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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES, JR.
Jest of the Week: The honey
mooners were walking arm-in
arm along the beach. Suddenly
inspired by the occasion, he ex
claimed, “Roll on, thou deep and
dark blue ocean, roll on!”
His bride gazed at the ocean
for awhile, then cried, “Oh
Herman, you’re wonderful! It’s
doing it!” —Trux.
According to local weather
buffs, you’d better get out your
long handles early. They interpret
summer signs to indicate an early
fall and a hard winter.
One "expert” contends that
each fog in August means a snow
during the winter. If this holds
true then Butts County may de
velop into a Southern Sun Val
ley, for we’ve really had fog.
Another weather diagnostician
says you can count on the first
frost three months after you
hear the first katydids. Since
these were noticed in early July,
this old timer opines that we may
expect the first frost in early
October. He hastened to add,
however, that it will not neces
sarily be a killing one.
Other progrnosticators of the
"hard, cold winter” point to thick
furring animals, heavy corn
shucks, bark and moss on trees
and like omens as their barom
eters for predicting a "hard ’un."
Personally, we’d say these
astute weather observers are
about right. Indications do ap
pear to point to an early full
and perhaps a rough winter.
Scientists say we are in the midst
of a cold cycle that will last
for several more decades before
a warming trend sets in.
Red flannels may supplant the
union suit as the underwear of
the day.
Gov. Carl Sanders won wide ac
claim for his speech of modera
tion last week before the Demo
cratic Platform Committee in At
lantic City.
It is certainly to be hoped that
the platform framers will heed
the voice of Georgia’s governor
as well as of other Southern mod
erates and not attempt to incor
porate new civil rights laws that
the South will simply not be able
to live with. To do so would
split the Democratic party asun
der. We’re all having a difficult
enough time living with the civil
rights laws already passed. To
add to the South’s burden would
be to court political disaster and
party suicide.
Local golfers have not exactly
overwhelmed the new nine hole
course recently opened near Jenk
ingsburg by Dr. W. G. Smith. The
principal criticism is the sand
greens, admittedly not as desir
able as grass. It is very likely
though that Dr. Smith will put
in grass greens during winter
months. When this happens his
course will compare favorably
with others over the state, and
players journeying to Forsyth,
Griffin and McDonough will prob
ably begin golfing at home.
He deserves the congratulations
and support of all local golfers
for his vision and foresight in
opening the course. It is well de
signed with narrow fairways and
well placed greens. Accuracy is its
own reward, and the player who
sprays his shots finds himself in
immediate trouble.
Once the grass greens become
a reality, play on the fine little
course may become congested.
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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
NEW BREED AT GEORGIA
John Donaldson is no stranger to University of
Georgia football fans but to most of them he, never
theless, represents the new breed that is supposed
-to-fead-the Bulldogs out of the football wilderness.^
Donaldson, who returned to his alma mater back in
the spring after stops at Jesup High and the Uni
versity of Florida, was in town earlier this week
looking over the Lanier Poets. From Macon he went
on to Warner Robins and later he was planning a
trip to Jekyll Island to see the Willingham Rams.
Macon and the immediate area is listed as Don
aldson’s “territory” on Georgia’s recruiting map and
the personable young coach is determined that the
Bulldogs will get their share of athletes from this
vicinity in the future.
“I am greatly impressed with
the athletic programs at Lanier
and Willingham,” Donaldson said.
“Both Jim Nolan at Lanier and
Billy Henderson at Willingham
are doing wonderful jobs. They’re
developing outstanding young
men as well as good athletes and
these are the type of boys we
want.
Seeing Donaldson “on the job”
so early and with such determina
tion is in sharp contrast to Geor
gia’s operations in this area in re
cent years when the recruiting
was both haphazard and ineffec
tive.
Recruiting The Key
And it signifies to local Bulldog
followers that there is a bright
future ahead. Georgia is tackling
its problem in the proper way by
going out and looking for the
best material. "For the past five
years Georgia has been coming
tip with four or five good players
a season,” Donaldson said. “This
isn’t nearly enough. To win you
must have 15 to 20 good ones
every 12 months,”
The’ fact that the material has
been skimpy for the past few
years is sufficient reason for the
string of losing seasons dating
i
"Asa businessman, I know
co-op rural electrification is
good for business!" . . .
''l'm in business to make a profit, just as my dad
was when he used to sell lamps and wicks to most of
the people out in the county . But you can't always
make a profit out of what must be done . . .
''Power companies didn't think there'd be any profit
in running lines out into the country. But the local
people needed electricity, and have proved that they
could get the job done the cooperative way . . paying
back their REA loans, with interest . . .
"Nowadays, I sell them dozens of things that use
electricity . . . Folks who aren't farmers can move out
to a modern home in the country. But there probably
wouldn't be anybody out there if the co-og hadn t
brought in electricity at reasonable rates.
"All in all, it sure looks to me like co-op electricity
brings benefits to all of us . .
t CENTRAL GEORGIA
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back to the 1960 campaign, last
under Wally Butts. And it is why
Georgia can’t expect much suc
cess until new talent reaches the
varsity level.
Coach Vince Dooley has em
phasized to Bulldog followers
over and over again not to hope
for too much this year, or next
year, and perhaps not even the
year after that. There is a good
i hance, in fact, that the team
will be weaker in 1965 and 1966
han it will be this season.
Dooley inherits a few good
football players this year, enough
perhaps to make things interes
ting for everybody except such
powers as Alabama, Auburn,
Florida, North Carolina and Geor
gia Tech. He might even slip up
on one of these titans but the
odds are greatly against Georgia
having a winning campaign.
There can be no optimism, : n
fact, until fellows like John Don
aldson start hauling the top
young high school athletes back
to Athens. Donaldson and his co
horts may not get them all but
the talent hunters from Tech and
other rival institutions aren’t go
■ng to have things so much their
own way from now on.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Letters To The
Editor
Recently, much comment has
been aroused nationally by Sen
ator Goldwater’s rightful repudi
ation of some extremist groups.
The Republican presidental can
didate, however, by his own noble
definition of “extremism,” would
never renounce that burnished
sword—wherewith to scourge
those craven hypocrites who’d re
duce our two-party democracy to
a “Me-Too” mediocracy.
Barry Goldwater would put in
dividual personal liberty, and -
States’ constitutionally defined
prerogatives, high above federal
power encroachment upon them.
He is the George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick
Henry of our time.
WILLIAM C. FRANCIS
15 Upper Croton Ave.
Ossining, New York
19 Aug. 1964
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank ail those friends
who remembered me while a pa
tient at Sylvan Grove Hospital
and an Atlanta hospital. The
many cards, games, visits, and
other remembrances were appre
ciated so much and each day was
made more pleasant by your kind
ness.—Robert Ridgeway.
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Fish Entered
In Contest
It was “big ‘uns” last week in
Jackson Hardware Company’s An
nual Fishing Contest. The more
they came, the larger they got.
The most outstanding entries
were the catfish. The combined
totals of the lunkers entered in
the contest lacked an ounce hit
ting the 32 pound mark.
The prize winning catfish
weighed —16 lb. —14 —oz.—This was
J. P. Barker’s entry caught with
a night crawler in the Ocmulgee
River. He received a nice Zebco
spinner.
Harold Freeman received a
Zebco spinner for his prize win
ning 12 oz. bream, caught with
worm in Towaliga River.
Guy Gilbert had the largest
bass, all 6 Vis pounds of him,
caught on an artificial black
worm in a private lake. He, too,
received a spinner.
Other entries in the contest
were Billy Sutton’s string of
bream caught in a private lake,
Geneva Powell’s 10% pound cat
fish caught in Jackson Lake and
Gary Grant’s 4 lb. 7 oz. catfish
also caught in Jackson Lake with
the aid of a live minnow.
VOLUME INCREASES AT
LOCAL AUCTION SALE
Middle Georgia Aug. 19 had a
run of 367 head of cows and 34
hogs:
6q City Pharmacy
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And did what to the pas
sengers? For surgical, hos
pital, and sickroom supplies,
you can depend on good
quality products and reas
onable prices at City Phar
macy.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
JACKSGN, GEORGIA
Barbecue Chicken
Dinner
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August 28th . . , Craig Field
McDonough, Ga
Lester Maddox
Will Speak at 7 P. M.
Program Sponsored By
Henry County Athletic Association
Serving Begins at 6 P. FI.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1964
Hogs topped $16.50.
Heavy calves $18.75.
Stockers $19.00.
Beef cows $14.20.
Bulls $17.00.
Springers $137.50.
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