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LOST COW: Missing a week,
Friday. Red Jersey with white
spots on feet, right horn turned
over eye. Write Ed Goodrum,
Route 2, Locust Grove or see
Mr. Jack English, Locust Grove.
1/3/ltp.
NOTICE: New and Used TV
Sates and Service. Henry Fuqua,
<O6 S. Oak St., Phone 7434.
10/ 18/tfc.
FOR SALE: Three piece bath
outfits with cast iron tub, trim
from floor up, only $109.95 at
Hodges Hardware and Appliance.
1/3/tfc.
HAY FOR SALE: Baled Oats,
Crab grass, Millet. R. A. Allen,
Phone 6567. 12/27/tfc.
FOR SALE—Good used elec
tric ranges. Hodges Hardware.
FOR SALE: Six room house on
Brookwood Avenue. Call Mrs. L.
A. Brooks Jr., Phone 7485.
12/27/tfc.
FOR SALE: V > horse power
Simmons well pumps with 42 gal
lon galvanized tanks, $119.95.
Glass lined tanks, $129.95.
Hodges Hardware and Appliance
Cos. 12/27/tfc
MR. FARMER: Check our
prices for your farm tractor tire
needs. Two year field hazard
guarantee. Polk Tire Cos. phone
7331. 3/22/tfc.
SEPTIC TANKS AND DRAIN
LINES installed. Contact Collins
Concrete Products, Phone 7539,
Jackson, Ga. 12/20/10tp
ROOM FOR RENT: For gentle
man. Private entrance and pri
vate bath. Howard Simons, 344
E. College St., Phone 6301 after
4:30 p. m. 12/13/ltp
FOR SALE: SPINET PIANO
WANTED: Responsible party
to take over low monthly pay
ments on a spinet piano. Can be
seen locally. Write Credit Man
ager, P. O. Box 346, Kings Moun
tain, North Carolina. 12/13/4tp.
NOTICE
For prompt, courteous appli
ance repair service call Polk Tiro
Cos. Phone 7331. 3/22/tfc.
FOR SALE —Good used refri
gerators, S4O and up. Hodges
Hardware. 6/28/ltc.
SCHOOLS
JOB security can be yours by
preparing now for coming Civil
Service exams. For information
write NATIONAL TRAINING,
INC., Box 249, Jackson, Gn.
U/I/lOtp.
ELECTRIC MOTORS
Motor winding, Delco and Pack
ard Authorized Warranty Service.
Delco and PackarJ Electric Mo
tors, 1-260 to 100 H. P., Whole
sale and Retail. Griffin Armature
Works, 347 New Orleans St., Grif
fin, Ga. Phone 3016.
10/11/tfc.
ATTENTION
For expert wheel alignment see
or call Polk Tire Cos. All work
guaranteed. Polk Tire Cos. phone
7331. 3/22/tfc.
NOTICE
For the best buy in used ap
pliances and televisions check our
used merchandise department.
POLK TIRE CO., Phone 7331.
3/22/tfc
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FEMALE HELP WANTED
INCREASED Fall business
necessitates placing 3 women im
mediately. Real opportunity for
those who qualify. Write Avon
Mgr. Mrs. Erma Vaughn, 1222
Everee Rd., Griffin, Ga., or call
collect Phone 8-1372. 1/3/ltc.
FOR RENT: Three unfurnish
ed rooms with all conveniences.
Private entrance. Phone 7184.
1/3/tfc
SEE US for the best deal on
FARM TRACTOR TIRES. L. W.
May, Phone 4391, Jackson, Ga.
10/26/tfc
ONE ONLY: Good used 23”
Motorola T. V.—less than two
years old—only $149.95 at Hod
ges Hardware and Appliance.
1/3/tfc.
LAND CLEARING; Grading,
clearing, lakes. By the hour or
contract. Large or small jobs.
Day phone, Barber Pulpwood Cos.
7398. Nite phone, J. R. Crumbley
4262. 2/22/tfc
FOR SALE: Used wringer type
washers, $35 and up at Hodges
Hardware. 8/9/ltc.
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stephens
and sons, Mark and Andy, of
Albany, were guests during the
Christmas holidays of Mr. and
Mrs. Millard Tomlin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Goodman,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Batchelor and
Mr. Millard Tomlin visited A. D.
Goodman Jr. Wednesday in a
Milledgeville Hospital. An im
provement is noted in his condi
tion, and it is hoped he may be
able to return home soon.
Christmas Day dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Tomlin
were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hartley
and family of Warner Robins;
Mrs. W. K. Cloud, Roberta; Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Hartley of Stock
bridge; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Good
man and family of Monticello;
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Hodges Jr., Mrs.
Mary Ann Swint, Mr. Charles
Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Nors
worthy, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Tomlin, all of Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thrasher
and family of Clarkesville were
guests during the holidays of Mrs.
Laßue Turner, Billy Turner, and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dodson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B.
Stewart were among those going
to Jacksonville, Fla. for the
Gator Bowl game between Penn
State and Florida on Saturday.
A guest last Thursday after
noon of Miss Mary Downs and
Mrs. W. C. Dailey was Mrs.
Andrew Burch of Atlanta.
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1957 Plymouth 4 Door, 6 Cyl., Clean Car
1958 Ford l / z Ton Pick-Up, Stake Body, Real Nice
1959 Ford 2 Door, Nice Car
1960 Chevrolet Biscayne, Extra Clean
1956 Dodge V-8, Straight Shift, Nice Car
1952 Pontiac, Extra Clean
1961 Chevrolet l / z Ton Pick-Up, Real Low Mileage
1960 Impala Sport Coupe, Air Conditioned, Full Power, Extra Nice
1961 Chevrolet Biscayne 4 Door, Real Nice Car
1956 (2) Chevrolet l / z Ton Pick-Ups, Extra Clean
1953 Chevrolet l / z Ton Pick-Up, Extra Clean
1958 Plymouth, Nice Car
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Light On The
Lesson
JESUS THE PLANNER
Ditcusted By
REV. S. L. WATERHOUSE
Pastor, First Baptist Church
Mark 1:1-13.
There are three events which
took place in the planning and
preparation of the ministry of
Christ.
First, is the preparation of the
King’s Highway. Mark begins his
gospel by identifying Jesus Christ
ias the Son of God. With this
I great introduction of one verse,
we are in the midst of the minis
| try of John the Baptist. His task
was to build a highway for the
King—Jesus Christ. Kings of old
sent a forerunner ahead to build
a road upon which the king would
travel. He was to make the rough
places smooth and fill in the val
leys. Jesus came to set up a
spiritual kingdom, and therefore
John the Baptist was to prepare
a spiritual highway. He preached
repentance as the preparation of
the highway of the King. This
highway goes through your heart.
Our hearts must be changed from
rebellion and sin to submission
and love by his grace. On the
highway of prepared hearts, the
King will travel.
Second, was His Baptism. This
was His initiation into His work
as Messiah. John’s preaching and
baptism looked forward to this
Coming One. Jesus comes to John
the Baptist to be baptised. As
He came up out of the water,
the heavens opened, and the
Spirit like a dove descended upon
Him, and a voice from heaven
said, “Thou art my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.” He
is identified as the Coming One.
His baptism also revealed that
He was to be the Suffering Serv
ant predicted in Isaiah. “Thou art
my Son” is a quotation from
Psalm 2:7 which identified Jesus
as the Messianic Son of God.
”... in whom I am well pleased”
is taken from Isaiah 42-1 which
identifies Jesus as the Servant of
Jehovah. Isaiah presents the Serv
ant as a Suffering One. In His
baptism, Jesus identified Himself
with sinners for whom He would
die. He is identified as the Suf
fering One. The Spirit descending
upon Him qualified Him for His
work as Messiah and thereby
identified Him as the Anointed
One.
Third, His temptation was the
testing ground of His plans for
His ministry. Satan tempted Jesus
to put material things above
spiritual by turning stones into
bread, to presume on God’s care
by casting Himself down from the
temple and demonstrating God’s
care, and to compromise by fal
ling down and worshipping him.
Jesus cast the die in the forty
A. F. Taylor
Died Thursday
In Troy, Ala.
Mr. Asma Forest Taylor, 84,
widely known retired farmer and
former clerk of the Butts County
Board of Commissioners, died at
4 o’clock Thursday morning, De
cember 27, in a Troy, Ala. hos
pital following a period of declin
ing health extending for six
months.
At the time of his last illness,
Mr. Taylor was making his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Ross
Rainer, and Mr. Rainer in Troy.
He had been hospitalized for sev
eral months and his death was
not unexpected.
Born in Lamar County he was
the son of the late George W.
Taylor and Mrs. Emma Willis
Taylor. A prominent farmer, he
resided in his attractive home on
the Griffin Road. His wife, Mrs.
Pheobe Elizabeth Sims Taylor,
preceded him in death in May
1958 and since that time he had
made his home with his children.
Funeral services were conduc
ted Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Haisten Chapel in Jackson
with the Rev. Sidney L. Water
house, pastor the the First Bap
tist Church of Jackson, offici
ating. Interment was in the Jack
son City Cemetery with Haisten
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Mr. Taylor is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. Ross Rainer,
Troy, Ala.; Miss Julia Taylor, At
lanta; Mrs. C. H. Gay, Macon;
Mrs. Nelle Asher, Greensboro, N.
C.; Mrs. J. W. Blackley, Cincin
nati, Ohio; six sons, Robert Tay
lor, Marcus F. Taylor, W. Ralph
Taylor, Willis S. Taylor, all of
Griffin; James F. Taylor, Dallas,
Texas; Ira Taylor, Atlanta; 16
grandchildren and 1 great grand
child.
The six sons served as pall
bearers.
days and nights in the wilderness.
He chose to walk the path of the
Suffering Servant—the way of
the Cross. Thus prepared, Jesus
is now ready to begin His minis
try.
What plans and preparation
have you made for your life?
Have you prepared your heart to
receive this King that He might
come into your life and give you
new attitudes, anew purpose, a
new direction, anew peace, and a
new life? Have you identified
yourself with God’s people by
joining a church and being bap
tised? Have you decided to follow
Jesus by taking up your cross?
These are absolute essentials of
preparing for your life to mean
the most for Christ.
Telephone Plays
Important Role
In Reunion Here
BY BARBARA WISE
The telephone played an im
portant part in reuniting mem
bers of a Butts County family
scattered by distance and death.
The call came from a nephew
of Mrs. Herschel Harris who visi
ted here in 1928.
The memory of a darling two
year-old never faded, even though
the small child seemed to be lost
forever to his relatives here in
Butts County, Mrs. Harris said.
The child, Wilford Sturgeon
Jr., visited here from California
with his father and mother, who
was Betts Hodges of Jackson be
fore her marriage, when he was
two. His mother died after a long
illness when the child was 11, and
his father later remarried.
According to his aunt, fom that
time on no one in California
could or would tell the child’s
relatives here where he was.
Frankly, she commented, most of
the time they didn’t know be
cause he was shunted from pillow
to post, when he wasn’t running
away or off on his own.
Innumerable letters were
written to California and one of
these unwittingly played a part
in reuniting the now grown man
of 36 with his relatives in Geor
gia. Mr. Sturgeon, called Bunny
from childhood, is a member of
the United States Navy and was
being transferred from the naval
base at Key West, Fla. to San
Diego, Calif, when he discovered
a letter written to an aunt in
California by Mrs. Harris.
From this letter he found out
about his relatives in Georgia and
decided to call Mrs. Harris about
11 o’clock one night from Key
West.
According to Mrs. Harris, the
telephone call was like a bolt out
of the clear blue sky, but never
theless it made her very happy
and ended her fruitless chain of
letter writing.
Several days later on their way
to California Mr. Sturgeon, his
wife and two boys stopped in
Jenkinsburg and spent several
days with the Harrises.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris gave a din
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Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief. Once that pretty well covered the business
world. Not so today though. Consider for a moment the four pictured above.
• Businessman, tourist, planner-researcher, industrial worker. Doesn’t
rhyme, but it makes for a bigger and broader economy. That’s what we’re
after in Georgia. • These four and their pursuits directly affect our State,
her future and her prosperity. That’s where your Department of Commerce
comes in. You see, we’re Georgia’s number one salesman . . , working along
side our fellow Georgians, improving what we have and building toward a
promising tomorrow. • The Georgia Department of Commerce . advising
the businessman, accommodating the tourist, motivating the planner and
providing jobs for our State’s labor force. That’s our job ... to help towns
expand, build airports, attract industry and prepare for the future through
planning. “Progress through planning with your Department of Commerce
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
JACK MINTER, DIRECTOR / 100 STATE CAPITOL / ATLANTA, GEORGIA
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell Ball Jr.
moved last week into their at
tractive new home at 532 Wood
land Way, friends will be in
terested to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dailey of
Flippen were dinner guests
Christmas Eve of Mrs. W. C.
Dailey and Miss Mary Downs.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wheeler
and family of Jasper spent a part
of the Christmas holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dodson, Mrs.
Laßue Turner, and Billy Turner.
Mrs. J. G. McDonald was din
ner guest Christmas Day of Miss
Mary Downs and Mrs. W. C.
Dailey.
Congressman John J. Flynt Jr.
and sons, John and Crisp, of Grif
fin, Mr. R. P. Newton Sr. and
Doyle Jones Jr. were dinner
guests Friday of Mr. Luther J.
Washington at Riverside Barbe
cue. Mr. Washington was host to
Mr. Flynt and sons at a dove
shoot Friday afternoon at his
Worthville farm.
During the Christmas holidays
Mrs. W. E. Watkins had as din
ner guests Mr. and Mrs. Rich
mond Garland, Mr. and Mrs. Opie
Shelton, Miss Mollie Shelton, and
Miss Sallie Shelton, all of Atlan
ta, Mr. Darrell Young of Baton
Rouge, La., Mr .and Mrs. B. B.
Garland, Ben and Byrd Garland.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Garland at
tended the annual buffet supper
of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Garland,
Atlanta, on Christmas Eve night.
Miss Karen Young and Norman
Young, of Atlanta, visited their
grandmother, Mrs. H. W. Young
during the Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cornell
and Mr. Jimmy Cornell were
guests Christmas Day of Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Baker and family in
Atlanta.
ner party in the Sturgeon’s honor
and invited all the available rel
atives to come by and get re
acquainted with their cousin and
nephew.
Needless to say, the entire
family was well pleased to hear
of the accomplishments made by
this man who grew up on his
own. In fact, Mrs. Harris said,
we feel that he is a compliment
to our family.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1963
Mr. Jim Thaxton
Died Thursday;
Funeral Sunday
Mr. James Lumpkin (Jim)
Thaxton, native of Butts County,
of 921 Boyd’s Row, Griffin, died
Thursday afternoon at the Grif
fin-Spalding County Hospital
where he had been a patient for
six days.
Mr. Thaxton had lived in Grif
fin for 43 years. He was em
ployed in Dundee Mill No. 1 for
30 years, retiring 10 years ago.
He was a member of the Vine
yard Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Grace Baptist Church
with the Rev. Allen Huckaby,
Rev. J. W. Rawls and Rev. H.
G. Davis officiating. Burial was in
Griffin Memorial Gardens. Pitt
man Rawls Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Susie Smith Thaxton; four
daughters, Miss Joyce Thaxton
and Mrs. Joe Steel, both of Grif
fin, Mrs. Annetta Eubanks of At
lanta and Mrs. Sara Proctor of
Utica, N. Y.; two sons Aloiiza
Thaxton of Griffin and Harold
Thaxton of Miami, Fla.; three
sisters, Miss Sara Thaxton of At
lanta, Mrs. Lois Land and Mrs.
Ruth Fowler, both of Griffin;
three brothers, Dan Thaxton of
Griffin, William Thaxton of
Barnesville and the Rev. Theo
dore J. Thaxton of Jackson; three
step-sisters, Mrs. Frank Jones,
Mrs. Walter Mooney and Mrs.
Leon Dunn, all of Griffin; eight
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
At The Hospital
Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital during the week of Decem
ber 26, 1962 to January 1, 1963
were:
Lucile S. Johnson, Rocky Lane
Johnson, Mrs. Addie Mae Burks,
Mrs. Bertha Floyd.
Colored patients were Calvin
Taylor and Willie Ruth Richards.
ill ill
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