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Jackson Progress-Argus
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J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
VINCENT JONES Publisher
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
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IT’S THIS WAY
By DOYLE JONES JR.
If the winds of March are any
warmer than the frigid blasts of
January they will be most welcome.
Animals are almost always good
for a feature story, partieulary when
they are in trouble or distress. A
bird dog, purchased in Tennessee
and brought to Atlanta .escaped his
pen and made his way back to his
former home, 160 miles distant. A
cat in a deep dry well near Stone
Mountain received state-wide atten
tion as well as many suggestions as
to rescue, before she was removed
safely from her dark and dank pris
on. Perhaps some of you have had
experiences with your pets that could
be woven into a good feature story.
If so, please write me. We’ll see
what can be done with them.
Economy is a word the definition
of which Congressmen would do well
to learn before they spend the
United States into fiscal oblivion.
Those portions of College and
Peachtree Streets leading toward the
cemetery through our Negro section,
destroyed by the installation of sew
age lines, should be repaved at the
earliest possible moment that the
City budget will permit. The roads
are unsafe and dangerous and the
proper maintenance for a long period
will more than equal the cost of re
surfacing. I
The 16 degree weather of last
week nipped open camellia blooms
and thsoe buds nearest opening:, but
horticulturists say no permanent
injury was done the plants. And
speaking of camellias, have you no
ticed the lovely bushes in the yard
of Mrs. Paul Maddox on East Third
Street. In beauty and varieties, her
camellias are probably unequalled in
Jackson.
A bill has been introduced in Con
gress to restore the citizenship of
Gen. Robert E. Lee. And by a Yan
kee senator—Homer Capehart (R
--lnd.). The sainted Confederate lead
er grows in stature as the years slip
by. t
Congratulations are being extend
ed Jean Dodson and Jack Long on
winning the DAR Good Citizenship
Cold Medal awards, perhaps the most
distinguished honor bestowed a Jack
son High student. Both are seniors,
A students and active in extra-cur
ricular work. That they were elected
by the students and faculty attests
their popularity. Jean has a nursing
career ahead. Jack is already working
while earning a diploma. Heartiest
congratulations and good wishes to
you both.
Spring football practice begins
Monday at Georgia with the G-Day
game set for Saturday, March 2.
Several positional changes will
strengthen the Bulldog line, hut most
eyes and interest will be focused on
the progress made by two soph quar
terbacks —Tommy Lewis and Charlie
Britt, for on their youthful and ca
pable shoulders, to a large extent,
will rest Georgia’s gridiron destiny
the next three years.
The Last Straw
By VINCENT JONES
Jackson’s voters will decide Tues
day if they are willing to pay to
park to provide their children a place
to play .
The operation of the Youth Center
with some degree of permanency and
regularity is not the only issue in
volved in Tuesday’s referendum on
parking meters but it is a paramount
one .
Members of the City Council have
concurred in the request by a com
mittee of parents that the Youth
Center project receive first call on
revenue derived from the installation
of parking meters.
Although the vote Tuesday will be
simply a for-or-against one on the
question of parking meters, still the
Youth Center’s future hangs very
much in the balance, awaiting the
electorate’s decision.
For months now, Trustees of the 1
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Vandeventer Memorial Foundation
have made considerable investments !
in the county’s youth program. These
include financial grants providing the
necessary buildings, equipment and
leadership essential to the evolution
of an adequate youth program.
Not the least of their gifts has
been the intangible, but measurable,
degree of faith they have had that
the people of Butts county would
someday wake up to their wasted op
portunities in youth leadership.
Actually, the long sleeping adult !
delinquents are just beginning to
stir. Come dusk Tuesday the total
number of those leaving their hiber
nation palaces of unconcern will be
publicly known.
The entire youth program in Butts
county is ironic. It was born, nurtur
ed. and eventually will blossom into
full fruition, with only a minimum
of local financial support.
| The original approach was made
by a Foundation Trustee who lives,
and had made his fortune, in another
city.
Seeing the possibilities in the pro
j posed program, the Butts County
PTA worked hand-in-hand with the
to get the program un
; derwav. Many individuals worked
!
; long and hard in an effort to insure
1 the program's success.
Several civic and veterans clubs
have made substantial contributions
to the Youth Center’s operation but
the program fell, at last, flat on its
face for lack of funds.
The Foundation felt, and still feels,
that its obligation to the youth of
Butts county goes no further than
to foster and financially propogate
those youth services it deems essen
tial and for which there is a public
demand. It feels that the actual cost
of operation, whether for the Youth
Center or any other project, should
be borne by the people themselves.
Wth an investment of several
thousand dollars in buildings and
equipment, the Vandeventer Foun
dation has earned for itself the undy-
ing respect of every thinking citizen.
If the Foundation had not made
these investments in the county’s
youth, they would have had to been
made by city and county govern
ments or not at all. Anyone familiar
with the fiscal struggles of our local
governments knows that the emphasis
here must be placed on the “not at
all.”
The issue very squarely rests with
the people of Jackson. A Youth Cen
ter has been provided and equipped
for use by the county’s young folks.
Those providing and equipping the
Center feel that it is up to the people
Cancer, no respecter of persons,
cut down Humphrey Bogart at the
zenith of a Hollywood career that
will never be equalled again for a*
John Huston eulogized “there will
never be another like him.” No mat
ter the plot, co-stars or supporting
cast, Bogart never gave a bad per
formance. That is accolade enough
for an actor since it can be truly
said of so very few.
An old timer is one who. in th*#e
years of deficiency rainfall, can re
member when he last saw a wet
weather spring. They’ve about van
ished in this section of Georgia.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
WORTH VILLE
AD/l Don Pope, Mrs. Pope and baby
son, Michael, of San Diego, Calif.,
arrived Wednesday for a visit with
Mrs. W. W. Pope and family. They
leave in February for Sanford, Fla.,
for future residence.
Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Stodghill, of
Atlanta, were supper guests Wednes
day night of Mrs. Lottie Martin and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rebon Maddox and
daughters were supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry McDonald in Atlanta
on Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Washington
spent Tuesday in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Byrant spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Barnes in Thomaston.
Mrs. Parks White spent Tuesday in
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. W’hite had as
guests during the weekend Jared
White and Ernest Smith, of Spartan
burg, S. C., Mrs. J. H. Pope, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Wilson of Atlanta, Mrs.
J. L. Fletcher and Jennifer of Deea
tur.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavar Elmer and
children, of Stockbridge, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wash
ington.
Mrs. W. XV. Pope had as guests on
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fleming
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Shouits. Miss Doris Taylor and Jerry
Pope, of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
White of Covington, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Pope and son.
Friends of Mr. S. J. Ireland will
be glad to know he returned Thurs
day from the hospital and is improv
ing.
of Butts county to staff the Center
with a director.
That question will be settled on
Tuesday. Parking meters would pro
vide sufficient revenue to operate
the Youth Center, if the meter rev
enue from towns of equal size can
serve as a guide.
If, for lack of local interest, the
Foundation’s youth program should
ever fail, the meters would give the
City of Jackson some much-needed
revenue.
Vote Tuesday to pay to park—give
our children a place to play.
i>bevrolet shows you some important differences in low-priced cars just by
the look on its face!
Wouldn't you say that most of the ’57 cars
look good from 50 feet away, but what about
from 50 inches away?
What does a close-up of the grille tell you, for
example? Is it solidly made like the new
Chevrolet grille? Or, in comparison does it
look less rich in design—feel less strong and
solid? Compare the quality and construction
of the bumpers and headlights, the fit of the
chrome trim.
The more closely yew look alt around the car,
the more clearly you’ll see that Chevrolet has
the edge in the way it’s put together. You’ll
find, for instance, that Chevrolet is the only
Only franchised Chevrolet dealers
SETTLE & ROBISON, Inc.
JACKSON, GEORGIA
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Raise ’em one-third bigger*
at one-half the cost**
During the past year, calves fed
on today’s Nursing Chow-Calf
Startena Program at Purira’s
Research Farm have averaged
roughly one-third heavier than
the accepted Morrison’s stand
ard at four months of age.
At the same time, the cost of
raising calves the Purina way
has been consistently less than
half the cost of raising the same
calves on whole milk.
Purina’s Calf Program is much
more than a milk replacement,
or milk-saving plan. The pro
gram takes advantage of the
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minerols, vitamins, energy and disease
protection not found in whole milk.
miraculous protective and life
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After the calf has nursed the
colostrum, the Purina feeding
program takes over to provide
extra vitamins, minerals, energy
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Let us help you start raising
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*Compared toaccepted Morrison’s “Feeds
and Feeding” average at four months
of age.
**Compared to raising the same calves on
whole milk.
car in its field with a lacquer finish . . . that
only Chevrolet Bel Air models give you foam
rubber cushions in front and rear seats as
standard equipment. These are just a few of
the advantages of Body by Fisher. And
Chevrolet, you know, is the only low priced
car that has a Fisher
Body.
We’ll be glad to give
you a close-up, com
parative look at this
new Chevy any time
you care to conic in.
This week, maybe?
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957
CALF STARTENA (Purina) for next
three months. Helps carry calf through
critical period with proper levels of
minerals, vitamins, and antibiotics.
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