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New Machine At
Colonial Speeds
Stamp Dispensing
Food stores are constantly
seeking ways to speed customer
service and the latest innovation
is a machine which with the press
of a button automatically counts
and dispenses trading stamps to
supermarket customers.
Developed by the Gold Bond
Stamp Company after more than
three years of extensive testing,
the machines now are in use at
the Colonial supermarket in Jack
son.
Automatic, fast and accurate,
these machines mechanically
count and eject the correct num
ber of Gold Bond stamps for each
customer purchase. They are at
tached to the cash register and
are operated by the cashier.
Colonial’s Store Manager, J. W.
Fletcher, reports that the ma
chines have been greeted with en
thusiasm by customers.
“The major advantage of the
stamp dispensing machine is that
it eliminiates the necessity of the
cashier counting stamps b y
hand,” he said. “This means the
traffic flow through the check
out stand is speeded up assuring
the customer of the fastest pos
sible service.”
Mr. Fletcher further pointed
out that the dispensing machines
assure the consumer of always
getting the exact number of Gold
Bond stamps with each purchase.
In developing the machine,
known as the Astad (A stamp dis
penser), Gold Bond tested its use
in over 1,000 locations—in the
warm climate of the South, in
Oceanside locations where there is
much moisture in the air, and in
the northern most parts of the
country where low temperatures
prevail.
KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS
Let’s use our imagination. It’s
the morning of December 25,
1962. We are visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. X. The children
have finished opening their pres
ents and then there’s the rush and
hurry of getting dressed and leav
ing to visit friends—not even tak
ing time to read the Christmas
story. Christ was left out of their
Christmas.
We are now in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Y. The children have
finished opening their Christmas
packages. Their father takes the
Bible and all gather around as
he begins to read the familiar
Christmas story. “And it came to
pass in those days, that there
went out a decree from Caesar
Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.” Luke 2:1.
Which home will yours be like
this Christmas, X or Y? Let’s
make all homes Y and keep Christ
in Christmas.
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year.—Elizabeth Byrd, Pub
licity Chairman, Pepperton GA’s.
David Deraney Dept. Store
The Barsain Center
W. B. Freeman
Died Monday at
Monroe Hospital
William B. Freeman, 61, prom
inent lawyer and former state
legislator, died Monday night at
the Monroe County Hospital in
Forsyth. He was stricken during
the afternoon.
Mr. Freeman served one term
in the State Senate and several
terms in the House. He was a
lifelong resident of Monroe Coun-
ty.
Mr. Freeman was a graduate
of Mercer University and had
been retired since 1959. Funeral
plans were to be announced by
Dillon Funeral Home of Forsyth.
Mr. Freeman was widely known
in Butts County where he has
many relatives and friends who
are grieved to learn of his death.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Merle Smith; a son, Wil
liam Bradford Freeman of Ft.
Belvoir, Va.; two daughters, Miss
Margaret Freeman, a student at
Wesleyan College, Macon, and
Miss Miriam Freeman of Forsyth;
five brothers, Sam, Walker and
Blakely Freeman, all of Forsyth;
Julius of Fitzgerald and Malcolm
of Merriville, Tenn.
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ithe Christmas
Town House Restaurant
185 Certificates
Awarded in Civil
Defense Classes
Considerable int er e s t was
shown in the Civil Defense
Classes following the Cuban cris
is, according to J. M. L. Comer
and Ralph Cooper, instructors
for the classes. Certificates for
completion of the classes were
awarded to 185 of the 285 sign
ing up for the classes.
According to the instructors,
to be eligible to receive a certifi
cate no more than one meeting
could be missed and the majority
of those receiving the certificates
did not miss any meetings.
A considerable number of the
100 who did not receive certifi
cates missed only two meetings,
and, according to Mr. Comer,
many plan to make these classes
up at the next series of Civil
Defense Classes.
The instructors of the Civil
Defense Courses have set forth
the following schedule for the
next series of classes. The organ
izational meeting will be held
Thursday, January 10, 1963 at
7:30 o’clock in the school lunch
room. If sufficient members at
tend, classes will be worked out
for several nights during the
week as well as on Thursday
night.
U*e Progress-Argu j Want-Adi
—Low in Cost, Big in Result*.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
PERSONAL
Arriving home last Tuesday to
spend the Christmas holidays with
homefolks was Olin Ingram, stu
dent at West Georgia College.
Miss Angelyn Sims, student at
Tift College, arrived home Friday
to spend the Christmas holidays
with homefolks.
of
Frank’s Self Service Grocery
it CCtmt in the hush of that
Holy Night , so long ago, may the wonder of
the Christmas miracle once more
£ll your heart with a transcendent joy!
David P. Ridgeway
CLERK, BUTTS SUPERIOR COURT
\ We heartily wish, for you and yours, a most merry
JjjrM j* I' and festive Christmas...as filled with the joy of giving as jolly
J* V* St. Nick himself...as full of happy wonder as the shining faces of children
• gathered around the tree. May your heart and home be
- WjS/i brimming with all the most precious blessings of the Christmas season*
V. H. Ham, Sheriff
Curtis Kelley, Deputy Miss Helen Thornton, Secretary
PERSONAL
Friends will be sorry to learn
that Mr. B. F. Cooper remains in
critical condition at Sylvan Grove
Hospital.
Arriving home last week to
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents was Miss Annette
Knight, student rt Tift College.
CHRISTMAS
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R & H Insurance Agency
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1062