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■ oL. 80 —NO. 17
ftonesboro Wins Track Title By Taking
Final Event; Jackson Places Sixth
I Jonesboro, by the grace of a drop
ped baton, eked out a narrow 43-41
■rin over North Clayton to win the
■fourth District Class B track meet
■eld Friday in Greenville, thus sup-
Rlanting Jackson as champions, the
Ked Devils scoring only 14 points
After spread-eagling the field the
■ast two years.
[ The meet was close and hotly con
gested. As the last event was called,
■he 880 relay, Jonesboro and North
■Clayton were tied with 36 points,
■Forest Park had 34 and McDonough
El. North Clayton was well on the
■vvay to winning the meet when the
■third man of their relay team drop-
Iped the baton with a 12 yard lead.
|By the time he stopped to retrieve
it, the Jonesboro runner had gained
the advantage,, never to relinquish
it, though Maloy of North Clayton
gained appreciably on E<| Blalock in
a great anchor lap.
Following Jonesboro and North
Clayton were Forest Park with 34
points, McDonough 32, Hogansville
22, Jackson 14, Manchester 9, Bow
don 7, Fayette county and Zebulon
3 each, Carrollton 0.
Donald Leverette of Jackson gain
ed a tie with Kelso of Forest Park
in the high jump and will represent
Jackson in the state meet in Macon
on Friday, May 1.
Greenville High won Class C hon
ors with 81 1-3 points to their near
est rival, Chipley, with 51 1-3 points.
Results of the Class B meet are
as fololws:
440 —Henson, North Clayton;
Hand, Jonesboro, Kendrick, Jones
boro; Bostwick, N. Clayton. T —55.8.
Broad Jump —Echols, Forest Park;
Iler, N. Clayton; Phillips, 'Forest
Park; Parrott, Manchester. D —l 7-9.
880 —Palmer, McDonough; Shields,
Forest Park; Fretwell, Jackson;
Vance, N. Clayton. T—2:14.9.
High Jump —Tie, Leverette, Jack
son and Kelso, Forest Park; 3rd,
Henson, N. Clayton; Smith, Manches
ter. H—s-8.
Discus —Reeves, Hogansville; Hand,
Jonesboro; Joyner, McDonough;
Chambers, F. Park. D—l 27-3.
Pole Vault —Thomas, F. Park;
tie for 2nd, Ashmore, F. Park and
Cato, Manchester; 4th, Harbin, Mc-
Donough. H—9-3.
Shot —Reeves, Hogansville; Joiner,
Hogansville; Gober, Fayetteville;
Thompson, Manchester. D —44-414.
100 —Wilson, Bowdon; Copeland,
McDonough; E. Blalock, Jonesboro;
Kirbow, Manchester. T—10.9.
220 Copeland, Manchester; Ed
Blalock, Jonesboro; Armistead, Zeb
ulon; Lasseter, F. Park. T—24.9.
High Hurdles— Maloy, N. Clayton;
Autry, McDonough; Watkins, Jack
son; Smith, Jackson. T—17.6.
Mile—Cottingham, Jonesboro; Bell,
N. Clayton; Johnson, Jonesboro;
Cook, Jackson. T —5:02.9.
Low Hurdles —Maloy, N. Clayton;
G. Blalock, Jonesboro; Dickerson,
McDonough; Adams, Manchester. T
—22.2.
880 Relay —Jonesboro; North Clay
ton; Hogansville; McDonough. T—
-1:41.
members of senior
CLASS TAKEN FOR
INSPECTION TOUR
Members of the Physics class of
Jackson High school were carried on
a tour of inspection of Georgia Pow
er Company plants at Macon and
Milledgeville Monday. The trip was
arranged by J. C. Holcomb, resident
manager of the Lloyd Shoals plant
of the Georgia Power Company and
chairman of a Kiwanis committee on
toys and girls work. High School
Principal A. B. Duncan cooperated
with Mr. Holcomb in staging the
tour.
Pepperton Baptist
Church Revival
Begins April 29
A series of revival services will
be held at the Pepperton Baptist.
Church, beginning Wednesday, April
29 and extending through Sunday,
May 10.
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REV. Y. Z. GORDY
The church has secured as guest
minister for the meeting the Rev.
Y. Z. Gordy of Greer, S. C. Rev.
Gordy has built an enviable reputa
tion as an evangelist and his stirring
messages are a challenge to his au
diences.
Present plans call for only one
service to be held daily, beginning
at 7:30 p. m., although there will be
special morning services held during
the meeting.
Under the direction of its pastor,
Rev. M. 0. Harrell, the Pepperton
Church has made great strides for
ward, only recently completing a
renovation and repair program that
placed the church property in excel
lent physical condition.
The Pepperton Church, its officers
and congregation extend a cordial
invitation to everyone to worship
with them during this revival meet
ing.
Same Teachers
Named By Board
For 53-54 Year
At a recent meeting of the Butts
County Board of Education teachers
to serve for the 1953-54 school year
were elected. The same instructors
were reelected for another year of
service. Principals for white schools
had previously been chosen.
Teachers in the colored schools
will be named later, it is explained
by F. C. Hearn, county school super
intendent.
The list of teachers for the term
beginning in the fall is as follows:
Jackson high school: A. B. Duncan,
principal; Joe M. Bell, J. M. L. Co
mer, Frank A. Foster, M. E. Mann,
H. A. Strickland, J. C. Williamson.
Miss Betty Jane Godfrey, Mrs.
Beth T. Hearn, Mrs. D. V. Spencer,
Miss Ruby Rumsey, Miss Sue Ryals,
Mrs. Mildred T. Raven.
Mrs. Nora J. Bankston, Miss
Eloise Beauchamp, Mrs. A. B. Dun
can, Miss Elizabeth Finley, Miss
Mary Fletcher, Mrs. Edna P. Forrer,
Mrs. Obie Watkins, Mrs. J. L. Garr.
Elementary school: D. V. Spencer,
principal; Miss Annie Lou McCord,
Miss Tommie Higgins, Miss Sarah M.
Smith, Mrs. Albert Maddox, Mrs.
Marvin Farrar, Mrs. T. T. Patrick,
Mrs. R. M. Smith, Mrs. J. O. Beauch
amp, Mrs. Olin Pettigrew, Mrs. J. M.
L. Comer, Mrs. Fred Caldwell, Mrs.
C. B. Harris, Mrs. Lamar Weaver,
Mrs. William Presley, Mrs. Van
Freeman, Miss Jessie Sessions.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1953
Janet Smith of
Forsyth Named
“Miss Griffin”
Miss Janet Smith, 21-year-old Bes
sie Tift student from Forsyth, was
named Miss Griffin and Norma
Chamblee of Griffin, 18-year old
Agnes Scott student, was named run
ner-up in last week’s Miss America
preliminary contest held in Griffin.
Miss Smith, a striking brunette,
rated high with the judges on the
three requisites, personality, beauty
and talent, singing two songs in a
manner that charmed the packed au
dience.
The Bessie Tift beauty will repre
sent Griffin in the Miss Georgia con
test to be held at Columbus in the
early fall. She was awarded the Miss
Griffin trophy by Neva Jane Lang
ley, Miss America of 1953, who was
one of the judges in the contest.
Miss Chamblee presented a ballet
and tap dance routine which won for
her the runner-up spot. She will rep
resent Griffin in the state contest in
the event the winner is unable to par
ticipate.
Each contestant was allowed eight
minutes to present her talent on her
first appearance. Talents included
singing, dancing, piano, reading and
oratory.
Personality was judged when the
master of ceremonies held short and
impromptu interviews on the stage.
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Then each contestant walked across
the stage to be judged on beauty.
In addition to Miss Smith and Miss
Chamblee, other contestants were
Bobbye Jean Breil, Billie Sue West
and Betty Taylor, of Griffin; Mickey
McNeal and Margaret Dorminey, of
Forsyth; Frances Sinback of Hamp
ton; Billie Jo Bailey and Betty
Hammond, of Jackson.
Judges for the contest were Miss
America; Dr. B. F. Flander of the
University of Georgia; Carl Vann,
director of the National Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Waights
G. Henry, president of LaGrange
College; Tom Sellers, Columbus
Ledger, and Penn Worden, vice pres
ident of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce.
May Term Court
Called Off Due
To Crop Season
There will be no May term of
Butts Superior Court, it was an
nounced last week. The decision was
reached by Jackson attorneys who
deemed it inadvisable to hold court
because of busy farm work.
Judge Frank B. Willingham, who
has been ill in his home in Forsyth
for several weeks, advised lawyers
here he would ask Governor Tal
madge to name a judge to preside
here at the May term should it be
found necessary to hold court. After
consultation local attorneys decided
it would be to the best interest of
farmers, already late with farm work
because of bad weather conditions,
not to have court in May.
Under usual conditions the May
term is devoted to hearing pleas of
guilty and trying cases not needing
a jury.
The February term, of Butts Su
perior Court was postponed because
of a special grand jury session in
Monroe county. Soon after the ad
journment of the Monroe county
grand jury Judge Willingham be
came ill and all regular terms of
court in the four counties of the
Flint Circuit were postponed.
Friends of Judge Willingham are
encouraged to know that his health
b improved.
I a' jgflNH
Eight Georgians met death Saturday night in this tangled mass of wreckage near Jackson’s city
limits as the two cars crashed head-on near the c rest of a hill on Route 42. This accident was
termed by State Patrol officials as the worst in the history of the state involving passenger cars
only. Photo of crash scene was taken by Butts County Sheriff J. D. (Bud) Pope and reprihted by
courtesy of Associated Press and The Atlanta Constitution.
Head-on Crash Saturday Night That Took Eight Lives
Termed Georgia’s Worst Passenger Car Disaster
Fate decreed that a hill on Route
42, North, scant yards beyond the
recently extended city limits of Jack
son be the scehe of Georgia’s worst
passenger car crash late Saturday
night in which eight were killed as
two automobiles collided head-on
near the crest. Five died instantly.
The dead were listed as:
Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Andrews,
about 65, of Montezuma.
Leßoy Allen Andrews, 42, of De
catur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews.
Mrs. Mary Maxine Ward, about
60, of Montezuma, sister of the elder
Mr. Andrews.
John W. Sims, 16, of McDonough.
Charles Foster, 17, of McDonough.
Miss Bessie Kate Blankenship, 19,
of Fincherville, Butts county .
Mrs. Clifford Godby, 17, of Fin
cherville, sister of Miss Blankenship.
The tragic accident occurred short
ly before midnight Saturday as the
northbound car containing the Butts
and Henry county residents, in an
attempt to pass another vehicle, col
lided head-on with the southbound
Andrews car near the crest of the
hill almost in front of the Sunset
Motel.
So terrific was the impact that
first rescuers arriving on the scene
experienced difficulty in extricating
the dead and injured from the two
cars. Ambulances were quickly sum
moned from Jackson and after hasty
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examinations by Jackson physicians,
the serious and critically injured
were rushed to the Griffin-Spalding
County Hospital by Haisten Brothers
and Peacock & Ball ambulances. One
victim succumbed en route to Grif
fin, while yet another died soon upon
arrival at the hospital. The death of
Charles Foster Sunday afternoon
brought the total dead to the present
number of eight.
Butts County Sheriff J. D. Pope
described the accident as the worst
in the history of Butts county and
says he doubts if there has ever
been a more costly one in human
lives in the history of the state.
State Patrol officials report that
the Jackson accident is the worst on
record involving passenger cars only.
There were seven occupants in the
Andrew’s car, four of whom were
killed. Listed in critical condition in
Griffin-Spalding Hospital is Mrs. Le-
Roy Allen Andrews, 39, of Decatur.
Termed in fair condition are Mrs.
Andrews’ sons, Eugene, 6, and
Wayne, 4.
There were six occupants in the
northbound vehicle, four of whom
were killed. The condition of Jimmy
Blankenship is considered fair and
that of Billy Lester, of McDonough,
serious.
During the day Sunday hundreds
of curious spectators viewed the two
demolished cars after they were
towed into Jackson and placed on
the east side' of the square.
Double funeral services for Mrs.
Godby and Miss Blankenship were
held Tuesday afternoon at Bethany
Baptist Church in Henry county with
the Rev. Ralph Goodwin, pastor of
the Jackson Church of the Nazarene,
officiating.
City Water Tank
To Have Spring
Face Lifting
The city water tank with capacity
of 75,000 gallons is soon to have a
spring face lifting. In keeping with
the clean up campaign in evidence
throughout the community the tank
will present a more attractive ap
pearance when the work is completed.
City Council recently received bids
for painting the tank inside and out
side and other minor repairs that
will add years of service. Bids ranged
all the way from slightly under $3,-
000 to as high as SIO,OOO. The bud
get-wise council accepted the lowest
bid, that of R. D. Cole Manufactur
ing Cos. of Newnan. That company,
one of the South’s large firms, erec
ted the tank when Jackson installed
its water system about 1906-07.
Last work on the tank was several
years ago when council had it paint
ed and other needed repairs made.
Water and Light Superintendent
J. H. Rooks has a plan outlined
whereby residents will not suffer
any interruption in service while the
work is in progress.
$2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Cracker Baseball
Goes On WSB-TV
On April 26
Butts county baseball fans rejoic
ed in the announcement made last
week by President Earl Mann of the
Atlanta Crackers that home games
of the Crackers on Sunday after
noons, Monday and Wednesday
nights will be televised WSB
TV, beginning Sunday, April 26.
Sponsored by the Ford dealers, the
games will be voiced by ex-New York
Yankee pitching ace,' Spud Chand
ler. The Chattanooga Lookouts will
furnish the opposition Sunday after
noon at Ponce de Leon Park when
the first Cracker home game will be
shown.
The decision to televise some of
the Crackers’ home games was made
by President Mann after a noonths
long drive by the Atlanta Junior
Chamber of Commerce to sell TV
Booster Books proved almost suc
cessful. The announced goal of the
sale was 26,000 Booster Books at
$5 each and sales already have
amounted to over 20,000 with the
total not yet determined.
Scores of the TV Booster Books
were bought by Butts countians, hop
ing to see their favorite team on
television. The books contained four
grandstand tickets, good for any
Cracker home game.
Sale of television sets in the local
area is expected to skyrocket as local
diamond fans anticipate several
months of baseball viewing.
MINISTERS BE GUESTS AT
MEETING OF EXCHANGE CLUB
At the meeting of the Exchange
club Thursday night guests will be
Rev. P. M. Minter, pastor of the
Methodist Chuhch, Rev. Glenn Boye,
guest minister at Methodict Church
revival, and Rev. G. A. Briggs, pastor
of First Baptist Church. C. D. Ed
wards Jr., program chairman, will
present Mr. Briggs for a talk, and
at the close of the meeting members
will attend the Methodist revival as
a group.