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Last Rites Are
Held in Oregon
For Mrs. Pope
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret
Amelia Pope, wife of Lt. Col. Harris
Pope of Jackson, were held Monday,
January 21, in the Free Methodist
Church of Redmond, Oregon. The
Rev. Byron Jacobson officiated, as
sisted by Rev. Emil Howell. Inter
ment was in Redmond cemetery.
Mrs. Pope died January 7 in Ger
many of a heart attack. Her husband
accompanied her remains to Red
mond for burial.
Mrs. Pope was a graduate of the
Redmond, Ore., High School and a
former member of the Army Nurse
Corps, having seen servipe in Korea.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by three brothers and a
sister.
Farm Population
Decreases As
Industry Beckons
Georgia has lost 13,500 sharecrop
pers, nearly two million acres of
farmland and 23,000 farm operation
units in five years.
A study of the latest U. S. Census
of Agriculture report reveals this
The Town Theater
JACKSON, GA.
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY
Saturday From 2:30 P. M.
Weehnight Show Start* at 7:30 P. M.
Admn: Adult* 40c Children 20c
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1
ROBERT MITCHUM
URSULA THIESS
GILBERT ROLAND in
Bandido
COLOR CARTOON
SATURDAY, FEB. 2
GEORGE MONTGOMERY
MONA FREEMAN in
Huk!
PLUS CARTOON
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 4*5
JOHN WAYNE
LANA TURNER in
The Sea Chase
Also: COLOR CARTOON
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6
JEFF CHANDLER
DOROTHY MALONE
WARD BOND in
Pillars Of The Sky
COLOR CARTOON
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7-8
GINGER ROGER S
MICHAEL RENNIE in
Teenage Rebel
COLOR CARTOON
Jackson Drive-In
f Theatre
JACKSON, GA.
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY
7:15 and 9:00 P. M.
Except Sunday Night
8:00 ONLY
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1-2
RANDOLP SCOTT in
Coroner Creek
COLOR CARTOON
Sunday and Monday, Feb. 3-4
JOHN LUND, WILLIAM BENDIX
Battle Stations
COLOR CARTOON
steady drop in the state’s farm popu
lation.
The analysis by Merrill C. Lofton,
Department of Commerce field man
ager, showed a decline of nearly a
third in sharecroppers. The number
fell from 41,194 to 27,688 in the
five-year span.
Consolidation of small farming
operations into larger units account
ed for the reduced number of farm
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Margarine 2 Lb - 37*
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Triangle Butter 35*
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
units currently in operation.
An important factor in the shrink
age of harvested acreage was reduc
tion of government cash crop allot
ments, such as cotton and tobacco.
The re-adjustment between agri
culture and industry produced no
noticeable displacement. Those leav
ing the farm generally had little dif
ficulty finding jobs in towns and
cities
SENATOR WOODWARD
MAKES JEKYLL TRIP
Senator Bailey Woodward, repre
senting Butts, Monroe and Lamar
counties in the State Senate, leaves
Thursday with a group Georgia
Legislators for a tour of Jekyll Is
land off the Georgia coast.
The solons will study the island’s
possibilities, before deciding whether
to dipose of or develop the property.
101 Oak Street, Jackson, Ga.
JACKSON MINISTER KILLS
SNAKE WHILE HUNTING
Rev. Ralph Goodwin, pastor of the
Jackson Nazarene Church killed a
giant coachwhip while hunting dur
ing Tuesday’s brief warm spell.
The snake measured 5 feet ll
inches and was one of the largest
ever reported killed in the county.
Rev. Goodwin said the snake was
sunning in the Spring-like weather
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BUSHES
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957
CARD OF THANKS
f want to express my grateful
appreciation to all the wonderful
people for their acts of kindness and
words of sympathy expressed both to
me and my family since the death of
my wife. May God’s blessings be
with each and everyone of you.—
Harris Pope.
when killed.
FRESH
MULLET
lb. 19c