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THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1962
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Spencer Insurance Agency
and FONDEST WE
FOR n VERY
CHRISTMAS
SINCEREST
PATRO
HAIR do BEAUTY SALON
LET US REJOICE ANEW IN THE SHINING
WONDER OF CHRISTMAS ... MAY THE PEACE
AND HOPE AND LOVE OF THIS HOLY SEASON
BE WITH US ALWAYS.
Paces Flower Shop
Bankston Jewelry
Butts County Farm Bureau
Christmas Shopping Proved Too Much
For Tot of Five Who Couldn't Stay Put
BY BARBARA WISE
Carrying children Christmas
shopping is an occupational haz
ard which most parents have to
endure. The following is what
happened when we divided forces
and carried the two oldest of our
three children Christmas shop
ping.
Grinning with delight, stars in
their eyes and mouths wide open,
they gazed in utter fascination
upon the crowd and the Christ
mas merchandise displayed so en
ticingly.
“Can we see the dolls?” was
the first of many questions.
Cautioning about wandering
away in the large store and talk
ing to strangers, we left them
delightedly viewing the selection
of dolls while we looked at a
nearby counter.
Ah, but peace did not last long.
The eldest child, who says she
will be grown up when she be
comes five, deposited her three
year old sister back with us and
took off. In her excitement she
forgot to chart her course and
trim her sails and promptly be
came lost.
We left her to her own devises
for about 30 minutes before
initiating a search, knowing she
was enjoying the Christmas at
mosphere and probably would not
realize she was lost for that
length of time.
The timing was pretty near
perfect. When her daddy reached
her she was all puckered up and
red in the face, looking for all
her might, but not crying.
By this time both the girls had
sighted the lunch counter and
suddenly became famished. A
hamburger, french fries and two
grape sodas only curtailed the
appetite of the nearly five year
old for as we left the area she
piped up quite loudly, “I’m still
hungry.’ ’
To tell the truth, I was too, but
was afraid for my digestive tract
after that first culinary disaster.
It was shortly afterwards that
the prowling child took a powder
again. How and where she slipped
away, only a crew of detectives
could tell. A nose count just
showed one missing.
This time though, there wasn’t
any need to look, we merely
heard her. She was running up an
aisle yelling Daddy in the best
hog calling voice ever heard in
that citified store.
Riding home that night we
were discussing the trip and I
asked my child of the inquisitive
nature if she enjoyed her sojourn.
“Yep,” she replied, “but I got
loosed too often.”
And she did too!
TALMADGE SPEAKS AT
DEPOT DECEMBER 28
ATLANTA ARMY DEPOT
Honorable Herman E. Talmadge,
United States Senator from Geor
gia, will be guest speaker at a
dinner meeting of the Atlanta
Chapter, Defense Supply Asso
ciation to be held at the Atlanta
Army Depot Officers Open Mess,
Friday evening, December 28.
Colonel Joseph E. Murray,
Depot Commander, and President
of the Atlanta Chapter, said that
many notables of the military and
civilian community had been in
vited to hear the Senator, who re
cently returned from a visit to
South America.
The evening’s program which
includes dinner, dancing and a
short business meeting, will be
gin at 7 p. m. with a social hour.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
School Children
Need TB Test
Little Susan a grade schooler,
lined up with her classmates to
get a tuberculin test. This is a
simple skin test which tells
whether or not TB germs have
invaded the body. Susan got her
test. Then two days later she
lined up again to have the test
read. Susan had a positive re
action. That meant that TB germs
had entered her body, although it
didn’t mean that she had active
TB. It would take a chest x-ray
and other tests to find out if she
had the disease.
Susan’s X-ray showed that she
didn’t have TB. But where had
VJcross the years , the blessed
Nativity renews in our hearts the message of spiritual joy
and peace. We extend to you and
your loved ones our sinceresl wishes that
you may experience to the fullest
the wonders of this Holy Season .
JACKSON NATIONAL BANK
OFFICERS
J. W. O’Neal Sr., President
R. P. Newton, Vice President
T. E. Robison Sr., Vice President
J. L. Garr, Cashier
Miss LaNelle Perdue, Ass’t. Cashier
Mrs. Marion N. Ball, Teller
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Fletcher, Teller
Mrs. Connie H. Hamlin, Teller
Dennis A. O’Neal, Teller
Mrs. M. N. Maddox, Teller
Stanley Maddox, Teller
she picked up the germs?
The next step was to test Sus
an’s family in the hope of find
ing the hidden case of tubercu
losis that was spreading the
germs.
Susan’s mother, father and
grandmother all had positive
tuberculin test reactions. X-rays
and other tests showed that the
father had a light case of active
disease, the mother had moderate
ly advanced TB, and the grand
mother had far advanced tuber
culosis. None of them knew they
were sick.
All three responded well to drug
treatment and are now at home
and returned to normal living.
They are thankful for the simple
tuberculin test given Susan at
school which led to the discovery
of their disease before it was too
late for a cure.
In some communities, tuber
culin testing of school children is
an important part of the drive to
From all of us to all of you, in gratitude and
deep appreciation for your continued friendship.
Little Gulf Service Station
DIRECTORS
L. J. Ball
W. O. Ball
J. W. O’Neal, Sr.
R. P. Newton
T. E. Robison Sr.
T. E. Robison Jr.
Richard W. Watkins Jr.
eradicate TB in this country. If
your child brings home a consent
card for a tuberculin test, sign it.
It can’t do any harm, and it may
turn out to be a lifesaver.