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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952
Red Cross Will
Have Fund Drive
In Month March
The American Red Cross with T.
E. Robison Jr. as fund chairman in
Butts county will conduct its finan
cial campaign during the month of
March. Butts county has a quota of
$1,700.
Assisting Mr. Robison in raising
funds will be the following local
chairmen:
Jackson business district, Mrs. In
dia Bailey; Jackson residential dis
trict, Rev. Kirk Nesbit; industry and
out-of-town, T. E. Robison Jr.;
courthouse, Mrs. N. A. Powell; Butts
county teachers, Mrs. F. C. Heaij;
organizations, Mrs. L. C. Webb; Pep
perton, Harvey James.
Indian Springs, Mrs. Robert A.
Franklin Jr.; REA, Mrs. Van Fret
well; Cork, Mrs. R. M. Smith; Flo
villa, Mrs. Carl Funderburk; Jackson
Dam, Mrs. J. C. Holcomb; Stark-
Tussahaw, Mrs. Otho Morgan; Jen
kinsburg, Mrs. Herman Apple;
Worthville, Mrs. Asa Martin. ,
Fincherville, Mrs. William Pres
ley; Route 36 north, v Mrs. Bryan
Williamson; Route 36 south, Mrs.
Fred Hammond; Route 16 west, Mrs.
E. D. Patrick; Route 16 east and
Iron Springs, Mrs. A. C. Freeman;
Route 42 north, Mr. and Mrs. Newt
Etheredge; Route 42 south, Mrs.
Hamp Williamson; Jackson to Stark,
Mrs. Paul Pickett; colored, N. E.
■Walker.
Chairman Robison has issued the
following statement in connection
with the campaign:
“Fellow Citizens: As you probably
all know next month is set aside for
the fund drive of the American Red
Cross. As we plan to participate in
the fund campaign of March 1952
we are fully aware that the goal of
$85,000,000 represents the minimum
funds on which the Red Cross can
operate for the next fiscal year. If
the Red Cross programs of neighbor
liness and of ‘people holding pepple’
are to be continued we must deter
mine not only to reach this goal but
to exceed it.
“It must be remembered that 48.9
percent or SB3O of Butts county’s
quota of $1,700 remains within our
county to help and assist us. We will
receive 50% of all the funds raised
in excess of that quota. We should
not forget that there are ready funds
which could be supplied to Butts
county should a disaster of"some
sort ever befall our community. The
Red Cross stands ready at all times
to send immediate aid to stricken
areas. Such evidence was shown in
the recent floods in California and
in many of the western states when
they fed and housed over 18,000
people with a cost of over $13,000,
000; also several years ago when a
Texas seaport town was almost de
stroyed by explosions, Red Cioss
came to the immediate rescue. We
could name any number of such in
cidents. In 1951, 300,000 people re
ceived assistance in more than 300
domestic operations.
“We are aware that at no other
time, except in worldwide war, aie
there greater or more compelling
needs to be met. With all our people
we share the opportunity to can?
out these responsibilities" of the Red
.Cross. Our large national Red Cross
budget reflects disaster emergencies
at home due to our greater military
strength both at home and abioad.
Items of major importance include
the natioal blood program, field ser
vices to the armed forces, woik \>Rh
lyeterans and their families, the saf
fcy services and disaster relief.
I “I would like to ask that all citi-
Kens cooperate with their local chair
kan—whether he be asking for
Kinds or for assistance in this cam
paign which gets under way March
P. If you have a donation, contact
lour local chairman.
M “I am confident that,vour perfox
inance will again be a credit to our
Bounty, a memorial to our gallant
youth overseas and a renewed indi
:cation of the generosity and good
Will of our people.”
Jackson Boys
Fourth Best In
Fourth District
Making a desperate bid to keep
pace with their co-ed 'colleagues,
Jackson High’s boys basketball team
fell 13 points shy in Jonesboro on
Thursday night in the finals of the
Eastern Division of the Fourth Dis
trict tournament.
Previously, they had defeated Mil
ner 39-38 and Forest Park 33-26 to
advance to the final round of the
tournament.
But a fast-breaking Jonesboro
quintet had too much on the ball for
the Red Devils Thursday night and
their 43-30 victory sent Jackson into
the district finals at Manchester Fri
day night with a chance only at the
third place slot.
A fine Hogansville team annexed
the Fourth District crown Friday
night in Manchester by defeating
Jonesboro 46-36.
In the consolation game, Manches
ter wrested third place from Jack
son with a decisive 55-33 victory.
The Red Devils were tired by three
consecutive nights of fast play and
once their fatigue became evident,
there \yas not much doubt as to the
final outcome.
Frank McMichael led his team
mates in their final appearance of
the season with 10 points. Others
scoring were Rooks (7), J. Fletcher
(5), Watkins (4), Funderburk (4),
and Evans (3).
Coach Strickland’s Red Devils com
pleted the 1951-’52 season as fourth
best in the Fourth District, a spot
that considering their pre-season
prospects and season’s play, was as
high as could have been expected.
More Corn Urged
On Farmers By
PMA Committee
To meet this year’s higher than
ever farm defense production goals,
despite the shortage of labor and the
tightening supply of farm machinery
and higher cost of material that far
mers have to buy, the Agricultural
Mobilization Committee points out
that the 1952 crop year presents the
greatest challenge agriculture has
ever faced. The 1952 production goal
program announced by the Dept, of
Agriculture on~Nov. 30, 1951 calls
for anew record high level of total
crop and livestock production nearly
50% higher than acreage production
in 1935-39 period, and about 6%
above the near record level of 1951.
Actually production from several
million additional acres would be
needed to fill current food and fibre
requirements and build reserve
stocks to desirable levels. Unfortu
nately, sufficient labor is not avail
able, therefore we must depend pri
marily on increased production per
unit to reach our goals.
The committee points out that the
1952 farm goals put special emphasis
on the greatest possible production
of the needed feed grain with corn
and grain sorghums receiving prior
ity for the available land.
Farmers are urged to do every
thing possible to boost their yields
per acre this year, as this offers the
most effective means of balancing
production with requirements. Im
proved framing practices, including
the planting of adapted varieties of
seeds, such as corn hybrids, offer
definite possibilities of increasing
yields substantially in some areas.
While nationally the program as it
effects cotton seeks to produce 5%
more cotton on the same number of
acres, it is the opinion of the experts
that Georgia farmers outdid them
selves in 1951 in cotton production.
Economists and agronomists agree
that over 1951 acreage 1,414,000
could not be repeated without great
lv elevating production cost and is
not wise in view of the expanding
livestock production and farm labor
outlook. Consequently, Georgia’s ac
reage goal for 1952 cotton is 1,300,-
C“0 acres 92% of TOol cotton
THE JACKSON PROGRESS- ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Towaliga Maps
Plans For New
Club Building
The Towaliga area, only commu
nity in the county without a club
house and community center, is going
to do something about the situation
and at a preliminary meeting Friday
officers were named and committees
appointed to begin an active cam
paign for a communty clubhouse.
Meetings will be held Friday before
the third Sunday in each month until
something definite is accomplished.
At a meeting Friday the following
officers were named: Herbert Brown,
chairman; Mrs. Mack Ridgeway, vice
chairman; Mrs. Lovett Fletcher, sec
retary.
Committee chairmen named are:
Ralph Evans, Mrs. Albert Maddox,
Mrs. Dean Patrick, O. L. Weaver,
Edwin Sims, David Ridgeway, Mrs;
A. L. Weaver, Mrs. Pete Ridgeway,
D. W. Singley, Mrs. Fred Hammond.
Dean Patrick, David Ridgeway and
Lovett Fletcher head the steering
committee. This committee will head
the drive for funds to construct the
building, and it is. expected that many
residents of the district as well as
former citizens will be glad of an
opportunity to aid in a worthwhile
cause.
Enthusiasm marked the first meet
ing, Mrs. Lovett Fletcher, secretary,
reported to The Progress-Argus.
acreage. As far as the production is
concerned the ’sl yield was a record,
an average of almost two-thirds of a
bale to the acre. Our share of the
1952 goal is 672,000 bales compared*
with 928,000 in 1951. For corn the
goal is a 9% increase in acreage or
3,400,000 acres for 1952.
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FOR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce that lam a candidate to succeed myself
as County Commissioner in the primary of March 28, subject to
the rules of the Democratic Executive Committee. During the
time I have been privileged to serve you I have endeavored to
look after all interests of the county and if I am elected for a
full term I pledge the same faithful attention to duties of the
office. Your vote and support will be sincerely appreciated.
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