Karkson progress-Argue
VOL. 95 —NO. 41
Forsyth-McDonough 1-75 Link
Will Be Opened In November
Latest word from the State
Highway Department is that the
portion of 1-75 from Forsyth to
McDonough is expected to be
opened by mid-November even
though construction probably
■won’t be completed by that time.
In a story by Selby McCash
in the Macon Telegraph and News
Sunday, October 6, Mr. McCash
reports that State Highway of
ficials say that the paving is fin
ished on the Forsyth to McDon
ough portion but there are a num
ber of items left in the contract
such as planting grass in the
median and sides of the highway,
erecting signs and guard rails, in
stalling curbing and drainage fa
cilities. Cecil Butts of Forsyth,
state field highway engineer, told
Mr. McCash that all of this work
can be finished by the middle of
November.
According to highway officials,
traffic is already flowing on the
long awaited highway link in
spite of warning by state road of
ficials that it isn’t ready and
Winners Announced in Avondale
Mills Home Improvement Contest
Prize winners in a recently
concluded Home Improvement
contest of Avondale Mills were
recently announced, according to
Hal A. Summers, plant manager
at Avondale Mills, Indian Springs
Plant. Mr. Summers said there
were 15 entries in the contest
with pictures made of the homes
at the beginning and close of the
contest to show effectively the
before and after results of the
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that motorists are traveling at
their own risk.
Highway officials further state
that the last gaps in 1-75 between
McDonough and Atlanta were let
to contract earlier this year and
are now under construction.
When these sections are finished
—and the project completion
date is October of 1969 the
entire highway from Florida
through Atlanta will be open to
traffic.
It is reported in the story by
Mr. McCash that the State High
way Department is prepared to
open the Forsyth-McDonough seg
ment by the November deadline
regardless of whether all of the
work is completed.
State Highway authorities in
Atlanta estimate that the For
syth-McDonough link could pos
sibly be opened as early as late
October or early in November
with the date not later than No
vember 15th unless there are un
usually severe delays because of
weather. The mid-November date
appears to be the most generally
accepted target date.
home improvements.
Judges for the contest, accord
ing to Mr. Summers, were Carl
Brack, Butts County Extension
Agent, chairman; Ted Gallo 111
of St. Petersburg, Fla., Pinellas
County Agent; and Doyle Jones
Jr., Editor of the Jackson Pro
gress-Argus.
First prize winner was George
Lawson who received bonds in
the amount of $225. Avondale
Mills, Mr. Summers related, fur
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M. L. Hodges
Are On Trip
To Caribbean
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hodges are
spending a week aboard the Car
ibbean Cruiser, the S. S. Oceanic,
as a reward for outstanding sales
performance of Hotpoint appli
ances.
Mr. Hodges, owner of Hodges
Hardware and Furniture Com
pany, has been in business in
Jackson for 11 years during
which time he has been the ex
clusive dealer for Hotpoint, and
during that period has enjoyed
annual award trips by Hotpoint.
The Hodges return Saturday,
October 12, after their week easy
cruise out of New York and visi
ting the port of Nassau in the
Bahamas.
nished S2OO in bonds with Mcln
tosh State Bank awarding a $25
bond.
Second prize winner was Joe
Marchman who received $l5O in
bonds with Avondale giving $125
and Jackson National Bank a $25
bond.
Third prize winner was Arnold
Cheek who received bonds total
ing SIOO with Avondale furnish
ing $75 and the Avondale Fed
eral Credit Union a $25 bond.
THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1968
Jackson-Toccoa Vie For First
Place In Stay And See Contest
Small Vote Is
Anticipated In
City Primary
A small number of voters is
expected to nominate a Mayor
and two councilmen, all of whom
are unopposed, for re-election in
the City of Jackson Primary on
Friday, October 11th.
To be nominated in the pri
mary will be Mayor C. B. Brown
Jr., Councilman Milton Daniel
from the Second Ward, and Coun
cilman W. O. Ball from the Third
Ward.
Also to be nominated at the
same time will be members of the
City of Jackson Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee which includes
Levi J. Ball, chairman, City at
large; Frank Forehand, secretary,
First Ward; Doyle Jones Jr.,
Second Ward; R. P. Newton,
Third Ward; Richard W. Wat
kins Jr., Fourth Ward; and Da
vis Willard, Fifth Ward.
Although a record number of
voters have registered in the city,
according to Mrs. Mary Jo
Brooks, City Clerk, only a small
number is expected to visit the
polls Friday to cast ballots in the
primary contest with little inter
est and no opposition for the in
cumbents.
J Chairman Ball announces that
the polls at City Hall will
open at 7 a. m. and will close at
7 p. m. with members of the City
Democratic Executive Committee
to meet Saturday morning at 10
o’clock at the City Hall to con
solidate returns and announce the
official results.
Quimby Melton
Was Speaker
At Kiwanis
Quimby Melton, Jr., editor of
the Griffin Daily News and rep
resentative from Spalding Coun
ty in the General Assembly, told
members of the Jackson Kiwanis
Club Tuesday night that the first
responsibility of a newspaper is to
inform its readers and present
the news factually and truthful
ly. The program on National
Newspaper Week, October 6-12,
was arranged by Doyle Jones, Jr.,
editor of the Jackson Progress-
Argus, who also presented the
speaker.
Mr. Melton pointed out that
the Progress-Argus is the only
paper in the world totally devoted
to publishing news accounts and
promoting the interest of Jack
son, Butts County, and this im
mediate area. He cited the grow
ing concern of many citizens over
larger newspapers and electronic
media, particularly television,
toward slanting the news and
carrying biased accounts under
the guise of news reporting when
it properly should be under the
head of news analysis. Mr. Melton
has been editor of the Griffin
paper since 1945 and told of mod
ern day complexities in reporting
news that were not prevalent a
decade or two ago.
President Frank Forehand pre
sented Editor Jones a certificate
of appreciation to the Progress-
Argus in recognition of the splen
did service which the above news
paper and others have rendered
throughout the years.
Guests Tuesday night included
Mrs. Doyle Jones Jr., and Key
Club members Ed Hoard and
Harry Lewis. Happy Birthdays
were sung musically to Kiwan
ian Park Newton, who owns one
of Georgia Kiwanisdom’s longest
perfect attendance records, and
ito Key Clubber Ed Hoard.
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
Dorothy Thomas
Is Exchange’s
Woman of Year
MISS DOROTHY THOMAS
Miss Dorothy Thomas, active
civic and religious leader, was
signally honored Monday night
at the Butts County Fair by be
ing chosen “Woman of the Year”
by the Exchange Club of Jack
son. Miss Thomas is agent for the
Southern Railway System and has
resided in Jackson since 1957.
A native of Telfair County,
Miss Thomas is the eldest of sev
en children of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Thomas. Soon after moving here,
she moved her church member
ship to the First Baptist Church
where she has served as Sunday
School teacher, superintendent of
an adult Sunday School depart
ment, president of the WMU on
two occasions, and counselor for
the Young Woman’s Auxiliary.
Of her, the Exchange Club wrote
“she is a dedicated Christian and
is generous with her time, talents
and money in her church and
community.”
Miss Thomas served as presi
dent of the Jackson Business and
Professional Women’s Club for
three years, the only person to so
serve, served as chairman of the
Civic Participation committee,
and is presently recording secre
tary. Miss Thomas served as
chairman of the Heart Fund
Drive for the past five consecu
tive years with the county usually
meeting or exceeding its quota.
According to the Exchange
Club, the recipient of the Woman
of the Year award was highly
recommended by a number of
civic organizations and a number
of individuals.
Kiddie Show
Was Feature
Of The Fair
A popular feature of the Butts
County Fair Monday night was
the Kiddie Show which was open
to pre-school children with win
ners selected in several cate
gories.
In the girls division, two and
three year old, first place was
won by Frankie Lynn McMillan,
three-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Janie McMillan. Second prize was
awarded Micky Garland, 3-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Garland. Third place
went to Wendy Garland, 2-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Garland.
In the boys division, two and
three year old, Michael Brewer,
2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Brewer, was awarded first
place. Second place winner was
Cary Hurst, 3-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Hurst. Third plage
went to Keith Phillips, 2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Phillips.
In the four and five year old
boys division, first place was
awarded Mallory Heath, 4-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Van
Heath. Second place went to
Stewart Pace, 5-year-old son of
The most massive clean-up ope.
ration in the city’s history is un
derway and will be culminated
Saturday morning, October 19th,
when a team of seven out-of-state
judges arrive in Jackson to give
the town the once over with prac
ticed eyes.
This last minute primping and
pampering is due to the fact that
Jackson has been declared a semi
finalist in the STAY and SEE
GEORGIA contest and will be
vieing with Toccoa for first place
in the Class I (Newcomers) Di
vision.
Henry L. Asbury, local chair
man of the contest, makes an
urgent plea for every home own
er to put his property in impec
cable condition. “We are asking,”
Mr. Asbury pointed out, “that ev
ery citizen have his lawn mowed,
the shoulder or street in front
of his home raked and cleared
of all trash.” Mr. Asbury added
that the City of Jackson is co
operating in the clean-up cam
paign and is prepared to pick up
trash that is piled and placed in
front of homes until late Friduy
afternoon, October 18th.
Chairman of the various com
mittees as well as Mr. Asbury
join in asking the cooperation of
business men and store owners
in having their places of business
spic and span for the tour by the
judges October 19th. “We have
reason to believe,” Mr. Asbury
added, “that the judges will visit
a number of stores and service
stations before meeting at the
Clubhouse. It behooves us all to
be on our best behavior as the
judges will be asking questions
about our town and community
and how well they are answered,
particularly as regards a spirit of
friendliness and helpfulness, will
be to our credit.”
Present plans call for the
touring party to meet at the
Clubhouse about noon. They will
be entertained at the Watkins-
Austin home on McDonough Road
and then will be dinner guests
of the Butts County Chamber of
Commerce at the Jackson Club
house. Reports will be given at
the meeting by Chairman Asbury,
Robert Williams, Frank Barnes
and Hugh Glidewell. Entertain
ment is tentatively scheduled to
be furnished by the Van De
venter Youth Choir. Following
this the judges will in all prob
ability ask to be taken on a tour
of the town.
Butts County /Jackson is the
only community in Georgia’s
Sixth Congressional District to be
named a 1968 STAY & SEE
GEORGIA semi-finalist.
The STAY & SEE BUTTS
COUNTY Program in Jackson is
! sponsored by the Butts County
Chamber of Commerce with Hen
ry Asbury, Executive Vice Presi
dent, Mclntosh State Bank, as the
Chairman. Butts County is now
in competition with Toccoa for
the STAY & SEE Class I Award.
The STAY & SEE BUTTS
COUNTY committee showed
originality, industriousness and
initiative in formulating and pur
suing its STAY & SEE projects.
The “Clean-up and Beautifica
tion” committee performed a ma
jor feat in compiling a detailed
survey of blight areas and in
delegating the responsibility of
working ori these areas to their
various committees. The copimit
tees further followed the survey
up with efforts to prevail upon
property owners to improve their
property, and they performed a
vital service in alerting city and
county officials to the need of
ridding public property of litter
and blight.
Putts County’s once-a-week
“Tourist Arrest” project was ac-
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pace. Jeff
Rainor, 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Durwood Rainor, was recipi
ent of third place.
Prizes of $lO for first place,
$5 for second, and $2.50 for
third were offered by the Ex
change Club to winning contest
ants in the three categories.
$4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
tive and exciting, and the “Cour
tesy and Hospitality” committee
made great strides in improving
welcome signs, setting up a wel
come station and developing a
greater awareness of the public
in general toward the points of
interest in the county. Jackson
also conducted a successful STAY
& SEE Courtesy Clinic which re
ceived good newspaper and radio
publicity.
Athens, Brunswick, Columbus,
Darien, Gainesville, Jackson,
Jesup, Savannah, Statesboro,
Toccoa, Waycross and Winfield
have been named semi-finalists in
the 1968 STAY & SEE GEOR
GIA contest, it was announced
this week by Bill Dawson, Chair
man of the Georgia Chamber’s
Travel Council.
Mr. Dawson further stated that
these top STAY & SEE GEOR
GIA communities will be visited
by seven out-of-state travel edi
tors, Oct. 13-20 for final judging.
The STAY & SEE GEORGIA top
newcomer, top 1 year participant,
and top 2 year participant will be
announced Oct. 29. The STAY &
SEE GEORGIA State Champion,
the recipient of the “Winners
Circle” trophy and other awards
will he announced at the “Carni
val of Awards” Banquet and Ball
Friday, Nov. 8, Savannah Inn
and Country Club, in conjunction
with the Goveror’s Conference on
Tourism.
The 1968 semi-finalists are
competing in the following clas
sifications for further STAY &
SEE Awards: Class I (for new
comers) Jackson and Toccoa;
Class II (for 1 year participants)
Darien and Jesup; Class 111 (for
2 year participants) Gaines
ville and Statesboro; Class IV
(for 3 year and over participants
from which the state winner will
be chosen) Athens, Waycross,
and Winfield; and Class V
(“Winners Circle”, for former
State Champions) Brunswick and
Columbus; and Convention and
Tourist Bureaus, Savannah.
These STAY & SEE GEOR
GIA semi-finalists were selected
from Achievement Records sub
mitted by all the participating
communities. STAY & SEE parti
cipants promote projects through
five committees: “Clean-up and
Beautification,” “Courtesy and
Hospitality," “Points of Inter
est”, “Accommodations and Facil
ities” and New Attractions.”
Through these projects Georgia
communities are made better
places to live and more attractive
places to visit. In 1967, tourism
was a $570.7 million a year in
dustry for Georgia with the
STAY & SEE contest participants
playing a large part in the indus
try’s growth and development.
Georgia communities which,
through their efforts to promote
and develop their assets and at
tractions, have emerged as STAY
& SEE GEORGIA State Cham
pions previously are: Columbus
in 1963, Thomasville in 1964,
Fitzgerald in 1965, Brunswick
and the Golden Isles in 1966 and
Macon in 1967.
Former State Champions which
have continued their STAY &
SEE Programs after winning the
State Award and emerged as re
cipients of the “Winners Circle”
trophy are: Columbus in 1965,
Fitzgerald in 1966 and Brunswick
and the Golden Isles in 1967.
Games of the Week
Oct. 11—Jackson v*. Monti
cello in Jackson.
Oct. 12—Tech v*. Tennessee in
Atlanta.
Oct. 12—Georgia vs. Ole Miss
in Athens.
TWO SINGING GROUPS TO
MEET HERE ON SUNDAY
The High Falls Singing Con
vention will meet Sunday, Oc
tober 13th, along with the Butts
Gounty Singing Convention at
the Jackson school auditorium.
An all day affair, dinner will
be served on the ground.
