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Jakin Citizens
See Town In
Terms Os Progress
Jakin citizens were shocked
to read ‘‘Painting a Forgotten
Town’’ and see pictures of their
little city in a feature article,
recently. ‘‘Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder’’ it has been said
and Jakin residents see their
little town in terms of progress
as well as uniqueness, for which
it received state recognition in
August,
As surely as the big cities
Were acquiring their ghettos from
the influx of families who once
lived on the farm and there ade
their livelihood, Jakin was one of
the small towns in Georgia that
suffered most from the exit of
people on the farm due to in
creased mechanized farming.
But in the past five years
Jakin has progressed, the price
of land in that area of the county
has advanced, a 9-hole golf
course has been built and has
an average of from 600 to 700
playérs a_ month; a nursery,
Brooks Hickory Hollow, hasbeen
established; a new water system
installed; the gymnasium has
been converted intoa skating rink
and is open five days a week; the
Methodist and Free Will Baptist
have built new churches and the
Baptist and Church of God have
completed a renovation program
and several new brick homes
have been built in and around
Jakin, :
. The term ‘‘Forgotten Town'’,
used in a recent article about
Jakin is far from the expression
Jakin residents use in referring
to their community, Jakin citi~
zens are busily employed, not
only in Jakin, but also at the
G;ant Industrial Complex on the
Chattahoochee River, or in
Donalsonville, Blakely, and Do~
than, Ala.
Early in the morning and late
in the afternoon, there is a hustle
throughout the community as
residents leave or return from
their work. Jakin sends out
two bankers each day in the week,
one to Blakely and one to Donal
sonville; five teachers and any
number of office managers,
secretaries, bookkeepers, engi
neers and carpenters.
Knowing that only the unusual
and unique make the metropoli~
tian newspapers it is from this
point of view Jakin citizens ac-~
cept the picturesque water-colori
conception of their town as seen
by Mrs. Herbert Crosby of Donal=-
sonville, who selected buildings
for their unusual aspects, as
subjects of her drawings. But
several of these buildings would
not have been included in a guided
tour of the city.
Rather, the homefolks would
have pointed out the trim, neat
modern little churches, and
Echodell, the renovated ante
bellum home of the Joe Harvey's.
They would have mentioned that
every street in Jakin is paved,
and that the lunchroom at the
school is used for community
gatherings and is the meeting
place for the Community Im=
provement Club where they
stress ‘‘Food, Fun and Fellow=-
ship’’.
They would have told of more
than a dozen cattle farmers (Who
have more than a hundred head
of stock) and the ideal modern
‘‘pig Parlor’’. Also they probab
ly would have mentioned the truck
farming where butterbeans, peas
and turnips are grown.
Jakin was the first small town
in Georgia to organize a Red
Cross Chapter at the beginning
of World War I and for this
effort was featured in a state
newspaper fifty-two years ago.
Presently the men of the com=
munity are taking an active part
in the newly organized Early
County Rescue Unit, the mayor,
Mayor Thomas Rogers, is vice
president; and Jack Sutton, presi
dent of the Community Improve=-
ment Club is 2nd vice president.
Miss Dot Harvey, area histo
rian and a former teacher, is
completing a history of Jakin
and the Jakin community, which
will be presented to the Early
County Historical Society in
October and will be released at
that time.
It has been said, ‘‘The only
thing worse than being talked
about, is being ignored’’. Jakin
residents probably will not mind
the publicity if it brings in tour=
ist trade. Along with the unique,
they would go to the entrance of
the Jakin Novelty Works - to the
trim, neat office; or start with
Main Street at the modern air
conditioned post office.
They are a hospitable people
and proud, proud of their con
tribution to this area for one
hundred and fifty years, and es
pecially proud of the accomplish=
ments of their citizens. There is
evidence of their Federated Gar
den Club in many of the lawns
and flowers around the attrac
tive, trim homes.
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