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Frank M. White, who was born in Butts county, son of Lewis B.
White and Randie White, will be heard in a talk at the Jackson
Church of the Nazarene Friday, May 15, at 7:45 p. m. Mr. White
attended school in Jackson and is now manager of retail sales for
a Chicago firm. He will give his experiences as a Christian, and
will be accompanied by Wendell Welman and Bob Blanchard, At
lanta, who will sing at this special one-night service. The public
is invited to attend.
Sidney Camp
Be Candidate
For New Term
Congressman A. Sidney Camp of
Newnan will be a candidate for re
election as representative from the
Fourth District, according to a
Washington dispatch filed by Glad
stone Williams and printed in the
Atlanta Constitution in its May 5
issue. The article follows:
Washington, May 5. —Represen-
tative Camp of Newnan was led to
make an early announcement of his
candidacy for reelection. The Geor
gia primary is still more than a year
off and customarily members of
Congress do not declare themselves
this far in advance.
The fourth district congressman
was prompted to do so by a remark
made by Gov. Herman Talmadge at
a luncheon given in Talmadge’s hon
or by Georgia congressional leaders
at the capitol.
‘‘Sid,” said the governor, “I hear
you are not going to run for reelec
tion.”
“Who told you that?” asked
Camp.
Talmadge explained that someone
had come to him with the report
that the Newnan representative, a
veteran of some 13 years service in
the House, was planning to retire.
Camp denied the report and au
thorized this announcement: “I
haven't told anyone I wasn’t running
for reelection. On the contrary, I
a m planning definitely to offer
again, and I hereby make my an
nouncement right now.”
Camp said he had informed his
constituents in the Fourth District
some years ago that when he got
ready to retire he would make
> known his plans at least" a year in
advance. He said he intended to
stand by this pledge.
STARK HD MEETING
h as been postponed
The meeting of the Stark HD
C.ub, scheduled to be held Thursday,
been postponed until Friday af
ternoon, May 29, at 2:30 p- m. The
fcroup will meet in the Community
clubhouse.
Co-Op Leaders To
Meet in Jackson
Thursday, May 21
Miss Iris Davenport, Woman’s
Editor of “Farm and Ranch-South
ern Agriculturist,” Nashville, Tenn.,
will be the principal speaker at, a
Co-op leaders conference on Thurs
day, May 21, at the Grammar School
auditorium in Jackson, Ga., at 10:30
a. m. Other speakers at the meeting
will be Miss Eleanor Delany, region
al home economist, and Mr. R. F.
Armstrong, project manager of the
Central Georgia E. M. C. In the af
ternoon Miss Betty Woods, home
economist for Electric Sales and
Service, will give a demonstration
on new tips for your home freezer.
Home demonstration agents in the
area covered by the Central Georgia
EMC and all electrification advisors
have been especially invited to at
tend and to bring as many leaders
as they desire.
Mrs. Lindsey Futral, Power Use
Committee Co-op chairman, will pre
side at the meeting. A covered dish
dinner will be served at the Veter
ans Building during the lunch hour.
Mrs. T. J. Collins, co-op official
hostess, will be in charge of the
lunch.
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“This training school will make
better co-op leaders and improve
leadership in church and other com
munity organizations,” Mrs. Eliza
beth Hood Watkins, electrification
advisor, states.
UNCLE SAM’S TAKE IN TAXES
FROM GEORGIA $695,820,122
Atlanta, Ga.—From Washington
comes word that the federal govern
ment eollected a record £68.5 billion
in taxes last year, a $12.5 billion
increase over 1951. Of the increase
$5.6 billion was in corporate income
taxes and almost $6 billion in per
sonal income taxes. Georgia’s share
in total collections was $685,820,122
compared with $550,460,159 in 1951.
Individual income and employment
taxes taken from Georgians last year
totaled $392,529,950.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1953
Jimmy Evans Wins
Full Scholarship
To GMA This Fall
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JIMMY EVANS
Jimmie Evans, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Evans of Jackson, 1953
graduate-to-be of Jackson High
School, has been awarded a full
scholarship to Georgia Military
Academy according to a letter his
parents received last week from
GMA president, Col. W. R. Brews
ter.
That this deserving youth, one of
the outstanding athletes in the re
cent history of JHS, has received
this scholarship is a source of great
pride and gratification to his many
friends.
An excellent student as well as
top-drawer athlete, Jimmy is one
of the best rounded students to
graduate in some time. A four let
ter athlete, starring in football, bas
ketball, track and baseball, he would
be an asset to any prep school team.
Football, however, is his forte and
it is on the gridiron that friends
predict his greatest fame will be
gained.
It has long been Jimmy’s ambi
tion to attend the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis and
his years at GMA will be but a step
in that direction. He has influential
friends here who will strive for his
appointment to the Naval Academy
and that his appointment will be
forthcoming when the time is ap
propriate is a foregone conclusion.
Win or lose, the last four years
Jimmy has been a heroic figure ip
the Red Devil backfield, offensively
and defensively. His play against
Manchester in the ’52 game was so
inspiring and of such high caliber
that it led the assistant Manchester
coach, Bob Schloss, to call him “the
best high school fullback I’ve ever
seen.” He won the respect of other
coaches over the region and has
come to be termed locally as the
“ideal athlete,” because of his fierce
competitive spirit, his reaction to
instruction and his sportsmanship in
any athletic endeavor.
It is hoped that Jimmy will be
able to pursue his athletic career at
GMA. If so opponerrts will come to
learn and respect him as one of
Georgia’s ablest prep school athletes.
Lt., Mrs. Hammond
Safe in Tornado
At San Angelo, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hammond have
received welcome news that their
son, Lt. Robert A. Hammond, and
Mrs. Hammond, escaped injury in
the tornado that ripped San Angelo,
Texas, and caused a heavy loss of
life and property damage. In a wire
to his parents here Wednesday Lt.
Hammond said::
“Everyone is fine. Storm did not
touch us. Will call soon as possible.”
Lt. Hammond is with the Air
Force in San Angelo.
Teachers Guests
Board Members
At Turkey Dinner
Members of the Butts County*
Board of Education showed their
appreciation of the teachers in the
county’s school system by compli
menting them with a turkey dinner
at the Jackson lunch room Thursday
night of last week.
Members of the board, their
wives, all instructors in the Jackson
schools, Superintendent and Mrs. F.
C. Hearn, Miss. Mary Sessions, clerk
in the superintendent’s office, were
those who shared the evening’s
feasting. County Superintendent
Frank Hearn was master of cere
monies.
There was a minimum of speak
ing but a maximum of conversation
and good fellowship in evidence as
another school year rapidly draws
to a close. The dinner was planned
as a gesture of friendship and good
will to the teachers who have lab
ored hard and conscientiously dur
ing the past year to maintain the
local school system at a high stand
ard.
Members of the Butts County
Board of Education are L. R.
Washington, president; F. L. Mad
dox, Harold Standard, Levi J. Ball,
Robert Fletcher.
There was a guest list of about
45 present to enjoy the sumptuous
meal.
HOMECOMING AT
CEDAR ROCK SET
ON FOURTH SUNDAY
There will be a homecoming ser
vice at Cedar Rock Church on the
fourth Sunday, May 24. An all day
program is planned, with dinner on
the grounds at noon and singing in
the afternoon. Details of the home
coming will be announced later.
Kiwanis Sponsored Fishing Demonstration Will Be
Given By Hank Bruns at Briscoe Pond on May 20
Sponsored by the Kiwanis club, a
demonstration in casting will be
given at the Everett Briscoe pond
on Route 16, just outside the city
limits, Wednesday afternoon, May
20.
Hank Bruns, noted authority on
fishing, will be in charge. All forms
of casting will be demonstrated and
Three Prominent Atlantians Killed
Thursday as Plane Falls Near Forsyth
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Pictured above is the mangled fuselage section of the private plane that
crashed near Forsyth last Thursday killing instantly three prominent At
luntians. This photo was made by Buster Duke of Jackson and The Prog
ress-Argus is indebted to him for permission to use it.
Three prominent Atlantians were
instantly killed Thursday morning,
May 7, when their light private
Beechcraft plane crashed five miles
northeast of Forsyth in the Logwall
community. The dead were Dr. T. R.
Staton, 44; his wife, Marian, 41;
and Mrs. Herman Dixson, 39, a
friend.
The three were en route to Ponte
Vedra, Fla., to join Mrs. Dixson’s
husband, a widely known dairy
equipment manufacturer in Atlanta,
for a weekend of rest and relaxa
tion when the plane is believed to
have run into a storm at high alti
tude, shearing off the right wing and
tail section, The stricken craft
plummeted to earth in a pasture
about two miles off Highway 42
behind the Logwall Church. First
persons on the scene reported the
three occupants evidently were kill
ed instantly. The watch of Dr. Sta
ton had stopped at 10:61, indicating
the exact moment of the crash.
W. P. Goodrum, Monroe county
individual instruction will be avail
able.
The public is invited to see this
demonstration.
Bruns, connected with the South
Bend Bait Company, spoke to the
Kiwanis club a year or so ago. He
is recognized as one of the greatest
authorities on sport fishing in Amer
ica. He has been writing for outdoor
$2.58 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
farmer, told investigators he saw a
“dark cloud” near the plane jut
prior to the crash. He said the craft
was at high altitude and suddenly
began “spinning wildly” to tha
earth.
Dr. Staton, a leading Atlanta
surgeon and urologist, was a 1930
graduate of Emory University
School of Medicine. He was promi
nent in civic and medical circles in
Atlanta.
Funeral services for Dr. and Mrs.
Staton were held Saturday at Spring
Hill Chapel with Dr. Robert W.
Bums officiating.
Dr. and Mrs. Staton are survived
by two daughters, Sara and Deborah.
Services for Mrs. Dixson were
held Saturday morning at the Luth
eran Church of the Redeemer with
Rev. John R. Brokhoff officiating.
Mrs. Dixson is survived by her
husband; a daughter, Miss Jane Dix
4on; and "’o sons, Herman R. Dix
son Jr. and Tommy.
magazines for a period of 29 years,
and his articles frequently appear
in national publications. He is tackle
editor for the Sporting Goods Deal
er. Bruns has the largest collection
of fishing books in the South.
With the fishing season now on
to full blast, the coming demonstra
tion is expected to prove of interest
to all those interested in the finny
tribe.
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