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.Satfesw VOL. 79—NO. 5 Nelson and Neal Concert Artists Here February 6 mK , \ 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 ■ ■■■■ -■ -s 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. V 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.