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VOL. 69 No. 17
Georgia Kiwanis
District Makes
Convention Plans
BIRCHMORE LAUDS JACKSON
CLUB FOR WEEKLY BULLE
TIN AND PROGRESS. SOFT
BALL GIVEN SUPPORT
In an official visit to the Jackson
Kiwanis club Tuesday night, John
Birchmore, Covington, lieutenant
governor of the ninth division, out
lined plans for the forthcoming in
ternational convention in Atlanta in
June. The Covington club, he said,
would entertain the Canada district,
while Jaekson and Thomaston clubs
will act as hosts to the California-
Nevada district.
The excellence of the weekly bul
letin issued by the Jackson club is
attracting statewide attention, Ki
wanian Birchmore said. He praised
the local club for its increase in
membership and progressive objec
tives for the year.
He mentioned the recent fat cat
tle show in Newton county and said
the Covington club uonated SSO in
prizes this year and would increase
the amount to SSOO in 1942. The
production of food and truck crops
to supply army camps offers an op
portunity for this section, Birch
more said.
To clear up the election of dele
gates, previously held, the club
rescinded its former action and then
elected Clyde Callaway and Esca
Pace as delegates and Morris Red
man and Ralph Carr as alternates.
A letter from D. V. Spencer,
Jackson school superintendent, was
read and thanks were expressed for
the support of the club in sending
a member of the School Boy Patrol
to Washington.
Opening of the softball season
Friday night was given a boost
through the sale of tickets, with
each Kiwanian asked to buy 5 tic
kets for use or distribution to
friends.
Dinner was served by the Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. N. F. Land chair
man. April 23 was a birthday for
Doyle Jones. The quartette for
the evening consisted of W. G.
Smith, Howard Perdue, George
Mathewson and John Yarborough.
For the meeting April 29 Dr. J.
Ellis Sammons, who will be assist
ing in meetings at the Baptist
church, will be guest speaker.
City And Firms
Give Prizes To
Cooking School
ATTRACTIVE AWARDS WILL BE
MADE TO WINNERS AT CON
FERENCE HERE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY, MAY 1-2
With the city of Jackson donating
$25 in electrical equipment and
many firms giving merchandise as
prizes for the cooking school May
1-2, there will be much of interest
for winners attending the home
makers’ conference.
The full list of firms donating
prizes is not immediately available,
but valuable gifts will be distributed
during the two days. Individual
prizes, as well as those offered by
the city of Jackson, will be award
ed. Some firms have donated cold
drinks, bread and other articles of
value.
The cooking school, sponsored by
civic clubs in Jackson, continues to
arouse keen interest. Miss Nell
Woodward, home economist of the
Georgia Power Company, will be in
charge of the cooking school.
The names of contributing firms
'.rill be printed when this informa
tion is available.
Softball Season
Opens Friday
Night At 8 p m.
PEPPERTON VS. JACKSON TO
FOLLOW “FAT” AND “LEAN”
TILT. CITY LEAGUE ORGAN
IZED AND READY
Jackson and Butts county softball
fans will be treated to a double
header Friday night when the “fats”
and “leans” tangle in the opening
game and a picked team of Jack
son’s all-stars square off with Pep
perton in the finale. The place is
Jackson’s athletic field, newly-light
ed for night games, and the time is
8 p. m.
The initial game will be cut short
in order that fans may see a full
seven-inning game as played by
Jackson’s and Pepperton’s best
players. Admission to the game
will be by tickets only, all children
under 12 being admitted free of
charge. There will be ample seat
ing facilities for all, in addition to
parking room for automobiles.
Playing for the “fats” will be S. ,
H. Thornton, J. B. White, James
Buchanan, J. S. Ball, B. K. Car
michael Jr., Paul Maddox, L. J. j
Brown, A. C. Finley, H. L. Allen,
Gene Rooks, Smith Price, W. G.
Smith, and others.
The “leans” will sport A. F.
White, W. M. Redman, Walter Wil
liams, Bud Pope, Gordon Barnes,
M. L. Powell, Levi Hurt, John Yar
borough, Leonard Grant, Otis Ste
phens, and others.
Line-ups for the Jackson-Peppei’-
ton game have not been announced
as yet, but it is understood that
both teams will put strong teams
on the field and an excellent game
is forecast. Neither of the two
games Friday will be league games
but are designed to introduce night
softball to Jackson.
Sponsors and managers for thfe
City League have been selected and
the following teams will start .the
season:
Spencer-Buchanan, L. H. Hurt,
manager; Carr Electric Cos., Charles
Kemp Jr., manager; Etheridge-
Smith Cos., H. M. Fletcher, manager;
Moore’s Garage, Gene Rooks, man
ager.
Managers and officials of the
league named W. M. Redman as
president of the City League. Each
team will have 15 players and a
committee is now engaged In the
distribution of players among the
four teams. Schedules will be an
nounced soon and the league is ex
pected to get under way with reg
ular league games within the next
few days.
Friday night, however, there’s a
double-header scheduled and a lot
of fun for all, especially when the
“fats v and “leans” mix it up. For
softball at its best and worst, there’s
no place like the Jackson athletic
field Friday night at 8 p. m.
BUSINESS AND
PROGRAM MEET
HISTORY GROUP
Business matters as well as a
program session will be featured
Friday night at 7 :30 when the Butts
County Historical Society meets at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis B.
Powell at Indian Springs. N. F.
Land as president will preside over
the meeting and the program will be
presented under the direction of
Miss Ruth Phinazee, chairman.
Operation of the museum and li
brary and co-operation with the di
vision of state parks will be among
tfie business matters to be consid
ered.
This is the first meeting of the
year and all members are expected
to be present and help outline the
year’s activities.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941
Quimby Melton
Be Speaker At
Commencement
BACCALAUREATE SERMON BY
REV. GAITHER BRIGGS OF
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25
Superintendent D. V. Spencer of
the Jackson public schools has out
lined the program for the com
mencement season of the Jackson
High School, May 25-27.
The commencement sermon will
be preached by the Rev. Gaither A.
Briggs, pastor of the First Baptist
church, at the auditorium Sunday,
May 25 at 11 a. m.
Monday, May 2(>, at 10 a. m.
seventh grade graduation exercises
will be held.
At 8 o’clock Monday night there
will be a recital and operetta by
the pupils of the music department
under the direction of Miss Elise
Barnes, director.
Graduation exercises will be held
Tuesday night, May 27 at 8 o’clock,
with Major Quimby Melton of Grif
fin deliverng the baccalaureate ad
dress.
During the first World War Major
Melton saw active service overseas
in the American Expeditionary
Forces. Since the war he has been
active in the work of the American
Legion and has held high positions
in the organization. He has been
connected with large daily newspa
pers in important capacities, and as
editor of the Griffin Daily News he
is widely known throughout the coun
try. His editorials are forceful,
well written and widely quoted. He
is recognized as one of the country’s
useful and constructive citizens.
Early Worship
Hours For The
Baptist Revival
DR. J. E. SAMMONS WILL BE
GUEST MINISTER. SERVICES
TWICE DAILY. REV. G. A.
BRIGGS SONG LEADER
Community interest is centered in
the revival services to begin at the
First Baptist church Sunday, April
27 and run through May 6.
The early morning worship hour,
set for 7:45, is expected to prove
a popular feature of the meetings.
Tried here last year for the first
time the early service met with
favor and these meetings were
largely attended, concluding in time
for businessmen and housewives to
resume their daily tasks.
In addition to the early morning
servce, there will be an evening
service at 8 o’clock.
Dr. J. Ellis Sammons, pastor of
the Vineville Baptist church in Ma
con, a former president of the
Georgia Baptist Convention and
chairman of the executive commit
tee of that body, will be the guest
minister. He is a widely known and
able minister and has held pastorates
in leading cities of the state. The
Baptist congregation feels for
tunate in being able to obtain Dr.
Sammons for this series of meetings.
The singing will be directed by
the pastor of the church, the Rev.
Gaither A. Briggs. Mr. Briggs is a
song leader of unusual ability and
his services are in eager demand at
evangelistic meetings. He will be
assisted in the music by the church
choir and other talent in the com
munity.
The building and grounds have
been made ready for the meeting
and all committees are functioning.
The pastor and officers of the
church extend a cordial invitation
to the people of the county to at
tend the services.
Leisure, Economy
Be Featured At
Cooking School
HOME CONVENIENCES AND
COMFORTS WILL BE DEMON
STRATED AT HOMEMAKERS’
CONFERENCE MAY 1-2
Easy ways of turning homemaking
into a happier, less tiring and more
satisfying experience will be re
vealed to the women of Jackson and
vicinity at a Homemakers’ Confer
ence which will open at 2:30 p. m.
on May Ist at the high school au
ditorium, in Jackson.
Sponsored by the Civic Clubs of
Jackson, the conference will unfold
around the theme “Give Wings to
Work.” The Georgia Power Com
pany will give the services of Miss
Nell Woodward, one of its most ex
perienced home economists, who will
illustrate, with practical demonstra
tions, a variety of valuable and
timely trends in homemaking.
Another session of the conference
will be held on May 2nd at 2:30 p.
m., And a night program will be
conducted on Thursday night, May
Ist at 8:30 p. m. This evening ses
sion w’ill be of interest to both men
and women alike.
All women are eager to learn
new methods which will ease the
burden of their daily household
tasks. When they can adopt ways
that give better results and at the
same time are less strenuous, they
will find a real boon to homemak
ing happiness. They do not have
to be told the “why” of it; only the
“how.” That’s the purpose of the
confenence sessions.
Heit, for instance, are some of
the hlWiemaker’s activities that will
be demonstrated in their simplest
and most efficient forms:
1. How careful kitchen planning
can yield lasting benefits in time
saving, conservation of effort and
economy.
2. How electric oven canning
and preserving can convert a tire
some task into an easy operation
that will pay substantial dividends
in reduced food costs.
3. How the new fashion in cook
ing can bring the homemaker out
of the kitchen at mealtime so that
she may enjoy her rightful place
at the table without repeated inter
ruptions.
4. How the preparation of food
before mealtime may be simplified
and speeded, yet produce tastier
dishes.
5. How laundering can be easier
and more economical while giving
clothes and household goods from
20 to 50 per cent longer life.
6. How ironing can be reduced
to its simplest and most efficient
form.
These are but a few of the home
making activities which will be
brought up to date for the women
attending the conference. They
will witness the preparation of an
inviting meal by the home econom
ist. They will learn how the use
of convenient small appliances can
add new simplicity to housekeeping.
They will understand how modern
lighting can make all tasks easier
,to perform with the saving of the
precious gift of eyesight.
Through it all, they will learn how
to acquire the added leisure for do
ing the many other things they
would like to do if only they had
the time.
REV. E. L. DANIEL WILL
PREACH AT ELLOWSHIP
The Rev. Eugene L. Daniel of At
lanta will fill the pulpit at the Fel
lowship Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning. He is a former
pastor of that church. The public
|is invited to attend the service.
Farm Tours Be Conducted To Inspect
Legumes, Pastures, Home Improvement
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MISS NELL WOODWARD
County Schools
Close For Term
Tuesday, May 6
EIGHT MONTHS TERM WILL BE
COMPLETED WITHOUT IN
TERRUPTION. ALL SALARIES
BE PAID IN FULL
Schools in the Butts county sys
tem, with the exception of Pepper
ton which will close at the same
time as the Jackson public schools,
will close for the term on Tuesday,
May 6.
An eight months term will have
been completed without interrup
tion, it was said Monday by William
G. Preston, county superintendent.
This was made possible by the care-
ful financing of the county board
of education and the support of the
state, which recently paid past due
salaries and is now current with
teachers salaries. At the close of
the term all salaries will have been
paid in full, Mr. Preston said.
Short but interesting programs
are being planned by the various
schools. Plays and entertainments
of various types have recently been
held and commencement programs
are now being mapped.
On the whole the schools have
had a satisfactory year, school offi
cials explain. Teachers were en
couraged by the prompt payment of
salaries and the board of education
has been co-operative at all times.
MEMORIAL DAY BE
OBSERVED FRIDAY;
GOODRICH SPEAKER
The Larkin D. Watson chapter,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, have completed plans for the
observance of Memorial Day Friday,
April 25. Judge Lucien P. Good
rich of Griffin will deliver the ad
dress at the school audtorium at 11
o’clock. Following the exercises
there the chapter will serve dinner
for veterans, their families and dis
tinguished visitors at the clubhouse.
At 10 o’clock members of the
chapter, school children and Boy
Scouts, all with flowers, will go to
the cemetery and decorate the
graves of soldiers.
Crosses of service and U. D. C.
modal will be awarded at the exer
cises in the auditorium over which
Mrs. T. E. Watkins, chapter presi
dent, will preside.
LIVESTOCK AND
EQUIPMENT DAY
SET FOR MAY 1
Livestock and Equipment Day will
he held at the University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture on Thurs
day, May 1. Visitors will inspect
the poultry plant, view the fine live
stock and college farm and witness
a demonstration of latest type farm
equipment. All Georgia - farmers
and others interested are invited to
attend the annual event.
* $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Carrying out a recommendation
of the Program Planning commit
tee, a tour of inspection to see out
standing examples of grain crops,
legumes, pastures and homemaking
will be arranged within the immedi
ate future, it was explained Monday
by M. L. Powell, Butts county Ex
tension agent. The date and sched
ule will probably be announced next
week.
Several farms will be visited and
what others are doing will be stu
died by members of the group. In
this way it is believed that renewed
interest will be aroused in better
farming, livestock production and in
homemaking.
The county is making rapid
strides in soil improvement through
the use of winter and summer le
gumes, in livestock production, poul
try, hog raising, in building per
manent pastures and in providing
homes with modern conveniences
and appliances.
Just at this season, Mr. Powell
said, crimson clover, Austrian peas
and grain crops are showing to
good advantage. Pastures that wero
fertilized in the fall with slag and
acid phosphate and planted to les
pedeza and White Dutch clover ai*o
affording good growth and grazing
for livestock. The county agent
stated the educational value of such
tours will be hard to estimate.
The tours will not be confined to
farmers and farm women, but ef
forts will be made to enlist the in
terest of business groups, profes
sional men, bankers and all others
concerned with the progress and
advancement of the county.
Such tours were formerly con
ducted here each year and were the
means of arousing genuine interest
in good farming and homemaking,
poultry and livestock production.
Patrick Chosen
For Trio With
School Patrol
KIWANIS CLUB AND CITY OF
JACKSON WILL PAY EX
PENSES OF TRIP TO THE NA
TIONAL CAPITAL
John Roy Patrick, captain of the
Jackson High School Patrol, has
been chosen to make the trip with
the Georgia School Safety Patrol
to Washington in May. The award
was made on the basis of scholar
ship and leadership in patrol activi
ties.
Evidencing their interest in this
safety measure, the Jackson Ki
wanis club and the city of Jackson
will pay the expenses of the trip,
amounting to $25. Directors of the
Kiwanis club at a meeting Saturday
night voted to bear part of the cost
and the city underwrote the re
mainder.
Patrick will join boys from other
counties of the state in the trip to
the nation’s capital. The itinerary
will include visits to Norfolk, Bal
timore, Annapolis and Washington
and will be made in the period
May 7-11.
These trips, with civic clubs of
the state as sponsors, come as a re
ward for faithful efforts through
out the school year in protecting the
lives of school children and aiding
in better traffic conditions on the
highways.
MACEDONIA TO HAVE A
SINGING NEXT SUNDAY
The Butts County Ringing Asso
ciation will have an afternoon sing
ing at Macedonia church Sunday,
April 27, beginning at 3 o’clock. All
music lovers are invited to attend
and take part. t