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■ OL. 80 —NO. 16
Election For Natural Gas Likely
Ke Held The First Part of June
I Pending developments as they
■rise, it is the present purpose of
Ke Jackson City Council to call an
■lection the first part of June to
■ermit citizens to express their con
victions on a natural gas system for
■aekson and community.
I The tentative date selected is June
ft but that is not final, Mayor W. M.
Redman said Saturday.
I An amendment to the Jackson
■charter requires that sixty days
■elapse after closing of registration
looks before a special election can
ft e called, Mayor Redman explained.
Following the mass meeting in the
■courthouse on April 7 the question
■of natural gas has been widely, dis-
Icussed in the community. Proponents
I point to the advantages of natural
[gas, especially jvith respect to indus-
Itrial development, to the cheapness
of natural gas and to the fact that
revenue certificates will not be a di
rect obligation of the city.
Opponents express the fear taxes
will be increased and that revenues
of the Jackson electric and water
department will be curtailed.
According to a survey made in
1952, it will cost $440,000 to install
a natural gas system in Jackson. It
is proposed to issue revenue certifi
cates, to be paid over a 30 year pe
riod, to install the gas system. At the
end of 30 years the city of Jackson
will own the natural gas system and
will have a profit of something like
$650,000, the survey pointed out.
What the average citizen is inter
ested in right now is what it will
cost him personally, and compari
sons with other forms of fuel for
heating and cooking.
Figures from the survey showed
that the cost of gas' for an average
5 room house would be:
Cooking, $2.29 monthly, $27.48
yearly.
Water heating, $2.28 monthly,
$27.36 yearly.
Space heating, varies by month,
yearly $63.86.
The combined cost for cooking,
water heater and space heating would
be $118.70 for the average 5-room
home.
Figures in the survey disclose that
natural gas is 43 percent cheaper
than the the LP group of gases for
the average home. For economical
users, the saving is 44 percent, and
for large consumers and industrial
users the saving is 64 percent.
Mayor Redman revealed that he is
not sure whether another mass meet
ing will be held, but he did emphasize
that it is a healthy sign to have the
matter discussed from all angles and
learn all the facts possible about a
natural gas system.
In the event citizens approve rev
enue certificates for installing nat
ural gas, present plans call for the
gas line to tap the main line in the
direction of Milner, a distance of
about 12 miles.
FOURTH DISTRICT
EDITORS MET IN
GRIFFIN FRIDAY
The Fourth District Press Asso
ciation held its quarterly meeting in
Griffin Friday. In the morning the
visiting newsmen toured the Dundee
Mills and at noon were guests of the
mills at luncheon at. Dundee Lake.
Quimby Melton Jr., editor of the
Griffin Daily News, is president of
the Fourth District group, composed
of editors of daily and weekly news
papers in the fifteen counties of the
district. Don Downs of Hogansville
is secretary.
Because of conflicting engage
ments The Progress-Argus was not
represented at the Griffin meeting.
Towaliga Baptist
Church Revival
Set April 19-24
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REV. C. A. KILLINGSWORTH
Revival services at Towaliga Bap
tist Church will begin April 19 and
last through Friday night, 24, it is
announced by the pastor, Rev. T. R.
Cobb.
Services on Sunday, opening day,
will be held at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
and during the week nightly services
will be at 8 o’clock.
Guest minister for the revival will
be Rev. C. A. Killingsworth. Singing
will be led by local talent and good
music will be a feature of the week’s
services.
The pubic is cordially invited to
attend all services.
Red Devils ’53
Slate Includes
Four Home Games
Jackson High’s 1953 football sched
ule, complete with 10 games, four at
home, has been changed to delete
Fayetteville, that school having dis
continued football after running into
financial difficulties during a two
year trial period.
According to Principal A. B. Dun
can ,every effort wilt be made to fill
the cancelled game on October 16, in
order that the Red Devils may get in
the eight required region games.
Bowdon is beginning football this
season and is looked upon as a likely
opponent.
Highlight of the announced sched
ule is four home games with West
Point on September 24, Forsyth on
October 9, Forest Park on October
23 and McDonough on November 6.
The Red Devil 1953 schedule as
announced Monday by Principal
Duncan is as follows:
Sept. 11—Greensboro (There)
Sept. 18—Hogansville (There)
Sept. 24 Welt Point (Here)
Oct. 2—Jonesboro (There)
Oct. 9 —Foryth (Here)
Oct. 16 —Open Date
Oct. 23 —Fore*t Park (Here)
Oct. 30 —Manchester (There)
Nov. 6 —McDonough (Here)
Nov. 13—Ga. School Deaf (There)
BOND SALES HERE
CLIMB TO $33,900
WITH $120,000 GOAL
Bond sales in Butts county have
climbed to $33,900 for the year, a
report by state headquarters shows.
March sales amounted to $5,025.
Quota for the year is $120,000.
Heard county with a quota of $35,-
000 has passed its goal and has sales
of $50,369.
J. Blackman Settle is Butts county
chairman of the US Savings Bond
Division.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
Jackson Defends
Track Title In
Greenville Friday
Jackson High’s Red Devils will lay
their Fourth District Class B track
championship on the line Friday
morning at 9:30 a. m. in Greenville,
instead of Griffin as originally sched
uled. The meet was changed to
Greenville in order that Fourth Dis
trict Class B and C schools could
compete at the same time. Class C
schools will also hold their meet in
Greenville on the same date. There
wil be no competition, however, be
tween the different Class schools.
In the event of rain, the meet will
be held on Saturday at the same
hour.
The change in location does not
worry the Jackson coaches whose
charges are top favorites to cop their
third straight. District diadem, al
though the trip to Greenville will
prove more tiresome than the shorter
ride to Griffin.
Coach Joe Bell has been working
the past few weeks with 20 boys on
whose shoulders the title defense
will rest. Coach Bell plans to enter
two men in 12 events and two teams
in the relay race.
Numbered among the Jackson
stars who figure to raise the Red
Devil point total are Jackie Cook,
two-year winner in the mile run, and
Donald Leverett, who tied for the
District high jump title last year and
won second in the state meet in Ma-
con.
Harold Smith tied for second in
the high jump last year and should
place this time. Bud Davis figures to
be a threat in the dashes, as does
Melvin McCoy in the 880-run.
A victory-mad Jonesboro squad,
thwarted last year in their desperate
bid for the District crown, will pro
vide the Red Devils with the stiffest
kind of competition. Ed Blalock is a
dashman with burning speed. His
brother, Gaffney, is the District low
hurdle champ. Gordon Cottingham is
a 4:47 miler, although Jackie Cook
took him in the finals last year.
Hand is the District 440 and discus
champion.
Coach Joe Bell plans to enter the
following boys in these events:
100 yard dash—Bud Davis and
Bubber Cook.
220 yard dash —Lewis Washing
ton and Bud Davis.
440 yard run—Jimmy Evans and
Randolph Long.
880 yard run—Melvin McCoy and
Tommy Collins.
Mile run—Jackie Cook and Carey
Dunn.
High jump—Donald Leverett and
Harold Smith.
Broad jump—Phil Cowan and Lyn
wood Thurston.
Pole vault —Jerry Watkins and
Donald Leverett.
High hurdles—Bobby Dial and
Jerry Watkins.
Low hurdles —Bobby Dial and Lyn
wood Thurston.
Shot put—Melvin McCoy and Bob
by Cochran.
Discus—Jimmy Evans and Euel
Wade.
Relay—Bubber Cook, Lewis Wash
ington, Johnny Colwell, Randolph
Long and Dickie Moore, Bud Davis,
Jimmy Evans and Aldine Grammer.
MACON OFFICE TO SEND
SS DEPUTY TO JACKSON
A representative of the Social Se
curity Administration office in Ma
con will be in the grand jury room
in the courthouse here at 2 p. m-
Monday, April 20, and anyone de
siring information about the old age
and survivors insurance program may
call on the representative.
John W. Carter,
Business Leader,
Claimed By Death
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JOHN W. CARTER „
The death of John Wesley Carter,
39, business, religious and civic lead
er, in Emory University Hospital
1 early Saturday night came as a dis
tinct shock to a wide circle of
friends. He had been admitted to the
hospital the previous week and his
condition was thought to be improv
ed, but complication arose that has
tened the end.
Messages of condolence were sent
the stunned family by hundreds of
friends and business associates.
Mr. Carter’s rise to a position of
prominence in the field of business
had been rapid and he was recognized
as one of the most successful of the
younger generation of business lead
ers in the county. Born in Henry
county Dec. 5, 1913, the son of Mrs.
Trella Henley Carter and the late
Emjis Z. Carter, he had spent most
of his life in Jackson. After attend
ing the Jackson schools he engaged
in a business career that carried him
far in the automotive industry.
Selecting the Chrysler line of au
tomobiles, he made J. W. Carter
Company, Inc. one of the most wide
ly known and successful agencies in
this part of the state. Several years
ago he erected on West Third Street
a building to better house and dis
play the popular Chrysler, Dodge,
DeSoto and Plymouth cars and
trucks. Before, during and after the
last war he had sold hundreds of
automobiles to customers over a
wide territory in middle Georgia. He
was keen in his analysis of business
conditions and his counsel on busi
ness matters was valued.
He was a recognized leader in the
First Baptist Church where he served
as a deacon and supported all causes
of the church with spirit and liber
ality. In the field of civic affairs he
was a member of the Jackson Ex
change Club. He was a Mason and
member of Alexius Commandery of
Knights Templar and of the Shrine.
Warm in his friendships, Mr. Car
ter was at his best as a family man.
He was a considerate and loyal hus
band and an indulgent father and
spent as much time as possible with
his devoted family.
Survivors are his wife, the former
Miss Katherine Elena Lewis of Henry
county; two sons, Charles and John
|ny Carter; two daughters, Nancy and
Gail Carter; three sisters, Mrs. W. A.
Knowles of Forest Park; Mrs. E. L.
Wilson and Mrs. Lamar Phillips of
Jackson; two brothers, Hubert Carter
of Jackson and E. L. Carter of Forest
Park; mother, Mrs. Ennis Carter of
Jackson; several nieces and nephews.
Impressive and largely attended
funeral services were held Monday
at 3 p. m. at the First Baptist
Church. The body lay in state at the
church from 2 o’clock until the hour
of the funeral. The Rev. G. A. Briggs
and the Rev. P. M. Minter officiated
and burial was in the Jackson ceme
tery with Haisten Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Red Devils Conclude Spring Practice As
Reds Defeat Blacks 7-0 on Muddy Field
Jackson High football fans got a
sneak preview of the 1953 edition of
the Red Devils Friday afternoon
when a small but scrappy Red team
defeated a similarly endowed Black
team 7-0 on muddy Red Devil Hill.
But for a bad pass from center,
the game might welt have ended in a
dead-lock, so evenly were the two
teams matched in every department
of play.
Although lacking much of the phy
sical brawn of former Jackson
squads, the teams fielded by Jackson
Coaches Strickland and Bell possess
| ed many of the qualities that have
■ made the Red Devils a feared oppo
nent through the years.
The tackling, even when employed
by 140-pounders, was sharp and sav
age and gang tackling, a Red Devil
I trade-mark, was utilized to the full
est. Blocking throughout the game
was above the average and the line
play was hard and determined, show
ing the results of long hours of ex
cellent coaching-.
Lewis Washington, a line transfer
from last year’s squad, emerged as a
runner with speed and power. Bobby
Cochran displayed fine form as a
passer. Bubber Cook ran hard from
his half back slot. Ernest Biles show
ed well both as a quarterback and
safety man. Sam Standard is one of
the best end prospects the Red Devils
have had in years. Euel Wade, Tom
my McMichael, Carey Dunn and
Skeeter Grant were other linemen
making top grades on their perform-
ances.
Play in the first half see-sawed
up and down the field with neither
team threatening seriously to score.
Lewis Washington’s hard running
for the Blacks netted them several
first downs. Late in the second quar
ter, a Bud Davis to Emerson Mitchell
pass moved the ball 20 yards to the
Black’s 15 yard line but the Black
line, stronger in the first half, stop
ped the drive.-
During the half time activities,
Miss Betty Jane Godfrey led the
Jackson balid in several interesting
numbers, complete with pretty ma
jorettes and all the trimmings.
Starting the second half, the Red
kick off was short and was returned
by Euel Wade to the Black 40 yard
line. From that point on second down,
a bad pass from center went over
the head of Lewis Washington who
chased the ball, kicked it once into
the arms of speedy Bud Davis who
scooped it up and sped 30 easy, un
touched yards for the first and only
touchdown of the game. Bubber Cook
rammed through the line for the ex
! tra point and the Reds had them
selves the ball game, 7-0.
Neither team was able to generate
much steam during the remaining
play, and the Red line ,outcharged
during the first half, was a powerful
force in protecting its slim lead.
FAMILY NIGHT BE OBSERVED
BY EXCHANGE CLUB THURSDAY
The Jackson Exchange club will
observe Family Night at the regular
Thursday night meeting. Several
games will be played during the
evening and the presence of the
wives of members will add interest to
the meeting.
The active pallbearers were W. D.
Pope Jr., P. H. Weaver, A. B. Dun
can, J. Dawson Bryant, Ralph W.
Carr Sr., Maurice Carmichael. Hon
orary pallbearers were T. A. Nutt,
D. W. Ham, R. J. Carmichael, W.
Harvey Maddox, R. P. Newton, H. H.
Caldwell, Paul Tyler, J. C. Kimbell,
S. H. Thornton.
Asa tribute to this prominent
business leader all business firms
closed during the hour of the funeral.
$2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The Methodist
Revival Begins
Sunday, April 19
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REV. GLENN E. BOYE
The revival services of the United
Evangelistic Mission in the Jackson*
Methodist Church will begin Sunday
morning, April 19, with the Rev.
Glenn E. Boye, Copperhill, Tenn.,
bringing the sermons. The services
will continue through Friday night
at 8 p. m. The gospel singing will be
led by the church choir. The pastor,
Rev. P. M. M-inter, will be in charge
of the services and present the visit
ing minister.
Each morning all of the ministers t
of the Griffin district will hold
Periods of Power in the First Meth
odist Church in Griffin. By means of
a telephone network reports will be
received from all of the ten districts
in the North Georgia Conference.
1 Evangelistic teams are visiting in
the homes this week giving the
friendly invitation, “Come with us to
Christ.’’ Those who were commis
sioned in a special service Sunday,
April 12, for this important work of
the church were : D. P. Settle, L. J.
Ball, H. M. Moore, J. W. O’Neal, J.
M. Hutcheson, W. M. Redman, Avon
Gaston, Charles Rooks, J. C. Hol
comb, and Eugene Eady.
The Youth Rally will be held in
the Griffin High school Saturday,
April 18, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Mack
Stokes will be the speaker. All young
people are urged to meet at the
Jackson Methodist Church at 6:30
and go together.
LOCAL GIRL WINS
HONORS AT GEORGIA
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
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MISS NANCY GERRICK
Miss Nancy Gerrick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gerrick, former
residents of Butts county but now of
Indiana, was one of 88 girls capped
at ceremonies March 27 at the Geor
gia Baptist Hospital, marking the
successful completion of six months
of training.
Nancy, an honor graduate of the
Jackson High School class of 1952,
is enrolled in a three-year course
leading to the degree of registered
nurse.