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VOL. 92 —NO 17
REV. MACK MOBLEY
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Mack Mobley
Guest Speaker
At Macedonia
Rev. Mack Mobley of Jackson,
widely known throughout the
state as a forceful and dynamic
speaker, will he guest evangelist
during the revival services at
Macedonia Baptist Church May 2
through 9. Services will begin
nightly at 7:30.
Rev. Bill Thomas, pastor of
Macedonia, announced that the
music during the services will be
under the direction of Aaron A.
Hess, Music and Educational Di
rector of the Second Baptist
Church, Griffin. Mr. Hess, who is
well known for his musical abil
ity, will direct the choir and lead
the congregational singing. He is
a graduate of New Orleans Sem
inary School of Music.
A nursery will be provided for
the small children.
Rev. Thomas extends a cordial
invitation to the public to hear
Rev. Mobley. He pointed out that
the church felt very fortunate in
obtaining the gifted speaker for
the revival services as he is very
popular and widely sought for
guest appearances throughout the
state. At present Mr. Mobley is
living in Jackson while on a two
year leave of absence as a mis
sionary to Japan.
Prior to the services a break
fast will be held on Sunday morn
ing, May 2 at 7:30 a. m. for all
men of the church. The ladies
have promised to be the cooks
for the Prayer Breakfast, Rev.
Thomas said.
MACEDONIA CEMETERY
SEEKS CLEANING FUNDS
Persons with loved ones buried
at Macedonia Cemetery are being
urged to send contributions for
the upkeep of the cemetery.
Funds should be sent to M. L.
Hodges Sr. or Mrs. J. D. Banks
ton, both of Route 2, Jackson.
Plant Jack McDonough Dedicated
The Georgia Power Company’s 500,000-
kilowatt Plant Jack McDonough, recently
dedicated in special ceremonies attended by
top state officials and leaders of business
and industry, will provide more than four
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually
to Georgia homes, farms, businesses and in
AARON HESS
Seniors Present
Play at B&PW
Meeting Monday
“Antic Spring,” one of three
one-act plays which will be pre
sented Thursday evening at the
new school auditorium, was re
hearsed Monday night at the
meeting of the Jackson B&PW
Club. A light comedy with empha
sis on the characters, the six sen
iors are in an open touring car
headed for a day in the country
and for a picnic. The cast in
cludes Mack Cawthon, Karen
Garr, Homer Lewis, Jilartha Saun
ders, Priscilla Collins, and Ricky
Rosser. Mrs. Maureen Shields,
program chairman, presented
Mrs. J. B. Settle, director of the
play, who in turn presented the
cast.
Mrs. Gladys Wilson installed
officers for 1965-66 using the
“Pine Tree” installation service
which she wrote. This service has
been used by many other clubs.
Officers installed include Miss
Dorothy Thomas, president; Mrs.
Maureen Shields, Ist vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Jewellene Polk, 2nd
vice-president; Mrs. Flora Price,
recording secretary; Mrs. Lucille
Ridgeway, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Elizabeth McMichael,
treasurer.
Miss Thomas announced the
business meeting for May 4th at
7:30 at the home of Mrs. Flora
Price. She announced the first
birthday dinner of the Forest
Park Club for May Ist. She also
welcomed Mrs. Janie Waites,
newest member of the local club.
Members were reminded of the
planned trips to New York and
Washington by Mrs. Helen Spen
cer, who urged that reservations
be made.
Miss Thomas, who has served
the club as president for two
years, was presented a hand
painted cake plate by the club in
appreciation for her loyal and de
voted service.
dustries. The powerful electric generating
station is on the Chattahoochee River 12
miles north of Atlanta. Governor Carl San
ders spoke at the dedicatory services. The
plant is named for John J. McDonough,
power company chairman of the board, and
is one of 27 on the electric company’s svstem.
Prank Calls Are
Nuisance To
Local Officers
Prank calls to law enforcement
officers about emergency service
must stop before someone gets
killed, Sheriff J. D. Pope said this
week.
According to Mr. Pope, his of
fice has been deluged with calls
by pranksters asking for emerg
ency service. The calls began
about a week ago when someone
reported that a woman had been
run over by a boat. Since then
several false alarms have been
turned in on a wreck, that a
bunch of drunks were turning
over boats at a local boat yard,
and the state patrol received a 1
a. m. Sunday call to a bad wreck
on the Covington Highway.
The Sheriff warned that a con
tinuous stream of these false
messages might make his office
and those of other law enforce
ment officials in this area wary
about answering emergency calls
immediately. A few moments de
lay to verify a wreck or possible
drowning could make the differ
ence in saving a life or losing
one, the Sheriff pointed out. He
urged the pranksters to stop this
practice immediately. If it isn’t
stopped, steps will be taken to
apprehend the culprits and file
charges against them.
Sheriff Pope also reported that
many stop signs and highway
signs have been torn down along
the major thoroughfares in the
county. Some signs have been
substituted with litter barrel
signs and other trivia.
“This might seem like a grand
thing to do on Saturday night,
but how are you going to feel
should you wake up on Sunday
morning and discover several per
sons have been killed at the in
tersection where a stop sign had
been removed?” Sheriff Pope
publicly asks anyone guilty of
this practice.
Persons caught engaged in
tearing down or destroying signs
will be prosecuted, the sheriff
said.
ROBERT EDWARDS TOP
GOLFER AT HIS SCHOOL
On April 20th Georgia South
western’s Golf Team got revenge
for their earlier defeat by Gor
don Military College.
Playing in Americus, South
western’s total score was 309,
with low man Robert Edwards,
of Jackson, scoring 70. Gordon’s
total was 314, with low man John
Liggins scoring 74.
Edwards, having been out for
several weeks because of a back
injury, had not played since the
first match of the season. Other
Southwestern golfers who played
were Jimmy Norton, Cordele;
Andy Turnbull, Griffin; Jim Jef
frey, Albany.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1965
Little League
Season Opens
Here On May 4
Baseball equipment and players
are very much in evidence around
Jackson with every team associ
ated with the Van Deventer
Youth Foundation limbering up
for a full season of athletic en
deavors.
According to Harry Ridgeway
of the Van Deventer Foundation,
a full roster of Little League
players has been compiled and
the schedule arranged.
The season opens Tuesday,
May 4, at 5:30 p. m. on the Little
League Field. Games will be play
ed weekly on Tuesday and Friday
at 5:30 and 7:00 p. m.
Sponsors for the three local
teams are City Pharmacy, Polk
Tire Company, and Avondale
Mills. The fourth team will be
composed of boys from Pike
County and Zebulon. Their man
ager will be Roland Copeland
and coach will be Howard M.
Rollins.
Ernest Biles is manager of the
City Pharmacy team with Richard
Rodda, the coach. Polk Tire Com
pany has Harry Ridgeway as
manager and the coach is Nub
Cook. Avondale Mills will have
Stanley Maddox, manager, and
Hugh Glidewell, coach.
The roster of players as releas
ed by Mr. Ridgeway is as follows:
City Pharmacy
Forrest Rossey, Bruce Hicks,
Glenn Rivers, Randy Freeman,
Darrell Potts, Steve Joe Fletcher,
Keith Biles, Charlie Brown,
Tommy Fletcher, Eddie Babcock,
Russ Crumbley, Cary Biles, Gary
Biles, Larry Darrell Kit
chens.
Polk Tire Company
Bill Nelson, Ronald Cook,
Martin Ridgeway, Donald Cook,
William Oliver, David Riley,
Kerry Allen, '’Ronnie Westbury,
Tommy Herbert, Randy Willis,
James T. Brown, Ted McMichael,
Johnny Edwards, Michael Caw
thon and Terry Moore.
Avondale Mill*
David Parker, Tony Parker,
Wayne Barnes Jr., Bobby Breed
love, Ramey Pace, Harold Collins,
Billy Glidewell, Mike Hodges,
Travis Harper, Robbie Letson,
Jeffery English, A1 Gilbert,
Dennis Remington, Mark Cook
and Perry Crowder.
Rosters have not been compiled
for other teams, Mr. Ridgeway
said. The Ty Cobb teams are ex
pected to begin practice around
May 3 and the season opens May
21. There will be three teams
composed of boys in the 10 and
11 year age group.
One Pee Wee team will be
selected of boys in the 7 and 8
year group with play to begin
around the last of May.
The Babe Ruth and Connie
Mack leagues have not been set
up, yet, Mr. Ridgeway said.
Light Vote
Predicted In
Primary May 5
Avery small number of Butts
County voters is expected Wed
nesday, May 5, at the polls for
the Special Primary to choose a
representative to represent this
county and Monroe County in the
House. Butts and Monroe coun
ties comprise Representative Dist
rict No. 45.
Harold G. Clarke of Forsyth,
incumbent representative from
the neighboring county, has quali
fied for the post and is unop
posed. Bailey Woodward, elected
to the post from Butts County
before the House was reappor
tioned, did not choose to run. No
other candidate sought the of
fice. Mr. Woodward’s term of of
fice extends until January 1,
1966.
The polls will open at 7 a. m.
at all precincts in the county and
will remain open until 7 p. m.
Due to the light vote anticipated
only one voting place will be pro
vided in the Court House.
Don Montgomery
Named President
Butts Jaycees
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Don Montgomery, manager of
Jackson Loan Company, was
named president of the Butts
County Jaycees during their elec
tion on Thursday, April 22. He
succeeds Philip Westbury whose
term of office will end May 19.
The new president is a native
of Tift County. He is a graduate
of Tifton High School and at
tended Abraham Baldwin Agri
cultural College at Tifton. Mar
ried to the former Patsy Ann
Butler of his hometown, they
have been in Jackson since March
1964. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Montgomery of Tif
ton.
Elected to serve with Mr.
Montgomery were Danny Roberts
as first vice president. Mr. Rob
erts is associated with his father
in the electrical business. The
second vice president is Curtis
Fraser, an employee of Georgia
Power Company with the Lloyd
Shoals Plant. Carl (Sonny) Gil
bert, teacher and coach at Jack
son High School, will serve as
secretary and treasurer for the
coming year.
Charles Roberts and Mac Col
lins wore elected to the Board
of Directors. Billy Leverette was
named to the post of State Di
rector.
The officers and directors will
be installed at the Ladies Night
meeting on May 19. Malone
Sharpe, State Jaycee president,
will be present and will act as
installing officer.
During the business session, 20
local Jaycees made application
to attend the Jaycee State Con
vention at Jekyll Island on May
14 and 15. During the convention
Philip Westbury, immediate past
president of the Butts County
Jaycees who recently was elected
to the post of Regional President,
will be installed.
Bruce Hicks
Wins Sprint
At Macon Meet
Bruce Hicks placed first in the
75 yard dash for 11-year-olds in
the First Annual Georgia Recre
ation Society Track Meet Satur
day at Porter Stadium in Macon.
Bruce, son of Dr. and Mrs. W.
G. Hicks, represented the Van
Deventer Youth Center team and
also competed in the broad jump
event in which he placed second
at the recent Fourth District
meet in Carrollton.
The versatile and budding
young track star was the hero of
the day in the regional meet when
he placed second in the 75 yard
dash after being accidentally
tripped by another runner at the
start of the dash.
About 200 boys from 20 cities
participated in the Macon track
meet.
HAISTEN BUYS
NEW AMBULANCE
Haisten Funeral Home last
week purchased anew 1965
Cadillac M & M combination am
bulance and funeral coach from
the plant in Piqua, Ohio. The new
vehicle, silver in color, fully
equipped and modern in every de
tail, was brought to Jackson by
George Washington, employee of
the Jackson funeral home.
First Horse
County Set
Butts County’s first horse
show on May 5 at the Fair
Grounds in Jackson is expected to
draw the largest crowd ever to as
semble in the county for an enter
tainment attraction. The show be
gins at 4:00 p. m. and ends at
10:00 p. m.
Thirty-four classes of fine
horses will be competing. There
will be four top prizes of $2lO
each for the following champion
ships: Three-gaited, Roadster,
Five Gaited, and Walking Horse.
Four classes with prize money of
sll6 each will be awarded to the
top Fine Harness Pony, Palamino
Championship, Roadster Pony,
and Parade Championship. Other
prizes range from trophies and
ribbons to S6O cash awards.
The horse show is being spon-
TO RIDE IN HORSE SHOW
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MRS. LYNN COLVIN of McDONOUGH
James Mcßay
To Speak At
First Baptist
The Rev. James Mcßay, pastor
of the Lakewood Baptist Church,
Gainesville, will be leading re
vival services at the First Baptist
Church beginning Sunday, May
2. Mr. Mcßay has pastored the
Lakewood church since 1956.
Both he and Mrs. Mcßay are na
tives of Rome.
Since coming to Georgia in
1948, Mr. Mcßay has held a
variety of places of responsibil
ity. He has served as vice presi
dent of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention; two terms on the Execu
tive Committee of the Conven
tion; as chairman of the Budget
Committee of the Convention. He
has also served as the Moderator
of the Chattahoochee Baptist As
sociation for two terms. For the
past nine years Mr. Mcßay has
served as Chaplain of Riverside
Military Academy in Gainesville.
This is the largest privately ope
rated military academy this side
of West Point. In civic matters
the guest minister is a member
of the Board of Registrars of
City of Gainesville and is also
active in the American Cancer
Society and the Tuberculosis As
sociation.
Services will begin Sunday,
May 2, and continue twice daily
through Friday, May 7, at 7:30
a. m. and p. m. Nursery facilities
will be provided as well as di
rected activities for four and five
year olds.
CHUCK SHIELDS
NAMED DIRECTOR
GEORGIA JEWELERS
C. W. (Chuck) Shields, of
Shields’ Jewelers, Jackson, was
elected to the Board of Direc
tors of the Georgia Retail Jewel
ers Association at the associ
ation’s recent meeting in Macon
which was attended by some 200
jewelers representing 107 Geor
gia stores.
Membership in the Georgia Re
tail Jewelers Association is now
at an all-time high of 151 stores,
a gain of 41 during the last 12
months.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Show In
For May 5
sored by the Exchange Club of
Jackson. Glenn Potts is chairman
with Marion Todd and R. F. Arm
strong, all of Jackson, as co-chair
men. A1 Holt of Atlanta is man
ager of the show.
A delicious barbecued chicken
supper, prepared by club mem
bers, with Jimmy Stewart and
John Moore as co-chairmen, will
be served.
All the surrounding counties in
this middle Georgia area are ex
pected to furnish participants and
spectators.
Advance tickets for the show
and barbecued chicken supper
may be purchased from Ex
change Club members at SI.OO
each or at the gate for $1.25
each. Children’s show tickets will
be 50 cents each.
Amendment For
Apothecary
Is Withdrawn
The question of a proposed
apothecary in a professional
building on McDonough Road
adjacent to the hospital, which
for a time threatened to erupt
into a first class civic hassle, was
quietly resolved Thursday night
at a joint meeting of the Jackson
City Council and the City-County
Planning Board when Dr. Roy
Goff, proposer of the apothecary
and building, withdrew his re
quest for the amendment. The
amendment had previously been
recommended by the City-Coun
ty Planning Board to Council at
a meeting to which the public
was excluded.
At a public hearing April 19th
before the City Council, a storm
of protest was raised by citizens
of Jackson, residents of the Mc-
Donough Road area, the Butts
County Commissioners, and
others who felt such a facility
would let the floodgates down
for similar and allied businesses
in residential areas over the city.
Also much criticism was leveled
at the Planning Board for their
legally constituted practice of ad
juticating rezoning petitions with
out benefit of public hearings.
This practice, according to Mayor
C. B. Brown, will be changed
with the city attorney already
having set in motion the legal
steps to make public hearings pos
sible.
Central Georgia
EMC Receives
$530,000 Loan
Washington—The Rural Elec
trification Administration of the
Department of Agriculture has
approved a $530,000 loan to the
Central Georgia Electric Member
ship Corp. at Jackson, Georgia.
The offices of Sens. Herman E-
Talmadge and Richard B. Russell
announced the approved loan,
which will be used to finance
construction of 46 miles of dis
tribution line to serve 675 new
customers.