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VOL. 69—No. 11
Use Jackson Churches, Colored School
As Hospital Bases For Relief Work
MEDICAL SECTION MAPS PLANS
TO HANDLE WOUNDED IN THE
EVENT OF RAIDS. DR. WAT
SON ADDRESSES GROUP HERE
Plans for handling the wounded
in Jackson, in the event of air raids,
have been matured to the point that
the Baptist and Methodist churches,
the colored school and the Howell
Clinic will be available as casualty
stations, it was brought out March
4 at a meeting of the Medical divis
ion in defense headquarters. Dr.
B. F. Akin as chairman of the medi
cal section presided, and the main
talk was made by Dr. E. R. Watson
of the State Board of Health.
Dr. Watson explained that because
of the scarcity of doctors in rural
areas it would be necessary to set j
up the casualty stations in urban
centers. Needed, he said, would be j
running water, heat, cots, stretcher
bearers, rescue squads. Mt least
two doctors, 4 nurses and two nurses
aides; would be needed to man : the
stations.
Dr. R. L. Hammond will be on
duty at the Methodist church, Dr.
B. F. Akin at the Baptist church,
Dr. 0. B. Howell at his clinic and
Dr. R. C. Gault at the colored school.
Cots can be obtained from the
Boy Scout and 4-H club camp at In
dian Springs, and other supplies arc
available, it was explained.
A messenger service, working on
8 hour shifts, ambulance and truck
drivers will be needed, Dr. W atson
said. One of the hardest jobs in a
blackout is to control the people, it
was explained by Dr. Watson.
The duty of the Red Cross in pro
viding food, shelter and supplies was
outlined. The question of a supply
of drugs was discussed and it was
the opinion of Dr. Watson that the
state will have a supply of all need
ed drugs.
Dr. Cagle of Griffin attended the
meeting but did not take part in
the discussion. The presence of
large number of people attested the
interest and it is felt that Butts
county is moving rapidly to meet
trouble when and if it comes.
TIRE BOARD REPORTS ON
APPLICATIONS PAST WEEK
A report by the Butts county Tire
Rationing Board shows the
ing applications were acted on:
J. L. Barnes, mail carrier, 1 tire,
1 tube.
R. M. Vickers, farm car, 1 tire, 1
tube, obsolete.
r. 0. Allen, 1 tractor tire.
D. B. Evans, farm truck, 1 tire,
1 tube.
New tire certificates included: G.
L. Smith, farm truck, 2 tires, 2
tubes.
Nutt and Bond, fuel truck, 1 tube.
C. D. Fletcher, lumber truck, 1
tire, 1 tube.
Mrs. Gladys 0. Smith, farm car,
o tires, 4 tubes, obsolete.
The board reports there are no
passenger retreads for March. The
quota for new passenger cars for
the next three months ie 2 per
month.
more farm checks
PAID TO COUNTY
GROWERS THIS WEEK
The third lot of checks for soil
conservation payments was received
this week, and $3,409.70, represent
ing 49 farms and 83 individual
checks, went to Butts county farm
ers.
Previouhly 135 checks, represent
ing 94 farms, for a total of $5,-
‘ 025-24- were distributed to Butts
county farmers cooperating- with
the government farm program.
Chest Committee
Hears Report And
Will Elect Soon
NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL
PICK SLATE OF OFFICERS
AND PLANS WILL BE MADE
FOR CURRENT SEASON
Members of the Butts county Com
munity Chest committee met in the
courthouse Saturday aftern oo n ,
heard reports on last year’s Christ
mas fund and named a nominating
committee to select a slate of offi
cers for the current year.
The report of T. A. Nutt, treas
urer, showed a balance of $112.50.
After paying all expenses of Christ
mas packages for needy families the
group had that much money on hand,
which is considered a good showing.
Another meeting will be called in
a few days when officers will be
elected and active plans started on
I this year’s community chest cam
paign.
Placed on the nominating commit
tee were C. E. McMichael, Mrs. G.
D. Head and Mrs. E. K. Huie.
Capt. A. J. Copeland
Handles Clothing
At Fort McPherson
FORMER JACKSON RESIDENT
AND SON OF DR. AND MRS. H.
W. COPELAND EXPERIENCED
IN TEXTILE TRADE
| Atlanta, Ga. —A man who knows
his textiles is now being used by the
Army in supplying clothing and
equipage, including tents, to the sol
' diers in the eight southeastern states.
He is Captain A. J. Copeland, of
Griffin, graduate of Georgia Tech
and formerly connected with a cot
ton mill in Griffin and is now on
duty in the office of the Fourth
Corps Area Quartermaster.
Through the clothing and equip
age branch of the vast supply divis
| ion of the office, go demands for
■ this military equipment and Captain
Copeland’s past training is invalua
ble when handling these necessary
items of supply.
Born in 1905 in Jackson, Captain
Copeland is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
H. W. Copeland of Griffin. On com
pleting Jackson high school, Captain
Copeland attended Tech and was
graduated in textile engineering in
1926. At the same time he was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Infantry Reserve.
He was called to active duty with
the Army in 1934 to serve with the
CCC at Fort McPherson and was
promoted to first lieutenant soon af
ter this tour of duty started. He
was assistant to the post quarter
master until 1938 when he returned
to civilian life.
In January, 1941 he was again
called to the Army and assigned to
Fort McPherson as assistant to the
quartermaster, where he remained
until ordreed to his present post in
January, 1942. He was promoted
to his present rank in July, 1941.
Captain and Mrs. Copeland, the
former Miss Ruth Smith of Jackson,
and their five-year-old-son, A. J. Jr.,
live at 1071 Boulevard, NE.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WILL
HAVE SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY
There will be preaching service
at the Jackson Presbyterian church
Sunday, March 15, at the 11 o’clock
hour. Mr. William Hart, student pas
tor, will preach. The public is cor
dially invited to join in the service.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942
Meat Important
In Family Diet
During Wartime
PROGRAM ON KIWANIS EDUCA
TION WILL BE PRESENTED AT
MEETING MARCH 17. COLOR
ED QUARTET WAS HEARD
The important part that meat
plays in the diet of the American
public, particularly during wartime
when nutrition is being stressed,
was related in motion pictures at
the meeting of the Kiwanis club
Tuesday night. “Meat and Romance”
was the title of a film shown by M.
L. Powell, county extension agent.
It was prepared by the National
Livestock Board in cooperation with
the Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics.
Meat for vitamins, meat for cal
ories, meat for fats, protein, car
bohydrates—in fact a well rounded
diet—was brought out in the film,
which showed best methods for
cooking and carving meats of vari
ous kinds.
Members of the colored 4-H club
under the direction of Principal B.
F. Moseley of the Jackson colored
school gave several vocal numbers,
including “God Evening Everybody,”
“Right on that Shore,” Swing Low
Sweet Chariot” and “Old Black Joe.”
At the meeting of the club March
17 a program on Kiwanis education
will be presented, with Ralph Carr
as chairman.
Attention was called to the fact
that a test run will be made by
trucks from Macon and Griffin,
meeting in Jackson, as a defense
measure, the event being scheduled
for a date in April. David Settle is
a member of state committee on
transportation, and E. H. Pace is
head of the local civilian defense
transportation committee.
Only two members were absent
and a fine meal was served by the
Woman’s Club, Mrs. J. S. Ball Sr.
chairman.
March 7 was a birthday for Ralph
Carr and March 8 for Mrs. J. W.
O’Neal, pianist, and both were ex
tended hearty good wishes.
FELLOWCRAFT DEGREE WILL
BE CONFERRED MARCH 16
St. Johns lodge at its meeting
March 16 at 8 p. m. will confer the
fellowcraft degree and a full at
tendance of members is expected.
Butts County Contributes 22 Tons
Scrap Metal To Feed Steel Mills
SCRAP TO SLAP THE JAPS TAK-1
EN LITERALLY IN BUTTS \
COUNTY. ESTIMATED 10 0
TONS SOLD HERE RECENTLY
Members of Butts county 4-H j
clubs and adult farmers collected
and sold Saturday 22 tons of scrap
metal at a price of 50 cents per
100 pounds. A. E. Davis was the
buyer.
Saturday’s collection was in addi
tion to 50 tons previously collected
and sold, and for the past three
months it is estimated the county
has sold 100 tons of scrap metal.
This is a big contribution toward
slapping the Japs and shows that
Butts county club members and
farmers are in deadly earnest about
doing their duty in a time of crisis.
All over the state MacArthur Day
was observed Saturday and vast
quantities of scrap metal was col
lected to keep American steel mills
running at peak capacity. In some
localities the occasion was made a
civic celebration.
The prompt manner in which
Georgians have gone about the task
of collecting waste iron and steel
Medical Service
Restricted To
Trained Workers
TRAINING OTHER THAN FIRST
AID NEEDED FOR MEDICAL
SERVICE, WASHINGTON OF
FICE EXPLAINS IN LETTER
Dr. B. F. Akin, chairman of the
Butts county Emergency Medical
Service, has received a letter from
Charles H. Patterson, state director,
that clarifies the duty of civilian de
fense workers. It says:
It is important the state and local
chiefs of Emergency Medical Ser
vice, as well as local civilian defense
volunteer offices and Red Cross
chapters, be informed that the com
pletion of a first aid course does not
qualify persons for service with pro
tection units of the Citizens’ De
fense Corps unless they have receiv
ed other basic training. Courses in
first aid are being given by the Red
Cross at the request of the office
of civilian defense to as many per
sons in the community as possible
for their own protection and the pro
tection of those with whom they
may be assciated during the day.
Air raid wardens should be dis
couraged from organizing their own
medical services which are unrelated
and conflict with the official Emer
gency Medical Service of the com
munity. Air raid wardens should be
instructed concerning the organiza
tion and operation of the Emergency
Medical Service for prompt and ef
fective service when called by the
control center to specific incidents
in which casualties have actually oc
curred.
It is important to call attention
to‘the fact that air raid casualties
are usually of extreme severity.
They include crushing injuries, as
well as penetrating lesions of various
parts of the body and require the
services of physicians, nurses and
their trained medical auxiliaries, and
prompt transportation to a hospital.
During the time of an air raid only
those teams of the Emergency Medi
cal field units are competent to care
for air raid casualties at the sites
of the incidents, and only members
of Emergency Medical field units
will be permitted to move through
the streets to an incident. The gen
eral population which has been
trained in first aid will remain in
their homes or other places of shel
ter.
and putting it in channels of pro
duction leaves no room for doubt of
the serious purpose on the home
front. It is another evidence of
the loyalty and patriotism of Geor
gians and their desire to help win
the war.
Asa result of the scrap metal
sales considerable cash income has
been picked up on many farms of
the county.
DR. B. L. SMITH, FORSYTH,
BUYS 400 ACRES OF LAND
Dr. B. L. Smith, Forsyth, one of
the largest real estate owners in
this section of the state added to his
farm holdings this week when he
bought 400 acres in Coody district, |
known as the Boodie Washington
place. The property was acquired
| from the John Hancock Life Insur
ance Cos. for a cash consideration of
$2,000.
Dr. Smith, brother of O. E. Smith,
Butts county realtor, owns extensive
holdings in Monroe, Butts, Jasper
and Henry counties and is a firm
believer in farm lands as an invest
ment.
Farm Program for 1942 Stresses The
Growing of Food and Feed For Victory
Red Cross Roll
Call Be Held In
Spring of 1943
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AND EMER
GENCY CAMPAIGN BE STAG
ED AT SAME TIME, CHAIR
MAN DAVIS HAS ANNOUNCED
In an effort to relieve in some
measure the increasing burden on
men and women in all communities
i
who are engaged in money raising
efforts during war time, the Amer
ican Red Cross has decided to post
pone its regular 1942 fall member
ship roll call and hold it simultan
eously with its next War Fund Cam
paign early in 1943, Chairman Nor
man H. Davis announced today. Au
thority for the chairman to plan this
combination was voted by the cen
tral committee at its meeting on
March 2.
“For 25 years,” Chairman Davis
said, “the Red Cross traditionally
has held its membership roll calls in
the fall months, to finance the nor
mal operations of the organization,
and to build up its membership
which is the largest of any non-gov
ernmental organization in the coun
try. Today we are engaged in a bit-
Jter war requiring Red Cross opera
tions which will cost much more than
the roll calls can provide. This makes
necessary the large war fund ap
peals. To conserve the man-power
of the Red Cross and its millions of
citizen volunteers for their operating
duties, the Red Cross has decided,
barring unforseen emergencies, to
combine its 1942 roll call with the
next war fund campaign which is
expected to be launched early in
1943. The Red Cross has been
greatly influenced in reaching this
decision by the fact that the majori
ty of the highly important Commu
nity Chest Campaigns are held in
early fall and it is felt that if the
Red Cross roll calls are moved into
the late winter or early spring it will
ease the problem of the Community
Chests.
“In combining our efforts into
one appeal a year we shall still em
phasize the membership principle of
the Red Cross which is so deeply
rooted in the voluntary and demo
cratic character of the organization.
In view of this decision the Red
Cross feels that it is justified in hold
ing independent of any other fund
raising efforts one campaign a year
which includes its Roll Call member
ship appeal.”
Chairman Davis said that the cur
rent War Fund Campaign was near
ing a successful conclusion. Having
recently asked for a generous over
subscription of the original minimum
goal of $50,000,000, Chairman Davis
revealed that 2647 chapters now re
port a total of $61,172,000. It is
expected that a $65,000,000 objec
tive will be reached during the month
of March.
SERIAL NUMBERS ARE
ASSIGNED TO NEW
CLASS REGISTRANTS
The Butts county Selective Ser
vice board at a meeting Monday as
signed serial numbers to the 439
men in the 20-45 age group who
registered last month. Ira Harrison
Cawthon drew T-l, the first number,
and Sam Thurman, T-439, the last
number.
In Washington on March 17 there
will be a lottery to establish num
bers for the new registrants.
The local board has not received
a quota for March. Several men
were sent to service in Pebruary.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW CASH CROPS, SOIL CON
SERVATION, INCREASE IN 4-H
CLUB MEMBERSHIP, MORE
POULTRY, LIVESTOCK URGED
The Butts county Program Plan
ning Committee has outlined an am
bitious and constructive program for
Butts county this year. Subject to
final by community cen
ters, which is now being voted on,
the program becomes a fighting slo
gan for 1942.
As handed to the Progress-Argua
the program is:
We realize that our last year’s
program has not been completed and
will not be perfect for years to come.
However, we recommended the same
program with a few changes and
modifications.
During the war and while such
vast changes are being made in
Washington that will affect farm *
people we recommend the following
agricultural program for Butts coun
ty farm people for the year 1942.
We recommend also that a copy of
this program after it has been car
ried to the farmers at community
meetings and approved by them, bo
published in the Jackson newspaper
and also sent to all farm families on
the mailing list of the county and
home demonstration agents.
1. That technical workers keep
farmers posted on current events
vital to their livelihood.
2. Produce more for home use.
a. Produce as nearly as possible
everything farm people will need to
eat. b. Every farm family have a
garden. c. 500 gardens sufficient
to qualify for AAA payment of
$1.50. and. Each farm have a milk
cow. e. Each farm have a flock of
chickens. Feed better for more
eggs. Use purebred stock. Eat
more eggs at home.
Produce 20 percent more acres of
wheat in 1942 than in 1941. 500
families store 15 dozen eggs each in
water glass for winter use. Pro
duce own meat and beef. Feed out
veal calves to produce meats.
Feed cattle better before selling
them. Store, can and dry fruits and
vegetables for home use according
to planned budget. Spray and prune
home orchards. Inoculate animals
to prevent diseases.
3. Add peanuts to farming prac
tice in whatever quantity individual
is able to handle. Produce 1,000
acres in county for oil.
4. Commercial poultrymcn in
crease number of layers as eggs
will be needed. Produce more feed
for poultry.
5. Use a high grade fertilizer as
soda will be scarce. Clean, patch
and save all sacks for storing grain.
6. Have one good farm and homo
tour during the year.
7. Hold community meetings dur
ing year and stress recreation, de
velop leaders, encourage good health
through better nutrition. Problem
of interest at that time.
8. Recommend the addition of
vocational teachers and home eco
nomics teachers in the schools.
9. Recommend locker freezer
units for storing meats, fruits and
vegetables. To be built by REA.
10. Continue cooperation with
County Health Nurse.
11. Cooperate with FSA and
SCS.
12. Collect all scrap iron for
Uncle Sam.
13. Hold out present cotton al
lotments by keeping land in culti
vation and treat 6,000 bushels cot
ton seed for'planting in 1942. Treat
100 percent of all grain for fall sow
ing.
14. Have 275 4-H club members
in county.
15. Organize one-variety cotton
clubs.