
Jr. is secretary and Mrs. Don
Barnes is Young People’s Away
Director. Mrs. W. S. Payne
and Mrs. Earl Dunn Sr. are the
teachers and Mrs. Harry Lov-
vorn is pianist.
H. D. Taunton will be super
intendent of the Intermediate
Department and Mrs. Nick
Sampson is pianist and secre
tary. Mrs. Ed Davis, Nick
Sampson and J. S. Green are
the teachers.
Mrs. Gene Kirksey is super
intendent of the Junior Depart
ment and Robert Cooper is the
assistant. Mrs. Robert Cooper
is pianist and the teachers are
James Williamson, Miss Anna
Jarrell and Mrs. Cabon Strick
land.
The Primary Department will
be headed by Mrs. Leon Theus
with Mrs. Grover Mott as sec
retary and Mrs. Charlie Hart
as pianist. Mrs. Theus, Mrs.
Mott and Mrs. Hart will be the
teachers.
Mrs. Leo Anglin is the super
intendent of the Beginner De
partment and Mrs. Ed Wilson
will serve as pianist. Mrs.
Anglin, Mrs. James Saunders
and Mrs. H. H. Gee are the
teachers.
In the Nursery Department,
Mrs. J. F. Sikes will be the
superintendent with Mrs. H. D.
Taunton as her assistant. The
nursery workers will be Mrs.
Richard Taylor, Mrs. H. D.
Taunton, Mrs. A. E. Locke and
Mrs. John Pennington.
Cabon Strickland was chosen
to head the Training Union with
Larry Greeson as his assistant.
Earl Dunn Jr. is the secretary
and Mrs. Earl Dunn Jr. is the
new social chairman. Mrs. Jim
my Smith is the Adult Leader,
Mrs. Walter Evans is Junior
Leader with Charlie Hart as
assistant, Mrs. Charlie Hart
is Primary Leader with Mrs.
H. D. Taunton as assistant,
Mrs. A. E. Locke heads the
Beginner Department with
Charles Hart III as assistant,
Mrs. Woodrow Melton and Mrs.
William Poole are Nursery
Leaders.
Mrs. M. A. Chapman is the
president of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union and Leo Anglin
will lead the Brotherhood. Miss
Nettie Bigbie is the Nursey
Worker for the church.
A. E. Locke is the member
of the Assoclational Executive
Committee.
Rev. Walter R. Evans is pas
tor of the church.
Butler Baptist
Time Chaage
The Butler Baptist Church
will change the time of the
evening service to 5 p.m. with
Training Union to follow im
mediately, according to the pas
tor, Rev. Walter R. Evans.
The change was voted on at
the business meeting and will
go into effect on October 1.
This change was made in or
der to encourage church atten
dance at the evening service
during the winter months. It
is also hoped that it will en
courage the church members
and others to stay for Training
Union following the evening
worship hour.
The public is nvited to join
with the members of the But
ler Baptist Church in this new
worship hour.