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Thursday, march s, i#42
NEWS FROM THE i J
Hr?? HOME FRONT
Red Cron Goal Reached i
Announcement is made by P. H.
Weaver, chairman, that Butts coun
ty has reached and exceeded its
quota of SI,OOO in the Red Cross
war campaign. The goal, reached
only recently, reflects credit on all
who had a part and Mr. Weaver
takes occasion to express sincere
appreciation to all the team workers
for good work well done, and to
the public for a generous response.
The American Red Cross is ask
ing chapters to raise 15 per cent
more than assigned quotas. N. F.
Land, county chairman and P. H.
Weaver, roll call chairman, asks
that any who have not subscribed
to turn in donations as early as pos
sible, as additional funds are needed
to carry on the work during war
time.
Red Cross Production
The chairman for Red Cross sew
ing advises that the material on the
new quota has arrived and asks that
all volunteers for cutting and sew
ing get in touch with Mrs. N. F.
Land, chairman for production.
First Aid Courses Be Completed
This Week
Two classes in first aid, organized
soon after Civilian Defense was set
up here, will be graduated this
week and approximately 50 men and
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women are equipped to render in
valuable service in first aid. The
classes were taught by George Cole
man of Forsyth. Because of the
enrollment it was necessary to di
vide the classes into afternoon and
night sections.
Air Wardens Enroll
First aid courses for air wardens
are being taught by John Harkness
and J. B. Roberts. The class taught
by Mr. Harkness started Thursday
night of last week and will com
plete the 10 hours Friday night.
Mr. Roberts’ section began work
Friday night and will finish the
course this week. 1 Approximately 18
men are enrolled in each section.
First Aid in County
The Red Cross is the backbone of
most civilian effort and as rapidly
as possible leaders are being trained
to teach other workers. A class in
regular first aid was started at Pep
perton Thursday afternoon and
Misses Ruth Jinks and Lucile Akin
will be in charge.
A first aid class was started at
Jenkinsburg Thursday of last week
and J. B. Roberts is in charge.
Miss Lucile Akin will be in charge
of a first aid class at Towaliga, be
ginning Friday night.
TAX RECEIVER’S
NOTICE
Beginning January 31, I will open my books in
the courthouse, with offices in front of the Clerk’s
office, for the purpose of receiving 1942 tax re
turns. Owing to my physical condition and the na
ture of the records to be kept, it will be impossible
to make the usual rounds over the county. I will be
in the office every day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and
will be glad to assist you in any way in making your
returns.
Because of the present state law providing for
tax exemption of S3OO on personal property and
$2,000 on homesteads it is important that taxpayers
apply for this exemption. Unless exemption is ask
ed for by April Ist according to law it is not to be
granted.
All taxpayers are requested to keep these facts
in mind and come forward and make returns as
early as convenient, or before May Ist.
J. EDWARD CARMICHAEL
TAX RECEIVER, BUTTS COUNTY
It is likely that other county cen
ters will have first aid courses as
soon as arrangements can be made.
Colored people of Jackson are al
so planning for first aid courses un
der the direction of Prof. Moseley.
Medical Section Meet*
Wednesday at 5:30 there was a
meeting of the Butts county medical
sectioa of which Dr. B. F. Akin is
chairman. At that time plans were
mapped for a first aid emergency
station. Dr. E. R. Watson met with
the group and gave directions for
setting up the emergency station,
the need for which has been appa
rent since civililan defense was start
ed here.
New Class in First Aid
Anew class in first aid will be
started at the civilian defense of
fice Monday night, March 9, at 8:30
and Miss Ruth Jinks will be the in
structor. All who intend to take
this course am reminded to be on
hand promptly for the first lesson,
as it is vitally important to get all
the lessons for the course to be ef
fective.
Attend FBI School
The city of Jackson sent Police
men C. 11. Smith and T. O. McDon
ald to a FBI school in Atlanta Mon
day. There will be a FBI confer
ence in Macon March 10 and Butts
county officers will attend.
Butts County Bond Staff Meets
The Butts County Defense Sav
ings Staff Committee met Tuesday
night at the clubhouse and discussed
the sale of defense stamps in all
schools in the county, scheduled to
begin shortly, and the pledge cam
paign now set for the last of March.
Vincent Jones, chairman, presided.
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Under the provisions of the pledge
campaign, every person in Butts
county with a regular income will
be given the opportunity to pledge
to buy a certain amount of stamps
or bonds at regular intervals. The
signed pledges are not orders for
stamps but are definite moral obli
gations on the part of the pledgor
which he should try to meet if at
all possible.
Defense stamps will be placed on
sale in all schools, both white and
colored, in the county just as soon
as the local committee can explain
the plan to teachers and students.
Bonds can now be secured at the
post office or bank, and stamps are
on sale at Pepperton Store and
Smith Drug Cos.
Keep ’em rolling, keep ’em flying,
keep ’em fighting—to bring victory.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Church Survey
Of Jackson Be
Made March $
In order to ascertain the spiritual
status and evangelistic responsibili
ty of Jackson and surrounding ter
ritories a thorough religious survey
is to be made next Sunday, March
8. Twenty-five teams of two mem
bers each have been selected from
the membership of the local Method
ist church for the purpose of mak
ing the canvass. These teams con
sist of the following.
E. H. Pace, W. M. Redman, Mrs.
Ada Miller, Mrs. Vines Collier, C.
E. McMichael, R. P. Sasnett, Miss
Elizabeth Burney, Miss Elizabeth
Finley, Mrs. P. H. Weaver, Mrs.
James Buchanan, G. D. Head, Mrs.
G. D. Head, Miss Annie Lou Mc-
Cord, Mrs. J. F. Hardy, J. G. Mc-
Donald, Mrs. J. G. McDonald, Mrs.
Jane Mallet, Mrs. Hugh Mallet, W.
O. Ball, H. W. Turner, H. H. Koch,
J. A. Gaston, Miss Olga Hammond,
Mrs. Lucile Patrick, Mrs. F. C. Ros
sey, Miss Mary Downs, D. P. Settle,
Mrs. D. P. Settle, Col. C. L. Redman,
Mrs. C. L. Redman, Mrs. H. M.
Fletcher, Mi’s. E. M. Wise, Miss
Pauline Mallet, Mrs. David Leach,
Mrs. Kirk Biles, Miss Elizabeth Sit
ton, H. S. Downs, W. F. MaLaier,
J. T. Goodroe, H. S. Shuman, T. E.
Robison, Mrs. J. S. Ball Jr., Mrs. W.
E .Watkins, Mrs. R. H. Burford,
Miss Ruth Jinks, John Hunt, H. M.
Moore, Mrs. J. W. O’Neal, Mrs. T.
E. Robison and Mrs. Herman Smith.
All the above are asked to meet at
the church at 2 p. m., war time,
Sunday to receive materials and in
structions. It is expected that the
survey will be completed within a
few. hours. Though this survey is
being made by members of the Meth
odist church, the names of those be
longing to, or expressing preference
for, other denominations will be
handed over to the pastors of the
churches indicated, and every church
in and around Jackson should be
helped. Accordingly the cheerful
cooperation of people of all denom
inations is solicited and anticipated.
Church School Rally Day will be
observed Sunday morning at the
service beginning at 11:30. All
classes are expected to assemble in
groups for this service. The pas
tor’s message will be on the topic,
“The Evangelistic Opportunity of
the Church School.” Special recog
nition is to be given to the class
and division having the largest per
centage of members present.
1 Sunday evening Rev. E. M. Wise
will preach on the subject, “How
Christians Should Treat Their En
emies.” This is to be another in
the pastor’s series of sermons on the
Sermon on the Mount.
Wednesday evening, beginning at
8 o’clock, there will be conducted a
Bible study in the book of Genesis.
STARK
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey White and
sons, Dewey Jr. and Grover, of Bir
mingham, Ala., spent the weekend
here with Mrs. W. A. White and
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton O’Neal and
son, Frank, of Macon were guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mc-
Michael.
Friends of Mrs. Van Jones are sor
ry to know that she is on the sick
list this week and hope she will be
well again soon.
The WMS of Macedonia met at
the church on Wednesday afternoon
of last week to read together the
Mission Study Book, “Fellow Help
ers of the Truth.”
Mrs. Willis McClure and little
son of Hampton spent last weekend
here with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Mc-
Clure.
CARD OF THANKS
W r e express sincere appreciation
to neighbors and friends for their
kindness during the illness of Guy
and little John Wesley. We thank
you. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bailey and
family.
Letter From Our
Congressman
Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C.,
February 28, 1942.
My dear Constituents: Time flies
so rapidly when we are very busy.
I hardly realized the month of Feb
ruary has gone until I wrote the
date above. This country is really
getting down to business. The real
ization of the seriousness of this
war has spurred us all to serious ef
forts. Until a week or so ago, says
Congressman Cartwright, we were
feeling “Down in the Dumps.” He
wrote then “Seems like everything
is looking bad. Everytime you open
a newspaper or turn on a radio the
Japs have taken something and the
Nazis have slipped out of somewhere
and we can’t get anywhere. Our
whole country, including Congress,
has the jitters—it’s in the air. Ev
erybody is ready to fix a blame on
somebody else Anytime a rumor,
false or true, is circulated people
are willing to crucify a probably in
nocent person just to satisfy that
mob spirit. Congress is afflicted
with the same disease, and Congress
also has been the victim of crucify
ing ridicule. It all come from be-
ing ‘down in the dumps,’ and we
can’t help it any more than we can
keep the sun from rising in Japan.
Because of the shortage of rubber
and erasers, rubbing it out will cost
more, but rubbing it in may still
be enjoyed as inexpensively as ever.
We are going down in the dumps to
get scrap metal to turn into planes
and ships to win this was, so there
is a ray of hope for all of us who
have the ‘down-in-the-’dumps feel
ing.”
And that leads me to say this to
everybody. Save everything. All
metals, all rags, all paper. Make a
place to keep all this. We will need
it for the war, and you will be paid
well for saving it besides helping
the country. Scrap iron, old coat
hangers, old cardboard and paper.
Waste not, want not. But to the
farmers, I would say to watch care
fully lest some piece of iron be
thrown in the scrap pile that may
be needed for repairs—remember
that replacements for farming im
plements will be scarce.
Here’s some good news. In the
recent campaign for Civilian Regis
tration for Defense our Fourth
District led the entire state with a
total of 33,995, and Lamar county
registered 2,946 of that number,
which is proportionately the best
record I have heard of. Congratu
lations to Chairman John N. Owen
and Mrs. Walter B. Smith Jr. of
that county’s organization.
Sincerely,
A. SIDNEY CAMP, M. C.
WORTHVILLE
Mrs. W. S. White spent several
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
E M. McCart in Newton county.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Washington
of Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. L.
L. Washington Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Johnson an
nounce the birth of a son Feb. 25.
Mrs. Johnson is the former Miss
Emma Sue Bankston.
Parks White of Camp Wheeler
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. White.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster of Four
Points visited Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Meredith Sunday.
Miss Lena White of Jackson spent
the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
G. W. White.
Miss Maggie Godsey of Jackson is
spending several weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. Dewey Haynes.
Mr. and Mrs. Eslyn Jinks of Riv
erdale visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
White Sunday.
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