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Darkaofc fJrogrcaa-Argus 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.