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W Classmates
OfClass ’35
Attend Reunion
Nineteen members of the Jackson
Hi |j| ClaSS ° f 1935 assembled Sun-
3, on the campus of the
Jackson grammar school to observe
t2oth anniversary. The reunion
declared a success despite the
few members on hand and it was vo
ted that the class would hold its next
reunion five years hence on the
fourth Sunday in June 1960.
Harry Ridgeway served as master*
of ceremonies and presented Jaines
Hilley who welcomed his classmates
and their families to the reunion.
Prof. D. V. Spencer pronounced the
invocation, after which all present
turned their attention to the well
laden tables.
Following the picnic lunch, much
time was spent in swapping stories of
the good old days. Introduction of
new husbands, wives and families
was th© order of the day. Several
pictures f the 19 members present
were -nade by amateur shutterbugs.
Those attending were Mary Will
Carter ' (Mrs.. R. G. Holsenbeck),
Austell; Irene Cawthon (Mrs. Wilson
Wood), Macon; Gail Garr (Mrs. W.
A. Tyler), Macon; Janies Hilley,
Jackson; Rebecca McDonald (Mrs. C.
C. Foster), Albany; Mary McKibben,
(Mrs. John Lindsey), Griffin; Dor
othy Ann O’Neal (Mrs. C. B. Wal
drep), East Point; Nettie Rose
O’Neal (Mrs. Philip Finnegan),
Holton, Texas; Sara Biles (Mrs. W.
M. Mangham), Jackson; Lamar Bond
Hapeville; Julia Dodson (Mrs. Wal
lactJWheeler), Jasper; Hiram Frank
lin, Jackson; Helen Law (Mrs. Albert
Schwamlein), Forsyth; Mack Merritt,
Atlanta; Mary Lou Morgan, Jackson;
RutluPope (Mrs. Ruth Sellers), Jack
son; Mary Redman (Mrs. Mary Rich
ardson), Atlanta; Harry Ridgeway,
Jeijkinsburg; Homer Spencer, Atlan
ta. Teachers attending were Mr. and
Mrs. D. V. Spencer (former Sara
Beauchamp), and Miss Annie Lou
McCord, Jackson .
Huge Crowds
Throng County
Over The Fourth
In spite of the heavy crowds that
thronged into the county’s choice
recreation spots, and the tremendous
traffic load borne by local highways,
only one fatal accident occurred
within the confines of the county
during the three-day Fourth of July
holiday.
Marvin 0. McCord Jr., 40, of Jack
son, was accidentally drowned early
Sunday morning in Jackson Lake
while swimming alone.
Leo Nahlik, manager of Turner’s
on Jackson Lake, reported Tuesday
that the Independence Day crowd on
the lake was the largest he had ever
;een. He reported a flourishing busi
ng over the weekend, a marked
:ontrast to last aummer when busi
less dried up with the lake.
Facilities at Indian Springs State
=a#iwere taxed to the limit as the
ourist season at that popular resort
•eached a summer peak. Both hotels,
dl cals and room accommodations
rereHbked to capacity. The picnic
rea, one of the most commodious
nd best located in the state, was a
cpular spot as was the swimming
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The new Indian Springs lake came
i for its share of attention from
eatiffte and fishing enthusiasts.
Botn local and county law officers
.port that the Fourth was evident
’ observed in a sane and sober man
er by most celebrants, with only a
m : nor traffic violations being
jcorded.
Grade Work On
School Pavement
To Begin Soon
All streets adjacent and leading to
the new white and Negro school
buildings in Jackson, as well as the
Armory and Fair buildings, will be
paved at an early date, T. W. Nelson,
chairman of the Butts County Board
of Commissioners, announced Wed
nesday following a meeting with the
State Highway Board.
Earlier, Butts County Representa
tive B. H. Hodges had secured a
promise from the Highway Depart
ment to hard-surface these roads as
soon as possible.
A delegation composed of T. W.
Nelson, E. Dean Patrick and Ralph
Evans, commissioners, and Jackson
Mayor W. M. Redman appeared be
fore the highway board on Tuesday
and were assured that the projects
will be carried out.
The actual paving will be accom
plished, according to. plans, when
work on black-topping the Fincher
ville road begins. Paving of this road,
already graded, is being delayed un
til construction of anew bridge
across Tussahaw River is completed.
According to Chairman Nelson,
the entire area surrounding the pres
ent white high school and newly-con
structed grammar school will be pav
ed. This will include Franklin Street
as far south as the new Armory, Col
lege Street from the point where the
present paving ends to an intersec
tion with Franklin Street, the un
named street ifi front of the school
buildings south to the Fair buildings,
and the extension of the paving on
Watkins Street to intersect with the
pavement at the grammar school
building.
Paving of the area surrounding the
new Negro school building in Bethel
Flats will be equally as thorough, the
Chairman advised.
Butts county will do the grade
work for the projects and this should
begin at an early date, Chairman
Nelson said.
Need of Adult
Training Center
Told Kiwanians
The need for a program of con
tinuing education is definite and the
University of Georgia is the first
collegs in the South to establish an
Adult Training Center, J. W. Fan
ning, head of the adult education de
partment at the University, told
Jackson Kiwanians Tuesday night.
The W. K. Kellog Foundation has
given the University over two mil
lion dollars to te spent on adult ed
ucation and a building to house
the department is being built now on
the agriculture campus. The only
other adult education center on the
university level is at Michigan State
College.
Iri 1956, the Center will be opened
and adults throughout Georgia can
avail themselves of the opportunity
to learn more about. their profes
sions, their hobbies, their govern
ment, or any subject they are inter
ested in.
H. M. Fletcher was in charge of
the program that brought Dr. Fan
ning to the Club. John M. Hutcheson
introduced the speaker..
Frank Hawkins, • of Bergenfield,
N. J., was welcomed as a visitor.
President Doyle Jones Jr. was wished
happy returhs on his birthday during
the week.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955
Pomona Plant
May Can Pepper
By July 15
With the pimiento pepper crop de
veloping fast in south Georgia, pros
pects are good that the local branch
of Pomona Products canning com
pany will be processing peppers by
July 15th, Jo© Lewis, manager of
the Jackson office, told the Progress-
Argus Tuesday.
The parent firm has quite a bit of
acreage contracted around Eastman
and this pepper, normally two or
three weeks ahead of local crop, is
beginning to ripen and should begin
to reach the Jackson canning plant
in quantity around the middle of
July, Mr. Lewis advised.
The prospects for a good pepper
crop in Butts and surrounding coun
ties are excellent, Lewis added, and
the local crop should begin to ripen
about August 1-10.
If conditions remain favorable
and with sufficient rainfall, the local
plant may be processing pepper to
November or until the first frost cur
tails operations.
With stream levels holding Up well
as summer wears on, and a res
ervoir lake in reserve, there is no in
dicated shortage of water to slow
down rtr stop production at the peip
per plant. The plant uses a tremen
dous amount of water in its canning
process. i
At peak levels, the plant will em
ploy 400-425 persons with a weekly
payroll of approximately $20,000.
The plant has recently converted
from coal to natural gas in heating
its boilers and the entire plant has
been placed in tip-top shape, awaiting
what is hoped will be a long sum
mer’s run.
Mrs. Hammond
Places Second In
Columbus Modeling
Mrs. Fred Hammond, winner of
the Butts County Style Revue, adult
division, won second place in a fash
ion show at Kirvens, large Columbus
department store, on Wednesday,
June 2J9. For winning second, Mrs.
Hammond received a $50.00 mer
chandise certificate at Kirvens.
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Mrs. Hammond and .Miss Shirley
Hooten, county winner in the penior
4-H division, cwapeted in the fashion
show against approximately 35 other
models from Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Mrs. Hammond modeled a printed
pongee made on torso lines that fea
tured black accessories and peacock
blue costume jewelry.
Miss Betty Dean Bailey of the
Midway community, Spalding county,
won first place in the senior 4-H di
vision and received a SIOO.OO mer
chandise certificate at Kirvens.
Mrs. Cynthia Davis, Butts county
home demonstration agent, accom
panied the two models to Columbus
and stern competition in
both the 4-H and adult divisions.
Mrs. Davis reported the judging
was done on the following basis.
50 points on overall appearance.
30 points for originality.
20 points miscellaneous.
HEAVY VOLUME CATTLE
AT JUNE 28 AUCTION
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Forty-four hogs and 242 head of
cattle went through the ring at the
Middle Georgia Livestock Sales Com
pany June 29th.
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Prices reported were as follows:
Hogs topped at $19.70 per cwt.;
good heavy calves to $19.00 per cwt.,
bulls to $13.40 per cwt.; milch cows
to 5149.C0 per head.
Marvin McCord Jr.,
Drowning Victim,
Is Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for Marvin O.
McCord Jr., 40, who drowned early
Sunday morning while swimming
alone near Scout Island, were held
Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at
the Jackson Methodist Church with
the Rev. P. M. Minter, pastor, offi
ciating.
Mr. and Mrs. McCord were Satur
day night guests of Dr. and* Mrs. J.
C. Howell at their new summer home
bn Scout Island at Jackson Lake
when the tragedy occurred. It is be
lieved that Mr. McCord arosle for an
early morning swim, suffered either
a severe case of cramps or heart at
tack and drowned within minutes
following his dive off his hosts’ boat
dock.
The body of Mr. McCord was re
covered Monday morning at 8:52 by
a dragging team composed of Richard
Johnson, Willie Norsworthy and Bill
Hydgens, all of Pepperton. A watch
on tbe victim’s wrist had stopped at
10 minutes to 6, believed to be the
approximate time of his death on
Sunday morning.
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Many boats, under the direction
of Butts County Sheriff J. D. Pope,
AVCjjC engaged—in oparching obera
tiofcs at the time his body was re
covered.
A coroner’s jury was empaneled
by Butts Coroner Joel V. Crane and
returned a verdict of “accidental
drowning.’’
The tragedy, only one to mar Butts
county’s holiday picture, shocked and
stunned the entire town, casting a
pall of gloom over remaining July
4tlj activities.
Mjt McCord was the son of Mr.
and* Mrs. M. O. McCord Sr., of Jack
son, and was associated with his
father and brother, Ezra Morrison
McCord, in the operation of The
State Supply' Cos., large dealers in
LP gas, appliances, irrigation sys
tems, etc.
He was a graduate of Woodbury
High School where his father was
serving as principal of the* school at
the time, attended George Washing
ton University in Washington, D. C.,
and was a veteran of World War II
and the Korean conflict. Reactivated
into service in the United States Air
Force following World War 11, Mr.
McCord rose to the rank of Major
during the Korean War and was a
veteran of many combat missions
during both wars.
Major McCord was formerly con
nected with the Treasury Depart
ment in Washington, D. C., and was
employed by the Bank of Bowling
Green, Ky.
Having only recently returned to
Jackson, he purchased the house on
West Third Street, formerly occu
pied by M. W. Carmichael.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Rose Didier McCord; a stepson, Cpl.
Robert Scoggins, Chicago, 111.; a son,
Marvin McCord III; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. O. McCord Sr.; a sister, Mrs.
J. L. Benton, Monticello; a brother,
Ezra Morrison McCord, Jackfeon.
Pallbearers were Robert Jones,
Dr. W. G. Smith, Dan Garzia, Robert
Franklin, Mike Allen and Max Red
man. Interment was in the Jackson
City Cemetery with Peacock & Ball
Funeral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
LUCIEN MADDOX FAMILY TO
HAVE REUNION ON JULY 10
The family of Lucien Maddox will
hold their annual reunion July 10th
at Indian Springs at which time a
picnic lunch will be served at the
noon hour. An annual. event, this
reunion is held the second Sunday in
July.
All relatives and friends are invi
ted and 4re expected to bring a well
filled picnic basket.
Appreciation Days Begin on Saturday;
To Be Held on Court Lawn at 3:30 P. M.
Local Canning
Plant To Open
Next Tuesday
The Butts County Community
canning plant, under the supervision
of J ,M. L. Comer, vocational agri
culture teacher at Jackson High
School, will open for the current
canning season on Thursday, July 12.
The plant will be open only on Tues
day and Thursday of each week.
Recent heavy rains have put local
gardens in their best condition in
years and there, are plenty of beans,
butterbeans, squash, okra, cucum
bers, tomatoes and corn to be planted
for the winter season ahead.
'The canning plant will operate
under the same regulations that have
been in effect for several years. The
cooperation of the public iB essential
if the pfan(; is to operate at peak
efficiency. Among the most impor
tant rules to be followed are:
1. The plant will open at 7 a. m.
2. All produce must be in the
plant by 1 p. m. for canning that
day.
—3. Each person must provide all
labor necessary for preserving his
produce.
4. Each person must clean up
utensils and area used.
5. The canning fee must be paid
the day the canning is done.
Youth Killed In
Waterfall Plunge
Is Interred Here
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Burial services for a 16-year-old
Atlanta hoy, killed Wednesday, June
29, in a fall over a 75-foot waterfall
near Gainesville, were held Friday
afternooh at Sandy Creek Methodist
Church near Jackson with the Rev.
Ralph Goodwin, pastor of the Jack
son Church of the Nazarene, officia
ting. The victim was Billy Eugene
Jarrett of 724 Parkway Drive, N. E.,
Atlanta, grandson of Mr. Ralph Fogg
of Jackson.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at the < Grace Methodist
Church in Atlanta with Dr. Charles
L. Allen officiating. The boy’s body
lay in state at the church from 1 p.
m. until the hour f the funeral.
A sophomore at Henry Grady High
School, the boy’s death occurred
Wednesday night after he
too close to the edge of rocky Glada
Shoals, 10 miles north ol Gainesville.
A 15-year-old cousin. Sonny Moore,
tried to keep Billy from falling, eye
witnesses report. The cousin held
Billy briefly then lost his grip. The
Atlanta boy clung desperately to the
craggy edge of the waterfall before
he tumbled to the bottom. His body
was soon recovered and he was pro
nounced dead at the Hall County
Hospital.
Sheriff C. W. Wilson of Hall coun
ty said the tricky waterfall at Glades
Shoals has claimed several lives in
recent years. Most recent victim was
a Brenau College student who died
there two summers ago.
Billy, who had lived in Atlanta all
his life, was a member of Boy Scout
Troop No. ]. He had recently receiv
ed a promotion at the theater at
which he worked.
Survivors ar e his mother, Mrs.
Lennie Fogg Jarrett and two sisters,
Earline and Carol Sue, al) of Atlan
ta, and his father, Earl J. Jarrett of
California.
Ward’s. Funeral Home of Gaines
ville and Haisten Funeral Home of
Jackson were in charge of arrange
ments.
53.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Jackson’s first Appreciation Day
in six years will be held this Satur
day, July 9, at 3:30 p. m. on the
courthouse lawn and all indications
ar© that this and similar days to be
held weekly thereafter will bring to
Jackson the largest throngs of shop
pers in its history.
The Jackson Merchants Associa
tion, with 43 member firms partici
pating, has accepted the Appreciation
Day program and is busy distributing
coupons to Jackson shoppers. You
do not have to buy anything to com
pete in the Appreciation Day pro
gram and free coupqns will be fur
nished anyone by the participating
merchants.
Appreciation Day decals have been
placed on the windows of the 43
firms engaged in the program for
easy identification by the shoppers.
In addition, handbills with coupons
attached have been distributed to
shoppers this week to better acquaint
them with the program.
The Treasure Chest which is being
built up is expected to total approx
imately $440 by Saturday. Prizes
will be given evtry Saturday after
noon.
Purpose of the program, in addi
tion to expressing appreciation to
-their present customers, i to develop
and enlarge the trade am served by.
the local merchants and to encourage
everyone to trade at home.
Local merchants participating in
the Appreciation Day program in
clude:
Adams-Briscoe Seed Cos., Alien’s
Hom-Ond Food Store, Amoco Service
Station, A&P Tea Cos., Bankston’s
Jewelry and Pace Flower ghop, Bond
and Black Service Station, Bearden
Auto Parts, Beckham-Daniel Cos.,
Brown’s Jewelry & Appliance Cos.,
Bud’s Cafe, Busy Corner Department
Store, Carr Electric.
Carter Motor Cos., City Pharmacy,
Coggins Furniture Cos., Col#ttlal
Stores, Daniel Ford Sales, Deraney’a
Department Store, Dixie 5 & 10,
Etheridge-Smith Cos., Farmer’s Ex
change, Hearn Trading Cos., Jacksoit
Flower Shop, Jackson Hardware Cos.,
Jackson Style and Beauty Shoppe,
John’s Variety Store.
Jackson Trading Post, Jackson
Progress-Argus, McCarty’s Grocery,
Newton Hardware, Rebecca’s Beauty
Shop, Redman’s Seed Store, Robison,
Settle & Robison, Settle & Robison,
Sinclair Service Station.
Smith Drug Cos., Standard Service
Station, Stephen’s Grocery & Feea
Cos., Turner's Cash Store, Webb Sei
vice Station, Western Auto Associate
Store, White Pontiac Cos., Stephens’
Service Station.
Textile Workers
Are Enjoying
10-Day Holiday
Employees of the Pepperton Cot
ton Mills stretched the three-day
Fourth of July holiday into a ten-day
vacation period, as the Mill took ad
vantage of the holiday season to ob
serve its annual shut-down' .
Making the vacation even more
delightful for the employees was the
slicing of a $35,000 vacation pay
melon, with each employee’s slice
determined by his length of service.
Those workers with one to five
years service were given one week’s
pay, while those with over five years
of service were given two week’s
p*y-
The textile mill ,one of the largest
in this section, closed at 6 o'clock
on Saturday morning and will remain
closed until Monday, July 11.
The policy of closing the mill for
a summer vacation and giving em
ployees vacation pay was begun sev
eral years ago and ha3 proved pop
ular with both employees and man
agement alike.