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Jackson Progress-Argus
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J. D- JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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IT’S THIS WAY
By DOYLE JONES JR.
A Jackson woman, following a har
rowing experience last week, is well
versed on the intricacies of division.
Hostess to her church circle, with at
tendance ranging from five to 18,
she made two pies, ordinarily more
than enough. What happened? You
guessed it. Almost a full complement,
16 members showed up. Provident
enough to have ice cream and
cookies on hand for such emergency,
.she, however, was determined to
serve the work of her culinary skill.
Don’t ever believe that two pies
won’t serve 16 folks. They will.
Wendell McCoy Jr. had a strange
occurrence happen to him the past
Thursday that would do credit to
Ripley. About dark, Wendell was
walking up the steps of his Lyons
Street home when he felt a peck on
his neck. His mother was standing
on the porch, and he asked, “Mother,
what’s that on my neck?” She an
swered. “A parakeet, son.” Wendell
then placed his finger up to his shoul
der with the bird hopping aboard,
whereby he walked into the house
with his visitor. A cage was quickly
obtained and the McCoys are all en-
joying the stranger in their midst.
The parakeet is blue and white, be
lieved to be a male, and has means
of identification on him that only
the owner would know. W'endell says
that shortly before starting up the
steps he noticed a large flock of
starlings on the lawn and believes
that the escapee from someone’s
cage, preferred human company to
that of his feathered friends, and
sought Wendell out as his means of
obtaining it. How’s that for a bird
story with the proof in the cage?
The referendum on parking meters
last week was so close, 158 for and
144 against, that the consensus opin
ion is that City Council may delay
for some time the installing of park
ing meters, even on a trial basis.
Some merchants are bitterly opposed
to the meters, while others enthus
iastically endorse them. Unfortunate
ly there seems to be no way of re
conciling the two fractions. Had the
vote been decisive the Council would
have solid grounds for action. As it
now stands the parking problems
here are still to be resolved.
Every town has a certain percent
age of citizens who can be classified
only as “aginners.” They oppose
every progressive move, content with
status quo and many are even “agin’’
themselves. They, like the poor, will'
always be with us and it makes
doubly difficult the task of those
■who would see their town and county
grow.
Autumn is a beautiful season
when nature in all its dying glory
succumbs to the remorseless turning
of the calendar. Spring is a warm,
happy, glowing season when the same
nature resurrects itself and adorns
the landscape with investment of
new raiment amid the colors of my
riad flowers. Eirth and death —of
nature, of people ,of nations. Is not
that the story of life?
THE LAST STRAW
By VINCENT JONES
Bringing a distasteful dish of un
predictable weather, February comes
skidding upon the scene, riding the
low-scudding clouds with the reck
less abandon of an eight-year-old
bike rider descending a 15-year-old’s
hill.
An interim month, half-winter and
half-Spring, February is an interlo
per that promises much and delivers
little in the realm of good weather.
February is winter at the ebb,
when soft southerly breezes waft
their warmth over the frigid earth
and some of the sting is missing from
the north wind’s fury.
The expectant maples, having wait
ed long for February’s coming, turn
their red buds to the warm sun. The
dainty narcissus blooms shyly and
fearfully from its protective leaf
cover.
The hardy pear bursts boldly into
bloom, issuing a challenge that Feb
ruary often meets with a cold snap
that ends its fruiting before it be
gins.
The plant world begins to stir in
anticipation. Almost done with their
hibernation, the preparation now is
for the period of growth that lies
ahead. Along the stream banks, the
pussy willow nods its graceful boughs
heavy with buds, awaiting nature’s
word to burst into plush bloom.
Sunrise comes earlier and sunset
drags noticeably as the days begin to
stretch out towards Spring’s heralded
arrival. Gone is the rush of December
and January, the frantic preparation
for winter’s arrival. The ddys have
a leisure about them that January
lacked; and none of the urgency
which March will bring.
From the still, chill waters of the
pond comes a vocal salute to the
month from the bullfrog who is more
interested in February’s promise than
he is perturbed by her freakish
weather habits.
Across the sunny hillsides the
honey bee conducts low-level recon
naissance flights seeking out the first
flower or .weed that has answered
nature’s first call to bloom.
The rhythm of the season stirs rest
lessly in all plant life. Sap, heady and
pulsing with life, tires of its dorman
cy and begins to rise in nature’s in
evitable sequence.
Not half so wise as the soulless
plants that surround ‘ him, man fails
to see in February anything save the
miserable spell of weather her com
ing usually signals.
Like a capricious woman, the
month changes her mind with her
mood, often delivering rain, snow,
and sunshine in the same day. When
despondent, she has a breath as cold
as an iceberg’s bath water and when
gay she can weave warm westerly
winds and sun-silvered clouds into a
weather tapestry that is picture per
fect.
But for all her puckish caprice and
erratic whimsy, February is an im
portant month weatherwise, signal
ling winter’s end and Spring’s begin-
The announcement made in the
Sunday press of the double header in
Atlanta September 21 has been wide
ly hailed over the entire South. The
two games will pit Tech against Ken
tucky in the matinee and Georgia
against Texas in the nightcap. It will
mean another gala football weekend
in Atlanta which gridiron enthusiasts
in the deep south are already making
plans to attend. Better get your ho
tel and motel reservations early. The
anticipation will make the interven
ing months pass more rapidly.
Sports Editor Ed Danforth of the
Atlanta Journal retired Sunday after
40 years of newspaper work. An ex
ceptionally able writer, his sports
stories won awards and acclaim the
nation over. His pen was versatile,
his sports lore and knowledge wide
and unimpeachable, his acquaintan
ce with the sporting great and near
great fabulous. He will be sorely
missed as his column was always a
must with this writer. May the years
ahead rest lightly on the “Colonel”
who so richly earned the right to
affix the time-honored “30” to his
last piece of copy Saturday.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
The Movie Clock
THE TOWN THEATER
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7-8 —
“Teen-Age Rebel”. Ginger Rogers,
Michael Rennie. Cinemascope. A
grown-up picture for grown-up emo
tions.
Saturday, February 9—“ The Scar
let Spear”. John Bentley, Martha
Hyer. Technicolor. Deep in African
jungle territory Bentley and his new
bride (Martha Hyer) try to persuade
the chief of the Masai to abandon
the ritual of proving himself worthy
to rule by slaying a rival tribe mem
ber and thus getting a “scarlet
spear.”
Monday and Tuesday, February
11-12 “The Uuguarded Moment”.
Ester Williams, George Nader, John
Saxon. Ester Williams in her first
dramatic role, delivers an inspiring
performance as a high school music
teacher who becomes the frightened
victim of an assault attempt by a
teen-ager.
Wednesday, February 13—“A Kiss
Before Dying”. Robert Wagner, Jeff
rey Hunter, Virginia Leith. Cinema
scope. Color. When Robert Wagner
learns that his college sweetheart is
going to have a baby, he realizes
that if he marries her under those
circumstances her wealthy father will
disinherit them, so he kills her, mak
ing it look like suicide, but eventially
is caught in his own trap and dies
trying to escape. This picture is
sponsored by the Jackson High senior
class with proceeds to go toward the
senior trip.
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And no matter how chagrined we
get at some of her freakish weather
—there’s one thing certain; if you
don’t like the weather today, you can
at least expect a change tomorrow.
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THAT JBHOJCE THJE
"tow-price'tineup /
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This big high-stepping Chieftain started a revolution
with a carload of "firsts” and an eye-popping pnce tag!
The low-price field never looked like this before! The handsome husky you see right here has the
boat still rocking .. . with more power, more wheelbase, more room—and more sheer pride of
ownership—than ever before possible on a well-trained budget! Just look at what they're making
room for now in the low-price lineup: a strapping 347 cu. in., 10 to 1 compression ratio
Strato-Streak V-8 ... a whopping, road-hugging 122 inches of wheelbase and an all-new suspension
system for a Level-Line Ride that's next best thing to a magic carpet! And this streamlined
beauty takes on the field with more than six dozen "firsts", all proved by 100,000 of the
roughest, toughest test miles a group of facts-minded engineers could devise! If this sounds like a
wonderful buy—it certainly is! Our advice is to stop dreaming and price it! At a cost less than a lot
of the low-price jobs, this newcomer is making big-time buyers out of former "all-three" owners!
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WHITE PONTIAC COMPANY
Second Street Jackson, Ga.
JACKSON DRIVE-IN
Friday and Saturday, February 8-
9—“ Teen-Age Crime Wave”. Tommy
Cook, Mollie McCart. Mollie McCart
and Tommy Cook are youngsters who
have gone wrong. Mollie is used as
bait to lure men into dark corners
where the boys rob them. Innocently
involved with them is another girl
whose name is cleared only after
Mollie and the trigger-happy hood
lums are finally captured by the
police.
Sunday and Monday, February 10-
GOVERNMENT
SURPLUS ,
PROPERTY
SALE >
6 FEB.
TO
20 FEB.,
/ These and many other things you will see and
/ want. Things you have long needed, but felt
you couldn’t afford. Now, BUY THEM RIGHT!
No Bid Deposit Everybody Come /
Please, no children under 18 a
INSPECTION
9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
Monday Friday
ll—“ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”
Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Char
les Coburn. Color. Nightclub singer
and brunette, girl friend wangle
European trip from wealthy boy
friend whose father objects to marri
age. Hired “spy” courts the girl
friend but middle-aged marriage
bureau complicates matters before
double wedding tmale.
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M The Air Force keeps reducing inventories of
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Sale! No red tape, no formality! You’ll like it. /
! $300,000.00
That’s what this property cost the Govern
ment! Nearly a third of a million dollars.
But here it is offered to you!
/ All Kinds Of Things!
/ Machine Lathe Gaiters
/ Hardware Gas Engines
' 6x6 Trucks Tarps ,
Welding Equip. Power Saws
Mowers, Sanders, Saw Mill
Bids Close 12:30 p.m
Awards 1:15 p.m.
20 February
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
NORTH BUTTS TO HAVE
CHICKEN STEW FEBRUARY 8
A chicken stew, for which the
North Butts community is famous,
will be held at the North Butts club
house Friday, Feb. 8, beginning at
7 o’clock.
The stew is sponsored by the North
Butts Home Demonstration Club
with the money raised to be applied
toward improvements to the club.
The public is cordially invited.
/ Robins
Air Force
Rase,
Warner Robins, Ga.
Enter Gate 3, Highway 247
SIMPLE
SPOT BIDS
Jackson, Ga.