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VOL. 89—NO. 49
Towaliga Soil District l°o Select
Man of Year At Meeting Dec. 10
The Board of Supervisors of
the Towaliga Soil Conservation
District and the banks of the
District will hold the Third An
nual Man of the Year in Con
servation Program at the Experi
ment Station in Griffin, Georgia
on December 10, according to J.
C. Zellner, Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors.
The Honorable Herman E. Tal
madge, United States Senator,
will make the principal address.
The man from each county of
the district selected as the out
standing conservation farmer of
1962 will be recognized. The
farmers recognized last year from
each county within the District
at the Man of the Year Program
were: Butts County, G. Harold
Standard; Fayette County, W. G.
Burch; Lamar County, Wyatt W.
Childs; Monroe County, Rolfe H.
Johnson; Pike County, Marvin
Gibson; Spalding County, N. H.
Bailey; Upson County, Edmond
R. Mathews.
Banks sponsoring this program
along with District supervisors
include Jackson National Bank,
Jackson; Redwine Brothers Bank,
Tyrone; Farmers and Merchants
Bank, Fayetteville; First National
Bank, Barnesville; Monroe Coun
ty Bank, Forsyth; Farmers Bank,
Forsyth; Citizens Bank of For
syth, Forsyth; Bank of Zebulon,
Zebulon; State Bank, Griffin;
Commercial Bank and Trust Com
pany, Griffin; Bank of Upson,
Thomaston; and the Citizens and
Southern Bank, Thomaston.
The District is a legal unit of
state government, organized by
vote of the landowners in the
District. It is directed by a Board
of Supervisors, one elected from
each county by the voters and
two appointed from the District
at large. This board is respon
sible for initiating and carrying
out a conservation program adap
ted locally to serve the need of
local landowners. The District
through a cooperative agreement
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture is furnished
technical assistance necessary to
carry out the District program.
The Man of the Year in Con
servation Program is conducted
to recognize outstanding accom
plishments and to express appre
ciation to all farmers of the Disc
rist for the good job they are
doing in planning and applying
oustanding soil and water con
servation programs on their
farms.
Supervisors of the Towaliga
Soil Conservation District are J.
C. Zellner, Lamar County, Chair
man; C. G. Gwyn Jr., Pike Coun
ty, Vice-Chairman; P. W. Hamil,
Spalding County, Secretary-
Treasurer; H. C. Hewell of Fay
ette County, W. T. Evans of
Butts County, John L. Duncan
and Tom G. Scott of Monroe
County, David P. Elder of Spald
ing County and Bobby C. Smith
of Upson County.
Girl Scouts
Thank Public
For Support
The Girl Scouts of Butts Coun
ty wishes to thank each citizen,
business and industry of Butts
County who contributed to the
support of the program during
the recent campaign drive.
Mrs. R. D. Lawrence, Jr.,
Finance Drive Chairman, also
wishes to thank each person for
their contributions, and her en
tire team of solicitors for their
cooperation and hours of service
rendered.
“Your investment in the Girl
Scout movement verfies your in
terest in the youth of our com
munity, their training and de
velopment as your citizens and
future homemakers and leaders
of our community and nation,”
Mrs. Lawrence stated.
New Lighting
System In Use
At Pepperton
New “Slim Line” lights have
been installed in the carding and
spinning departments at Pepper
ton Cotton Mills. The lights will
make for better personnel safety
as well as better work efficiency.
With the completion November
23 of the installation of the
modern lights, the entire mill is
completely relighted. The lights
were installed several months
ago in the weaving and finishing
departments of the mill.
According to Pepperton Super
intendent Bill Windsor, a well
lighted work room is a cheerful
and more favorable area for
working. These better working
conditions cut down on accidents
and aid in housekeeping, both
the plant itself and the machinery
installed there.
Another big factor the new
lights perform, Mr. Windsor said,
is by making the conditions more
favorable for quality and effi
ciency improvements.
The installation of the “Slim
Line” lights is in keeping with
the modernization of the mill, Mr.
Windsor said. He pointed out that
in the last few months 47 new
looms have been installed along
with some other new machinery.
Old machinery is being over
hauled and floors in different
areas of the mill are being fin
ished.
Capt. Stinson
Was Wounded In
Vietnam Attack
Friends of Capt. and Mrs. W.
C. Stinson regret to learn that
word was received here last week
that Capt. Stinson was seriously
wounded in a guerilla attack on a
convoy on which he was patrol
ling in Vietnam.
Although information is mea
ger, it is understood that Capt.
Stinson was wounded by rifle fire
in both thighs and suffered a
wound in his arm by a grenade
fragment. Capt. Stinson left the
states in July for his assignment
in Vietnam and was sent to that
area where Communist-indoctri
nated natives are most active.
Mrs. W. G. Hicks, sister of Mrs.
Stinson, said Monday that a
Vietnamese convoy was being es
corted by three jeeps with Amer
ican personnel when the attack
occurred. Mrs. Hicks also re
ported that a more recent mes
sage from the Red Cross indicated
that Capt. Stinson was to be
evacuated to the states on De
cember 3rd and will likely be as
signed to a Veteran’s hospital in
this area.
Mrs. Stinson and children are
making their home in Jackson
while Capt. Stinson was away on
foreign duty. A registered nurse,
Mrs. Stinson was recently em
ployed by Sylvan Grove Hospital
until her resignation last week to
join her husband upon his period
of convalescence.
BUTTS SINGERS TO MEET
AT JENKINSBURG DEC. 9
The Butts County Singing Con
vention will meet at the Jenkins
burg Baptist Church Sunday, De
cember 9. The singing will begin
at two o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to come and hear the Butts Coun
ty Singing Convention.
NORTH BUTTS TO SPONSOR
BAKE SALE AT BLACK’S
The North Butts Home Dem
onstration Club will sponsor a
Bake Sale on Friday afternoon,
December 14, and Saturday, De
cember 15, at Black’s Snack Bar.
Cakes, pies, and candy will be
available at the bake sale.
Layman’s Rally
Here Dec. 13 at
Methodist Church
The Jackson Methodist Church
will be host to the Griffin Dist
rict Layman’s Rally on Thursday
evening, December 13. Supper
will be served at the church be
ginning at 6 o’clock and the wor
ship program will begin in the
sanctuary at 7:30 p. m. Warren
Haisten, Griffin District Lay
Leader, will preside at the
meeting.
Dr. Virgil Y. C. Eady of Ox
ford, Lay Leader of the North
Georgia Conference of the Meth
odist Church, will be present and
give the message of the evening.
The Laymen of North Georgia
are entering into a program
planned to encourage Tithing
from January to Easter and Dr.
Eady is expected to give the
Griffin District a personal send
off on this forward program of
the church.
The. Rev. W. L. Cawthon is
host pastor of the Jackson Meth
odist Church. All Methodists in
the Jackson area should avail
themselves of the opportunity to
participate in this program.
Supper will be served at the
church beginning at six o’clock to
all who make reservations by
Monday, December 10.
Thieves Borrow
Barrel To Enter
Jackson Store
Enterprising and daring thieves
broke into Reynold’s Shoe Shop
Saturday night through a side
window. They borrowed an oil
barrel from a nearby service sta
tion to use as a ladder, later
returning the barrel to its former
position at the station.
Several pairs of shoes were
taken, according to Wilbur Rey
nolds, owner and operator of the
store, who said the thieves walk
ed over his well lighted store os
if they were paying customers.
He emphasized his statement
by pointing to the dried blood
stains on the floor of his estab
lishment, evidently caused from
the broken window pane.
No money was taken from the
store, as Mr. Reynolds obligingly
leaves the cash register open each
night to forestall damage to the
machine.
Jack Flynt To
Speak To York
Lodge Saturday
Hon. John J. Flynt Jr. of
Griffin, Congressman from the
Fourth District, will be guest
speaker at Ancient York Lodge
No. 127 Saturday, December 8,
when it will hold its annual meet
ing and election of officers. The
Lodge opening is scheduled for
6:30 p. m. with election to begin
soon thereafter.
Oyster stew and rabbit stew
will be served, and all qualified
Masons are invited and urged to
attend and meet and greet Con
gressman Flynt.
ANDY HOLSTON TO PREACH
TWICE AT PLEASANT GROVE
Andy Holston, City Gas En
gineer and active layman of the
First Baptist Church who leaves
soon after the first of the year
to complete his schooling and
prepare for a ministry career,
will preach at services at Pleas
ant Grove Congregational Meth
odist Church on December 9th
and December 23rd. The public
is cordially invited to these ser
vices.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 1962
Many Expected
To Enter Yule
Lighting Contest
Jackson’s homes are expected
to be the prettiest and most gaily
decorated in three years since it
is anticipated most homes will
participate in the Christmas
lighting contest announced last
week under the sponsorship of
the four garden clubs of Jackson
and the Jackson Progess-Argus.
Theme of this year’s contest,
resuming after a lapse of two
years, will be “Christmas At Our
House. ’’ Mrs. J. W. Carter, chair
man of the committee from the
Cherokee, Hawthorne, Jackson
and Mimosa Garden Clubs, an
nounced that judging of the
homes will take place Thursday
night, December 20th, beginning
at 7 o’clock.
The garden lubs, she stated,
have assumed responsibility of
obtaining the judges, their enter
tainment, and gifts, as well as
preparing rules for the contest.
The paper is offering cash awards
of $15.00, SIO.OO, and $7.50 to
the first, second, and third place
winners respectively, and $5.00
each for three homes receiving
honorable mention.
Judges will be instructed on
these rules adopted by the com
mittee: 1. Suitability to House,
50 points; 2. Originality, 25
points; 3. Visibility, 25 points. In
selecting “Christmas at Our
House” as the theme, Mrs. Carter
pointed out that it is the sponsors’
hope that the lighting and deco
rations will be each homeowners
“own expression of Christmas.”
Contests in years past have em
phasized the door way, but this,
Mrs. Carter stressed, will be
judged on the overall appearance
and general attractiveness of the
home.
Every decorated home within
the city limits of Jackson and on
the Griffin Road from Willie
Avery Cook's feotne to the city
limits will be judged and con
sidered eligible for a prize. There
is no formal entry required.
Members from the garden clubs
serving with Mrs. Carter in mak
ing arrangements for the contest
include Mrs. Wayne Barnes, Mrs.
E. D. Briscoe, Mrs. D. P. Settle,
Mrs. Bill Sasser, Mrs. Rogers
Starr and Mrs. W. O. Ball.
Teacher Of
Month
By JANIE RIDGEWAY
MISS CAROLYN HARDIGREE
The students of Jackson High
School salute our Teacher of the
Month, Miss Carolyn Hardigree.
Miss Hardigree graduated from
Watkinsville High School and at
tended four years of college at
the University of Georgia where
she majored in Home Economics.
She entered Graduate school and
has five hours toward her Mas
ters Degree. Miss Hardigree be
gan teaching in Jackson in 1960
and is the sponsor of our J. H. S.
Cheerleaders. She is a member
of American Vocational Associ
ation, The American Home Eco
nomics Association, and National
Business Women’s Club.
Miss Hardigree is a member of
the Christian Church and now at
tends the Methodist Church of
Jackson where she teaches a
Junior High Sunday School class.
As hobbies she enjoys sewing,
collecting odd recipes, and play
ing cards.
Native of Units
Gen. Rogers Woodward Is Named
Atlanta Civil Defense Director
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Vandiver Names
Watkins To State
Correction Board
At his press conference last
Monday, December 3rd, Governor
Ernest Vandiver announced that
he had appointed Richard W.
Watkins Jr., Jackson attorney
and Ordinary of Butts County,
to a five-year term on the State
Board of Corrections. Mr. Wat
kins will succeed E. Alvin Foster,
of Forest Park, on the Board.
The Board of Corrections is a
Constitutional Board made up of
five members and has the respon
sibility of operation of the State
prison system. It meets regularly
once a month, usually on the sec
ond Monday, Judge Watkins said.
Being on the Board of Correc
tions will be a duty he will as
sume in addition to being Ordi
nary of Butts County, Judge
Watkins said, and he will contin
ue to devote himself energetically
to the duties of the office of Or
dinary and will keep his office
open full time, as in the past, he
said.
Appointments to the Board of
Corrections are considered major
appointments within the power of
the Governor, and the people of
Butts County are complimented
by Gov. Vandiver’s appointmenl
of a Butts countian in this in
stance.
Mrs. Watkins accompanied her
husband to Atlanta to witness his
swearing in by the Governor.
Zany Womanless
Wedding Slated
Again bn Friday
The second performance of the
Womanless Wedding, presented
under the co-sponsorship of the
Jackson Exchange Club and the
Butts County Athletic Associ
ation, will be held Friday eve
ning, December 7, at 8 o’clock in
the auditorium.
An audience of 200 or more
viewed the hilarious event Tues
day night and comments of
“laughed until I cried” were
frequently heard. Tickets at the
door will be SI.OO for adults and
50 cents for children. The play
is directed by Mrs. Jane Ann
Settle and Mrs. Mary Will Hearn.
BAKE SALE SLATED DEC.
7-8 BY B&PW MEMBERS
Homemade cakes, pies, candies,
etc. will be sold at Black’s Snack
Bar on Friday, December 7, and
Saturday, December 8. The Bake
Sale, sponsored by the Jackson
B&PW Club, will begin Friday
afternoon at three o’clock.
Chubby Kitchens
Bags Big Buck
At Age of 14
A few weeks ago 15-year-old
Freddie Cook, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Odell Cook of Jackson, went
hunting and bagged a five point
buck on his first trip. Now
Chubby Kitchens, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Kitchens, wasn't
fortunate enough to score a kill
on his first hunt, but he did bag
his buck a year earlier—at 14.
The youthful Nimrod zeroed
his 30.06 rifle on a fine, 8 point
buck late Saturday afternoon
November 10th in a wooded copse
near the Butts-Monroe line in
Butts County. A near perfect
shot at about 100 yards felled
the 185 pound buck.
The proud father, about as
pleased as the exultant Chubby,
said that the deer emerged from
a wooded area, was crossing a
sedge field, had stopped and
turned around when the young
marksman fired, the bullet enter
ing at the shoulder area and
penetrating through the body.
Members of the party on the
successful hunt in addition to
Chubby and his father were Jake
Cavender, J. B. Kitchens and
Clomer Kitchens. Mr. Kitchens
reported that though his son had
been hunting “once or twice last
year, this was his first shot at
a deer.”
Bond Sales In
County Reach
63.1% of Goal
Butts County citizens pur
chased $2,927 in E Bonds and
$5,000.00 in H Bonds to bring
the total to $82,135.00 through
October on their 1962 quota of
$130,000. According to J. W.
O'Neal, Sr., Butts County Savings
Bond chairman, this latest com
pilation is 63.1 percent of the
county’s quota.
Statewide, Mr. O’Neal pointed
out, Georgians have purchased a
total of $39,517,833 toward the
state quota of $59,700,000.00
for a percentage of 77.9 through
October. Mr. O’Neal reminded
that Savings Bonds make ideal
Christmas gifts and expressed
hope that the increased sales at
this Yule Season would help Butts
County achieve its quota.
Other counties in this area re
port the following percentage
toward their goal.
Henry, 77.2% on a quota of
$205,000; Jasper, 47.9% on a
goal of $100,000; Lamar, 80.3%
toward a goal of $187,000; Mon
roe, 75%0n a goal of $50,000;
Newton, 75.4 on a goal of $135,-
000; Spalding, 80.7% on a goal
of $150,000; Upson, 84.4 on a
goal of $520,000; Troup, 96.8%
on a goal of $670,000.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A Butts native, Brig. Gen. Wil
liam R. Woodward (USA-Ret.),
has been named director of Met
ropolitan Atlanta Civil Defense.
Gen. Woodward is currently
working for Martin Aerospace in
Denver, Colo.
Gen. Woodward is the son <>f
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Woodward. His mother, Mrs.
Stella Woodward, died October
31 in Winder and was buried on
November 2 in the Fellowship
Presbyterian Church cemetery in
Butts County.
Gen. Woodward was born in
West Butts Community near the
Fellowship Presbyterian Church.
He attended the University of
Georgia from 1924 to 1926 and
was named outstanding military
cadet his sophomore year.
He received an appointment to
West Point and graduated in
1931. While there, he was the
academy’s champion heavyweight
boxer.
According to an announcement
in the Atlanta Journal Saturday,
Atlanta’s new CD director was
picked from 30 applicants by the
Metropolitan Atlanta Civil De
fense Council. He will receive his
actual appointment from Gov.
Ernest Vandiver on the recom
mendation of Mayor Ivan Allen
and Fulton Commission Chairman
James Aldredge, the article
stated.
Gen. Woodward will take over
January 1, replacing Maj. Gen.
Carl T. Sutherland, city person
nel director and acting CD di
rector since Elliott Jackson was
removed from the office October
31, the Journal said.
The 56-year-old retired Army
general will receive a salary of
$12,000. At Martin Aerospace in
Denver, Gen. Woodward is senior
projects planner. He has been
with Aerospace for two years.
An “excellent man for the
job’’ was the term used by the
people who chose him. Gen.
Woodward is considered an au
thority on military logistics and
has also had considerable experi
ence training infantry personnel.
During World War II he served
as operations officer with the
81st Infantry Division in the
Pacific, where he participated in
the Philippines campaign and
other combat actions.
Following the war he served in
the European Theater, and was
assistant division commander of
the Ist Calvary Division in Korea.
In addition to his West Point
training, Gen. Woodward is a
graduate of the Infantry School
at Ft. Benning, the Command and
General Staff College, the U. S.
Naval War College, the British
Army Staff College, the U. S.
Army War College, the General
Officers Command Management
Course and the General Officers
Atomic Course held at Sandia,
N. M.
He taught global strategy and
logistics at the Army War Col
lege for thre years.
Sticky Fingered
Browsers Plague
Jackson Stores
“Be on the lookout for shop
lifters,’’ was the word given to
most employees by Jackson mer
chants this week. Several mer
chants have experienced flagrant
thefts from their stores since
the Christmas season began.
One merchant reported that a
sticky fingered browser made
away with anew portable tele
vision set. Other favorites of the
slick fingered culprits are watches
and transistor radios.
Merchants are reportedly cau
tioning their clerks to keep a
constant watch on merchandise,
with several saying, “it won’t
happen again.”