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VOL. 84—NO. 5
Jackson Amateur Radio Operators
Span Seas With High-Frequency Sets
Got a cousin in Cuba, or an Uncle
in Utah, you’d like to communicate
with, for free?
Even a brother in Bavaria would
be in range of the low voltage, high
frequency transmitters of three Jack
son amateur radio operators who
daily make contacts with fellow ham
operators throughout the world.
So dedicated and enthusiastic are
the three, Forrest C. Rossey, Jr.,
Michael Gray and Felder Quinn, that
they have organized the Jackson
Amateur Radio Club for instruction
and guidance of new members.
There are 2,000 ham operators in
Georgia and 200,000 throughout the
world, according to the Jackson hob
byists.
In the United States, all amateur
radio operators are examined and
licensed by the Federal Communica
tions Commission, before they can be
assigned a frequency and begin the
transmitting and receiving of mes
sages.
Jackson’s three radio hobbyists are
members of The American Radio Re
lay League, Inc., with headquarters
in West Hartford, Conn. In addition,
both Rossey and Gray hold member
ship in WAS, abbreviation for work
ed-all-states, meaning they have con
tacted fellow ham operators in every
state in the Union.
The youngest member of the Jack
son A. R. C., Mike Gray, who won
a scholarship from Lockheed Air
craft, is a member of the exclusive
WAC Club, whose membership is
open to operators who have success
fully made radio contact on all con
tinents.
Ham radio is a non-profit hobby
for radio and electronics enthusiasts.
The transmission of messages over
the amateur network is limited to
personal interviews, with the excep
tion of emergencies when amateur
radio operators can be a God-send.
Both Gray and Rossey are mem
bers of the Amateur Radio Emergen
cy Corps. Gray is Assistant Emergen
cy Coordinator for Butts and Spald
ing counties and Rossey holds the
same position for Butts county. The
AREC is closely tied in with the
nation’s Civil Defense effort and ( in
case of national emergency when all
normal radio and TV stations would
be silenced, ham operators would
take over the receipt and delivery of
vital messages.
In addition ‘to their two-way sys
tems at home, both Rossey and Gray
have tw'o-way mobile systems in their
cars. Contrary to a widely-held be
lief, the men can contact only fellow
ham operators, and not the Highway
Patrol, City police, radio stations or
any other medium other than another
amateur operator.
Although the range on a powerful
home set may be unlimited, the mo
bile sets are usually good only with
in a 100-200 mile radius.
All three of the local operators re
port that contact with Russian opera
tors has become more frequent of
late. They are not allowed to discuss
politics, however, and their contacts
have been mainly for the purpose of
identification and to request QSL
cards ,or confirmation of two-way
radio contacts. The operators are al
so forbidden to transmit either music
or profanity over their sets.
Equipment cost for the ham
operators varies from a minimum of
approximately SIOO to an unlimited
amount. Rossey, who learned his
electronics while in service, designed
and built his own set. Gray has a
1,000 watt set, while thg average set
is only 100 to 150 watts.
The operators are required to
maintain a FCC log book, in which
they record all contacts, or attempt
ed contacts.
The names, addresses and call let
ters of all licensed amateur radio
Local Businessman
Proposes Capitol
Move To Macon
The proposal by a Jackson bus
inessman that the State Capital be
moved to Macon was greeted with
enthusiastic endorsement by residents
of that middle-Georgia city.
M. O. McCord, Sr., secretary of
the inactive Butts County Chamber
of Commerce, is the last to suggest
the change in Capitol sites.
McCord has written the Macon
t
Bibb County Planning and Zoning
Commission urging that a suitable
site be located and offered for the
capitol buildings.
Macon is the ideal site for the
capitol because of its central loca
tion, the Jackson man says.
“And you can hardly get into At
lanta nowadays,” he added. “The
traffic conditions there are getting
worse all the time.”
Suggesting a section of north
Riverside Drive as an ideal location,
he pointed out that at least 100
acres would be required for the Cap
itol buildings and development.
The state’s investment in its pre
sent Capitol buildings could be turn
ed over to the University System for
educational purposes, McCord said.
The last serious move to change
the Capitol site from Atlanta to Ma
con was made in the Georgia Legis
lature in the early 1900*s, but the
bill that would have effected such a
change was defeated.
Since that time, the question has
been kicked around considerably,'
with several sites, including Indian
Springs, having been mentioned as
suitable from the geographic stand
point.
Heavy Dockets
Face Jurors For
February Term
The February term of Butts Su
perior Court will convene Monday,
February 4, for two weeks with
heavy dockets to be disposed of at
both the civil and criminal sessions,
according to Superior Court Clerk
H. H. Caldwell.
A number of continued cases, add
ed to the usual number of new suits,
have crowded the criminal docket,
the Clerk said.
Several murder cases, plus a num
ber of other criminal warrants, will
/
be considered by the grand jury,
which will also begin its deliberations
on Monday.
Flint Superior Court Judge Thom
as J. Brown Jr. of McDonough will
preside at the court session, while
Sol. Gen. Hugh D. Sosebee of For
syth will be the state’s attorney.
operators is compiled yearly in a di
rectory resembling a large city’s tele
phone directory. Several trade maga
zines serve the hobbyists, bringing
the latest information and develop
ments in the amateur radio field:
Those interested in joining the
ever increasing number who make a
hobby of radio should contact one
of the three members of the Jackson
Amateur Radio Club for further in
formation and advice.
If you have a sweetheart in Siam
and can’t afford a phone call, con
tact one of the Jackson ham opera
tors. He may be able to get in touch
with another operator in Bangkok
and put two lovers in radio communi
cation with each other.
JACKSON JRGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1957
Natalie Lang Is
Named Jackson
High Homemaker
The Betty Crocker Homemaker of
Tomorrow in Jackson High School
is Natalie Lang, daughter of Jackson
High Principal N. F. Lang and Mrs.
Lang.
She received the highest score in
a written examination on homemak
ing knowledge and attitudes, admin
istered Dec. 4, to senior girls in the
graduating class. Her examination
paper will be entered in competition
to name this state’s candidate for
the title of All-American Homemaker
of Tomorrow. For her achievement,
she will receive an award pin de
signed by Trifari of New York.
The national winner will be named
May 2 at the American Table ban
quet in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
New York City.
General Mills is sponsor of the
program. A total of $106,000 in
scholarships will be awarded.
Each state Betty Crocker winner
will receive a $1,500 scholarship and
an educational trip with her school
advisor to Washington, D. C., Wil
liamsburg, Va. ,and New York City.
A SSOO scholarship wHI be awarded
the runnerup girls in each state. The
school of the state winner will re
ceive a set of the Encyclopedia Bri
tannica.
B&C Farm Supply
Is Massey-Harris
Dealer in Jackson
1 - .
B Supply Cos., Butts
county’s newest farm implement
store, is now open for business in the
building on Atlanta high way (former
ly occupied by Moore’s Auto Parts
& Service as a used car and paint
shop headquarters.
Two outstanding Jackson and Lo
cust Grove businessmen will combine
their talents in the new business ven
ture, which will handle the Massey-
Harris line of farm implements ex
clusively.
Otis Barnes of Locust Grove and
Hubert Carter, of Jackson, are pro
prietors of the new firm.
Carter has been the Massey-Harris
dealer in Butts county for several
years, while Barnes has operated a
garage and farm at Locust Grove.
In addition to sale of a full line
of farm machinery, the firm will also
handle a complete line of parts for
the Massey-Harris equipment, and
feature prompt and efficient service
under the direction of Mr. Barnes,
an experienced farm machinery me
chanic.
The Atlanta district manager for
Massey-Harris is H. E. Berns, who is
well-known by many Butts county
farmers.
Proprietors of the new firm invite
their farm friends to drop in, talk
over" an unusual financing arrange
ment with Massey-Harris, and to in
spect the 1957 line which will be
on display soon.
BUTTS JUNIOR 4-H COUNCIL
ORGANIZED AT ROCK EAGLE
The first Junior 4-H Council in
Butts county’s history was organized
Saturday, January 27, at Rock Eagle
4-H Center.
Officers elected were Linda Tur
ner, president; Darrell Thompson,
boys vice president; Janie Ridgeway,
girls vice president; Judy Weaver,
secretary and treasurer; and Julie
Watkins, reporter.—Reporter Julie
Watkins.
Referendum Favors
Parking Meters By
158-to-144 Vote
Jackson’s citizens endorsed park
ing meters in a straw vote on the
question Tuesday by a 158-144 vote.
The referendum bore a remarkable
resemblance to one of May 25, 1956
on the same subject which resulted
in a 58-58 tie.
Members of the City Council, not
legally bound by the unofficial poll
will have to decide whether to pro
ceed with the installation of the me
ters, with opinion of their fellow cit
izens so evenly divided on the sub
ject.
The bulk of revenue derived from
the meters would go towards opera
tion of the Youth Center, under an
agreement made by a City Council
with a citizens committee represent
ing the Center.
Polio, Vaccine Is
Free, Available To
Those Under 20
Although there is a surplus of Salk
polio vaccine available at the Butts
County Health Center for free inocu
lation of persons aged six months to
20 years, the only persons over 20
who can obtain the vaccine free are
pregnant women.
The federal legislation which pro
vided free vaccination with Salk vac
cine for persons under 20 years of
age specifically stated that govern
ments funds could not be used to
provide vaccine for those over 20,
with exception noted.
vJtnitf|*bS!g% clerk at the
Butts County Health Center, advised
that the Salk vaccine is being pro
vided free at the local Center on the
following schedule:
Tuesdays—l to 4:30 p. m.
Wednesdays—9 to 11:30 a. m.
Wednesdays—l to 4:30 p. m.
The series of three shots of vac
cine, which experts perdict will wipe
out polio within a few years, can
be secured locally from private phy
sicians at a nominal cost for those
over 20 who desire the protection
the Salk vaccine affords.
Jackson Divides
Friday Games
With Pike Cos.
Jackson High’s journey to Zebu
lon Friday night for basketball
games with Pike County’s court
teams settled no arguments, as the
Jackson girls continued their mastery
of their host in a convincing 74-44
victory, with the Red Devil boys be
ing handed their second defeat by
the Pike Cos. boys by a 59-44 count.
In their opening game of the seas
on, Jackson girls defeated Pike Cos.
53-46. With Peggy McElhaney hitting
for 37 points and Faye Mitchell for
23, Coach Powers’ team pulled out
the stops Friday and rode to an easy
triumph. Gloria Taylor led the scor
ing column for the losers with 16
points.
JACKSON (74) PIKE CO. (44)
F—McElhaney (37) Sullivan (15)
F—Mitchell (23) Taylor (15)
C—Smith (12) Williams(ll)
G—Cawthon Colwell
G—Carter Glover
G—Railey Allen
Substitution*. Jackson Dodson
(2), Cowan.
Substitutions: Pike Cos. —Thomp-
son (2), Parks, Goodwin, Malone.
Coach Slappey’s boys, struggling
valiantly against a team that defeat
ed them by only one point in the
season opener/were able to close the
gaji to 46-39 as the last quarter be-
Pomona Products’
Plans For Year
Still Incomplete
It appears fairly certain that the
Jackson branch of Pomona Products
Cos., an affiliate of Stokely-Van
Camp Cos., will not can sweet pota
toes this year, manager Joe W. Lewis
announced this week.
Last fall the plant was engaged in
processing Gold Rush sweet potatoes,
a small variety grown in south Geor
gia especially for whole canning. The
plant operated only spasmodically
and required only a small labor force.
The parent company has not yet
announced its plans for the Jackson
branch for the year, Lewis said. The
manager expressed the hope that the
Jackson plant’s facilities would be
used this year in processing pepper
or some other crop.
A decision of the home firm re
garding the Jackson plant’s operation
for the year should be made within
the next few weeks, Lewis added,
and will be’ made public at that time.
Pomona Products is now busily en
gaged in assigning pepper acreage to
farmers in Butts and adjoining coun
ties. Under the terms of the con
tracts, farmers are assured a price
of $90.00 per ton for all pepper de
livered to the Jackson plant.
There is still some acreage avail
able for those farmers who would
like to plant pepper this year, Lewis
said, and interested farmers are ask
ed to contact him at the Jackson of
fice.
Delinquency Costs
Run High, Scout
Leader Asserts
It costs two billion dollars in court
costs alone to care for the two per
cent of America’s juvenile who are
delinquent, Hoke Copeland, Flint
Council Scout executive, told mem
bers of the Jackson Kiwanis Club
Tuesday.
Almost 98 percent of the nation’s
youths subscribe to the code of juve
nile decency, the scout leader said,
in pointing out the key role that Boy
Scouting plays in preventing delin
quency.
Membership, manpower and money
were listed as the three M’s of Scout
ing, which now has 1,174,000 adult
volunteer workers and over 4 million
boys enrolled in the United States
alone.
The Flint Council, which serves
an eight-county area, has a budget of
$35,000 and brings Scouting to 3,000
boys with 1,500 adult leaders assist
ing. Levi Ball arranged the program
and presented the Scout executive.
M. L. Powell was elected a direc
tor to fill a vacancy on the Board.
•Lt. Col. Harris Pope and Capt.
Ralph W. Carr Jr. were welcomed
as visitors.
gan. Excessive fouls claimed Donnie
Caston and Leslie Caldwell in the
final quarter, though, and the Pike
Cos. lead was increased.
Kenneth Thurston and Donnie Cas
ton each scored 12 points for the
Red Devils* while Wall led the win
ners with 20. Slappey’s five contin
ued to miss the 'services of Denny
O’Neal, out for the year with a bad
knee.
JACKSON (44) PIKE CO. (59)
F—Herring (8) Armistead (15)
F—Thurston (12) Newton (5)
C—Caston (12) Killingsworth (4)
G—Jones (4) Wall, 0.(2)
G—Caldwell (7) Wall, J. (20)
Substitutions: Jackson Tillery
(1), Parker, Jackson, Whidby, King,
Moelchert.
Substitutions: Pike Cos. Mabry
(1), Goldman (4), Marshal] (8),
Ballard.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Butts Liquor
Still Smashed in ,
Raid Thursday
A raid by local and federal law
officers Thursday afternooiLof a li
quor still in the Towaliga District re
sulted in the arrest of two men, des
truction of the still and confiscation
of 95 gallons of moonshine whiskey.
Arrested at the scene were Forest
McClendon of Culloden and John
Daniel of Thomaston. Both were re
leased from the Butts county jail un
der bond of SSOO.
Butts County Sheriff V. H. Ham
and Deputy Hugh Polk participated
in the raid, with the assistance of
federal officers.
The still, of the ground hog type,
was located on a small branch and
equipped with an oil burner.
Bringing the 95 gallons of shine
to town, the officers poured it down
a storm sewer on the courthouse
square ,
The raid Thursday, following
closely the arrest of eight Negroes
charged with possessing non tax
paid whiskey, was part of a continu
ing drive to stop the illegal liquor
traffic in the county, Ham pointed
out.
Methodists Honor
Scouts Feb. 10
On Scout Sunday
The 47th birthday anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America will be
observed nationally and locally dur
ing Boy Scout Week, February 6 td
12. f
Members of Troop 80," BSA, and
Cub Pack No. 80 will attend the
evening service on February 10 at
the Jackson Methodist Church where
Rev. Lamar Watkins will deliver a
sermon appropriate to Boy Scout
Sunday.
Scouting in Butts county has made
tremendous strides lately, with the
Cub Scouting program now firmly
established under the leadership of
Milton Daniel as Cubmaster. The
Jackson Presbyterian Church is spon
soring Cub Scouting in the county.
With the Jack so n Methodist
Church as chartering institution,
Jackson Troop No. 80, BSA, with
Lewis Freeman as Scoutmaster has
been reorganized and strengthened.
Although the Scouting programs
reach about 50 boys, it is the Negroes
who have taken to Scouting in a big
way, with over 300 being reached
by (the movement- in Butts county.
Principal N. E. Walker of Henderson
High School and his assistants have
organized one of the largest and
most successful Negro troops in the
Flint River Council.
Since 1910, more than 26,000,000
American boys and their leaders have
been active in Scouting. There are
currently more than 4,500,000 Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, and
adult leaders enrolled in the nation
wide Scout program.
AN EXPLANATION
In last week’s story regarding the
1956-57 budget of the Eutts County
School System, it was not made clear
that the current budget was adopted
by former School Supt. A. B. Duncan
and the Board of Education before
the present Supt. D. V. Spencer took
office.
The 1956-57 budget of $365,051.-
88 represented an increase of ap
proximately SIO,OOO over the old
budget. Most of the increase was due
to salary raises for faculty members
and increase operating cost of fixed
items in the budget, which were ap
proved before Supt. Spencer took
office.