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1968
Better Newspaper
Contests
South Main St. P.O. Box 577
Butler, Georgia 31006
Friday, January 17, 1969
McCrary Wins Mayor
Of Butler In Election
FLU, FLU, who’s got the
flu!
If you haven’t been stricken
by the “bug” this season,
you’re just not in. I was one of
the first to catch it, so my
social standing is fine for the
next six months at least.
In case you haven’t heard,
the one that’s “in” this year is
the Hong Kong variety.
Someone asked me the other
day what it was like. Itold them
it makes you want to do
laundry and eat chop suey.
* * *
I READ someplace that the
Hong Kong Chamber of
Commerce was upset with the
United States for all of their
bad publicity. They claimed
the flu bug actually originated
in the high country of China.
So next time someone asks
you what you’ve got or had, be
specific and tell them, “I have
the up country China flu.”
Really you can’t blame
them. After all, who wants to
take the blame for a
world-wide epidemic?
* * *
TO GIVE you an “inside”
view of what it’s like I’ll tell
you about my experience.
It started with an aching
feeling all over. No area was
spared. Then came the fever.
There were a couple of days
that I wasn’t sure I was still
around.
One morning I woke up
crying uncontrollably. I wasn’t
sad or in extreme pain, but I
couldn’t stop crying. (I didn’t
know the Chinese were prone
to cry!)
Of course there were the
normal aches and pains, with a
runny nose thrown in for good
measure.
I musn’t forget the daily
trips to the doctor for those
ever-loving shots. By the end of
seven days, I couldn’t drink
water for fear of leaking.
During all this time the
good old sinus had to act up,
which helped things
tremendously.
But, I lived through the
ordeal to go back to work and
brag about my painful
experience with the “Hong
Kong Flu”!
* * *
I DID learn a lot while
confined to bed for a week. I
learned that Tess and Bill were
having trouble because Tess’
first husband’s mother was
trying to bribe her into giving
her (Tess) baby back, which
was not her grandson, anyway,
but Bill’s, whom she is now
married to, but unhappily.
It takes a certain kind of
mind to watch the soap operas
every day. A mind that can
keep all that straight, has to be
something else.
* * *
THE HONG KONG flu shot
is only being authorized for the
“older” folks. I think that’s
discrimination. Why should the
young have to suffer?
Of course, the older folks
don’t have anything to talk
about. I know how I
exaggerated the agony that I
suffered. We all do ...
People are funnier than
anybody, aren’t they?
* * *
thought of the
WEEK: Congratulations are in
store to incumbent mayor
Alfonzo McCrary who won the
city election last week. City
Councilmen that were
reelected were Jimmy Smith
and Alfred Kennon. The new
members of the council are
M P. Dean, Johnny Neely and
Melvin Barrow. They have a
job before them that I don’t
envy. Everyone should give
them all the support the can.
Stork Club
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Turner announce the birth of a
baby daughter at the Columbus
Medical Center on January 9.
She will be called Lora Ann
and weighed 7 lb. 7 oz.
Incumbent Alfonso
McCrary won another term as
mayor of Butler in the City
Election last Saturday as he
defeated James Williamson in a
vote of 208 to 110. The two
year term of the mayor and
five councilmen elected will
begin in February.
Also elected in the vote
were five city councilmen for
the next two years. They
included two incumbents,
Alfred Kennon with a vote of
199 and Jimmy Smith with a
vote of 227. The other
members of the present
council, Richard Taylor, Bill
Bazemore and Wilbur Carroll,
did not offer for re-election.
New councilmen chosen
were M.P. Dean with 255
votes, John Neely Jr. with 214
and Melvin Barrow with 183.
Defeated in the nine man race
were Joel Posey with 103,
William Scott with 98, James
Poole with 111 and Robert
Griggs with 161.
Rites Held For
Taylor Native
Funeral services for the late
Woody Ransom Pilkinton were
held recently at his hometown
of Pembroke. Mr. Pilkinton
died at a Savannah Hospital on
Jan. 1 after a brief illness.
Born in Dooly County, son
of the late Raiford and Leola
Pittman Pilkinton, Dec. 25,
1891, he made his home in
Taylor County most of his
early life.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Kate Pilinton of Pembroke;
one son, Emmett Pilinton of
Douglas and one daughter, Mrs.
Ina Ruth Harper of Macon;
one sister, Mrs. Naomi Morris
of Macon and one brother,
Zebbie D. Pilinton of Pineview,
several grandchildren, nieces
and nephews.
SOMETHING TO HIDE??
It is setting a dangerous precedent when public officials
assume the prerogative of seeking to control by criticism or
innuendo what a citizen or an editor should write or print.
We see this method used in the U. S. quite frequently, but so
far it has not passed the stage of dirty politics used by candidates
for office, or public officials seeking notoriety. It reminds one of
the practice of the devilfish that can squirt out black liquid in
order to cloud the water and hide his own ulterior motives.
Unopposed, this official desire to censor or control free speech
and press grows, because freedom of expression is the one thing
that political opportunists fear most. Without freedom of
expression there is no freedom for the individual.
Nearly 11,000 country weekly and smaller daily papers
scattered throughout the 50 states of this nation are one of the
greatest guarantees of freedom U. S. citizens enjoy. Most of these
newspapers are locally-owned, and they are edited by individuals
dedicated to fair and accurate news reporting and the expression
of ideas in which they believe. They are not susceptible to being
told what to do. They make their own decisions.
Whenever an editor sees political attempts to impugn his
motives, he can be almost sure that the critic seeks to control
expression. That is why U. S. public officials must not be allowed
to forget they are after all public servants, not the publics’
masters. When they try to muzzle an editor they have something
to hide.
Taylor Countians Get
Rehabilitation Help
M ore disabled Georgians
have received rehabilitation
services during the 1967-68
fiscal year than at any other
time in the history of the
rehabilitation program in
Georgia, according to John S.
Prickett Jr., Assistant State
Superintendent of Schools for
Rehabilitation Services.
Prickett said 45 Taylor
countians were provided
rehabilitation services and
returned to gainful
employment through efforts of
the Office of Rehabilitation
Services, Georgia Department
of Education.In addition to the
number rehabilitated, many
more were furnished services as
part of their rehabilitation
program.
“On a statewide basis,”
Prickett said, “the Office of
Rehabilitation Services
rehabilitated 9,031
handicapped Georgians, placing
Georgia seventh in the nation
in the number of persons
rehabilitated per capita and
sixth in the nation in the
number rehabilitated without
regard to population.”
The Georgia program
provided for one or more
rehabilitation service to 47,659
persons, including 25,888
rehabilitation clients and
21,771 applicants for social
security benefits.
The average cost of
rehabilitating each of the 9,031
clients was $1,716. A total of
$15,497,196 was spent in
rehabilitation of the state’s
handicapped citizens and
$77,220 in rehabilitating the
citizens of Taylor county.
Vocational rehabilitation is
a public service provided by
the federal and state
govenments to restore disabled
individuals to the maximum
physical, vocational, social, and
economic usefulness of which
they are capable. The ultimate
goal and purpose of vocational
rehabilitation is to provide the
necessary services to enable
disabled individuals to achieve
their optimum employment
potential.
The services of vocational
rehabilitation are available to
all person, regardless of race,
color, creed, or national origin,
who have a subtantial physical
or mental job handicap which
can be corrected or reduced to
the extent that the individual
can return to gainful
employment.
Services provided through
the Office of Rehabilitation
include: comprehensive
evaluation, including medical
study and diagnosis; medical,
surgical, and hospital care, and
related therapy to remove or
reduce disability; prosthetic
and orthotic devices; training
services including those services
provided in comprehensive or
specialized rehabilitation
facilities and adjustment
centers; maintenance and
transportation as appropriate
during rehabilitation; tools,
equipment, and licenses for
work on a job or in establishing
a small business; initial stock
and supplies, management
services and supervision for
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Taylor County Library
small businesses, including the
acquisition of vending stands
by the rehabilitation agency;
counseling and guidance
services;' placement in a
suitable job including
follow-up supervision to make
sure the individual is safely and
satisfactorily employed.
Rehabilitation services are
also provided in a variety of
specialized areas, including
assistance for public offenders,
alcoholics, narcotics, and the
socially and culturally
deprived.
Medical examinations to
determine eligibility and
tuition for training are
provided by the Office of
Rehabilitation Services to all
clients without regard to the
economic circu'.ustances of the
individual. Economic need,
however, must be established
for persons applying for
medical and/or surgical
treatments, hospitalization,
artificial appliances, tools or
equipment, books and supplies,
transportation and
maintenance while in training.
Information concerning the
various programs and services
provided through the Office oi
Rehabilitation Services can be
obtained through local offices
in population centers
throughout the state.
Rites Are Held
For Mrs. Posey
Funeral services for Mrs.
Vivian Suddeth Posey were
held at the Turner’s Chapel
Freewill Baptist Church,
Sunday, January 12 at 3 p.m.
The Rev. A. G. Windham
officiated with interment in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Posey, born in Taylor
County, January 1, 1921, was
the wife of Elmira Posey. She
had lived in Taylor County all
her life. She was a housewife
and a member of the New
Prospect Freewill Baptist
Church. She died unexpectedly
Thursday afternoon at her
home near Reynolds of a heart
attack.
She is survived by her
husband; three sons, Ben and
Franklin Posey of Fort Valley
and Elmira Posey Jr. of
Reynolds; two daughters, Mary
Laura and Della Frances Posey
of Reynolds.
Goddard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Turner's Chapel
Slates Singing
Special guests at the
Turner’s Chapel Freewill
Baptist Church on Sunday,
Jan. 19, will be the Trutone
Trio and the Joplin Family.
They will present a program of
special music beginning at 2
p.m.
These groups have made
several LP albums and are
spiritual groups. The public is
invited to come and hear these
sing the gospel songs.
Ellen Eubanks,
John Woodall Are
Student Teaching
NAMED TO TEAM--Lonnie
Morrell of Butler has been
promoted to the Leadman
team at Cardinal
Manufacturing Company in
Fort Valley according to a
recent announcement. He will
assist in directing the
fabrication of bus windows,
parts and other items. Mr.
Morrell and his wife, Evelyn
Montgomery Morrell, and their
children, Donald and Lonnie,
Live on Oak Street in Butler.
Military Rites
Are Held For
R. J. Wainwright
A one car accident on U. S.
Hwy. 19 north of Butler near
McCants Mill Pond took the
life of one and another injured last
Wednesday night. Rondall Jack
Wainwright, 20, died in the
single car mishap and Elbert
Wainwright was injured.
Funeral services for Rondall
Jack Wainwright were held
with full military honors at 3
p.m., Saturday, from the
Tuner’s Chapel Freewill Baptist
Church. The Rev. A. G.
Windham was assisted by an
armed forces chaplain in
officiating and interment
followed in the church
cemetery.
Born in Taylor County, Oct.
1, 1948, he was the son of Mrs.
Nell Byrd Wainwright and the
late Jack Wainwright of this
county. He had spent most of
his life in the county and was a
member of the Turner’s Chapel
Freewill Baptist Church. He
graduated from Taylor County
High School and attended
Middle Georgia College prior to
his induction into the armed
forces.
He arrived home on leave on
Dec. 23 from Fort Bragg, N.
C., where he was a member of
the 82nd Airborne Signal
Battalion of the U. S. Army.
He died early Thursday
mornging in an automobile
accident on Hwy 19 north of
Butler.
Surviving are his mother,
Mrs. Jack Wainwright and one
brother, Troy M. Wainwright,
stationed at Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo. with the U. S.
Army.
Goddard Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements with
a special honor guard of close
friends from the 82nd
Airborne Sig. Bn. at Fort
Bragg, N.C., who attended the
services. Men from the United
States Army stationed at Fort
Benning also assisted with the
services.
Benefits for today’s veterans
include special assistance for
young veterans with limited
education.
Forty-five Georgia
Southwestern College seniors
have begun their quarter of
student teaching in the public
elementary and secondary
schools. These are serving in
schools throughout the area
with one presently working in
the Taylor County Elementary
School.
Among those serving as
student teachers in completing
requirements for a degree in
education is Ellen Eubanks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Eubanks, who is at the Taylor
County Elementary School.
Also listed is John Woodall,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harper
Woodall of Charing, who is
teaching social studies at
Marion County High School.
Benny Coward Is
»!n Coast Guard
Benny Coward left Monday
for Camp May, N.J., where he
entered basic training with the
United States Coast Guard.
Prior to entering service, Benny
attended school at Southern
Tech and was employed at
Metro Steel Corporation of
Atlanta. He is a graduate of
Taylor County High School
and the son of Mrs. Carolyn
Coward.
Gordon-Carson
UDC Will Meet
The Gordon Carson Chapter
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will meet
Thursday, January 23, at 3:30
p. m. at the Reynolds
Methodist Church parlor. Mrs.
Grady Elder will be in charge
of the program. All members
are urged to attend.
For some people, a library is
the place to go when it is
absolutely necessary and there
is no way to avoid it. But to
some people, a library is a
fascinating place for enjoyment
fand fun, to browse and to
meet new friends between the
covers of a book.
For Minnie McAuley the
latter is true. Libraries are
wonderful places crammed full
of beautiful books with rich
information that can be
gleaned by simply picking
them up and reading. Mrs.
McAuley lived for many years
at Beechwood Farms in
Reynolds where her father was
the overseer. She attended
elementary and high school in
Reynolds and still enjoys
returning to her old familiar
territory for a visit.
She recently did just that.
She returned to visit in
Reynolds and among those
visited was Mrs. Susie Woods;
When she returned to her home
in DeLand, Fla., she wrote Mrs.
Woods and was very
complimentary of the “old
stomping ground” and
particularly of the Taylor
County Library.
Presently located in a
redecorated depot that has
gone out of use by the railroad,
the library is truly an asset to a
small county. Receiving new
books from the Pine Mountain
Regional Livrary twice each
month, the Library is able to
not only keep all of the old
favorites that belong to the old
library but is also able to keep
up with ail of the newest titles
that are put on the market.
Always willing to be of
help, Mrs. Leila Barrow also is
willing to get special books for
you if you need a certain one
for a project. By being a
member of the Regional
Library, it provides a much
wider range of reading
literature than the county
would otherwise be able to
provide.
Open two days a week,
Tuesday and Friday, from 3
p.m. to 5 p.m., the library can
be used by the older people
who perhaps have more reading
time or is just as useful to the
young mother who desires
special information or to the
student needing to do research
work.
It is interesting to not what
the lady from Florida says
about the local library. “May I
thank you for my very
memorable trip to the
Reynolds Library? Always
interested in reading, I’d say
that is usually the first place I
visit in going to a town.” So
evidently one is very familiar
with libraries and certainly one
to know about libraries since
she has taught on the college
level, she is very
complimentary of the local one
as she says, “books choices are
so good.”
After reminiscing about her
first train ride beginning at that
same spot when she took the
train to Macon, she goes on to
tell about how her mother
helped to found the
‘‘Children’s Museum” in
DeLand (now the DeLand
Museum) and comments,
“naturally I was delighted to
hear that in the same attractive
building there you hope to
begin a Museum.”
Concluding her letter after
telling of the beauty of the
Methodist Church, she says
that she will pass on the
information to the other
members of the family about
the beauty of “our first
hometown.”
Who knows? Perhaps
someone is looking at our
towns every day as “my first
hometown” and wondering at
the progress made over the
years. Let us continue to work
to make this the best place in
Georgia to live. Make it a late
New Year’s resolution to visit
places here like the library, see
its real beauty and usefulness
in our community, and help to
make everyone want to return
when they visit here.
Mrs. Murray Is
Garden Clubs
Guest Speaker
Mrs. Arthur Murray of
Ellaville was the guest speaker
at the meeting of the Butler
Garden Club, Wednesday,
January 8, at the Butler
Community House. Her subject
was “Using Accessories in the
Garden”. She said that a
garden “should be tranquil,
make yours a restful spot for
family and friends to enjoy.”
The Garden Club welcomed
new members, Mrs. Grover
Mott, Mrs. J. H. Williams and
Mrs. Arthur J. Hogan. They
were welcomed by Mrs. T. L.
Fountain, president, during the
business session. Each member
is urged to pay the Garden
Club dues by February 1 in
order to have your name in the
Year Book for 1969-70.
The hostesses, Misses Sally
and Willie B. Wilson, Mrs.
Bertha Bazemore and Mrs. E.
B. Shehee served a sweet
course to twenty-six members.
Nazarenes Has
Special Singing
The Truetone Trio and the
Joplin Family will be special
guests of the Butler Church of
the Nazarene on Sunday,
January 19. They will be
presenting special music at
both the 11 a.m. and the 7:30
p.m. services.
The pastor, the Rev. Jim
Pritchett, and the congregation
wish to extend to everyone a
special welcome to these
services. The Rev. Pritchett
said, “We believe it will be a
real blessing to everyone who
hears them. ”
Taylor Mill
Church Of God
Sets Revival
Revival services will begin at
the Church of God of
Prophecy in Taylor Mill,
Sunday night, Jan. 19. Singing
services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sister Adel Crook will be
evangelist. The Rev. H. M.
Skipper and members extend
to you a cordial welcome.
McDougald School
Wins Fine Arts Meet
Flu Bug” Hits Taylor
Like the new model cars
that roll off the line in Detroit
each year, Americans and
Taylor Countians alike expect
a new model of “flu bug”
every so often and this year
was no different from any
other. The late summer and
early fall of 1968 brought the
news that a new strain had
been introduced from the
Orient. Newspapers and
broadcasts warned daily of the
virus.
A common disease and not
new in very many homes, the
flu is an almost every year
occurance in most households
to at least one member of the
family. And most mothers are
well aware that with every
precaution, the best isolation
possible and even the well
advertised mechanical dish
washers “to help keep down
colds,” is usually is not kept to
one case once it is started.
So, winter arrived and with
it, more flu. This time called
the B strain or Hong Kong flu
because it was first isolated
there, it began to have its
effect on schools and industry.
Beginning in other parts of the
country, it finally reached the
south just before Christmas.
Absenteeism rose sharply.
Schools closed down for the
Christmas holidays just in time
to prevent the spread,
according to one local
pharmacist as he added, “we
hope.” Many had some type of
infection during the holidays
but were able to be back on
the job and at school in
January. Others had colds and
other respiratory illnesses and
were hospitalized or put to bed
for a few days but not with the
serious results that have been
found elsewhere.
However, the hospital
facilities, both the
Sams-Whatley in Reynolds and
the Montgomery in Butler have
remained filled to capacity
most of the time and many-
more were sick at home.
Doctors worked almost around
the clock trying to combat the
outbreak and keep the disease
victims as comfortable as
possible as well as try to
prevent any serious after
effects.
In Taylor just as in other
areas, the very young and the
older people have seemed to be
the most affected by the new
outbreak. School age and
working people have been hit
by the bug but not in as great
numbers and with less serious
effects from the germ.
No deaths have been
reported and accorrding to
health officials this week, it
seems that the flu outbreak
may be lessening but we still
have several weeks to go until
spring. So be careful, avoid
crowds and don’t neglect that
first sniffle or sneeze. Statistics
don’t lie and statistics from
other areas of the country
show us that this strain of flu is
not something to treat
casually.
Gervie Morrell
Gets Certificate
Little Bethel Freewill
Baptist Church was proud to
have the news of an award
presented to Gervis Morrell Jr.,
a licensed minister in Macon,
recently. At the annual Big
Brothers Banquet held at
Bacon’s Field Clubhouse, he
received a certificat in
acknowledgement and
appreciation for the valuable
service rendered.
It was stated that this has
greatly contributed to the
growth and expansion of the
Big Brothers movement.
Gervis is a 1959 graduate of
Reynolds High School and is
presently employed in Macon.
He is the son of Gervis Morrell
Sr. and the late Mrs. Morrell.
He is married to the former
Miss Carol Jinks of Ideal,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Randol Jinks. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Morrell are active
members of the Little Bethel
Church.
The Fine Arts Festival for
District 3 of the GIA took
place on Friday, Jan. 10, with
R. L. McDougald serving as
host school. The activities
included boy and girl orations
and creative and modern
dances.
McDougald continued to
dominate District 3, which
consists of some 11 schools.
Roy Troutman captured first
place as boy orator, Miss
Vontella Huffman took first as
girl orator while the dance
group received a third place
rating.
Roy received a rating of 88,
which is the average of three
judges’ decisions, and Miss
Huffman received a rating of
97. Roy and Vontella are both
juniors and honor students at
McDougald and both plan to
attend college upon graduation
from high school.
Because of her superior
rating of 97, Vontella will
represent District 3 at the State
Fine Arts Festival, Saturday, in
Fort Valley.
Their advisors are Mr.
Maryland and Mrs. Rogers.
VONTELLA HUFFMAN
ROY TROUTMAN