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NEW PRESIDENT—Dr. R. P. Har
rison, wall known Jackson dentist,
has been installed as president of
the Jackson Kiwanis Club for 1957.
He succeeds Richard Watkins Jr.
Mat courtesy Atlanta Constitution
Public Invited
To Cub Scout
Meet on Monday
The public will get its first look
at progress made by Cub Scout Pack
No. 80 when the Cubs hold their
first pack meeting Monday, Jan. 28,
in the Presbyterian Church annex at
7:45 p. m.
During January the Cub Scouts
theme has been “Eyes in the Sky”
and the four dens have been study
ing the major stars and planets.
At monthly pack meetings, the
Cubs will display for the benefit of
parents -fend friends their knowledge
gained from study of the month’s as
signed theme. Pack meetings will be
held on the last Monday in each
month.
The Cub Scout movement was be
gun locally last November and in De
cember the chartering insitution, the
Jackson Presbyterian Church, was
presented the charter for Pack 80.
Rev. Wade H. Bell, Jr. is institu
tional representative, Vincent Jones
is chairman of the pack committee
and Milton Daniel is Cubmaster.
Den Mothers are Mrs. Wright
Hicks, Mrs. Mary Pope, Mrs. Edna
Kelley and Mrs. Frank Miller of In
dian Springs. Den dads are M. L.
Powell, W. M. Meredith, Jr., W. A.
Duke, Jr.,and Frank Miller.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the pack meeting Monday
night to witness the progress Cub
Scouting has made in the county and
to encourage both Cubs and leaders
in their work.
At the present time, 36 Cubs are
registered in the four dens, Cub
master Milton Daniel reports.
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GOOD CITIZENS —Andrew J. (Jack) Long, son of Mrs. Ruby
Long of Jackson, Rt. 2, and Miss Jean Dodson,'daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Dodson, of Flovilla, have been awarded the DAR
Gold Medal Good Citizenship Award by the William Mclntosh
Chapter of the DAR.
Mat courtesy Atlanta Constitution
Jan. 29 Vote To
Decide Meters,
Center’s Future
Residents of the City of Jackson
will get another opportunity January
29 to express their opinion on the
question of parking meters, and in
directly. the operation of the Youth
Center program in Jackson.
The two were tied together when
a committee of parents appeared be
fore the City Council Monday night
with the request that the Council set
another referendum on pai'king me
ters. Under their proposal, if parking
meters were favored by a majority
of the citizens and installed, the
Youth Center would receive suffi
cient revenue from the metei's to op
erate a full-time program.
Members of the citizens committee
appearing before the Council, and
who were appointed at a recent mass
meeting of parents interested in the
Youth Center’s operation, were Vin
cent Jones, Mrs. Lou Moelchert, Mrs.
Roy Prosser, James Wallace, James
Wise and Guy Bearden.
Mayor W. M. Redman reported
that the Cohncil was unanimous in
their approval of the plan.
In a referendum on parking me
ters last year, the result was a 58-58
tie vote.
Polls at the City Hall will be open
from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. to give all
citizens a chance to express their
opinion on the controversial subject,
Mayor Redman announced.
All residents of the City who are
qualified to vote are entitled to ex
press their opinions in the Tuesday,
January 29, referendum. The refer
endum is not binding on the Council
members, as it is but a sampling of
! the people’s preference in regards to
parking meters.
February 1 Is
John Deere Day
In Butts County
Farmers and their families will be
guests of Washington Tractor Cos.
on Friday, February 1, at the firm’s
annual John Deere Day celebration.
During the day, farmers will be
shown the 1957 line of John Deere
tractors and equipment.
Among the featured events of the
day will be a demonstration, barbe
cue, and a full-length movie. The
entire program is free to farm fam
ilies.
A demonstration at 10 a. m. on
the farm of H. H. Caldwell will begin
the day’s festivities. The 1957 line of
John Deere equipment will be dis
played and field tested at the demon
stration.
Beginning at 12:30 p- m., free bar
becue will be served in the Washing-
JACKSON, GIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 1957
Do# 3 i Road Be
Let To Contract
During February
A contract for grading and paving
4.636 miles on the Dodson Road, be
ginning at Union Ridge Church and
extending to State Route 87 in Flo
villa, will be awarded the county
soon, according to information re
ceived by the Butts County Commis
sioners this week.
The award will be in the form of
a county contract and the Commis
sioners will be charged with the re
sponsibility of meeting the contract’s
terms.
Paving of the Dodson Road will
complete the first phase of a six
point master road plan announced
last September by members of the
Butts County Board of Commission
ers.
Under the master plan, six of the
heaviest traveled and most strategi
cally located dirt roads in the county
were given priorities for future pav
ing projects.
The Dodson Road was given top
rating, with the Keys Ferry, or Bar
nett’s Bridge Road, second in line.
'W T ork on securing rights-of-way on
the Keys Ferry Road has almost
been completed and there is a possi
-1 bility it may be let to contract this
year.
Specifications for the Dodson
Road call for completion of the work
within 180 working days from execu
tion of the contract.
The Four Points Road, from an
intersection near the Ted Evans home
with State Route 42 to Picketts’
Store at Stark, is currently being
graded and soiled. This road will be
paved early in the summer when
weather conditions permit.
In addition to the Dodson and
Keys Ferry Roads, other projects on
the master road plan include:
In Towaliga district, a road from
the presently paved England’s Chapel
Road to intersect with State Route
36.
Flint’s Cross Roads, from an inter
section with State Route 42 below
Indian Springs to intersect with the
already paved Brownlee Road.
Fellowship Church Road, from
State Route 16 near the Towaliga
River, past the Fellowship Church,
to intersect with the Head Shop
Road. Also, another <prong of this
road would pass in front of the West
Butts Community House and inter
sect with State Route 16 at the Mad
dox place.
In Iron Springs district, a road
leading from the Higgins’ home on
State Route 16 to an intersection
with State Route 87 at the old In
dian Springs school house.
BESSIE TIFT TO PRESENT
MUSICAL PROGRAM JAN. 26
A musical program of unusual
variety will be presented Saturday
by the Tift College Fine Arts De
partment, Choir Director Lee Collins
has announced. The concert will be
gin at 8 p. m. on Jan. 26 in Roberts
Memorial Auditorium.
Vocal solos and duets, piano and
organ solos, and a dramatic reading
are special features on the program
in addition to choir selections.
ton Tractor Cos. store on North Oak
Street.
As an added attraction, several
valuable door prizes will be awarded,
including an electric blanket, deep
fryer, set $f stainless steel dinner
ware and others.
Beginning at the Town Theater at
2 p. m., the feature picture,
“Heav.ens To Eetsy” and five other
full color films will be shown.
Admission will be by ticket only.
Invitations and tickets have been
mailed to all farm families in Butts
county, C. E. Washington, owner, re
ported.
Jackson Matron
Gives Aid To
Korean Child
Mrs. D. P. Settle of Jackson has
“adopted” Baik Shin Suk, a 10-year
old Korean girl, according to an an
nouncement from Foster Parents’
Plan, Inc. of New York City.
BAIK SHIN SUK
Under the terms of the “adoption”
which is a financial rather than legal
one, the foster parent promises to
pay sls monthly towards the child’s
support. Of this sum the child re
ceives $9.00 each month as an out
right cash grant. The remainder is
made up of periodic food and new
clothing packages.
Foster Parents’ Plan is a non
profit, non-propaganda, no n
seetarian, independent, government-
approved relief organization which
according to its by-laws provides for
the “care”, maintenance, education,
training and well-being of children
orphaned and distressed and other
wise lilade destitute.”
The Plan, which has been in
operation since 1937 has aided 75,-
000 war children and is hoping to
make its Twentieth Anniversary
Celebration and Drive in 1957 the
best year the impoverished children
of Europe and Korea have ever
known.
Shin Suk, who is but one of many
children the Settles have “adopted”,
was horn in North Korea. Her father
was killed in action against the
Chinese Red army in the battle near
Pusan.
Her mother was never able to pro
vide adequately for the child and
her younger brother in the refugee
city of Pusan until the Foster Par
ents’ Plan, and Mrs. Settle, began
to give financial assistance.
Shin Suk is described as a pleas
ant, obedient girl with an amiable
disposition who does very well in
school. Last term she was next to
highest in her class.
The address of Foster Parents’
Play, Inc. is Box 944, New York 8,
New York.
Local Church
Installs George
Martin As Deacon
George F. Martin was ordained and
installed as a Deacon in the Jackson
Presbyterian Church at appropriate
services Sunday morning.
The installation service followed
the popular young churchman’s elec
tion as a Deacon by the church con
gregation several weeks ago.
An employee of the Southern Bell
Telephone Cos., Martin is active in
the community’s religious and civic
affairs. He has headed the toy col
lection and repair committee for the
Jayeee Empty Stocking Fund for the
past two years.
Members of the Church’s Board of
Deacons and Session (Elders) assist
ed Rev. Wade H. Bell, Jr. in the in
stallation service.
Operating Cost of Butts County Schools
For Current School Year Set At $365,000
Jackson To Get
Girl’s Tourney
On February 25
Jackson will be host at the Fourth
District Class B girl’s basketball
tournament, Eastern Division, begin
ning Monday, February 25 and ex
tending through Wednesday, Feb. 27.
The announcement, made Tuesday
by Jackson High Principal N. F.
Lang, assures Jackson its first court
tourney in yeprs and is a boom to
the hardwood port in the local area.
With only five teams participa
ting, each team is assured of playing
at least twice. Schools represented
at the Jackson tournament will in
clude Milner, Pike County, North
Clayton, Fayette County and Jack
son.
Finals in the Fourth District will
be held Friday, March 1, at Heard
County High School, Franklin, where
the Eastern and Western Division
winners will play for the champion
ship.
Pike County and North Clayton
will start the tourney off on Mon
day night with a 7 :30 game. Jackson
and Fayette County will square off
the same night at 8:45.
Should Jackson win their opening
game ,they will not play again until j
| the championship game Wednesday I
night at 8:45 p. m.
Milner, the seeded team, will not
play until Tuesday night at 8:45
when they face the Pike Co.-North
Clayton winner.
Losers of the two opening games
j will play Tuesday night at 7:30 and
the winner of this game will
the loser of the Milner-North Clay
ton or Pike Cos. game on Wednesday
night at 7:30 for third place.
The Fourth District boy’s tourna
ment, Eastern Division, will begin
a week earlier on Monday, Feb. 18
through 20, at North Clayton, with
the finals being held Friday, Feb. 22,
at Fayette County.
Jackson will kick off the tourney
with a game Monday at 7:30 with
Pike Cos. Fayette Cos. and North Clay
, ton will follow with an 8:45 game.
Losers of the two opening games
will meet Tuesday night at 7.30.
The winner of thfe Jackson-Pike Cos.
game will face Milner at 8:45 the
same night.
The winner of the preliminary
game Tuesday night will face the
loser of the second game Tuesday at
7:30 Wednesday night with the win
ner of the second game Tuesday
night meeting the Fayette Co.-North
Clayton winner in the championship
game at 8:45 p. m.
Eight Negroes
Are Arrested
On Liquor Charge
State revenue agents, with the as
sistance of Butts County Sheriff V.
H. Ham and Deputy Hugh Polk, ar
rested eight Butts county Negroes
Saturday night in a drive against the
illegal whiskey traffic in the county.
The eight arrested arid charged
with possessing non-tax paid liquor
were Earnest Cash, Josephine Mc-
Mullen, Clarence L. Fears, Henry
Banks, Mattie Lane Benton, Colum
bus Johnson, J. C. Green and Greer
Sparks.
Judge Hall Turner, local Justice of
the Peace, issued warrants for the
Negroes at the request of the state
agents.
All the accused will be bound over
to the February term of Butts Su
perior Court. Several have been re
leased on bond, Deputy Polk reveal
ed.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Inflation plays havoc with a school
system’s budget just as ruthlessly as
it does individuals, and it will cost
$366,061.88 to operate the Butts
county school system for the 1956-57
school year, Supt. D. V. Spencer re
vealed in making public the latest
school budget.
This is an increase over last year’s
budget of $355,299.87. The state con
tributes $291,599.45 of that amount
and the county paid $63,700.42.
On the present budget the county
is expected to pay $56,850.00, or ap
proximately 15 percent, of the actual
operating expense. The state will con
tribute $308,201.88, or 85 percent,
of the operating cost.
During the past school year, the
local system realized $14,845.80 from
the sale of three former school build
ings. These were Henderson High,
$4,000.00; Indian Springs, $7,745.80
and Tussahaw, $3,100.00.
According to an audit by the State
Department of Education, the local
system had a cash deficit on August
31, 1956 of $25,644.97, when Super
intendent Spencer took over the un
expired portion of former Supt. A. B.
Duncan’s term.
At the last regular audit on June
30, 1956, a cash deficit of $14,794.-
77 was reported. Purchase of ad
ditional school busses and bodies in-
creased the deficit by SII,OOO be
fore the new Superintendent took
office.
Actually, the state audit is made
at a time of year when local systems
are squeezed for funds, Spencer add
ed. The deficit existing last August
for instance, was wiped out in De
cember when local tax came in, clear
ing the system of any debt stigma
for the 1956 calendar year.
During the slack summer months,
when the annual audit is made, and
most of the local tax money received
in December has been spent, the sys
tem is financed by loans which must
be repaid before the end of the cal
endar year, Spencer said.
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In addition to the county’s contri
bution of $56,850.00 towards the
current school budget, county tax
payers will also pay $18,525.00 into
the sinking fund for school bonds,
for a total local expense of $73,375.-
Every effort to reduce the cash de
ficit is being made, Spencer said, but
thfe fixed cost of salaries, transporta
tion, maintenance and other items
makes it difficult.
Quimhy Melton Sr.
To Be Speaker To
Methodist Men
QuiAiby Melton Sr., publisher of
the Griffin Daily Views, will address
the Methodist Men’s Crib of the
Jackson Methodist Church at a din
ner meeting Thursday evening, Jan
uary 31st, at 6:30 o’clock.
Mr. Melton and his son, Quimby
Melton Jr. form one of the most il
lustrious father-son teams in Georgia
newspaper circles. Long identified
with the progress of Griffin, much
of which he promoted through his
influential paper, Mr. Melton is act
ive in civic, religious, veterans, and
fraternal affairs, being a past state
commander of the American Legion
and long active in the Georgia Press
Association. Mr. Melton was a major
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in World War I and is much sought
after as a speaker on patriotic oc
casions. An able and forceful speak
er, a large group of Methodist men
are expected to be on hand to hear
this prominent Georgian.
Ladies of the Wesleyan Service
Guild will serve dinner to the group.