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VOL. 69—No. 8
Nutrition And
Health Sketched
At Kiwanis Meet
VARIED ACTIVITIES OF RED
CROSS OUTLINED. HARLAND
WILL TALK ON IRELAND AT
MEETING FEBRUARY 24
War time activities of the Amer
Eed Cross, including nutrition and
health and first aid, were outlined
to members of the Kiwanis club
Tuesday night.
Miss Ethel Smith, Butts county
Public Health Nurse, told of classes
in home nursing. The aim is to ac
quaint members with home nursing,
such as making poultices, giving
medicine, using hypodermics, etc.,
Miss Smith said.
The Kiwanis club sponsored pub
lic health nursing in Butts county
and Miss Smith, expressed her sin
cere appreciation to the club, and
other agencies who have supported
the work so generously.
Miss Myrtie Lee McGoogan, home
demonstration agent, who is teach
ing a class in nutrition, said the aim
under war conditions is to get the
maximum food value, to serve the
type of meals that will make the na
tion strong and vigorous, physically
and mentally fit. The consumer di
vision expects to get full value for
the food dollar, Miss McGoogan re
ported. The course consists of 20
hours of work and classes are held
on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Eighty per cent of the rural popu
lation is undernourished, she quoted
figures to show.
Twenty-four members are enroll
ed for tfae course and motion pic
tures are used in classes. Miss Mc-
Googan invited members of the
club to attend some of the sessions.
Sixty are enrolled in the first aid
courses, Freeman Land, president of
the Butts county chapter of the Red
Cross and chairman of the program, j
reported. Afternoon and night class-j
es are being held and the course will :
continue throughout the summer.)
At the meeting February 24, John
H. Harland, head of an Atlanta sta
tionery firm, will make a talk on
Ireland. J. W. O’Neal is program
chairman and asks a full attendance
for that meeting.
W. A. Thurmond, new manager at
the A&P store, was welcomed as a
new member. J. H. Turner was
made chairman of the birthday com
mittee. The club voted to send pos
tal cards and bulletins to members
of the club in the armed service. j
J. B. Roberts, Jackson, C. C.
Vaughn and John B. Walton, Grif
fin, were visitors. Dinner was
served by the Woman’s Club, Mrs.
J. H. Buchanan chairman.
Two Drills Per
Week Slated By
The State Guard
LOCAL UNIT WILL MEET ON
MONDAY AND FRIDAY AT
7:30 IN GYM. RECRUITS ARE
NEEDED, GARLAND SAYS
The Butts county unit of the
State Guard met at the gymnasium
Monday night, and because of rain
there was an attendance of only ten.
Since the reorganization fifteen
have enlisted, but it is required that
thirty be enrolled for*full strength.
Captain B. B. Garland explains
that drills will be held each Monday
and Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the
Butts county gymnasium, begin
ning next week.
'All able-bodied men between the
ages of 18 and 50 are asked to see
Captain Garland for enlistment.
The commanding officer says “we
must be ready, prepared and on the
alert. Remember Pearl Harbor!”
Farm Plans For Year Outlined At Mass
Meeting in Courthouse Friday Night
VICTORY GARDENS, CROP FI
NANCING, CROP INSURANCE,
SAVING OF WASTE MATERI
ALS HAVE CONSIDERATION
At the year’s most largely at
tended farm mass meeting in the
courthouse Friday night Butts coun
ty people planned to grow more food
and feed, heard victory gardens de
scribed, cotton insurance was ex
plained, the need to save waste ma
terials was listed and crop financing
was explained.
Taking part in the meeting, at
tended by from between 150 and
200 citizens, were representatives of
the Extension Service, Garden Clubs,
AAA, Jonesboro Production Credit
Association, Farm Bureau.
County Agent M. L. Powell pre
sided at the meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was
outlined by Miss Myrtie Lee McGoo
gan, home demonstration agent. She
introduced the first part of the pro
gram and presented Mrs. Hugh Mal
let, who talked on Victory Gardens.
Mrs. Mallet made a spirited appeal
to people of the county to get busy
with all war efforts and especially
to grow good gardens as a cntribu
tion to victory. The important part
that gardens play in national defense
was told by the speaker whose talk
was acclaimed one of the features. '
Farm financing was explained by
E. M. Bond, representative of the
Jonesboro Production Credit Asso
ciation, an agency that advances
farm credit to farmers at low rates
of interest. He was introduced by
B. H. Abbott Jr., secretary and
treasurer of the Jonesboro Produc
tion Credit Association. Motion
pictures were used as part of the
talk. It was shown there will be
adequate farm financing during the
war period.
The AAA program, including crop
insurance, was explained by Roy
Aiken and Charles Brownlee. Crop
insurance for cotton farmers is now
available and this feature proved of
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942
more than ordinary interest.
Shortages and what can be done
to improve conditions was the sub
ject handled by County Agent M.
L. Powell. He told of shortages of
tires, rubber, tin, brass, sugar, lard
and other products. The growing of
peanuts on a commercial basis to
provide more oil was explained. Mr.
Powell showed motion pictures that
illustrated the food for freedom pro
gram and the treating of planting
seed.
Attending the meeting were mem
bers of the Butts County Farm Bu
reau and at the close of the mass
meeting a business session was held
and officer were named for the cur
rent year.
A better understanding of the
farm situation under war conditions
resulted from the mass meeting and
it is expected that good results wlil
follow the concerted program out
lined.
Cook Family
Loans 4 Sons
To Uncle Sam
Not many Butts county families
can boast of four sons in the armed
service, but that is the record at
tained by the Dale Cook family of
Jackson.
Their four sons loaned to Uncle
Sam for the duration are:
Odell, U. S. Navy, Tampa, Fla.
Barron, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Va.
Copeland, U. S. Army, Fort Jack
son, S. C.
Chester, U. S. Navy Yards, Balti
more.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook are parents
of seven sons. Dorsey, who is 20,
registered Monday under the Selec
tive Service Act. He works in Ka
napolis, N. C.
Winfred Cook died in 1939, and
Ellis, the youngest, lives with his
parents here and goes to school.
SMALL WANT ADV SELLS
3,000 POUNDS OF SEED
One of the largest users of
newspaper space in this section
is R. N. Etheridge of the Ether
idge Seed Company and he is a
booster for newspaper advertis
ing.
Recently, he reports, a small
want adv was placed in the pa
per at Madison and the adver
tisement resulted in the sale of
3,000 pounds of lespedeza seed.
The firm that doesn’t believe
in newspaper advertising, is like
a fellow winking at a pretty girl
in the dark—Mr. Etheridge says.
Harkness Heads
The Recreation
Planning Board
WAS ELECTED BY COUNTY COM
MITTEE. PLAY NIGHTS BE
HELD MONTHLY, BEGINNING
ON MARCH FIFTH
John Harkness, former principal
of the Towaliga junior high school
and now connected with the Sou
thern Railway System, has been
elected head of the Butts County
Planning Board. The board super
vises playground activities and rec
reation in the county.
Asa result of the recent recrea
tion institute in the gymnasium
monthly play nights were decided
on and the first of these entertain
ments will be held Thursday night,
March 5, in the Buuts county gym
nasium. The hour will be listed
later. To this meeting all people
of the county are cordially invited.
Members of the Recreation Plan
ning Committee include Mrs. L. M.
Spencer, Miss Lucile Akin, G. H.
Mathewson, P. H. Weaver, M. L.
Powell and principals of all schools,
Miss Eloise Beauchamp, Pepperton;
Harold Daniel, Jenkinsburg; James
Wallace, Towaliga; B. F. Pickren,
Tussahaw, and J. F. Thompson,
Jackson.
Butts County Registered 430 Monday
In Age Groups 20 to 45, Inclusive
Identification
Tag of Veteran
Unearthed Here
PLATE THAT GEORGE NORRIS
WORE DURING WORLD WAR 1
FOUND ON BUTTS COUNTY
FARM DURING THE WEEK
That the Progress-Argus is wide
ly read was brought to light this
week when the World War identi
fication tag of George H. Norris,
who served in the 151st Machine
Gun Battalion in France with the
A. E. F., was found in an old chim
ney on the farm of G. H. Ridgeway
of Jackson.
Between the losing of the tag and
its recovery is an interesting story.
Just how and when the tag was lost
is not known, nor how it came to
be located in a chimney on the
Ridgeway farm. It is supposed the
tag was found by somebody who
placed it on the mantel and that it
fell into a crack in the masonry.
When Mr. Ridgeway saw the tag,
which bears the name and number
of Mr. Norris, he recalled that last
week he read a news item in the
Progress-Argus where Mr. and Mrs.
Norris visited Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Price in Jackson, and he brought the
tag to the office and left with Mr.
Price to be delivered to the veteran.
Mr. Norris, former resident of
Jackson, served overseas with the
151st Machine Gun Battalion, was
gassed and wounded by shrapnel. He
is now a resident of Atlanta and ac
tive in the American Legion. Norris
went to the Mexican Border with
the Jackson Rifles and later was
sent overseas and served with dis
tinction.
By a peculiar turn of events, Nor
ris served in World War 1 under
General Douglas Mac Arthur and the
Atlanta Journal of February 17 had
a story about veterans of the Rain
bow Division and a statement by
Norris that veterans of that division
are ready to go to the support of
MacArthur now, “even if it is nec
essary to swim to get to Bataan
peninsula.”
WEAVER GOING TO CHICAGO
FOR INSURANCE MEETING
P. H. Weaver, representative in
this territory of the State Farm Mu
tual Automobile Insurance Compa
ny, will leave Saturday for Chicago
to attend a meeting of agents of
that company. Free trips are given
agents with outstanding records.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
Effective March 2, 1942, the following sub
scription rates will prevail:
One year $2.00
Six months 1.00
Three Months .50
One month .25
The increase in rates is made necessary be
cause of the advancing cost of paper, materials and
all things that enter into the publication of a news
paper.
The advance in subscription rates is less than
one cent per week on yearly subscriptions.
Until March 1 subscriptions will be received
at the present rate of $1.50 per year. After that
date all subscriptions will be at the new rates.
Your cooperation will be appreciated.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
jIN THREE REGISTRATIONS TO
DATE TOTAL MAN POWER IN
COUNTY 1,454. BOARD TO
CLASSIFY MEN SHORTLY
In the registration Monday of
men between the ages of 20 and
45, Butts county registered 430.
In the first registration there
were 977; in the second 47 and the
third 430, making total man power
in the county subject to call for
military service 1,454.
The Butts County Selective Ser
vice Board will classify the new reg
istrants as to race and age within
the next few days. The number
of whites and colored will then be
known.
Orders have not been received as
yet to classify the registrants ac
cording to age and possible military
service. Order numbers will be
drawn in Washington and sent to the
selective service boards in all coun
ties in all states of the union.
Registration here, as elsewhere,
was conducted at school centers and
was in charge of teachers and others
who volunteered their services.
The registration began at 7 a. m.
and was concluded at 9 p. m., war
time.
By districts the following num
ber of men were registered:
Jackson, at draft office, 49;
whites at public schools, 59; colored
at public schools, 89.
Jenkinsburg, 30. .
Towaliga, 62.
Tussahaw, 42.
Indian Springs, 54.
Pepperton, 45.
Because of the registration and
the use of schools and the employ
ment of teachers to aid registrants,
Monday was a holiday in all schools
of the county. The teachers ren
dered patriotic and effective service
in helping the new registrants qual
ify for possible military duty.
WELFARE CHECKS
PAID TO COUNTY’S
RELIEF CLIENTS
Checks in the amount of $1,957.50
have been paid to Butts county cli
ents on the public assistance pro
gram, and for the month of Febru
ary there was a decrease from 281
to 276 in the number of old age
pensioners. This was caused by
deaths and removals from the coun
ty, it was explained at the Welfare
office.
Payments for February included
276 old age pensioners who received
$1,796.00; 7 blind persons who got
$54.50 and 6 cases of aid to depen
dent children, $107.00.