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VOL. 90—NO. 4
Fund Drive Lags *—
March of Dimes Festival Saturday
Features Two Bands And Bike Race
A March of Dimes Festival,
scheduled by Don Crump, March
of Dimes chairman in Butts
County, to compensate for pro
jects cancelled because of incle
ment weather, will be held Satur
day afternoon, January 26, on
the Courthouse Square. The 3:30
o’clock program will feature the
Jackson High Band under the di
rection of Mack Fannin, and the
FFA String Band, directed by
Robert Williams. The two bands,
in their first public appearance,
will present a 46-minute program.
The climax of the festival will
be the bicycle race with the con
testants being Jackson Mayor C.
B. Brown Jr., Councilmen John
L. Coleman and C. M. Daniel Jr.,
Jim Robertson, E. D. Briscoe, and
Roy Goff. The race will be at the
conclusion of the program pre
sented by the bands and will be
gin at the intersection of Third
and Covington Streets, and w'll
end at the traffic light in front
of Etheridge-Smith Company at
the intersection of Third and Oak
Street.
According to Mr. Crump, con
tributions will be taken for the
March of Dimes from among the
spectators. A concession stand
will be on the Courthouse lawn.
The county chairman stated that
the March of Dimes fund drive is
lagging far behind that of pre
vious years in that inclement
weather has forced cancellation
of previously planned events.
Postal Receipts
At Jackson Show
A Healthy Gain
The Jackson Post Office re
ported gross postal receipts
during 1962 of 6%% over the
previous year.
According to Postmaster John
P. Hunt, during 1962 there were
12 extensions ordered on rural
deliveries with 22 families bene
fited. On city delivery there were
eight extensions with 58 stops and
61 families benefited.
The percentage gained and
added extensions of the Jackson
Post Office were attributed to
new business and population
gains in the Jackson area by Post
master Hunt.
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RAY'S DEPT. STORE
Ray’s Department Store, Ray Kushner, proprietor, on the
West side of the square, opened in February, 1958, and has
gained in popularity with patrons of this trading area.
Employees of this air conditioned store include Mrs. E. R.
Edwards Jr., Mrs. Darwin Campbell and Mr. C. J. Davis.
Known as the store “Where Lower Prices Prevail’’ Mr. Kush
ner believes that by adhering to a strict policy of cash that
he is able to bring his customers better merchandise at
lower prices.
The store carries well stocked lines of men, ladies, children
and infant’s wear, as well as work clothing, work shoes,
Lovable bras and girdles, Dickies work clothes, ladies Lovable
lingerie, Smartee Sportswear, Joel skirts, Prim ’n Pretty
children’s wear, ladies hats, bags and gloves, costume jewelry,
men’s hats, and Fruit of the Loom men’s and boy’s underwear.
Fire Heavily
Damaged Home
On Walker St.
Fire, believed to have been
started by defective wiring in the
kitchen, did major damage Sat
urday morning to a structure on
Walker Street.
The large wood frame resi
dence was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Batchelor, his father,
M. F. Batchelor, and a roomer
Doyle Coker. The three men were
asleep in the house when the fire
was discovered aro u n and one
o’clock by Danny Blue and Rusty
Duke.
The young men ran to the
front door to awaken the occu
pants, just as Mike Batchelor, at
home from the U. S. Air Force,
and Jimmy Hardy drove up. They
entered the house through the
back door to awaken the sleeping
occupants, and removed a sofa
and cedar robe.
The two items saved from the
home were the only things that
did not suffer either fire, smoke
or water damage. According to
Mrs. Batchelor, the family lost
all their good clothing that were
hanging in closets, as well as a
majority of their other personal
effects.
Mrs. Batchelor said the young
men told her the kitchen which
juts from one side of the house
was in total flames when they
saw it. She credited the plastered
walls for containing the flames
and preventing the near tragedy
of having the three men in the
house overcome by smoke.
The Jackson Fire Department
was also praised by Mrs. Batche
lor for the momentous job of con
taining the fire which burned a
great deal of the attic area, in
addition to completely destroying
the kitchen and a rear room used
as a den.
DINNER MEETING OF B&PW
CLUB BE HELD MONDAY
The Personal Development
Committee, Mrs. Mae Carr, chair
man, will be in charge of the
B&PW Club program Monday
evening, January 28, at the Jack
son Clubhouse. “The Art of Com
munication” will be presented by
members. Dinner will be served
at 7 o’clock.
Cotton Vaughn
Is New Chief of
Fire Department
W. L. (Cotton) Vaughn was
elected at a recent meeting of
the City Council as a city police
man and was appointed Fire
Chief upon accepting the post.
Mr. Vaughn has been a city em
ployee for several years and be
fore accepting his new post was
foreman of the Streets.
According to Mayor C. B.
Brown Jr., Mr. Vaughn was elec
ted to give better police and fire
protection to the city. He will
work the 9 p. m. to 6 a. m. shift
and unless an emergency arises
will be on call in the police booth
at all times.
“In this way,” Mr. Brown said,
“someone will be in the police
booth to answer all telephone
calls and dispatch these calls to
the policemen in the car.” “Hav
ing the Fire Chief near easy ac
cess of the fire department equip
ment will simplify and speed the
truck to the fire designation
faster and will eliminate the con
fusion on who to call for the
citizen reporting a fire.”
By having a paid Fire Chief the
City of Jackson has taken its
first step toward a long range
improvement of the fire depart
ment to become qualified for
lower insurance rates, the mayor
stated.
Mayor Brown praised the work
done by Volunteer Fire Chief
Charles E. Rooks Jr. since 1956
when he became chief, pointing
out the excellent work and co
operation rendered while Mr.
Rooks was at the helm. He stated
that Mr. Rooks, with his 19 vol
unteers, had saved the city of
Jackson many thousands of dol
lars and asked for very little in
return.
Clyde Norris
Named Head of
Credit Union
The annual meeting of the
Pepperton Federal Credit Union
was held January 19 at 10 o’clock
at the Pepperton Baptist Church.
All the business of the year
was reported and a dividend of
3% was declared payable to
stockholders as of December 31,
1962.
Mr. Heflin Haynes, personnel
director at Avondale Mills, made
a short talk on the growth of the
Credit Union. Mr. Tom Ellis of
the Georgia Credit Union League
of Atlanta also made a short talk.
Officers elected to serve for
the year were Clyde Norris, presi
dent; W. L. Norsworthy, vice
president; James Bedsole, secre
tary and Andrew J. Long, treas
urer.
Board of Directors were as fol
lows: Carter Moore, John R. Pul
lin, A. A. Cook, Wayne King.
Elected to serve on the Credit
Committee were J. D. Willard,
Robert Strawn and Paul W.
Reeves Jr.
Serving on the Supervisory
Committee are Wayne King, Mrs.
Van Hay and Mrs. James Blank
enship.
Mrs. Andrew J. Long, Mrs.
Clyde Norris and Mrs. Davis Wil
lard were the ladies on the Re
freshment Committee which
served a delicious plate at the
annual meeting.
Employees' at Pepperton Cot
ton Mill are the stockholders of
the 18 month old Credit Union
and are eligible to receive loans
through this union.
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Bond Issue of $250,000 Would Add
Auditorium, Gym To School System
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VANCE.
Miss Ann Grant
Head Nurse At
Local Hospital
Miss Anne Grant, a native of
Cedartown and an alumna of
Harbin Hospital in Rome, as
sumed the position of Director
of Nurses on Monday, January 7,
at Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Miss Grant took her training at
Harbin Hospital and has worked
in the Floyd County Hospital and
the Rockmart-Argin Hospital in
Rockmart. She returned in Octo
ber from Highlands, N. C., where
she had worked for a time.
While at the Floyd County
Hospital, Miss Grant was surgical
supervisor and later Director of
Nurses. At the Rockmart-Argin
Hospital she was the anesthetist.
A nurse who keeps up with all
phases of the nursing profession,
Miss Grant has at different times
taken short courses at various
places. She is active in the organ
izations pertaining to nursing,
being a member of the Harbin
Alumni, American Nurses Asso
ciation and Georgia State Nurses
Association, of which she has
served in several different of
fices. While in Rome, Miss Grant
served as chairman of the Dis
aster Committee.
In speaking of her new post
as Director of Nurses at Sylvan
Grove Hospital, Miss Grant com
mented that the hospital is well
equipped and that she sees no
reason why it can’t be rated along
with the best.
Miss Grant, a Methodist, is at
present living in the home with
Mrs. Winnie Moore.
William P. Lane
Vice President
Fitzgerald Bank
Jackson and Butts County
friends of Mr. William P. Lane,
son of Mrs. Elizabeth P. Ballard
of Monticello, will be interested
to learn that he was elected As
sistant Vice President of the
Bank of Fitzgerald at a meeting
of the Board of Directors on Jan
uary 11.
Mr. Lane is the grandson of
Mrs. J. D. Persons Sr. and the
late Mr. Persons of Monticello.
He is also the great grandson of
Mrs. A. F. White and the late
Dr. A. F. White of Flovilla.
Mr. Lane is a member of the
American Institute of Banking,
the Junior Banking Conference
and the American Banking Asso
ciation. He is a member of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Lions International, The Country
Club and The Elks Club.
A 1956 graduate of Mercer
University, Mr. Lane was em
ployed by the Citizens and South
ern Bank of Macon before going
with the National Bank of Fitz
gerald in October 1962.
Men’s Day At
First Baptist
On January 27
Layman’s Day, or Baptist
Men’s Day as it is more recently
called, will be observed Sunday,
January 27th, at the First Bap
tist Church with two outstanding
laymen, Willie Avery Cook of
Jackson and P. Y. Luther of Grif
fin, scheduled to conduct the
morning and evening services re
spectively.
In announcing the speakers,
James Stewart, president of the
First Baptist Church Brotherhood,
sponsors of thq event, pointed to
Mr. Cook’s long and active affil
iation with the Pepperton Baptist
Church where he is a deacon, a
teacher of the young adult Sun
day School class and the Young
People’s Training Union. Mr.
Cook is also a former superinten
dent of the Kimbell Association
Sunday School and is a member
of the Jackson Exchange Club,
serving on the Board of Control.
Mr. Luther, well known lay
leader of the First Methodist
Church of Griffin, will be in
charge of the evening service.
Mr. Luther is superintendent of
the Sunday School at his church,
teacher of the Men’s Bible Class,
and lay leader of the Griffin
District. He is also active in state
Masonic circles.
Mr. Stewart also announced
that a quartet, composed of Mil
ton Daniel, Roy Goff, W. A. Hol
son, and F. M. Holston, would
bring special music at the morn
ing service. The Junior Choir will
be heard at the evening worship
hour, Mr. Stewart stated.
Recreation Area
At High Falls
To Be Developed
Governor Ernest Vandiver last
week authorized a special appro
priation of $60,000 to the State
Game and Fish Department for
the development of The High
Falls recreation area.
Governor Vandiver said the
funds will be used to match $60,-
000 provided by the Area Re
development Administration for
use in developing the High Falls
project.
Located 18 miles south of Grif
fin, the High Falls area was given
to the State Game and Fish De
partment two years ago by the
Bowaters Southern Paper Com
pany.
The area, which includes a lake
and several hundred acres of
timberlands, will be used for fam
ily recreation. The Game and
Fish Commission has already com
pleted several camping areas and
picnic sites.
State Game and Fish Director
Fulton Lovell said the special
appropriation ARA funds will be
used to add additional outdoor
recreation facilities.
A bond issue is being called
Friday, March 1, by the Butts
County Board of Education to
approve a $260,000 bond issue
to build two school structures at
the county schools.
The proposed issue would take
care of the construction of a
1,000 seating capacity auditorium
for the white school and a 1,200
seating capacity gymnasium-audi
torium for the colored school.
According to Butts County
School Superintendent Lee Roy
O’Neal, both facilities are badly
needed and will be built with a
dual purpose for use by both the
public as well as the school, if
the bond issue is passed.
Both of the proposed buildings
will be of brick and masonry, Mr.
O’Neal said, and are designed to
provide the maximum of efficien
cy and service as well as lasting
permanence.
The auditorium proposed for
the Jackson High and Elementary
School will be of modern design
with six sides and a dome top. It
will be attached to the Element
ary School with the present lobby
of the school serving as the lobby
for the auditorium. The four
front doors of the building will
open onto the bus walk connec
ting the two schools. The design
places the seating arrangement
Monticello Votes
Bonds For Gas
MONTICELLO Monticello
voters by a decisive margin Tues
day approved the sale of $625,-
000 in gas revenue certificates to
install natural gas in their city.
Of 797 registered voters, 522
citizens approved the project and
24 cast their ballots against it.
Robert Grey, installing en
gineer from Sarasota, Fla., said
work will soon get under way and
should be completed by Septem
ber.
REV. BILLY HOWELL TO
PREACH PLEASANT GROVE
Rev. Billy Howell of Moreland,
Georgia will fill the pulpit at
Pleasant Grove Congregational
Methodist Church on Sunday,
January 27, at the 11 o'clock ser
vice.
Trade In Jackson ... With
COWAN’S
SUPER MARKET
Cowan’s Super Market, located presently on State Route
42 just below Pepperton Mill, opened in November 1936 across
the Indian Springs highway and scant yards from his pres
ent site. Moving into a larger, more modern and commodious
store, Mr. Cowan for more than 25 years has enjoyed the
friendship and patronage of customers the area over, par
ticularly of the mill village which he has served so faithfully
and well in his years in business.
Products in this well-appointed market include a complete
line of groceries, staple and fancy; choice fresh meats;
fresh produce with emphasis on seasonal vegetables; frozen
foods, and other conventional items found in like markets.
Popular Gulf Oil products are dispensed at pumps in front
of the store. Phone 7311 for prompt delivery.
Employees in addition to Mr. Cowan include Leonard
Gilbert, James (Peanut) Gilbert, and Mrs. Ann Thompson.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
in a fan shape with the last seat
approximately 70 feet from the
stage. The acoustics and sight
lines will be good, Mr. O’Neal
said.
A room for piano classes will
be included in the building and
the auditorium will have a large
flexible stage which could con
ceivably seat 100 persons. It will
have forced air ventilation.
The proposed Henderson High
and Elementary gymnasium-audi
torium will be built as a gym
with a stage at one end so that
it can easily be converted into an
auditorium. It will be approxi
mately 90 feet by 130 feet, Mr.
O’Neal said. On the planning
board the designs show two class
rooms, one for band and one for
health education, storage for both
athletic and band equipment, pub
lic restrooms, concession stand,
dressing room facilities and
coaches office. It will stand be
tween the school and football
field.
The building will take care of
the 1,400 students at assemblies,
as well as the physical education
and athletic program, Mr. O’Neal
revealed. Heretofore, Henderson
High could seat no more than
500 in their cafetorium and all
basketball games had to be played
away from home as other schools
would not play on Henderson’s
open court.
Monday Blaze
Badly Damages
Negro Residence
Fire of unknown origin, but
believed to have caught from the
chimney, heavily damaged the
home of Pearl Grier on Slaugh
ter Street about 8:30 Monday
morning.
Fire Chief Cotton Vaughn re
ported that the rear roof of the
frame structure was ablaze when
the first unit of the P’ire Depart
ment arrived on the scene. The
fire fighters were hampered by
the bitter cold and frigid winds
which brought the mercury down
to the 20 degree mark.
According to Chief Vaughn,
some few contents of the house
were saved, but a great majority
of the furnishings were damaged
by fire, water, and smoke.