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VOL. 90—NO. 34
Lawrence Morgan
Named Member of
Hospital Board
Lawrence Morgan, widely
known Butts County dairyman,
religious and civic leader and
member of the Board of Direc
tors of the Central Georgia Elec
tric Membership Corporation, was
elected as a member of the Butts
County Hospital Authority at the
Authority’s meeting Thursday
night, Mr. Morgan to succeed W.
Andy Holston, authority secre
tary, who resigned recently be
cause of his family moving to
Macon for future residence.
Mr. Morgan is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred H. Morgan of the
Stark community. His dairy herd
is considered one of the finest in
the county. He is a veteran of
World War 11, a graduate of the
University of Georgia and mem
ber of Macedonia Baptist Church,
where he is Sunday School super
intendent. Mr. Morgan is also
treasurer of Miss Georgia Dairies,
Inc. He is married to the former
Miss Carolyn White of Stark and
they have three children, Larry,
Anderson and Randy.
Announcement of Mr. Morgan’s
appointment was made by Mr. J.
T. Beckham, Chairman of the
Butts County Hospital Authority,
who expressed the unanimous re
gret of the Authority in the resig
nation of Mr. Holston who de
voted himself so unselfishly in
interest of the Sylvan Grove Hos
pital.
Other members of the hospital
authority in addition to Mr. Beck
ham as chairman are Miss Geor
gie Watkins, vice chairman; R. F.
Armstrong, C. B. Brown Jr.,
Doyle Jones Jr., G. L. Morgan
and P. H. Weaver.
Ralph H. Cooper
Leaves Soon For
New DeKalb Post
Ralph H. Cooper, who resigned
recently as principal of Jackson
High School, moves around Sep
tember 1 to serve as co-principal
of the Southwest DeKalb High
School in DeKalb County in what
is generally regarded as one of
the better school systems in the
state.
Mrs. Cooper, who resigned her
position as librarian of Jackson
High School, was elected librarian
and material co-ordinator in the
Kelley Lake Elementary School in
DeKalb County.
The change for Mr. Cooper is
considered an advancement and
promotion as he will be co-prin
cipal of a school with 1,800 stu
dents and 70 teachers. Jim
Cherry, well known state-wide in
education circles, is superintend-
ent of D-e Kalb County Schools.
Mr. Cooper returned to Jack
son two years ago after an ab
sence of two years during which
he served as principal of the Cook
County High School in Adel.
During his tenure here, Mr. Coop
er served as Sunday School su
perintendent of the Jackson
Methodist Church, and was an
active member of the Jackson
Kiwanis Club when school duties
permitted. He is also vice presi
dent of his school district. Mr.
Cooper only recently completed
his six year program at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and fam
ily expect to leave for their new
school assignments on or about
September 1.
The Princess Shop
Slates Opening
The Princess Shop, Jackson’s
newest store, is holding its grand
opening this weekend.
Primarily a ladies ready to
wear shop, it was opened recently
by Mrs. Sara Collins in the old
theatre building which has been
completely remodeled.
At present the store carries a
line of variety items, plus a few
items for the men and a complete
line of ladies’ clothing and acces
sories.
Parents Asked To
Bring Beginning
Pupils August 28
Parents, who have children
starting to school for the first
time, are asked to bring them by
school on Wednesday morning,
August 28, according to J. M. L.
Comer, Principal of the Jackson
Elementary School. The visit to
school can be made any time be
tween the hours of 8:30 and
11:30 a. m.
The purpose of beginning stu
dents visiting the school at this
time is to help the children to
adjust to anew situation in which
they will find themselves. Also,
Mr. Comer said, several things
can be cleared up which usually
present problems on the first day
of school.
The children will be tempo
rarily assigned to a teacher at this
time. Parents are reminded to
bring birth cvertificates for their
children. This is a requirement of
the Board of Education, Mr.
Comer said.
Parents are asked to pay lunch
money for one week—sl.2s (25c
per) and to pay insurance, if
insurance is desired. Insurance
will be $2.00 for school coverage,
and $12.00 for 24 hour coverage
for one year.
Mr. Comer calls attention to
the need of immunizations for be
ginning students. Parents should
check with the Butts County
Health Department or their fam
ily doctor concerning the immuni
zations.
Mrs. Hamlin To
Retire Sept. 1
After 23 Years
Indian Springs State Park will
lose one of its best known staff
members September 1 when Mr3.
Charles Hamlin retires after 23
years as park masseuse. Mrs.
Hamlin has brought blessed relief
to aching and tired bodies of in
numerable people from the 50
states and Europe through her
massages, hot pack and salt pack
applications used at the bath
house.
The Indian Springs Mineral
Bath House has been a mecca for
working, tired and sick people
who benefit from the ministra
tions of Mrs. Hamlin’s trained
hands. Arthritis victims, as well
as other, have written letters of
praise on the relief found after
a series of treatments.
Mrs. Hamlin retires because of
her health. She states that she
has enjoyed her job, but that it is
hard work and a younger person
is really needed.
The bath house is the only one
operated by the State Parks De
partment in Georgia. It has been
in existence for approximately 30
years and has become well known
to the relaxation seeking vaca
tionists who seek the quiet of
Indian Springs each summer.
JR. HIGH GRIDDERS
TO MEET AT GYM
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Athletic Director Fred Bowers
issued a call this week to all boys
interested in Junior High foot
ball to meet at the gym Monday
night, August 26, at 7:30 at
which time Robert L. Hodges,
Junior High Coach, will speak to
the group and formulate plans
for the coming grid season.
Coach Bowers said that the
junior football program at Jack
son High School is comprised of
boys in the 7th, Bth, and 9th
grades and pointed to the im
portance of this program to in
sure future success on the
gridiron for varsity teams.
Y. A. WRIGHT LODGE TO
HOLD CANDIDATE CLASSES
The Y. A. Wright Chapter, No.
122 of Worthville will have a
class of candidates for four de
grees Saturday, August 24. It
will begin at 5 o’clock.
All qualified companions are
invited to attend.
Three Stores Are
Entered Saturday;
Loot Was 12 Cents
Someone entered three Jackson
stores Saturday night. According
to Jackson Police Chief Watson
Vaughn, they could have been
vandals, robbers and just plain
somebody with a grudge.
The three stores entered were
Allen’s Grocery, Jackson Hard
ware Company and Cook’s Lunch
room. Cook’s Lunchroom lost 12c
from the cash register and the
selector for the juke box. The
other stores suffered only vandal
ism as far as the owners could
tell after a hasty search, Chief
Vaughn said.
Policemen Hugh Polk and Cot
ton Vaughn discovered the first
break-in around 11 o’clock at
Allen’s Grocery. The back door
had been tampered with and the
end of a concrete block thrown
through the plate glass front
door.
The would be thieves tried un
successfully to open the safe with
a meat knife, meat cleaver and a
pair of scissors. Evidently after
bigger loot, they poured a sack
of pennies out and left them, Mr.
Vaughn commented.
The safe at Jackson Hardware
Company was also tampered with,
but not opened. The back door
was forced open at this store.
Chief Vaughn commented that
the robberies were puzzling as
nearly $2,000 of guns were on
a display rack near the safe and
were not bothered.
A pay telephone was also dam
aged at Cook’s Lunchroom, but
the change box was unharmed.
According to Chief Vaughn, his
department with the assistance of
G. B. I. Agent Howard Bray have
several good leads on the rob
beries.
Knockin’ Begins
As Red Devils
Prep For Opener
The Jackson High Red Devils
donned pads Monday and under
the watchful eyes of Coach Fred
Bowers and Assistant Coach
Rudy Wyatt lost no time in get
ting down to the kickin’ stage,
scrimmaging Monday night with
no injuries and a surprisingly
impressive first performance.
Two-a-day sessions will con
tinue until the opening of school
on August 30th, Coach Bowers
said, with the pace accelerated
until the middle of next week
as the Jackson squad works hard
for the invasion of The Lions
of Central of Carrollton on Fri
day, August 30th.
Several positional changes are
being tried, Coach Bowers point
ed out due to the extremely few
reserves ready for 3-B competi
tion. One of the more notable
experiments is the shift of Lamar
Jones, varsity flankman, to half
back. However, Coach Bowers
hastened to add that Jones will
still see ample service at his end
position. “Several players will
have to learn to play at least
two positions as insurance against
crippling injuries,” Coach Bow
ess said. “Although we have 14
returning lettermen, we are woe
fully weak in reserves and in
juries could turn what appears to
be a fine chance for region honors
into a dismal season,” the Red
and Black mentor opined.
Jackson opens earlier than any
other area team and perhaps the
largest crowd in the school’s grid
history is expected to overflow
the confines of the Hill for the
Devils’ opener.
RALPH COOPER COMPLETES
PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY
Prof. Ralph H. Cooper, who
resigned recently as principal of
Jackson High School to accept
the post of co-principal at South
west DeKalb High School, has
completed his six year program
at the University of Georgia.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
will be interested to know that
they will leave about September
Ist for their new school assign
ments.
JACKSON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
Three Teachers
Added To Local
School System
School bells will ring Friday,
August 30, at 8:30 o’clock for
students who attend the four
Butts County Schools, Superin
tendent Lee Roy O’Neal said this
week. For the teachers of the
schools, the new term begins Fri
day, August 23, when they return
for a week of pre-planning.
In addition to several changes
already announced, Mr. O’Neal
reports that three additional
teachers have been hired. The
two seventh grade teachers are
Mrs. James Payne and Mrs.
Thomas Freeman, both of whom
have taught in the local system
before.
j Mrs. Payne is a graduate of
the University of Georgia and
Mrs. Freeman graduated from
GSCW, now WCG.
In the high school, Mrs. Bailey
Crockarell, a newcomer to Jack
son whose husband opened his of
fice of dentistry here last fall,
will be the librarian. Mrs. Crock
arell is a graduate of Austin Peay
State College in Clarksville, Ten
nessee and has taught in Tennes
see.
Several Injured
Saturday As Two
Cars Collided
Mrs. Martha Thurston and
granddaughters, Tandy and Toy
Williamson, were injured slightly
Saturday morning when a car
driven by Lucius Roberts, Negro,
failed to yield the right of way
of another car and crashed head
on into Mrs. Thurston’s car, Butts
Deputy Sheriff Curtis Kelley said.
According to Deputy Kelley,
the Negro man, his wife and
daughter were driving toward
Jackson and swerved past a car
that had stopped to make a left
turn at Pepperton Cemetery on
Route 16, hitting the east bound
car driven by Mrs. Thurston.
All six occupants of the two
cars involved suffered cuts and
bruises with the most seriously
hurt being Mrs. Thurston with
broken ribs and ankle and Rob
erts with cuts and a broken arm.
According to Deputy Kelley,
Roberts was charged with failing
to yield to the right of way.
Deputy Kelley also reported
one other accident over the week
end. Larry Smith of Flovilla re
ceived head injuries Sunday af
ternoon when the car in which
he was a passenger ran out of
control and into a ditch. About
S2OO damage was reported to the
car.
Weather Forces
Helicopter Down
On Vacant Lot
The kids in Jackson got a treat
Tuesday afternoon when bad
weather upstairs forced an army
helicopter to make an unsched
uled landing in the back yard of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rooks Jr. on
Indian Springs Street.
According to Mr. Rooks, the
lieutenant who was operating the
aircraft told him when he offer
ed his assistance that he had just
stopped for chow on a trip to
Atlanta. He explained to Mr.
Rooks that the weather was
pretty rough at the height he
was flying.
TWO MORE WINNERS
ANNOUNCED IN
COLONIAL CONTEST
Two more lucky spell cash win
ners have been announced by the
local Colonial Store, Manager
Julian Fletcher announced Wed
nesday. They were awarded SIOO
in cash last Friday at the store.
The winners were R. A. Cook
and Mrs. B. R. McClendon. The
two winners bring to a total of
four those who have received
SIOO each by playing the exciting
game of Cash. Other recipients
were Mrs. Clyde Walker and
Porter Ham who won previously.
By Vote Stockholders
Pepperton Mill To Officially Merge
With Avondale on September Ist
M > IIBWM
Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr., Commanding General,
U. S. Army Materiel Command, congratulates Colonel Charles L.
Redman, Jr., after presenting him with the Second Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Legion of Merit during a ceremony in General Besson’s office
at Headquarters, Army Materiel Command.
Col. Redman Wins
Merit Medal At
Recent Ceremony
Colonel Charles L. Redman, Jr.,
QMC, former Chief of the U. S.
Army European Exchange Sys
tem, was awarded the Legion of
Merit with Second Oak Leaf
Cluster by Lieutenant General F.
S. Besson, Jr., Commanding Gen
eral, Army Materiel Command,
during a recent ceremony at
Headquarters, AMC, in Washing
ton, D. C.
Colonel Redman is the Secre
tary of the General Staff, Army
Materiel Command.
The U. S. Army Materiel Com
mand, the largest new element
created by the recent reorganiza
tion of the U. S. Army, came into
being to perform the wholesale
logistics mission for the Army, in
cluding research, development,
procurement, production, supply,
and maintenance. It directly em
ploys more than 160,000 civilian
personnel and 20,000 military
personnel, and has an annual ex
penditure of $7.6 billion.
While serving as Chief of the
European Exchange System,
Headquarters, U. S. Army,
Europe, from July 1969 until May
1963, Colonel Redman’s decisive
leadership, foresight, and applica
tion of modern business principles
resulted in a great improvement
in operational efficiency with vast
savings in the overall operation
of the Exchange System. He skill
fully directed the development of
a system to achieve the integra
tion of data and operation
through reorganization and use of
data processing equipment.
“With initiative, analytical ab
ility, and keen insight,” General
Besson stated, "Colonel Redman
conducted a study which resulted
in a central warehouse and distri
bution plan to significantly re
duce the warehouses of the Euro
pean Exchange System.”
The citation went on to state
that “when faced with the dis
continuance of numerous line
items in compliance with the
‘Buy American' directives, Col
onel Redman expeditiously re
solved these problems, procured
and supplied quality merchandise
to the customers, and simultane
ously developed improvements in
management.”
Colonel Redman was born in
Jackson, Georgia, where he grad
uated from high school. He re
ceived his Law Degree from the
University of Georgia, in 1936,
and in 1940, entered on active
duty with the U. S. Army.
A graduate of the Army War
College, Carlisle, Pa., Colonel
Cancer Drive To
Be Completed By
End of August
Plans call for the completion of
the 1963 Butts County Cancer
Fund Drive by the end of August,
Henry Lee Gilbert, chairman of
the drive, said this week. Accord
ing to Mr. Gilbert, the drive had
been extended to the September
1 deadline.
Funds for the drive have been
slow in coming in from some
areas of the town, Mr. Gilbert
said. The extension was granted
so that Butts County could at
least meet the amount given last
year.
As of Tuesday morning, Mr.
Gilbert reported that the fund
was short $81.32 to equal the
amount given last year.
The chairman joined the state
chairman, Arch Avery, who rec
ently underwent surgery for can
cer, in urging the people of Butts
County to invest in their health
for 1963 by giving to the Fund
Drive which provides funds for
research, education of the public,
and aid to indigent cancer pati
ents.
Redman served as Deputy G-4 of
the South Pacific theater of ope
rations in World War 11, and par
ticipated in the Korean conflict
during the period 1960-61. He
served in the Office of the Assist
ant of the Army (Logistics) un
der Assistant Secretaries John
Slezak, Frank Higgins, and Court
ney Johnson as Chief of the Sup
ply Division and later as Execu
tive Officer.
Colonel Redman resides with
his family at 6006 Bath Street,
Springfield, Va.
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1963-64
August 23-29 Pre-Planning
August 30-September 27 First Month
September 2 - Holiday, Labor Day
September 30-October 28 Second Month
October 4 - Holiday, GEA Meet
October 29-November 27 Third Month
November 8 - - Holiday, GTEA Meet
November 21-22 Holiday, Thanksgiving
November 28-January 6 Fourth Month
December 21-January 1 Holiday, Christmas
January 7-February 3- - Fifth Month
February 4-March 2 Sixth Month
March 3-April 1 Seventh Month
March 27-30 Holiday, Spring
April 2-April 29 ~~~ Eighth Month
April 30-May 28 - Ninth Month
May 27-June 2 Post Planning
54.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Stockholders of Avondale Mills
at a special called meeting on
August 14th voted that Pepper
ton Cotton Mills, which Avondale
Mills purchased about two years
ago, be merged into Avondale and
become a part of Avondale on the
same basis as other plants effec
tive September 1, 1963.
News of this action was con
tained in an editorial by J. Craig
Smith, Avondale President, in the
August 19th issue of The Avon
dale Sun entitled “Welcome, Pep
perton !”
The article is reproduced as
follows:
“About two years ago, Avon
dale Mills bought all of the stock
of the Pepperton Cotton Mill near
Jackson, Georgia. Since then,
Avondale has operated Pepperton
as a separate company.
“On August 13, at a special call
meeting of Avondale stockhold
ers, Pepperton was merged into
Avondale and will become a part
of Avondale on the same basis
as any of our other plants effec
tive September 1, 1963. Our as
sociates at Pepperton will not
participate in any profit sharing
which we may have for the year
which will end August 31. They
will participate for the year be-
ginning September 1. I have high
hopes that they will not only par
ticipate in the profits for the com
ing year but that they will con
tribute to these profits.
“Other Avondale personnel
policies relating to such matters
as insurance and vacation pay will
also be put into effect at Pepper
ton beginning September 1. Years
of service will, be counted from
the date of employment at Pep
perton, whether before or after
we bought the mill.”
Mr. W. D. Windsor is superin
tendent of Pepperton Cotton
Mills.
School Dropouts
Reviewed at PTA
District Meeting
The 9th PTA District held the
Annual School of Instruction
Picnic August 13th at Indian
Springs.
The George PTA President,
Mrs. Cicero A. Johnson of Atlan
ta, held a question and answer
period on the problems of the
PTA and School Dropouts during
the morning session.
After the picnic lunch, the 14th
District Director, Mrs. Leland
Bagwell of Canton, explained the
requirements of the PTA to at
tain the Charter Sepl and the ac
complishments that must be ful
filled to attain the Silver Scroll
and the Gold Scroll.
Mrs. Bagwell also gave an in
teresting talk on her recent trip
to the Soviet Union.
Those attending from the
Butts County PTA were Mr3.
Russell Cawthon, Mrs. Harry
Ridgeway, Mrs. Frank McMichael,
Mrs. Dan Hoard, Mrs. Wayne
Barnes, and Mrs. Harold Smith.