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Henderson High
Graduates 41
Friday Evening
Forty-one seniors of Hender
son High School received their
diplomas at Commencement Exer
cises Friday evening, May 22, at
8 o’clock in the school cafetorium.
Butts School Superintendent Lee
Roy O’Neal awarded the diplo
mas.
Geraldine Smith had the high
est honor of the class. She was
also the recipient of a SI,OOO
scholarship to Johnson C. Smith
University at Charlotte, N. C.; a
$220 scholarship from the Butts
County Colored Teachers Associ
ation and The Booker T. Wash
ington Key for Academic
Achievement.
Ted Head, salutatorian of the
class, gave the Word of Wel
come. He, too, was recipient of
several awards. The National De
fense Student Loan Program
awarded him a $450 scholarship
to attend Albany State College
at Albany and the Butts County
Colored Teachers Association pre
sented him a S2OO scholarship.
Guest speaker at the Com
mencement exercises was W. M.
Nix, director of personnel at
Morehouse College in Atlanta.
The following seniors received
their diplomas and awards: Rosa
Banks, Stewart L. Broadus, Eddie
L. Burns, Rosetta P. Clark, Ar
thur L. Clowers, Willie F. Craw
ford, Johnnie M. Crowder, $25
scholarship to Minosa School of
Beauty & Hair Design, Atlanta.
Willie C. Crowder, Ralph
Daugherty, Bradley E. Freeman,
SIOO scholarship to Harris Barber
College, Atlanta; Willie J. Foster,
SIOO scholarship to study Busi
ness Administration at Durham
Business College, Durham, N. C.
Sarah A. Goodman, Mary F.
Goodrum, $25 scholarship to Can
nolene Beauty College, Atlanta,
Prentice Goodrum, Lewis E.
Head, Ted Head, scholarships;
Maurice Lawrence, Virginia Law
son, Bobby Maddox, Norma J. Mc-
Clendon.
Marvin McDaniel, Sandra J.
Norris, S2OO scholarship to study
Secretarial Science at Durham
Business College; Christine
Reeves, SSO scholarship to Bands
Beauty College, Charlotte, N. C.,
Annie M. Roberts, Rosa Scott, $25
scholarship to Cannolene Beauty
College; Valena Shepherd, Arthur
L. Sims.
Ernest Sims, Ernestine Smith,
SI,OOO Savings Bond from her
parents; Geraldine Smith, scholar
ships; Rosa M. Stokes, SSO
scholarship to Bands Beauty Col
lege; Larry Stubbs, John S. Thur-
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Cub Scouts Made
Visit to Macon’s
Ocmulgee Park
Saturday, May 23, was a big
day in the life of the Cub Scouts
of Pack 80. All week they had
looked forward to the day they
would board the train for a trip
to Macon. The day finally arrived
and the train was late but this
didn’t dampen their spirits.
Twenty-one boys and four adults
made the train trip.
They were met at the Macon
Terminal by Mr. Bateman who
parried the boya on a tour of the
station. He showed them where
ice was made to use on the trains,
the mail room where many pieces
of mail come every day to be
sorted and sent to various desti
nations around the world. The
boys then took an elevator up
stairs to the roof of the build
ing.
After the tour of the station
the Scouts went by car to Ocmul
gee National Monument. This
park is the scene of 10,000 years
of changing patterns pf Indian
life, beginning with the Wander
ing Hunters and ending with the
Creeks of the 19th Century.
Pack 80 was met by Mr. Bern
hard Berg who served as their
guide. He met the boys on the
front and told them what was ex
pected of the group and a little
of the history of the park. After
entering the museum they saw a
layout of the entire park showing
the different mounds, earth
lodges and a council chamber.
This layout was wired so that a
red light would come on when Mr.
Berg pressed a button and told
about certain parts.
The group was then allowed to
view the various displays. There
were various stages of the Indian
life throughout the years. First
was the Wandering Hunters who
lived here about 10,000 years ago.
They probably remained there for
3,000 years; a shift of diet be
came necessary when the game
man, Annie L. Vickers, SSO
scholarship to Griffin College of
Beauty Culture, Atlanta; Johnsie
Watkins, Marian P. Watson, SIOO
scholarship to Harris Barber Col
lege and SSO scholarship to Grif
fin College of Beauty Culture;
Diane White, $25 scholarship to
Cannolene Beauty College;
Charlie L. Wise, James W. Wal
ler, Bobbie J. Webb.
Dr. W. H. Borders, D. D., pas
tor of the Wheat Street Baptist
Church, Atlanta, gave the Bacca- '
laureate Sermon on Sunday, May !
17, at 4 o’clock.
James E. Tillery
Buried Sunday
At Pepperton
Funeral services for Mr. James
Edward Tillery, 54, of 708 Brook
wood Avenue, Jackson, were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock from the Pepperton Bap
tist Church with the pastor, Rev.
James Burleson, officiating.
Burial was in the Pepperton
Cemetery with Haisten Funeral
Home directing arrangements.
Mr. Tillery died Thursday
night, May 21, at Sylvan Grove
Hospital following a period of de
clining health for several weeks.
Born in Butts County, he was the
son of the late Mr. Lon Tillery
and Mrs. Lelia Cody Tillery, who
survives.
He was a life long resident of
Butts County and was employed
by Pepperton Mills for 41 years
until ill health forced his retire
ment.
Mr. Tillery is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Elsie Turner Tillery
of Jackson; one daughter, Mrs.
Jackie Carpenter of Macon; one
son, Harry James Tillery of Jack
son; mother, Mrs. Lelia Cody
Tillery; four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn
Lynch of Griffin, Mrs. Margaret
Thompson of Syracuse, N. Y.;
Mrs. Ethel Ellers of Griffin, Mrs.
Katherine Maddox of Macon;
three brothers, Marvin Tillery of
became scarce so they turned to
fish. By 2000 B. C. they had
learned to make crude pottery.
By 900 A. D. Central Ga. was in
vaded by a group of Indians from
the Northwest. These people were
Master Famers and raised corn
and tobacco. They also spent
much time in building the mounds
and earthlodges.
The boys were shown inside the
Council Chamber which was used
for religious ceremonies and coun
cil meetings. In the center was
a large sunken fire pit where a
fire was kept as the sacred fire
of the town. There were 47 seats
around this. The 50 Indians who
used these were probably the re
ligious and political leaders of the
town.
I After this, the boys walked to
the Great Temple Mound which
is 40 feet high and contains 1,-
000,000 baskets of dirt.
The tired but happy boys began
their trip home after a most en
joyable afternoon. Adults who ac
companied the boys were: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Welch, Mrs.
Wayne Barnes, Mrs. Lovett Flet
cher, Mrs. Jim Browning, Mrs.
Banks Weaver, Mrs. Ralph Weav
er, Mrs. Wright Hicks and Mrs.
Edna Long.
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Father of Mrs.
Pinckney Passes
In Milner Friday
Mr. George Ashley Weldon,
69, prominent Milner resident and
member of the Lamar County
Board of Education, died unex
pectedly early Friday, May 22,
at his home near Milner.
A life long resident of Lamar
County he had lived at his present
residence since 1918. He was a
well known farmer and former
dairyman. Mr. Weldon was a
member of the Milner Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were held Sat-
Macon; Clayton Tillery of Tuck
er, Otis Tillery of Temple City,
Calif.; four grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were A. G. Cook,
Huey Hooten, Merrell Price, M.
L. Hodges Jr., W. A. Cook and
James Blankenship.
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MEMORANDUM TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON
(before Congress goes home)
“THE people’s business must come first.” You said it, Mr.
President, and we agree. The people of this country, and
you and your Administration, are entitled to have a vote
on several important measures during this session of
Congress.
One of these measures worthy of attention now because
it is truly in the public interest is H.R. 9903, presently
blocked by the House Rules Committee’s recent refusal to
clear the measure fbr consideration by the full House.
This is a crying shame because if this bill ends up on
the legislative scrap heap, American consumers will go on
being cheated out of several billion dollars annually from
freight rates kept artificially high by regulation which
kills off real competition.
Selfish interests which are profiting at the expense of
the public are working against this legislation. But, it is
basically the same legislation recommended to Congress
by President Kennedy and by you, Mr. President, to
ANGLERS REPORT
NICE CATCHES IN
FISHING CONTEST
Fish stories and the fish to
prove it were the order of busi
ness last week at Jackson Hard
ware Company as fishermen
brought in their unusually large
catches to be weighed.
Most of the lunkers were
caught in private ponds and a win
ner was noted in every class.
Bass winner was Johnny Kin
urday afternoon from the Milner
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Sam Lewis and Rev. J. U. Little
officiating. Burial was in the
Milner Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Clara Ethridge Weldon of
Milner; two daughters, Mrs. R.
H. Pinckney of Jackson and Mrs.
R. J. Simpson of McDonough;
two sons, J. A. Weldon and Tom
M. Weldon, both of Milner; a sis
ter, Mrs. Mary W. Collier of At
lanta; several grandchildren,
nieces and nephews.
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with one weighing 9 ounces. An
eight ounce bream entitled
Charles Smith to the prize.
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