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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(190 S-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
and Publisher
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
Jest of the Week: The woman’s
club was meeting, and, as usual,
the girls were discussing their
husbands. My wife summed up
things pretty well. “My husband
would never chase around with
another woman. He’s too fine . . .
too decent . . . too old!”
Browsing recently through a
scrap book, yellow with age and
hoary with treasured memo
rabilia, I chanced across the be
low appended clipping. Cut in the
nameless yesterdays without clue
to paper, writer or periodical, it
delineates the steps in the rise
and fall of a nation and of an
individual, for they are inter
woven and one and the same.
The unknown author is en
dowed with a penetrating wisdom
that sees beneath the shallow
facade of our nation’s surfeit of
abundance too easily gained;
through the veneer of the dollar
philosophy and its underlying
erosion of our people—spiritual
ly, morally and physically.
Though by no means a Christ
mas message in itself, its patri
otic appeal to spiritual faith and
duty should scarify and make
fertile our hearts to receive again
the blessed news of the birth of
our Saviour in Bethlehem's
manger one thousand nine hun
dred and sixty-two year’s ago.
The excerpt is as follows:
Bill Grede has found some
body’s quote lying around with
out a name on it and it’s a good
one. It traces the rise and fall
of great nations with these words:
‘‘The people go from bondage
to spiritual faith . . .
From spiritual faith to great
courage . . .
From courage to liberty . . .
From liberty to abundance . . .
From abundance to selfish
ness . . .
From selfishness to complacen
cy .. .
From complacency to apa
thy . . .
From apathy to dependency . . .
And . . .
From dependency back to
bondage.
There are thousands of patri
otic groups.”
At The Hospital
Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital during the week of Dec. 12-
19.
Mr. Isaac Nix, Mrs. Billy Lev
erette, C. J. Spencer, Mrs. Addie
Mae Burks, Mrs. Roslyn Laymon
and baby.
Colored patients were Evia
Jean Wilkes and baby, Thelma
Cotton and baby, Hyldrn Benita
Stewart and Max Lee Kindle.
Town Theater
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY
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Saturday Matinee—2:3o
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
DECEMBER 21-22
Journey To The
Lost City
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
DEC. 23-24-25
Heroes Island
Guest Editorial
THE GRIFFIN NEWS
FIREWORKS BAN
BEING ENFORCED
About this time of year somebody blows a finger
or two off his young hand with a firecracker. Nu
merous other people start taking tetanus shots be
cause of less serious accidents with the maimers of
children. Perhaps we can get by without this bar
baric and unnecessary observance of Christmas this
year. If we do, it will be because of the new anti-fire
cracker law which the Georgia Legislature passed
and which Governor Vandiver appears determined
to enforce.
There is a big profit in fire
works. And there is a big and
powerful lobby in Georgia which
will try to keep making those
profits just as long as it possibly
can. After years of debate and
work, the Legislature finally out
lawed them. The Governor ap
proved and the law is now on the
books. The firecracker people are
fighting it in the courts, but it is
in full force and effect.
When it appeared that the law
would not be heeded in some
places, Governor Vandiver in
structed the State Patrol to en
force it on the highways which its
officers patrol. That was a big
step in making the state safe and
in saving the fingers of some
child in Spalding County.
In the meantime local law en
forcement officers are enforcing
the ban also. In this they are
merely doing their duty and they
should be thanked and not criti
cized for that.
If the firecrackers ban is en
forced as it should be throughout
the holiday season there will be
these advantages which we in
Griffin and Spalding County and
throughout the State have lacked
for a long time: (1) No children
or adults maimed or painfully in-
jured by them; (2) no mailboxes
exploded by young or adult hood
lums; (3) no ill person’s nerves
disturbed further by the racket
and din of explosives shattering
the peace and quiet of the holiday
season (every year there has been
many complaints of a constant
barrage of fireworks irritating
and aggravating sick people); (4)
no fires caused by fireworks.
These advantages will more
than offset the quick profits vo
be made by attempting to elude
the law.
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Christmas
Our warmest wishes
to all our good friends!
Bill Maddox
Sinclair Station
THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
I AM YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE
Tom Keen in the Elkhart (Ind.)
Daily Truth
I am your Christmas tree.
I have come far—from silent
slopes where rabbits run. Spring
winds with their murmuring
melodies tip-toed through the tal
ler tops, and birds of the forest
sang to me from soft shadows.
Jolly sunbeams ran and capered
on leafy carpets, and summer
showers swung through the woods
with cups of refreshment for my
parching throat. Furry wayfarers
of the night cuddled contently at
my earthbound feet, and winter’s
snows draped my bending boughs.
Leaping gales clutched at my
throat and lashed my bent body,
and storms of sleet encased my
drooping arms in shining armor.
The cry of hunting hounds has
come to me from distant hills,
and the screech owl’s dismal note
has roused me from the reveries
of a bewitching night.
From out of the colorful
pageantry of the changing seas
ons I have come to grace the
Yuletide home with my green
symmetry. Silver tinsel now
drapes the boughs that once so
proudly wore the sheeted white
ness of winter, and the head once
adorned by the mellow tracery
of a bright moon’s gleam now
rests beneath the crown of a
shimmering star. Though I wear
a robe of baubles and glittering
things, I bring to you the refresh
ing glory of the great outdoors,
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Greetings of the Season and a sincere THANK YOU for your patronage during
1962. May health, happiness and prosperity be yours throughout the New Year.
Our Atlanta and Rome operations will be closed Christmas Week.
Regular auctions will be held in Atlanta on Tuesday and Thursday, January Ist and
3rd—and in Rome on Wednesday, January 2nd. Join us.
McClure-Burnett Commission Cos.
Georgia’s Oldest and Largest Livestock Commission Cos.
Now in our 76th Year
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MRS W. A. HOARD
Mrs. Ida Martin and daughter,
Mrs. Stribling of Atlanta, visited
her brother, Mr. Miller Cgletree,
Sunday.
Friends will be sorry to hear
and I bid you pause to ponder on
Him who is the Creator of us all.
For beneath my tinkling coat
there feebly beats a friendly
heart, drained of its strength by
the woodman’s wound, and,
though I be dying, I am content,
for I have brought you beauty.
I have peace and cheer and con
tentment for all who look upon
me with understanding. It is
Christmas time, and I have been
given a place of honor in your
family circle of happy hearts.
Who among you shall say that I
am unworthy?
I am your Christms tree.
J. W. Browning Jim Browning
the joys of Christmas.
We wish you all
♦he best of a merry season,
with warm thanks for
your good will.
A; G. Cowan Grocery
of the death of Mrs. J. C. Crews
of Abbeville. They lived in a
trailer at the State Park for some
time and had many friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Holloway,
Miss Willene Holloway and Mrs.
Bessie Hoard visited relatives in
Atlanta Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grier of
Miami, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard
Grier and little son, John, of At
lanta, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Moore
of Atlanta and baby will spend
this weeknd here in their cottage.
We were all sorry to learn of
the death of Mrs. Peggy Cone of
Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hoard will
have all of Mrs. Hoard’s relatives
to spend the 24th with them vo
enjoy a family Christmas tree.
Miss Daisy Harris is with
friends and relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. Robert Harris is with her
daughter in Virginia for the holi
days.
SPEED AND HOLIDAY
Three out of four fatal Christ
mas accidents involve driving too
fast for conditions or in excess of
speed limit. Most fixed object
collisions, nearly all non-collision
accidents and most collisions with
other vehicles involve excess
speed, according to Extension
Engineer Willis E. Huston, chair
man of the Georgia Farm and
Home Safety Association.
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WATER
The Most Important Thing
In YOUR Life
PLEASE DON’T WASTE IT!
DON’T
OPEN SPIGOTS OR HOSE BIBBS
THEREBY RUNNING WATER TO
AVOID PIPES AND FIXTURES FROM
FREEZING.
DON’T
TURN OFF CITY CUT OFF VALVE
AT CURB OR IN METER BOX. THIS
VALVE IS FOR CITY USE ONLY.
Each ’water customer is supposed to have a
stop and waste cut off valve for their use in
case of extreme cold weather or to be used in
making repairs and replacing washers, etc.
To install or replace your stop and waste,
you will please call CITY WATER DEPT., and
city will cut your water off until job is com
pleted. Then city will turn your water on.
During the recent freeze the city was forced
to keep pumps running day and night to keep
up with the amount being used and run out.
Many had no cut off and some were using the
city cut off and some of them are broke or worn
out from continued use with all kinds of tools.
This is why we ask that you do not use city cut
off.
JACKSON WATER DEPT.
J. H. ROOKS, SUPT.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1962
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Daniel Jr.
and children are expected to
spend Christmas in Jacksonville,
Fla., with Mrs. Daniel’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pearson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Burford of
Decatur will spend Christmas
with their son, Dr. Fred J. Bur
ford and family, in Ft. Myers,
Fla.