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VOL. 90—NO. 6
Jackson Cagers
On Victory Spree
In three games of recent date
the Jackson High cagers fared
well, both boys and girls winning
two of the three games. In one
of the more exciting games of the
season, Jackson boys edged Mil
ner 60-49 in Jackson in a last
second foul shot. In a double
overtime in Fayetteville Satur
day night Fayette County shaded
the Jackson boys 53-61.
GIRLS
Jackson (35) Milner (41)
F—Smith, 8., 7 Brantly, 28
F—Gray, 18 Jackson, 6
F—Herbert, 10 Key. 7
G—Barnes, S. Mann
G—Britton Bunis
G—Smith, J. English
Substitutions: Jackson—Bond,
Barnes, D.
Substitutions: Milner Wil
liams.
GIRLS
Jackson (41) Monticello (28)
F—Smith, 8., 3 Gasses, 8
F—Gray, 16 Wild, 20
F—Herbert, 6 Gunn
G-F—Barnes, S., 4 Briscoe
G-F—Britton, 1 Carnes
G-F—Smith, J., 1 Cannon
Substitutions: Jackson—Smith,
E., Morgan (8), Dover, (2),
Bond, Peek, Barnes, D.,„ Man
gham, Ridgeway, Jones.
Substitutions: Monticello —Me-
Elheney, Ward.
GIRLS
Jackson (32) Fayette Cos. (7)
F—Smith, 12 McElroy
F —Herbert, 7 Banks
F—Gray, 6 Putnam, 7
G—Barnes, S. Bass
G—Britton Harp
G—Bond Blum
Substitutions: Jackson Fin
cher (4), Dover (3), Morgan,
Glidewell, Ridgeway, Barnes, D.,
Peek, Mangham, Jones.
Substitutions: Fayette Co.—
Moore, Bloodworth, Freeman,
Smith, Adams, White, Allen.
BOYS
Jackon (50) Milner (49)
F—Kitchens, 10 York, 12
F—Polk, 6 Allen, 6
C—Greer, 9 Haywood, 20
G—Pelt, 7 Sims, 2
G—Comer, 14 Walters, 9
Substitutions: Jackson Car
michael (4), Cook-
Substitutions: Milner—.None.
BOYS
Jackson (58) Monticello (45)
F—Kitchens, 23 Kelley, 24
F —Carmichael, 4 Brinkley, 3
C—Greer, 1 Hanson, 8
G—Pelt, 14 Jordan, 8
G—Comer, 14 Pope, 2
Substitutions: Jackson—Cook
(2).
Substitutions: Monticello
Malone.
BOYS
Jackson (51) Fayette Cos. (53)
F—Kitchens, 5 Allen, 5
F—Carmichael, 10 Jones, 17
C—Greer, 6 Day, 20
G—Pelt, 11 Stone, 1
G—Comer, 17 Guinn, 10
Substitutions: Jackson—Waits,
Dover, McClelland (2).
Substitutions: Fayette Cos.
Hogan.
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WHITE PONTIAC CO.
White Pontiac Company first appeared on Jackson’s busi
ness firmament in 1947 when it was opened by J. B. White,
owner.
Principal products, as the name implies, are the popular
Pontiac automobiles, including the Tempest, and GMC Trucks.
Mr. White is also agent for the Vauxall compact cars.
The auto agency offers complete automotive service and,
as a specialty, features brake service, motor tune-ups, and
motors overhauled.
Travis E. Bunn
Burned To Death
In Trailer Fire
Travis E. Bunn was burned to
death Wednesday morning about
nine o’clock in a fire that en
gulfed his trailer home just off
the old Jackson Lake Inn road.
Mr. Bunn lived by himself in
the trailer which he had con
verted from a municipal-type city
bus. The fire is believed to have
started from a lamp placed near
his bed.
According to a coroner’s jury
empaneled by Doyal J. Bennett,
Butts County Coroner, his death
was ruled accidental, resulting
from suffocation.
The pumper truck of the Jack
son Fire Department went to the
fire scene and helped extinguish
the intense blaze.
Funeral services were to be an
nounced later by Haisten Funeral
Home.
Sub-Region One
Tourney Slated
Here Feb. 14-15
Jackson High School will play
host February 14 and 15 to the
Sub-region 1 Tournament, both
boys and girls, with teams from
Ft. Valley, Mary Persons and
Jackson competing for regional
tourney spots.
In the boys game on February
14, Jackson and Mary Persons
will meet at 9 p. m. with the win
ner to face Ft. Valley, who drew
a bye the next evening at the
same hour.
Opening game of the tourn
ament will pit the Ft. Valley-
Mary Persons girls at 7:30 on
Thursday with the winner to meet
the Jackson girls February 15 at
7:30. Jackson girls drew a first
round bye.
Two Roads In
County Slated
To Be Paved
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30—The
Highway Department will open
bids on some $20.5 million dol
lars in road and bridge construc
tion contracts on February 15,
according to State Highway
Board Chairman Jim L. Gillis, Sr.
Butts County is listed as having
3.975 miles of paving as follows:
2.264 on Kinard Mill Road, be
ginning at a paved County Road
approximately 1.7 miles south of
State Route 16 and extending
southwest to a point approximate
ly 1.24 miles southwest of the
Towaliga River with a Spur ex
tending southwest to Towaliga
Church; Also, 1.711 miles on Yel
low Water Creek Road, beginning
at S-763 approximately 1.5 miles
northwest of Jackson and extend
ing north to S-1997.
Douglas Bryant
Wins Honor At
Belmont College
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Douglas
Bryant, son of Mr. J. Dawson
Bryant, Jackson, Ga., was elected
one of Belmont College’s 1963
Valentine sweethearts Feb. 1 fol
lowing campus-wide elections.
Bryant, a history major and
speech minor, is in the junior
class, transferring to Belmont
from Truett-McConnell Junior
College, Cleveland, Ga. He has
chosen foreign missions as a vo
cation.
Candidates for Val e n tine
sweethearts are required to be in
the sophomore, junior or senior
classes; to have maintained a “C"
average on all academic work; to
be recognized for adherence to
Christian standards and partici
pation in the campus and church
religous programs; and must not
have previously held this honor.
The entire election is sponsored
by Belmont’s Baptist Student
Union.
Bryant will be honored as the
male Valentine sweetheart at a
banquet Feb. 8 for the student
body and faculty.
Clothes Closet
Open Fridays
In Courthouse
The Clothes Closet, upstairs in
the Courthouse, Third Street
side of the building, will open
Friday, February Bth, from 2 to
4 p. m. and will be open each
Friday thereafter during the
same hours. The churches of the
county are being invited to staff
the center for a month at a time.
For several years the Clothes
Closet project has been kept alive
through the efforts of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, Mrs.
Gladys Wilson, chairman. Numer
ous families have been helped
with clothing for school or when
homes have burned. The need
continues and it is hoped the new
plan will better serve the com
munity.
Families who receive help must
have their need certified by a
pastor of a church, the Welfare
Department, the Health Depart
ment, visiting teacher or school
principals, or the Red Cross.
Everyone is urged to keep in
mind the Friday afternoon open
ing time.
Colonial Store
Has New Winner
In Dime Contest
The Jackson Colonial Store an
nounced this week their second
local winner of the Lucky Dime
Contest currently being spon
sored by Colonial Stores.
Doris Lummus, teacher at
Henderson School, was presented
1,000 dimes and like number of
Gold Bond Stamps at the local
store last Tuesday evening.
The first winner was Jack
Long. The contest is open to
everyone, according to Manager
Julian Fletcher and no purchase
is necessary to receive a Lucky
Dime Card.
JENKINSBURG BAPTISTS
HOST RALLIES FEB. 8-9
The Jenkinsburg Baptist
Church will be host at rallies on
February 8 and 9 for the G. A.’s,
Y. W. A.’s and W. M. U.’s.
Miss Helen Meredith, mission
ary to Columbia, South America,
will be the speaker at the Friday
night rally on February 8. A
covered dish supper will be served
with each girl attending to bring
a covered dish. It will begin at
7 o’clock.
On Saturday morning, the
W. M. U. rally will begin at 10
o’clock and close at noon with a
covered dish luncheon brought by
the ladies.
Mrs. I. F. Barnett, Divisional
Vice President and Miss Alexine
Gibson, State Sunbeam Leader,
will be guests at the Sunday rally.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1963
14 Schools Invited
Fourth Annual Central Georgia Science
Convention Be Held Here on March 2nd
Jackson Schools
Host Tuesday
Math Workshop
Jackson Elementary and High
Schools were hosts to the systems
of Spalding, Pike, Putnam, Henry
and Clayton Counties for the sec
ond Modern Mathematics Work
shop Tuesday, February 5, from
4:30 to 6:30. These workshops,
sponsored by the Georgia Depart
ment of Education, are being held
in many areas of the state to
acquaint the teachers with the
use they can make of the new
mathematics guide.
After guests registered they
were served coffee and pound
cake by the Tri-Hi-Y girls, and
were greeted by the Jackson
teachers.
The group met in the lunch
room where they were welcomed
by Mr. J. M. L. Comer, who intro
duced Mrs. Gladys Thomason,
Mathematics Coordinator of the
State Department of Education.
She introduced her associate,
Miss Betty Altman, and Dr. Pat
ricia Sproff and Dr. Harry Phil
lips of the U. S. Office of Edu
cation, Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, Washing
ton, D. C.
Teachers of grades 1 to 6 met
with Dr. Sproff in the elementary
school. Grades 7 through 12 met
with Dr. Phillips in the high
school Mathematics Laboratory.
Teachers followed with interest
what the math specialist had to
show and tell them about the
development and need for new
mathematics in a space age world.
Dr. Sproff told the group that
culture and inventions advance
only as science and mathematics
do so. The nationally known edu
cators, Dr. Sproff and Dr. Phil
lips, are amazed at the progress
Georgia is making in the science
and math areas.
The next workshop date has
tentatively been set for Tuesday,
March 12.
Veterans Receive
$363,000 in Aid
From VA Service
Monticello The Monticello
Office of the Georgia Department
of Veterans Service assisted the
veterans, their dependents or sur
vivors in this area to receive
$363,105.05 in benefits from the
Veterans Administration during
1962, it was announced this week
by Mr. Evan F. Jordan, local
office manager.
The Monticello Field Office of
the Georgia Department of Vet
erans Service serves Jasper and
Butts Counties. Of the above
figure, Butts County received
$200,047.43.
This money was paid to the
veteran or his survivors in the
form of death claims, compensa
tion, pensions, education benefits
or GI Insurance claims in recog
nition of the veteran’s wartime
service to his nation at consider
able personal sacrifice to his own
economic progress or his physical
health.
By their virture, these sums
flow immediately into the local
economy in the form of pur
chases at local retail stores,
thereby creating local jobs, sup
porting local churches and schools
and even paying local taxes.
State-wide the Department of
Veterans Service assisted Georgia
veterans or their families in se
curing some $132 million in bene
fits from the VA in 1962.
Mr. Jordan is in Jackson each
Monday at the Courthouse from
9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. to assist
veterans and their survivors in
any way that he can.
Negro Woman
On Bond From
Slaying Charge
The lack of a can to put $1.25
of gasoline in, began the se
quence of events Saturday, Feb
ruary 2, that left one man dead
and a mother of five children
charged with his murder.
According to testimony Tues
day at a hearing in the Justice
of Peace’s office, the deceased
Negro man, Vester Lee (Buster)
Grier was picked up Saturday
morning by Thomas Barlow after
he had gone to Grier’s step
father’s house to get a can to put
gas in. Barlow’s wife, Ruby Kate
Barlow, is charged with the pistol
death of Grier at her home
around 6 o’clock Saturday eve
ning.
Thomas Barlow stated that he
brought Grier to Jackson to pick
up his paycheck, later carried him
to several different places on er
rands, afterwards going back to
his own home with Grier.
Barlow told Judge John Hut
cheson that the first inclination
of trouble came late Saturday
evening when his teenage daugh
ter came running into the kitchen
from the living room saying,
“Buster done cut me.”
According to Barlow, Grier
came into the kitchen with a
pocketknife threatening to kill all
the occupants in the five room
house. He said that Grier knifed
at him across the stove, knocking
the flue down. He testified that
his wife came to the door of the
kitchen just as he was running
out of it and fired one shot at
Grier.
Ruby Kate Barlow also gave
the same story in unsworn testi
mony.
The defendant was placed un
der SI,OOO bond and bound over
to the Grand Jury by Judge Hut
cheson.
In a separate hearing shortly
after the Barlow case, Judge Hut
cheson reduced the charge of
murder against Jim Smith, Negro,
to suspicion of manslaughter
after hearing testimony from sev
eral witnesses. Smith was charged
with murder of Fanny Smith on
December 9, Bond was set at
SSOO.
City Government
Month Set Here
By Mayor Brown
Mayor C. B. Brown Jr. has
proclaimed the month of Febru
ary 1963 as “City Government
Month,” and urged all govern
mental officials and citizens of
both the City of Jackson and the
State of Georgia to devote their
active interest and support
toward programs to protect and
strengthen municipal government.
In proclaiming the month of
February as “City Government
Month,” Mayor Brown pointed
out that Municipal Government is
the bulwark of Democracy and
the foundation of the American
Way of life and it must be pro
tected and strengthened if the
State of Georgia is to prosper and
grow.
He mentioned the efficient and
effective services provided to
industry, business, institutions
and residential areas by the cities
and towns of the state.
Stressing a progressive de
velopment of all towns and cities,
Mr. Brown said, “More and bet
ter paying jobs provide for an
up-graded market for industry
and agriculture which benefit the
entire state economy.”
The Proclamation by Mayor
Brown was in connection with a
state-wide “fair play” theme
sponsored by the Georgia Munici
pal Association.
Mrs. D. W. Ham '
To Retire With
30 Years Service
Mrs. Ethel H. Ham, greatly j
beloved Butts County Public
Health Nurse, will retire March
29th on a 30-year award of em
ployment with the State of Geor
gia. Her retirement has already
begun, Mrs. Ham having last been
in her office in the Butts County
Health Center during the latter
part of January.
Mrs. Ham, wife of D. W. Ham,
Mr. Ham and family have lived
in Jackson since May 1926. Prior
to coming to the Butts County
Health Department in December
1942, Mrs. Ham was employed
with the National Youth Admini
stration for four years as Area
and Project Director of Health.
Mrs. Ham has been a contin
uous member of the Georgia
State Nurses Association and the
American Nurses Association for
28 years. She is a charter mem
ber of the League of Nursing
Education.
Active in civic, religious and
cultural affairs, Mrs. Ham is a
member of the First Baptist
Church and the Allen Missionary
Circle, a charter member of the
American Legion Auxiliary, and
of the Jackson Business & Pro
fessional Women’s Club.
One of Mrs. Ham’s most re
warding and gratifying recogni
tions came in 1965 when she was
signally honored by being named
Butts County’s “Woman of the
Year” for her outstanding record
of service in many areas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ham are parents
of two daughters, Mrs. J. R.
Caldwell of Hampton and Mrs.
Marion Mobley, Akita, Japan.
Commenting on her children,
Mrs. Ham said “we have acquired
great wealth in the form of three
grandsons,” Bobby Caldwell of
Hampton, and Ronnie and Wendy
Mobley, now living in Japan
where their father is a Baptist
Missionary. Mrs. Ham states that
she regards her main profession
as “being a mother and home
maker.”
BUTTS SINGERS TO MEET
SUNDAY AT MT. VERNON
The Butts County Singing Con
vention will meet Sunday after
noon, Feb. 10, at Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church. The song session
will begin at 2 o’clock with the
public cordially invited.
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J. W. BROWNING
DAIRY
J. W. Browning Dairy has the distinction ox being the
county’s sole local distributor of milk as well as the oldest
dairy, having begun operation on January 1, 1923. Aiding
principally in management and operation of the dairy is Mr.
Browning’s son, Jim Browning.
The products, well known to residents of this area, include
pasteurized milk, homogenized milk, chocolate milk with 3*6
percent butterfat, orange ade, sweet milk, buttermilk, and
cream.
Mr. Browning reminds that “our milk is the energy
packed drink that provides plenty of rich, body building
nourishment for your youngsters.” The Browning dairy
delivers six days a week and Mr. Browning suggests that by
phoning 4347, he will be glad to add your family to his list
of satisfied customers.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The fourth annual Central
Georgia Science Convention is
scheduled for March 2 at the Na
tional Guard Armory in Jackson.
The convention will again be
jointly sponsored by the Jackson
Kiwanis Club and the Jackson
High School Science Club. It will
be opened to the public from 2
p. m. until 7 o’clock. Rogers
Starr Sr. is chairman of the Ki
wanis committee working with
the Science Club.
Interested high school students
from the ninth through the
twelfth grades are eligible to en
ter the Convention. Fourteen
schools have been informed of the
coming event, according to Mrs.
R. C. Edwards, science teacher
and advisor to the science club
of the local school. All entries
must be mailed to arrive in Jack
son no later than February 20th.
The Central Georgia Science
Convention is designed to dis
cover and encourage high scien
tific talent and interest at the
high school level. It also rewards
promising students for excellence
in this field.
It is the hope of the sponsors
that the Convention will en
courage scientific interest and
original thinking among high
school students, Mrs. Edwards
said.
A wide array of subjects have
been chosen as suitable for an
exhibit. Rules, suggestions and
instructions for students’ use
have been outlined and the infor
mation sent to the various
schools. The biggest single fac
tor emphasized by the brochure
was that each student must do his
or her own work. Teachers may
offer advice, suggestions or criti
cism.
Certificates of Achievement
and ribbons denoting the four
best exhibits will be given in all
fields, and in addition, the top
four exhibits in the Convention
will be awarded ribbons and cer
tificates. Certificates of Merit
will be given to other exhibitors.
Exhibitors being awarded ribbons
are eligible to participate in the
State Science Fair held annually
at the University of Georgia, ac
cording to the brochure.
Elementary students are elig
ible to compete in a separate
category at the Convention. Win
ners, however, are not eligible to
enter the State Science Fair, Mr3.
Edwards said.