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Department of Afcrchives
General Li’brary
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
The Taylor County New$
and The Butler Herald 7
Vol. 90 - IMo. 45
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HE Group At Jekyll Meet
CO
“Learning — The Key to
Living” will be the theme of
the 42nd annual meeting of the
Georgia Extension Home Econ
omics Council to be held Nov
ember 7-9 at Jekyll Island.
Miss Eddye Ross, state home
economics leader with the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
i Extension Service, said ap
proximately 1200 homemakers
and home economists are ex
pected to attend. Mrs. L. R.
Pike, Mrs. Frank Callahan, and
Mrs. Ben Neisler of Taylor
County Extension Home Econ
omics Committee will attend as
official voting delegates. In ad
dition to these are Mrs. Tom
Fountain and Mrs. W.H. Trus-
sell accompanied by Mrs. Eli
zabeth W. Cooper, Extension
Home Economist.
Commenting on the theme of
the meeting, Mrs. J.B. Green,
Hartsfield, president of the
Georgia Extension Home Eco
nomics Council, said learning
through project groups, local
clubs, and county, district and
state councils has been a con
tinuing process with the almost
22,000 homemaker members.
Registration will begin at 4
p.m., Tuesday, November 7,
with the opening assembly set
for 7:15 that night. L. W. Eb-
erhardt, Jr., director of the
Cooperative Extension Ser
vice, will give the keynote ad
dress on the subject, “A Visit
Around the World.”
Mrs. Herbert Youngblood of
Richmond County, this year’s
program chairman, said the
three-day meeting will offer
Georgia homemakers an oppor
tunity to hear prominent speak
ers, get the latest word on
fashions, tour the Golden Isles,
meet Georgia’s 1967 and 1968
Homemakers of the Year and
pick up new ideas for their
local clubs.
Mrs. L. R. Pike, Taylor
County Council Chairman, will
preside at the Wednesday, 10
a.m. session.
Mrs. Green will give the
president’s report. “How You
Can Increase Your Horse
power” will be the topic dis
cussed by Dr. Harold C. Bry
son, chief of the Consumer In
formation Division, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Dal
las, Texas.
Mrs. Pike will also present
her Third-Vice President re
port Tuesday and lead the
Pledge to the Flag on Thurs
day a.m.
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PEACHES! PEACHES! — Peach Grower and Packer Walter
Wainwright; his son, Edward, and his daughter, Mary (Mrs.
Pete Ayers), examine peaches at the Wainwright Packing Shed
during the summer.
"Georgia Peach" From
Taylor Means The Best Kiwanians Hear
Officers for 1968 will be
elected during a Wednesday af
ternoon business session. Ano
ther feature on the after
noon program will be a pre
sentation of the 1968 program of
work by Mrs. Youngblood.
Featured on the Wednesday
evening program will be a
“fashionsurprise” presented by
Misses Johnni Walker and Ha
zel Hutcherson of Davison’s of
Dixie.
Thursday’s agenda will be
highlighted with district meet
ings, presentation of Georgia’s
Homemaker of the Year by
Mrs. Billie W. Tovell of the
Southeastern Fair Association,
and a discussion of “Fun in
Fashion” by Miss Janie W.
Scott of St. Simons Island.
Installation of the 1968 of
ficers by Mrs. Curtis Wat
son, former State Council pre
sident from Toccoa, will cli
max the meeting.
Girl Scouts Off
To Good Start
The Girl Scout Program is
getting off to a good start. As
with any program though, there
is need for interest. The girls
are interested and are signing
up. The parents of girls are
interested. But we need and
want more than just parents
of girls to be interested enough
to help. We appeal to every
one to think Girl Scout.
Here are just a few of the
things anyone from age 18 can
be with the Girl Scout Pro
gram. Troop Leader ( we
have enough at the present
time ), Troop Committee Mem
ber (we need), Program Con
sultants (we need). Program
Consultants include teaching a
craft, nature hikes, good
grooming classes when called
on by Troop Leaders.
If you are interested in being
a part of this fine program for
young girls, please contact Mrs.
Taylor Bone, 862-5508. She will
in turn put your name down for
the part you would like. This
in no way would be a regular
chore for you. Just let the
girls know you want to be help
ful when needed.
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HOWARD WINS AGAIN
Georgia doesn’t grow the
most peaches these days, but
when they are like those in boxes
stamped “Wainwright Georgia
Peaches, Reynolds, Ga.”, they
are the reason “Georgia
Peach” is a synonym for “the
C. Mack Lucas
Is Promoted
C. Mack Lucas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nat Lucas, has been
named Business Development
Manager of a Macon savings
and loan association. Mr. Lu
cas has over nine years of
experience in real estate fi
nancing and home building be
fore accepting his present po
sition.
A graduate of Reynolds High
School, he served in the Mer
chant Marine during World War
II. He is married to the for
mer Miss Dot Seagraves and
they have three children. They
make their home in Macon but
visit their parents here fre
quently.
Promotion Goes
To Dondra Peed
An item of interest that fail
ed to reach this news office
earlier was the promotion of
Miss Dondra Peed to manage
ment at the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company in Macon. In
May of this year her title be
came Assistant Recruiting Su
pervisor. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Moody Peed
of Butler.
Dondra is planning to meet
with interested seniors and Fu
ture Business Leaders of Am
erica members at Taylor Coun
ty High School to explain job
opportunities with Southern
Bell.
best.”
On an 850-acre grove, de
scended from the finest
developed in Georgia in 1870,
the Walter Wainwright family
has been growing proud peaches
since 1940. And packing plenty
of them. Even when cold
weather last year reduced their
crop by two-thirds, they shipped
out about 40,000 3/4 bushels
of the fruit.
But the Wainwrights were
in trouble early this year. Fire
destroyed their packing shed.
They had to have a new one
quickly to handle their other
produce packing and be ready
for the peach season.
When packing is at its peak,
the Wainwrights employ about
40 neighbors--housewives and
teenagers--as graders, boxers
and packers. Usually it’s hot
work. So the Wainwrights de
cided their new shed should be
high, have an insulated roof,
open sides and cantilevered ca
nopies down both sides over the
truck loading area. If possible,
they wanted no interior sup
ports. And they wanted the
structure up soon.
A cool, colorful, fireproof
structure within weeks was
built.
A gable-type roof struc
ture 60’ wide and 182’ 8" long
x 12’ high provided the an
swer, giving them 10,960 square
feet of unobstructed floor area.
The roof is sheeted with steel
panels in Antique white to
ward off the sun’s glare and has
a thick layer of fiberglass in
sulation.
Total cost of the building, e-
rection and insulation was less
than $1.30 per square foot.
CONCESSION STANDS
The Concession Stands at the
ballgames will be opening at
6:30 p.m. according to the mo
thers who are running the stands
for the benefit of the Athletic
Club.
$•: Howard Community continued
gits winning streak last week
•xby placing first with its
$Taylor County exhibit at the
g State Fair in Macon. The
i:;:$500.00 cash prize brought the
gtotal to $1,550.00 for this year’s
•^exhibits. Howard won the
state honor after walking away
•:*:with first and second places
:gin the Community and County
^competition at the Chattahoo-
gchee Valley Fair in Columbus
gweek before last,
g This year’s exhibit was
gbased on the cotton production
gin the county through all stages
gincluding its completion as
gcotton yarn at Taylor Mill.
£■ Incorporated into the theme
“From The Farm Comes Quite
gA Yarn” were five anti-
gmated dwarfs who moved with-
gin the exhibit planting, picking,
tieing bales and spinning the :j
cotton to tell the story of a :•
“Taylor Made Yarn.” A six?
by nine foot book told the story •
as the elves worked around •:
it. i;
The prize money will be:;
added to the proceeds from:;
Howard’s annual 4th of July;:
Bar-B-Que to buy new pews ■
for the Methodist Church. Last;!
year’s earnings were used to •:
purchase the central heating-:
and air conditioning unit for-:
the church. •:
Those working on this year’s •;
exhibits were: Elaine Clark, -J
Martha Clark, Karen Parks,-i;
Regina Parks, Mr. and Mrs.:j
Steve Brown, Don Brown, Mel);
Brown, Susan Brown, Melanie:-:
and Billy Johnson, Philip?:
Clark, Mary Parks, and Fred;-
Brown. i :
With Our
Men
In Service
Former Principal
Kiwanian Pete Ayers who was
in charge of the program for
the day, Friday, presented Mr.
E. H. Joiner, former principal
of Reynolds High School, who
spoke to the meeting of the
Reynolds Kiwanis Club at noon
in the Club House.
Mr. Joiner talked on Educa
tion in Georgia, Past and Pre
sent. He said many changes
have been made in Georgia
schools since he came to Rey
nolds in 1908. Several years
ago there were 6000 schools
in Georgia, today there are
2000. There were 3000 one-
teacher schools, today there are
three.
Georgia has grown and ma
tured. Once emphasis was
placed only on the 3 Rs. There
was no Home Economics, Phy
sical Education, Science or
Health. Now there is a wide
variety of subjects as well as
comforts such as hot lunches,
rest rooms and steam heat.
Formerly teaching was often
a stepping stone to something
else. Now teaching is a pro
fession and teachers are looked
upon as respected citizens. Mr.
Joiner concluded his talk with
a poem, “The Sculptor Boy”
by Bishop W.C. Doane.
J.W. Windham gave the in
vocation. The guests for the
day were Key Clubbers Buster
Byrd and Alan Waller.
It was announced that there
will be no meeting the week of
Thanksgiving.
FIRE
The community was alarm
ed Saturday morning when the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Winters Sr. caught fire.
The fire was confined to the
bathroom and although it was
severely damaged before the
fire was brought under con
trol, there was little damage
to the remainder of the home.
L N. Swafford
Now In Florida
Sgt. Lester N. Swafford, son
of Mrs. Charnie P. Swafford
of Taylor Mill has arrived
for duty at McCoy AFB, Fla.
Sgt. Swafford, a navigation
equipment repairman, is as
signed to a unit of the Strategic
Air Command.
He previously served at
Pleiku AB, Vietnam.
The sergeant is a 1962
graduate of Reynolds High
School. His wife, is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J.B.
Fuller of Reynolds.
Jesse Cox
Pvt. Jesse L. Cox, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond L
Cox, Reynolds, completed a
field radio machanic course
Nov. 3 at the Army Armor
School, Ft. Knox, Ky.
During the nine-week course,
he received instruction cover
ing electrical and radio funda
mentals, radio maintenance and
communication subjects.
Glenn King
Glenn King, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Felton King of Nashville,
Tenn. leaves Wednesday for
the Armed Forces. He will be
stationed in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Glenn is the grandson of Mrs.
N. H. Hobbs of Butler and Mr.
and Mrs. John Ranow of Tho-
maston.
Glen King
R. J. Sweigart
Now In Vietnam
Senior Master Sergeant Rus
sell J. Sweigart, whose wife,
Catherine, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wood of
Ideal is on duty at Nha Trang
AB, Vietnam.
REHEARSAL TIME
The Taylor County High
School Glee Club will meet on
Sunday and Monday afternoons,
according to the director, Ken
ny Fuller. The members of the
One-Act Play Cast will re
hearse on Monday nights, Mr.
Fuller also stated. He request
ed the cooperation of the par
ents in helping their children
to attend these rehearsals.
• TRINITY SERVICES
Services at the Trinity Free
will Baptist Church will beheld
at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. for the
Sunday services and Wednesday
night prayer services at 7 p.m.
The Rev. Hubert Arnold is pas
tor.
Extension Group
Achievement Day
Set November 16
The Taylor County Home
Economics Club members will
hold their annual achievement
day meeting at the Butler Com
munity House on Nov. 16 begin
ning at 10:00 a.m.
The morning session will be
given to the business and
installation of officers. A co
vered dish lunch will be served
at 12 noon.
The afternoon session will
begin at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Nor
man Faircloth of Fort Val
ley will give helpful ideas and
tips on cake decorating for
home use.
Everyone is invited to at
tend!
Brinkley Speaks
To Mail Carriers
The Hon. Jack Brinkley, Con
gressman of the Third District,
was the guest speaker on Satur
day night, 8:30 as the Rural
Mail Carriers of the district
held their annual banquet at
Flint Electric in Reynolds.
Mr. Brinkley expressed his
appreciation to the people for
allowing him to serve them.
He explained why he voted for
and against various bills in
the House. He said that in every
case he had done research on
the bill and he voted the way
he did because he thought it
was good for his district and
for the welfare of his state.
Special guests at the meeting
were State President Perry
Blunt of Soperton and Mrs. T.S.
Roberts of Broxton who is
president of the Ladies Auxi
liary.
President Miller Simmons of
the Third District presid4d
the Third District presided at
the meeting. He lives in Plains.
Also presented was Mrs. Cecil
Wyatt of Hamilton who is Third
District President of the Ladies
Auxiliary.
Local rural carriers and
their wives were hosts of the
meeting.
County Civil Defense
Program Is Endorsed
At the monthly County Com
missioners meeting, Tuesday
morning, the commissioners
pledged anew to lend their
wholehearted support to theCi-
Reynolds PTA
Meets Monday
The Reynolds Parent-Teach
ers Association will hold its
November meeting on Monday
night, November 13 at 7:30 in
: the Lunchroom beginning with
I a covered dish supper.
Mrs. Arthur Hogan Sr., Fe-
: male Probation Officer for
Muscogee County Juvenile
Court, will bring the program
: on juvenile delinquency from
her vantage point in handling
female juvenile delinquents.
Reports will also be given
at this time on the Halloween
Carnival.
Extension Office
Sets Open House
The County Extension Of
fices will be open Friday, Nov
ember 10 from 8-5 p.m.
for Consumer Education Week.
Please feel free to come by
and see the displuy on Christ
mas Wrapping nod Food Buying
in the Home Economist’s Of
fice from Monday through Fri
day.
U. D. C. To Hear
Mr. Henderson
At Thursday Meet
The Gordon Carson Chapter
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will meet on Nov
ember 16 at 3:30 p.m. in the
parlors of the Reynolds Meth
odist Church. The meeting is
held a week earlier in Nov
ember because of Thanksgiv
ing.
Mr. Charles Henderson, the
Science Consultant of Taylor
County Schools will show slides
of Japan which he took when he
was in the service. Mrs. S.
J. Tankersley will give her
report on the General U. D.
C. Convention held in Arkan
sas the first week in November.
Mrs. Tankersley was an of
ficial delegate from Georgia.
Butler Baptist
WMU Slates
Mission Study
The members of the Woman’s
Missionary Union of the But
ler Baptist Church will meet
at 3:30 p.m., Thursday after
noon for the fall mission study
at the church. The book, “Af-
rica-Arrows to Atoms”, will
be studied during the three hour
session. •
Several people will take part
in the program which will be
presented as a television pro
gram with news commentators
questioning the expert on the
Dark Continent. Soloists and
other music will provide “sta
tion breaks” and a film will
complete the program just prior
to the refreshment period.
Taylor County
PTA To Meet
The Taylor County Parent-
Teachers Association will meet
on Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
in the Cafetorium. Excerpts
from four one-act plays will
be given during the evening.
These plays are being pre
pared for presentation later
this year and this will be a
brief review of them.
Sets Program
The Taylor County Farm
Bureau will join other members
of the organization in helping
to sponsor a one hour live
broadcast from the convention
in Augusta on November 13
between 11 and 12 o’clock. The
program will include an ad
dress by Sen. Herman Talmadge
and will be broadcast from Fort
Valley.
vil Defense program for Tay
lor County. Civil Defense Di
rector Edward Robinson was
present for the meeting to help
the commissioners to fully un
derstand the need for the pro
gram here not only for an emer
gency in case of enemy attack
but also for natural disasters,
such as tornados or ice storms.
At the present time a Tay
lor County Emergency Opera
ting Center is under construc
tion at the Public Works Camp
in the county. This underground
shelter will provide ample food,
supplies and a full communi
cations center in order to car
ry on county government even
if a disaster occurs. Most of
the equipment needed for the
center is already available from
the local Rescue Unit and the
Civil Defense Unit. However,
a great deal more is needed
and Mr. Robinson stated that he
hoped this might be obtained
with the hlep of the county,
state and federal governments
over the next five vears.
It is a federal and state
law that local units of gov
ernment must have a Civil De
fense program not only for
enemy attack but also for na
tural disasters which occur fre
quently. In case of an ice storm
such as came to Taylor in 1963,
the Civil Defense Unit has at
the present time five genera
tors which could be pressed
into emergency service to pro
vide water for the towns or
to provide power for the hos
pitals or to help the farmers
in our area.
Surplus supplies have been
bought by the county and the
60’ x 40’ concrete block and
steel building is being construc
ted to be put into use. An ex
haust and ventilation system
will be in the building and if
present plans are carried
through, a 200 bed emergency
hospital will be obtained and
stored there that could be used
in case of emergency here.
The City of Reynolds has do
nated money toward the pur
chase of equipment and the But
ler Fire Department has giv
en 75 feet of tower for the
communications center.
Through donations and projects
money has been raised and the
county has promised full back
ing so that the Civil Defense
can obtain the truck and equip
ment needed for it so that the
Rescue Unit will be able to be
on the job at all times.
These men of the Rescue Unit
are volunteers who have train
ed at their own expense. Some
of the 19 have two way radios
in their cars in order to be
able to be in touch with the
Unit at all times and also to
use when on a rescue opera
tion and these have been pur
chased by the men themselves.
The 26 people who trained in
Radiological Monitoring re
cently helped the county to get
radiological equipment from the
government that was desper
ately needed.
Although the Civil Defense
Unit is gaining ground and has
one of the “best directors in
the state”, according to an of
ficial, there are still many
needs that must be met before
we can be in top shape. One
of the things that is desperat
ely needed is a warning system
for the entire county. Sirens
should be located in every com
munity so that the one who
picks up the distress call can
from the communications cen
ter warn the entire county.
From this communications cen
ter, contact will be maintained
with the emergency radio sta
tion, WRBL in Columbus, the
State Patrol, the Sheriff and the
State Forestry Unit.
Another thing that is par
ticularly needed is personnel.
Law and order must be main
tained, fire fighting will be
important, medical care must
be carried on even if a doc
tor cannot be located and ev
eryone needs to learn to care
for himself and his family in
case of emergency. The cour
ses of study can be taken to
prepare one member of each
family for these things.
Another need in the county
is for emergency shelters. Pla
ces that would be safe in case
of enemy attack or disaster
should be built into each new
structure. These should be
stocked with ample food and
water to use in case of need.
Civil Defense is the plan
ned and organized action aim
ed at the protection of life
and property and the mainten
ance or restoration of essen
tial services and facilities. With
planning and help we can be
prepared and according to Mr.
Robinson, even if a blast should
occur at Warner Robins or
Fort Benning, we could live
here if we are prepared.
LEGISLATOR ATTENDS — Ray Shirley, director, Georgia
Forestry Commission, second from left, conducts a tour of
Commission facilities for members of the Natural Resource
Committee, Georgia House of Representatives. Members on the
tour and counties represented are, 1-r, Joseph A. Battle,
Chatham; Edwin C. Poss, Banks and Madison; John H. Hadaway,
Jasper and Jones; Ward Edwards, Marion and Taylor; Fulton
Lovell, Rabun, Towns and White; AllenL. Parrish, Sr., Berrien
and Cook; Howard Simmons, Gilmer and Pickens; A.B.C.
Dorminy, chairman, Ben Hill; Harry Magoon, Hart; and G.
Ed Knapp, Bibb. Not pictured is George W. Smith, DeKalb
and Rockdale. Photo by Georgia Forestry Commission.
Edwards Attends
Forestry Meet
The Natural Resources Com
mittee of the Georgia House of
Representatives recently held a
two-day session at the Georgia
Forestry Commission head
quarters, near Macon.
Chairman A.B.C. ‘Brad’ Dor
miny. Ben Hill County repre
sentative, said the meeting en
abled committee members to
become acquainted with the
Forestry Commission’s and the
Georgia Forest Research Coun
cil’s services and programs.
Ray Shirley, Commission di
rector, said that a conference
and field trip program was pre
sented. This enabled the le
gislators to learn of the ser
vices provided Georgia wood
land owners in the areas of
Forest Protection, Forest Man
agement and Reforestation.
Shirley pointed out that through
such legislative visits we can
give the lawmakers a better
insight into our programs.
Arrangements for the com
mittee’s stay in Macon were
handled by Bibb County Repre
sentative Ed Knapp.
Representative Fulton Lo
vell, of Rabun, Towns and White
Counties, is vice chairman. The
secretary is Edwin C. Poss of
Banks and Madiscn Counties.
Representing Marion and
Taylor Counties was Ward Ed
wards.