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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
The Taylor County News
95th Year, No. 1
and The Butler Herald
South Main St. P.O. Box 577
Butler, Georgia 31006
Friday, January 3, I968
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1968
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Contests
ANOTHER New Year is
here and with it will come
many new ideas and much
progress.
The year that just left us
saw many events take place that
will go down in the history
books.
It was fitting that the year
1968 should end on such a
happy note. The United States
sent three astronauts around
the moon and back.
The year’s end was a good
one.
* * *
DURING THE year many
events occured that will go
long remembered. There were
assassinations, riots, marches
and protests, strikes in schools
and many other happenings that
placed a “black mark” in our
nation’s pages of history.
Perhaps the highlight of the
year was the presidential
election. America has a new
leader and everyone is waiting
to see just what he’ll do when
he takes office.
Elections were on the
scene everywhere during
1968. From the local level to
the national.
* * *
WHAT WERE the main
events of Taylor County during
1968?
The Laky Vikings won the
State B basketball
championship in Macon.
New industries came to the
county, bringing more progress
for the area.
Remember the train wreck
in Butler? The entire town was
in a panic for two or three days
when cars filled with gas were
derailed in the center of town.
A new school
superintendent was elected and
other county officials elected.
The annual Peach Festival in
Reynolds was termed a success
as vistors from throughout the
state flocked to Taylor County
for the event.
* * *
WHAT WILL the new year
bring? Only time will tell. We
hope for prosperity and
happiness.
Did you eat your black eyed
peas and hog jowl on New
Year’s Day? I did!
I’m after all the good luck I
can get. Besides that, I like
black eyed peas.
Did you make any New
Year Resolutions? That old
custom is almost outdated.
Perhaps it’s because they’re
never kept.
I think it’s a good practice.
There’s no better time than the
New Year to resolve to do
better. The problem is that
many people make resolutions
they know they’ll never keep.
Don’t go overboard. Just
resolve to do things that aren’t
out of reach.
* * *
WONDER HOW many
letters and checks will be
written with the wrong date on
them? I always have trouble
getting used to a new year. I’ve
finally gotten where I can
write 1968 without any
trouble and now I’ve got to
switch to 1969.
I TRULY HOPE the new
year will bring happiness and
prosperity to each and
everyone. It all depends on
you. You can make the year
what you want. It’s up to you.
Continue to strive to improve
and with- this state of mind, the
year should be a good one for
you and the county.
Mrs. Tankersley
Entertains The
UDC At Christmas
A Christmas program was
the featured theme for the
December meeting of the
Gordon-Carson Chapter of the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Mrs. S. J.
Tankersley presented the
history of several Christmas
carols well known to everyone
and as she told the story of its
beginning, she played the carol
on the piano.
Mrs. Tankersley was hostess
for the meeting at her new
home in Perry. The business
session was postponed until the
January meeting.
Guests at the meeting were
Mrs. Edgar Lancaster of Shady
Dale, past president of the
Georgia U.D.C., Mrs. Cary
Bittick of Forsyth, treasurer
general, Mrs. Walter B. Smith
of Barnesville, honorary state
Presudent; Mrs. Chester Smith
of Abbeville, state vice
president; Mrs. Floyd Tabor of
Perry and Miss Mary Louise
Crawley and Mrs. Charles
Simmons of Reynolds.
Funeral Rites
Are Held Here
For Miss Barrow
The funeral of Miss Willie
Marie Barrow, 75, whose death
occurred at her home on
Monday, December 9, was held
at the Reynolds Methodist
Church, Friday, December 13,
at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev.
Tegler Greer officiating.
Interment was in the city
cemetery.
Born in Macon County, the
daughter of the late William
Thomas and Jane Arrington
Barrow, she moved to
Reynolds in 1906. A graduate
of Coleman Institute in
Reynolds and Wesleyan College
in Macon, she taught music for
many years and later French
and Latin at Reynolds High
School. She served as Director
of Welfare in Taylor, Bacon
and Appling counties, retiring
from public service in 1954.
Miss Barrow was an active
member of the Reynolds
Methodist Church and sang in
the choir. She was a real
daughter of the Confederacy
and a member of the
Gordon-Carson Chapter of the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy in Reynolds.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
John R. Humphries of
Chattanooga, Tennessee and
one brother, Willis E. Barrow
of Jacksonville, Florida and
several nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers were
Robert E. Aultman Jr., Henry
S. Hobbs, Frank Musselwhite,
T. Virgil Powell, E.T. Shealy
and J.W. Waters with Rooks
Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Irvin Dies;
Rites Are Held
In Rowland, Ga.
Services for Henry M. Irvin
were held at the Flint River
Baptist Church in Rowland,
Monday, Dec. 30 at 2 p.m.
with interment in the church
cemetery. The Rev. Woodrow
Hudson pastor of the Butler
Baptist Church, officiated.
Mr. Irvin was born in Upson
County, May 15, 1881. A
retired farmer, he had lived in
Upson County all of his life.
He died in the Montgomery
Hospital, Saturday, Dec. 28, at
2 a.m. after a brief illness.
Survivors include two
cousins, Mrs. Lizzie Fowler and
Jim Irvin both of Thomaston.
Pall bearers were Robert
and Cliff Hale, Sonny and
Ward Edwards, Clifford Ranow
and Douglas Johnson.
Edwards Funeral Home was
in charge of the arrangments.
EMPTY STOCKING FUND - For the Taylor County
Jaycees, the Empty Stocking Fund is a very serious matter.
Each year they work hard to make Christmas brighter for
some who otherwise would not be blessed on that special
day. Left to right, Jaycee members Gary Windham, Ronnie
Clark, Calvin Harris, Larry Wilkerson and Jaycee President
Hard Bazemore pack the toys chosen for the boys and girls
as well as the groceries and clothes and a Bible for each
family. Merchants in the county assisted the organization as
well as one special plea at a Taylor County High School
basketball game for the fund. The Jaycees appreciated the
aid they received with the project to make Christmas
brighter.
McDougald High
Girls Win Tourney
The McDougald High girl§
won first place in an
invitational tournament held at
Barnesville on December 19
through the 21st. The girls had
a first round bye and played
Booker High of Barnesville on
Friday, December 20 defeating
them 46 to 41. On Saturday,
the McDougald girls played
Forsyth’s Hubbard High
School for first place. The final
score was in favor of
McDougald High.
Shirley Durham was
unanimously voted to receive
the trophy for most valuable
girl player of the tournament.
Services Are
Held In Howard
For Mr. Brown
Funeral services for Lewis
B. Brown were held Saturday,
December 28, at 3 p.m. from
the Howard Methodist Church.
The Rev. Tegler Greer
officiated with the Rev. Kenny
Fuller assisting. Interment was
in the Howard Cemetery.
Mr. Brown, son of James
Marshall and Temperance
Brown, was born in Taylor
County, January 11, 1889.
Having lived all his life in
Taylor County, Mr. Brown was
a retired merchant and farmer.
He died at his home about 2
p.m., Friday, Dec. 27.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ada A. Brown; one son,
Carl Brown; two grandsons,
Steve and Fred Brown; three
great grandsons, Neil, Greg and
Darrell Brown and one sister,
Mrs. J. M. Parker of Americus.
Pallbearers were Dale Parks,
Paul Jones, Harold Brown,
Lewis Watson Jr., Bill Gee,
Quinton and Clinton Clark and
Austin Guinn with Edwards
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangments.
Rites Are Held
For Mr. Lane,
Son Lives Here
Joe D. Lane, 79, father of
Wade C. Lane f Reynolds, died
early on the morning of
December 20 at the Sumter
County Hospital in Americus
of a heart condition. He had
been in failing health for
several months.
Funeral services for Mr.
Lane were held on December
21 at 3:30 p.m. from the Reese
Park Chapel in Americus with
interment in the Sunset
Memorial Gardens.
Born in Sumter County, he
had lived there all of his life.
He was a member of the
Woodmen of the World and the
Bethel Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to Mr.
Lane are his wife, Mrs. Lucile
Grant Lane; another son, Joe
B. Lane of Valdosta; one
daughter, Mrs. Charles
Hargrove of Cobb; five
brothers, Gus Lane, Leroy
Lane and Douglas Lane of
Americus, L.S. Lane of Atlanta
and Charlie Lane of Charlotte,
N.C.; seven grandchildren, four
great-grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Butler Garden
Club To Meet
The Butler Garden Club will
meet at 3 p.m., January 8 at
the Butler Community House.
Miss Helen Wilson will give the
program on “Using Accessories
in the Landscape.” Hostesses
for the afternoon are Mrs.
Bertha Bazemore, Mrs. Rod
Brown, Mrs. E. B. Shehee, Miss
Sally Wilson and Miss Willie B.
Wilson.
Taylor County,
Butler Get 1968
Georgia Power Taxes
Reynolds And
Tax Payments
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Fireman (FN) William N.
Short, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Short Howard,
fills a storage battery in the Battery Shop on the aircraft
carrier USS America (CVA-66) in the Gulf of Tonkin of the
coast of North Vietnam. Fireman Short is attached to E
Division which is responsible for the maintainence of all
electrical lighting an;small boat electrical systems aboard
the America. Short returned home for Christmas aboard the
America after serving an eight-month deployment to the
Far East and completing an around-the-world cruise.
(Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Plans Underway For
City Elections Here
The Georgia Power
Company this week presented
to the city of Reynolds a check
for $779.36 representing the
utility’s local property taxes
for 1968.
In presenting the tax
payments, J.N. Kirksey, local
manager, said this was part of
approximately $12,100,000 in
property taxes that will be paid
by the company for the year
1968 to state, municipal and
county governments
throughout Georgia.
Earlier in the year,
municipal partnership tax
payments totaling more than
$4,500,000 were paid by the
company to the 400 cities,
towns and communities in
which the firm’s partnership
franchise agreement was in
effect. Under this agreement,
the company pays each
municipality in which it
operates a percentage of its
gross revenue derived from the
sale of electricity for
residential and commercial use.
These municipal partnership
tax payments are in addition to
property taxes.
The company’s total tax bill
for 1968, including federal,
state, county and municipal
payments, will exceed
$53,500,000. Taxes are the
largest item in the company’s
operating budget.
* # *
The Georgia Power
Company this week presented
1968 taxes paid to Taylor
County on property owned by
Flint Electric Membership
Corporation in the county
brings to $80,703.19 the five
year total which the
cooperative has paid, according
to announcement last week by
J.O. Mills, Flint general
manager, in connection with
the current year’s payment,
which amounted to
$17,110.24.
“Flint Electric pays
property taxes, state and
county, and all other taxes
which it is required to pay,”
said Mr. Mills, “and this money
joins that of other tax payers
to pay for the costs of
government, schools, and other
state and county expenses. We
do not pay income taxes, for
we do not operate at a profit,
in the usual sense. Any money
left over after a year’s
operation is set aside to be
returned to Flint members in
the form of Capital Credits.”
Mr. Mills said that $1,429,590
has been returned to the
members in Captial Credits to
date. Flint’s total tax payments
for 1968 amounted to
$208,353, he said.
The member-owned utility
serves over 22,000
member-consumers in a
15-county area, and currently
has 141 employees. The main
office is in Reynolds, with a
district office in Warner Robins
and one in Perry.
to Butler and Taylor County
checks totaling $24,036.13,
representing the utility’s local
property taxes for 1968.
Of the total, Taylor County
received $23,570.46 and the
City of Butler, $465.67.
In presenting the tax
payments, Larry Greenson,
local manager, said this was
part of approximately
$12,100,000 in property taxes
that will be paid by the
company for the year 1968 to
state, municipal and county
governments throughout
Georgia.
Earlier in the year,
municipal partnership tax
payments totaling more than
$4,500,000 were paid by the
company to the 400 cities,
towns and communities in
which the firm’s partnership
franchise agreement was in
effect. Under this agreement,
the company pays each
municipality in which it
operates a percentage of its
gross revenue derived from the
sale of electricity for
residential and commerical use.
These municipal partnership
tax payments, are in addition
to property taxes.
The company’s total tax bill
for 1968, including federal,
state, county and municipal
payments, will exceed
$53,500,000. Taxes are the
largest item in the company’s
operating budget.
Mrs. Carpenter;
Interment Here
Funeral services of Mrs.
Jessie Bell Rogers Carpenter
were held from he Chapel of
Christopher Funeral Home in
Warner Robins, Saturday, Dec.
28, at 12 o’clock with the Rev.
Mobley Cross officiating.
Interment was in the
Bloodworth Cemetery in
Taylor County at 4 p.m. with
graveside rites.
Mrs. Carpenter, 76 was born
in Taylor County, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Rogers. She moved to
Centerville from Butler four
years ago. She was a member
of the First Baptist Church in
Centerville.
She died early Friday,
December 27, in a rest home in
Centerville after a brief illness.
Survivors include her
husband, John R. Carpenter of
Centerville; three sons, Arthur
Carpenter of Rupert, John
Oscar" Carpenter of Ellaville
and J. C. Carpenter of
Centerville; two daughters,
Mrs. John R. Jinks of
Hawkinsville and Mrs. Edward
Williamson of Atlanta; two
sisters, Mrs. R. D. Waller of
Albany and Mrs. Will Carpenter
of Butler.
Incumbent Alfonso
McCrary will be opposed by
newcomer James M.
Williamson in the race for
Mayor of Butler in the
upcoming election. Nine
candidates have qualified for
the posts of City Councilmen
in the vote to be held on
January 11.
Candidates qualifying for
the Council are Incumbents
Alfred Kennon and Jimmy
Smith, along with newcomers
Melvin Barrow, M. P. Dean,
Robert Griggs, John Nelly Jr.,
James E. Poole, Joel Posey and
William C. Scott.
The polls will open in the
office of the Clerk of Superior
Court at 7 a.m. and close at 7
p.m. The members elected will
take office to serve for a term
of two years.
Present members of the City
Council not running for
re-election are Richard Taylor,
Wilbur Carroll and Bill
Bazemore.
WE ARE SORRY THAT DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS AND
AN EARLY PRINTING SCHEDULE, AN EARLY
DEADLINE WAS NECESSARY WHICH PREVENTED
SOME OF THE NEWS GETTNG INTO THE PAPER THIS
WEEK. WE WILL BE BACK ON THE REGULAR
SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO SERVING YOU IN 1969 AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST
YEARS - IN FACT, OUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
INCLUDED ONE THAT SAID WE WOULD MAKE AN
EFFORT TO DO A BETTER JOB. HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO EACH AND EVERYONE.
WHITE CHRISTMAS - The Future Homemakers of
America at Taylor County High School sponsored a White
Christmas program for the entire student body on the last
day before the holidays. There were 356 gifts of various
kinds suitable to be used at Gracewood Hospital and
Central State Hospital given bu the students. A program
centered around the Christmas Story and a tree decorated
all in white was given and then the students were invited to
bring their gifts to be placed under the tree and light a
candle while the school girls’ ensemble sang. Mrs. Barbara
Payne is sponsor of the group and Priscilla Jones is
president of the organization.
Flint EMC Pays Taxes