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THEY RETURN TO GARDENS ... The talented Florida State University returns to Callaway Gardens
at Pine Mountain, Ga., on June 15 for the third successive summer. Here are three acts to show
the versatility of the 18-members of the troupe—the jugglers, the beautiful Spanish Web and the
flying trapeze. The Circus will perform at 4 p.m. each day except Monday, with evening shows
at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. In addition to their shows, the students conduct
a recreation program for children.
City Receives Traffic Safety Award
For No Deaths in Eight Year Period
The Traffic Safety Award has
been given to Chief of Police
Watson Vaughn in recognition of
his department’s eight year rec
ord of no deaths in the City of
Jaskson.
The citation was mailed to the
city by the Department of Public
Safety, State of Georgia, and has
been framed and placed in the
reception room of the police
booth.
The award states, “In recog
nition for an outstanding traffic
safety of human lives in the State
of Georgia. Further recognition
is hereby given to all local city
and county officials, civic clubs,
newspapers, radio, television and
all other safety organizations for
their cooperation in helping to
establish the outstanding traffic
safety improvement record.”
The last death recorded by the
City of Jockson was eight years
ago when Oscar Scott, Butts
County Negro and well known
well digger, was killed in a col
lision occurring at Third and Ben
ton Streets.
48th Reunion Of
1915 Class Set
For June 12th
One of the most remarkable
clasess ever to graduate from
Jackson High School in regards 1
to class spirit and longevity is the j
class of 1915. The class will cele
brate their 48th graduation an-j
niversary at a reunion June 12 at
Indian Springs State Park.
Until three years ago all mem
bers of the class were still living.
Bryant Patrick’s death at Pine
Mountain marred the unique rec
ord which had stood through two
World Wars and profound
changes. On the eve of the 48th
anniversary all other members
are alive.
A basket lunch will be prepar
ed by members of the class who
live in Butts County. They urge
all members to come and bring
their families.
PAT FRANKLIN IS ON
DEAN’S LIST AT GEORGIA
Pat Franklin was among those
students at the University of
Georgia whose scholastic average
placed him on the Dean’s List
for the Spring Quarter. Pat en
rolled Monday for the Summer
session at the University. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Franklin of Jackson.
Polk Tire Cos.
Takes First
Half LLTitle
Polk Tire Company’s Little
League team was atop the stand
ings in the first half of the Little
League baseball schedule current
ly being played here every Tues
day and Friday nights.
The Polk Tire Team finished
with a record of 6 and 3. City
Pharmacy was second with a 5-4
record; Pepperton Mills, 4-5 and
Standard Oil, 3-6.
Top home run hitters thus far
in the Little League teams are
Joe Brown on the City Pharmacy
team with seven home runs and
Charles Fountain on the Polk
Tire Company team with four.
The Little League is for boys
nine to 12. Games are played
twice weekly on Tuesday and Fri
day with a double header each
night. Game time is 6 and 7:30
o’clock.
The winner of the last half of
the series will play Polk Tire
Company for the trophy.
Averages of the top men on
each team as follows:
Pepperton Mills: Butch Bell,
.458; Hugh Bond, .415; Bobby
Moncrief, .475.
Polk Tire Cos.: Bill Nelson, .405;
Charles Fountain, .500; Billy
Ridgway, .428.
City Pharmacy: Joe Brown,
.599; Carey Daniel, .311; Bennie
Dover, .500.
Standard Oil: Buck Bowers,
.599; Gary Daniel, .311; Bennie
Joiner, .348.
MONSTER SNAKE TRACK
SEEN NEAR JACKSON LAKE
Volunteers who wish to hunt
down and kill what undoubtedly
must be the county’s largest
snake have only to call Mrs. M.
W. Reeves at her Jackson Lake
home.
Mrs. Reeves called Tuesday to
report the huge track of a snake
discovered in a sandy area near
their garage which measured
10% inches wide including, as she
put it, “the wiggle.” The track
of the monster snake has been
sighted before on the road that
leads to their cottage, Mrs.
Reeves related. Men who have
seen the tracks and who are
familiar with snakes in this sec
tion of the state believe it to
be made by an unusually large
highland moccasin, Mrs. Reeves
reported.
Bus Routes For
Swim Program
Are Announced
Routes for the buses to trans
port those enrolled in the Sum
mer swimming classes were an
nounced this week by Mrs. Fred
Bowers, instructor. According to
Mrs. Bowers, the first session will
extend from June 18th through
June 28th with classes held at
the Hoard-Mullis Pool at Indian
Springs.
The first bus will leave the
corner of Forest Avenue and
Highway 16 at 8 a. m. and make
the following stops: Patrick’s
Store to Jenkinsburg at Cleve
land’s Store; interesetion at
Hooten’s home; down to Jackson
via Old McDonough Road with
stops at street beside L. W. May
home and at West Avenue, and
on to Indian Springs.
The second bus, according to
Mrs. Bowers, will leave Indian
Springs at 9 a. m., making its
first stop at King’s Grocery on
Highway 42; two stops in the
Pepperton Village and down 16 to
Browning’s; Giles Ferry Road to
Flovilla, with stops at the old
hotel corner and Moncrief’s
Store.
Mrs. Bowers emphasized that
the schedule for Stark, Towaliga
and the remainder of Jackson will
be announced later as these areas
will hold their swimming classes
during the second session which
will be July 2nd to July 12th.
Mrs. Bowers also advised that
those aides who are assisting in
the swimming classes will need
to provide their own transporta
tion to and from Indian Springs.
Annual Meeting
Of Red Cross Be
Held June 18th
The annual meeting of the
Butts County Chapter Red Cross,
and the meeting of the Board of
Directors will be held Tuesday,
June 18, at the Health Center,
at 8 p. m., at which meeting the
officers for the coming year will
be elected.
All persons who contributed to
the recent Red Cross Fund Drive
are eligible to attend and to vote
for the officers, and are cordially
invited to be present.
The present members of the
Board and the Chairmen of the
various standing committees are
requested to attend.
Mr. Ralph Cooper is the candi
date for the office of Chairman
for the year 1963-64.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963
Benson Ham Is
President Flint
Bar Association
Benson Ham of Forsyth was
elected president of the Flint
Judicial Bar Association at its
1963 meeting Wednesday, June
5, at the Elder Hotel, Indian
Springs. *
Other officers elected include
A. M. Zellner of Forsyth, vice
president; Harvey Kennedy Jr. of
Barnesville, secretary-treasurer.
A brief business session was
held with no formal speaker
scheduled. A resolution on the
death of Col. W. B. Freeman, be
loved Monroe County lawyer, was
adopted. Sam Whitmire of
Barnesville was named to the
Board of Governors of the Geor
gia Bar Association with Clifford
Seay, of Barnesville, as alternate.
Ben Garland, of Jackson, was
elected reporter for the Georgia
Bar Journal with Hugh Sosebee
of Forsyth and Ed McGarity of
McDonough being named dele
gates to the Georgia Bar Asso
ciation meeting last week in Sa
vannah.
Following the business session,
a delightful luncheon was enjoyed
in the air-conditioned dining room
of the Elder Hotel
Edwards, Cooper
Receive Degrees
At Georgia Tech
ATLANTA, GA.—Over 1,000
Georgia Tech students will re
ceive degrees in engineering,
science, architecture, applied psy
chology, and industrial manage
ment at the annual commence
ment exercises on Saturday, June
8. The ceremonies will be held at
the Fox Theater at 8:45 a. m.
Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Direc
tor of the Office of Science and
Technology, Washington, D. C.
will address the graduates on the
subject, “Making the Most f
Your Opportunities.”
President Edwin D. Harrison
will preside and confer the de
grees, after which the cadets of
the Army, Navy, and Air Force
ROTC Units will be sworn in as
commissioned officers:
Graduates from Jackson in
clude James B. Edwards, Jackson,
Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering,
son of Mrs. R. C. Edwards; Ralph
H. Cooper, Jr., 225 Ball St., Jack
son, B. of Chemical Engineering,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H.
Cooper Sr.
Desire To See Grandparents Leads
Boy on Fantastic Bicycle Journey
Mervyn Pope Is
Chosen President
Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Mervyn Pope was elected
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary for the coming year at
the Tuesday night meeting. Other
officers elected were Mrs. Clyde
Thaxton, vice president; Mrs.
Winnie Moore, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. Mary Lee Martin,
treasurer; Mrs. Eva O’Neal, chap
lain; Mrs. Carmen O’Neal, Ser
geant of Arms; Mis. Gladys Wil
son, Historian.
Mrs. Pope succeeds Mrs. Clyde
Walker who has served as presi
dent for the past two years. Mrs.
Pope has been active in the
Legion Auxiliary for the past sev
eral years and has been elected
District vice-president and also a
counselor to serve at Girls State
to be held at Georgia Military
Academy the week of June 16.
Miss Sarah Bond, who has served
as counselor for Girls State for
several years, was elected Govern
mental Instructor for the State
of Georgia.
At a meeting held at the home
of Mrs. Gladys Wilson, Mrs. Pope
and Mrs. Winnie Moore were elec
ted as delegates to State Conven
tion in Savannah, and Mrs. Pope
was also elected as a delegate
to the National Convention in
Miami, Fla.
Second Half Of
Little League
Play Is Begun
The second half of the Little
League began Friday night with
Polk Tire Company, winner of the
first half, again dominating play
by downing Pepperton Mills 4 to
I.
Charles Fountain, Polk ace,
was the winning pitcher, striking
out 15 men. Bill Nelson with
two for three and Charles Foun
tain, one for one, paced the win
ners’ attack. Billy Ridgeway was
catcher.
Tommy Glidewell was on the
mound for Pepperton with Butch
Bell behind the plate.
In the nightcap Friday City
Pharmacy defeated Standard Oil
by the score of 6 to 4. Joe Brown
and Forrest Rossey teamed on
the mound for the winners. Top
hitters were Bennie Dover with
three for three and Gary Daniel
with two for four. Terry Weaver
was catcher for the City Pharm
acy team.
Donnie Joiner hurled for the
losers with Dale Rosser his bat
tery mate. Best hitters were Tim
Hardy with two of three and
Buck Bowers, one hit in two times
at bat.
Memorial Plaque
For Dr. Howell
Placed Recently
A memorial plaque was recent
ly placed on the door of the
emergency room at Sylvan Grove
Hospital and a memorial fund
given to the hospital by the
friends and family of the late Dr.
Olin Bryan Howell.
Known throughout this section
as a highly competent physician,
Dr. Howell practiced medicine in
Butts County for about 30 years.
He took an active interest in all
civic and political affairs of the
county and served as a member
of the Butts County Board of
Commissioners. He was chairman
for 12 years.
Levie Heath initiated the drive
to begin a memorial for Dr.
Howell and contributions were
made to him. The family of the
late Dr. Howell expressed their
gratefulness to him and to the
friends who made the fund pos
sible.
Priscilla Cook
Chosen FHA Giri
By Local Co-op
Again this year The Central
Georgia EMC takes pleasure in
announcing the FHA selec
ted by their respective schools in
the Co-op area to receive the Co
op FHA Leadership Conference
Award.
Priscilla Cook, better known as
“Prissy”, will represent Jackson
High School. She is the 17 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Avery Cook of Jackson,
Co-op members. A member of the
FHA Club, she was World Service
Chairman of the Sr. Tri-Hi-Y for
1962-63. Her church affiliation
is with the First Baptist of Jack
son where she is a substitute
Sunday School teacher, social
worker for the BTU and pianist
for the Primary Department. She
especially likes to play the piano,
swim and gp boatriding. Miss
Carolyn Hardigree is her FHA
advisor.
Other girls selected in the Co
op area include Barbara Tingle,
Mary Persons High School, For
syth; Linda White, Henry Coun
ty High; Cherrie Towns, Griffin
High and Nancy Elliott, Spalding
Junior High; Rita Burge, Morgan
County High, and Peggy Polk,
Monticello High School.
Wayne King Is
Promoted At
Pepperton Mill
Announcement was made this
week by W. D. Windsor, Superin
tendent of the Pepperton branch
of Avondale Mills, that Wayne
King has assumed the position of
Assistant Standards Engineer in
the Pepperton Mill.
Mr. King, a 1959 graduate of
Jackson High School, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny King. He
began work with the mill on Octo
ber 28, 1960 and worked as a
loom stop man in the weave shop
until his recent advancement.
Mr. King’s job includes the
highly technical cost analysis run
on the operation of the plant. He
also is the trouble shooter for the
various manufacturing depart
ments of the mill.
In an effort to further ac
quaint himself with the varied
fields of textiles, Mr. King is
completing courses in the Inter
national Correspondence School.
E. L. YOUNG GROWS
KING SIZED TURNIP
Mr. E. L. Young of 404 North
Oak Street, who must be one of
the city’s most successful turnip
growers, brought a king-sized
purple top turnip by the office
last week that weighted 5 %
pounds.
Although this was the largest
turr.ip grown thus far by Mr.
Young, he said he had several
others that weighed between three
and four pounds. Cultural prac
tices were the same for any
turnips, he related, except for
perhaps heavier than usual ferti
lization.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A little boy on a red bicycle
made a fantastic trip Wednesday
afternoon from Forest Park to
Butts County in an attempt to
find his grandfather.
Phillip Lunceford, 11 year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Lunceford, was missed about 4
o’clock from his home in Forest
Park. Radio stations in the At
lanta area cooperated with the
police by making repeated an
nouncements about the disappear
ance of the child.
Unknowing to the searchers the
little boy was on his way toward
Jackson, evidently unnoticed by
passing motorists until he reached
the community of Ola in Henry
County. There a man noticed the
clothes the boy wore enough to
recognize him later Wednesday
night.
From Ola the child journeyed
toward his grandfather’s home at
Jackson Lake until darkness
closed in at the A. G. Cowan
home in the Stark Community.
Mrs. Cowan and her daughter,
Mrs. Ralph King, were home
alone when she saw him ride into
the yard.
Upon opening the door, Mrs.
Cowan was greeted by a welcom
ing hug and a deluge of tears.
Repeated inquiries brought little
response from the little visitor.
Several times he drew on a piece
of paper a picture of a house and
laughed merrily when they wig
gled their fingers.
According to Mrs. Cowan, with
in a few minutes she realized her
unusual visitor could not talk and
contacted the Sheriff’s office.
Sheriff V. H. Ham and Mrs.
Cowan, believing that the child
had wandered from a nearby
house, carried him to Worthville
to see whether he belonged to a
new resident there. No one knew
him. Enroute home the adults
stopped at a Masonic Hall to in
quire if anyone knew the child.
One of the men in the crowd
told the sheriff that he had seen
a boy wearing identical clothes
on the Ola road during the after
noon. Sheriff Ham contacted
Henry County authorities and re
ceived a negative answer to his
missing person inquiry.
Within a short time after mak
ing the call, though, the Henry
County office called back to say
a child fitting the description of
the child at Mrs. Cowan’s was
missing from Clayton County.
They also told Mr. Ham that the
child had a grandfather in Butts
County.
During this time around three
hours had elapsed and the child’s
grandfather, B. Y. Lunceford,
superintendent of the Lloyd
Shoals plant of Georgia Power
Company, had been notified that
his grandson was missing. He
came immediately to the Cowan
home where the reunion was a
sight to behold.
A 40 mile bicycle ride is remark
able for a grown man. It is
especially noteworthy for an 11
year-old boy to make the trip
within a few miles of his desti
nation without mishap.
For Phillip it was even more
outstanding. He can neither hear
nor speak.
Bible School At
County Line
Begins June 17
Vacation Bible School at the
County Line Baptist Church will
be held June 17 through 21, Mrs.
Myrna Wells, principal, announ
ced this week. The daily sessions
will be held each morning from
9 until 12 o’clock.
Mrs. Wells stated that prepara
tion day will be held Friday, June
14, at 9 o’clock and urged all
workers to attend this very im
portant meeting.
Something new has been added
to the schedule this year. An
adult Bible Class will be taught
by Andy Holston during the
school hours.
Visitors are welcome in all de
partments.