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VOL. 79—NO. 5
Nelson and Neal
Concert Artists
Here February 6
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NELSON and NEAL
Nelson and Neal, the brilliant
young duo-pianiast, who will be
heard at the school auditorium here
Wednesday evening, February 6 at
8 o’clock, met and fell in love while
both were studying at the famed
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadel
phia. Asa result, Allison Nelson is
now Mrs. Harry Neal. Mrs. Neal was
considered Australia’s leading young
prodigy, having done concert tours
in Australia since early childhood.
Neither she nor Mr. Neal had ever
anticipated anything but playing as
solo artists before they met.
Mr. Neal, a Tennessean, was for
some years a radio announcer in the
United States and did much radio
commenting for the Australian
Broadcasting Commission. In Phil
adelphia he held an executive posi
tion and produced televsion shows
for the local CBS outlet. This was
in addition to the year and a half
television series which Mr. and Mrs.
Neal presented from Philadelphia.
Nelson and Neal’s tour of the
southeastern states is presentation
of and under the direction of the Al
kahest Celebrity Bureau, Atlanta,
Ga.
Lookout Tower
Erected To Aid
Fire Control
Last week an 80 foot steel lookout
tower was put up in Butts county on
the old Griffin highway behind the
livestock sales barn. A crew of five
men from Texas did the steel elect
ing while the steps, landings and cab
floor was put up by the Butts Coun
ty Forestry unit.
From the cab, towerman Charles
Eliott will be able to keep the county
under constant watch. He will keep
in contact with the Butts county
jeeps and ofher towers by means of
a two-way radio. Upon spotting a
fire, he will call another tower to
get another bearing on the fire, then
where the two bearings cross will be
the location of the fire.
The tower will be ready to operate
as soon as the radio and other equip
ment arrives. The public is invited to
visit the other tower and see how the
system works when accompanied by
one of the Butts County Forestry
unit members.
MOBILE SOIL TESTING
UNIT BE HERE TUESDAY
A mobile soil testing unit from the
Georgia Experiment Station will be
at the vocational building in Jackson
all day Tuesday, February 5, for the
purpose of testing and analyzing soil
samples. Those desiring the service
are asked to bring soil samples which
can be completed during the day.
Soil analysis is of considerable
benefit to farmers, County Agent
B. B. Campbell explains.
Dr. Pinckney
Heads Drive For
Boys’ Estate
Butts county has thrown its sup
port squarely behind the 1952 Boys’
Estate drive for funds during Feb
ruary with the appointment of Dr.
R. H. Pinckney as general chairman
for this area. “Boys’ Estate will take
a broad step forward this year,” Dr.
Pinckney said, “and Butts county
residents will have every opportunity
to join other Georgians in advancing
the good work.”
With the completion of Macon cot
tage, he said, Boys’ Estate has nearly
doubled its former capacity. The new
structure will permit a total enroll
ment of 70 boys from bereft and
broken Georgia families and the fig
ure will be increased as soon as facil
ities can be provided.
“Our big objective right now,” Dr.
Pinckney said, “is to whittle the wait
ing list. We are determined to give
more deserving youngsters the op
portunities Boys’ Estate can offer.
These include a decent, family-like
environment, where a boy’s past is
never mentioned.”
“Democracy in action” is the term
used by Boys’ Estate management in
describing the program. The lads
elect theiir own officials, including a
mayor, chief of police, chamber of
commerce secretary and other lead
ers. Plans call for an ultimate popu
lation of 400 boys and the landmarks
of a typical American community,
school, hospital, bank, library and
chapel.
Iron Springs
Again Enters
State Contest
Iron Springs has again decided to
enter the Home Improvement Con
test sponsored by the Farmers Club
of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce, according to Mrs. Cynthia
Davis, home demonstration agent.
For the past two years the Iron
Springs community made a splendid
showing in this contest and was ac
corded county honors and a SSO
prize in 1950. The entire community
has been greatly benefited by the
spirit of progress and homes, play
grounds, churches have been modern
ized and anew clubhouse built. Cap
italizing on the experience gained in
previous years, members of the Iron
Springs community believe it will be
possible to make an even better
showing in 1952.
The club met Thursday night in
the clubhouse and outlined objectives
for the year. Committees were named
to set up special projects and another
meeting is set for February 21 when
a chicken stew will be served. The
purpose of the meeting *is to bring
every citizen of the community to
gether and have a good time and
make definite plans for the Home
Improvement contest.
DR. PINCKNEY ATTENDS
MEET OPTOMETRIC GROUP
Dr. Robert H. Pinckney of Jack
son was among the delegates from
the fourth district Optometric Socie
ty at the 47th annual convention of
the Georgia Optometric Association
in Augusta last week.
LOWER PRICES EVIDENT AT
LIVESTOCK SALE JAN. 23
Middle Georgia Livestock Sales
Cos. reported an offering of 167 head
of cattle and 48 KOgsj. at the sale
January 23. Hogs topped at $17.75;
canners and cutters, $17.50 to $23.-
25; steers and heifers went to $34.-
25; stockers as high as $33.50, and
milk cows and springers, $195.00
each.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1952
Jackson Defeats
And Ties Forsyth
In Two Thrillers
In the most spectacular games
played here in years, Jackson High’s
court teams tied and won a game
with Forsyth Friday night. The girls’
game wound, up in a 30-30 knot,
while the Red Devil boys edged the
visitors, 40-38.
With the Forsyth lassies holding
a 30-29 lead with only seconds to go,
the visitors seemed certain of vic
tory. But a foul committed at the
last second of play on Joanne Waits
gave the stellar Jackson forward a
chance to tie up the game which she
did after the final whistle had sound
ed.
Forsyth refused to play off the
tie and so the game will go into the
record books as a draw. Joanne
Waits, with 14 points, led the Jack
son scorers while Johnson had 15
for Forsyth.
Jackson (30) Forsyth (30)
Waits (14) F Johnson (15)
Tomlin (4) F Jackson (10)
Bailey (8) F * Shaw (5)
Williams G Ham
McCrary G Frazier
Fletcher G Callaway
Substitutions: Jackson —Fretwell
(4), Thompson, Crane, Gray. Col
well. Forsyth—Walker, Mitchell and
Corley.
Trailing 22-17 at half-time, Coach
Strickland’s Red Devils made a gal
lant last half comeback that gave
them a fine 40-38 victory over an
improved Forsyth quintet.
Harold Smith’s 11 points topped
the Jackson scorers, while Allen’s 10
gained top honors for the visitors.
Jackson (40) Forsyth (38)
Evans (9) F Andrews (6)
McMiichael (1) F Allen (10)
Smith (11) C Stuart (5)
Funderburk (3) G Ham, W. (8)
Fletcher, J. (3) G Ham, B. (5)
Substitutions: Jackson —Watkins
(7), Fletcher, S. (4), Cochran (2),
Rooks, Davis, Long, Coleman, Thurs
ton. Forsyth—Winslette (1), Potts
(1), Mason (2), Jones.
County Solons
Heard Sunday
On Radio Forum
Butts county Representative A.
Dan Fears and Senator Vincent
Jones of the 22nd district were heard
Sunday afternoon over Griffin sta
tion WKEU on the radio forum spon
sored by the Griffin chapter of Busi
ness and Professional Women. With
Douglas' Hollberg as moderator, the
local solons, along with Representa
tive Arthur Bolton of Spalding coun
ty, discussed the toll road bill and
the presidential elector bill.
During the discussion the two
pieces of legislation were defended
and condemned and the strong points
for and against brought out. These
bills are among the most widely dis
cussed at the current session of the
General Assembly.
Many Butts county radio fans fol
lowed the discussion over the air.
Spalding County Representative
Girdean Harper was prevented from
taking part in the forum.
SUMMER TRAINING FOR
NATIONAL GUARD SET
An estimated 6,000 Georgia Na
tional Guardsmen from 118 cities in
Georgia will take annual field train
ing beginning July 27 through Aug
ust 10 at Fort McClelland and Camp
Stewart, it is reported by Major Gen.
Ernest Vandiver, the adjutant gen
eral of Gerogia. The 15 day field
training will include travel timie.
Free Enterprise
Made U. S. Strong,
Griffin Declares
In a talk to the Jackson Kiwanis
club Tuesday night Lieut. Governor
Marvin Griffin declared the free en
terprise system has made America
the greatest nation on earth. It is
the best fed, best clothed country in
the world, with the greatest indus
trial know-how, Griffin declared.
The American Way of Life was
founded on a reverence for God, and
the nation has grown strong and
great because its citizens believe in
the right to own property, to work
and achieve and the right to worship
God as they see proper. The danger
now, Griffin warned, is that there
are those who would regiment the
economy and reward the slothful and
lazy at the expense of the hardwork
ing, industrious classes.
He compared conditions in free
American with those in socialist Eng
land and Communist Russia and
showed we have the greatest number
of automobiles, telephones, radio sets
and the highest standard of living.
The program was arranged by
Vincent Jones, senator from the 22nd
district, who presented Lieut. Gov.
Griffin as a fair and impartial pre
siding officer. Senator Osgood Wil
liams of Crawfordville accompanied
the Atlanta group.
Visitors invited to hear the prom
inent Georgian were Sheriff J. D.
Pope, Representative Dan Fears,
Herman Cawthon, Dr. James W.
Watkins Jr. and Bird O’Neal Jr. of
the Key Club.
Rev. J. A. Frazier of Barnesville
will be the speaker at the meeting
next Tuesday with P. H. Weaver as
program chairman.
Two Weeks Court
Term Will Begin
Monday, Feb. 4
The winter term of Butts Superior
Court will be convened in Jackson
Monday, February 4, by Judge Frank
B. Willingham of the Flint Circuit.
A session of two weeks is scheduled,
the first week to be given over to the
trial of civil cases and criminal cases
set for trial the second week.
According to Superior Court Clerk
Paul Maddox the civil calendar is not
a heavy one. The number of criminal
cases will depend somewhat upon the
number of indictments returned by
the grand jury.
Solicitor General B. B. Garland of
Jackson will act as State s attorney.
Court will be organized by the
election of a foreman and clerk for
the grand jury with the judge’s
charge to follow. During its service
the grand jury will investigate books
and records of various county offi
cers and make such recommendations
as deemed necessary.
BIRD SUPPER WAS
GIVEN FOR BELL
SYSTEM OFFICIALS
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Weaver enter
tained at a bird supper Friday even
ing in honor of officials of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
for their good work in installing ru
ral phones in Butts county. Most
portions of the county are already
covered by rural lines and projected
lines will be built in the Worthville
and Fincherville area as soon as ma
terials are available.
Guests on the occasion were J. G.
Bradberry, vice president; Lane Hub
bard, Georgia manager; Ben S. Gil
mer, general commercial manager;
J. N. Dorsey, North Georgia mana
ger; A. T. Ross, Griffin district
manager, and B. B. Campbell, county
agent.
Judge Persons
Honored By The
State Senate
The memory of Judge Ogden Per
sons, for 24 years judge of the Su
perior Court of the Flint Circuit, for
mer president of the Georgia State
Senate and leading banker and ben
efactor of education, was honored
Tuesday morning when his portrait
was unveiled in the senate chamber
in the state capitol.
The unveiling ceremony was pre
sided over by Lieut. Gov. Griffin,
and the invocation was given by
Rev. J. H. Clarke of Forsyth. Gover
nor Herman Talmadge attended and
addresses were made by General
Walter A. Harris of Macon and for
mer Governor Clifford Walker.
The portrait was unveiled by the
great nephews of Judge Persons,
Robert Ogden Persons Jr. and
George Ogden Persons 11. Presenta
tion was made by Mrs. A. W. Bramb
lett Sr. and it was accepted by Ben
W. Fortson Jr., Georgia Secretary of
State.
During an active public career
Judge Persons was widely known
over the state, and was one of the
leading public men the state has fur
nished in several decades. In addition
to his ability as a jurist and legis
lator and industrialist, he was the
friend of education and together
with his late brother, Robert Persons,
made substantial donations to educa
tion in Forsyth and Monroe county,
as well as to Wesleyan College.
Judge Persons had scores of
friends in Butts county who are in
terested to know his portrait will
find a place in the senate chambei
along with other great Georgians
who have brought honor to the state.
12 Club Members
To Enter Hybrid
Com Competition
Butts county has been designated
one of the 12 counties in the state
to compete in the Hybrid Corn con
test sponsored by the Georgia Power
Company.
In 12 counties of the state 4-H
boys will compete for county and
state prizes. County prizes are S2O,
sls and $5, while the state prizes
are SSO, S4O and S3O.
Twelve boys from the designated
counties will enter the contest, and
seed will be furnished by the spon
soring agency. The two corn varieties
selected for test are Georgia 103
(white) and Dixie 18 (yellow.'')
Names of the boys to enter from
Butts county will be announced soon,
according to County Agent B. B.
Campbell.
Not only will the 4-H club boys re
ceive valuable experience in growing
corn, but will be substantially re
warded on the county and state level.
Purpose of the contest is to in
crease the yield of corn in Georgia
and determine the varieties best
suited to soils in the counties taking
part.
MISS BILES IS ASSISTANT
HD AGENT IN HART COUNTY
Miss Jewel Biles of Jackson has
assumed her duties as assistant to
Miss Barbara Williams, home demon
stration agent in Hart county.
Miss Biles has been asistant agent
in Jasper county since last June. She
is a graduate of the University of
Georgia.
She stated, “I am looking forward
to working with the women of Hart
county, and believe the coming year
will be very succesful in home dem
onstration work.”
$2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
W. C. Godsey Is
1952 Chairman j
PMA Committee
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At the December county conven
tion in the PMA office, Walter C.
Godsey was elected chairman of the
Butts County Production and Mar
keting Administration; Herschel G.
Harris was re-elected vice chairman
and F. L. Maddox is the third mem
ber. A. L. Weaver and Duane Lev
erett were named alternate mem
brs. They took office the first of
the year. *3
The committeemen thus elected by
delegates from each farming com
munity in the county will administer
the 1952 agricultural conservation
program, price support operations
and federal crop insurnace.
Services of the committeemen are
available to all farmers of the coun
ty. They are not full-time employees
of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, but are available at any time to
render assistance to farmers.
In the words of Mr. Godsey, PMA
committee chairman, “In these times
when so much depends on the pro
duction of our farms these commit
teemen are in key positions. The ag
ricultural program they administer is
available to all farmers to help them
produce what is needed for defense
and at the same time protect and
improve their land fpr abundant pro
duction in years to come.
“The price support programs help
farmers obtain a fair price for what
they produce. The crop insurance
program protects farmers against
loss from storms, insects, disease and
other causes.
“The committeemen are all farm
ers and they were elected by farm
ers and are here to serve farmers of
Butts county. The programs PMA
committeemen administers are de
signed to benefit the entire county.
The purpose is ample production to
day and continued production tomor-
Farm Bureau To
Again Sponsor
Queen Contest
Directors of the Butts County
Farm Bureau meeting Monday night
voted to sponsor the Queen contest
again this year.
It was voted also to take part in
the Home Improvement Contest, the
FB putting up SSO to match the SSO
award by the Atlanta chamber of
commerce, making the county prize
SIOO.
The Farm Bureau will be active in
seeing that the anti-rabies law is en
forced. Dogs not properly treated
will be repported, according to vote
of the organization, which is anxious
to stamp out mad dogs in the county.
The Farm Bureau plans to orga
nize at least two new chapters Jiere
during the year and some not now
active may be reactivated according
to present plans.
All communities desiring to enter
the Home Improvement contest are
requested to notify the county agent
or home demonstration agent at
once.
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JACKSON SOLDIER ARRIVES
IN STATES FROM KOREA
Corporal Charles E. Bennett,
Lyons street, Jackson, is among the
US Army personnel who arrived on
January 24 from Korea at the Seat
tle port of embarkation aboard the
Navy transport Marine Lynx as an
nounced by headquarters Georgia
military district.