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VOL. 89—NO. 50
Zero Weather Hits Georgia as Polar
Air Brings Cold Wave Warnings
Someone left the Arctic barn
door open and as a consequence
a record breaking mass of polar
air surged southward Tuesday
night and Wednesday, enveloping
Dixie in an icy grip that plunged
the mercury to below zero in the
Georgia mountains, 5 degrees in
Atlanta and to similar lows in
Butts County. In fact, it is en
tirely probable that in the coun
ty’s colder spots, notably Indian
Springs and Jackson Lake, the
thermometer in all likelihood dip
ped to the zero mark also.
Hard freeze warnings went out
to all of Georgia Tuesday as the
record breaking cold wave headed
toward the South with new lows
established at many points. In
Corbin, Kentucky Wednesday
morning it was 7 below, while
Asheville, N. C. reported 4 above.
Despite the cloudy skies few
snow flurries materialized with
none reported in the mid-Georgia
area. There were flurries re
ported Tuesday in the North
Georgia towns of Rome, Blue
Ridge, Calhoun and Hiawassee.
The Atlanta Weather Bureau
estimated that 25 would be the
high Wednesday in the Central
Georgia section, with the low for
this area forecast for Thursday
morning at 8 frigid degrees. No
imminent let-up from the vicious
cold front was in sight with the
Atlanta weather seers predicting
the icy blasts would continue with
little or no abatement through
Friday morning, with the possi
bility of slight moderation Friday
afternoon.
WEST BUTTS TO GIVE
SQUARE DANCE DEC. 15
The West Butts Community
Club will sponsor an old fashion
square dance at the clubhouse or.
December 15. The dance will be
supervised by members of the
club.
Musicians at the dance will be
Robert Foster, Virgil Smith and
Azmer Mann. Admission is 75c
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
ST. JOHN’S LODGE
TO ELECT OFFICERS
St. John’s Lodge No. 45 F&AM
will hold its election of officers
Monday, December 17, at 7:30
o’clock. A rabbit stew will be
served by the refreshment com
mittee.
All qualified brethren are in
vited to attend.
Trade In Jackson ... With
CAWTHON BROS., INC.
With the wintry blasts of recent date it is quite natural
for thoughts to turn to heating and winter comfort, and
with such in mind it is also quite natural that many persons
turn to Cawthon Bros., Inc. for propane gas. Opened in No
vember 1959, the business is owned by Lewis Cawthon and
Porter Cawthon, with Joel Cawthon and Ben Anderson as
employees.
Principal product is of course propane gas, and also include
Enterprise Gas Ranges, Empire, Dearborn, and Atlanta
space heaters. Attention of new home builders is called to
the Crane central heating system available through Cawthon
Bros., Inc. In addition to sales, service and installation of the
above appliances, the firm offers 24 hour service. This may
be secured by telephoning 7663 day or night, or calling 7335
at night. According to Mr. Cawthon, “we rent gas tanks,
offer metered gas service, or you can buy your own tank.”
Lee Roy O’Neal
Visits Cadets At
Service Schools
Butts School Superintendent
Lee Roy O’Neal was among the
55 city and county school superin
tendents invited by the state to
tour West Point Military Acad
emy and the United States Naval
Academy last week.
The group was accompanied by
three state department officials
and a reporter. They left Georgia
via National Guard plane on De
cember 4 and returned on Decem
ber 7.
According to Mr. O’Neal, the
most impressive features of the
trip were the talks with the
cadets from Georgia. He pointed
out that the cadets must spend
five or six hours a day on their
studies in addition to the regular
six or seven classes they take
each day and the intramural
sports they are required to parti
cipate in.
Officials at both schools point
ed out to the group that the two
subjects causing the most wash
outs at the academies are English
and math, Mr. O’Neal said. He
stated that the trip was well
worthwhile in that it enabled
visiting school superintendents
an opportunity' to see ways to im
prove their school’s curriculum.
Butts Schools
Will Close For
Holiday Dec. 21
Butts school children will ob
serve Christmas holidays from
Friday, December 21, until Jan
uary 2, Butts School Superinten
dent Lee Roy O’Neal announced
this week.
Regular classes will be obser
ved on January 2, Mr. O’Neal
said.
Clogged pipes and a faulty
valve in the heating unit of the
high school resulted in a half hol
iday for the white school children
on Friday, December 7, Mr.
O’Neal commented. He stated the
half day would not have to be
made up as the emergency hap
pened after the children arrived
at school.
All Homes Asked
To Participate
Lighting Contest
Everyone is invited to partici
pate in Jackson’s Christmas light
ing contest, the judging of which
will take place Thursday night,
December 20th, beginning at 7
o’clock. No formal entries are re
quired and every decorated and
lighted home will be considered
by the judges as they make their
tour of the city.
The contest this year, resumed
after a two-year lapse, is spon
sored by the four garden clubs
of Jackson, with the Jackson
Progress-Argus making available
cash awards of sls, $lO, and
$7.50 to the first, second and
third place winners respectively,
and $5 each for three homes re
ceiving honorable mention. The
garden clubs participating in the
“Christmas At Our House” event
are the Cherokee, Hawthorne,
Jackson, and Mimosa. Mrs. J. W.
Carter is general chairman of the
Christmas lighting contest, being
named by a committee from the
garden clubs. Out-of-town judges,
competent and experienced, have
been secured, Mrs. Carter added.
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 Jthe 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 home to the city
limits will be judged and con
sidered eligible for a prize.
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.
Funds Urgently
Needed in Empty
Stocking Drive
Christmas will be dreary for a
number of small children in Butts
County this year, unless contri
butions are received in our Empty
Stocking Fund Drive, John Sher
rell .Drive Chairman commented
this week.
An unprecedented number of
applicants signed up for the aid
offered by the Empty Stocking,
sponsored by the Butts County
Jaycees, and the club cannot cope
with such a large number unless
money is received from outside
sources, Mr. Sherrell said.
It is the custom of the club to
give each child an outfit of
clothes, a basket of fruit and a
suitable toy. According to Mr.
Sherrell, the aid this year will
have to be cut drastically unless
funds become available at the
last minute.
Mr. Sherrell urged anyone who
would like to make a contribution
to either mail it to him in care
of Haisten Funeral Home or leave
it at Gilbert’s Furniture Com
pany. He pointed out that good
useable toys are still needed and
can be left with him or at the
Cliett Redman Warehouse on
Second Street.
The Jaycees are planning sev
eral last minute fund raising
projects with an old fashion
square dance scheduled Saturday
night, December 22, at the Tow
aliga Community Clubhouse.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1962
Rolfe Burford
Is Man of Year
In Conservation
Mr. Rolfe H. Burford, widely
known Butts County farmer, was
named Man of the Year in Con
servation from Butts County at
the third annual Towaliga Soil
Conservation Distinct in Griffin
Monday night, December 10. Mr.
Burford received a framed plaque
at the dinner meeting.
Introduced by Richard W. Wat
kins, director of the Jackson Na
tional Bank, Mr. Burford was
lauded by Mr. Watkins on his
conservation practices during his
tenure as a farmer and dairyman.
Mr. Burford was manager of
Willow Valley Dairy since 1923
in addition to developing a small
farm of his own, which began
with 25 acres. He became semi
retired about three years ago.
A leader in both his church and
in civic affairs, Mr. Burford has
been president of the Butts Coun
ty Farm Bureau, served three
years on the county’s Farmers
Home Administration Committee.
He is president of Butts Coun
ty Livestock Association and also
a State Director. He is serving his
third year as chairman of the
Butts County ASC Committee
and has been one of the leaders
in the organization of the Yellow
Water Creek Association in Butts
County, of which he is co-chair
man.
Other Men of the Year and
their respective counties were L.
S. Peeples, Fayette; Denard G.
Pippin, Lamar; V. E. Sanders,
Monroe; F. M. Jones, Spalding;
Marvin Connafex, Pike; and the
father and son farming team, J.
O. Weatherford and Tommy
Weatherford, of Upson County.
The program was sponsored by
the Banks of the District.
A number of state and national
leaders were introduced at the
program, with Senator Herman E.
Talmadge giving a forceful and
dynamic talk on the strides Geor
gia has made in farming and
forestry during the last 20 years.
He spoke briefly on the great
natural resource, water, that
Georgia is blessed with and pre
dicted that more and more indus
try will move to the state and
take advantage of it.
He praised the farmer as the
outsanding people of the world
and spoke out against a national
farm bill that makes the federal
government the one largest buyer
of farm commodities.
Billy Saunders
Earns “Soldier
Of Month” Honor
Sp-4 William R. Saunders, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Saunders
of Jackson, Ga., has been chosen
“Soldier of the month” for Oc
tober at Killeen Base, Texas. He
is company clerk of Military Po
lice Cos. C.
Sp-4 Saunders was selected for
the honor after competition with
other personnel at the base. He
was presented a Certificate of
Achievement by his company
commander, Ist Lt. Jack R. Kern.
Saunders entered the Army at
Fort Gordon, Ga., in September
of 1961 and completed basic
training there in November, 1961.
Before being assigned to Killeen
Base in February, 1962, he grad
uated from the Provost Marshall
General School at Fort Gordon.
Sp-4 Saunders is a graduate
of Jackson High School in Jack
son, Ga. Prior to entering the
Army he was a senior accounting
clerk with the General Electric
Credit Corporation in Atlanta.
MISS GLIDEWELL NAMED
TO COLLEGE POST
Cullman, Ala.—Miss Beverly
Glidewell of Jackson has been
elected Prefect of the newly
formed Sodality of Immaclulate
Conception at Sacred Heart Col
lege here.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh M. Glidewell and a
graduate of Mount de Sales High
School in Macon, Ga. Miss Glide
well, a member of St. Mary’s
Parish, is a sophomore majoring
in the business division.
Jackson Merchants Give Santa Big
Assist With Glittering Prize Items
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Joyce Morgan Is
Winner of DAR
Citizenship Pin
Miss Joyce Morgan, outstand
ing Jackson High School senior,
was presented the DAR Good
Citizenship Award during assem
bly at the school Wednesday, De
cember 12.
The award, given annually by
the William Mclntosh Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, was presented to Miss
Morgan on her outstanding char
acteristics of dependability, lead
ership, service, and patriotism.
They were inscribed on the pin
presented Miss Morgan.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. J. Morgan, she takes an active
part in the Macedonia Baptist
Church, beng a pianist for the
Primary Department of the Sun
day School. Always willing to
serve her school, Miss Morgan is
president this year of the Student
Council and also the Science
Club. She is a member of the
Honor Society, and the Future
Teachers’ Organization, and
editor of the school paper. In her
junior year she was vice presi
dent of the Tri-Hi-Y.
Miss Morgan’s school record,
both scholastic and extra-curri
cular, were also deciding factors
in being chosen for the award,
Miss Delia Watkins, Regent of
the William Mclntosh Chapter
DAR said. Among the honors
Miss Morgan has received during
her high school career are the
Best All Around Girl in the 10th
grade and in the 11th grade the
Honor Guard, Geometry Award,
University of Georgia Certificate
of Merit, Excellence in Latin
Award, and member of the Home
coming Court for both her junior
and senior year. During the pres
ent school term, Miss Morgan has
been chosen as FFA Sweetheart
and sponsor for the football team.
She lists as her hobbies skiing,
cooking, sewing and playing bas
ketball.
The University of Georgia and
Wesleyan are being considered
by Miss Morgan as her choice of
schools to continue her education.
Garden Clubs To
Beautify Grounds
Around Hospital
Representatives from the gar
den clubs of Butts County met
Friday at the home of Miss Geor
gie Watkins and voted to begin
immediately a landscaping pro
ject at Sylvan Grove Hospital.
John Hoffman, of Forsyth, well
known landscape designer, at
tended the meeting and presented
a drawing for plantings on the
hospital grounds. Planting of the
shrubbery and trees is to begin
during the week.
Funds for financing this beau
tification program were raised by
the garden clubs Cherokee,
Hawthorne, J a c k s o n, Jenkins
burg, and Mimosa —through spon
sorship of the Tour of Homes in
Jackson in May.
Rev. Randolph
Accepts Call
To Stockbridge
Rev. Marvin Randolph, pastor
of the Jackson and Fellowship
Presbyterian Churches, has re
signed as pastor of these two
churches effective December 31,
1962 to become the new minister
of the Stockbridge Presbyterian
Church, in one of the most rapid
ly growing areas of Georgia.
At congregational meetings
Sunday at both the Fellowship
and Jackson Presbyterian
Churches, the membership voted
to dissolve the pastoral relation
ship as of the last day of Decem
ber and accept his resignation
with regrets.
Mr. Randolph is a native of
Norfolk, Va. and a graduate of
King College, Bristol, Tcnn. and
of Columbia Theological Semin
ary, Decatur. Mr. Randolph ac
cepted a call to the two local
churches in March 1960. He be
gins his pastoral duties in Stock
bridge with his first sermon there
on Sunday, January 6th.
The congregation of the Jack
son Presbyterian Church Sunday
elected Mrs. Vincent Jones, Miss
Delia Watkins, Maurice W. Car
michael and Doyle Jones Jr. as a
nominating committee whose pri
mary responsibility is to obtain
anew pastor for the local church.
Members from the Fellowship
Church to serve in like capacity
include Mrs. Billy Moore, Julian
Compton, George Colwell and
George Harkness.
Annual Jaycee
Yule Party Be
Held Tuesday
The annual Butts County Jay
cee Christmas party will be held
December 18 at the V. F. W.
Club.
President Henry Lee Gilbert
reminded all members that it is
the custom each year for each
person attending to bring a toy
wrapped in Christmas paper and
marked for a boy or girl.
The gifts will be placed in the
Empty Stocking Fund for distri
bution to needy children, he said.
Trade In •Im*kson *. . With
B & C FARM SUPPLY
B & C Farm Supply was founded in January 1955 and is
owned by Otis Barnes and Hubert Carter. The business has
proved a boon to farmers and farming operations in this
section, not only by the high quality products which it sells
but also by the servicing and repairs to all makes and models
of tractors.
Best known of the products handled by B & C Farm
Supply is a full line of Massey Ferguson tractors, and an
industrial line of Massey Ferguson equipment. Other products
include haying tools, baler’s tools and tractors for every
purpose.
Farmers facing long delays from broken parts have had
their “life” saved by being able to secure a replacement part
from B & C Farm Supply’s full line of tractor parts. A valued
employee is Dan Thurston, who is intsrumental in the com
plete service department that is able to make repairs on all
makes and models of tractors as well as offer on the farm
repairs which includes portable welding. Other employees in
clude George Ridgeway as bookkeeper, Frank Peek, Jr., on
weekends and afternoons, and Henry Sims, colored helper.
Telephone 7033 for courteous service and quick repair or
parts on your tractor needs.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Several Jackson merchants are
playing Santa Claus again this
year. They will be giving away
an array of nice gifts at drawings
on December 24. All customers
are being urged to register for
these prizes.
As is his custom each year, Dr.
Roy Goff at City Pharmacy is of
fering a SSO Money Tree to some
lucky winner. An electric blanket
will also be given away during the
drawings.
Western Auto Associate Store
is offering three prizes to lucky
winners. Top prize is a Truetone
portable 4-speed record player,
second prize is a Truetone Six
Transistor portable radio and
third prize is a basketball set.
Parrish Drug Company is of
fering a glittering array of items
to its customers that range from
a Trav-ler Radio Phono Stereo
Console to gift certificates. In
cluded in this listing are a man’s
watch and cuff and tie set, bride
doll with three complete outfits,
a bazooka gun, an electric Roto
Broil Cooker-Fryer and an elec
tric blanket.
A bicycle built for two, made
by Huffy, will go to the lucky
ticket holder who registered at
Hodges Hardware.
Jackson Drug Company will
distribute gifts to their winners
in the $25,000 Wondercolor Jack
pot, sponsored by Crown-Brem
son Industries, Inc, held during
the Drug Company’s Grand Open
ing. Winners were notified by let
ter.
Mrs. Margaret Duffey was
grand prize winner. She will re
ceive an indoor golf set and a
bicycle in addition to SIOO in
merchandise. Charles L. Wilson
also won SIOO in merchandise and
a bicycle. A bicycle was won by
Mrs. Singley of Locust Grove and
indoor golf sets will go to John
T. Head, Mrs. Lydia Williamson,
Mrs. John Deraney.
Cohen’s played Santa last
weekend by awarding Mrs. Billy
Leverette a complete cooking out
fit. Lizzie Scott and Mrs. Ruby
Hancock, Locust Grove, received
throw rugs in the drawing held
Saturday afternoon.
JACKSON POST OFFICE
OPENS EXTRA HOURS
The Jackson Post Office will
be open in the afternoons on
Wednesday, December 19, and
Saturday, December 22, to facil
itate the handling of Christmas
mail, it was announced this week
by John P. Hunt, Postmaster.