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Pepperton Baptist
Revival Will
Begin August 23
Revival services will be held
August 23-30 at the Pepperton
Baptist Church. The Rev. Rastus
Salter, pastor of the Second Bap
tist Church of Warner Robins,
will be the evangelist.
Rev. James Burleson, pastor,
states that evening services will
be held at 7:30 o’clock. Morning
services beginning at 10 o’clock
will be held on Tuesday through
Friday for the convenience of
those who .work at night.
Good congregational singing
will be a feature of the revival
as will the outstanding preaching
by Rev. Salter.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services, both morn
ing and evening.
Midnight Curfew
Be Enforced,
Chief Asserts
There is a curfew ordinance
on the books of the City of Jack
son, Jackson Police Chief Watson
Vaughn reminded Monday, and
anyone out after 12 o’clock p. m.
should have a good excuse.
Mr. Vaughn was giving warn
ing to the citizens of Jackson and
Butts County on the curfew
which will be strictly enforced.
The ordiance was passed by City
Council in the early 1950’s and
makes it unlawful for a person or
a group of persons to congregate
or loiter anywhere within the
City of Jackson after midnight.
A number of persons picked up
under the law act innocent and
claim they have never heard of
it, the Chief said.
“Take notice now, if you are
on the streets after midnight
without a good excuse. The police
department has orders to break
up loitering. Public streets in
our city are no place to visit
or park after midnight. Go home
and avoid trouble,” Chief Vaughn
advised.
Season Tickets
Be Sold Door
To Door Friday
Friday night, August 21st, is
the date set for a door to door
canvass by members of the Butts
County Athletic Club, in conjunc
tion with members of the Jackson
High football team, to sell season
football tickets. The canvass will
begin at 7 o’clock.
Any Athletic Club member who
can help in this drive is asked
to meet at the Field House at
6:30 p. m. Friday.
Cooperating in this project are
Coach Rudy Wyatt and Evans
Acree, Principal of Jackson High
School, and Wayne Barnes, Presi
dent of the Athletic Club.
LIFE SAVING CLASSES
HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED
The Life Saving Classes orig
inally scheduled for August 18th
through August 21st have been
postponed to August 25th
throught August 28, it was an
nounced this week by Don Faulk
ner, swimming instructor.
All persons interested in en
rolling are requested to call Mr.
Faulkner at 775-7422 before Aug
ust 24th so an accurate count
may be obtained.
Vincent Jones
Acting Head
Industry Dept.
Vincent S. Jones, assistant di
rector of the State Department
oTTnctustry and Trade sinee 1960,
was named acting director by the
department’s board of directors
Monday upon the resignation of
Jack Minter. Minter’s resignation,
submitted under pressure, was ac
cepted by a 14-3 vote of the
board.
Mr. Jones, born and reared in
Jackson, is the son of Mrs. Tallie
Jolly Jones and the late J. Doyle
Jones Sr. He graduated from the
University of Georgia, class of
1940, where he was a member of
Sigma Nu social fraternity. A
veteran of World War 11, he re
turned to his hometown upon dis
charge in 1945 and became ac
tively associated with his father
and brother, Doyle Jones Jr., in
editorship of The Jackson Prog
ress-Argus.
An elder and Sunday school su
perintendent in the Jackson Pres
byterian Church, he has long been
associated with the civic, cultural,
religious and economic growth of
his town and county. He is a
past president of the Jackson Ki
wanis Club and first president
of the Butts County Chamber of
Commerce, Inc.
His only entry into politics was
successful when he was elected
State Senator from Butts County
in the old 22nd district. He served
for several years on the City of
Jackson Democratic Executive
Committee.
Mr. Jones is married to the
former Miss Susan G. Pope of
Zebulon. They have two sons,
Vincent Barrett Jones of Atlanta,
and Alan Dickson Jones, rising
sophomore at Jackson High
School.
He entered the department
which he now heads as acting
director in January, 1959, and
was named assistant director in
1960.
First Year Pupils
To Attend School
On August 26th
Parents with children begin
ning school for the first time are
requested to bring them to school
on Wednesday morning, August
26, between the hours of nine and
eleven o’clock.
Mr. Comer, principal of the
Jackson Elementary School, says
the purpose of first year students
attending school during pre-plan
ning week is to familiarize them
with the school and for parents
to clear up routine matters which
usually create considerable con
fusion on the first day of school.
Parents are asked to pay for
lunches for a week in advance, to
pay for insurance handled
through the school, to provide a
birth certificate if they have not
done so already, and to attend
to other matters which may come
to their attention.
Insurance will be available for
$2.00, $3.00, or SIO.OO. Parents
should refer to insurance bro
chures which will be provided for
an explanation of coverage for
each price.
Your cooperation in the day’s
visitation will be appreciated by
the faculty. Not only will this
lessen the confusion on the first
day of school, but will help the
children adjust more satisfac
torily to this new experience for
them, Mr. Comer stated.
CHARLENE BROWNLEE
IS TOMATO WINNER
Red, juicy and very delectable
tomatoes were judged at the To
mato Show held in the Home
Demonstration Agent’s office last
Friday, August 14.
Charlene Brownlee was ad
judged first place winner. Cathy
Moore was second; Antoinette
Brownlee, third and James Moore,
fourth.
Other entries in the show were
Beverly Meredith, Aubrey Mad
dox Jr., Ellen Pinckney, Billy St.
John, Sam Smith, Ray Smith,
Martin Ridgeway, Wesley Haley
and Paul Rice.
W. L. Green To
Run In Sixth
On GOP Ticket
Announcement was made Aug
ust 14 at Griffin that W. L.
(Bill) Green of Forest Park will
be the Republican Farty candi
date for Congress from the Sixth
District.
Ralph A. Dougherty, Sixth
District GOP Chairman, released
this news and added that this now
gives the voters a two-party
choice in six of the states ten
Congressional Districts.
Green is 32 years old, married
to the former Miss Jackie Rich
ardson of Forest Park, and they
have two children, Leonard, 5
and Dawn, 3 years old. A native
Georgian, he has lived in Clayton
County for 30 years, being edu
cated in the public schools and
graduating from Georgia State
College with a degree in Business
Administration.
Mr. Green was Sunday School
superintendent of Morrow Meth
odist Church for five years and is
at present Vice-President of E.
D. Green & Sons, Inc., a compres
sed air equipment firm. He is a
charter member of the Forest
Park Junior Chamber of Com
merce and a veteran.
Petitions will be circulated so
that Bill Green’s name may be
placed on the ballot for the No
vember general election.
Mr. Green has announced that
he will closely tie his campaign
to that of Senator Barry Gold
water, so that he may more clear
ly show the real differences be
tween the two parties. He says
that the Republican Party has
now become the party of state’s
rights and the Democrat Party
has failed to let the people of the
South have a voice in party af
fairs.
The Sixth District includes the
counties of: Butts, Bibb, Carroll,
Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard,
Henry ,Jones, Lamar, Meriwether,
Monroe, Pike, Spalding, Troup,
and Upson.
Youth At First
Baptist Church
In Spotlight
The youth of the First Baptist
Church will become the center of
attraction for the next two weeks.
This Saturday night a Hobo Party
is planned for all Intermediates.
Sunday morning the Intermedi
ates will be honored in the Sun
day School and morning worship
service.
On Sunday, August 30th, a
breakfast is planned for all col
lege students and 1964 high
school graduates from First Bap
tist. The purpose of this break
fast is to honor the students as
well as to have an opportunity
to introduce them to the Baptist
Student Union on the college
campus. Each entering freshman
will be presented a compliment
ary issue for one year of the
Baptist Student, a magazine for
college students. The BSV serves
as a link between the student and
his home and church.
Commenting on these activities,
Rev. Robert L. Thompson, pastor
of the First Baptist Church said,
“It is a trite but true expression
that the youth of today are the
leaders of tomorrow. This is as
true in the church as it is in the
world of business. We feel that
with every product on the market
from hair cream to records mak
ing a pitch for the attention of
our young people that the church
has stepped, or been pushed aside.
It is time we started mending the
fence in the relationship of youth
and church.”
PATRICIA MAE EVANS
TO STUDY AT TIFT
FORSYTH, GA. —Patricia Mae
Evans, Rt. 4, Jackson, Ga., has
been accepted for admission to
the fall term at Tift College, For
syth, Ga.
Patricia, a transfer student
from Georgia Southwestern, will
major in the sciences. While at
Tift, she will live in the new
dormitory area. The new dormi
tories face Interstate Highway
75.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964
Eight Million Dollar Prison
Complex Locates In County
WESTSIDE TO BUILD SIMILAR CHURCH
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Westside Church
Draws Plans For
New Building
Plans are being completed for
the proposed new structure which
will house the Westside Baptist
Church. The picture shows how
the church will look upon com
pletion. It is the first unit in a
three-unit program that the
church anticipates undertaking.
The structure will have a
sanctuary, which can later be con
verted into educational space
when the next unit is built; and
nine to twelve Sunday School
rooms.
The estimated cost of the first
building is $20,000, the pastor,
Rev. Wiley Cameron, said. Con
struction is expected to begin
early next month. Ground break
ing ceremonies will be announced
at a later date.
August Term
Court Begins
Here The 24th
The August term of the Butts
Superior Court will begin Mon
day, August 24, at 10 o’clock.
Judge Thomas J. Brown Jr., of
the Flint Judical Circuit will pre
side. Edward E. McGarity is the
Solicitor General.
According to David Ridgeway,
Clerk of Court, defendants and
witnesses must report for the 10
o’clock session on Monday. Jurors
do not report until Tuesday, Aug
ust 25.
Mr. Ridgeway said that a num
ber of pleas will be disposed of
Monday. The docket is not ex
pected to be too heavy, as the
Grand Jury did not meet prior to
the August term so that all cases
not disposed of in past court
terms could be heard.
INJURIES SLIGHT
AS CARS COLLIDE
NEAR JENKINSBURG
A spectacular two car collision
early Tuesday afternoon on U. S.
Highway 23 at Cleveland’s Store
north of Jenkinsburg resulted in
injury to three persons, but none,
however, were believed seriously
hurt.
Mrs. Annie Merle Thompson,
55, of Route 3, Eatonton, re
ceived a severe laceration to her
left arm. Richard Lewis Thomp
son, of the same address and Mike
Adams, of Forest Park, received
bruises and contusions in the
crash.
The Thompson car was proceed
ing north when a car driven by
a Negro woman pulled from the
store into the path of the on
coming vehicle, precipitating the
collision. The injured were treat
ed at Sylvan Grove Hospital and
later transferred to an Atlanta
hospital.
Family Quarrels
Result In Two
Being Wounded
Two shootings occurred over
the weekend in the county, ac
cording to Butts County Deputy
Sheriff Curtis Kelley. Both in
stances were believed to have
been caused by family quarrels,
he said. All parties involved were
Negroes.
About 2:30 Sunday morning,
the deputy received a call that a
shooting had occurred on the
Stark Road. A quarrel that had
begun earlier resulted in Lena
Thurman being shot in the
shoulder while she lay in bed.
Deputy Kelley said that Dave
Andrews had returned to Lena’s
house after being ordered away
with a shotgun and shot the wom
an through the window while
standing outside the house.
About five o’clock Sunday
morning, Black Jack Smith of
Cork shot his son, Bill, following
family difficulties. The injured
man was hit in the leg.
All parties are expected to re
cover, Deputy Kelley said.
Dog Inoculations
Declared Success
The Butts County Jaycees re
port a succesful week in their
campaign to have dogs inoculated
against rabies. Two-hundred fifty
dogs and one cat were inoculated
during the two-hour clinics ope
rated each night at different
places in the county last week.
According to Jaycee President
Philip Westbu*y, pet owners who
did not have their animals inocu
lated during the clinics are urged
to carry them to a private vet
erinarian for their shots. This is
a precaution against being bitten
by an animal suffering from
rabies, the president said. The in
cidents of rabies being found in
wild animals are increasing and
having pets protected is protec
tion for humans as well, since it
affords a safety zone against wild
animals.
MISSES LAMBERT
AND GARR TALK
TO KIWANIANS
Misses Karen Garr and Cheryle
Lambert, who represented Jack
son High School at the Gover
nor’s Honors Program at Wes
leyan College during the summer,
told Kiwanians of their experi
ences Tuesday night and brought
papers and artifacts of their
work for Kiwanians to inspect.
Lee Roy O’Neal introduced the
two honor students.
Miss Garr is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garr and Miss
Lambert is the daughter of Mrs.
Evelyn F. Lambert.
Mr. H. M. Moore was wished
many happy returns on his birth
day during the week.
City Voters
May Register
Until Sept. 25
Voters’ registration records
for the City of Jackson will be
closed on September 25, 1964, at
5 p. m., according to an announ
cement this week by Mayor C. B.
Brown, Jr.
No voter who has not register
ed before this September 25 th
deadline will be allowed to vote
in the November election, Mr.
Brown said. The Mayor also
pointed out that all persons de
siring to become city voters
must be registered as a county
voter. This may be done in the
court house in the office of Mrs.
Mary Will Hearn, Tax Collector.
Mayor Brown pointed out that
the registrar’s books will be open
every day during the week and
until noon on Saturday for those
desiring to register. Mrs. Mary Jo
Brooks, City Clerk, will register
those who are properly qualified.
To be properly qualified a
voter must have lived in the city
sixty days prior to the election, in
the county six months and in the
state one year. All persons regis
tering must be 18 years of age or
older before the city election.
Anyone who is in doubt about
their status is advised by Mayor
Brown to check with Mrs. Brooks
at the City Hall.
Burglars Busy
Over Weekend
Sunday morning was rather
busy for the Jackson City Police.
They had one robbery and three
attempts to investigate.
The Tastee-Freez, located near
the east city limits, was broken
into and money taken early Sun
day morning. According to Police
Chief Watson Vaughn, a panel on
one side of the building was
forced for the thief to gain ac
cess.
The three attempts occurred
sometime Saturday night. All in
volved stores on the city business
square. Chief Vaughn said that
the front doors on Beckham’s,
Ray’s Department Store and De
raney Department Store were
slightly damaged during the at
tempts. He said after investiga
ting that it looked like someone
had put a pinch bar on the door,
given it a twist and gone on with
out further attempt at getting
inside any of the stores.
Lester Maddox
Speaks Aug. 28th
In McDonough
Lester Maddox, nationally
known Atlanta restaurant ope
rator who recently closed his res
taurant rather than integrate, will
be the feature speaker at a bar
becue chicken dinner Friday,
August 28, in McDonough at
Craig Field. Mr. Maddox’s address
is scheduled for 7 p. m.
The event is sponsored by the
Henry County Athletic Associ
ation with the chicken dinners, $1
per plate, to be served beginning
at six o’clock.
CHEERLEADERS ATTEND
ROCK EAGLE CLINIC
Jackson High School Cheer
leaders attended a two-day clinic
at Rock Eagle on August 7-3.
During the affair the group were
judged and given constructive
criticism by college cheerleaders.
Attending were Captain Anita
Waldrep, Co-Captain Karen Garr,
Kathy Jones, Cathye Blue, Mer
relyn Price, Mary Zane Hearn,
Ellen Phillips, Jean Evans, Jen
nifer Coleman and Claudia Potts.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A 938-acre site, adjacent to
Interstate 75 and about seven
miles southwest of Jackson, has
been selected as the location for
the State of Georgia’s new $8
million prison facility, it was an
nounced last week.
The location of the long
planned facility was disclosed by
Richard W. Watkins Jr., of Jack
son, chairman of the State Board
of Corrections.
Major credit in locating the
prison here, according to Mr.
Watkins, was due Butts County
Chamber of Commerce, Inc. of
which J. T. Beckham is president,
R. F. Armstrong and Marion
Todd, being particularly active on
the prison site committee.
Location of the multi-million
dollar facility is approximately 42
miles south of Atlanta and 39
miles north of Macon. Immediate
construction of the center for
classifying newly convicted crimi
nals was strongly recommended
last year by Joseph Ragen, Illin
ois penologist, who studied and
criticized Georgia prisons, and
by the Governor’s Commission on
Efficiency and Improvement in
Government, which commissioned
the study.
Mr. Ragen recommended that
the center “should be established
and constructed where there is
the greatest concentration of pop
ulation within an area not more
than 40 miles from a university
so that the recommended pro
fessional staff can be recruited.”
Judge Watkins, who is also
Butts County ordinary, said the
board hopes to get construction
started within a year after ob
taining funds through a bond
issue.
Governor Carl Sanders and
other high state officials will at
tend a ceremony either at Jackson
or Indian Springs when a formal
announcement of plans will be re
vealed. The date, according to Mr.
Watkins, has been tentatively set
for September 15 th with the
Butts Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
and other committees working to
arrange the affair.
“We believe that we have an
ideal site for this facility which
is going to play an imporant part
in Gov. Sanders’ penal reform
program,” Mr. Watkins said.
“The new prison is in the mid
dle of the state and in the center
of the population area. It is just
off Interstate Highway 75 and
there are access roads on each
side of the property.
“The facility will put us a long
step down the road on a real
rehabilitation program. Those
convicted of crime will be checked
into the facility for examination
by doctors and psychologists. On
the basis of these and other tests
prisoners will be assigned to other
prison unit3 and their talents put
to best usage.”
About 200 prisoners can be
checked and classified at one
time. Adjoining the classification
center will be a maximum securi
ty prison with a capacity of 400
to 600.
City Streets
Will Be Paved
And Resurfaced
Resurfacing and paving was be
gun on 1.539 miles of city streets
this week, Councilman C. M.
Daniel Jr., Chairman of the
Street Committee, announces.
The new paving will encompass
mostly streets in the northern
section of Jackson. All of Glenn
Street will be paved. This includes
the portion that connects North
Mulberry and North Oak and the
other portion that connects North
Mulberry to North McKibben.
North McKibben will also have
new paving, as will Pine Street.
Resurfacing includes Rosalind
Lane and Hillcrest Drive, both in
Carter Subdivision; Alabama
Blvd.; McCord Street, East Nel
son Street; Dempsey Avenue and
East College Drive.