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L J. Washington
Seeks New Term
As Commissioner
L. J. Washington, member of the
Board of County Commissioners,
makes announcement this week fof
another term. Now serving a first
term, Mr. Washington seeks election
in the primary of March 28 for four
years beginning January 1, 1953.
Widely known resident, religious
and civic leader of the Worthville
community, Mr. Washington offered
for this post in 1948 and in a field
of several candidates was returned a
winner with a large vote. Other mem
bers elected at that time include A.
A. White, chairman, and A. C. Fin
ley whose death occurred November
7 last year. Since serving in this im
portant post Mr. Washington has
given close attention to the county’s
financial problems, has been interest
ed in highways, better health condi
tions, organized fire control and
other progressive measures.
He is one of the best known of
the young generation of farmers and
business leaders, is active layman in
the Baptist church and has a wide
circle of friends who will give sup
port in his bid for re-election to this
important office.
Colored Youths
Form Five 4-H
Clubs For Year
Five community 4-II clubs have
been organized among the colored
boys and gills of Butts county under
the direction of 0. A. Ogletree, Neg
ro county agent. The enrollment to
date shows 170 boys and 169 girls in
the county summary. It is expected
that more will enter within the next
few weeks. The teachers and parents
were extremely cooperative with get
ting the clubs organized. A great deal
>f interest was shown on the part of
■lub members in the election of of
ficers and the selection of individ
ual projects.
This is the first year that 4-H club
work has ever been conducted for
the colored youth in Butts county.
It is hoped that it will not only be
a history year from the standpoint
of organization but also in achieve
ment. All parents and friends of
club members must give all possible
assistance in order to accomplish this
objective.
Definite plans are now being work
ed out for special programs and ac
tivities to be held during National
4-H Club Week, March 2 through the
9. The public is invited and asked to
attend as many of these programs
as possible.
For Bigger Crops
You Require
Good Fertilizer
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We are now ready with our standard brands of
fertilizer that have stood the test for years.
FERTILIZER
FERTILIZER MATERIALS
NITRATE OF SODA
Bring us your requirements for the year and we
will be glad to fill your order. Early delivery is ad
visable.
NUTT & BOND, INC.
Phone 2711
Wayne Kersey Is
Victim of Cancer
Friends who had watched the gal
lant fight that little Thomas Wayne
Kersey had waged against cancer re
gret to know of his death at 9:45 p.
m. January 30 at his home in the
Stark community. The year-old child
had long been ill and had the best
treatment at home and m hospitals.
Only recently he observed his first
birthday and friends remembered the
occasion with gifts, flowers and other
contributions and a birthday cake
made the event more enjoyable for
the little fellow whose strength grad
ually yielded to the ravages of an
incurable disease.
Funeral services were held Friday
at 2 p. m. at Worthville Baptist
church. Rev. W. M. Blackwell, Rev.
A. L. Spinks and Rev. Ralph Good
win officiated and pallbearers were
Van Kersey, Bob Kersey, Charles
Kersey, Jamie Kersey. Burial was in
the churchyard with Haisten Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are his father, Winfred
Rogers Kersey, mother, Mrs. Bobbie
Tine Harcrow Kersey; a sister, Mary
Jo, and a brother, Gerald; grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kersey,
and grandmother, Mrs. L. M. Har
crow of Covington.
Legion Drive To
Continue Until
First of March
In reminding members of the
American Legion meeting Tuesday,
February 12, at 7:30 p. m. at the
Veterans Memorial building, atten
tion is called to the membership
campaign which extends through the
9th of March. The Finley-Gray Post
has a quota of 82 which has already
been passed, but efforts will be made
to obtain as many additional mem
bers as possible.
Officers of the local post call at
tention to the membership campaign
being waged by the Georgia and Mis
souri Legion, with the title to a mule
and 40 acres of land at stake. Geor
gia now has the mule, Little Nell,
but if Missouri wins the Legion of
that state will gain possession of the
animal. Georgia is pitting its mule
against Missouri’s 40 acres of land.
The contest has aroused consider
able interest over the state and the
Georgia Department expects a vastly
expanded membership when the cam
paign closes in March.
Until something better comes
along, every state should hold a
preferential presidential p r imary
and let the voters say what they
think. No dozen men in the state are
big enough to speak for a million
Georgia voters.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS* ANGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
Jackson Girls
Play Feb. 12
In Tournament
Clayton county will get both the
boys and girls basketball tourna
ments for the Eastern half of the
Fourth District, the girls’ tourney
slated to begin Monday,* Feb. 11, at
North Clayton High School, and the
boys to start one week later, Mon
day, Feb. 18, at Jonesboro High
School.
Jackson will get the girls finals on
Friday, Feb. 15, between the Eastern
and Western winners in the district.
In addition to the championship
game, a consolation game will be
played for third and fourth place
winners.
Teams seeing action at North
Clayton on Monday, Feb. 11, are
McDonough vs. Forest Park at 7:30
p. m. and Milner vs. Zebulon at 8:30
p. m. On Tuesday night, Feb. 12,
Jackson will face Jonesboro at 7:30
p. m. and Fayetteville will meet
North Clayton at 8:30 p. m.
Jackson’s boys will see action in
the first game of the boy’s tourna
ment in Jonesboro, facing Milner
Monday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p. m. in
the tourney opener. Forest Park and
North Clayton will do battle at 8:30
p. m. the same evening.
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Zebulon will
meet Fayetteville at 7:30 p. m. and
McDonough will engage Jonesboro at
8:30 p. m.
The boys finals between the East-
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tWliether you win an award or not, when you pave a street . . . paint the
courthouse . . . beautify a vacant lot . . . install a playground . . . you
can’t lose, because you and your fellow-citizens will gain by every com
munity betterment project.
Get a copy of the 1952 Contest Leaflet at your Georgia rower store.
Urge your group to sponsor the Contest. Then you and your fellow-citizens
can work together to win the greatest prize of all: a cleaner, richer, more
livable community!
*8,950.00 in cash i
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MENTIONS...and EIGHTEEN 1 SWEEPSTAKES
CERTIFICATES of ■ AWARD
Gold From 11
Counties Used
In Service Pin
Gold from 11 Georgia counties
along the line of the Chattahooche
River was used in making a gold pin
presented to B. W. Sinclair, superin
tendent of production for the Geor
gia Power Company, and J. C. Hol
comb, resident manager of the Lloyd
Shoals plant, had the somewhat dif
ficult job of securing the gold. The
gold pin, denoting 40 years of ser
vice, was presented to Mr. Sinclair at
a luncheon Friday at the Ansley Ho
tel. In the center of the pin was a
diamond.
Counties furnishing gold for the
pin, Mr. Holcomb explained, were
Rabun, White, Lumpkin, Forsyth,
Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Hab
ersham, Dawson and Cobb.
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In addition to the 40-year pin,
Sinclair was presented a gold watch
and an 18 foot Sportsman Criss
Craft motor boat. The gift was pre
sented by employees of the Georgia
Power Company and about 150 at
tended the luncheon when talks were
made by J. J. McDonough, J. M.
Oliver, McDougald and Clifford Mc-
Manus.
Mr. Holcomb had the pleasant duty
of presenting the pin to Mr. Sinclair.
ern and Western winners and run
ners-up will be played in Manches
ter on Friday, Feb. 22.
“Golden Girl” Is
Dixie Musical Hit
A musical in Technicolor is on for
today and tomorrow, February 7-8.
It is “An American in Paris’’ with
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron and Oscar
Levant. This tunefilm derives its title
and motif from a symphonic compo
sition written by the late George
Gershwin.
Saturday finds the king of the
cowboys, Roy Rogers, as the star in
“North of the Great Divide.”
The offering for Monday and
Tuesday, February 11-12, is “No
Highway in the Sky” with Jimmy
Stewart in another daffy comical
role, this time with transatlantic air
liners. Marlene Dietrich is cast oppo
site Stewart.
Greer Garson and Michael W’ilding
are the principals in “The Law and
the Lady.” It is an amusing remake
of “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,” a
comedy about an adventuress. On for
Wednesday, Feb. 13.
“Golden Girl,” a musical biogra
phy of Lotta Crabtree, theatrical
personality of the late 1860’s in the
far west. Mitzi Gaynor and Dennis
Day. In Technicolor. On Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 14-15.
Boys in Service
Pvt. Roy Edwin O’Neal, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Pickett, is at Camp
Gordon, Ga., for eight weeks basic
training in the Army Signal Corps.
Pvt. O’Neal was inducted into the
Armed Services Jan. 7th.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1052 T
MR. FANNIN TO ADDRESS
STARK FARM BUREAU
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Mr. J. W .Fannin, farm economist,
from Athens will be the guest speak
er at the regular meeting of' the
Stark Farm Bureau on Friday eve
ning, February Bth.
A chicken stew supper will be ser
ved at 6:30 P. M. (dutch style) with
the business meeting to follow.
GEORGIA TO UP TURKEY
PRODUCTION THIS YEAR
A report of the Georgia Crop Re
porting service says turkey growers
in Georgia plan to raise a record
crop of turkeys in 1952. If turkey
growers carry out their present indi
cations, Georgia turkey production
will amount to 785,000 birds or an
increase of 56 percent from the
503,000 raised in 1951. The rapid
increase in the turkey broiler indus
try is responsible for a large part of
this increase.
Indicated turkey production in the
United States in 1952 is placed at
58,788,000.
Still time to help the March of
Dimes. It is not dimes but dollars
the Warm Springs Foundation needs
to fight infantile paralysis.
It used to be that the politiican
considered himself a servant of the
people. Now the politician wants a
hedge built around him with all the
benefits, security and advantage the
taxpayer can afford. The plain truth
is that a lot of office holders are gef
ting too big for their breeches.