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VOL. 89—NO. 51
Highway Patrol Predicts
37 Holiday Road Deaths
ATLANTA, (GPS) Thirty
seven persons are marked for
death in Georgia traffic accidents
during the Christmas - New Year
holiday periods.
That’s the grim prediction of
the Georgia Department of Pub
lic Safety for the gay holiday
periods extending from 6 p. •
Friday, Dec. 21 through midnight
Tuesday, Dec. 25, and for the
same hours from Friday, Dec. 28
through midnight Tuesday, Jan.
1. Each of these periods covers
102 hours.
The prediction was made, ac
cording to Col. H. Lowell Conner,
state public safety director, after
a review of the fatality records
for Christmas and New Year
holiday periods over the past
several years and on the basis
of present trends. It calls for 22
Christmas period deaths; 15 for
New Year’s.
“Each individual should keep
in mind at all times they are
on the street and highways that
their life is in danger,” Col. Con
ner said. “If they realize this,
they will conduct themselves ac
cordingly. Drivers should make
sure they obey traffic laws which
are designed to protect lives,
limbs and property.”
All members of the State Pa
trol, the Bureau of Investigation
and other service personnel of the
Safety Department will be work
ing around the clock in an effort
to save lives and make the high
ways safe for motorists and
pedestrians.
State troopers will be patrol
ling all Georgia roads, using
every possible device and method,
including radar machines, elec
tronic speed-timers, roadblocks
and airborne spotters, in the con
centrated drive to hold down ac
cidents and resultant deaths.
Col. Conner, who will person
ally direct the massive enforce
ment operation, requests the aid
of all of the other traffic law
enforcement agencies throughout
the state to help maintain safety
during the holiday periods.
The Department of Safety
again solicits the aid and support
of the press, radio and television
stations and civic organizations,
and especially the driving public,
in helping to prevent Georgia’s
highways and streets from be
coming scenes of slaughter.
Traffic deaths during the
Christmas holiday period over the
past five years ran like this: 18
(1961); 28 (1960); 14 (1959);
17 (1958); 11 (1957). Recent
New Year holiday periods record
ed these deaths: six (1962); four
(1961); 15 (1960); 11 (1959);
three (1958); 15 (1957.)
Jaycee Sponsored
Square Dance Be
Held December 22
The Butts County Jaycees will
sponsor an old fashioned square
dance at the Towaliga Commun
ity Clubhouse on Saturday night,
December 22. All proceeds will go
to the Empty Stocking Fund
Drive.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. Robert Foster, Virgil
Smith and Azmer Mann will be
the musicians.
President Henry Lee Gilbert
announced Tuesday that a 21”
Snapper Lawn mower will be auc
tioned off to the highest bidder
at the dance. The mower was do
nated by the McDonough Power
Equipment Company of McDon
ough for the purpose of raising
funds for the Empty Stocking
Fund.
Mr. Gilbert also reminded that
good used toys are still needed
and the Jaycees will have a box
at the dance for anyone who
would like to bring their collec
tion.
LEGION DUES NOW DUE,
COMMANDER COLLINS SAYS
American Legion dues for 1963
are now due, according to Thom
as J. Collins, Commander.
Youth Choir To
Present Yule
Program Dec. 21
The Van Deventer Mixed Cho
rus, composed of more than 60
boys and girls from Butts County,
will give its annual Christmas
Musical program Friday evening,
December 21, at the Jackson
Methodist Church.
Dr. Lee Collins Jr., head of the
Voice Department at Tift Col
lege, Forsyth, will direct the
chorus again this year. Mrs. J. W.
O’Neal Sr. will be accompanist.
Included on the program will
be the following numbers: ‘O
Come, Immanuel,” “Lo, How A
Rose E’er Blooming,” “While
Shepherds Watched,” “How Far
Is It To Bethlehem?’’ “Gentle
Mary,” “To The Manger,’’ “An
gels We Have Heard On High,”
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Si
lence,” “Gesu Bambino,” “Go
Tell It on The Mountain,’’ “I
Wonder As I Wander,’’ “Sing We
Noel,” and ‘I Wish You A Merry
Christmas.”
In addition there will be sev
eral familiar Christmas carols
sung by the congregation.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program and par
ticipate in the singing of the
Christmas carols.
Members of the Van Deventer
Youth Choir are Ann Adams,
Brenda Allen, Beth Barnes, Nan
cy Beckham, Janice Ballenger,
Carole Bond, Ellen Caston, Pris
cilla Collins, Karen Garr .
Nancy Goff, Linda Goggans,
Shirley Hardy, Gail Herbert, Jan
Jinks, Mary Ann Hunt, Sandra
King, Linda Mangham, Mary
Ruth Martin, Lydia Moore, Joyce
Moi’gan, Linda Parrish, Patricia
Parrish, Susan Powe’l, Barbara
Peek.
Janie Ridgeway, Martha Saund
ers, Bonnie Washington, Judy
Weaver, Judy Smith, Cathy Blue,
Jennifer Coleman, Cherry Dover,
Jean Evans, Janie Settle, Char
lene Weaver, Sandra McLees,
Anita Waldrep, Linda McClen
don, Dorner Carmichael, Jan
Parker, Cheryle Lambert.
Bruce Comer, Douglas Free
man, Byrd Garland, Bobby Greer,
Wright Hicks, Larry Letson, Billy
Heath, Tommy Hooten, Jimmy
Maddox, Jimmy Patrick, George
Weaver, Kenneth Wilder, Ricky
Lewis.
Roger Fletcher, Danny Hoard,
Larry Morgan, David Garr, Bob
by Harrison, Jimmy White, Mary
Zane Hearn, Gail Smith and
Kathy Price.
Fireworks Not
Allowed in City,
Police Chief Says
Jackson Police Chief Watson
Vaughn warned this week that no
fireworks will be allowed in the
City this year. State law makes
these fireworks illegal and the
Jackson City Police will appre
hend anyone shooting off these
noise makers within the city
limits, Mr. Vaughn said.
NORTH BUTTS HD CLUB
HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY
The North Butts Home Dem
onstration Club met on Monday,
December 10, for their annual
Christmas party at the clubhouse.
After enjoying a delicious
covered dish luncheon, gifts were
exchanged and several Christmas
boxes packed to be delivered to
shut-ins in the community. Plans
were made for a community
Christmas party to be held at the
clubhouse on Friady night, De
cember 28.
The club invites all their
friends and neighbors to attend
the Christmas party. A covered
dish supper will be served.
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Georgia Power
Pays $58,000
In Local Taxes
Checks bringing the amount of
the Georgia Power Company’s
1962 property tax payments to
$7,305,000 are being presented
this week to municipal and county
government officials, according to
J. A. Garner, District Manager,
who presented a check to Butts
County in the amount of $58,-
694.06 and cities of Flovilla and
Jenkinsburg in the amount of
$75.06.
Mr. Gardner reported the
amount compares with a total of
$6,719,098 paid by the company
for its 1961 property taxes.
Of this sum, $3,496,920 goes
into the general county fund,
$2,498,925 to school districts,
$1,179,044 to cities and towns,
and $52,308 to Georgia and ad
joining states.
Earlier in the year, municipal
partnership tax payments totaling
$2,488,066 were paid by the Com
pany to 392 cities, towns and
communities in which the firms
partnership franchise agreement
was in effect. Under this agree
ment, the company pays each
municipality in which it operates
three per cent of its gross rev
enue from the sale of electricity
for residential and commercial
use. These municipal partnership
tax payments were in addition to
property tax payments.
The Georgia Power Company
official pointed out that more
than 18 per cent of the company’s
total revenue goes to pay taxes,
including federal and state in
come taxes, municipal partnership
taxes and others.
JACKSON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1962
County Offices
Be Closed Two
Days at Christinas
County officials who have of
fices in the courthouse announced
Tuesday they will be closed on
Monday and Tuesdday, December
24 and 25, for the Christmas
holidays.
The following people signified
their closing on a list received at
The Progress-Argus Tuesday af
ternoon: Billy Sutton, Treasurer;
Mary Will Hearn, Tax Collector;
W. M. Redman, Clerk, County
Commissioners; Lee Roy O’Neal,
Superintendent, Butts Schools;
Richard W. Watkins Jr., Ordina
ry; David P. Ridgeway, Clerk,
Superior Court; John M. Hutche
son, Justice of the Peace; V. H.
Ham, Sheriff’s Department.
The Social Security office will
also be closed on December 24.
Marion Whiten
Elected Master
St. John’s Lodge
Officers elected at the meeting
of St. John’s Lodge No. 45,
F&AM, Monday night, December
17th, were:
Thomas M. Whiten, Worshipful
Master; Wendell G. Spencer, Sen
ior Warden; Carlton T. Williams,
Junior Warden; Wm. J. Sutton,
Secretary; A. W. Newton, Treas
urer; Gerald E. Davis, Chaplain;
Harold L. Duke, Senior Deacon;
Emory Spencer, Junior Deacon;
Russell Marchman, Senior Stew
ard; Clyde W. Norris, Junior
Steward; T. J. Enlow, Tyler.
Jackson Grid
Schedule Shows
Six Home Games
Athletic Director and Head
Coach Fred Bowers this week re
leased the 1963 grid schedule of
the Jackson High Red Devils, the
slate calling for six home games
and only one new opponent,
Central of Carrollton, a Class B
school. Central replaces Macon
County, met and vanquished last
year by the high-stepping Devils
who finished with a sparkling
8-1-1 record.
Coach Bowers said sports
writers and fellow coaches have
already tabbed Jackson and Mary
Persons as the “teams to beat”
for the 1963 region title. The
Devils of Jackson lost only five
players via the graduation route,
and appear to have adequate re
placements for all. The Jackson
mentor personally believes that
Mary Persons may be the most
formidable foe as it is reported
they lost only one varsity player.
Both Fort Valley and Manches
ter were hard hit by graduation,
and according to Coach Bowers,
should not be quite up to their
’62 standards.
The 1963 schedule is as fol
lows:
Aug. 30 —Central of Carroll
ton, Here.
Sept. 6—Open.
Sept. 13 —Fayette Co.,' There
Sept. 20—Monticello, Here.
Sept. 27—Ft. Valley, Here.
Oct. 4—Open.
Oct. 11 —Gordon, Here.
Oct. 18—Manchester, There.
Oct. 25—Henry Cos., There.
Nov. I—Mary Persons, There.
Nov. B—Harris Cos., Here.
Nov. 15—Putnam Cos., Here.
Six Prizes Offered
Christmas Lighting Judging
Set For Tonight At 7
Festive Parties
At Pepperton
Planned Today
The Yuletide Spirit will envelop
Pepperton Cotton Mills today
with an aura of warmth and good
cheer as a series of Christmas
parties, one for each shift, will be
held during the day.
The parties, held annually in
the Avondale organization of
which Pepperton Cotton Mills is
an affiliate, will begin at 1 p. m.
in the Spinning Room, to be fol
lowed by another at 1:30 in the
Weaving Department. Pepperton
Superintendent Bill Windsor said
Wednesday that mill operations
would cease in the departments
enjoying the party, a feature of
which will be a dutch dinner with
employees bringing covered dishes
ladened with holiday food and
goodies.
According to Mr. Windsor, ap
proximately 425 Christmas bas
kets, chocked full of apples, nuts,
oranges, candy and other Yule
condiments, will be presented to
employees as a gift from the Mill.
In addition, Mr. Windsor disclo
sed, employees will be given a
break for donuts, coffee, cold
drinks and other refreshments
that will be available all day long.
The 16 to 20 ft. lighted Christ
mas tree atop Pepperton Mills has
elicited much favorable comment.
Mr. Windsor said that a similarly
lighted tree is used atop each
plant in the Avondale organiza
tion as a Christmas custom of
long standing.
B. Y. Lunceford
Installed As
Kiwanis President
B. Y. Lunceford, Superinten
dent at the Lloyd Shoals plant of
the Georgia Power Company, was
installed Tuesday night as presi
dent of the Jackson Kiwanis Club
for 1963 by Lt. Gov.-elect Bob
Price of Fayetteville.
Mr. Price, a distinguished Geor
gia Kiwanian with prior service
as lieutenant governor, in a chal
lenging address enumerated and
emphasized the responsibilities
and duties of each officer and
director. Also installed were
James Wallace, vice president;
Richard W. Watkins Jr., treasur
er; James Payne, secretary. In
ducted as members of the incom
ing Board of Directors were Fred
Raney, Rogers Starr, J. W.
O’Neal Sr., Bob Pinckney, P. H.
Weaver, Charles Rooks Jr., and
W. L. Cawthon.
Elwood Robison Sr., a charter
member of the Jackson Club, was
saluted musically on his birthday
during the week. Morris Redman
presided in the absence of Presi
dent John M. Hutcheson and in
troduced Mr. Price.
Informal meetings will be held
on Monday, Dec. 24, and Monday,
Dec. 31, from 4 to 6 o’clock at
the club house because of the
holidays falling on Tuesday.
Knights Templar
Observance Set
Christmas Day
Members of Alexius Command
ery No. 22, Knights Templar, will
assemble in the Masonic Temple
for their annual Christmas obser
vance at the usual hour of 11
o’clock Christmas morning.
A Christmas message will be
read from the Grand Master of
the United States and the re
sponse from the Grand Com
mander of Georgia.
Alexius Commandery was
chartered in May 1907 and has
98 members from Jasper, Henry
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Judging in Jackson’s Christmas
Lighting Contest will be tonight
at seven o’clock with ribbons to
be placed on the winning homes
as early as possible after judging,
according to Mrs. J. W. Carter,
general chairman of the event,
sponsored this year by the garden
clubs of Jackson and the Jackson
Progress-Argus.
Mrs. Carter stated that a Blue
ribbon will denote first place win
ner; Red, second; Yellow, third;
whiie Pink ribbons will designate
the three homes receiving honor
able mention.
The out-of-town judges will be
entertained by the garden clubs
at a dinner Thursday evening at
the home of Mrs. Rogers Starr on
College Street. A tour of the city
to view the decorations will begin
approximately at 7 o’clock with
every street within the city and
the previously designated area on
Griffin Road outside the city lim
its to be included in the judges’
itinerary.
Cash awards of sls, $lO, and
$7.50 will go to the first, second,
and third place winners respec
tively, with $5 each for three
homes receiving honorable men
tion. These prizes are offered this
year by the Progress-Argus in
conjunction with the co-sponsors,
the Cherokee, Hawthorne, Jack
son, and Mimosa Garden Clubs.
Danny Blue Signs
Grant In Aid
At Chattanooga
Danny Blue, one of the top
Class B quarterbacks in the state,
signed a four year grant in aid
with the University of Chatta
nooga in Chattanooga on Sunday,
December 9th. Coach Scrappy
Moore, veteran mentor of the
Moccasins, personally signed the
Jackson High star.
Alternate captain and stellar
field general and T-pilot of the
Devils for three years, earning
a letter and playing extensively
his sophomore year, Blue was
foremost architect of Jackson's
awesome offense, one of Geor
gia’s most feared attacking forces
the past season as the Devils com
piled an 8-1-1 record. They tied
for the Region title with Man
chester and Ft. Valley with iden
tical 4-1 records, but the champ
ionship went to Manchester be
cause of having played more
Class B opponents.
Standing 6'l”, weighing 172
pounds and deceptively fast, Blue
this season passed for 751 yards,
throwing 13 touchdown strikes,
rushed for 565 yards, and scored
nine touchdowns. He is conceded
one of the most adept quarter
backs in the state on the roll out
pass, which feature attracted
Coach Moore’s attention. Fred
Bowers, Jackson Head Coach and
Athletic Director, sent films of
several games to Coach Moore
upon request. The Chattanooga
tutor was so impressed that he
put in an immediate call for Blue
to spend the weekend in Chatta
nooga for an interview and
signing.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Blue of Jackson, the future Moc
casin gridder is a B student, vice
president of the Key Club, and
a monogram winner in three
other sports—basketball, baseball
and track. He will enter school in
September.
and Butts Counties. All members
are urged to attend the Christ
mas observance.