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VOL. 74—NO. 30
Welfare Department Now Ten Years
Old Serves Total of 228 Clients
The public assistance program, in
cluding aid to old people, the blind
and dependent children, started in
Georgia the first of July, 1937, has
had a steady growth in Butts county
according to figures compiled by Mrs.
Jane B. Powell, county director.
By constitutional amendment ap
proved by voters under the E. D.
Rivers administration the public as
sistance program became effective
in Georgia ten years ago this month.
A previous effort to set up the pro
gram was vetoed by Eugene Tal
madge, then governor.
In July, 1937, the county had a
budget of only $472.56, distributed
among 35 clients for an average of
$13.50 per capita.
As of this date the county has
288 clients drawing $3,240 per
month for an average of $11.25.
In a 10-year period the county has
drawn a substantial allotment from
the federal government, which pays
50 percent, and the state, paying
40 percent. Hundreds of clients have
been benefited by this program
created as a temporary measure un
til the regular social security pro
gram became operative.
Throughout its history the local de
cal department has been carefully
and conservatively managed, winning
the commendation of state and na
tional supervisors.
Two of the original hoard of five
still serve. They are Mrs. J. B. Set
tle and P. H. Weaver.
The board at present includes N.
F. Land, chairman; Mrs. J. B. Settle,
Mrs. Van Fletcher, P. H. Weaver, T.
W Moore.
The office staff includes Mrs. Jane
B. Powell, director, and Miss Ruth
Phinazee, assistant.
Only ten applications for old age
assistance are pending, Mrs. Pow
ell said.
Five clients put on the roll in 1937
Still draw public assistance checks, a
report revealed.
Flying Saucers
Reported By Two
Jackson Women
Flying saucers or other missies
reported seen in various parts of the
country in recent weeks struck
close to Jackson Saturday night
when Miss Mrytle Whittimore and
Mrs. Howard Bailey report they saw
strange objects in the western ho
rizon about 9:30.
Miss Whittamore had called at the
home of Mrs. Bailey and together
they saw “the “flying saucers” in the
western sky.
Both agree it was an awesome
sight and something different from
anything ever seen before. The fly
ing objects produced a “creepy”
feeling, and soon after reaching her
apartment at the home of Mrs. A. T.
Buttrill on west Third street Miss
Whittimore called to report the ex
perience. The exact nature of the
sky riders has not been determined
but from many parts of the nation
come reports of saucers flying in the
air. Some have been seen in the day
time and others at night, the story
goes.
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TWO BUTTS COUNTY YOUTHS
ENLIST IN REGULAR ARMY
Forrest E. Maddox Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Maddox of Jackson
and Melvin R Strawn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H Strawn of Jackson, have
volunteered for service in the regu
lar Army for a period of 3 years, it
is announced by Capt. Curtis V.
Cheney, the recruiting officer of the
Macon Recruiting Station. I
Gaston Renamed '
Manager Farmers
Warehouse Group
Directors of the Farmers Union
Warehouse Company at a meeting
last week named J. Avon Gaston as
manager to succeed himself and se
lected W. C. Bond and R. E. Evans
as auditors.
The business of the past year was
declared to have been satisfactory.
An annual dividend of 5 percent was
ordered paid to stockholders as of
record June 30.
The annual meeting of stockhold
ers will be held the second Tuesday
in August. At that time directoi’s
will be named and officers will be se
lected to direct the affairs of the
company for the coming year.
The Farmers Union Warehouse is
one of the oldest cooperative organi
zations in this part of the state and
has long given service to farmers in
the weighing, storing and handling
of cotton, cottonseed and other pro
ducts.
Charles S. Sims ,
Wins First In
4-H Paint Contest
The 12 man Butts county -4-H
Club team which competed in the
district contest at Carrollton July
17-19 captured two blue ribbons,
four reds and three honorable men
tions, it was revealed by B. B.
Campbell, county agent, and Miss
Elizabeth Hood, home demonstration
agent.
Charles Samuel Sims, one of the
outstanding 4-H boys in the county,
placed first in the paint demonstra
tion contest and will represent Butts
county in the State 4-H Congress in
October.
Betty Hammond won first place
in the junior dress contest; Bette
Thaxton won a blue ribbon in senior
public speaking; Barbara Greer won
a red ribbon in senior dress revue;
Betty Ann Weaver won red ribbon
in dairy foods contest; Joyce Cole
man a red ribbon in health contest;
Joan Stewart a red ribbon in junior
home improvement while Hazel Tur
ner, Polly Colwell and Barbara
Jones won honorable mention in
their respective contests.
This is considered a creditable
showing and reflects the keen in
terest in 4-H work in Butts county.
It also speaks well for the able
leadership and direction of Miss
Hood and County Agent B. B.
Campbell in heading the 4-H pro
gram in the county.
All the girls who participated in
the district contest will be awarded
a free trip to the State 4-H Con
gress to be held in Atlanta in Octo
ber, Miss Hood disclosed.
MONTICELLO MEN RECEIVE
RED CROSS DEGREE FRIDAY
Five Monticello candidates re
ceived the Red Cross and Knights
of Malta degree in Alexius Com
mandery No. 22, Knights Templar
Friday night. The team consisted
of Rev. James Boyce Bradley, pas
tor of the Monticello Presbyterian
church; Rev. Frank Edgar Moore
head, pastor of the Monticello
Methodist church; L. O. Benton Jr.,
Evan F. Jordan and C. P. McKinley.
The Temple degree will be con
ferred in September.
Here to assist in the degree work
were W. J. Penn and Carlos H.
Edwards of Macon.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JULY 24, 1947
Two New
Be Included In
Paving Project
Two new streets, Holly from Third
to Second, and Bailey avenue from
east Third to Lyons street, have been
included in the current paving pro
ject, it was stated Monday by Mayor
W. M. Redman.
This additional paving in addition
to that already approved wiTl give
slightly more than a mile of asphalt
paving, city officers explain.
Other streets will be signed and
approved as rapidly as possible and
the contractors have agreed to return
here at a later time and complete all
the paving signed to contract.
Paving, scheduled to begin Mon
day, was held up for a day or two
because trains failed to arrive with
necessary gravel and other needed
materials. It was thought this delay
would be overcome and that the pres
ent street paving program will he
completed during this week.
Since street paving under a popu
lar cost plan was first suggested the
idea 'has been widely ; ndorsed by
property owners who will pay a share
of the expense. The city will pay for
grading and paving of street inter
sections.
Tickets For ’Cue
Now on Sale By
VFW and Legion
Tickets for the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars bar
becue at Indian Springs July 30
should be obtained from the > com
mittee as eariy as possible, it is ex
plained by those in charge. The af
fair is open to the public and the
advance sale of tickets will enable
the committee on preparations to
know how to plan.
The barbecue promises to be a
delightful affair of the mid-summer
season.
Proceeds from the barbecue will
be used for the clubhouse building.
The cost of tickets will be $1.25.
Tickets may be purchased at
Jackson National Bank from Harry
Ball or from Clyde Walker, com
mander, or E. P. James, adjutant,
the American Legion.
Indications are the barbecue will
be largely attended.
JACKSON UPSETS
LEAGUE LEADERS
IN DISTRICT TILT
Jackson’s entry in the Fourth Dis
trict softball league, beset by hard
luck all season and the loser of sever
al close decisions, Friday night hand
ed the Griffin VFW team its first de
feat of the season by a score of 6 to
5. Red Boyd hurled masterful ball
and allowed the league leaders only
two hits. Jackson errors accounted
for several Griffin runs.
Prior to Friday night’s game, the
Griffin team had waded through all
league opposition without a single
loss or without any very close games.
Griffin still has a large lead and evi
dently cannot be dethroned before
the season’s end.
Jackson will play McDonough here
Friday night at 8 o’clock in another
league game. The locals record for
the season now stands at 3 wins and
6 losses with 3 games yet to be play
ed.
THE TOWALIGA CEMETERY
NOW BEING CLEANED OFF
Towaliga cemetery is now being
cleaned, and the committee needs
funds to help complete the work.
All interested persons are asked to
hand donation to J. 0. Pettigrew or
J. W. Mangham.
Build Better
Cities, Graefe
Tells Kiwanians
In the present unsettled conditions
when war talk is rife and inflation
imminent, it will pay to build better
homes and better cities, Walter
Graefe, president of the Pomona
Products Company and head of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, told
members of the Kiwanis club Tues
day night.
In his talk he cited the instance of
Racine, Wis., where people have
adopted the motto, “Racine is my
home.” Developing the thought Mr.
Graefe said it would pay all commu
nitiesc to build better homes, take
pride in their cities and provide the
needed facilities for comfortable liv
ing. The Racine motto is a good one
for Jackson, Griffin and all cities of
the country, it was asserted.
The international picture is not
too bright, Graefe said. At the mom
ent the world finds itself with the
free enterprise system as represen
ted by the United States pitted
against the communism of Russia.
At any time there is likely to be a
flare up*that will set off the spark.
Showing the American colonists
builded an empire on faith and cour
age, history moves in cycles and these
were mentioned as courage growing
into freedom, to be replaced by abun
dance which in turn brings self sat
isfaction, then apathy, then fear and
despondency and finally bondage.
Whether America is to follow that
cycle remains to be seen, Graefe de
clared. The present abe is marked by
apathy and indifference, a spirit of
‘‘don’t care” on the jfert of the pub
lie.
John Yarborough was program
chairman and introduced the speak
er. D. P. Settle has the program for
July 29.
At a business session the club vo
ted to raise the dues 15 cents per
month and will have an attendance
prize each week. Plans were announ
ced for a picnic and family night at
Indian Springs August 26.
Byrd O’Neal was wished happy re
turns on his birthday during the
week. The fine supper was in charge
of Mrs. W. H. Wilson. Mrs. P. H.
Weaver was pianist for the evening.
Gerald McQuaig, superintendent
of the Indian Springs state park, was
welcomed as anew member.
COUNTY SENDS BIG
DELEGATION TO 6TH
MASONIC MEETING
W. M. Redman, junior deacon in
the Sixth District Masonic Conven
tion, and other Butts county Masons
are attending the annual meeting of
the Sixth District group in Macon
Thursday.
The visiting Masons will be enter
tained by Macon Masons at a barbe
cue. There will be an afternoon and
night session and the third degree
will be conferred in full dramatic
form. Presence of the grand master
of the grand lodge of Georgia and
other ranking Masons will lend in
terest to the district convention.
W. T. Haden of Macon is district
worshipful master for the current
year and P. Y. Luther of Griffin is
secretary and treasurer.
PVT. BENJ. T. HINNANT NOW
SERVING IN CANAL ZONE
Private Benjamin T. Hinnant,
Jackson route 2, recently arrived in
the Panama Canal department
aboard the US Army transport St.
Mihiel which sailed from New Or
leans. He has been assigned to
duty with Troop 8, 45th mechan
ized cavalry squadron.
McGill Says Tenant Purchase Farmers
Doing Effective Work in Butts County
Farm Bureau To
Hold Rally At
Indian Springs
An all day meeting of the Butts
County Farm Bureau to which are
invited members from adjoining
counties will be held at Indian
Springs Thursday, July 31, accord
ing to Avon Gaston, secretary of
the local FB.
In the morning there will be a
business session when officei’s for
the county bureau will be named.
The day will be featured by a
picnic and all families attending are
asked to bring lunch to be served
at the noon intermission on the pic
nic grounds at the state park. This
is expected to prove a delightful oc
casion for farm families now that
the peak of the work season is over.
In the afternoon President H. L.
Wingate of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation will be the main
speaker. Mrs. Joe Ray, head of the
woman’s division, will also be present
for a talk. Her talk is expected to
be of timely interest to farm women.
The occasion is planned as a ral
ly and get together meeting for
farm people in this section and a |
large attendance is expected.
Letters have gone out to Farm
Bureau members asking their at
tendance. The reeting is not limited
to FB groups but all who desire to
attend and take lunch are invited
to the meeting.
Bond Sales For
First Half 1947
Amount To $73,000
For the first half of 1947 Butts
county people bought U.S. Savings
Bonds to the amount of $73,052
compared to $87,575 for a similar
period last year. June sales of E,F
and G bonds wa $14,569. Total
bond sales in the county last year
amounted to $293,123.
While Butts county was buying
$73,052 worth of bonds from Jan
uary to June, sales in adjoining
counties showed Monroe, $275,684;
Lamar, $100,049; Jasper, $72,730.
The goal of the state committee
is for all counties to equal or exceed
last year’s sales.
Georgia banks have made the
Bond-a-Month plan available as a
public service.
FUNDS SOUGHT TO
HONOR TALMADGE *
ON CAPITOL LAWN
Having hung a portrait’ of the
late governor in the state capitol,
the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Com
mission is now devising ways to pay
for it and for a bronze statue which
it is proposed to erect on the capitol
lawn. According to Comptroller Gen
eral Zach Cravey, chairman of the
commission, a series of dinners will
be held in each of the 159 counties
of the state, the proceeds to be used
to finance the two memorials.
The statue was authorized by res
olution of the legislature but the por
trait was an added thought.
Chairmen to have charge of the
county dinners will be announced
lately
SERVICES AT JACKSON
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 o’clock in the morning ani
8 o’clock in the evening by the pas
tor. The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship will meet at 7:15 p. m.
$2150 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
After a recent visit to Butta
county to survey conditions and
find out the type of work being
done by Butts county farmers, Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution, wrote a series of articles
in which he praised progressive citi
zens for the work being accomplished'
While here Mc'Gill conferred with
the county agent, soil technician,di
rector of Farmers IJome Administra
tion and other farm leaders. He was
accompanied to the county by R. L.
Vansant, state director of Farmers
Home Administration. They got out
in the districts and saw actual dirt
farming in action and noted the pro
gress being made in dairying, soil
improvement and other work.
McGill was impressed with the
fine work being done by tenant pur
chase farmers, white and black, and
wrote at length on this program,
calling names and pointing to speci
fic projects. According to the Atlan
ta writer this is some of the best
work that government has ever un
| dertaken.
He had words of praise for Butts
county bankers and the Kiwanis club
in sponsoring the pig chain and
other measures to develop farming.
The articles, printed over a period
of four or five days, gave Butts
county desirable publicity and they
were read with interest by the Con
stitution’s large number of sub
scribers here and over the south
east.
Charter Night Of
Exchange Club Be
At Indian Springs
Presentation of a charter from
the National Exchange Club to the
newly-formed Exchange Club of
Jackson will be made on July 24,.
it is announced by Herold M.
Harter of Toledo, Ohio, national
secretary.
Representing the National Ex
change Club in the presentation will
be Henry M. Powell of Atlanta,
national regional vice-president.
Acceptance will be made by J. T.
Beckham of Jackson, president of
the new club.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
in the Foy Hotel, Indian Springs.
Members of Exchange clubs of
contiguous areas have been invited
to attend. The meeting will be in
formal and will be open to the ladies
of Exchangites and invited guests.
The Exchange club of Decatur is
the sponsoring group of the new
club, and Rex M. Woods, sponsoring
committeeman. Major R. S. Pendle
ton of Atlanta, district governor,
Georgia District No. 1, will present
the sponsors with appropriate Na
tional Service Awards.
Chairman of the charter meeting
is L. C. Webb. Officers of the new
club are Mr. Beckham, president;
J. Duvall Patrick, vice-president;
Rufus Adams, secretary; and L. C.
Webb, treasurer. Members of the
board of control are J. W. Carter,
Robert Fletcher, W. G. Smith, R. F.
Armstrong, J. L. Garr and A. H.
Coleman.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL HELD
AT THE MACEDONIA CHURCH
Revival servises in progress at
Macedonia church closed Saturday
and the meeting was declared an
entire success. Four members were
received into the church and bap
tism was administered Saturday.
Rev. H. E. Gaddy, a former pastor,
now of Emanuel Baptist church,
Savannah, conducted the meeting.
There was a large attendance and
keen interest was manifested.