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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1961
Page
1
The Fourth of July weekend ended with 473 highway deaths nationwide and 7 in Georgia, far below earlier fears of a record toll. Drownings reached 208 with four Georgian deaths, nine in plane crashes, three by fireworks, and 115 in miscellaneous accidents as the holiday period closed.
The North Georgia Methodist annual session ends in Atlanta with unanimous approval of a state wide conference on human relations and an area workshop on peace and world order. The meeting adopts a $570 578 budget and schedules next year’s gathering at Emory University.
Kennedy signs a military construction bill authorizing 983 million dollars for U S and overseas projects. Georgia receives 18.841 million with Ft Benning set for 10.524 million in new operational facilities. Appropriations must still be provided by Congress.
In Thomaston Georgia a memorial and dedication marked the opening of the John B Gordon Community Recreation Center. The Gordon Mother's Club received donated ground from Glanford and Mrs Pippin who lost four family members in a 1958 fire. The Pippins mentioned plans to donate a movable clubhouse building and have already placed a starter tin roofed shed on the lot.
The church invites volunteers to its annual cemetery clean-up on Thursday July 13. Attendees should bring necessary tools and a basket lunch for the work day.
The Food Processing Plant in Butler will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week until further notice. It will remain closed on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Here is the state's financial condition as the 1960 61 fiscal year closed Friday. Spending 397 918 871 93. Income 392 000 000. Deficit 5 900 000. Budget for 1961 62 412 489 176. Surplus to help finance it 44 000 000. Revenue Commissioner Dixon Oxford will not close his books finally until Saturday, so the income and surplus figures must remain estimates.
Summer session will be held at Reynolds High School under Mr. W. H. Sasser. Registration is Saturday July 8 from 8 to 10 AM. Classes directed by Mr. Roy Lynn begin Monday July 17. Students may earn up to 1.5 units with daily 8 to 12 for 1 unit and 1 to 3 for 0.5 unit. Cost is 25 dollars for 1 unit or 35 dollars for 1.5 units plus workbook costs.
The Twenty-Third Taylor County Holiness Camp Meeting begins tomorrow near Butler on Highway 19 and runs through July 16. Evangelists Rev. James Crispell from Hastings and Rev. Morton Dorsey from Columbus lead daily sessions plus youth programs with singers Don and Jean Rollings. The event features a two-dollar daily meals and lodging cost, with special rates for children under 12.
Macon Georgia July 1 The Armstron Cork Co Macon plant now serves as the manufacturing center for the company s wood fiberboard building materials expanding from shared Pensacola production The Macon plant soon will reach nearly 1 000 000 square feet of floor space and is expanding to produce exterior siding from cottonwood and willow as its third expansion in four years The Pensacola plant now makes in combustible acoustic products for commercial use only.
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton presents a short course on Mechanical Cotton Pickers for July 20 1961. Morning sessions cover growing harvesting and ginning while afternoon demos feature Allis Chalmers International Harvester John Deere and Rust machines with sessions on operation care and maintenance. County agents should be contacted in advance.
Macon Georgia Miss Sylvia Maxwell daughter of Mr and Mrs W S Maxwell Route 2 Butler has received Sophomore Honors at Wesleyan College and named on the Semester Honors List for the spring semester Sophomore Honors require a B average in all subjects over the first two years The Semester Honors list follows each semester
SUN VALLEY Idaho July 2 Ernest Hemingway 62, the American novelist famed for themes of death and violence, accidentally killed himself Sunday while cleaning a gun. His wife Mary Hemingway released a brief statement. The funeral is private. later reports say it will be Friday with burial in Ketchum. Authorities confirmed a shotgun blast killed the author.
A 17 year old from Berrien County was elected president of Georgia 4 H Club Members at the state council meeting in Rock Eagle. Johnny Akins heads a slate including Nancy Smith Floyd County Gary Moore Worth County Ann Vaughan Tift County Dennis Cathey Rabarn County and Jane Parker Jenkins County as officers.
Butler High School announces Johnny Davis as the new Vocational Agriculture teacher replacing Harold Ragan who left for Dawson High School. Davis began duties July 3 after transferring from Schley County. Calendar lists pre planning Aug 28 and student registration Aug 30 with school resuming Sept 5. last day June 1, 1962, and Thanksgiving and spring holidays noted.
Bethel Methodist Church on the Geneva Charge hosts a Homecoming on July 9 with an 11:00 A M morning service. Rev Clyde Lancaster of Loganville Georgia serves as guest preacher and was a Bethel member before entering ministry. After the service there will be dinner on the grounds and fellowship singing. All former members friends and relatives are invited.
A contract authorizing 30 new low rent homes in Roberta awaits federal go ahead. Congressman Carl Vinson notified officials. Project cost listed at 400,676 dollars with Roberta Housing Authority and Public Housing Administration to sign, after approval by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. The loan aligns with Roberta’s slum clearance effort and paves the way for federal assistance.
Macon Georgia Miss Gloria Jean Gilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Gilson Jr Butler has been named on the Honors List for the second semester at Wesleyan College where she will be a member of the Junior class this fall To attain the Honors List a student must have an average of B in all subjects.
Martha Jean Maxwell 17 of Newnan Georgia was named 1961 World Posture Queen at St Louis during the International Chiropractic Research Institute convention. Finalists included Susan Copeland Judy Ann Morgan Ramona Floy Anderson and Lynda Lee Lynch from Alabama Arkansas Florida and Tennessee.
The mid-summer Taylor County Superior Court opened Monday July 3 with Judge J. R. Thompson presiding. Grand Jury foreman T Whatley and clerks Austin Guinn and E J Stinson were elected. The court adjourned for July 4 and re-opened July 5 to continue the criminal docket. a murder trial ended in a mistrial.
An Adel News and Lanier County News editorial urges Georgians to See Georgia First and plan a local vacation. It highlights Georgia mountains in spring, beaches at Jekyll Savannah and Brunswick, forest trails, and sites of Indian history, urging spending within the state to boost the economy.
The Georgia division of Lockheed Aircraft Corp in Atlanta Marietta received contracts totaling 8,180,924 from the Army and Air Force. A 6,948,000 spare parts and ground support contract funds VC140B JetStar jet transport set to enter service later this year. An additional 1,232,924 was granted for a research model of the Humming Bird vertical takeoff aircraft.
Mercer University Walter F George School of Law in Macon, Georgia, lists nine students who earned the Dean's List for the spring quarter by attaining at least seventy eight. Dean James C. Quarles notes the group represents less than ten percent in scholarship. Named students include Alexander Davis and Robert L. Swearingen Jr.
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