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VOL. 94 —NO. 30
Bob Considine
To Address
Co-op Aug. 9th
Bob Considine, nationally
known news commentator and
writer, will be the guest speaker
at the 30th Annual Meeting of
The Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation at In
dian Springs State Park at 10:00
a. m., Wednesday, August 9.
Mr. Considine is associated
with the American Broadcasting
Company and has been doing a
radio program and television spe
cials for an insurance company
for more than 16 years. He is a
King Features syndicated column
ist and his famous column “On
the Line” appears in the top news
papers throughout the country.
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Born in Washington, D. C., he
began his writing career in 1930
covering sports for the Washing
ton Post. In 1933, he became
sports editor of the Washington
Herald, but was soon made an
all-around reporter cove r in g
other fields. Four years later, he
joined the New York American.
He also reported for the New
York Daily Mirror before joining
the International News Service as
general assignment writer and
columnist.
Asa war correspondent during
World War 11, he traveled ex
tensively reporting on the activ
ities of the American G. I. Dur
ing 1950, he spent some time at
the front lines in Korea as a
member of the INS war reporting
team.
Mr. Considine was in Korea
again in December 1952 when he
accompanied President-elect Ei
senhower on his dramatic and
historic visit to the Korean war
zone. He more recently has had
three assignments to Vietnam.
Mr. Considine is married and
has three sons, Michael, Barry,
and Dennis and a daughter, Deb
orah.
Three directors to serve the
NEW FUNERAL HOME —Open House at the new and attrac
tive Haisten Brothers Funeral Home on South Harkness Street will
be held from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m. Saturday, July 29th, and from
2 o’clock to 7 o’clock on Sunday, July 30th. The new building
features an exterior finished in white brick, with a private entrance
for the family and covered access. Inside the main entrance is a
large hallway and reception room. The chapel has a stained glass
window 7 extending from the floor to the ceiling and oak pews that
will seat 204 persons. Haisten Brothers have served the Jackson
area for 18 years. The public is cordially invited to attend Open
House and inspect the handsome new facility.—Photo by W endell
McCoy, Jr.
Kiwanians See
And Hear Of
EXPO ‘67 Trip
William Mack Davis, director
of the Van Deventer Youth
Foundation, delighted Kiwanians
Tuesday night with his humorous
comments and his excellent pho
tography as he narrated color
slides of his recent trip to the
eastern part of the United States
and to EXPO ’67 in Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis accom
panied senior members of the
Glee Club and the String Band
on the trip to Montreal. Mr. Da
vis proved himself to be a photog
rapher of some ability as the
great majority of his slides were
distinct and clear. His comments
on the various pavilions at the
fair were extremely interesting.
Winners in the Kiwanis Radio
Day were presented arid received
checks for the most correct guess
es of Kiwanians who turned an
nouncers for the day. Tieing for
first prize were Miss Kiki Car
michael and Tommy Raney, each
receiving sls; Mrs. Louise Thurs
ton won third and received $5.00.
Special guests for the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. Hampton
Daughtry of Atlanta, Mrs. David
Settle, Miss Kiki Carmichael and
Mrs. Louise Thurston. Tom O’-
Dell was welcomed into the club
as anew member and will be in
ducted later. J. W. O’Neal and
Ralph Carr Jr. were saluted musi
cally on their birthdays during
the week.
Butts County Area, Monroe-
Bibb County Area, and Spalding-
Lamar County Area will be elec
ted to serve three year terms
each beginning August 9, 1967.
Each member registering will
receive a pair of chef tongs and
a package of six light bulbs.
Valuable door prizes donated
by suppliers, appliance dealers,
and other businessmen will be
given by drawing at the conclus
ion of the meeting.
The “Kitchen Kuties” from
the Henry-Clayton Area will be
the entertainment on the morning
program. Talent from other areas
of the co-op will perform after
the barbecue lunch.
Tickets for the barbecue lunch
which will be served on the
grounds are available in advance
throughout the cooperative area
and at the co-op office. In Butts
County, Advance tickets may be
obtained for $1.25 each at the
co-op office. Picnic grounds will
be available for those desiring to
bring lunch.
Special invitations are being
issued to newspaper editors, sen
ators, and representatives in the
co-op area.
Quimby Melton, Jr. of Spald
ing County will be master-of
ceremonies for the occasion.
OEO Grant Of
$162,796 Made
For 3 Counties
The Upper Ocmulgee Economic
Opportunity Commission an
nounced today the receipt of a
federal grant in the amount of
$162,796.00 to enable the Com
mission to continue its work with
the low-income families in Butts,
Newton and Monroe Counties.
The Chairman of the Commission
is Lee Roy O’Neal. Announce
ment of the grant was made in
a telegram received from Sen
ators Russell and Talmadge and
from Representative Flynt.
Ralph Carr, Executive Direc
tor of the Commission, stated
that the receipt of these funds
will allow those programs already
started to continue. Programs
operated by the Commission, as
announced by Mr. Carr, are Head
Start Programs in Newton and
Butts Counties; Manpower Train
ing Programs in Newton, Butts
and Monroe; Home Management
and Food Distribution Programs
in Newton, Butts and Monroe,
and a Family Planning Program
in Butts County.
C, Edward Davis
Guest Preacher
At Fellowship
Rev. C. Edward Davis, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Griffin, will be guest speaker
at a protracted meeting at Fel
lowship Presbyterian Church be
ginning Sunday, Aug. 6, and ex
tending through Friday, August
11.
Mr. Davis is a native of Chat
tanooga and a graduate of the
University of Tennessee with a
BS in Commerce. He was in busi
ness six years before entering the
ministry, graduating from Co
lumbia Seminary. Mr. Davis or
ganized the First Church of
North Charleston, S. C., serving
for seven and one-half years as
its pastor. He was pastor of the
Third Presbyterian Church of
FELLOWSHIP SPEAKER
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Greenville, S. C. for seven and
one-half years and has been in
Griffin for 10 years.
Mr. Davis is married to the for
mer Miss Harriet Stimson and
they have four children, Helen,
a senior at Agnes Scott; Gordon,
fseshman at Tech; Slater, who
will enter West Georgia; and
John, who is in the 9th grade at
Griffin High School.
Rev. Jerry Tabler, pastor of
the Jackson and Fellowship Pres
byterian Churches will lead the
hymn singing. Services will be
held nightly at eight o’clock.
Mr. Davis announces his ser
mon topics as follows: “A Higher
Conception of Life,” “A Higher
Understanding of God,” “A High
er Life Purpose,” “A Higher
Standard of Living,” “A Higher
Standard of Righteousness,” “A
Deeper Commitment.”
AMERICAN LEGION TO
MEET ON AUGUST 3rd
A meeting of the American
Legion is scheduled for August
3rd at 8 o’clock at the Youth
Center. All members are urged
to attend this important meeting.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233 THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967
Exchange Club
Observes Its
20th Birthday
On July 24th, 1947 the Ex
change Club of Jackson was or
ganized with J. T. Beckham, Sr.
as its first president. Twenty
years later, on Tuesday night,
July 25th, the club celebrated
its 20th anniversary with J. T.
Beckham, Jr. as president.
The anniversary party was a
gala affair at Indian Springs
State Park beneath the tall and
stately pine trees. Old and new
members and their families cele
brated the occasion with a supper
prepared by The Bonnie Restau
rant and an elegantly embossed
cake, made and decorated by Mrs.
Florigene Moore.
Many Exchange Club digni
taries were on hand including
John Hemmingway of Macon,
state president; Joe Pruitt of Ma
con, state secretary; District Di
rectors Jack Childs of Forsyth
and Wilmer Greer of Jackson. All
of these commented on the good
works of the Exchange Club dur
ing the past 20 years.
Past presidents of the Jackson
club were honored with a cake
cutting ceremony. Each presi
dent’s name was on the cake and
included:
J. T. Beckham, Sr., J. D. Pat
rick, R. F. Armstrong, T. G. Wil
lis, H. E. Moore, Wayne Barnes,
L. C. Webb, Gervin Lewis, Ben
Haisten, John Hunt, George
Ridgeway, Clyde Walker, Charles
Brownlee, Edward Washington,
H. J. Castellaw, C. D. Edwards,
Lamar Jinks, C. W. Greer, M. D.
Todd, Glenn Potts, M. L. Hodges,
Jr., R. L. Williams, Dennis Wise,
and J. T. Beckham, Jr.
Second Session
Swimming Class
Begins August 1
The second session of the Van
Deventer Foundation-sponsored
swimming classes will begin
Tuesday, August Ist, at 9 a. m.
at the Indian Springs Beach.
William Mack Davis, Van De
venter Foundation director, an
nounces that all students not en
rolled may do so on August Ist
by having a parent or guardian
accompany them and sign the re
quired registration forms.
Mr. Davis said that the first
session will close Friday, July
29th. There are about 60 swim
mers enrolled, Mr. Davis pointed
out, with approximately 90 per
cent of the class swimming
now. Most of the enrollees were
beginners, Mr. Davis explained.
The minimum age for enrolling is
six years.
The swimming class is under
the supervision of Jim Weldon,
senior life guard, who is assisted
by Bonnie Spencer, Martha Lev
erette, and Joe Brown Jr.
SHARK CATCHER Russell
Parker, employee at Avondale
Mills, Indian Springs Plant,
stands proudly beside the 210
lb. shark caught by him from
the pier at Camp Helen near
Panama City, Fla. The shark is
the largest fish ever caught from
the camp’s pier.
Water at Camp Ground Is Big
News As Opening Nears Aug. 10
YOUTH SPEAKER
REV. DON ROLLINGS
Lions Hear Of
Thomas Trip
To Alaska
Rev. Bill Thomas, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist Church, was
the guest speaker at the Lion’s
Club meeting on Tuesday.
Rev. Thomas showed slides of
his recent trip to Alaska as a
representative of the Southern
Baptist Convention and Mace
donia Church. He explained the
hardships and primitive manner
under which the Eskimo people
live in the two small villages he
visited.
He stated that their schools
were very inferior to ours with
the top grade being the eighth
grade in these two villages. Most
of the students that finish the
eighth grade are not, qualified
to proceed to the ninth grade in
the larger cities of Alaska even
if it were possible to go the great
distances to these cities.
Rev. Thomas said that the peo
ple had large families with as
many as 14 living in a one room
house. He added that the Eskimo
people as a rule do not live in
igloos but in these small one
room houses. Asa rule their
health is extremely bad with
many suffering from tuberculo
sis and various skin diseases.
He recalled when they arrived
in Alaska in April of this year
the temperature was around zero
and that it took them several days
to get used to the cold. When
they left in May the streams were
just beginning to thaw.
Committee Chairmen for 1967-
68 were announced at the meet
ing by President Hal Summers as
follows: Program Chairman,
Frank Barnes; Attendance Chair
man, Wayne Spraggins; Public
Relations Chairman, R. A. O’-
Quinn; Civic Improvement Chair
man, Joe Brown; Sight Conser
vation Chairman, Roy Goff;
Membership Chairman, Ed Park
er; Special Committee Calendar
Chairman, Larry Deraney.
A report from the Broom and
Mop sale recently concluded
showed 100 percent success with
this program. A certificate from
the Factory for the Blind in At
lanta stated that the Butts Coun
ty Lion’s Club participation in
the sale of their products had
contributed 108 hours of employ
ment for the blind employees.
The Butts County Lion's Club
would like to express its appre
ciation to the people of Jackson
and Butts County for the success
of this project.
Tom O’Dell Is
New Druggist At
City Pharmacy
Tom O’Dell, 1962 graduate of
Auburn University, is now affil
iated with City Pharmacy as a
registered pharmacist, it was an
nounced this week by Dr. Roy
Goff, owner.
For the past five years Mr.
O’Dell was affiliated with the
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Local All-Stars
Play Newnan in
Griffin Tonight
The Jackson Little League All-
Stars, by virtue of two stirring
victories in the sub-district
tournament in Jackson last week,
move into the finals against New
nan tonight at 8 o’clock in Grif
fin. The Griffin American Little
League All-Stars will play South
Fulton at six o’clock.
The winners will play Friday
night at 8 o’clock for the cham
pionship. The losers will play a
consolation game Friday night
at six o’clock.
In Wednesday’s game, Jeffery
English of Jackson gained base
ball immortality by hurling a per
fect game against Henry County.
He struck out 11, did not walk a
batter, and did not allow a hit.
Eddie Wise started for Henry
County but was relieved in the
fifth inning '“by Richard Mathews.
They struck out 12, walked one
and gave up seven hits.
Ted McMichael struck the big
blow for Jackson in the 3 to 0
decision, hitting a home-run in
the fifth inning with a mate
aboard. He also had a single.
Others garnering hits for Jackson
were Russ Crumbley, a double
Andy Crumbley; two singles; A1
Gilbert and Jeff English, a single
each.
In Thursday’s game Jackson
downed Barnesville 2 to 1 to gain
the finals in Griffin. Ted Mc-
Michael was the winning pitcher,
striking out 8 and walking three.
Gary Manry started and lost for
Barnesville, being relieved in the
sixth inning by Charles Stephens.
They struck out 9 and walked
one.
Jeffery English, as potent at
the plate as on the mound, poled
two doubles, John Edwards and
AI Gilbert each had a single.
Terry Morgan and Charles
Stephens had doubles for Barnes
ville. Randy Waller and Gary
Manley each had a single.
Gregg Crawford of Griffin’s
American Little League team also
hurled a perfect game against the
Griffin National Little League
All-Stars, facing only 18 batters
in six innings. Crawford struck
out 14 batters, and walked none.
Darrell Jones pitched nearly as
effectively for the National
League, giving up only one hit,
a bunt in the fifth inning by
Stuart Jongs. Jones gave up two
walks and struck out eight. The
Americans scored their only run
in the fifth inning.
Lee-King Drug Store in Newnan.
He was graduated from Auburn
with honors, being a member of
Phi Kappa Phi honorary frater
nity.
A native of Clayton, Alabama,
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Royce O’Dell of Clayton and is a
member of the Baptist Church.
Mr. O’Dell is married to the for
mer Miss Faye Loftin and they
have a daughter, Esther, almost
three. The O’Dells are living on
the Monticello Highway in the
house formerly occupied by R. R.
Williamson.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
The largest and most influen
tial camp meeting in the south,
Indian Springs, opens its 77th
annual meeting Thursday, Aug
ust 10, with outstanding evange
lists and prospects excellent for
record-breaking attendance.
The camp meeting, third larg
est in the nation, will continue
through the third Sunday in Aug
ust, the 20th.
Frank Harris, of Cartersville,
president of Indian Springs Holi
ness Camp Ground, announces
that evangelists for this years
meeting will be Dr. B. C. Gamble,
a board member and a lifelong
friend of Indian Springs; Dr.
Lawrence Hicks, pastor of the
First Nazarene Church of Ash
land, Ky., who made his last ap
pearance on the Indian Springs
platform in 1961; and Dr. Harold
K. Sheets, Marion, Ind., a Gen
eral Superintendent of the Wes
leyan Methodist Church.
Clay Milby, of Valdosta, re
turns as the popular general song
evangelist, a favorite at the camp
grounds for many years.
Mr. Harris said that Rev. Don
Rollings will be the main speaker
at the youth service with Rev.
Frank Washburn, Danville, Va.,
as the Bible teacher to the youth
program.
lir. Z. T. Johnson, retired
president of Asbury College, will
again direct the morning Bible
Hour. Of Dr. Johnson, Mr. Har
ris said, “we have known his rich
ministry here and expect great
blessings as he directs this all-im
portant phase of our camp pro
gram.”
YOUTH BIBLE TEACHER
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One of the most significant im
provements in the history of the
camp ground is the water system
which will soon link the camp
ground, Flovilla, and Indian
Springs into a municipal type
water system, offering both fire
protection and water to the three
communities. Latest word is that
water pipes to the camp ground
are being chlorinated and cleaned
and that once a sample of the
water is approved by the State
Health Department it will be
turned on at the camp ground.
The advent of the water system
brings adequate fire protection to
the camp ground for the first
time in its history and will do
much to alleviate the fear and
danger of fire.
Special observances during the
1967 camp meeting session will
be Butts County Recognition Day
and Thanksgiving Day, both on
Thursday, August 17. The Mis
sionary Program will be held on
Friday, August 18, with this
year’s speaker being Rev. Billy
Davis, Missionary to the Belgian
Congo from the Methodist Board
of Missions.
C. E. Rooks Sr., caretaker at
the sprawling camp ground, said
this week that several new cot
tages have been constructed
since last year with improvements
made to others. Oil and gravel
have been placed on most of the
major roads through the camp
ground to alleviate the dust prob
lem. Grounds have been generally
cleaned with Mr. Rooks stating
that the camp ground in general
“is in fine shape.”