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THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1966
Looking
Backward
Through The Files
New* of 10 Yeari Ago
Three months of vacation fun
will end August 30 for Butts
County’s children when they
answer the opening bell at nine
o’clock for a brief three-hour ses
sion. Several new teachers will
greet them on opening day.
Jerry Long and Eugene Pros
per, stellar members of the 1956
Jackson High Football team, will
'report Setpember 1 for tryouts
with the University of Georgia
freshman football team under the
guidance of Coach Quinton
Lumpkin.
Mr. and Mrs. Coil P. Wilson of
j Monticello, announce the engage
! me nt of their daughter, Miss
I Sara Nell Wilson, to Ensign Vic
tor Lee Wilson, son of Mr. Victor
A. Wilson of Jackson and Mrs.
B. E. Vickers, of Miami, Florida.
J. A. Dodson, W. Ted Evans
and Lovett Fletcher will serve as
Butts County’s Board of Regis
trars until March 28, 1957, ac
cording to the terms of an ap
pointment made Monday by Flint
| Superior Judge Thomas J. Brown
! Jr.
Mrs. Judson H. Lanier, of De-
I catur, will be guest speaker at
the meeting of the Cherokee Gar
den Club Thursday evening, Sep
tember 6, at the home of Mrs.
Doyle Jones Jr. on McDonough
Road.
News of 20 Years Ago
A meeting is scheduled for Fri
day night, August 23, in the
armory at eight o’clock to make
plans for reactivating the Jackson
Rifles, Company A, 121st Infan
try.
President Truman has signed a
bill reducing air mail postage to
5 cents an ounce. The rate will go
into effect October 1.
Mrs. R. S. Brown, one of the
community’s oldest and most
widely beloved women, died early
Thursday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. R. P. Sasnett, aft
er a long illness.
Mary Elizabeth Thomas, nine
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra Thomas, of Pepperton,
was killed instantly late Wednes
day afternoon when an oil barrel
turned over and crushed her
head. With other children, she
was playing at the Wofford Oil
Company Station and climbed on
a steel barrel which in some way
overturned and pinned her under
neath.
Mrs. James J. O’Neal of At
lanta, former resident of Jackson,
The year-round
price waslow.
The year-end
price is lower!
m
It’s Official Clearance time in Ford
Country! Get the deal of the year on the
fastest selling Fords in historyl Big ,
selection of Fords, Fairlanes,
Falcons, Mustangs, wagons!
Plenty of models and colors to 4
choose from. Come in todayl
Ford Country
Official Clearance
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Nettie Rose, to Philip
Francis Finnegan of Marion,
Ohio, and Newark, N. J., the mar
riage to take place in the early
fall.
News of 30 Years Ago
Butts County’s first bale of
cotton of the 1936 season was
ginned Saturday and sold Mon
day, August 17, eleven days later
than the first bale in 1935. B. H.
Hodges, County Commissioner
and large farmer, again won the
distinction of producing the coun
ty’s first bale.
Announcement is made by Mr.
E. H. Pace, owner of the Pace
Bus Line, of the sale of the
branch from Atlanta to Milledge
ville via Covington, Monticello
and Gray.
Mr. 0. E. Smith announces the
sale of the Furlow home on the
corner of College Street and
Dempsey Avenue to Mr. C. F.
Singley.
The wedding of Miss Mary Ann
Mitchell and Mr. David Gray was
an event of Tuesday evening,
August 11, taking place at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Mitchell, at Yates
ville.
All white voters in Butts
County over 21 years of age,
whether registered or not, may
take part in the referendum
called for September 9 to pass
on the question of whether or
not beer is to be sold in the
County.
News of 40 Years Ago
T. E. Powers, Southern Rail
way fireman, was killed and I. L.
Wilkins, engineer, was severely
scalded today when two freight
trains met head-on near Stock
bridge.
Roy Sims, white man, was con
victed in Butts Superior Court
this week on a charge of burglar
izing the office of Drs. J. B. and
L. B. Hopkins on August 8. He
was sentenced to serve from two
to five years. His wife, Lucile
Sims, pleaded guilty to the
charge and drew a sentence of
one year.
County police officers of Butts
and Henry Counties cooperated
to capture an automobile con
taining 127 gallons of whiskey
just across the Henry County
line Saturday night about 10
o’clock.
Announcement is made that
Messrs. V. M. Freeman and H. J.
Maddox have bought the Depot
Store from Mr. W. C. Stodghill,
administrator of L. B. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Middlebrook,
of Lakeland, Florida, have been
spending several days visiting
relatives here.
DANIEL FORD SALES, INC.
JACKSON, GEORGIA
(ASCS]
FARMERS CAUTIONED TO
CERTIFY ASCS
BALLOT-ENVELOPES
Farmers were reminded today
of a very important part of the
election process for Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) community committeemen,
especially where ballots are
mailed in to the ASCS county
office. The deadline for returning
ballots in the community election
is September 23.
R. H. Burford, Chairman, ASC
County Committee, points out
that two envelopes will be mailed
with the ballots sent to all eligible
voters on record in the county
office. One envelope will be plain,
and the other will have a state
ment printed on the back which
the farmer needs to sign. A wit
nessed mark will also qualify as
a signature.
The ballot should be marked
and sealed inside the plain en
velope; growers are cautioned not
to enclose any other material.
This plain envelope should then
be put inside the envelope with
the statement on the back. This
statement is a certification that
the ballot was marked by the
farmer personally without undue
influence by any person. The en
velope should then be mailed or
otherwise delivered to the ASCS
County Office.
“Be sure to sign this state
ment,” the Chairman urges. “If
it is not signed, the ballot will
not be considered as a vote.”
SEPT. SCHEDULE
FOR HOME EC
MEETINGS LISTED
The September Home Econom
ics meeting schedule as an
nounced this week by Miss Eliz
abeth Wilson, Butts County Home
Economics Agent, is as follows:
Sept. 12, North Butts, 2:00,
Clubhouse.
Sept. 13, Flovilla, 3:30, Club
house.
Sept. 16, Iron Springs, 7:30,
Clubhouse.
Sept. 20, Jackson, 7:30, Mrs.
George Martin.
Sept. 23, Worth ville, 2:30,
Clubhouse.
Sept. 26, Stark, 2:3G, Mrs. F.
H. Morgan.
Sept. 27, West Butts, 2:00,
Mrs. E. P. Colwell, Jr.
pOßo|j
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
HEWS
Progress-Argus
Honor Roll
New and Renewal Subscriptions
Of The Past Few Days
Mrs. S. J. Westbury, Jackson
Robert F. Smith, Decatur
Mrs. R. L. Betts, Flovilla
B. K. Hodges Jr., Jackson
Miss Mary Newton, Jackson
Kirk A. Biles, Jackson
Mrs. J. D. Pope Jr., Athens
Mrs. Gladys Wilson, Jackson
P. H. Weaver, Jackson
All Butts County Voters!
Let’s Support
GEORGE T. SMITH
FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Experienced
jtf Honest
i Capable
'‘SHU
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ELECT GEORGE T. SMITH YOUR LT. GOVERNOR
Democratic Primary, Sept. 14, 1966
(This ad ,aid for b, Betts Court, Fritads of 6m>rge T. Smith)
Mrs. W. L. Golden, Flovilla
W. J. Saunders, Jenkinsburg
Paul Maddox, Jackson
Billie W. Moore, Jackson
Mrs. Jimmy Pettigrew, Forsyth
Mrs. Mary Dunn, Jackson
J. Carl Funderburk Jr., Macon
Mrs. Leon Norton, Griffin
Bennie Cook, Jackson
Mrs. W. S. White, Jackson
Porter Cawthon, Jackson
W. P. Brooks, Jackson
Mrs. Olin Singley, Jackson
Mrs. N. A. Powell, Jackson
Mrs. C. C. Williams, Flovilla
G. R. Lewis, Jackson
Harry W. Ball, Atlanta
Miss Roxie Smith, Flovilla
Mrs. Nellie Anderson, Dayton,
Ohio
Mrs. J. E. Pettigrew, Jackson
Mrs. Fred Saunders, Louisville,
Ky.
Dr. C. H. Johnson, Macon
Gordon Bankston, Jackson
Paul Erwin, Jackson
Hawkes Library, Jackson
Dr. J. C. Howell, Jackson
Mrs. Jim Watkins, Jacksqp
Mclntosh State Bank, Jackson
Westbury Medical Care Home,
Inc., Jenkinsburg
Mrs. Brae Hodges Sr., Jackson
Hodges Hardware & Furniture
Cos., Jackson
Hodges Hardware & Furniture
Cos., Jackson
J. A. Knowles, Jackson
Geo. W. Harper, Atlanta
J. M. McMichael, Jackson
Ordinary’s Office, Jackson
Dr. B. F. Parrish, Jackson
Mrs. Ben Parrish, Metter
Mrs. O. L. Weaver Sr., Jackson
E. B. Perdue, Jackson
Miss Fleetie Cook, Jackson
Paul Wells, Jackson
W. F. James, Minden, La.