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Vol. 90 - No. 42
Department of Archives
General Library
University of Georgia
tnens, Georgia
^ ithens, Georgia
Taylor County News
and The Butler Herald
South Main St. P.O. Box 577
Butler, Georgia 31006
Friday, October 20, 1967
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With Our Men
In Service
Addresses Told
The following are the first
in a series of addresses of
servicemen serving their coun
try. You are invited, in fact
encouraged, to clip this list
each week and save it so that
you might remember these men
with a card or a note in your
spare time. They need to know
that someone back home cares
and cares enough to put “feet
on their remembering.” The
date given with each address is
their own special day, their
birthday. Please do spend a lit
tle time just writing them a
note or send a card at their
birthday or for Christmas. Mo
thers, do get those addresses
and birthdays in.
Sn. A.W. Rodgers 797-24-29
S-6th Division
USS Forrestal CUA 59
% FPO New York, N.Y. 09501
May 18
A/2c Larry J. Stringfield
AF 12782403
388 CMBT SPT GP, Box 879
APO San Francisco, Calif.
96288
Nobember 8
Lt. James S. Bazemore
05337032
Co. C, 2/35th Inf.
3rd Bde., 4th Inf. Div.
APO San Francisco, Calif.
96355
June 26
# * *
Richard Smith
Goes Overseas
Airman Richard P. Smith,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Smith of Reynolds, has been
graduated from a U,S. Air Force
technical school at Sheppard
AFB, Tex.
He was trained as an elec
trical power specialist and has
been assigned to a unit of the
Pacific Air Forces at Takhli
Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.
Airman Smith is a graduate
of Taylor County High School
in Butler.
* * *
Lamar Hammock
Now In Vietnam
Prather L. Hammock, whose
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
P. Hammock, and wife, Kath
leen, live in Butler was promo
ted Sept. 28 to Army special
ist four in Vietnam, where he is
serving with the 44th Signal Bat
talion near Long Binh.
Spec. Hammock, a technician
controller in the battalion’s
Company B, entered the Army
in August, 1966. He completed
basic training at Ft. Benning,
Ga., and was stationed at Ft.
Belvoir, Va., before arriving
overseas in July of this year.
Spec. Hammock is a 1965
graduate of Butler High School.
Before entering the Army, he
was employed by the Public
Service Telephone Company in
Reynolds.
Edwards Takes
Part In GMA
District Meet
State Representative Ward
Edwards along with state re
presentatives from Peach,
Macon and Houston Counties
appeared at the Third District
meeting of the Georgia Muni
cipal Association beginning
at 3 p.m., Tuesday, in Fort
Valley. A late afternoon
legislative forum was the
highlight of the annual gathe
ring.
The forum was planned to
deal with GMA legislative ob
jectives and included an out
line of the new program of
expanded urban information
and technical assistance for
the cities of Georgia.
Mayors and city officials
of the district attended the
important meeting.
Mrs. McCorkle Gets
A+ On Cake Baking
Mrs. Z. R. McCorkle of But
ler has a way with a cake as
evidenced by her winning re
cord at the Chattahoochee Val
ley Fair in Columbus.
The Butler grandmother en
tered 15 cakes in the compe
tition, eight of which captured
first-place honors, while three
others were second-place win
ners.
In addition, Mrs. McCorkle’s
pecan roll (candy) and nut cook
ies, snared first-place awards.
The Taylor County native,
who started baking when she was
15, said it took her about two
BILLY BLASCHE
Graduates
Billy Blase he has graduated
from the John A. Gupton Col
lege of Mortuary Science in
Nashville, Tenn. and has ac
cepted a position with Crest-
lawn Funeral Home in Macon.
A graduate of Butler High
School, Billy is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blasche.
"Feed My Sheep"
Theme Of WSCS
Prayer Meeting
Members of the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service of
the Butler Methodist Church
will participate next week in
one of the most important annual
observances of Methodist wo
men throughout the United
States.
The “Call to Prayer andSelf-
Denial” initiated by Methodist
women in 1887 focuses on
guided mission study, a much
needed offeringfor special mis
sion projects and a dee
pened spiritual life.
The theme for the 1967
Call to Prayer and Self-De
nial is “Feed My Sheep” from
John 21:17, emphasizing love
and brotherhood through care
for children and young women
in the United States and leader
ship training for national
women around the world.
This program meeting will
be held at 3 o’clock Friday
afternoon, Oct. 27 in the
Indies Bible classroom at
the Methodist Church.
All ladies are invited and
the members of the WSCS are
urged to attend.
Goffee Honors
Miss Joiner
At Adams Home
A morning coffee was held
in the home of Miss Johnny
Lou Adams last Saturday mor
ning honoring November bride-
elect, Carolyn Joiner, whose
wedding will be an event
of November 11 at noon.
A pink and white color
scheme was used in the de
corations with small sand
wiches and other dainty re
freshments around the center-
piece of pink roses and white
glads. Pink and white was
repeated on the guest registry
table.
Mrs. Jim Gibson assisted in
serving.
We had a unique experience at
the News office this week -
a citizen is paying for adver
tisement to give away his
merchandise. Mr. Byrd is
very interested in giving you
something you may need this
winter. It’s FREE in the
Classifieds.
days to get the cakes ready for
the fair. She started mixing
and baking Friday evening(Oct.
7) and finished the last cake
Sunday, the day before the fair
opened in Columbus. She noted
that “I did it all by myself,
even washed my own pans.”
Discussing her winning cake,
Mrs. McCorkle, 57, said she
uses only fresh milk, eggs and
butter. “I milk my own cow
and churn my own butter,”
she noted.
An illness several years ago
curtailed Mrs. McCorkle’s bak
ing. Thursday, she noted that
her health is good, and she
hopes to continue baking prize
cakes, cookies and candy.
Mrs. McCorkle’s cakes,
which won first place, inclu
ded Lane, Strawberry, Choc
olate, German Chocolate, Car
amel, Cocoanut, Carrot, and
Orange Chiffon. Her Devil’s
Food, Lady Baltimore and a
decorated cake won second
place honors.
She also did well in cookies
and candy. She had a first place
in Nut Cookies, second place in
Plain Cookies, first place in
Pecan Roll, second place in
Peanut Brittle, and a second
place in Mexican Fudge.
Storage, Drying
Equipment Loans
Available Now
Farmers who are short of
storage space for the bum
per crop and soybean crops
expected this year were urged
to get in touch with the ASCS
county office for information
on available programs aids.
John S. Montgomery, Chair
man, Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation County Com
mittee, pointed out that the
ever-present need for orderly
marketing to protect farm pri
ces--particularly atharvest-
time -- requires sufficient
cribs and bins to store crops
instead of rushing them off to
market right from the field.
Commodity loans on stored
crops can furnish immediate
money and thus help farmers
keep their crop off temporarily
depressed markets, but his
program too depends on plenty
of storage space. Should a crop
be high in moisture content,
conditioning it before storage
or marketing may becalledfor.
Since many farmers do not have
facilities to store and condition
crops, the Chairman reminded
corn and soybean growers that
loans for drying equipment
as well as for building on-farm
storage facilities are available
to eligible farmers at ASCS
county office.
Mr. Montgomery explained
that the loan program for
storage facilities and condi
tioning equipment has been
liberalized this year, and
in some cases farmers pre
viously not eligible for
such loans now may be able
to get one. So the best thing
to do is to ask the ASCS office
for full and up-to-date infor
mation. “Cooperation” is the
key words, according to the
Chairman, in solving potential
problems of flooded markets
and depressed prices. All corn
and soybean growers stand to
benefit if they all work together
in marketing sound crops in
amounts that the market can
take.
Farmers throughout the
country who practiced this
“one for all and all for one”
philosophy to help raise or
maintain farm income during
the last fiscal year took out
loans totaling $12,766,000 to
construct on-farm storage
with a capacity of 40,400,
000 bushels; drying equipment
loans totaled $2,150,000. Price-
support loans on various com
modities for the crop year
1966-67 totaled 2,208,724 in
the amount of $1,395,258,000.
In Georgia during the last
fiscal year, storage facility
loans totaled $946,535 for a
capacity of 2,197,000 bushels;
drying equipment loans amoun
ted to $2000,538 price-support
commodity loans totaled 475
in the amount of $3,126,582.
Ernie Childre
Little Ernie Childre enters
John Hopkins Hospital this week
for heart surgery. Friends wish
for him a speedy recovery.
Mother Watches
Son Wounded
In VC Action
FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA at
Taylor County High School elected these
officers to lead them for the next year.
They are Bonnie Harbuck, historian; Faye
Mckinley, degrees; Sandra Albritton, re
creation and music; Sue Lawhorn, treas-
surer; Alane Welch, secretary; Priscilla
Jones, vice president, Sissy Riley, presi
dent; Linda Joiner, projects; Diane Butler,
hospitality; Kathy Peed, hospitality; Maxine
Lawhorn, projects; Julia Ann Harvey, de
grees; Lisa Nelson, recreation and music.
Listed among the chairmen of committees
in FHA work but not pictured above are
Paula Lee, district meet; Margie Wain-
wright, parliamentarian and Grace Bussey,
reporter.
Butler Methodist
Revival Services
Interest and support con
tinue to grow as further
plans are made for the Fall
Revival series of services
at the Butler Methodist
Church. The ministry of the
guest leaders, Donald Whatley
and the Rev. Carter Berkeley,
will begin Sunday evening, Oct.
22, 7:30 o’clock. The meetings
will be conducted daily at
7:30 a.m, and 7:30 p.m. through
Thursday, October 26.
Mr. Whatley will serve as
soloist and direct the con
gregational singing. He is a
native of Reynolds and is
married to the former Miss Ha
zel Webb of Thomaston. They
are parents of two sons and
two daughters. The guest muBic
director , is a graduate of
the University of Georgia
and has served with the Lo
gistics Branch, WRAMA, War
ner Robins, as a digital
computer systems analyst
since 1954. He is Chairman
of the Commission on Member
ship and Evangelism and a
member of the Official Board
of the Reynolds Methodist
Church. He is active in per
sonal witness programs and
evangelistic missions of the
area.
Preacher for the week is the
Rev. Carter Berkeley, pastor
of the Adel Methodist Church.
He is a graduate of Asbury Col
lege and Candler School of
Theology, Emory University.
In commending the visiting mi
nister, Rev. Frank Terry, local
pastor, stated, “He is a fine
example of the combination
of the ‘warm heart and the
trained mind’. We welcome
him to our church and com-
McDougald Grads
Win Leadership
Posts At FYSC
One of the primary purposes
of the R. L. McDougald High
School is the preparation
of its graduates for acceptance
in society as mature indivi
duals, who embody those char
acteristics and morals which
are deemed inherent in the
ideal leader.
The R. L. McDougald High
School Family takes pride
in saluting three of its 1967
graduates, Alfred Holston, Do
rothy Sherten, and Marilyn
Stubbs, who have proven to be
worthy of such high accomplish
ments.
Alfred Holston, the Sa-
lutatorian of his class, of 1967
at McDougald was elected the
president of the Freshman
Class at the Fort Valley State
College. This is the highest
honor that any freshman can
hold. Dorothy Sherten, a very
outstanding student of 1967
at McDougald, was elected the
reporter of the Freshman Class
at Fort Valley State College.
Marilyn Stubbs, the Vale
dictorian of her class of 1967
at McDougald, was elected
president of her dormitory.
The R. L. McDougald High
School Family is proud of
these outstanding individuals
and wish for them continued
success as they journey through
the various paths of man’s
knowledge in such a way that
this will emerge with their
minds healthy.
munity.”
Services have been planned
to give everyone an opportunity
to participate. Youth and adults
are invited to the “early
morning” 25-minute services
before school and work. Those
persons 65 years and older
will have two services espe
cially designed for them at
3 p.m. on Wednesday and Thurs
day. Everyone is invited
to the evening hour of worship
Sunday through Thursday. Nur
sery care will be provided for
pre-school children each eve
ning at the church.
Gordon-Carson
U. D. C. Chapter
Plans Meeting
The Gordon-Carson Chapter
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will meet on
Thursday, October 26, in the
Methodist Church parlors.
Mrs. Sidney Bryan will pre
side and Mrs. S. J. Tankersley
will speak on the Parade of He
roes.
Charles Henderson, Con
sultant in Science for Tay
lor County, will show slides
of Japan which he took while
he was in the service. Mrs.
Paul McDaniel will be the
hostess. All members are
urged to attend.
DONALD WHATLEY
STORK CLUB
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Hill an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Tena Anne, weighing in at 6
lbs. at the Riverside Hospital
in Montezuma on Wednesday,
October 11. Mrs. Hill is the
former Miss Charlotte Mc-
Invale, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Mclnvale,
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Car
penter announce the birth of
a son at the Medical Center in
Columbus on September 25. The
younster who weighed 10 lbs.,
1 oz. was given the name Ken
neth Lamar. He joins big sis
ter, LeAnn, who is almost two
in the Carpenter home. Mrs.
Carpenter is the former Miss
"Merita Barrow.
+ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Baze
more announce the birth of
a son at the Medical Cen
ter in Columbus on Oct. 13.
The 7 lbs., 14 oz. infant was
named Ollie Reid. Mrs. Baze
more is the former Miss Glo
ria Reid, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Reid of Junc
tion City and the paternal
grandparents are Mrs. Ollie
Bazemore and the late Mr.
Bazemore of Butler. The
new arrival joins Cindy, 5,
and Bobby, 3, in the Bazemore
home.
Rev. Whitaker
To Speak At
New Life Revival
The Rev. Bobby Whitaker of
Coolidge will be the guest
speaker for the revival ser
vices to get underway on Oc
tober 27 at the New Life Free
will Baptist Church. Services
will be held on October 27 and
October 28 with an all day
singing planned for Sunday, Oc
tober 29.
The Gospelettes of Colum
bus, the Buddy Horn Group of
Reynolds, the Wilbur Carroll
Group of Turners Chapel and a
quartet from Thomaston will
be present on Sunday for the
special music.
Anthony Barrow
Circle Meets
With Mrs. Hicks
The Anthony-Barrow Circle
of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the Rey
nolds Methodist Church met
Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. G. Hicks with Mrs.
Clio Fulton and Mrs. Walter
Hoats as Co-hostesses.
Mrs. J. G. Hicks, chairman,
presided. Following the busi
ness meeting Mrs. C. S.
Sawyer gave an interesting
article, “Vietnam Christian
Service," from the World Out
look. Non-perishable items
were brought to the circle to
be sent to the servicemen of
our area who are in Vietnam.
During the social hour the
hostesses served pie and cof
fee.
The local Vietnam veteran
who was wounded on the field of
battle has returned to the county
as a civilian with plans to get
a job and just live quietly as a
United States citizen. Dorsey
Millirons was discharged from
service with the United States
Army on Sept. 29 and is
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Millirons, before
returning to the job he held at
Lockheed before he was in
ducted.
The ironical twist to Dor
sey’s story revolves around
his mother. She saw him car
ried off the field of battle soon
after he was wounded by a gun
shot or as Dorsey put it in the
serviceman’s lingo - “a gsw.”
Mrs. Millirons watched tele
vision, particularly the news
of the conflict in Vietnam,
regularly but was totally un
prepared for what she saw one
night as she saw a newsreel
from the area.
As the cameras focused on
the battleground of the day,
she saw a stretcher being car
ried off the field and as the
scene came in for a closeup,
the serviceman turned his head
full into the camera. It was -
her son!
She learned a short while
later that he actually had been
wounded but not seriously
and was recuperating in a
hospital in Vietnam. This was
on April 11, 1966. He had been
in the country since the pre
vious month.
Spending two weeks in a hos
pital, he was returned to duty
in about a month and stayed
there until March, 1967. He
served with the 1st Infantry Di
vision, with his home base at
Dl-an, just north of Saigon.
He was awarded the Purple
Heart by Brig. Gen. DePuy,
Commander of the 1st Division
while on a visit to the hospital
and later officially in a cere
mony at Phu Loi in June.
He also wears several other
medals including the Vietnam
Service Medal and the Army
Commendation Medal.
The young men sawthatthere
was a job to do in defending his
country and he quietly and
unassumingly went about taking
his turn at that job. He’s happy
to be home, to see his relatives
and friends again and to taste
freedom, American style, but
Sweet Potatoes
Have Deadline
ATTENTION: SWEET POTA-
TOE GROWERS
The Georgia Sweet Potato
Commodity Commission has set
the cut-off date for se I ling green
sweet potatoes at 12:01 a.m.,
November 23, 1967. If there
is a damaging freeze prior to
this date the cut-off date will
be the date of the damaging
freeze. The purpose of setting
a cut-off date is to prevent the
selling of potatoes that might
be damaged by cold and there
by hurting the sweet potato
market. All potatoes sold af
ter the cut-off date must be
cured.
Vernon R. Reddish
County Agent
it is men like this that makes
America what she is and pro
vides quite a contrast to those
who burn draft cards and pro
test just for protestings sake
with their unwashed bodies and
their beards that make decent
people ashamed to admit
these too are citizens.
From the citizens of Tay
lor County, thanks, Dorsey. We
are proud of you.
Kyle Kennon
Birthday Honoree
Master Kyle Kennon cele
brated his bithday last Satur
day with a birthday party
at his home. Those helping
him to celebrate were: John
nie and Sheila Garrett, Bobby
and Cindy Bazemore, Dane and
Todd Smith, Donnie and Ed
ward Morrell. Paul Rowe, Sam
Bone and Bert Spillers were
also invited guests but due
to previous committments were
unable to attend.
DORSEY MILLIRONS
Vanlandingham
Gives Kiwanis
Program Friday
Local banker W. H. VanLan-
dingham gave the program for
the Friday meeting of the Ki
wanis Club held at the Club
House in Reynolds at noon.
Mr. VanLandingham showed
slides made on the recent
tour he made around the world.
Some of the places he visited
were Rome, Paris, Athens, Le
banon, Jerusalem, New Delhi,
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and
Alaska. He was presented by
Julian Whatley who was in
charge of the program for the
day.
John Walton and Bob Swea
ringen thanked the members
of the club for their donations
of blood for Ernie Childre.
President Rochard Parks an
nounced that a Key Club
has been organized at the
Taylor County High School. He
also announced that a Ladies
Night has been scheduled for
Nov. 9 in the Flint building.
Luther Willis gave the in
vocation and the guests for the
day were W. B. Wilson of At
lanta, Virgil Powers of Bir
mingham and Dan Saxon of Ma
con.
Fair Winners
Winners at the Chattahoochee
Fair last week included:
Home Economics Council-
Fifth Place-$60.00. 4-H Coun
cil-Third Place-$60.00.
Elizabeth Riley: District
Scholarship-lst Place, $20.00;
Wool Dress-2nd Place, 7.00 and
Needlework Pillow - 1st Place,
2.00.
Lynn Young: County Scholar
ship-lst Place, $20.00; Sweet
Exhibit-4th Place, $2.00;Skirt-
4th Place, $1.50 and Blouse-
3rd Place, $2.00.
Linda Jarrell: Vegetable Ex-
hibit-3rd Place, $2.00; Sweet
Exhibit-4th Place, $2.00 and
Special Individual Exhibit-4th
Place, $12.00.
Mrs. Michael Smith: Vege
table Exhibit-4th Place, $2.00;
Relish Exhibit-3rd Place, $3.00
and Special Individual Exhibit-
10th Place $6.00.
Mrs. Gorman Jarrell: Pickle
Exhibit-4th Place, $2.00 and Di
vinity Candy Exhibit-1st Place,
$2.00.
Mrs. Wales Jenkins: Pre-
serves-5th Place, $1.00 and Jel-
ly-4th Place, $2.00.
Mrs. Z.R. McCorkle: Jelly
Exhibit-1st Place, $5.00 and
Special Individual Exhibit-llth,
$5.50.
HELP! HELP!
WINNING BOMB NAV TEAM MEMBER Walter E. Turner
works carefully on bomb nav equipment at WRAMA where he is
employed. Walter, a radar repairer, is a graduate of Butler
High School and the WRAMA Mechanical-Technical Trainee Pro
gram. The Bombing Navigational System Section has recently
won the maintenance Top Work Center of the month for the third
consecutive time. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner,
“Butch” is married to the former Miss Sybil Perkins and they
make their home in Reynolds.
The Key Club of Taylor County High School is undertaking
a project of putting the Taylor County Gymnatorium in good
condition. The students and parents and just plain interested
persons have “worked like beavers” to clean the bleachers,
the concession stand, the floor and the dressing rooms. They
bought material to cover the counter in the concession stand
but. . .money ran short. Now in order to reduce the dust on the
concrete floor, tile is desperately needed. It matters not what
color - if you have on piece, two pieces or any amount of tile
around left over from a job you have done, please donate it
to the school. Any amount can be used and will certainly be
appreciated.