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AN ICE SKATER FROM FLORIDA —June Stevenson por
trays the Slave Girl in this scene from “Holiday on Ice of
1957,” coming to the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta Feb
ruary 13 through 24. June bears the distinction of being an
ice skater from the tropical city of Miami, Fla.
Ice Review Takes
Much Planning,
Great Expense
Giant ice making machines will
soon move into Atlanta to start work
on the giant ice floor for the presen
tation of “Holiday on Ice for 1957,”
which will play the Atlanta Munici
pal Auditorium February 13 through
24.
Freezing of the floor, which is 40
by 100 feet, takes three to foqr days
and requires the use of tons of spec
ial ice making equipment, which are
brought in by giant trailer trucks.
Months of planning, many hund
reds of thousands of dollars and the
services of top notch authorities In
several fields go into the production
of the ice-travaganxa.
First of all, lavish, imaginative
scenery is designed to set off the
show. It must be made of the very
best materials and is especially de
signed to retain its beauty in spite
of constant contact with the ice.
Dob Mackintosh, who has designed
the costumes for such Broadway hits
as “Mr. Wonderful” and “Silk
Stockings,” was costume designer for
this year’s “Holiday.” The 950 cos
tumes, made by 80 seamstresses, took
three months and cost more than
§300,000.
Chester Hale, well known New
York choreographer, plans the num
bers on ice. George and Ruth Tyson
are producers of the giant ice show,
and John Finley of New York coor
dinates the production.
Selection of the music for the va
rious numbers is the job of Delores
Pallet, who in many cases chooses
new tunes months before they be
come popular hits. Even the lighting
is a work of art. It is handled by
Doug Morris, who also lights the
Ringling Brothers Circus and is con
sidered one of the top men in his
field.
Tickets, priced at $3.50, $3, $2.50,
$2 and $1.50, including tax, may be
ordered by mail from Holiday on Ice,
Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Ga.
SOCIAL SECURITY AGENT TO
BE IN JACKSON JANUARY 28
A representative from the Social
Security Administration office at
Macon will be in Jackson, Grand
Jury Room, Courthouse ,at 9:30 a.
m., on January 28, and anyone de
siring information about the Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance pro
gram should call on this representa
tive of the Social Security office.
If you have reached retirement
age and have worked in employment
covered by the Social Security Act,
if you are the nearest relative of a
deceased worker who worked under
T ’ 'ecur : '‘. > , it may be to your
advantage to see the representative.
FOR THE NEW YEAR
Promise Yourself:
To be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and pros
perity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel there
is something in them. ,
To look at the sunny side of every
thing and make your optimism come
true. i
To think only of thfe best, to work
only for the best and to expect only
the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about
your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to greater achievements
of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance pt
all times and give every living crea
ture a smile.
To give so much time to the im
provement of yourself that you have
no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too
noble for anger, too strong for fear
and too happy to permit the presence
of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to
proclaim this fact to the world not
in loud works but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole
world is on yoUr side so long as you
are true to the best that is in you.
The Hearld-Journal, Greensboro,
Ga., Jan 4.
Flint Council
Shows Progress
In 1956 Report
The Flint River Council, BSA,
serving Butts and seven adjacent
counties, had one of its best years in
1956.
At the close of the year there were
2,631 boys actively enrolled in the
117 Packs, Troops and Posts served
by the Council office. Highest pre
vious total was 2,034 in 15 Troops.
During the year there were 1,350
advancements in rank, along with
1,981 Merit Badges earned and 681
Cub Arrow Points awarded. ,
At the same time 83.7% of the
adult leaders have completed their
training for their job in leading the
boys into better Scouting. Over 700
of the Scouts and Explorer age boys
had at least a week in camp some
time during the year.
During 1957, the Council will con
tinue to place emphasis on broaden
ing the Cub Scout program. During
1956, this phase of the program
showed an increase of 35 percent.
KIMSEY STEWART GETS
UNITED AMERICAN AWARD
Kimsey Stewart, former Griffin
High football coach, is the recipient
of a special meritorious award as
district manager of the United Amer
ican Life Insurance Company with
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Butts County Tops
District In Sale
Of Savings Bonds
Butts countians purchased $277,-
51G worth of Series “E” and “H”
government savings bonds during 19-
56 to lead all other counties in the
Fourth District on a percentage
basis. Passing its quota easily, the
county topped the District by selling
117.8% of its quota.
Although sale of the popular
priced “E” bonds lagged during the
year, only $100,758 were bought on
a quota of $150,000, large investors
more than made up the deficit by
purchasing $176,758 in “H” bonds,
where the yearly quota was only
$76,000.
'Throughout the state, Georgians
bought $54,306,445 of Savings
Bonds, or 87.2% of the quota of
$62,200,000.
In the Fourth District, six other
counties exceeded their* quotas, with
{
Upson pushing Butts for top honors,
with percentage sales of 117.6%.
Other counties going over the top
were Fayette, Heard, Lamar, Meri
wether and Pike.
Sale of the government securities,
considered a good index to a coUnty’3
economic status, in Butts county
was headed by J. Blackman Settle
as chairman of the local Savings
Bond Division. The Jackson National
Bank is the sole agency in the coun
ty handling the actual sale of the
securities.
The Movie Clock
THE TOWN THEATER
Thursday and Friday, January 24-
25—“ Mister Roberts.” Henry Fonda,
James Cagney, William Powell, Jack
Lemmon. Comedy-drama. Cinema
scope and Color. From the best sell
ing book and smash stage success,
this is the story of a cargo vessel
and its crew in the South Pacific
during World War ll—of the joys
and sorrows, hopes and hatreds of
the men, who idolize Mr. Robert, the
second in command, and loathe their
tyrannical and unreasoning captain.
Saturday, January 26—Bud Ab
bott and Lou Costello in “Buck Pri
vates” with the Andrews Sisters.
Monday and Tuesday, January 28-
29—“ Don’t Knock The Rock.” Bill
Haley and his Comets, Alan Dale,
Alan Freed.
Wednesday, January 30—“ Hilda
Crane.” Jean Simmons, Guy Madison,
Jean Pierre Aumont. Dramatic dra
ma. Cinemascope. A girl marries a
respectable man whom she does not
love in this version of a Broadway
play. This is the benefit movie for
the March of Dimes in Butts county.
Your support is greatly needed.
JACKSON DRIVE-IN
Friday and Saturday, January 25-
26—“ The Silver Whip.” Dale Rob
ertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wag
ner, Lola Albright. Stagecoach dri
ver, wounded during a holdup, drives
on. His dare-devil messenger pursues
the bandits, captures the leader, and
wants to lynch him but the deputized
driver wounds him to uphold the
law.
Sunday and Monday, January 27-*
28—“ Black Widow.” Ginger Rogers,
Van Heflin, Gene Tierney. Mystery
drama. Cinemascope. Color. Broad
way producer becomes innocently in
volved with aspiring young female
writer when his wife goes out of
town and is the chief suspect when
the writer is found murdered. He is
absolved of the crime when the real
murderer confesses.
offices in Griffin. Stewart personally
placed over 1 Vfe million dollars of
life insurance in 1956.
LTnited American, which began
operation on January 16, 1956, was
organised by Herman Talmadge, who
is chairman of the board, and a
group of Georgia businessmen. In its
first year, the firm sold over 34 mil
lion dollars of insurance, a world's
record for a first year company.
U. A. operates in Georgia, Ala
bama, South Carolina and Louisiana
and has applications pending in sev
eral other states.
Georgia Traffic
Deaths Down In
Last Six Months
Despite the fact that 1956 record
ed the highest death toll in the state’s
history, human lives in considerable
number were saved on Georgia’s
roads as a result of the State High
way Patrol’s expanded enforcement
program which went into effect last
July 1. v
Evidence of this is seen in the
State Department of Public Safety’s
preliminary report on Georgia’s traf
fic deaths for the past year, just
released by Col. W. C. Dominy, de
partment director:
While figures for 1956 show a two
per cent increase in traffic fatalities
compared with the previous year
(1,111 against 1,088), an amazing
reversal in the trend was noted after
mid-year when a modest increase in
its budget enabled the Safety Depart
ment to hire and train 50 additional
troopers, establish a state-wide net
work of two-way radio calls on a 24-
hour basis and expand other phases
of operation.
At the end of the first six months,
traffic deaths totaled 549 compared
with 467 in the corresponding 1955
period for an increase of 82 fatali
ties, or a plus 18 per cent. During
the second half of 1956 a total of
562 fatalities were recorded, com
pared with 621 in 1955’s last six
months, a decrease of 59, or a minus
ten per cent.
On top of that, the State Patrol
was confronted with the problem of
policing more vehicles on the roads
that traveled more miles. Present es
timates are that one billion more
miles were traveled in Georgia dur
ing 1956 than in 1955, and that 25,-
000 more vehicles were registered
in the state. Georgia’s death rate
(the number of persons killed to
each 100-million miles traveled) is
expected to hold at 7.3 or 7.4 for
1956, compared with 7.5 in 1955 and
1954.
“Even if the death rate runs the
same as the previous two years,” Col.
Dominy said, “we’ll consider our ef
forts at highway safety successful
in view of the added traffic hazards
and heavier travel.”
Peace Officers
Sponsor Students
Essay Contest
The Peace Officers Association of!
Geoi’gia has announced rules for its
fourth annual essay contest for high
school students throughout the State
?f Georgia.
Subject for the essay this year,
as in the past, is “The Prevention
of Juvenile Delinquency”. The first
three winners will be awarded prizes
of S3OO, S2OO and SIOO in cash or
as tuition to any accredited college
of the students’ choice.
In addition the three winners will
be brought to Atlanta, all expenses
oaid for a thrilling day of meeting
law enforcement officials, guided
trips through the city police depart
ment, sheriffs office, F. B. 1., State
Patrol, State Crime Laboratory and
other points of interest.
All high school students are eligi
ble to enter. The essay on the sub
ject of “The Prevention of Juvenile
Delinquency” should be written in
not more than 1,500 words and must
be accompanied by a note from the
school principal or teacher attesting
that the student wrote the essay
unaided except for reference ma
terial.
All entries must be typewritten
or written legibly in ink and mailed
to the Secretary, Peace Officers As
sociation of Georgia, P. O. Box 842,
Atlanta, Ga. Essays must be received
on or before April 13, 1957.
Winners will be announced May 15
and the first place winner will re
ceive an award at the annual con
vention in August.
Agricultural Output
Keeps Pace With
World Population
Record crop and livestock produc
tion in 1956-57 is enabling world
agricultural production to keep pace
with expanding population, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture reports.
World production of crops and
livestock rose to anew high in 1956-
57—to 120 percent of prewar (1935-
39). On a per capita basis, taking in
to consideration rising world popu
lation, production in 1956-57 is hold
ing steady at 97 percent of prewar
for the third consecutive year. Free
world per capita production is 100
percent of prewar, and the Com
munist area output is 91 percent.
Outstanding features of global
agricultural production this season
are; (1)- Record crops of rice, corn,
sugar, and tobacco; (2) generally
high European production despite
last winter’-s freeze; and (3) a 10-
percent increase in total Soviet crop
production resulting from favorable
weather in newly developed areas
east of the Volga and Urals.
Record stocks of some of the more
stable products, such as wheat, corn,
cotton, and tobacco, were carried
over into the current marketing year.
Stocks of staple products may level
off or be reduced during the current
season, however, as some stocks did
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THE PROGRESS-ARGUS
JACKSON, GA.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1957
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscriptions
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consumption and high industrial ac
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Prices of most farm products re
mained relatively stable in 1956.
Movement of agricultural products
into world trade, which has increased
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volume in 1956-57 than in the pre
vious year if sufficient ocean ship
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