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Vol. 90 - No. 49
The Taylor County News
South Main St. P.O. Box 577
and The Butler Herald
Butler, Georgia 31006
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Christmas Trip
One of the ensemble groups that sang at the Christmas concert at Taylor County
High School Monday night.
ALL NEWS FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
EDITION MUST BE IN THE NEWS OFFICE
BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 5 P.M. PLEASE
GET YOUR SANTA CLAUS LETTERS IN NO
LATER THAN SATURDAY TO BE ASSURED
OF CHRISTMAS WEEK PUBLICATION.
- EDITOR -
Postmasters Ask
You Mail Early
TC Future Homemakers
Plan White Christmas
Each year about this time
there appears on the scene in
every town five groups of peo
ple. These groups can be easily
separated as you meet them on
the street of any town. From
the expression on the face one
can tell exactly which category
each shopper would fit into.
In group no. 1, there are
the smugly complacent who go
smiling down the street, per
haps selecting groceries or
drugs or some other everyday
need but telling anyone who
asks, “Oh, my gifts are wrap
ped and under the tree. I fin
ished before Thanksgiving.”
Yes, the early shopper plans
ahead and buys ahead avoiding
the high prices, the mad rush,
the “sorry, we’re out” and
the other downfalls of ’just
before Christmas.’ They take
advantage of sales and good
buys during the year and prove
the value of shopping and mail
ing ahead.
Group no. 2 presents the so
ciety ladder climber. Always
on the alert for some way to
get ahead with the boss, the
president of the club or some
other who is just a little high
er, the climber loses sight of
the spirit of Christmas as the
mad rush begins to find “just
the right little gift” for the
correct person on her long list
of people that must be pro
perly impressed. The worried
frown on the face comes from
the distress that the correct
person may not be properly
impressed.
The third group brings sad
ness to the heart. It may be a
mother who cannot provide for
her children as she would like
on Christmas. Though not any
fault of her own, she has suf
fered heartache and unhappi
ness and so will youngsters who
are disappointed on this very
important day. Hopefully this
will not happen this Christmas
as the Boy Scouts, the Jay-
cees, the Lions, the Kiwanis
and other service groups as
well as the churches and the
church related organizations
provide for those who are un
able to provide for themselves.
Next on the street, you will
meet the Christmas Scrooge.
Happily, these are few and
far between. They growl about
so much being spent at Christ
mas and complain about the un
necessary things bought for
children and the expense that
we cannot afford. Many times,
the growl is worse than the bite
and often we wonder if down un
derneath that Scrooge wouldn’t
like to really let himself go
and join in the merriment.
Last but certainly not least
is the one who plans for and
looks forward to Christmas all
year. A jaunty air, the bounce
in the step, the joyful smile
on the face mirror the love in
the heart as they too select
just the right gift for the right
person. The cost is not impor
tant, it may be expensive or
it may be made at home ac
cording to financial circum
stances of the family but the
important thing is the love with
which it is selected. Many of
these can fit almost into the
first catagory for they select
things all year but still there
comes that last mad little rush
that is not quite frantic as
they forget some things or just
decide that some other little
thing is needed. They rush hap
pily to and fro but the des
tination is most important for
they plan for happiness for
their loved ones as they help
the above mentioned service
organizations to plan for the
season of seasons for others not
quite so fortunate.
I believe the majority of our
people would fit into the last
group for although we are not
perfect, love is important in
our lives all year and then as
Christmas approaches, love
just bubbles up and overflows.
Rising Fire Losses
NEW YORK — Property
losses caused by fire in the
United States rose from SI ft I
million in 1000 to SI.5 billion
in I960, the Insurance Informa
tion Institute reports. The 1900
losses were more than double
the S019 million in 1950.
Once a year we make a “very
special trip.” A trip to a land
of enchantment - a wonderland
of joy, peace and good will,
carol singing, gift giving and
the smiling faces of happy
children. It’s called Christ
mas. One of the happiest of the
symbols representing Christ
mas is the decorated tree. Le
gend has it that the first Christ
mas tree appeared in Salzburg,
Austria in 1605. As you con
tinue this ancient custom in
your home this year, follow
these few hints that will keep
your “very special trip” as
joyous as it was meant to be.
Buy a fresh tree, one that
has not been allowed to dry
out. You can be sure it’s a
fresh tree if, when bounced hard
on the ground, its needles don’t
shower down and if the stump
is sticky with resin. Stand your
tree outdoors in water or snow
until you are ready to decor
ate it, preferably a few days
before Christmas. Putyourtree
DAVID MILLER, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Miller, is now em
ployed in Thomaston at the
Coggins Funeral Home. Sonny
is a graduate of Butler High
School and the Gupton College
of Mortuary Science in Nash
ville, Tenn. He has been em
ployed by the J. D. Hill Funeral
Home in Summerville until re
cently.
Farmers Receive
Payment Report
Farmers will benefit from a
new reporting service which has
been inaugurated by ASCS, John
S. Montgomery, Chairman of
the Taylor ASC County Com
mittee announced today. A re
port of payments made to each
farmer under ACP, cotton, feed
grain, wheat, and other direct
payment programs during 1967
will be mailed to the farmer
during the latter part of Jan
uary. This report is expected
to be helpful in preparing in
dividual income tax returns.
The same information must al
so be furnished to the Internal
Revenue Service in accordance
with a requirement of law.
It is estimated that over
three million farmers will re
ceive this report, he said. This
information is being gathered
from county offices and sum
marized by computers located
at New Orleans and Kansas
City. The reports are being
printed by the computers and
mailed direct to farmers. A job
of this size could not be com
pleted without an automated sy
stem, added Mr. Montgomery.
Since this is the first year
for a service of this magni
tude, there are bound to be a
few problems. He suggested
that farmers carefully read the
explanation on the report and
check the accuracy of the total
reported by comparing it with
farm records. If an error is
discovered, the nearest ASCS
county office should be con
tacted to have the mistake cor
rected. County offices have been
instructed to give farmers
whatever assistance they need
regardless of where the farm is
located.
Perry Taylor
Game Changed
The Perry-Taylor County
basketball game scheduled for
Jan. 19 has been changed to
Dec. 20 at the local gym. The
B team game will begin at 5:45
p.m. followed by the girls and
boys varsity games.
in the coolest room in the house,
away from the fireplace, tele
vision set or curtains. Place
it so that it does not block an
entrance or exit in the room,
even if it should fall.
Mount your tree securely in
a water filled stand. Before set
ting up your tree, make a slant
ed cut across the base of the
trunk so it will absorb the
water. Check the water level
at least once a day.
Select your tree decorations
wisely. Use only those that are
safe. Never use cotton, paper or
other materials that might burn.
If you use metal foil icicles or
tinsel, make sure they don’t
touch a lightsocket or electri
cal cord. In selecting your tree
lights, buy only those that bear
the Underwriters’ Laboratory
seal. Never use lighted candles
on your tree.
Electrical lights should nev
er be used on the metal Christ
mas trees. If the wiring is
faulty the tree could electro
cute anyone touching it. Instead,
use one of the colored revolv
ing spotlights, either above or
below the tree or off to one
side. It’s just as attractive
and much safer. Angel hair and
snow spray, when used together
on the same tree at the same
time, are a definite fire ha
zard. Use blue plastic foam
lather than white in makingyour
own decorations, as it has been
treated to make it fire resis
tant.
Dip any greenery used for
decorations in a flame resis
tant mixture made by adding
one pound of chrystalline bor
ax and 13 ounces of boric acid
powder to two gallons of water.
Many accidents are caused by
carelessness in decorating the
tree. Remember: check all
wiring for dangerously frayed
cords, faulty sockets or loose
connections; stand on a ladder
or stool to reach the higher
branches; decorate from top
to bottom; leave the lower
branches of the tree for your
children to decorate; don’t
smoke while trimming the tree.
Christmas is over. Follow
the same safety reminders in
taking down your tree as you
did in putting it up. Your
“very special trip” has end
ed for another year. It has
been a wonderful holiday!
And a happy holiday! And a
safe holiday!
Your Forestry
Land And Taxes
Ad valorem taxes are
beginning to take a heavy toll
on forest land. In many cases
the tax rate is higher than the
land’s ability to produce wood.
The result is that the forest
landowner must have multiple
sources of income to support
forest ownership.
The farmer who owns forest
land must dip into his cotton
crop or corn crop, or beef
crop for that forest land tax
money. Similiarly the forest
owning storekeeper mustfunnel
off his store profits for his
profits for his forest land tax
money. Industry must sell
more paper or lumber. Timber
growing also includes other ex
penses, such as tree planting,
hardwood control, fire pro
tection, and other manage
ment costs.
But what about the forest
landowners who has no other
income source? Where does
he get his tax money if taxes
per acre are more than that
acres ability to produce? The
choices are as follows:
L. Overcutting timber ac
cording to income needs until
timber is exhausted. Then head
for the city welfare rolls.
2. Convert forest land to
other use.
3. Sell our and leave the
problem to someone else.
Of course, none of the choices
is satisfactory. Any one of
these choices would not contri
bute toward a healthy forest in
dustry economy. Forest in
dustry and its many related
industries are dependent upon
a constant growth of timber.
Many people are dependent upon
the forest. It may be the land-
owner or it may be the secre
tary in a building supply store
on main street. No one seems
to have a solution where land
taxes exceed timber growth,
except possibly the State Legis
lature.
The problem is not so acute
on high producing forest land.
VFW Post To
Have The Annual
Christmas Meet
The Harley Riley Post
8802, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will hold their annual
Christmas party on Saturday,
December 16, at the Community
House in Butler. Bar-be-que
chicken plates will be served
to everyone present with the
adults only paying $1 per plate.
The proceeds will go to buy
raincoats for the school pa
trols.
Isaiah Hills To
Celebrate 25th
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Hill of
Junction City arc celebrating
their Silver Wedding Anni
versary on December 25. They
were wed 25 years ago at
Buena Vista and have resided
in the area for their entire life
time.
Mr. Hill is employed at
Fort Benning. They have twin
daughters, Linda and Brenda,
who are nurses at Warm
Springs.
Their families, friends and
neighbors wish them happiness
on their wedding anniversary.
With Our
In Service
Charles Taunton
Army Private Charles E.
Taunton, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Taunton, Route 1,
Butler, Ga., completed nine
weeks of advanced infantry
training Dec. 1 at Ft. Mc
Clellan, Ala.
The course, which simulates
Vietnam conditions, includes
training in such subjects as
land navigation, communica
tions, patrolling, guerrilla and
survival techniques plus quali
fication with infantry weapons.
More addresses:
Amn. Shehee, Herbert D.
AF 12784702
CMR 1, Box 851
Offut AFB, Nebraska 68113
December 16
Al/C Thomas H. Brown
AF 15956651
Box 196, Dpt. 8, 621st
T. C. S.
A. P. O. San Francisco, Calif.
96366
Nor, is there much difficulty
where other income sources
exist. However, withoutproper
forest management, acceptable
income is seldom produced on
any type forest land.
Postmasters in Taylor Coun
ty said today the “peak” mail
ing period before Christmas is
just “around the corner” and
faster mailing is necessary to
avoid a last-minute logjam of
undelivered Christmas cards
and packages.
The mailing problem is com
plicated this year because
Christmas is on Monday and
holiday mailscheduleswillpre-
vail on Christmas Eve, which
is on a Sunday this year.
“This means that all regular
mail must arrive at the post
office of destination early Sat
urday morning two days before
Christmas to get delivered in
time for Christmas.”
Butler Postmaster Hobbs
“ALL I WANT FOR CHRIST
MAS IS MY TWO FRONT
TEETH” -- Douglas Wayne Ar
rington Jr., better known as
little Wayne, seems very happy
with his prospects for two new
ones as he hugs Old Saint Nick.
Born just 10 months ago to Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Arrington of
Byron, he made his father and
his mother, the former Brenda
Perkins, very happy and they
are discussing secrets with
Santa Claus. Of course, his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Perkins of Reynolds
and Mr. W.E. Arrington of Fort
Valley are enjoying Wayne too.
His paternal grandmother was
the late Mrs. Eliza Arrington
of Fort Valley.
Martha Clark,
Linda Coward
Sing In Chours
Misses Martha Clark and
Linda Coward, student nurses
at the Macon Hospital School
of Nursing, sang with the Nur
ses Chorus in a performance
of the Christmas Cantata,
“Love Transcending”, last
week. The performance has
been taped and will be tele
vised on WMAS-TV, Channel
13, at 7:30 a.m., Sunday morn
ing, December 24.
Attending the performance
from this area were Mrs. Quin
ton Clark, Mrs. C.C. Clark,
Thomas Clark, Mrs. James
Brown, Mrs. Carolyn Coward
and Jim Coward.
pointed out that after Saturday,
December 23, only perishable
items and special delivery
packages will be delivered on
Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day.
They reminded mailers that
the coming weekend (December
16-17) is the last full weekend
for mailing Christmas packages
and cards.
Because of the “lost week
end” this year it’s more im
portant than over that Christ
mas mailing be done im
mediately to i lsure delivery
before Christmas.
TB Testing Will
Be December 18
At Health Deot.
Tuberculin tests will be a-
vailable at the Taylor County
Health Department, Monday,
December 18, from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. prior to Chest
X-ray Clinic of January 8.
Olivia Suggs
Pledges AD Pi
Miss Olivia Siggs, a junior
accounting major from Butler
has been recently installed as
a pledge in Alpha Delta Pi, a
national social sorority at
Georgia Southern College.
Miss Suggs, as well as all the
new Alpha Delta Pi pledges, was
formerly a member of Gamma
Sigma Upsilon, the first ser
vice service sorority atGSC.
Olivia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Suggs of Butler.
Taylor County
Girl Scouts Are
Now On The Go
December 7, the Taylor
County Girl Scout Leaders
meeting was held in Reynolds
at the Junior High School Build
ing. The Girl Scouts saw a
demonstration of Christmas de
corations at Flint Electric.
Plans are in the making for
Taylor County Girl Scouts to
participate in a cooking school
at Flint given by Mrs. Richard
Parks. This will be in keep
ing with the council theme of
Homemaking.
Training has been scheduled
for the Taylor County Girl
Scouts Leaders to be held
on January 17, 23 and 24 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rey
nolds Club House. Trainer will
be Mrs. Wiley B. Hencely Jr.,
Field Advisor for the Middle
Georgia Girl Scouts Council
in Macon.
Taylor County Scouts are
on the go.
Georgia now licenses 390,000
trucks, while as late as 1940 it
registered only 80,000.
The Taylor County Chapter
of Future Homemakers of Am
erica will sponsor their annual
White Christmas Program,
December 19, at the high school
cafeteria. The approximate
time will be 1:00 p.m.
We would like to emphasize
that this is a community pro
ject and would like also to urge
all parents and friends in the
community to participate.
The program is designed to
collect and send Christmas
gifts especially to the child
ren at the Gracewood Child
rens Hospital.
Below is a list of inexpen
sive items that have been sug
gested by the Hospital Staff at
Gracewood. If possible, these
gifts should be wrapped and the
name of the item, the approx
imate age child the gift is
suited for, and whether it’s
for a boy, girl or both writ
ten on the outside.
JERRY ALLMON
Jerry Allmon
Named To SW
Hall Of Fame
Jerry Allmon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. Allmon of Butler,
has recently been honored by
The Southwestern Company.
Last summer Jerry was one of
more than 3,500 outstanding
college students selected from
approximately 350 colleges and
universities to participate in
their Summer Program. He
sold books door-to-door in
North Carolina.
The summer of 1967 was
Jerry’s second in the Pro
gram. Competing with hundreds
of other outstanding college stu
dents, Jerry was the number 21
salesman. Since this was
Jerry’s second year in the
Program, he led a group of fel
low college students as a
Student Manager. The group
which worked with Jerry had
the fifth best sales record
among more than 200 such
groups of college students.
In 1966, Jerry’s first year in
the Program, he was the num
ber 7 first year sales
man. Jerry has also been ad
mitted to the Southwestern Hall
of Fame.
Jerry is a student at West
Georgia College. The summer
of 1968 willbe his third sum
mer in the Program. He has
already begun to select fellow
college students to participate
in the program with him this
summer. Charles Carroll, Dis
trict Sales Manager, has pre
dicted that Jerry and the men
who work with him will make
another outstanding record this
year in 1968.
STORK CLUB
Mr. and Mrs. Gree Joiner an
nounce the birth of a daughter
on December 9. The 8 lb.,
10 oz. young lady has been
named Kelly Elizabeth. Grand
daughter of Mrs. C. B. Potts
and the late Dr. Horace Joiner
and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Tanner
Jr. all of Douglas, she is the
great-granddaughter of Mrs.
T. B. Joiner and the late Mr.
Joiner of Butler.
Worst 1966 Catastrophe
NEW YORK—Tornadoes
and winds which buffeted To
peka. Kansas, and vicinity in
|line, 1906. resulted in the year’s
costliest insurance catastrophe,
according to the Insurance In
formation Institute. The storm
indicted 858 million in insured
property losses, damaging or de
stroying 3.755 dwellings, killing
Hi persons and injuring 106.
Stuffed harmless, non-toxic toy
Cashable dolls
Doll clothes
Doll furniture
Squeaky rubber toys
Marbles
Books (all ages: 4 to 60)
Soft candy without nuts
Candy (all types)
Toothbrushes
Combs and hair brushes
Clothes brushes
Records
Table games
Banks
Guns and holsters
Puzzles
Balls
Cards
Purses
Jewelry boxes
Rings
Earrings
Pins
Music boxes
Crayons
Color books
Diaper pins
Money
Belts
Bill folders
Bedroom slippers (all ages)
Shaving articles (lotion, cream,
razors, etc.)
G.I. Joe toys
Ping-pong balls
Cosmetics (any kind)
Hair care items (Hair spray,
curlers, bows, etc.)
Housecoats
Nylon and dacron underwear
garments
Gloves (especially white)
Permanent flower arrange
ments
Bicycles
Rocking chairs
Indoor and outdoor play equip
ment
All FHA members and their
sponsor, Mrs. Barbara Payne,
would like to challenge each of
you in helping to make this the
most successfulproject that any
FHA organization has ever
sponsored.
Principal Hicks
Attends Meet
On GEA Merger
Principal Hicks, a member
of the twenty team joint com
mittee on merger of GT&EA
and GEA attended a very fruit
ful meeting on Saturday, Dec
ember 10, 1967. He stated that
the meeting was one of the
most progressive ones ever to
be held by the joint committee.
Mr. Hicks stands firmly with
his belief that Georgia will
prove to the nation that it can
have one of the most success
ful mergers of any state. This
has been his concept from the
beginning and it is truly de
veloping in that direction.
Principal Hicks was the first
of the members to propose and
present a well prepared plan
relative to the structure of
the proposed new organization.
This proposal received great
endorsement and will be used
in the report of a sub-commit
tee of merger on structure.
Mr. Hicks truly believes that
in the final analysis, all ob
stacles will silently be re
solved. If educators, he says,
who are suppose to be guiding
and training young minds to
serve and live in a true de
mocracy, can’t, by precepts,
and examples, oust difficul
ties, he questions who can.
Farmers Urged
To Join Taylor
Moneymaker
Farmers are urged to join
money maker cotton, corn, pea
nut and soybean clubs where
qualified.
Any grower who produces an
average of 3,000 lbs. of pea
nuts per acre is qualified to
submit their records.
If you produce 750 lbs. at
lint cotton or more per acre,
you are qualified to join money
maker cotton club.
Corn growers who produce
an average of 85 or more bu
shels of corn per acre on the
entire farm unit consisting of
10 or more acres is eligible.
The soybean producer must
average 35 bushels or more
per acre.
Information and club records
may be obtained by contacting
the County Agent’s Office.