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VOL. 90—NO. 5
Current Heart
Fund Drive Is
Launched Today
The 1963 Heart Fund Drive
was launched today with a plea
that every individual in Butts
County join in the effort to con
trol this nation’s leading cause of
death and disability.
“This is not a fight which
affects the man in the next block,
or the child in the next town,”
Miss Dorothy Thomas, Chairman
of the Butts County Heart Fund
Drive, said.
“It is an effort that is import
ant to everyone of us—our chil
dren ,our neighbors, and our fam
ilies. Only if we join hands in
this fight and only if each in
dividual contributes the maximum
of which he is capable can we bet
ter our chances of survival,” the
chairman continued.
Miss Georgie Watkins is chair
man of the special gifts division
and will solicit during the first
10 days in February.
SUPPORT YOUR
($)
HEART FUND
Workers in the in-plant di
vision, headed by W. 0. Ball, will
contact the county’s largest busi
nesses and industries during the
same period. Mrs. Van Hay of
Pepperton Cotton Mill, Mrs. Lin
da Smith of Gateway Luggage of
Georgia and Mrs. Mae Carr at
Kym Company will assist Mr.
Ball.
Dr. Roy Goff will canvass the
business district, calling on busi
nesses around the immediate
square and offices not included
in the in-plant solicitation.
Mrs. Evelyn Apple heads the
rural division workers and will
solicit in the Jenkinsburg area.
Other rural workers are Mrs.
Margaret Rooks, Pepperton; Mrs.
Harold Standard, Stark; Mrs.
Lucy Williamson, North Butts;
Miss Barbara Edwards, Worth
ville; Mrs. Howard Greer, Iron
Springs; Mrs. Oscar Weaver Jr.,
Towaliga; Mrs. Floyd Moore,
Coody; Mrs. Pete Ridgeway, West
Butts; Mrs. Harry Ridgeway,
Highway 16; Mrs. Frank Mc-
Michael, Indian Springs; Mrs.
Robert Smith, Flovilla and Cork;
Mrs. J. L. Wilson, Jackson Dam;
Mrs. Evelyn Apple, Jenkinsburg.
Mrs. Billy Leverette is coordi
nator of all special events.
Other divisions and their chair
men are Professional, James
Stewart; Government, Billy Sut
ton; Education, Lee Roy O’Neal;
Churches, Marion Whiten.
STARK MYF HOSTS
TO ATHRUJAX MEET
The Stark MYF will be hosts to
the Athrujax Sub-District Meet
ing Monday night, February 4th,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock, accord
ing to an announcement this
week by Richard Cook, president.
All young people are urged to at
tend.
NOTICE
The mailing list of the Progress-Argus was
corrected as of Friday, January 18, 1963. We
ask each subscriber to please check the label
on his paper. The expiration date is carried on
each label. If your label reads before January
24, 1963 your subscription has expired. Prompt
renewal will be appreciated. Price of the Pro
gress-Argus is $4.00 per year, payable IN AD
VANCE.
Jfff
Ronald Lane
Recipient Of
Scholarship
At a banquet held in Athens
last week, Ronald Lane of 211
Alcova Street, Monroe, was
awarded a one hundred dollar
scholarship by the Georgia Plant
Food Education Society.
Mr. Lane is son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lane of Route 3,
Jackson.
The Society awarded five sim
ilar scholarships to students at
the University of Georgia having
high scholastic averages in the
Horticulture and Agronomy De
partment.
Mr. Lane is a Senior at the
University of Georgia and is ma
joring in Horticulture and spe
cializing in Fruits and Vege
tables. Last fall he was initiated
into Alpha Zeta Honorary Fra
ternity and was listed on The
Dean’s List for the Fall Quarter.
In June Mr. Lane will complete
the requirements for a B. S. de
gree. When he enters Graduate
School to work toward a Master’s
Degree in Horticulture he will fce
given an Assistantship.
Mr. Lane, formerly of Jackson,
Georgia, is married to the former
Betty Ann Guest of Gainesville,
Georgia.
Jackson Debaters
Will Attend The
Barkley Forum
The Eighth Annual High
School Barkley Forum at Emory
University February 8-9 will be
the largest in the school’s history,
according to James E. Baker,
Emory debating coach.
The Forum will be a full tourn
ament involving five rounds of
debates, five rounds of extempo
raneous speaking (for boys),
three rounds of declamation (for
both), and three rounds of inter
pretative reading (for girls).
High schools from the South
east are invited each year to the
event named in honor of the late
Vice President Alben Barkley, an
Emory alumnus.
The debate team of Jackson
High School has been invited to
the Forum and representing the
affirmative team are Karen Garr
and Patricia Parrish, while the
negative debaters are David Mask
and Mack Cawthon. Mrs. V. L.
Bryant Sr., debate team coach,
will accompany the students.
The issue for debate will be a
common market for the Western
Hemisphere.
Gloria Williamson
Wins Certificate
From Local Paper
Miss Gloria Williamson was the
winner of the third and final
drawing for a $25 Gift Certifi
cate given by the Jackson Pro
gress-Argus in connection with
the Trade at Home series.
The Certificate may be re
deemed for merchandise from any
of the sponsoring merchants.
Miss Williamson, a very indus
trious young lady, has been bed
ridden for the past 13 years. She
does knitting, crocheting and
handicraft for a hobby, with the
finished articles being very de
sirable.
Miss Williamson lives near Flo
villa with her mother, Mrs. Jessie
Mackey, and brother, Teddy.
About the only place she is able
to go is to church on Sunday.
Drawing the lucky ticket from
the box on Friday afternoon at 3
o’clock in Progress-Argus office
was Mrs. Guy Bearden, who was
pressed into service for the event.
Other winners in previous
drawings were Mr. J. M. Strawn
and Mr. Will Meredith. Mrs. J. S.
Robison drew their names from
the box.
Betty Dover Is
Checker of Year
At Jackson Store
Mrs. Betty Dover has been
selected as Checker of the Year
in the Jackson Colonial super
market.
As the Jackson winner, she will
compete for the title of Checker
of the Year for the entire Co
lonial chain and a chance at the
International Checker of the Year
title in a contest sponsored by the
Super Market Institute and the
National, Cash Register Company.
Mrs. Dover was selected for the
Jackson Colonial title in a contest
based on her popularity with cus
tomers, her efficiency, courtesy
and appearance.
Mrs. Dover, who lives at Rt. 2,
Jackson, Ga. is a graduate of
Jackson High School. She was the
former Betty Jones of Jackson.
Mrs. Dover has been associated
with Colonial for the past three
years. She now will compete in
the Colonial District finals.
The top prize in the Interna
tional contest is a trip for two to
Hawaii.
Emerson Burford
New President
Athletic Group
The election of new officers
was the primary business of the
Butts County Athletic Association
at their meeting January 14 in
the new band room.
Mr. Emerson Burford was elec
ted president of the club for the
ensuing year and Mr. Winfred
Cook, vice president. Mrs. Mary
Parrish was re-elected to the post
of secretary and treasurer.
Members of the Board of Di
ectors remained the same. They
are Harold Brooks, Hesper
Stephens, Joe Brown, Denny
O’Neal, Newton Etheredge, Con
nie Lamb, Marion Whiten, Gene
Blue, J. C. Drake and Mr. Evans.
Winfred Cook
Begins Police
Duties Feb. 1
Winfred A. (Rusty) Cook was
hired as a policeman at the Mon
day night meeting of the Jackson
City Council, Mayor C. B. Brown
Jr. announced Tuesday. Mr. Cook
will assume his duties on the
Jackson Police Force on Friday,
Feb. Ist, Mayor Brown said.
The new policeman is a veteran
of World War II with overseas
service. He is a former employee
of Pepperton Cotton Mills and is
currently working at the Maddox
Sinclair Service Station in Jack
son.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 1963
Presbyterians To
Hear Missionary
Sunday Evening
Presbyterians of Jackson and
Fellowship Churches have a treat
in store for them —for on Sun
day evening, February 3, Dr.
James N. Montgomery, retired
Missionary from China and Tai
wan, will speak to the groups
immediately following a Family
Night supper which will be serv
ed at six o’clock in Fellowship
Hall. Dr. Montgomery’s address
will begin at seven o’clock in the
sanctuary.
The Family Night supper, prior
to the speaking, will be in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Jones,
Mr. and Mrs. John Bob Weaver
of Covington, and Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Carmichael 111 of Macon will also
be guests, as will Rev. George
Wright, Associate Secretary to
the General Board of Annuities
and Relief, of Atlanta, who is
serving as interim supply pastor
at the Jackson and Fellowship
Presbyterian Churches.
One of the best loved Presby
terian missionaries to the Chinese
people, with more than 42 years
of distinguished service in China
and Taiwan, Dr. Montgomery will
speak from a background of
knowledge of the Chinese which
few Americans can equal. And
few people have ever been hon
ored by the Chinese as have Dr.
and Mrs. Montgomery. When
they left Taiwan, hundreds of
Chinese were at the airport to see
them off, and Christians all over
the island joined in special
prayers of thanksgiving for the
ministry which the Montgomerys
had among theip.
Most of Dr. Montgomery’s 42
years of service was on the main
land of China, but for 11 years
he guided the development of the
Taipei, Taiwan office of the
China Sunday School Association.
In 1949 he had' the foresight to
establish a “branch office” of the
Association, with headquarters in
Shanghai, on the island of Tai
wan, out of reach of the Com
munists. When Shanghai fell, the
branch office became headquar
ters for the Association, one of
the most important agencies for
Christian ministry among the
Chinese of the whole Far East.
For 11 years prior to his re
tirement, Dr. Montgomery wrote
and edited Sunday School liter
ature, planned the writing and
translating of Christian books,
and administered business affairs
for the China Sunday School As
sociation. In addition, the mis
sionary taught in the Presby
terian Seminary in Taipei, led
conferences for Sunday School
teachers, and served from time
to time as pastor of Chinese
churches.
Dr. Montgomery, a native of
Birmingham, Alabama, studied at
Washington and Lee University,
the University of South Carolina,
Columbia, Princeton and Bibical
Seminaries.
A member of New Orleans
Presbytery, Dr. Mont gomery
served as supply pastor in Gun
tersville, Alabama, and Summer
ville, South Carolina, and was as
sistant pastor in Lexington, Vir
ginia, Presbyterian Church be
fore becoming a missionary.
SHERIFF EXPLAINS
“BIRTHDAY” RULING
ON DRIVER’S LICENSES
Drivers licenses expire on the
driver’s birthday in anew ruling
that went into effect on the first
of 1963, Sheriff V. H. Ham an
nounced this week.
The sheriff said most licenses
would expire in March, but that
renewal was not necessary until
the driver’s birthday; for example
if a license is due to expire in
March and the driver’s birthday
is in November, the license does
not have to be renewed until No
ember.
The sheriff recommended, how
ever, that licenses be renewed
within 90 days of the actual date
of birth and urged drivers not
to wait until the actual day.
Drivers with five-year licenses
will not have to renew until their
birthday five years from the date
of acquiring the five-year license.
For March of Himes
Mothers To Canvass County Tonight
POLIOBIRTH DEFECTS UrTHRITIS
.„THE INSTITUTE
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Butts County Mother’s March
Thursday Evening, Jan. 31st
Committees Are
Named For Year
By Exchange Club
Lee Roy O’Neal, Butts County
School Superintendent, spoke to
members of the Jackson Ex
change Club Tuesday night at the
Sunset Motel Restaurant and em
phasized the urgent need for the
proposed new auditorium and
gymnasium. Mr. O’Neal called
attention to the_ bfind issue of
$250,000 which will be voted on
by the people of Butts County on
Friday, March Ist, to approve
revenues for construction of these
two structures.
The superintendent said that
these new facilities are badly
needed in the light of “our in
creasing school pupil load.”
Therefore, Mr. O’Neal continued,
each citizen should support and
vote for bonds to finance this
construction.
President Glenn Potts announ
ced the following committee ap
pointment for the 1963 year:
Program Committee: M. L.
Hodges, Jr. chairman; W. A.
Cook, James Stewart.
Membership Committee: New
ton Etheredge, chairman; Thomas
Hallford, Herbert Moore.
Public Relations: James Stew
art, chairman; Marion Todd,
Glenn Potts.
Fund Raising: Malvin Redman,
chairman; Ralph Evans, Max
Redman.
Woman of Year: Wilmer
Greer, chairman; R. F. Arm
strong, George Ridgeway, Ben
Haisten.
At a meeting of the Board of
Control Friday night, January 25,
the following committees were
named to work on the 1963 Butts
County Fair:
Advertising: Lamar Jinks, H.
A. Carter, Charles Brownlee.
Year Book: George Ridgeway,
H. A. Carter, W. C. Greer, Lamar
Jinks.
Program: M. L. Hodges Jr.,
Herbert Moore, W. A. Cook, R. F.
Armstrong.
Advertisement Purchasing: R.
F. Armstrong, Glenn Potts,
Marion Todd.
Project (Premium): Ralph
Evans, Charles Shields, Thomas
Hallford.
Gate: Charles Brownlee,
George Ridgeway.
Grounds: Herbert Moore, G. R.
Lewis, Max Redman, Ralph
Evans.
Parking: Lamar Jinks, Wilmer
Greer, Newton Etheredge.
Decorations: Charles Shields,
Lamar Jinks, Thomas Hallford.
President Potts welcomed back
Mr. Hubert Carter, who had been
ill.
Weather Deals
More Misery To
Sunny (?) South
The Weatherman has thrown
the book at the South again and
from Winter’s vast arsenal of
misery meted out Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning an ice
storm, thankfully light locally,
from the mountains of North
Georgia to near the Macon area.
On Thursday morning of last
week the coldest weather of this
century plunged thermometers to
reported lows of six below zero
in Butts county and two below
in Jackson.
Freezing rain began falling
here Tuesday evening about 9
o’clock with the mercury barely
below the freezing point. Fortu
nately the rains were light and
Wednesday morning residents of
this area awoke to find only a
thin film of ice, enough however
to make walking hazardous and
drivers more than ordinarily cau
tious and alert.
Many roads in North Georgia,
where the icing was thicker, were
closed and impassable according
to early reports Wednesday by
the State Highway Patrol.
Schools in several counties were
closed and delays of an hour or
more in opening announced by
others.
Butts County schools operated
on schedule with most buses on
time and only slight inconven
ience and delays noted according
to County School Superintend
ent Lee Roy O’Neal.
In this Winter, which may well
go down as Georgia’s coldest in
history, temperatures on Decem
ber 13th and January 24th broke
record lows in the state that gen
erally were set in the blizzard of
February 1.899. Atlanta regis
tered its coldest weather in 64
years last Thursday when the
mercury slipped to a bone-chilling
three below. Mt. Pisgah, N. C.
registered 42 below, believed to
be the coldest ever recorded in
the Southeastern United States.
Zero Then, Zero Now and After
64 Years All Alive To See It
In February 1899, Newton Joseph Harmon, then Tax Re
ceiver of Butts County and later Editor of the Jackson
Progress, awoke to find the mercury had plunged below the
zero mark. He went and awakened his children to come and
see the thermometer because it was below the zero mark
and they would probably never see it again.
Sixty-four years later, all nine of them were still living
on January 24th, when it once again went below zero. Three
of them are still local residents, Mrs. Mamie H. McClure, Mrs.
Maude H. Jones and Mrs. Laura H. McClure.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Jackson and Butts County
mothers are planning to march
tonight in the annual Mother’s
March observance of the 1963
March of Dimes.
The marching mothers will be
gin calling at individual homes
in their area around 7 o’clock
and continue until her area is
completely canvassed, March of
Dimes Chairman Don Crump re
ported this week.
A complete list of workers is
not available, but the captains for
each section of the county have
been chosen. Four captains have
also been chosen for the four
sections of the City of Jackson,
Mr. Crump revealed.
Mrs. Mary Lee Martin, Mrs.
Reba Bond, Mrs. Tom Peek, and
Mrs. Fred Bowers are the Jack
son Captains.
Other captains are Mrs. Eliz
abeth Wilson, Lloyd Shoals; Mrs.
Ben Hill Dover, Stark; Mrs. H. L.
Jones, Fincherville; Mrs. David
Ridgeway, Towaliga; Mrs. Betty
Darnell, Cork; Mrs. Edward
Waits, Flovilla; Mrs. Cora Wells,
Jenkinsburg; Mrs. Dan Hoard,
Indian Springs; Mrs. Larue
Crowder, Pepperton; Mrs. Jack
McLees, Iron Springs; Mrs. Harry
Ridgeway, Griffin Highway; Mrs.
W. H. Barnes, Four Points Road;
Mrs. C ,E. Washington, Pineview.
Mr. Crump urged each house
hold to respond to the appeal say
ing, “Give for the life of a child.”
The 1963 March of Dimes ap
peal is runing behind on its
quota, according to Mr. Crump.
Bad weather has forced the can
cellation of several events and the
Varsity Letter Club of Jackson
High School braved the severe
cold Sunday afternoon to hold
the “toll” which netted $169 for
the appeal.
Tarns Off Spigot
Bat Water Runs
In Wrong Meter
The frigid cold of recent date
really brought out the spirit of
neighborliness in a Jackson resi
dent and saved him a tidy sum
of money.
The Henry Lee Gilbert’s moved
recently across town. Living in a
town as small as Jackson, they
knew most of their new neighbors
by name and figured they’d get
acqua in ted to neighborliness
by degrees. But not because of
temperature degrees.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert work
in their furniture store and are
gone during the day. The maid
who stays with the children
called Mrs. Gilbert to tell her the
spigot in the back yard adjoining
their own was burst and water
was puddling in both yards be
cause the occupants of the house
were out of town.
Mr. Gilbert, trying to save his
new neighbor an out-of propor
tioned water bill, turned their
water off. The water kept coming
from the spigot.
Investigating further, Mr. Gil
bert found that the water run
ning to the spigot was coming
through his meter, even though
it was decidedly in the wrong
yard.
According to Mr. Gilbert, tak
ing time off from his job to go
investigate his neighbor’s burst
water spigot was certainly a good
idea.