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News of 10 Year* Ago
According to notices of local
legislation now appearing in the
newspapers of the circuit, Butts,
Henry, Monroe and Lamar, the
salary of the Solicitor General of
the Flint Circuit will be increased
from $3,500 per year to $5,000
per year.
Sponsored by the Jackson Ex
change Club with Ben Haisten as
chairman, the annual March of
Dimes Campaign in Butts County
got off to a good start, Mr. Hais
ten said Monday.
The garage of Lewis 11. Caw
thon, north of Jackson on the
Jackson-Covington Highway, was
robbed of tools and equipment
the night of January 14. Missing
were electric drills, batteries,
hoist jack, and miscellaneous
equipment of the estimated value
of $450.
John Emmett Wallace Jr., 60,
connected with prominent Butts
and Spalding County families,
died at his home in Hampton
early Sunday.
New* of 20 Years Ago
Mrs. L. M. Spencer, connected
with the Butts County Welfare
Department since July 15, 1937,
and director for the past two or
three years, has tendered her
resignation, effective February
15 to accept a position with the
Pepperton Cotton Mills.
W. L. Wilder, former Butts
County Commissioner and one of
this section’s largest land owners,
has in his possession several deeds
more than 100 years old. These
old records bring to mind the
stirring days when this territory
was opened to white settlers after
the treaty with the Creek Indians
at Indian Springs in 1821 and the
land lottery system was in opera
tion.
Mrs. R. L. Allen of Flovilla
announces the marriage of her
daughter, Rebekah, to Lt. John
E. Heil of Tyndall Field, Fla. The
marriage was solemnized Sunday,
January 24, at high noon at the
home of the bride in Flovilla.
Bob Lyons Carmichael and Tom
Nutt, both U. S. Navy lads, have
been ordered to report April 5
for pre-flight training in Los
Angeles, Calif. Bob has recently
been stationed in Asheville, N. C.
and Tom in Charleston, S. C.
New* Of 30 Year* Ago
Mr. Edward Alonzo Tillery, 46
years of age, died at his home in
Pepperton Sunday morning at
8:30, death resulting from pneu-
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monia from which he had suf
fered for several days.
It is announced by the Georgia
Public Service Commission that
Col. J. T. Moore has been named
as a state bus inspector. Mr.
Moore was formerly employed in
the motor vehicle department of
the Secretary of State’s office in
Atlanta.
Friends in Jackson, his boy
hood home, and elsewhere over
the state, were interested in the
announcement made Monday that
Gibbs Lyons had been appointed
Deputy Comptroller of the Cur
rency by Secretary Mills.
Mr. Frank Putnam Allen, aged
60, caretaker of the Indian
Springs Holiness Camp Grounds,
died Saturday night at 12 o’clock
at a Griflin hospital as a result
of injuries received Saturday
morning while he was assisting in
cutting a tree at the camp
ground.
News of 40 Years Ago
Forsyth, Ga., Jan. 14—Fire
that burst through the roof of
George W. Tribble’s big stable
on the principal street of this city
at 9 o’clock tonight with the force
of an explosion for a time threat
ened the entire downtown dist
rict. The stable was completely
destroyed and with it 24 head of
horses and mules, a number of
cows, several hogs, three auto
mobiles and a c onsiderable
amount of hay and feed stuff.
The city hall, immediately adjoin
ing the stable, caught fire but
was saved by the heroic work on
the part of the firemen.
Friends throughout the country
and state are pained to know of
the serious illness of Hon. S. H.
Mays at his home near Jackson.
He suffered a stroke of paralysis
the past week and his condition
is causing grave concern to the
family and hosts of friends.
At a meeting of the strawberry
growers in the courthouse Satur
day morning, the Butts County
Strawberry Association was or
ganized by the election of Mr.
J. L. Bailey as president and J. D.
Jones as secretary and treasurer.
Decided progress was made in
the Methodist New Church and
Parsonage project Wednesday
evening by a gathering of 36
men at a supper given by the
ladies of the church in the rooms
of the Woman’s Club. Subscrip
tions in the amount of $18,326.00
were subscribed with the great
majority of the members of the
church yet to be heard from.
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Scout Council
Meets Griffin
On January 31
The Pine Valley Girl Scout
Council will hold its Annual
Council meeting, Thursday, Jan
uary 31, 1963, City Hall Audito
rium, Griffin, 7:30 p. m. Mrs.
Fred P. Strother, West Point,
president of the council will pre
side.
During the business session of
the meeting, new Council by-laws
will be read, discussed and adop
ted by the body of delegates. The
council’s Nominating Committee
will present a slate of officers,
board members and Nominating
Committee to be elected. The
committee will also present a
slate of delegates for election to
the Thirty-Sixth National Coun
cil Meeting of the Girl Scouts of
the U. S .A. The National Council
Meeting will be held at Miami
Beach, October 21-25, 1963.
Following other routine busi
ness appropriate for this meeting,
a program centered around the
Council’s accomplishments during
the year 1962, and proposed
plans for 1963 will be presented.
The Installation and Re-dedica
tion Ceremony will conclude the
program. Mrs. R. H. Pinckney
and Mrs. R. D. Lawrence of Jack
son are planning to attend.
At The Hospital
Patients at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital during the week of January
16-23 were as follows:
Mrs. J. B. Jones, Nancy Hol
loway, Betty Jean Gilmer and
baby, Robert White, Raymond
Smith, Mrs. Harold Pope and
baby, Joe Brown.
Colored patients were Edward
Lee Fambro, Willie David Wat
son, Charlie Wright.
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If American farmers were no
more efficient than those of the
Soviet Union, 22 million Amer
icans not now doing so would
have to produce food, clothing
and forest products. One Amer
ican farmer produces food and
fiber for himself and 27 others.
One Russian farmer produces for
four or five persons.
February Term
Court Likely
Be Postponed
The February term of Butts
Superior Court will in all likeli
hood be postponed because of the
serious illness of Flint Circuit
Judge Thomas J. Brown Jr. of
McDonough. David P. Ridgeway,
Clerk of Court, said this week
that to his knowledge no prepa
rations are being made for the
usual winter term of court. In
event it is held, it is believed, Mr.
Ridgeway pointed out, that a
judge would have to be assigned
here in the absence of the Flint
jurist.
Friends of Mr. Brown regret to
learn that he suffered a heart
attack before the Christmas holi
days that has kept him confined
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital. Reports this week indi
cate an improvement in his con
dition, but a spokesman for the
family would not speculate when
he might return to work.
Indian Springs
MRS. W. A. HOARD
Mrs. John Webb spent Sunday
night and Monday with friends
and relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. Jim Smith of Blount is
visiting her brother, Mr. Miller
Ogletree, and Mrs. Ogletree a few
days this week.
Friends of Mrs. Bessie Bryans
regret to learn that she continues
quite ill at Sylvan Grove Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Holloway
and Mrs. Bessie Hoard visitied
Mrs. Charles Johnson last Sun
day in Monroe County Hospital.
Mrs. Johnson, the former Miss
Kate Hoard, is the mother of Mr.
Spencer Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Goetz and son,
Victor, of Warner Robins spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
McMichael.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Ogletree
of Monticello visited their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Ogle
tree over the weekend. Mr. Ogle
tree is feeling some better.
Mr. Basil Keaton returned to
Jackson last Sunday to visit his
aunt, Mrs. Bessie Bryans. Several
of her nieces and nephews are
visiting her at Sylvan Grove Hos
pital.
Cub Scout
News
For the month of January our
theme for study was Freedom
Festival. The climax of this study
came Friday night, January 18th,
when Mrs. Lee Roy O’Neal
carried us via colored slides on a
tour of the most interesting his
torical points in our nation. We
visited Jamestown, Independence
Hall, Mt. Vernon, Valley Forge,
Monticello, most of the important
monuments and memorials along
with the capital and other in
teresting points in Washington,
D. C. Mrs. O’Neal gave a very
informative narrative as we tour
ed. We visited in the homes of
such famous people as: Betsy
Ross, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jef
ferson, and George Washington’s
sister and mother’s homes. We
also went through the Moore
House at Yorktown where Gen
eral Cornwallis surrendered in
the Revolutionary War and the
McLean House at Appomattox
where General Lee surrendered
to General Grant. At the con
clusion of our tour Mrs. O’Neal
was given an award in appreci
ation for her years of service
with Cub Scouts.
We then had our regular bi
monthly advancement ceremony
where the following cubs received
the respective awards they had
earned: Wolf badge, to A1 Gil
bert, Dennis Remington, Charlie
Smith; Gold and Silver Arrow
point to Jimmy Browning; Bear
Badge to Bruce Hicks; Lion
Badge to Douglas Briscoe, Terry
Weaver, Buster Wilson, Dick
Young and David Waterhouse;
1-year Service Pins to Darrell
Potts and Ricky Fletcher; and 2-
year Service Pin to Wayne
Barnes, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth Welch then pre
sented Pack .80 The 1962 Unit
Award of Merit and Leadership
Training Awards to the follow
ing: Rev. S. L. Waterhouse, Cub
master—the Scouters Key; Den
Mothers, Mrs. Wayne Barnes,
Mrs. Lovett Fletcher, and Mrs.
Lee Roy O’Neal. This was a well
attended and enjoyable meeting
for Pack 80.—Cub Scout Re
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