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VOL. 85—NO. 3
Quota of $2,025*
For Red Cross
Was Announced
Butts county’s 1958 Red Cross
quota was announced as $2,025 by
Col. Wendell B. McCoy Sr., fund
chairman for the Red Cross drive
which begins here March 1. This
amount was set by the Atlanta Re
gional office and was released at a
meeting here Monday by Chairman
McCoy.
Present at the conference in the
Butts County Health Center were
Marshall Upton of the Red Cross At
lanta office; Mrs. Gladys Wilson,
‘finance chairman, and members of
her committee, Miss Georgie Wat
kins, Grady Jackson Sr. and Doyle
Jones Jr.; Mrs. Ben Haisten, Butts
chapter chairman, and Cel. McCoy.
The 'fund chairman pointed out
that despite the fact that Butts coun
ty last year failed by SIOO to raise
its quota of $2,009.00, and failed to
meet one of the blood bank’s quotas,
the Red Cross gave blood and blood
derivaties to Butts citizens which if
paid for at the normal hospital price
would hav e totaled over $6,000. In
addition the Red Cross granted two
Eutts families $4,000 in disaster aid
when their homes were damaged by
a tornado in November.
Other Red Cross programs active
in the county include Junior Red
Cross, Water Safety and Home Ser
vice.
Of the $2,025 to be raised this
year more than half will go directly
to local projects while $940 will go
to national chapter of ARC.
Col. McCoy states that volunteer
workers to form the all-important
solicitation teams that will canvass
the county during the month of
March, will soon be announced.
JACKSON MERCHANT
ATTENDS HARDWARE MART
M. L. Powell of Jackson Hardware
spent Monday in Birmingham where
he attended th e merchandise mart
sponsored by the Moore-Handley
wholesale hardware firm.
As guest of the firm, Powell re
ceived air transportation to and
from the Alabama city.
JACKSON MEN ATTEND
GEORGIA FAIR MEET
R. F. Armstrong, John Hunt and
Dan Hoard attended the Georgia
Fair Association’s meeting in Atlanta
on Monday.
Among the guest speakers were
Scott Candler, secretary of the Geor
gia Department of Commerce, and
Ray Moore, of WSB radio station in
Atlanta.
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*DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS “MYSTERY FARM”
PHOTO? It is another in a series of 52 that will
appear in The Progrese-Argus, with Adams-Briscoe
Seed Cos. as the sponsor. If you recognize this farm,
and make identification in person at Adams-Briscoe
Butts Citizens
Wounded In
Shooting Fray
Two Butts county Negroes were
admitted to Atlanta hospitals, one in
critical condition, following a shoot
ing fray Monday morning in Henry
county, according to Sheriff V. H.
Ham of Butts county.
The sheriff said Bill Clark Jr., a
Jackson Negro about ISO years old,
apparently shot his wife, Eva Mae
Clark, and Harold Allen, of Jackson,
Rt. 2, with a .22 caliber pistol.
The shooting incident occurred,
Ham said, when Clark, an employee
of the City of Atlanta, asked Allen
to drive him and his wife to Ola in
Henry county. Upon arriving at their
destination, Clark shot his wife and
Allen.
Clark then rushed the. wounded
pair back to Jackson, took each to a
different doctor and gave himself
up to Sheriff Ham.
Clark’s wife was lushed to Grady
Hospital, Allen to the Veterans Hos
pital and Clark was turned over to
Henry county authorities and lodged
in that county’s jail.
Both of the victims were shot in
the abdomen but Allen's wounds
were more serious and he was placed
|on the critical list at the Veterans
; Hospital.
Family Night at
Methodist Church
Be Held Jan. 22
Family nigr.t will be held at the
Jackson Methodist Church Wednes
day night, January 22, in the base
ment of the church. Everyone who
is interested is urged to attend and
bring a. covered dish. The supper
will be enjoyed by all present at
6:30.
Following the supper the group
will go upstairs into the church san
ctuary Where Miss Mary Miller of
Brunswick will tell about one of her
trips to the Holy Land and will show
slides which she made while there.
Miss Miller is an active worker in the
Service Guild organization of the
Methodist Church and is first vice
president of the Georgia Federation
of Business and Professional Women.
Miss Miller is the niece of Mrs.
T. B. Miller of Jackson. She will
leave soon for a trip around the
world.
The public is invited to hear Bliss
Miller speak at 7 :30.
GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958
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County Receives
$3,324.65 From
Traffic Fines
A total of $3,324.65 was turned
over to the county’s treasurer from
traffic court fines during 1957, ac
cording to a report just released by
Butts County Ordinary Richard W.
Watkins, Jr.
The report covered the calendar
year 1957, representing the first
year of Watkins’ four-year term, to
which he was elected in 1956.
The report shows only the net
amounts turned over to Treasurer
Billy Sutton and does not give the
amount of Sheriff and Ordinary’s
costs for the cases handled.
The month by month accounting
of the county’s net income from the
Ordinary’s traffic court, as released
by Judge Watkins, is as follows:
January, $265.50.
February, $292.00.
March, $14.25.
April, $351.25.
May, $25.00.
June, $73.00.
July, $361.25.
August, $294.90.
September, $859.75.
October, $212.50.
November, $265.00.
December, $349.50.
J. 0. Minter Is
New President
Of Farmers Bank
J. O. Minter, Jenkinsbuvg mer
chant, religious and civic leader, wak
named president of the Farmers
ißank of Locust Grove at a recent
I meeting of the stockholders and di
i rectors.
H. C. Childs retired January Ist
as executive vice president after 50
: years of continuous service with the
banking institution.
Other officers named by the di
rectors to serve during 1958 include:
Julian A. Brown, Locust Grove,
vice president; Herman W. Apple,
Jenkinsburg, cashier; and Mrs. O. C.
Hammock, Locust Grove, assistant
cashier.
Tapped for service on the board
of directors by the vote of stock
holders were:
J. O. Minter, Jenkinsburg; Julian
A. Brown, M. M. Brown and S. li.
Gardner, of Locust Grove, and V. H.
I Ham, of Jackson.
The Farmers Bank is one of the
strongest banking institutions in this
.section and serves a wide circle of
depositors, businesses and friends in
Henry, Butts and adjoining counties.
Seed Cos. before 3 p. m. on Tuesday, you will be
eligible to win one of two free prizes each week.
Owner of the farm will receive a beautiful mounted
enlargement of the original photo ;f he will call in
person at The Progress-Argus office
Dr. L. B. Hopkins
Of Griffin Named
Dentist of Year
A Griffin dentist who practiced in
Jackson early in his career was
named outstanding dentist of the
year by the Central District Dental
Society at its annual Memorial Clinic
held last week in Macon.
He is Dr. L. B. Hopkins, who has
practiced dentistry in Griffin for
over 40 years.
At one time he was associated with
his father, the late Dr. J. B. Hop
kins in the practice of dentistry in
Jackson. His mother, Mrs. J. B. Hop
kins, lives in Jackson on West Third
Street.
Dr. Hopkins received the H. H.
Johnston Memorial trophy at a
luncheon ceremony in his honor at
the Macon Dental Society meeting.
Born in Waycross, Ga., Dr. Hop
kins was graduated from Atlanta
Southern Dental College, now Emory
University dental school, in Atlanta,
in 1917 and practiced a short while
in Atlanta and Jackson before set
tling in Griffin. He became a mem-
ber of the Georgia Dental Associa
tion in 1927 and has the distinction
of never missing an annual meeting.
Dr. Hopkins was especially active
in 1957 as. chairman of the scrap
amalgman committee raising funds
for the dental relief fund, giving
financial assistance to ill and dis
abled dentists and their families.
Among many honors conferred up
on Dr. Hopkins by his dental assoc
iates was that of president of the old
Sixth District Dental Society, which
was reorganized as the Central Dis
trict Dental Society in 1946.
Polio Vaccine Be
Given at Clinic
Here Jan. 16-17
l
A polio vaccine for both white and
Negro citizens will be held Thursday
and Friday, January 16-17 at the
Butts County Health Center between
the hours of 9-12 a. m. and 1-6 p. m.
Th t . clinic is sponsored by the
Jackson B&PW Club and the Nation
al Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
According to local health depart
ment records, there are 163 persons
who need to take their third shot ol
the polio vaccine and they are urged
to take advantage of this opportun
ity to get the full protection.
Two inoculations of the vaccine of
fer 80% protection for at least one
polio season. The third shot increases
protection np to 90% and gives
longer-lasting immunity.
Although the vaccine prevents
paralytic polio from doing its deadly
work, it apparently does not stamp
out the polio viruses that cause
disease. They continue to circulate, in
a population until they find an un
protected and susceptible' person.
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Those desiring additional infor
mation on the polio clinic may con
tact personnel, at the Butts CoAnty
Health Center.
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MISS NATALIE LANG IS
ON TIFT DEAN’S LIST
Forsyth, Jan. 14— .Miss Natalie
Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. F.
Lang of Jackson, has made Dean's
List at Tift College by maintaining
a high averal^du' 1 > n g the fall quar
ter, according to Dr. Stair Miller,
dean of the college.
Miss Lang is an honor graduate of
Jackson High School where sh ( . was
active in the Tri-Hi-Y, FHA, Beta
Club, Science Club and on the paper
staff. She was also the recipient of
the Betty Crocker award and the
-Journalism medal.
Grand, Traverse Jurors Are Named
For Service at February Court Term
Grand and traverse jurors to serve
at the February term of the Butts
Superior Court have been drawn by
Judge Thomas J .Brown, Jr., of the
Flirt Judicial Circuit.
The February term will convene
Monday, February 3, with the first
week being given over to settlement
of civil cases.
Clerk H. M. Caldwell, of the Butts j
Superior Court, reports that both
civil and criminal dockets are fairly
heavy and the grand jury is expect
ed to take action on other criminal
matters awaiting its meeting.
The 29-member February grand
jury includes:
It. Y. Lunsford, Clyde W. Norris,
L. ('. Webb, James E. Sims, J. Albert
Maddox, Charles S. Bailey, H. M.
Moore, Albert N. Johnson, Luther
Turner, Truman Hardy, Wright Mad
dox, C. L. Ridgeway, A. B. Farrar,
P. H. Weaver, Robert D. Fletcher,
G. L. Kitchens, Gordon Bankston, A-
G. Cook.
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A. A. Cook, L. J. Washington, Fred
B. Cook, A. W. Newton, Merrell A.
Price, Hilton Cawthon, G. W. Gaston,
A. R. Rosser, J. D. Bryant, L. W.
Moelchert, A. E. Stodghill, Sr.
Trial jurors who will be called
for service during the first week
of court, include:
E. A. Godsey, W. A. Cook, W. T. :
Evans, M. L. Powell, Chester K.
Whidby, A. L. Weaver, J. A. j
Knowles, Mrs. Helen Spencer, Mrs.
Gordon Tingle, N. A. Leverett, Carl
Holifield, E. L. Crum, Joel W. Fin
cher, M. W. Carmichael, H. B. Whit
aker, H. F. Compton, D. E. McClen
don, T. B. Maddox.
Marvin Harris, George 11. Brooks,
James F Whitaker, R. L. Glaze, Mrs.
Laßue Turner, F. L). Moore, G. Newt
Etheredge, T. L. Cook, Paul Maddox,
W. C. Gan , Willie P. Brooks, Aubrey
A. Rooks, J. O. Beauchamp, Joe M.
Moore, Spencer Johnson, Frank Mil
ler. J. 0. Minter, Hubert A. Carter,
Thomas B. Fletcher, I). P. Settle.
Dr. Pinckney Wins
Honors at State
Optometric Meet
The Georgia Optometric Associ
ation presented an optometrist of
the year award to Dr. Robert H.
Pinckney of Jackson for community
service at its 54th annual convention
Monday night in Savannah.
Dr. Pinckney was also elected al
ternate trustee of the GOA’s Fourth
District unit, which received special
recognition fqr its achievements dur
ing 1957. The Jackson optometrist
will serve as chairman of th e GOA’s
visual training committee for 1958.
A charter member and first presi
dent of the Butts County Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Pinckney has
served as vice-president of the Butts
County Industrial Development
Board and co-chairman of the county
chapter of the National Polio Foun
dation in 1957.
Spotlighting the challenge pre
sented by the ever-increasing num
bers of high-powered automobiles
and the super-highways now being
built in the state, the GOA conven
tion centered discussion around steps
being, taken to prevent future high
way fatalities.
TAG SALES MOVE SLOWER
AFTER FIRST RUSH ENDS
Only 119 license plates were sold
through Mrs. Mary Will Hearn’s
office last week, as the rush to get a
low number apparently ended after
the first week’s sales.
Motorists hav ( . until April 1 to
purchase the new 1958 license plates.
$3.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
W. E. Waits, William T. Nelson,
Grady T. Brooks, C. D. Fletcher,
Franklin E. Cawthon, R. D. Bank
ston, G. C. Moore, Hiram Franklin,
T. J. Collins, J. T. Bond, Malvin
Redman, Claude Wilder, Julian W.
Fletcher, Charles E. Barber, H. G.
James, R. C. Wilson, Nesbit Moss,
Raymond T. Smith, L. G. Maddox,
Felton Thomason, Pearl Barber, El
; bert Hunter.
.Traverse jurors drawn for ihe
second week of court include:
Leri J. Ball, W. H. Levcrett, Mrs.
J. T. Beckham, Charles Elliott, R. H.
Burford, Sr., D. A. Leverett, Ray
mond L. Hardy, C. B. Wise, S. L.
Nelson, J. T. McClelland, A. W.
Harrison, Kipling L. Wise, B. R.
Hay, M. B. Cook, Odell Cook, David
Duffey, Banks A. Weaver, L. P. Col
well, Tommy Joe Enlow, J. D. Banks
ton, Sr.
Ray Cook, G. L. Smith, Howard
Jabies, W. R. 'Singleton, C. D. Ed
wards, Jr., J. E. Bond, Wayne
Reeves, C. Edward Washington, F.
W. Childs, Thomas E. Wells, V. M-
White, R. J. Thornton, Victor M.
Brown, J. W. O’Neal, Sr., R. A.
Franklin, Jr., J. M. Kitchens, Joe
Reeves, Aubrey W. James, W. O.
Leverett, Howard R. James.
Morris L. Cook, L. A. Brooks, Jr.,
John Billy King, A. K. Kitchens, L.
V. Collins, Mrs. Sara Yarborough, E
II. Polk, 3. J. Ireland, T. T. Patrick,
David Dcraney, Otis Washington,
Mrs. W. D. Pope, Jr. W. A. Duke, Sr.,
Raymond O’Quinn, 1). Mike Allen,
W. N. Thaxton, G. L. Morgan, J.
Russell Gawthon, Robert J. Winters,
i
: Oscar Young.
J. E. Cornell, Jr., J. F. Wilkerson,
Willie Wells, O. L. Weaver, Jr.,
Eddie B. Fuller, Davis Willard, W.
F. O’Neal, Leonard H. Duk*, C. M.
Daniel, Jr., E. E. Long, W. O.
Knowles, A. F. Janies, O. L. Greer,
Jesse L. Barnes, Max Polk, J. B.
White, R. W. Whitaker, Ruth P.
Sellers, Pope Moncriel , James C.
Barnhart.
Judge Brown
Spoke To Kiwanis
Club Tuesday
In an address to Jackson Kiwan
ians Tuesday night, Judge Thomas J.
Brown Jr. had words of praise for
the probation system, in effect in the
Flint Circuit for nearly two years,
and for the conduct of teen-agers in
this circuit.
“The general average of conduct
among the teen-agers in our commu
nities is at least as good, if not bet
ter, than it was 25 years ago,” the
jurist said.
He praised the probation system
with its “great potential for good in
helping weak or misguided law
breakers straighten themselves out.”
He cited cases where the system had
worked in changing attitudes of
would-be criminals.
Judge Brown also had words of
commendation for Sheriff V. H. Ham
and Ordinary Richard W. -Watkins
Jr. for their effective public sei-vice
they are rendering as office holders.
Jackson Mayor W. M. Redman
presented Judge Brown .
Otis Ball was congratulated on his
birthday and Kiwanian J. li. Brown
of Griffin was a guest of the club.
President Jim Holcombe, Vice
President Dick Pope, Dr. R. P. Har
rison and Horace O’Neal attended a
mid-winter conference of the Georgia
Kiwanis District Sunday afternoon
at Rock Eagle.
Ladies Night, and the Club’s an
niversary, will he observed next
Tuesday nigi t with Richard Watkins
in charge of the program.