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GOVERNOR SANDERS SALUTES
THE GEORGIA DAIRY INDUSTRY
Governor Carl E. Sanders is shown toasting Miss Careen
Hart the Georgia State Dairy Princess on his right, and Miss
Sandy Tibeau, the American Dairy Princess, at the time of his
signing the June Dairy Month Proclamation in Georgia. Sandy
is from Auburn, Washington, and Careen is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Hart of Americus, Georgia.
■welve Seniors
■sped To Enter
Heorgia Colleges
■Twelve Jackson High seniors
St planning to continue their
Mutation in colleges and univer
ses over Georgia, some enter
■ summer sessions with others
■ matriculate in the fall.
■According to a list furnished
,■ Progress-Argus by Mrs. J. Y.
■wen, of Griffin, counselor at
■kson High, the following stu
■its contemplate college careers.
■West Georgia College—Richard
■ok, Wendell Edwards, Robert
■eer, Danny Hoard, Joyce Mor
'■), Thomas (Skippy) Leverrett.
■ss Morgan and Leverrett will
■er the summer session.
■University of Georgia—Bruce
■tier, Lydia Moore, Betty Wash-
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■eorgia Southern College—
■da Cowart, Ellen Starr,
■diversity of Chattanooga—
Siny Blue.
■hletjc ASS’N will
■eT NEXT TUESDAY
■he Butts County Athletic As
■ation will meet at 7:30
■ock on Tuesday evening, June
■ at the Field House to discuss
■jects for the coming season.
interested in the athletic
■gram is invited to attend.
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LOIMiK IIO\OHN HM' H NrIHMH. VIIIli:VIS
Students from Griffin, Jackson and Henry
County High who participated in the Grittm
Elk s Scholarship and Leadership competition
this year were honored at a dinner at the Gri m
Lod ge Tuesday night. Shown are (front, l-r)
Janice Powell, Stockbridge; Lydia Moore,
Jackson; Joyce Morgan, Jackson; Maiy oj c .
"and and Sandra Sullivan, both of Grirnn,
(b ack) Mrs. James Bowen of Griffm, Jackson
advisor ; Carol Hattaway, Don Jackson, Judy
Ritchey, Tommy Hawkins, Susan Lioyd, Lewis
Summer School
Not Be Held,
O’Neal States
Schools in the Butts County
School system will definitely not
hold summer school during the
vacation months, School Superin
tendent Lee Roy O’Neal an
nounced this week. The total
number of students who have
failed courses would not be large
enough to make it advisable to
hire teachers to teach the many
varied subjects taught in the
school system, Mr. O’Neal pointed
out in explaining this decision.
Those students who have failed
subjects during the 1962-63
school year should talk with their
principal and get prior approval
before enrolling into summer
school at other locations, the su
perintendent stated. Under the
Accrediting System students de
siring to make up work may enter
an accredited summer school, pro
vided the principal of his school
gives his approval. Summer make
up work may not exceed one and
one-half units and must be earned
in 120 clock hours with each
course not exceeding 1% hours
per school day.
Work Is Begun
Here on Eight
New Classrooms
Construction began last week
on the eight additional classrooms
approved for the Butts County
School system by the State School
Building Authority.
According to Butts School
Superintendent Lee Roy O’Neal,
Elmore Construction Company, of
Macon, the low bidder on the
work at $86,951, began moving
materials onto the sites last Wed
nesday. Four classrooms will be
added as a wing to the Jackson
Elementary School and four to
the Henderson Elementary
School. They will be approximate
ly 22x30 feet in size, designed to
accommodate 30 to 35 pupils.
The contractor with the com
pany has assured the Butts Coun
ty Board of Education that both
sets of classrooms will be ready
for occupancy when the fall term
of school begins, Mr. O’Neal said.
The funds being used to
finance the classroom construc
tion were obtained from the State
School Building Authority, Mr.
O’Neal pointed out, and do not
pertain to the school bond issue
passed in March by voters in
Butts County to construct an
auditorium for the Jackson School
and a gymnasium-auditorium for
the Henderson School.
According to Mr. O’Neal, pre
liminary plans on the gymnasium
auditorium have been sent to the
School Plant Service, State De
partment of Education, for ap
proval. When final plans are ap
proved by this department bids
will be taken.
At present the Board is study
ing and making changes in the
plans of the auditorium. The
modifications will go back to the
architect before being sent for
approval to the School Plant Ser
vice.
WRESTLING RETURNS
HERE ON JUNE lITH
Wrestling returns to Jackson
June 11th at the Jackson High
Gym with such popular wrestlers
as Chief Little Eagle, Ray Guen
kel, Dickie Steinborn, Tarzan
Tyler, and the Hillbillies to ap
pear in the near future. The
matches are sponsored by the
Butts County Jaycees with the
first event set for 8 p. m.
Brewer, Jr., Robert Phillips, Richard Shirah,
all of Griffin; Miss Althea Smith, Griffin High
advisor. Henry Walker, chairman of the awards
committee, and Gene Robbins, Jr., a member
of the committee, represented the Elks lodge
at the affair. Richard Shirah and Judy Ritchey
were Leadership winners. Don Jackson and
Janice Powell were runners-up. Tommy Haw
kins and Sandra Sullivan were scholarship win
ners. Lewis Brewer, Jr., and Mary Joyce Hand
were runners-up.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963
Dates For Swim
Classes Listed
By Mrs. Bowers
Mrs. Betty Bowers, Water
Safety Instructor for the county
wide swimming program, this
week released the schedule for
the summer swimming program to
be held at Indian Springs at the
Hoard and Mullis swimming pool.
The swimming program is being
sponsored this year by the Butts
County Chapter Red Cross, the
Van Deventer Youth Foundation,
the Jackson Kiwanis Club, and
the Butts County Board of Edu
cation.
The Lifesaving program will
begin Monday, June 10. It will
be the only lifesaving course of
fered during the summer and all
aides must participate in this ses- j
sion, Mrs. Bowers announced. She i
also stated that no days can be
missed if the participant wants
to receive a certificate. The
Junior Lifesaving session will end
on Friday, June 14, with the
senior group to be completed the
following day.
Two swimming sessions will be
held this summer, Mrs. Bowers
stated. The first will start Tues
day, June 18, through June 28.
The second session starts on
Tuesday, July 2, and continues
through July 12 with the excep
tion of July 4.
Mrs. Bowers urges everyone
who wishes to take swimming to
register as soon as possible. Reg
istration was held during the last
week of school and from these
names a mailing list and bus
routes will be made up. Students
who did not register at school
should contact her during the
weekend, Mrs. Bowers said, if
they want to receive swimming
instructions.
Mrs. Bowers also anounced that
only one adult swimming class will
be held. It will be a two hour
nightly session beginning at 7
o’clock on July 2 and continuing
through July 12 with the excep
tion of July 4. No pre-registra
tion is required as transportation
will not be provided to this class.
CHARLES BECKHAM TO
GRADUATE ON MAY 31
' Charles Beckham, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Beckham of Jack
son will graduate May 31 from
the Automation Institute of Geor
gia, a division of Falls College, in
Atlanta.
Graduation Exercises Tonight at
Gym For Jackson High Seniors
Dr. H. E. White
Was Honored
Upon Retirement
Dr. Herbert E. White, of St.
Augustine, Fla., who served as
Chief of Staff of Flagler Hospital
in St. Augustine for 35 years, was
honored Wednesday night, May
15, at a testimonial dinner in the
hospital cafeteria.
Dr. White, a native Butts Coun
tian, is son of Mrs. A. F. White
Sr. of Flovilla and St. Augustine
and the late Dr. A. F. White,
prominent Butts County physi
cian.
Attending the dinner and pay
ing tribute to Dr. White for his
many years of medical service
were members of the Flagler Hos
pital medical staff, the board of
directors, the board of trustees,
the hospital auxiliary, members of
the city commission, and the
county commission, other city and
county officials and members of
the press and radio.
Highlighting the delicious steak
dinner, served by members of the
Flagler Hospital Auxiliary, was
the presentation of resolutions of
tribute to Dr. White which were
adopted by the Flagler Hospital
Medical Staff and the Board of
Trustees and Board of Directors
of the hospital.
A. W. Spiller Jr., president of
the Board of Directors, served as
master of ceremonies for the oc
casion and on behalf of the hos
pital staff, trustees and directors,
presented Dr. White with a beau
tiful silver tray as a token of ap
preciation for his many years of
service.
A gift was presented to Mrs.
White by Mrs. J. J. DeVito, presi
dent of the Flagler Hospital
Auxiliary, on behalf of the auxil
iary.
Among the speakers were
Claude Weeks, administrator, who
added his words of tribute to Dr.
White, and spoke briefly on the
facilities the hospital now offers.
Dr. Joseph A. Shelley, presi
dent of the Florida Hospital Medi
cal Staff, presented a resolution
to Dr. White stating that, “the
resignation of Dr. H. E. White
as Chief of Staff of Flagler Hos
pital, is recognized as an acute
loss of a faithful, energetic and
talented man of medicine, who
has faithfully served his hospital
and community and the medical
profession as a whole.”
Dr. White resigned from his po
sition on April 8. He was born
in Flovilla in 1897 and was grad
uated from Emory University
Medical School in 1923, being
licened to practice in Florida the
same year. He came to St. Augus
tine on February 18, 1925, and
has been active on the staff of
Flagler Hospital for over 38
years.
Dr. White is past president of
the Florida Medical Association,
and a past president of St.. John’s
County Medical Society. He
served on the Council of the
Florida Medical Association, both
as chairman and as a member,
and for seven years was chair
man of the Scientific Work Com
mittee of said association. He is a
life member of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, a member of
the National College of Surgeons,
the American Medical Association
and Southeastern Surgical Con
gress.
INDIAN SPRINGS LODGE
SPONSORS CHICKEN-CUE
Indian Springs Lodge No. 307,
F&AM, of Flovilla, is sponsoring
a Chicken-Cue on Saturday, June
8, in Flovilla with the chicken to
be served from 5 to 8 p. m.
Advanced tickets may be pur
chased from Masons for SI.OO
with tickets the night of the sup
per at $1.25. Members of the
Lodge, friends, and the general
public are cordially invited. Pro
ceeds will be used for improve
ments to the Lodge.
First Baptists
Slate Missionary
Rally on June 2
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Dr. Loyd Corder, secretary of
the Language Missions Depart
ment in the Division of Missions
of the Home Mission Board, will
conduct a missionary rally at the
First Baptist Church on Sunday,
June 2, at 2:30 p. m.
Dr. Corder will speak at the 11
a. m. and 8 p. m. services, and
also, at the Missionary Rally at
2:30 p. m., when all the churches
in the Kimbell Baptist Association
are invited to attend.
A native of New Mexico Dr.
Corder has been with the Mission
Board since 1940. Before coming
to Atlanta he served as superin
tendent of Spanish Missions in
Texas under the Home Mission
Board and was formerly superin
tendent of City Missions in Hous
ton, Texas, Before that Dr.
Corder was a pastor and mission
ary to the Mexicans.
A man of many talents, his
mechanical abilities have helped
him greatly in his missionary
work. According to Rev. Sidney L-
Waterhouse, pastor the the First
Baptist Church, Dr. Corder pilots
his own plane and uses ventril
oquism which fascinates children
and adults alike.
Mr. Waterhouse extends a cor
dial invitation to the people of
this area to attend this missionary
rally to be held under the aus
pices of the Kimbell Baptist As
sociation.
New Church At
Fellowship Has
Its First Picnic
The meaning of losing one's
church home and the satisfaction
of rebuilding were very evident
last Sunday at the Fellowship
Presbyterian Church.
The Sunday School lesson dealt
with the privileges and joys of at
tending a church. The Fellow
shippers having once lost their
church and knowing the struggle
to rebuild a place of worship did
as the psalmists of old. They cele
brated their happiness with an old
fashion dinner on the grounds
following the morning worship
service.
Most of the members were able
to join in both worship and the
fellowship following around the
picnic tables. Around 50 to 60
persons assembled for the affair.
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Graduation exercises at Jack
son High School will be held
Thursday afternoon, May 30, in
the school gymnasium at 8:15
o’clock. The speakers will include
honor students Wendell Edwards,
Joyce Morgan, Betty Drake and
Elaine Britton.
Honor students of the junior
class will serve as escorts and
honor guard to the seniors during
the graduation exercises.
Theme of graduation speeches
will be “Shoot For the Stars.”
The program is as follows:
Prelude
Processional
Invocation
Welcome and Introduction
of Theme Wendell Edwards
Why Aim So High Betty DTake
The Countdown Elaine Britton
Delivery of Awards
Ralph H. Cooper
Delivery of Diplomas
Lee Roy O’Neal
Blast Off—The Sky Is
The Limit Joyce Morgan
Alma Mater Senior Class
Benediction
Recessional
Other honor students of the
senior class are Linda Turner,
Skippy Leverrett, Mary Jo Pres
ton, Cherry Moore and Danny
Hoard.
Graduates at Jackson High as
released by Principal Ralph Coop
er are Sandra Louise Barnes,
Janet Pauline Bedsole, Betty Sue
Berry, Danny Blue, Elaine Brit
ton, Linda Cowart, Richard Cook,
James Cochran, Bruce Comer,
Linda Cleveland, Rusty Duke,
Betty Drake.
Wendell Edwards, Che ster
Evans, Buddy Gilbert, Glenda
Gray, Bobby Greer, Tommy
Hooten, Danny Hoard, Larry
James, Donna Jean Johnson,
Thomas W. Leverrett Jr., Lurry
Lofton, Frank Lyon, Patricia
Minton, James Mallory, Cherry
L. Moore, Lydia Moore, Joyce
Morgan.
Mary Jo Preston, Jennie Lee
Smith, Regina L. Strickland,
Linda Catherine Turner, Faye
Thornton, Ellen Starr, Angelyn
Washington, Betty Washington,
Herman F. Waits, Cathy Wise
and Patricia Wise.
Vacation Bible
School Parade
Be Held June 8
The annual Vacation Bible
School parade, sponsored by the
Butts County Ministerial Associ
ation, will be held in Jackson on
June Bth. The line will form
at the Jackson High School at
2 p. m. and will be led by the
Jackson Police in the parade
through the streets of the city.
Rev. T. H. Wilder, Pastor of
the Macedonia Baptist Church, is
chairman of the Ministerial Asso
ciation’s parade committee.
Mr. Wilder has indicated that
“The Devil Rides Again!’’ The
“Devils Local No. 1” in Jackson,
he said, has served notice they
will demonstrate against these
churches, claiming that Vacation
Bible Schools are unfair to them.
The head of Devils International
Union, Satan, alias the Devil, will
lead the demonstration, following
immediately behind the parade of
the churches.
The public is invited to watch
the parade at two o’clock Satur
day, June Bth.