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VOL. 69—No. 10
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Dr. Johnson Be
Heard On Radio
On “The State”
Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, pastor
Third Baptist church, St. Louis, Mo.,
and past president of the Northern
Baptist Convention, will be the
speaker on the programs of the Bap
tist <Hour on the next three Sundays,
8:30 to 9 a. m. His subject will be
“The State.”
Subject for March 8, “Union of
Church and State;” March 15, “Dual
Loyalty” and March 22, “Surviving
Faith.”
Officers Named
For Local Unit
Of State Guard
OFFICERS GET COMMISSIONS
AND NON-COMMISSIONED OF
FICERS CHOSEN. GARLAND
IS COMMANDER OF UNIT
The Butts county unit of the
Georgia State Guard has now com
pleted its reorganization with the
following officers already commis
sioned:
Capt. B. B. Garland, county com
mander. Experience of 3 years with
GNG, 3 years ROTC, CMTC and
GSDC.
Lieut. Clyde Walker, unit com
mander. Experience 14 months
USA and GSDC.
Recommended as non-commission
ed officers and enlisted men with
special assignments:
W. W. Pope, Ist sergeant. Ex
perience 18 years GNG, 14 months
USA.
Albert Smith, sergeant. Experi
ence 3 years USA and GSDC.
A. M. Davis, supply sergeant. Ex
perience 1 years GSDC.
A. G. Brown, corporal. Experi
ence 2 years USA and GSDC.
E. H. Polk, corporal. Experience
10 years GNG.
J. H. Thurston, corporal. Experi
ence 8 years GNG.
Clayton Tillery, corporal, compa
ny clerk. Experience 6 years GNG.
J. B. Pickern, ehaplin. Minister
of the gospel.
G. G. Wallace, cook. Experience
1 year as cook in USA.
Privates, first class: G. E. In
gram, E. T. Stodghill, C. D. King,
experienc of 1 year GSDC, 3 years
GNG and GSDC and 2 years GNG,
respectively.
In addition there are 16 other men
in the company, some with military
experience.
readers write that paper
IS LIKE REAL HOME LETTER
“I couldn’t do without the paper,”
writes Mrs. J. B. Childs of Atlanta
jn sending check for renewal.
“I always enjoy the home paper,”
says Mrs. George Lister of Akron,
Ohio, in sending renewal for two
years.
Big Enrollment Shown In County
4-H Clubs For The Current Year
TOTAL OF 247 WHITE BOYS
AND GIRLS ENROLL IN 4-H
CLUB WORK. FOOD WILL BE
STRESSED THIS YEAR
With a record enrollment of 247
white boys and girls in 4-H clubs
here, the Food for Freedom program
will have emphasis as never before.
In addition to carrying out the ap
proved projects, corn, cotton, pep
per, pig, poultry and handicraft for
boys, and clothing, cooking, handi
craft, canning, gardening and poul
try for girls, the food program will
be stressed as one of the main ob
jectives for the year.
This year’s enrollment of 247 —
108 boys and 139 girls—compares
with last year’s total of 222. For
1941 the number of boys was 101
and girls 121.
Added to the above total of the
white enrollment are members of
Negro 4-H clubs, 28 boys and 40
girls, a total of 68 in the colored
division. This makes a grand total
in the county of 315, by far the
largest enrollment reported here.
There likely will be several more
whites added to the roll, M. L. Pow
ell, county agent, said.
Mr. Powell reports the colored di
vision is showing keen interest in
club activities and he looks for good
results in that division this year.
Butts county since it had the first
county agent in 1912-14 and the
first home demonstration agent in
; World War days, has always made
! a good record in club work. Many
county, district, state and national
champions have been produced and
the training given and the value of
the products grown and marketed
has played an important part in the
life of the county.
Georgia now has an enrollment
of approximately 85,000 4-H club
members, and ranks as one of the
leaders in this youth movement.
Attractive prizes, such as trips to
Camp Wilkins, free trips to the
Southeastern Fair and awards to
the National 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago, are given winners.
The following is a list of 4-H
enrollment as reported by the Ex
tension Agents:
Jackson—Boys
Jim Browning, N. A. Knowles,
David Ridgeway, Wilbur Thaxton,
J. B. Williamson.
Towaliga—Boys
Reuben Bennett, Jimmie Cald
well, John Caldwell, Leonard Col
well, Beverly Compton, Paul Duf
fey, Harry English, Harry Fletcher,
Bobby Hammond, Lamar Lctson,
Roy Letson, Ray Lowery, Claude
Maddox, Floyd Moore, B. F. Pelt,
Max Perdue, Wayne Reeves, Alfon
so Smith, Odelle Smith, Jerome
Franklin Washington, Rayford Boyd,
Clifford Martin.
Tuss&haw—Boys
Charles Bennett, Hudson Blan
kenship, Richard Bunn, Harold Coch
ran, Warthern Cook, James Ether
idge, Lanier Fjaulkner, Carlton
Fears, Lonnie Fincher, J. B. Hardy,
Thomas Haynes, Van Kersey, Alvin
O’Neal, Hughlon Pearson, James
Pearson, Thomas Pearson, Henry
Pickern, Hiram Smith, Roland Smith,
Warren Smith, Harold Stephens,
Hoyt Williams.
Indian Spring*—Boy*
Wilmer Boyd, Wayne Coleman,
J. L. Crawford, Grover Faulkner Jr.,
Tom Fears, Wallace Fogg, Donald
Freeman, Jack Freeman, Cliff Fun
derburk, Billie Greer, Paul Hall,
J. W. Hodges, Lamar Jenkins, Mel
vin Jenkins, Billy Lavender, Scott
Lavender, Bobby Letson, Leslie Lev
erette, James Long, J. D. Long,
Charles Mackey, Tom Jeff MoMi
chael, Wilbur Moncrief, Carl Nors-
Continucd on back page
JACKSON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942
Board Elects
Spencer Head
Jackson School
WIDELY KNOWN EDUCATOR IS
NAMED FOR FIFTEENTH YEAR
TO HEAD LOCAL SYSTEM. DE
FENSE TRAINING STRESSED
At a recent meeting of the Jack
son board of education, Professor
D. V. Spencer was re-elected as
superintendent of the Jackson school
system. This is the fifteenth year
that Mr. Spencer has been honored
with that office, and this is taken
to mean that he is held in high es
teem not only by the board but by
the people of the county as well.
Widely known educator, whose
ability and character have been im
pressed on the educational life of
the community, Mr. Spencer always
maintains the Jackson schools at a
high standard of efficiency.
Under war conditions national de
fense training is receiving added
emphasis. The Jackson schools are
cooperating in the defense training
school conducted at the Thurston
shop and in other ways are showing
interest in equipping boys and girls
for careers of service to meet chang
ing conditions. Vocational educa
tion will be added here, it is ex
plained, as soon as teaching person
nel can be obtained.
Friends of Prof. Spencer are de
lighted to know he will remain as
head of the Jackson schools.
Other members of the faculty will
be named within the next few weeks.
Deadline For
Crop Insurance
Falls March 16
SEVERAL GROWERS HAVE AL
READY INSURED COTTON,
ACCORDING TO CHA R L E S
BROWNLEE, SUPERVISOR
Figures released Monday by
Charles Brownlee, county cotton
crop insurance supervisor, shows
that 12 cotton growers in Butts
county have insured their 1942
crops to produce approximately 50
bales.
The closing date for applications
in this county is March 15, and
growers are asked by Mr. Brownlee
to sign up as early as posible. Since
March 15 falls on Sunday, applica
tions wdll be received at the county
AAA office through the next busi
ness day, March 16. That day, the
supervisor explained, will be the ab
solute deadline and no cotton crop
insurance will be written after that
date.
All Butts county farmers interest
ed in cotton crop insurance are ask
ed to call at the AAA office and
obtain full details as to cost and
other necessary information.
ICE ON 17 DAYS
IN FEBRUARY, LOW
OF 20, DUKE SAYS
February, shortest month of the
year, had plenty of weather, good,
bad and indifferent, according to
the weather report of Jesse J. Duke.
He shows there w r as ice 17 days of
the month, 9 days partly cloudy to
cloudy, 13 fair days, rain on 6 days
for a total of 314 inches, and the
temperature range was from a low
of 20 to a high of 58.
“The way March has started off
it promises to be even wetter than
February,” Mr. Duke commented
Monday.
TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
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Series of Community Meetings Will Be
Held to Advance County’s Food Program
WORK OF PROGRAM PLANNING
COMMITTEE WILL BE STU
DIED. MOTION PICTURES WILL
BE A FEATURE
A series of community meetings
at night to acquaint farm men and
women with the food for victory
progfam, with special reference to
the- work of the Program Planning
Committee, will be held within the
immediate future, it is reported this
week by M. L. Powell, Extension
Agent, and Miss Myrtie Lee McGoo
gan, Home Demonstration Agent.
The schedule will be worked out
and announced as early as possible.
Meetings similar to those planned
here arc being held in nearly all
counties in the state and are in
tended to arouse the people to the
important job facing them to grow
the food and feed needed to sustain
the war effort. By common coun
sel and with a true meaning of the
situation facing the nation, farm
leaders believe much good will be
accomplished at these rallies.
The notice from the agent’s of
fice says:
“The Extension Agents are plan
ning some night community meetings
for fanners and their wives. If
there was ever a time when farm
people needed to keep up with what
is happening it is now. At these
meetings motion pictures will be
shown and the Extension Agents
will discuss the plan of work set up
by the Program Planning Commit
tee. This group is composed of
some 20 of the leading farm men
and women of the county and the
heads of all government agencies
are represented.”
TIRE RATIONING BOARD
REPORTS FOR PAST WEEK
The *Butts County Tire Rationing
Board reports the following activi
ties for the past week:
J. L. Bailey Jr. was granted a
certificate to complete the delivery
of new passenger car purchased by
him prior to January 1, 1942.
L. W. Pullin Jr. was granted a
certificate to purchase 4 retreads
for his truck as sawmiller.
New tire certificates were: C. F.
Singley, common carrier, 2 tires, 2
tubes for truck.
S. M. Ridgeway, mail carrier, 2
tires, 1 tube.
J. L. Barnes, mail carrier, 1
tire, 1 tulo.
Campaign For
Scrap Metal
Ends Saturday
PEOPLE OF COUNTRY WILL
SCRAP TO SLAP JAPS ON MAC
ARTHUR DAY. 4-H CLUB MEM
BERS ACTIVE IN DRIVE
For several months Butts county
4-H club members have been doing
a splendid job of collecting scrap
iron, burlap, paper, and old rubber,
said County Extension Agent M. L.
Powell this week. He urged 4-H’ers
to bring this collection drive to a
climax on “MacArthur Day,” March
7.
In pointing out the fine defense
work Butts county 4-H boys and
girls are doing, the county agent
explained that plans for “MacAr
thur Day” were mapped out by the
State USIIA War Board. He also
invited 4-H members to come by his
office to discuss methods of collect
ing and selling scrap.
Mr. Powell called attention to the
4-H club seven-point program for
victory. He said the program call
ed for: 1. Interpretation to the
community the four freedoms:
Freedom of speech, freedom of wor
ship, freedom from want, and free
dom from fear; 2. Production and
conservation of needed foods; 3.
Prevention of waste, old paper, col
lection of metal; 4. Development
of individual and community health;
6. Learning useful technical and
mechanical skills; 6. Practice of
democratic procedure; 7. Under
stand the social and economic forces
at work in this country through dis
cussion groups and other organized
community activities.
JAMES FINLEY NOW CAPTAIN
IN QUARTERMASTERS CORPS
Information has been received
here that James D. Finley has been
promoted to a captain in the quar
termasters corps in Washington, D.
C. Previously he had served as
lieutenant and before going with the
armed service was connected with a
large tire company in Ohio.
Mr. Finley is the son of Mr. A.
C. Finley of Jackson and is a grad
uate of Georgia Tech.
Friends here are delighted to know
of the promotion that has come to
this fine young Jackson boy.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Present War
Compared To
War Of 1812
“HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF”
WAS SUBJECT OF INTEREST
ING TALK BY MRS. JOHN E.
LANE AT KIWANIS CLUB
There was bungling in the War
of 1812, fifth columnists, opposition
and defeats at first, just as there
has been in the present war, Mrs.
John E. Lane, widely known patriot
ic leader and historian, told mem
bers of the Kiwanis club Tuesday
night. She spoke on the subject,
“History Repeats Itself,” and drew
interesting comparisons between the
present conflict and the War of
1812.
Citing the historical background
for the War of 1812, Mrs. Lane
showed that Napoleon was the Hitler
of his day, and had overrun and
conquered Europe with the excep
tion of England. Britain then, as
now, ruled the seas and it was the
impressment of American seamen
that led to the War of 1812.
The war, Mrs. Lane showed, was
supported with half-hearted effort
and there were defeats at first, the
city of Washington was invaded, the
capitol burned and appeasers ap
peared on the scene. With the ex
ception of some splendid naval vic
tories, outstanding triumph of the
war was General Andrew Jackson’s
defeat of the British at the battle
of New Orleans.
American sea victories thrilled the
nation and the war united and uni
fied the country, it was explained.
Mrs. Lane listed all the wars the
United States has fought and said
the nation has never lost a war, but
warned this war could be lost with
out united effort. She appealed for
allout effort to bring the war to a
successful conclusion and reminded
her listeners that General Douglas
Mac Arthur stands out in this war
as did Andrew Jackson in the War
of 1812.
Other numbers on the program
were two delightful vocal selections
by Mis Olsga Hammond, with Mrs.
J. W. O’Neal as piano accompanist.
The program for March 10 will
be in charge of M. L. Powell and
motion pictures will be shown.
Dinner was served by the U. D. C,.
Mrs. L. M. Crawford chairman.
March 1 was a birthday for John
G. Yarborough Jr., the efficient sec
retary and treasurer of the club.
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
AT 9:30 EFFECTIVE
MONDAY, MARCH 16
Effective Monday, March 16,
schools here will open at 9:30 a. m.
instead of 10, the opening hour
since war time became effective.
This was decided at a recent meet
ing of the board of education.
Longer days and more daylight
made the change advisable, the board
decided.
MISS ROSLYN REDMAN IS
NOW WITH CIVIL SERVICE
' Friends of Miss Roslyn Redman,
daughter of Mayor and Mrs. W. M.
Redman of Jackson, are interested
to know she has taken a position as
rating and examining clerk with the
Civil Service Commission in Atlan
ta. Previously Miss Redman had
been with the Southeastern Engi
neering Corporation in Atlanta, and
the promotion comes as a deserved
compliment to this young business
woman. Graduate of the Jackson
High School and GSCW, Miss Red
man is a brilliant young woman and
friends predict she will continue to
advance in the business field.