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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
BOYLE JONES JR Editor
and Publisher
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
Jest of the Week: At a fash
ionable summer playground a
police officer, patrolling the
beach area, encountered a pert
young girl wearing the briefest
of beach attire.
“What would your mother
.say," he demanded, “if she caught
you in that skimpy bikini?”
“Boy, she’d say plenty,” ad
mitted the girl. “It belongs to
her.”—Ties.
It is perhaps fitting that at
this Christmas season the Georgia
taxpayer take a long and analyti
cal look at the oft-abused prac
tice of legislative junkets. Many
Georgia citizens are downright
incensed at their role of Santa
Claus to finance free-wheeling
trips to resort spots in far distant
.states on junkets deemed neces
sary by the flimsiest reasons.
On the other hand, we should
support those necessary travels
made by our legislative delega
tions in the interest of inspection,
learning, and research.
All junkets, and the expenses
thereof, in the future should be
more stringently delineated and
recorded, so that there can be
no question or serious doubt
raised concerning the need, pur
pose and cost of the travel.
It’s our tax dollars—yours and
mine—that finance these junkets.
In the future, let us insist that
our money be more wisely spent.
It seems to me that our country
would do well to listen and heed
more often the advice of our
distinguished Georgia senators—
Richard B. Russell Jr., and Her
man Eugene Talmadge.
In an exclusive radio interview
last week, Sen. Russell said ho
could not understand why the
naval quarantine of Cuba was
lifted before definite and con
crete proposals for on-sito inspec
tion of Cuba’s military build up
were obtained. Realizing Russia’s
perfidy in the past, we share
Sen. Russell’s concern that the
Soviet’s promise to remove all
missile bases and bombers might
be circumvented by some subter
fuge. World opinion, and more
important, hemispheric sentiment,
was on our side which made it the
propituous opportunity to secure
the agreement for on-site inspec
tion.
We were heartened by Mr.
Russell’s disclosure that our na
tion possesses the military might
and power to obliterate and an
nihilate any enemy or coalition of
enemies in event of a thermonu
clear war. He also very candidly
conceded that terrible destruction
would be suffered by the United
States in event such a war ensues.
The reassurance of our mili
tary preparedness by a person of
Sen. Russell’s stature and know
ledge at the Christmas season
should make millions of Amer
icans breathe a little easier and
feel more secure.
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Guest Editorial
THE NEW YORK SUN
By Francis P. Church
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus
prominently the communication below, expressing
at the same time our great gratification that its faith
ful author is numbered among the friends of The
Sun:
Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little
friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says,
‘lf you see it in the Sun it’s so.’ “Please tell me the
truth, is there a Santa Claus?”
VIRGINIA O’HANLON
115 West Ninety-Fifth St.
Virginia your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe except
they see. They think that nothing
can be which is not comprehens
ible by their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether they be
men's or children’s are little. In
this great universe of ours man
is a mere insect, an ant, in his in
tellect compared with the bound
less world about him, as measured
by the intelligence capable of
grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
generosity and devotion exist,
and you know they abound and
give to your life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how
dreary would be the world if
there were no Santa Claus! It
would be as dreary as if there
were no Virginias. There would
be no childlike faith then, no
poetry, no romance to make toler
able this existence. We should
have no enjoyment, except in
sense and sight. The eternal light
Iswßr It MB'wßilfil
tjiKe tftem a tjijt of jirafom
tdis Gliristmas
There’ll be a lot of Christmas shopping at
our Savings Bond window this year.
You’re invited to join in.
When you give U. S. Savings Bonds,
you give a gift that grows in value. Every
$3 grows into $4 by the time your first
graders get into high school.
Even more important, the money you
put into Savings Bonds helps keep our
country strong —physically and financially.
Only a strong America can defend freedom
and help keep Peace on Earth.
If there’s anything you’d like to
know about Savings Bonds for invest
ment, income, or gifts, drop in.
While you are
here, you are
also invited to J
ask about our n
checking and sav- j
ings accounts,
safety deposit ,
boxes, and our f or new Bond
many other bank- Qif t Envelope—it's
ing services. free!
Keep freedom in vour future with
U.S. SAVINGS BONDS
fsjpjv The U.s. Qomrnment J>KS not nay for this advertising. For their
patriotic support, the Treasury Department thanks The Advertmmg
Council o.rti
Jackson
National Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus!
You might as well not believe in
fairies! You might get your papa
to hire men to watch all the
chimneys on Christmas Eve to
catch Santa Claus, but even if
they did not see Santa Claus com
ing down, what would that prove?
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but
that is no sign that there is no
Santa Claus. The most real things
in the world are those that
neither children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies dancing
on the lawn? Of course not, but
that’s no proof that they are not
there. Nobody can conceive or
imagine all the wonders there are
unseen and unseeable in the
world.
You tear apart the baby’s rat
tle and see what makes the noise
inside, but there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest man, nor even the unit
ed strength of all the strongest
men that ever lived, could tear
apart. Our faith, fancy, poetry,
love romance, can push aside
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
SHERIFFS’ RESPONSIBILITY
A few sheriffs over the state
are speaking out voluntarily and
letting it be known they will not
tolerate the illegal sale of fire
works in their counties.
One of these is Butts County
Sheriff V. H. Ham, who said in
plain, understandable language
this week that no fireworks are
going to be sold in Butts County,
in line with a recent ruling of
Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook.
That of course is what every
sheriff in the state should be say
ing, and those who seem to prefer
remaining mum on the subject
need a little prodding.
If the people of a community
are really concerned about pre
venting sale of fireworks, then it
would be pertinent for them to
inquire of their sheriff what po
sition he’s taking on the state
ruling.—The Atlanta Journal and
Constitution, Sunday, Dec. !),
1962.
Boys in Service
LACKLAND AFB, Tex.—Air
man Basic Hughey Crowder, son
of Wiley Crowder, 552 Mulberry
St., Jackson, Ga., is being reas
signed to Trax Field, Wis., for
training and duty as a warehous
ing specialist.
Airman Crowder recently com
pleted United States Air Force
basic military training here.
He is a 1962 graduate of Hen
derson High School.
CHURCH, SCHOOL
ARCHITECTURE TURNS TO
WOOD
The latest thing in church and
school construction is anew style
of architecture utilizing colossal
wood arches and beams made of
glued laminated Southern Pine
lumber. By way of coincidence,
Southern Pine was the first build
ing material used by American
settlers in the mid-seventeenth
century, according to Harold O.
Baxter, Extension forestry mar
keting specialist.
that curtain and view and picture
the supernal beauty and glory
beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Vir
ginia, in all this world there is
nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God!
He lives and he lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Vir
ginia, nay ten times ten thousand
years from now, he will continue
to make glad the heart of child
hood.
OHEVROIEL. on the road every day!
ITS RELIABILITY COMES FROM ITS QUALITY
A nutshell description of Chevrolet trucks could be
“Trucks That Work”. It’s not exactly earthshak
ing but it says a mouthful. It’s what Chevrolet
trucks are best known for—their reliability. Ready
to work, day after day, whenever you are.
You can’t build trucks that perform like this
if you don’t put quality into engine, chassis and
“Check the Champ’’—Test Drive the " New Reliables " at your Chevrolet dealer’s
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REMEMBERED FOR YEARS.
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PRICES.
CASH & CARRY, INC.
Phone 7955 Jackson, Ga.
2 NEW 6-CYLINDER ENGINES
New High Torque 230-
cu.-in. Six is more
powerful than its prede
cessor. Standard in
Series CIO through CSO.
’CLARK
\lkJV dependable name in\-
HUmO RIALS
body. Chevrolet does: double-wall construction,
insulated cab, select-wood body floor, chain
supported tailgate, ladder-type frame, the careful
attention to upholstery and finish. It’s this kind
of quality that makes any Chevrolet truck—from
pickup to heavyweight tandem —worth more on
the average at trade-in!
New High Torque 292-
cu.-in. Six —most
powerful truck 6 Chev
rolet has ever built!
Standard in Series C6O.
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1962
QUALITY TRUCKS
COST LESS