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■o--NO. 13
Han Pasture at Stark Entered In
W\ Judging of Macon Area Contest
H ■ filial judging in the Macon
K. contest, sponsored by
Mcon Chamber of Commerce,
i llace at 1 P- m. March 26, the
| 0 f F. H. and Lawrence Mor-
H gtark stands an excellent
I lof winning first prize of $l5O.
K Ire are only two pastures to be
Hi in the final contest, one in
I louiuy and the Morgan pasture
Htts county.
I H t prize is $150; second SIOO
| e contest is sponsored by the
■ n Chamber of Commerce to
greater interest in good pas
|in this area. The preliminary
|ng was conducted on November
King a basis of crimson clover,
orchard grass, bermuda,
■ grass, fescue, ladino, alfalfa,
|cea and kudzu overseeded with
clover —and various combin-
Hns of all these grasses—the Mor
■ pasture is one of the best in mid-
M Georgia.
■)f the 170 acres owned by the
|rgans, 150 acres is cropland and
■ head of cattle are carried on the
|nporary and permanent pastures.
■in addition to the grazing provided
H l us h pastures, th'e Morgans last
Har put up 150 tons of silage and
IgOO bundles of hay.
King-Christiani
Eircus in Griffin
R)n April 7
| The King Bros. and Christiani
■combined circus will exhibit at Grif
■fin, Tuesday, April 7, at the Kiwanis
■Fairground under the auspices of the
■ American Business Club.
The famous King Bros, and Chris-
Itiani combined menageries, declared
to be the finest and most complete
traveling zoo in the world is a part
of the show. Great stars from for
eign countries participate in the gi
gantic display of arenic numbers.
One of the advance features of
the circus will be an old-fashioned
street parade through downtown
Griffin, beginning at 11:30 a. m.
Elaborately carved and gilded floats
and tableaux will be seen, along with
cages and dens. Trumpeting bands
and tooting calliopes will be heard.
Performances will be given at 2
and 8 p. m. Doors will be opened an
hour earlier to permit an inspection
of the zoo.
Local Students
To Compete In
Music Festival
The Jackson High school will be
represented at the State Music Fes
tival in Milledgeville this week by
John Pettigrew and Eugene Briggs,
district winners at the Fourth Dis
trict meet in Thomdston.
Pettigrew will compete in the
trombone solo contest and Briggs in
the trumpet solo contest. They were
given a superior rating in the
homaston meet and made eligible
to compete in the state music fes
tival.
The music festival opened in Mil
ledgeville Monday and will continue
through Friday. The 18th annual
r usic festival is being held on the
campus of the Georgia State Col
,ege for Women. Boys will be quar
tered in barracks of the . Georgia
State College for Women. Boys will
he quartered in barracks of the
Ceorgia Military College and girls in
dormitories of GSCW.
Quimby Melton Sr.
To Address Kiwanis
On Tuesday Night
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Quimby Melton
Quimby Melton Sr., editor of the
Griffin Daily News and widely
known civic and religious leader, will
address the Jackson Kiwanis club at
its meeting Tuesday night, according
to Vincent Jones, program chairman
for the evening.
Melton, a recognized authority on
military affairs and once prominent
ly mentioned for the Secretary of
Navy’s post, is an interesting speak
er with strong convictions and a
large number of Kiwanians are ex
pected to hear the Spalding county
editor.
Local Nurseries
Get Contract At
Health Center
The work of beautifying the Butts
County Health Center, project spon
sored by the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club and the several
garden clubs in the county, has been
entrusted to two local nurseries, the
Frank W. Childs Nursery at Jenkins
burg and the Billie Moore Nursery
at Towaliga.
During the past few days the nur
series were engaged in planting>
shrubbery. Selected for the project
were camellia sassanqua, boxwood,
nandina, hawthorn, arbelia, crepe
myrtle, pfitzezr juniper and three
varieties of holly, including bulatta
and bufordi holly.
The grounds were landscaped by
Thomas G. Williams of the Exten
sion Service.
The Butts County Health Center,
filling a need in community life, was
erected the past year at a cost of
$58,000. It was formally opened
December 31 when Gocernor Herman
Talmadge and officials of the State
Health Department made talks.
Beautifying the Health Center was
carried out under the direction of
Mrs. C. M. Coggins as chairman of
a committee representing all garden
clubs and the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club. For her inter
est and loyalty Mrs. Coggins deserves
special commendation.
PRINCIPALS TO BE
NAMED AT CALLED
MEETING OF BOARD
Principals to serve the schools of
Putts county will be named at a call
ed meeting of the Board of Educa
tion, probably this week, Frank C.
Hearn, county school superintendent,
said Monday.
The election of teachers for all
schools will likely come up at the reg
ular April meeting of the board of
education. /
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JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953
Cancer Campaign
Begins April 1
To Last Month
The campaign to raise Butts coun
ty’s quota of S6BO in the Cancer
drive will begin April 1 and will con
tinue all of April, according to Dr.
Roy Goff, chairman.
Chairman Goff has appointed
committes to be actively in charge
of the drive. Avon Gaston heads the
membership and fund raising cor
mittee and members are Julian
Ouzts, J. C. Williamson, Frank Fos
ter, Ben Haisten, Mrs. George In
gram, Mrs. D. L. Emfinger, Mrs.
Paul Letson, Rev. P. M.' Minter, Miss
Sue Ryals.
The Butts County CanCer Society
was organized on a permanent basis
at a meeting held several weeks ago.
Members of the board of directors
are Roy D. Goff, chairman; Dr. R.
P. Harrison, Dr. R. H. Pinckney,
vice chairman; Mrs. Richard Wat
kins, secretary; J W. O’Neal, treas
urer. Richard Watkins is general
chairman and Wayne Barnes and
Anderson Nutt cochairmen.
Committees were named to work
with the schools, churches, Farm Bu
reau, civic clubs, women’s organiza
tions and youth groups.
A substantial part of all funds
raised will remain in the county to
be used in the treatment of cancer,
Chairman Golf announces.
Funds raised . by the American
Cancer Society 'are used for the
treatment of cancer, for aiding in
digent cancer patients, for education
and research.
Beauty Pageant
In Griffin To
Select Winner
A beauty pageant, open to all
cities within a 35 mile radius of
Griffin, to select a winner to com
pete in the Miss Georgia Contest at
Columbus, will be held at the Im
perial Theater in Griffin April 15.
In addition to an expense free trip
to Columbus, the winner will receive
a loving cup.
Qualifications for contestants are:
She must be between 15 and 28
years of age, either a high’ school
senior or graduate and must never
have been married. The contestants
will be judged on beauty, voice, dic
tion, intellect, disposition, general
culture, special talents and person
ality.
Each contestant must be sponsored
by a club, group, business or similar
organization. Sponsors will furnish a
$25 entry fee.
Miss Neva Jane Langley, Miss
America of 1953, will serve as mis
tress of ceremonies and will assist in
the judging.
CAPT. WEAVER BE SPEAKER
AT EXCHANGE CLUB MEETING
Capt. Luther Weaver, US Army,
currently stationed in Atlanta after
a tour of duty in Korea, will speak
to the Exchange club Thursday
night. George Ridgeway is program
chairman.
Veteran of W T criJ War 11, Capt.
Weaver, native Butts county citizen,
remained in service after V-J Day
and after duty in Germany returned
to the States and later was sent to
Korea. He will talk on the war. in
Korea and officers desire a large
attendance to greet the prominent
military man.
PTA Magazine
Drive Extends
Through April 6
Asa fund-raising project to assist
in the financing of the PTA spon
sored project of painting and deco
rating the Jackson grammar school
auditorium, members of the local
PTA chapter will sell subscriptions
to Holland’s magazine. Subscrip
tion rates are SI.OO per year, with
50c remaining in the local treasury.
Holland’s, known for years as
The Magazine of the South, is a
woman’s magazine with appeal to
Southern women. All phases of
home-life are covered thoroughly by
authoritative writers.
Mrs. Evelyn Apple, president of
the Jackson PTA .urges all members
and friends of the Jackson PTA and
school, to assist in the drive by en
listing new subscribers to Holland’s.
The following volunteer workers
will take subscriptions to Holland’s
during the current magazine drive
which extends through April 6:
Jackson: Mesdames Lou Moelchert,
Vincent Jones, T. 1. Thurston, Rus
sell Price, Dawson Bryant, J. W.
Carter, H. M. Fletcher.
Flovilla: Mrs. F. A. Moncrief.
Towaliga: Mrs. Edwin Sims.
Iron Springs: Mrs. Edward Wash
ington.
Jackson Dam: Mrs. Marvin Kim
bell.
Fincherville: Mrs. Howard Jones.
Indian Springs: Mrs. Bill Holloway
Stark: Mrs. Carl Railey.
Pepperton: Mrs. Mattie Lou Grant
Worthville: Mrs. Luther Washing
ton.
Jenkinsburg: Mrs. Bob Thaxton.
Easter Drive To
Raise Funds For
Palsied Children
The campaign to raise funds for
the Georgia Society for Crippled
Children is now underway in Butts
county, according to Frank C. Hearn,
Butts county school superintendent,
who is this week sending out litera
ture. Letters with remittances should
be returned to Saunders Cawthon,
treasurer, at Jackson National Bank.
The county has no specified quota
Mr. Hearn explains, but efforts will
be made to raise as much money as
possible to aid in the treatment of
crippled children.
Four major accomplishcents in the
past year have been chalked up by
the Georgia Society for Crippled
(Children ,the Easter Seal agency, ac
cording to the annual report issued
by the executive board. These are:
Anew treatment center for handi
capped children in Griffin. Others are
in operation at Atlanta, Athens,
Agusta, Savannah, Macon, Thomas
ville and Douglas.
Inauguration of the “W’ishik Sur
vey” to determine the needs of Geor
gia’s handicapped. The survey is be
ing conducted by Dr. Samual M. Wis
hik of the school of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh, in cooper
ation with the Cerebral Palsy Society
of Georgia.
Development of services for
parents of crippled children. Insti
tutes and conferences, through co
operation with civic and welfare
groups, have been held in communi
ties all over the state. Specialists
have been brought in to give consult
ative services.
Recruitment of specialized person
nel to treat crippled children and pro
viding scolalships for teachers, speech
correctionists, physical therapists and
doctors.
An estimated 5,000 children were
served by the Easter Seal agency in
the past year.
Jackson Council Approves Vote On
Natural Gas For This Community
Guest Minister
Baptist Revival
Served in China
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REV. ALEX HERRING
The Rev. J. Alex Herring, pastor
of Moulrie’s First Baptist Church,
who comes to the First Baptist
Church for the spring revival March
29 to April 5, is connected with a
family long active in missionary
work. He served for 25 years as a
missionary in China before the Com
munist uprising forced his retire
ment.
Mr. Herring is a graduate of Wake
Forest College and of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis
ville, Ky. He is widely known as a
minister and comes to Jackson with
a reputation as a successful evan
gelist.
The revival will begin Sunday
morning and will continue for a
week. Except Saturday and Sunday,
services will be held at 7:30 each
morning and at 8 o’clock at night.
Singing for the revival will be di
rected by the pastor, Rev. Gaither
Briggs, one of the widely known
song leaders of the state. Assisting
in the singing will be a special choir,
in addition to the singing by the
congregation.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.
Local Group To
Study Pastures
In Alabama Area
County winners in the Butts Coun
ty Pasture contest and County Agent
B. B. Campbell will spend April 3-4
in Alabama studying pasture work in
that state. Named for the trip are
Lawrence Morgan, Harold Standard,
Oscar Weaver Jr., and Mr. Campbell.
The group will visit Anniston, Bir
mingham, the Belle Mina Experiment
Station, Hunstville, Gadsden and
other parts of the state on the two
day swing.
Alabama, especially the Black Belt,
has some of the best pastures in
the South and the livestock industry
is firmly established in that state.
The local group hopes to pick up
valuable information about perma
nent pastures that can be put to use
at home.
The trip comes as a reward for
those named winners in the local
pasture contest the past fall.
ADVANCE NOTED IN PRICE
CATTLE AT LIVESTOCK SALE
Beef cattle advanced from 50 cents
to $1 per hundredweight at the
March 18 sale of Middle Georgia
Livestock Sales po., according to a
report by company officials. There
was an offering of 142 head of cat
tle and 58 hogs. The prices reported
were:
Hogs, $20.90; canners and cut
ters, sll to $14.20; steers, $19.80;
heifers, $21.50; stockers, $23.75.
$2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Jackson City Council by unanimous
vote in meeting Monday night ap
proved an election to permit citizens
of Jackson to ratify or reject the
question of installing natural gas in
the city.
The date of the election will be
set by Council at a later meeting.
Registration books are now open
i in the city hall and will close April 7.
All persons desiring to vote in the
election must be properly registered.
It is proposed to vote on the issu
ance of $440,000 in revenue certifi
cates for the purpose of installing
natural gas to serve the community.
In the event the vote is favorable,
Council will then proceed with plans
for installing gas. It is now planned
to make the facility available by late
fall, .provided there is a favorable
vote on the issuing of revenue cer
tificates.
Present at the meeting Monday
night were A. S. Hall, engineer, with
the firm of Barnard & Burke, and
R. R. Settle, a representative of J.
H. Hillsman & Cos., Atlanta brokers.
Southern Natural Gas Company
has been given approval by Washing
ton authorities to install a natural
gas system in Jackson, should the
measure be ratified by favorable
vote. The matter has been hanging
fire in Washington for several
months.
Council, it is reported, has set
June 9 as a tentative date for the
special election.
Three National
Food Programs
To Draw Prizes
Georgia 4-H Club members having
the highest achievement ratings in
three national programs relating to
-food production, utilization and con
servation will receive gold-filled 17-
jewel watches' signifying that they
are 1963 state winners. The program
and awards donors are Dairy Foods
Demonstratnons, Carnatiorif" Frozen
Foods, International Harvester andl
Meat Animal, Thos. E. Wilson.
In the 4-H Frozen Foods and Meat
Animal programs, eight sectional
winners will be given an all-expense
trip to the 1963 National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago next November.
In the Dairy Foods Demonstration
program, which has no sectional
awards, eight national winners will
receive a trip to the Chicago Club
Congress. Gold-filled medals will be
awarded to county winners in each of
the programs.
Some ideas of 4-H Club members’
achievements in the three programs
may be gained from 1952 records of
participants. In the 4-H meat animal
program, members raised more than
800,000 beef cattle, sheep and swine;
6,500 individual and team members
demonstrated how to prepare dairy
products for nutritious dishes before
Bff,ooo people, and 115,000 4-H boys
and girls froze 1 *,4 million quarts and
2 million pounds of food.